slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
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slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
That won't do anything to help the people who get murdered, though.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Bill is a Republican. A Never Trump Republican, but a Republican nevertheless. He is accustomed to a world where party members are allowed to question where the president was born and talk about wearing a tan suit. He has yet to learn the sides have to play by different rules.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeahhhhhh about that... That works for Republicans, but not for Democrats. Democrats are required to act like they are playing nice and Republicans are allowed to be the petulant children.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. Trumps days on this planet are limited and all he cares about is being worshipped and staying out of prison.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't know much about Bond movies, but this one does have what seems to be the most underappreciated theme song.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I also get 120. I do not think this invalidates Tom's point, but either the % have been reported incorrectly or he has the wrong number.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Isn't it also fair to say that the issues between the two are considerably more nuanced? Hamas has power in the first place due in large part to Israel's treatment of Palestinians.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe The Baileys have legally moved there? youtu.be/dijMKwZMU2Q?...
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, and they have to be a relief pitcher.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
It is quite an achievement that he is somehow the most dangerous man in this government.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Hell yes. Fuck 'em and feed 'em beans.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes x 10,000. Republicans were the ones talking about trans issues last election. They see stuff from academia and then apply it to all Democrats.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
And an army of idiots to make the false equivalency between this and the Mar-A-Lago raid...unless Bolton has just straight up refusing to return documents like Trump did.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like his parents also forgot to give him shoulders. I don't know anything about fashion, but to me the jacket looks like something designed for a rich person lounging around the house.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Look, the pants don't have pockets!
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I love that his icon is John Brown.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Then maybe he could tell us that instead of just using liberal as a perjorative.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I appreciate that you are in the correct side of history here, but you are pointing out a big part of the problem you helped create. Instead of giving a specific example of something that annoys you, you have just referenced, "liberal happy talk."
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Talking like a person on their death bed...
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
There is no such thing as reverse discrimination. The use of the term is itself discriminatory because it assumes discrimination is *supposed* to go in one direction but not the other.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Great, so when does drug-free DMT hit the market?
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, you absolutely are. *Anybody* who recommends medication to people has a duty to be responsible. This is not schilling for a beer or fast food. We do not rely on those things for keeping us healthy.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe this is late-stage Darwinism in human beings.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Only way to stop a bad guy with a sandwich is a good guy with a sandwich.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
You can only say no three times.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Doesn't JD Vance probably want the files released and Trump thrown under the bus? America's Hitler and all? I mean, he immediately becomes the most reviled man in America if he ascends to the Presidency, but it appears he is the only person who does not know that.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I am probably agnostic (as obnoxious as I find the term) mostly because it is impossible for me to conceive of a time when there was *nothing*. I am not opposed to the idea that some type of creator set things in motion. I don't know who that creator was, but it doesn't offend me when others do.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
FUCK man why do you do this to me?
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Who is the guy in the sweatshirt lol
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
*Somebody* has to be able to communicate with the Trumpy voters and I like his odds over JD Vance's.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
What is the 45 lbs worth of stuff?
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, this is a good point. While *some* of the leaders of the idiocy we are living through sre genuinely well-educated, *most* of the people following them are not. Education is a good thing. Always.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
The seasons were...decent enough. I thought the actors were all good but the show just got a bit stale for me.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Connie Rubirosa was also very, very good.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
And Rey stuck it to a very young Jennifer Garner in that episode.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
@radiofreetom.bsky.social I tend to agree with you on the a la carte reading piling up the cost quickly, but isn't that all the more reason for publications to offer it? I am not advocating for it or complaining about paywalls.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
And what if I told you nothing pisses me off more than popups when I am trying to read something.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
As a straight man, I cannot conceive of projecting my insecurities onto other men the way Matt Walsh does here.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
What does it say about their situation that they are using this guy as a meat shield instead of a PR prop?
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
@radiofreetom.bsky.social have you ever written anywhere about what it was like to be in the Soviet Union as it was nearing its end?
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
It is an amazing burn, but also you were right when you made the comment that precipitated it.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Do you also give distances in minutes? Was not aware until adulthood that this may be an Ohio/Midwestern thing.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
@radiofreetom.bsky.social Am I irrational to worry that this will lead to a lot of support of Trump's iron dome clone?
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly, what is the point of getting so rich and then not just fucking off all the time. If I had a fraction of this man's wealth, I would do nothing but play golf, woodwork, and travel.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I have lived in both urban and rural settings. There is definitely a lack of desire on both to understand each other, but rural people feel threatened by this and urbanites have other stuff to do.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I was a freshman in college when my Cultural Anthropology teacher explained to me that race is a cultural construct. She said that if you lined every person in the world up from lightest to darkest, it would be impossible to draw dividing lines. And that members of the same fam wd be on diff sides.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I think this is what galls me about it more than anything. He learns about things after the fact, if he ever even learns about them.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I would like it better as a pillow I think.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I have not met one native English speaker from this country that does not refer to the place we buy food as a grocery store.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
So they are going to free an actual violent felon to justify deporting Garcia? I have *no* idea if Garcia is an any way involved with what they say he is, but their actions point to a big fat NO.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
imagine if they tried to do this with guns.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, this is incredible news, right? Trump tends to get his ass kicked in elections like this. There is a reason we currently have two Democrat senators from Georgia.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I guess that was $250 million well spent on Trump.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I...can't believe this is something people think would work. This is like how Shaq said he was saving money by only putting $20 of gas in his car at a time.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
So their plan is to incentivize undocumented immigrants to Dallas?
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Now come on @radiofreetom.bsky.social , you know damn well you are not getting a representative sample of results in the comments to your tweets.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh the assertion is 100% correct. I am just blowing off some steam lol.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I had this argument with somebody today and here is a sampling of their mind-numbing logic.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Genuine question from somebody who has no clue the answer: Is this an American phenomenon? Or, like everything else, do we simply take it to the extreme?
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Because it wasn't an option? Why is that so hard to understand?
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Honestly, it is completely childish. Make things worse for everybody (including Palestine) because you don't get everything you want.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
This was the entire point of my initial post. How silly to accept what is going on today in this country while also making things worse for people you want to protect.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
In general, but sure. Do you really think Trump was not a worse option? Have you not heard the things he has said? Christ, he wants to send Palestinians to other countries.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
We had two options. Agree or disagree,? A non-vote was a vote foe the worse option. Agree or disagree?
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Total non-sequitor to my point. I have issues with our relationship with the government of Israel, but on what planet was Trump not going to be even more beholden to them?
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. A group of kids (upper teens) is possibly the most annoying thing on the planet, but they are harmless. And the same thing was true of us. Individual kids are thoughtful, kind, and intelligent in ways that we do not expect of them (our fault).
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Because like it or not we are faced with exactly two options every election. For the foreseeable future, one of those options is an authoritarian regime in the making.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. This is true, and the people who sat out the election or voted third party or whatever else because of "Genocide Joe" need to learn this immediately.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
OMFG I DID NOT KNOW THIS PRODUCT EXISTED
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Good point about these people being an abstraction, and also an actual case of both-sidesism as most of the right views service members as a monolith as well.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes. There is a television show in Japan where they send very young children to do tasks like going to the store and it is completely normal.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
What's amazing is the freakout Republicans would have had one of the parents' firearms been used.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
But there is always money in the banana stand.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
FOR A DOLLAR
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I will give you one clue: it involves the female of the species.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
The sad thing is that all of these red herrings detract from actual anti-semitism.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Isn't the real answer here universal basic income?
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
OK deal as long as we also take down the roadblocks for minorities.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I love how you went from being too snooty to eat a hot dog to talking about getting an in-house beef/pork hot dog with natural casings. Call me when you have one off the roller grill at a gas station. Or at least from Costco.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
It really is amazing how much the delivery matters. I never found Norm Macdonald's material to be all that compelling, but his delivery was perfect.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
You always won, every time you placed a bet...
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Sir, I usually have no opinion on your musical takes because I was born in 1985. That being said, Still the Same is at worst his second best song.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Agree, but it is also more insane that this is somehow not the biggest issue currently facing Americans.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social)
I understand that free apps need to sell ads in order to generate revenue, but please come up with something better than "watch this video and misclick to get directed to the site." All this does is cause me to move away from the app.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
So there is going to be a charging station every 2 miles. Nice.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Their message kind of points to the issue in America. Experts come off as assholes to people sometimes because they tell things they disagree with. And because they tend to use big words. This is not a problem with the experts, it is a problem with the audience.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
This is what I have always wanted to happen to Trump. To be in a situation where he is asked the most basic civics questions.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, but also to be fair the voices claiming a stolen or rigged election are not prominent amongst Democrats.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
And he is pissed if you are not doing the same.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I agree! It also looks like an amazing pack of smokes.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, but at least your studs would have been made out of old growth lumber!
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
this is why I support the parliamentary system with coalition governments. I do not agree with this man on much, but there are times when he tends to be the most correct republican. In a world where he is not tied to that party apparatus, a government could be formed through legitimate compromise.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
It is once you start to reach the limits of the human capacity to do something better. Katie dropped it by nearly 10 seconds over the course of 3+ years and nobody but her has been within 5 seconds of the mark she set within 2016.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
She *is* the best. She holds the top 10 times in the 800. She lost a race to Summer McIntosh last year (another amazing athlete), and Summer's best time was in the top 10 until this. I honestly think she could win the 1500 in perpetuity.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
I love how they call it a "daunting" map when every Senate map is horrible for Democrats. We are fucked so hard it isn't even funny.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks like Marco Rubio is going to have a lot more to do.
slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social (@slevemcdichaeloh.bsky.social) reply parent
Wait until he finds out that nobody works there anymore.