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kurtster

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Posted: Mar 23, 2024 - 11:17am

 VV wrote:
My fantasy involves trapping Kurtster and forcibly giving him a Biden face tattoo… after that he leaves and then there a bunch of naked women running around.
 
Why no naked women before I leave ?

On the other hand if they are the members of The View, you have done me a great favor.
Red_Dragon

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Posted: Mar 23, 2024 - 8:42am

 VV wrote:

My fantasy involves trapping Kurtster and forcibly giving him a Biden face tattoo… after that he leaves and then there a bunch of naked women running around.





VV

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Posted: Mar 23, 2024 - 8:29am

My fantasy involves trapping Kurtster and forcibly giving him a Biden face tattoo… after that he leaves and then there a bunch of naked women running around.
islander

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 9:19pm

 VV wrote:



Cheap shot.


That's why we don't let you bring the booze.
Red_Dragon

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 5:18pm

 VV wrote:



Cheap shot.


The best kind.
VV

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 4:57pm

 islander wrote:


Now you know why we don't let Veev bring the hors d'oeuvres



Cheap shot.
islander

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 3:22pm

 Steely_D wrote:

If I had to pick a cancer that Joe Biden represents (what an f’d up theoretical) - it’s easy: prostate cancer. Happens in the old, grows slowly, and typically is irrelevant in that you die of something else so you don’t do much about it and focus on keeping on with your life.

Trump, OTOH, is pancreatic cancer. You’re dead. Period. End of discussion. Everyone, everywhere, knows exactly what the prognosis is.

This is the worst. Party game. Ever.




Now you know why we don't let Veev bring the hors d'oeuvres
rgio

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 1:04pm

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ok, his personality is a cancer...but up until the pandemic, how was the country performing, relative to where it is now?
I dont remember falling off any cliffs...and see my clip from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon comments on MAGA.

Should we consider the $7T of debt created by Trump during the "best economy ever"?

The reality is that the economic performance of a POTUS is often set by the previous guy.  Obama set up Trump, and much of what Biden did is a combination of lower taxes and COVID...for better and worse. 

The real questions...what would Trump have done to make things better over the past 4 years, and what is he going to do over the next 4 that will make things so much better?

Here's the platform... AGENDA47

Let me know what he's going to do for the economy...and to lower inflation.
black321

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 12:22pm

 steeler wrote:

In your previous comment in response to rgio, you said the metrics comparisons should be discounted because of the pandemic. Here, you are saying to look at what was happening during the Trump administration before the pandemic. Coming out of the pandemic, though, also impacted the Biden administration. Especially the inflation. - right, inflation is not all Biden's or Trump's fault, though they both contributed.

Edit: It is not just his “personality” or his “rhetoric.” Those minimize the threat he poses to our democracy. - yes, referring to pre pandemic and pre 2020 election trump. what happened after the 2020 election made him unequivocally unelectable in my book. 





steeler

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 12:11pm

 black321 wrote:


ok, his personality is a cancer...but up until the pandemic, how was the country performing, relative to where it is now?
I dont remember falling off any cliffs...and see my clip from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon comments on MAGA.



In your previous comment in response to rgio, you said the metrics comparisons should be discounted because of the pandemic. Here, you are saying to look at what was happening during the Trump administration before the pandemic. Coming out of the pandemic, though, also impacted the Biden administration. Especially the inflation. 

Edit: It is not just his “personality” or his “rhetoric.” Those minimize the threat he poses to our democracy. 


black321

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 11:52am

 Steely_D wrote:

If I had to pick a cancer that Joe Biden represents (what an f’d up theoretical) - it’s easy: prostate cancer. Happens in the old, grows slowly, and typically is irrelevant in that you die of something else so you don’t do much about it and focus on keeping on with your life.

Trump, OTOH, is pancreatic cancer. You’re dead. Period. End of discussion. Everyone, everywhere, knows exactly what the prognosis is.

This is the worst. Party game. Ever.




ok, his personality is a cancer...but up until the pandemic, how was the country performing, relative to where it is now?
I dont remember falling off any cliffs...and see my clip from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon comments on MAGA.


NoEnzLefttoSplit

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 11:48am

 Steely_D wrote:

If I had to pick a cancer that Joe Biden represents (what an f’d up theoretical) - it’s easy: prostate cancer. Happens in the old, grows slowly, and typically is irrelevant in that you die of something else so you don’t do much about it and focus on keeping on with your life.

Trump, OTOH, is pancreatic cancer. You’re dead. Period. End of discussion. Everyone, everywhere, knows exactly what the prognosis is.

This is the worst. Party game. Ever.





  Best comment. (maybe)ever. 
black321

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 11:42am

 rgio wrote:

It's about choices... and if neither party provides a better alternative...

This is a few weeks old, but it's a pretty good summation/comparison of issues between Trump and Biden.  Biden has been effective in many areas, and will likely go down as an OK president... Unless he loses in November.  If he loses, he'll be the RBG of Presidential politics...stayed too long and in the process destroyed everything he'd worked for.

What Has Biden Accomplished? Look at These 10 Metrics, Not the Polls

Biden has outperformed Trump on a number of fronts, from inequality and green spending to stocks and crime. But not all.



Because of the pandemic, you cannot compare the economic data. Too much noise.


I do think the border graph is telling...big shift from his initial position to finally seeing that we need to control the flow of migrants. (and yeah, I know the republicans abandoned any negotiations over a deal...but not too different to dems response to trumps attempt to negotiate a deal). 
Steely_D

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 11:35am

If I had to pick a cancer that Joe Biden represents (what an f’d up theoretical) - it’s easy: prostate cancer. Happens in the old, grows slowly, and typically is irrelevant in that you die of something else so you don’t do much about it and focus on keeping on with your life.

Trump, OTOH, is pancreatic cancer. You’re dead. Period. End of discussion. Everyone, everywhere, knows exactly what the prognosis is.

This is the worst. Party game. Ever.


rgio

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 10:04am

 black321 wrote:
At best, he's old and ineffective... and I have no idea why democrats propped him up again.
It certainly wasn't for the good of the country.

It's about choices... and if neither party provides a better alternative...

This is a few weeks old, but it's a pretty good summation/comparison of issues between Trump and Biden.  Biden has been effective in many areas, and will likely go down as an OK president... Unless he loses in November.  If he loses, he'll be the RBG of Presidential politics...stayed too long and in the process destroyed everything he'd worked for.

What Has Biden Accomplished? Look at These 10 Metrics, Not the Polls

Biden has outperformed Trump on a number of fronts, from inequality and green spending to stocks and crime. But not all.

black321

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 9:22am

 steeler wrote:

Your comparison of Biden and Trump as similar cancers (albeit Biden a less aggressive form) is inexplicable and seemingly based on nothing but your opinion. You say Biden has failed to unify the country. Which President in recent times has done that? 



Not that it is just "opinion", but isn't that all that matters?
His approval rating is dismal. 
At best, he's old and ineffective... and I have no idea why democrats propped him up again.
It certainly wasn't for the good of the country. 

Now you are left with a choice...trump or biden...or no vote for either.
I'm taking the latter. 
black321

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 8:50am

 islander wrote:


Only one has waxed poetic about being a dictator, and incited an insurrection when he lost an election. I'll put Biden in that camp if he loses this year and does the same, but until then he at least respects the basic tenants of our system of governance. 


I'm not arguing against any of that...but that doesn't mean I can support Biden. 
They are both cancers to me...one just happens to be very aggressive and highly deadly,
the other more disfiguring than fatal....but neither is healthy, so I will pass.
not voting for either is not simply apathy, 
but can also be a protest vote. 
VV

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 8:23am

 black321 wrote:


Neither candidate is interested in leading the country, but instead running their party.

Biden may or may not be as divisive as trump, but he rules using division over unity and failed to bring the country together.
As for trump, not every policy he implemented was bad (same for biden) and I have enough faith that our systems can overcome his rhetoric (which only makes him less effective).
Suppose I can no longer stomach these bad choices and pick a side.
Sometimes both the Yankees and the Red Sox “suck” and you need to throw the roster out and start fresh.



I must have missed something. Where is Biden ruling the country using division? I'm really not seeing that. You can maybe make an objective weak case that he hasn't unified the country enough but that is a far cry from outright saying that he is ruling by "division". 
 
Trump is all about division, chaos & retribution. Thanks, but I'll take a hard pass on that. Whereas those are traits that Kurt admires and values.

rgio

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 8:19am

 islander wrote: We're simpatico (i suggest).

a - The system assumed that people would police it...that nobody would ever have the audacity/ability to assume control of a party and remake it into a cult. 

b - The system's weakness is it allows factions to isolate and kill reason at lower levels, resulting in compromise and conversation being unavailable in broader elections.  People appreciate now the problems that social media creates for teenagers, but it has ignored its impact on older Americans for social and civic "intelligence".

c - I hope that the majority are still in the middle and that they will stomp down stupid, which has become the leading voice of the right.  We're living in a TV show, and the only thing that matters is ratings.  Keep the ratings, and someone like MTG or Lauren Bobert keeps their entertainment careers alive.  The right is correct to call out the lunacy of many DE&I policies,  extreme entitlements, and immigration policy stupidity,  but wrapping oneself in the flag, and blaming others for the problems while hindering progress in the name of "keeping your job" is worse.  People need to call this out, regardless of party affiliation.


My biggest concern for the future is the embrace of stupidity.  Facts aren't fluid. Right and wrong aren't perspectives.  Critical thinking and problem-solving are drying up quicker than the Great Salt Lake.  Unless we return to teaching kids how to question everything and solve complex problems, the grifters and the entertainers will continue to win by using emotion to kill reason.



EDIT - No idea what's going on with the blue

steeler

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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 - 7:58am

 black321 wrote:


Biden is a squamous cell, trump a melanoma...

Your comparison of Biden and Trump as similar cancers (albeit Biden a less aggressive form) is inexplicable and seemingly based on nothing but your opinion. You say Biden has failed to unify the country. Which President in recent times has done that? 


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