grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
In celebration of the new depression he has gone to the 1930s waistline.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
In celebration of the new depression he has gone to the 1930s waistline.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow, you must be one of those that need constant validation and approval. Want advise? Grow a spine and stop whining how no one is giving you direction. And now you are on mute Nevis because I'm not a fluffer.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
No, it is being a realist. You are just upset someone isn't fluffing you. I'm too old and see this country fall too far to be optimistic.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm doing it right now, cupcake. Telling people to stop waiting for "leadership. "
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Smoot Hawley wasn't passed by a fascist clown who wants to be dictator. The map will be all red when he takes control of the FEC.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm being realistic.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
If people keep waiting for people to tell them what to do then nothing gets done.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
So just randomly pull people off the street and deputize them? Lmao 🤣 🤣 🤣 What you give the odds of it happening?
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
For anyone interested in the historical context of that specific flag, it is the personal flag of Adolf Hitler and not the national flag. So this jack ass is trying to fashion himself as a member of Hitler's bodyguard.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
I fully agree that is their "plan," but you have realize one thing about conservatives. They are REACTIONARY. They are incapable of seeing the big picture and only look at the immediate moment in time. There is no walking back THIS time. Whether he lifts the sanctions or not the damage is done.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
The last time the US tried to invade Canada the White House was burnt down.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
The prison in El Salvador is Dachau. It is the brand new outsourced concentration camp prototype. Who said MAGA don't pay attention to history. They learned about plausible deniability.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
All the Republicans that caused recessions and depressions were "businessmen" as well. Most far more successful for their time than this bloated fascist clown.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Sorry, looking at all the folks it looked more like "I showed up" and that is the MOST you will get out of them. No energy. Half looked like they were ready to fall asleep. NO TEETH. Media didn't pay attention and neither did MAGA. IF they did, there would have been armored police and firehoses.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
If they thought this was a real threat there would have been armored police with firehoses.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Were they scared shitless after the Million Woman March? NO, they weren't. NOTHING changed. They will ignore this just like they ignored a bunch of suburban soccer moms in cosplay with stupid pink vagina hats. The media ignored this as will MAGA fascists.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Warning at this point is saying it will be a full blown depression unless the adults take over.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Not sure about other countries, but in Germany it costs around 2000 - 3500 EURO to get a license. They just don't hand them out to everyone.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't even give a chance to refuse. All international sports agencies should cancel any competition in the US and ban ALL US participation.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
I love how you haven't accomplished shit yet but already taking a victory lap.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Are you trying to say "peaceful social movements?" I'm sure this is another attempt to validate the stupid 3.5% rule and the flawed research used to support it. I'll give a little hint and reality check to that idea. Movements being violent or not is not determined by those IN the movement.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Golfing with SAUDIS.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey, a lot of vanilla also comes from Mexico. Oh, wait....
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
In other words, the fascist playbook.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Two words: Roma Tomatoes. Look up what Roma Tomatoes are used for and where the majority come from used in US food industry. Enjoy that $10 jar of Prego and $50 pizza.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
De facto - "actual. especially : being such in effect though not formally recognized." "....though not formally recognized." You mean, like, NOT OFFICIAL. Words, what do they mean?
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
It is like Germans in 1945 thinking they were still going to win WW2 even while Russian tanks were rolling into Berlin.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah yes, a user name of "Askmeaboutit" and you don't know shit. Hopefully no one asks you about anything. There really are not enough crayons to explain this to you. Lets just summarize in the logical fallacy framework you created. Tariffs are bad for BOTH.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Yet, we put tariffs on FUCKING PENGUINS.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
You'll have to wait for the Russian bots to wake up so the MAGA know what to think for the day.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
He needs to look more like a corpse. Preferably in the same display as Mussolini.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
And who is going to put them in federal custody? US Marshal office is under the EXECUTIVE BRANCH. Seems a little bit of an oversite that there is no law enforcement element of the judicial branch.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Leave it to the MAGA Cult to invent outsourcing the Final Solution to the Immigrant Problem. Who says conservatives don't learn from history. This is a whole new level of deniability.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
All fascism is incompetent. It is built into the system. Just look at the insanity of Nazi Germany's economy. It was literally built on the locust concept of having to devour its neighbors in war.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Everything makes sense when you look at it like this. He put tariffs on penguins but not Russia.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Hitler's drug cocktail was insane. Uppers and downers. Cocaine. Meth. Opiates. His personal physician had him on a drug roller coaster.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
The cancer has been allowed to go on too long and this republic is terminal. There is no fixing it without drastic changes. Trump, MAGA, Tea Party, etc are all symptoms of the problem, not the causes.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
He thanked Musk for rigging computers in Pennsylvania. He was RECORDED saying it at a rally. No peep from lamestream media. No outrage.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump is going to ignore it as will all the sycophants controlling the country. With the Media ignoring it I doubt he even knows it is going on. More useless protests that wont change anything. Sorry not sorry. After almost 50 years of life seeing things get worse I have zero optimism anymore.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
AT this point I don't think the Republic can be saved and do we really want to save it? We need to get the STATES out of the United STATES. It is an archaic and useless division. WE are all the same people. NOTHING is going to change in MY lifetime.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
And do you know how insanely hard it is to win a super majority in the Senate as liberals? This country really needs civics so that people understand we have a geographic representation system deliberately created so conservative always have the cards. Cows have more senators than people do.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
The spineless establishment Democrats love their symbolic victories while we take the high road to the concentration camps.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
People are being super optimistic that this is politics as normal and there will be elections in 2026. Do you think they will be FREE and FAIR if we have them? Trump is pushing to control the FEC. At this point there is a forest of RED FLAGS that a coup is taking place.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
#FAFO
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Is Governor Hot Wheels even in Austin right now? I'm sure this is getting as little coverage by the media as all the other protests.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
And they are saying they can do it better than the expert. All the people crying in the plane are just suffering from "TDS."
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
I love the latest bit of, "They will work, you just wait and see." And when you point out all the times it didn't work they say it HAS to work THIS time.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
It isn't half the country. It is a minority that thinks they are are the majority because they "won." MAGA are delusional 2 digit IQ morons driven by irrational whims.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
The success rate of completely rehabbing cult members is exceptionally low. Most Nazis didn't stop being Nazis at the end of the war. They just didn't do it in public.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
NOTHING is going to be fixed in this country unless something drastic happens to break the power base. Trump is a symptom of the disease, not the cause.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Do you know who else wasn't there? Media. This is going to be ignored by Trump.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
The US is far too lazy and apathetic to have a civil war. All the people at the protests today look like they were about to fall asleep.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
With Trump pushing to control the FEC you should worry if there are FREE elections. WE could have elections but it will be like the ones usually had in authoritarian countries where the ruling power wins with 100% of the vote.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
I'll let you in on a secret about those that try to say the Indian Independence movement was "non violent." They only look at the years 1945 - 1947. With the collapse of the British Empire after WW2 there wasn't enough time for it to become violent AGAIN. And it was violent BEFORE.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
The fact you think India gained independence without ANY violence discredits your participation in this discussion. Oh, and seriously LMAO you think Britain did NOT kill Indians who were "peaceful." Now that is some exceptional levels of ignorance.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
The methodology used to come up with their conclusion is fucking flawed and how their research is used by idiots like you are my two GREATEST problems with it. For fuck sake, they said the South African independence movement was "non violent." LMAO
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
You can google the criticism of their work without me validating my fucking opinion of it, cupcake. First off, there isn't enough word count for me to go into why I don't like the study. Second, I don't owe YOU a god damn thing. Are we clear on those two points?
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, and lets not forget how FASCISM was defeated in the 1940s with "peaceful protest."
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
It gives a handful of "successes" while completely ignoring ALL the armed conflicts. It is pacifist BS that authoritarians LOVE because they see it is no real threat. But what do I know. I'm only sitting in the US, a country founded by ARMED REVOLT.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Leave it to Republicans to figure out how to privatize the Final Solution to the Immigrant Problem.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Israel will continue the ethnic cleansing of Gaza whether there are hostages or not. Hamas is NOT the official voice of Palestine. The soldiers shooting Palestinians ARE the official enforcers of Israel.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Any reason this wasn't dropped FOUR YEARS AGO?
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Nonviolent is TWICE as likely to succeed than armed conflict? Yeah, as a historian I can say that statistic is absolutely BS and probably written by an authoritarian. Who can forget how all the countries who gained independence from the UK did so "nonviolently."
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump and MAGA will still ignore them and at the end of the day NOTHING will have changed. If Trump and the MAGA cult thought it was a threat there would be armored cops with fire hoses.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, you might want to read about how the Republicans (who were the leftists) lost to the Nationalists (the fascists) in the Spanish Civil War. Lets just say the LEFT beat themselves.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
We already have a Constitutional Crisis.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Actually, very few of the Nazis actually faced justice after the war. Especially if they were "useful." Read about Operation Paperclip.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
It usually comes after a lot of blood has been spilt.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
And who is going to throw him in jail? The enforcement element of the judiciary works for the executive branch.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
4. Official continues to ignore judge because unless the judge makes the arrest himself no one is going to detain anyone. Courts have no way of enforcing anything.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
The problem is that courts have no power to do anything about it.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social)
If Trump orders the US military to invade Greenland, it will trigger Article 5 of NATO. The other NATO members will expel the US from NATO and declare war since attacking Greenland is an attack on Denmark, a member of NATO. While NATO is busy with the US Putin will take advantage of the distraction.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Then you look at Steam achievements and it says 16 / 17.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Says the guy who peaked in grade school. What a fucking clown.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
And everyone gets universal healthcare AFTER they cure cancer and diabetes.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
I've always wonder why a reptilian race has tits. They are reptiles, they don't have MAMMARY GLANDS. Y'know, where we get the term MAMMAL.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh no, it was very much caused by Republicans. Their deregulation of the stock market caused the instability and then their bone headed tariffs sealed the deal for the Great Depression. I'm afraid the one Trump will cause, and if unchecked he will cause one, will be FAR worse.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump having immunity makes him a dictator.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
"Alleged gangbangers." JFC, New York Post is such a far right crap tabloid. Real great "journalism" there. MAGA sure do love to quote them though.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
They are called "environmental adaptations." You don't have enough degrees or intelligence to rewrite the ACCEPTED idea that "race is a cultural construct." Your argument smacks of fucking out dated and racist eugenics BS. Read a MODERN book on anthropology. You will look less stupid.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm anthropologist, cupcake. It has been long established that "race" is a cultural construct. Short term environmental adaptation doesn't change the fact we are all biologically Homo sapien. Just stop.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
The concept of race being biological is archaic. Race is a cultural construct.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
And people wonder why the fascists control the narrative and can steal the liberal's lunch money all day. Obviously, we aren't that smart since they keep fucking winning.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Where are they going to scream it? Corpo Media is firmly in Trump's pocket.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Schumer would have let the South keep slaves after the Civil War so there weren't "hard feelings."
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Remind me again who appointed over half the judges. These minor court "wins" are just postponing the inevitable. We aren't even a few months into his f*cking term as president and spineless "liberals" are trying to win a knife fight with sternly worded social media.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Gaslight harder, clown. You don't give concessions to the fascists and call it a "win." Typical spineless "liberals." YOU are going to HIGH ROAD us all until a full blown dictatorship. OH NO, Trump might do something bad if we don't give in. Please don't hurt us!
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe Schumer should ACT like a Democrat. Oh wait, he is. Establishment Democrats have always been spineless.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Gaslight somewhere else. YOU are basically stating we should give in to the demands of a madman just to avoid being hurt. Completely fucking SPINELESS.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
The establishment Dems in the Senate are going to High Road us all to the gallows.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Who is going to impeach him?
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
WE THE PEOPLE are the ones paying the tariffs. What a fucking moron.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
He also joined the military to pad his political resume and had his family pull strings so he could have a nice cushy AC job in Baghdad writing press releases.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
And Lame Stream Media actually airs it.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
"Lefties." You sound like an uneducated jack ass who peaked in high school.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Your ignorance of history is staggering.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Good way for citizens to get power back.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
If they win they can rewrite the constitution.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, and you are muted so I don't have to see your dumb shit again.
grumpytim.bsky.social (@grumpytim.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, piss off gaslighting troll. It is like I'm talking to someone with brain damage. You're a MAGA so you probably do.