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I might be taking a risk speaking for all lefties here but I'm pretty sure we all think the electoral college is an anti- democratic abomination that has only served to keep an undemocratically minority in power. In other words it's a damn outrage.

I'm sorry, I could have sworn you asked if those were MAGA values. I was simply pointing out that your support is also behind some ugly things to get your presents.like it or not. So as long as we have now shape shifted to the R's platform instead, why yes those are R values.

Let's agree they aren't. But racism, misogyny, anti-abortion laws, white supremacy, guns for everyone crazy or not and ammunition vending machines in stores just to name a few certainly are. The belief here is that you are accepting of those things as long as you get what you want on your own personal Christmas list. For that you get a brand.

Pretty close, so far in that it is just your beliefs you peddle. I, and many others here, find your views on the second amendment and the sanctity of AR-15's and their like odd at best considering they seem to be favored by madmen everywhere. The tilting you do at the majority of the scientific community on issues like climate change and gender dysphoria at the minimum might be hollered out with a tad less gusto just for the sake of humility if not the facts. But you got's to do you I reckon. Still, if it's converts that will provide the validation you seek, maybe a wardrobe of robes and sandals, topped with a fuzzy hair wig would get some results.

Rob, this will sting a little but you don't have a clue how the legal system works and that includes lawyers. You had a bad experience but you are not alone and you absolutely are not right to be making the blanket statements that you do. Stick to what you know, rigging and jumping etc., and leave the lawyer bashing thing in your past.

It doesn't only seem to you. How anyone can fervently believe that we are the epitome of creation or evolution is just maddening. I doubt humanity will make it another thousand years.

Is that right? Are you including me?

Welcome back. I so did miss the piercing political insight steeped in tireless love for America.

Peas in a pod they aren't, I agree; it's their pods I was thinking about: "Like a lot of us Bill is a product of where he lives, who he's had for friends for years, and his self and locally perceived identity of a reasonable conservative. (In that limited regard he's no different from BIGUN). No way could they ever walk away from their social comfort zones."

My Dad bought a new International Travelall 4 Door, had to be like 1967 or so, and the damn thing was a bull; it could tow anything and go over boulders. We'd go until we were stuck and then hook up the winch and get free. I honestly cannot remember a single place we ever went that was worth the effort.

In 1972 I was an acting assistant manager at a pizza joint. The manager wasted himself on a motorcycle and the assistant manager was off with a broken wrist. It fell to me hire staff. A very huge, not looking very girl, person applied and in our interview was really smart, you know like fun to talk to. I hired her and immediately faced immense push back, like they called her "the hockey player" etc. I lost a few more staff as a consequence. The owner, who had three other stores, called me in and told me I did the right thing. I will never forget that.

I can't take the bet because I really want to know what gay people are doing to some folks that has them so concerned. Are they doing it to you? I don't think they're doing it to me but maybe if I paid closer attention I'd know if they were doing it to me. But maybe you can't tell for sure even when on the look out so you need to be concerned and worried at all times.

Now wouldn't that be pleasing to some who are so fraught with gay concerns? Just for the sake of understanding could you please tell me just which gay or woke rights are wrecking your days?

Yes, but reports also indicate they were in the rear and surrendered willingly, not first line border troops. But who knows?

In the big scheme of things it's not much territory and holding it with six brigades, without reinforcements, won't be easy. Russia was caught napping with just border guards while Ukraine put together the attack force with their best troops and fighting vehicles. But they can't live off the land and march to the sea while Russia reacts, as it must. Hopefully Ukraine has a plan that doesn't include being encircled.

Actually, Ukraine is on the offensive and is taking Russian territory in Kursk. Whether the gains are durable is unknown, obviously.

That no one is engaging here shows how uninformed and lost in our own bubble we are. Huge things are happening in Ukraine that matter to every American. Please get educated and aware.

That’s rough. I hope you’ve found peace.

Barts Daddy is beyond repair, obviously. Poor Bart if that’s his Daddy’s level.

Thanks for the belly laugh.

Thanks Rob, but Gaza isn't a part of Ukraine.

John, Like a lot of us Bill is a product of where he lives, who he's had for friends for years, and his self and locally perceived identity of a reasonable conservative. (In that limited regard he's no different from BIGUN). No way could they ever walk away from their social comfort zones. Bill is so steeped in the southern military ethos and his personal associations that he can of talk of 'mercs (mercenaries)", "rotary platforms (helicopters)", "AR-15 platforms" and other military sounding things with comfort. And then, even though he has never served a single day in uniform, but did work with folks from DoD and so on mind you, he feels free, validated and qualified enough to disparage someone who actually served for 24 years and yet cannot see in that his own cognitive dissonance or how it is that he was led to such a place. Bill is no fool and far from it, he's not a MAGA-idiot as we think of them. He's a thinking guy, for sure. But he's not on offer as a potential opponent to Trumpism here in public. That will never happen.

I'm thinking it's not too soon for caps that say: "Make America Walz Again!"

Bill, you are a part of the base that makes it possible for Vance to claim Walz is guilty of stolen valor, truly the worst of all things that carries huge negative connotations with the electorate. He wore no one else's medals and probably carried the same weapons of war Brent carried for 20 years not to war but to Italy instead of Lithuania. Turing bio blips to a stolen valor claim is ludicrous and is most certainly swift boating. Anyway, tell us truly that you never once at any time in your life, young or old, embellished a resume, a biography, or your jumping skills to get an advantage.

We're all reasonably thinking about the 2024 vote. Please also take some time to follow what is actually happening on the ground in Ukraine. It matters.