Cleanup in Aisle Lunatic (h/t romad1)

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

They were treated like animals for the majority of the nation's history.  It is still hard to imagine that they couldn't play major league baseball until 1947.  In my lifetime, there have been segregated restaurants, segregated coutry clubs, etc. Despite laws existing to protect and give opportunities to Blacks they know there are still many people out there who view them as inferior and would favor segregation.  

I believe this helps explain why so many black people don’t feel they have any stake in the American system and thus, among other things, don’t vote.

Edited July 1, 2022 by chasfh

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, romad1 said:

The hausfrau, noted law school classmate of at least one of the Michigan political leadership and smart cookie in her own right...is a fan of Liz Cheney's brain though perhaps not her political views.  She's become a fan of Liz' guts as well in the past few weeks.   This level of competition, mein gott in himmell.

Wyomingites can see themselves having a beer with this guy.

[romad1]

12 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Wyomingites can see themselves having a beer with this guy.

and hustling him out of his life savings

[chasfh]

2 minutes ago, romad1 said:

and hustling him out of his life savings

If only. I think many of them might look up to him!

[Tigeraholic1]

🤣

 

 

[chasfh]

59 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

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Gym is such a complete jackass that there is an excellent chance he actually means this!

[romad1]

 

[ben9753]

Unfortunately Utah is an exception, not the  canary in the coal mine. 

[romad1]

Doubling up my Rick Wilson content 

 

[chasfh]

 

[1984Echoes]

I read that as Trump personally wanted to Hang Mike Pence.

And I do mean an execution.

 

Edited July 2, 2022 by 1984Echoes

[VegasTiger]

I think he really pictured himself as Braveheart leading his troops into battle.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

17 hours ago, romad1 said:

The hausfrau, noted law school classmate of at least one of the Michigan political leadership and smart cookie in her own right...is a fan of Liz Cheney's brain though perhaps not her political views.  She's become a fan of Liz' guts as well in the past few weeks.   This level of competition, mein gott in himmell.

 

[pfife]

 

[pfife]

 

Edited July 2, 2022 by pfife

[mtutiger]

1 hour ago, pfife said:

 

along these lines

 

[romad1]

42 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

along these lines

 

The Cheney brain being offended by MAGA world is the storyline your 2005 self would never have believed.

[pfife]

I'm so sick of these dipshits being entitled to their own fiction as fact

[mtutiger]

I wonder how many drams of scotch the moderator needed after this debate.... Jeebus.

Edited July 2, 2022 by mtutiger

[Motor City Sonics]

A group of educators in Texas put in a very large proposal,  in the middle of this proposal that they wanted to refer to Slavery as "Involuntary Relocation".    Someone caught it and it was rejected to the State Board Of Education.    I had to check and double check and triple check to make sure it wasn't The Onion.   It was not. 

And they snuck it in the middle like Van Halen with the "No Brown M&Ms" trick they put in the Technical rider to see if specifications were being met.   

What's next,  referring to Auschwitz and an "Involuntary Spa" ?   

We are dangerously close to these people running things, because this stuff just 10 years ago was totally laughed at by almost everyone, now more than half of one political side is okay with this kind of stuff.  

 

 

[Motor City Sonics]

Part of me thinks that overturning Roe v. Wade was needed at this particular moment.   It should rile up Democrats to vote more than anything.  If this doesn't do it, we're probably in for a very rough decade ahead - where people like Marjorie Taylor Greene are the norm.   It's scary as fuck.      I don't want women's rights taken away, but something needs to wake us the hell up. Women can still go to certain states. ,   We need to stop nitpicking if the candidates we get aren't perfect.     To me, the first move would be to add two diverse and populated states to the early primaries,  like Pennsylvania & Colorado.    Starting everything in Iowa and New Hampshire (Two of the lowest 6 minority states without a single large city).  is a really dumb move for Democrats to not have more minority and city voters in the early states.    

 

Katie Porter in '24 !

[HighOPS]

37 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Part of me thinks that overturning Roe v. Wade was needed at this particular moment.   It should rile up Democrats to vote more than anything.  If this doesn't do it, we're probably in for a very rough decade ahead - where people like Marjorie Taylor Greene are the norm.   It's scary as fuck.      I don't want women's rights taken away, but something needs to wake us the hell up. Women can still go to certain states. ,   We need to stop nitpicking if the candidates we get aren't perfect.     To me, the first move would be to add two diverse and populated states to the early primaries,  like Pennsylvania & Colorado.    Starting everything in Iowa and New Hampshire (Two of the lowest 6 minority states without a single large city).  is a really dumb move for Democrats to not have more minority and city voters in the early states.    

 

Katie Porter in '24 !

Well, Katie has my vote any time. But, primaries are a messy way to choose a candidate.

H. Clinton won the South. She would never win it in the generals. But, you don't want to disenfranchise Southern Democrats in the primaries.

You could have said the same thing about New York a couple years (decades?) ago when the Republicans were a majority sane party.

[pfife]

In latest edition of "Republicans can tell you what to do, you can't tell them what to do" we have political correctness

smh @ involuntary relocation

Edited July 2, 2022 by pfife

[CMRivdogs]

Re slavery, I learned something today during a presentation at Colonial Williamsburg. I only caught part of the story as we were just resting under the giant oak for a bit. Anyway, during the pre Revolutionary times slaves could buy their freedom if they could afford to. They still needed permission from the Colonial Governor and pay a "Freedom Tax". The tax was good for 6 years and the rate increased incrementally every time. If they couldn't afford the tax, back into bondage.

Interesting that part of history never came up when we were taught in high school 50 years ago. I doubt that it comes up today.

[Motor City Sonics]

3 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Re slavery, I learned something today during a presentation at Colonial Williamsburg. I only caught part of the story as we were just resting under the giant oak for a bit. Anyway, during the pre Revolutionary times slaves could buy their freedom if they could afford to. They still needed permission from the Colonial Governor and pay a "Freedom Tax". The tax was good for 6 years and the rate increased incrementally every time. If they couldn't afford the tax, back into bondage.

Interesting that part of history never came up when we were taught in high school 50 years ago. I doubt that it comes up today.

Interesting that all I learned about George "Washington" Carver is that he invented Peanut Butter (which is only partially true).   He was and is one of the most most important and influential botanical scientists in our history, but nah, that part got skipped over.