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He enlisted in the Army National Guard when he was 17 and served for 24 years, retiring in 2005 as a command sergeant major, making him the highest-ranking enlisted soldier ever to serve in Congress, according to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. In other words again with the "some people are saying" nonsense. As far as I can see he served his country with distinction, then moved on to serve his country some more, then he served his state all while serving his community as well.

Are you sure that it isn't like either being electrocuted or being eaten by a shark?

Proof that Goebbels was right.

I guess it is tough to decide whether to take an imaginary problem more seriously than a real one.

He’s a twat with an over inflated ego.

They don't believe there is any way that trump can lose the election, therefore if they lose, the democrats must have stolen it. No amount of evidence will prove otherwise. Sounds a bit like religion to me

Facts mean nothing to them

The scary thing about Donald and MAGA is that they are an extremist group and cult. There are a couple of social psychology theories that predict the likely trajectory of Donald and MAGA as they lose the limelight and power. We’re likely to see the following escalation from Donald, I realise he already ticks many of the boxes but it's likely to increase. Increased use of dramatic, emotive and inflammatory rhetoric to galvanise his base. Blaming and scapegoating external enemies (Dem’s and media etc) and internal traitors. Using conspiracies to explain his declining popularity. Increasing emphasis on how he is the one and only true saviour for the country. Increasing repression against perceived internal dissenters to try and prevent defections. Increasing the “us vs. them” mentality and attempting to rally his base against a common enemy. For the MAGA crowd, we are likely to see them: Increased loyalty and radicalisation. Doubling down on their commitment to Donald as he faces external criticism. Starting off with increased pressure to conform and dissenting voices being suppressed, but escalating to purges and purity tests as they get rid of people they perceive as traitors. Increased solidarity and cohesion within MAGA as they become more extreme and insular against the ‘threat’ against Donald. Intensified propaganda and public displays of loyalty to Donald. Hostility and violence towards their political opponents, seen as a threat to Donald. We tend to overestimate how intelligent and rational people are and that surely “they will see the light”. Unfortunately I don’t think there is a ‘happy ending’ at the end of this election cycle, and that after 'another loss' the MAGA crowd will turn to violence. If you’re interested have a look at Conflict Theory and Social Identity Theory.

Your team is going to try to swift boat him? Good luck with that!

Hi folks, Short of a major gaffe, I see the Harris-Walz ticket winning by a bigger margin than Biden did in 2020. And, IMO it is because so many of the GOP are sick & tired of the clown and his antics -> complete negativity on everything: you have to beat them in the general because we can’t beat them in the primary. Nancy Pelosi: Some Republicans have said Dems must beat Trump (thehill.com) Jerry Baumchen

Ok, this guy is the most unlikely superstar ever. I mean I knew about him because I spend a fair amount of time in MN and MPR is my go to station. But this is priceless. It's past time we had a thread about this man. https://x.com/traecrowder/status/1821272795487367434

In the meantime there is no reason not to perpetuate possible falsehoods with posts like this.

She's not in Minnesota. Wendy P.

I saw Trae live in Orlando last year. He hits the nail every time

Heather Cox Richardson's most recent daily letter gave a background on Walz: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-6-2024

There have been rare cases where creditors went after the owners (i.e. the shareholders) during bankruptcy proceedings. The term used is "piercing the corporate veil" and can only happen if creditors can establish that the company was formed primarily to 1) make money for the owner(s) through stock price gains, not revenue, and 2) the company was effectively inseparable from the owners, such that everyone knew that the company was really the owner. Wouldn't that be a fitting end to Trump Social.

Yeah and Trump wanted to dictate both. There's this thing that happened called COVID, and it screwed up supply chains a lot causing shortages, and with all the money in the system, inflation rates started shooting up. Remember the global chip shortage? No, of course not, you have selective memory. Did Biden cause that?

A wife asks her husband, "If I died would you get remarried" The husband says, "Well I guess possibly" The wife asks, "Would you let her drive my new car" The husband responds, "It is new and nice and would hate to let it go to waste" The wife asks, "Would you let her cook in my new kitchen" The husband replies, "We just remodeled it and would be a shame not to use it" The wife asks, " Would you let her use my new golf clubs" The husband replies, " Absolutely not, she's left handed"

D, I believe his name is Dallas Whitenfield (not sure of the spelling). I think he was from around the Decatur Ind. area in the 70’s. Apart from just doing demos back then, he occasionally came out and jumped with us at Para Sport, just south of Ft. Wayne at the Lazy K Airport. Jeff

I was thinking the other day as i was driving. When i was real little my parents taking me to a festival in my town and they had a guy called Thunder chicken dressed up like a clown jump in. does anyone remember this guy or where he was from etc. Blue skies! D