CMRivdogs Posted February 1 Posted February 1 I know nothing about this guy. He does seem to have a good track record in Minnesota. Hope he's willing to go no holds barred with Trump, Musk and the rest of the Insurrection Party. 1 Quote
CMRivdogs Posted February 1 Posted February 1 On 2/1/2025 at 7:11 PM, CMRivdogs said: I know nothing about this guy. He does seem to have a good track record in Minnesota. Hope he's willing to go no holds barred with Trump, Musk and the rest of the Insurrection Party. Expand Quote Martin has been the chair of the Minnesota DFL, the state’s branch of the Democratic Party, since 2011. When he took over the party, it had just lost the state house and one of the longest-held Democratic seats in Congress. Under Martin’s tenure, Democrats have won every statewide election and secured two trifectas. Many of these Democrats worked to strengthen voting rights. Minnesota Gov. Tim Waltz was elected to his first term in 2018 and reelected in 2022. In 2023 and 2024, the Minnesota Legislature passed and Walz signed multiple pro-voting laws, including the Democracy for the People Act, a bill that restored voting rights to over 50,000 Minnesotans with felony convictions and the Minnesota Voting Rights Act. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ken-martin-wins-election-to-lead-national-democratic-party/ Expand 1 Quote
CMRivdogs Posted February 2 Posted February 2 Imperial Overseer Musk is now unhappy because private businesses are making their own decisions where to advertise. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/nx-s1-5283271/elon-musk-lawsuit-advertisers-boycott-new Quote Elon Musk's X broadened an existing lawsuit on Saturday to include several major brands — accusing more companies of illegally boycotting the social media platform in 2022 following Musk's acquisition. The suit, which was filed last year in a federal court in Texas, initially targeted the boycott organizer, the World Federation of Advertisers, along with companies including CVS and video-streaming platform Twitch. But early on Saturday, Musk's lawyers filed an amended complaint, adding several new defendants, including Lego, Nestlé, Tyson Foods, Abbott Laboratories, Colgate-Palmolive, Pinterest and Shell International. The complaint alleges that the World Federation of Advertisers was concerned that X, formerly known as Twitter, would stray from its brand safety initiative called the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM). As a result, the suit said the group prepared a large-scale pause in advertising. Expand Quote
gehringer_2 Posted February 2 Posted February 2 (edited) On 2/2/2025 at 1:11 PM, CMRivdogs said: Imperial Overseer Musk is now unhappy because private businesses are making their own decisions where to advertise. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/nx-s1-5283271/elon-musk-lawsuit-advertisers-boycott-new Expand LOL - you don't usually improve your business prospects by taking your potential future customers to court. Just one of those old marketing rules of thumb ..... Edited February 2 by gehringer_2 Quote
chasfh Posted February 3 Posted February 3 On 2/2/2025 at 8:26 PM, gehringer_2 said: LOL - you don't usually improve your business prospects by taking your potential future customers to court. Just one of those old marketing rules of thumb ..... Expand Apparently he believes he should not have to entice advertisers to give him money. Maybe he’s like, what’s the point of owning a government if you can’t just force them to pay up? Quote
CMRivdogs Posted February 5 Posted February 5 Local First World problems, the county has cut off water for the next six hours or so as contractors install a water line into the building site of a new subdivision. FB and Nextdoor is going crazy, I just consider it practice for the next four years or so. The HOA really needs to install portajohns on every street in the community 1 Quote
Tiger337 Posted February 10 Posted February 10 On 2/9/2025 at 10:07 PM, Tigeraholic1 said: Back when it was patriotic to love America. Expand Why are you supporting someone who wants to be a fascist dictator? Isn't that the kind of thing you fought against in the war? 1 2 Quote
CMRivdogs Posted February 10 Posted February 10 So were these papers/records sitting around in a storage unit or bathroom for the past 60 years or what? I'm not a conspiracy guy, but this is just nuts https://www.axios.com/2025/02/10/trump-jfk-assassination-records?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top Quote
gehringer_2 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 (edited) On 2/10/2025 at 10:30 PM, CMRivdogs said: So were these papers/records sitting around in a storage unit or bathroom for the past 60 years or what? I'm not a conspiracy guy, but this is just nuts https://www.axios.com/2025/02/10/trump-jfk-assassination-records?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top Expand If I had to guess, it would be that if there is anything interesting in there it will be stuff that relates to US covert activity in Cuba or related to the Bay of Pigs. Stuff that got pulled up in the investigation but turned out not to relate to the assassination directly but was generally embarrassing to the US or people possibly still alive in the US or Cuba at the time or since. Or alternately info that the FBI had be watching Oswald but then lost track of him. Edited February 11 by gehringer_2 Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 On 2/10/2025 at 2:53 AM, Tiger337 said: Why are you supporting someone who wants to be a fascist dictator? Isn't that the kind of thing you fought against in the war? Expand I fully support the stripping down of the federal government. Just like the poll of Trumps approval ratings so do the majority of Americans. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 On 2/11/2025 at 1:30 AM, Tigeraholic1 said: I fully support the stripping down of the federal government. Just like the poll of Trumps approval ratings so do the majority of Americans. Expand small fly in the ointment is that the Congress passes laws to establish the size and scope of the federal government and the executive branch's responsibility is to discharge them. For the executive to usurp the authority of Congress is not the system you swore an oath to, so does that mean your word is only good when you find it politically convenient for you? 1 Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 On 2/11/2025 at 1:34 AM, gehringer_2 said: small fly in the ointment is that the Congress passes laws to establish the size and scope of the federal government and the executive branch's responsibility is to discharge them. For the executive to usurp the authority of Congress is not the system you swore an oath to, so does that mean your word is only good when you find it politically convenient for you? Expand I am a civilian now. The system is too big, keep it but strip it down. The great reset. Quote
Tiger337 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 On 2/11/2025 at 1:30 AM, Tigeraholic1 said: I fully support the stripping down of the federal government. Just like the poll of Trumps approval ratings so do the majority of Americans. Expand The majority of Americans have no clue what he's even doing. He is dismantling the government by sidestepping other branches of government. You may like what is happening, but what he is doing is illegal and anti-constitution. It is also very damaging to millions of Americans. The United States is not supposed to be a fascist dictatorship. My employer is one of the many organizations which is suing him right now. I applaud them. 1 Quote
Screwball Posted February 11 Posted February 11 On 2/10/2025 at 10:30 PM, CMRivdogs said: So were these papers/records sitting around in a storage unit or bathroom for the past 60 years or what? I'm not a conspiracy guy, but this is just nuts https://www.axios.com/2025/02/10/trump-jfk-assassination-records?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top Expand I don't think the article really gave us much on where they were found, or how they came about. Jailhouse recordings of Carlos Marcello is a new one in my memory (if true). The mob angle was always interesting. I'm old, and I remember my dad talking about the mob. He was born in 1911. He had some ties via gambling. Ruby was rumored to have ties to the mob. Probably should be in the history thread. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 (edited) On 2/11/2025 at 1:46 AM, Tigeraholic1 said: I am a civilian now Expand i.e. convenient. Edited February 11 by gehringer_2 1 Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 On 2/11/2025 at 2:12 AM, gehringer_2 said: i.e. convenient. Expand Just one morons opinion is all I can offer. Quote
pfife Posted February 11 Posted February 11 On 2/11/2025 at 1:46 AM, Tigeraholic1 said: I am a civilian now. The system is too big, keep it but strip it down. The great reset. Expand Lol nice non answer Quote
pfife Posted February 11 Posted February 11 On 2/11/2025 at 2:12 AM, gehringer_2 said: i.e. convenient. Expand Yep. Quote
Tiger337 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 On 2/11/2025 at 1:46 AM, Tigeraholic1 said: I am a civilian now. The system is too big, keep it but strip it down. The great reset. Expand So, even it's done illegally, you're OK with it? Quote
gehringer_2 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 (edited) I get the frustration, the regular system is broken, almost 100% because of the way it is funded, which at this point is 100% because of the Supreme Court. Unfortunately that takes time and vision and persistence to change, and the public doesn't have it. Even the Democratic party, who should not have spent more than 10 minutes since it was decided without keeping Citizen's United in voter consciousness has failed utterly to keep doing the long slow work to bring campaign finance to public awareness and consensus. So Trump is the 'short cut'. Unfortunately there isn't going to be any bread crumb trail left to get back home after we lose our republic in the Trump woods. Edited February 11 by gehringer_2 Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted February 14 Posted February 14 I was always a big fan of Carville and he nails it here. Dems with so many swings and misses. Quote
Hongbit Posted February 14 Posted February 14 This is another example of Dems just not understanding how the voter landscape has changed. These Ohio & Mississippi legislators aren’t really trying to get this bill passed. This was a clever attempt to point out the hypocrisy between men’s and women’s reproductive rights. The problem is the public is not clever. Instead of drawing attention to their point, they have Joe Moron posting all over social about how the libs have lost their minds. Even though it’s complete make believe, this story will be repeated as truth by millions of idiots that vote. The message needs to be dumbed down for the gullible, ill-informed voter that makes up a huge portion of our voter pool. Why can’t they get this. Quote
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