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#31
War / Trump and Putin: When Delusion...
Last post by RE - Jun 14, 2026, 06:15 AM
Trump and Putin: When Delusional Idiots Go to War
Going to war, our Constitution flatly says, is up to Congress. Even when it has been up to Congress in recent decades, as it was in a de facto way in Vietnam and a de jure way in Iraq, we’ve opted for wars of choice with disastrous outcomes. Under Donald Trump, however, not only was our war of choice in Iran decreed solely by our autocratic president, but that president never bothered to make even a semi-serious case for that war to his fellow Americans.
#32
War / US and Israel carrying out str...
Last post by K-Dog - Jun 13, 2026, 08:27 PMThe best play for Iran is to humor Trump and keep 'a deal' one day away as long as they can. Trump does not know the difference between boos and cheers at a sports game so I doubt he understands that The world is under economic siege and Trump is responsible for the mess, and that the world hates him for it. Unfortunately the concept of the economic siege is way over Trumps head.
Eventually things will get so bad that America will remove Trump. And Iran is willing to wait.
Eventually things will get so bad that America will remove Trump. And Iran is willing to wait.
#33
Censorship / Woman plunges to death on brid...
Last post by RE - Jun 13, 2026, 08:00 PM
Woman plunges to death on bridge jump after workers forget safety rope
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, had posted pictures of the bridge and jump wristbands just hours before she was unknowingly flung to her death in a stomach-churning blunder, the US Sun reported. In footage that captured her being hurled to her deadly descent on Saturday, Ms de Freitas is picked up by staff at the popular attraction in Limeira, Sao Paulo.
Another Stupid Homo Sap bites the dust. She should have tried drugs instead. lol.
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#34
The rest of the world / Do Americans really know how m...
Last post by RE - Jun 13, 2026, 06:12 PMQuote from: TDoS on Jun 13, 2026, 05:54 PMSocialism isn't a side.
What planet are you living on?
QuoteI would venture that ultimately, our experiences and capabilities in life delivered unto us quite different results.
Yup. You ended up on the Dark Side as a Lord of the Sith, I ended up a Jedi Knight.
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#35
The rest of the world / Do Americans really know how m...
Last post by TDoS - Jun 13, 2026, 05:54 PMQuote from: RE on Jun 13, 2026, 10:32 AMYou're joking, right? I had a college level reading ability in the 4th grade. I already knew the history of socialism in the FSoA, I knew about the union busting, the Pinkertons, the works. You probably don't remember those years because you were still playing Cowboys & Indians and reading comic books....
How amusing. No, I wasn't joking. Are you? A child reading at the college level isn't a big deal....maybe turning intelligence to political thought at that age is weirdly intellectual for a 4th grader. And of course I remember those years, while you were learning politics, I had a rifle in my hand hunting squirrels and rabbits. While you LEARNED...stuff...I...DID stuff. Food was very important in the holler. Knowing the forest, the animals, obtaining protein with a rifle and traps, etc etc.
I have always been amused back in old doomer times when folks went on endlessly about hunting and fishing as a solution to the collapse (pick any of your favorites you, or them, have proclaimed in this century that didn't happen) and people just seemed to not understand anything about old school self reliance. Maybe there are more around of you than you think, all interested in politics by the time they were 10 years old?
Quote from: REHere's a favorite with Joan singing one of Phil's masterpieces.
Here's Natalie Merchant singing Woody Guthrie.
I knew which side I was on before you could read.
Socialism isn't a side. It is a political concept. You might have known your politics before I could read, but I could feed a family of 3 and my grandmother before you fired your first rifle at summer camp.
"Each experience in your life was absolutely necessary in order to have gotten you to the next place, and the next place, up to this very moment."
I would venture that ultimately, our experiences and capabilities in life delivered unto us quite different results.
#36
War / Trump threatens to NUKE Iran
Last post by RE - Jun 13, 2026, 02:57 PM
Trump says Iran deal coming Sunday
Ahead of next week’s G7 summit, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that a deal to end the war with Iran is expected to be signed Sunday, claiming Tehran has agreed not to pursue a nuclear weapon and that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen to global shipping. In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump described the agreement as “a wall to no nuclear weapon” and said it would be the opposite of the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated under former president Barack Obama.
"We look forward to working with Iran, and the entire Middle East, long into the future," Trump wrote, while also warning that if diplomacy fails, "we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again."
One can only hope he TACOs this threat also. Will the Generals stop him?
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#37
The rest of the world / Do Americans really know how m...
Last post by RE - Jun 13, 2026, 10:32 AMQuote from: TDoS on Jun 13, 2026, 06:09 AMWell now that is interesting. Did you know at that age the word for what you were, or did that come later.
You're joking, right? I had a college level reading ability in the 4th grade. I already knew the history of socialism in the FSoA, I knew about the union busting, the Pinkertons, the works. You probably don't remember those years because you were still playing Cowboys & Indians and reading comic books, but the early 60s was the era of the Folk Music explosion with guys like Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and of course Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and Joan Baez. In those days before Rock got so loud, you could still understand the lyrics and sing along. By the time I was 5 at the Unitarian retreat Homestead in Upstate NY we would sit around the campfire and sing the songs. I knew all the words by heart. Here's a favorite with Joan singing one of Phil's masterpieces.
Here's Natalie Merchant singing Woody Guthrie.
I knew which side I was on before you could read.
RE
#38
Collapse Life / Financial ruination and marke...
Last post by K-Dog - Jun 13, 2026, 10:23 AM
U.S. energy secretary says 7 million barrels of oil exiting Persian Gulf daily, but Chevron CEO rebuts the claim
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said nearly 7 million barrels of oil are now exiting the Persian Gulf daily thanks to U.S. military assistance, but Chevron CEO Mike Wirth rebutted the assertion.
If I was a lying asshole I could work for Trump.
#39
The rest of the world / Do Americans really know how m...
Last post by TDoS - Jun 13, 2026, 06:18 AMQuote from: K-Dog on Jun 12, 2026, 09:55 PMQuote from: TDoS on Jun 12, 2026, 03:30 PMQuote from: K-Dog on Jun 12, 2026, 10:51 AMDid you think this before or after consuming mind altering hallucinogens?
The fish oil has probably done more good for my thinking than anything else. Upgraded cognitive abilities. Send me the T-shirt.
I can't say I know who much about how to upgrade cognitive abilities, other than the usual, learn stuff, learn more stuff piled on top of the older stuff, and arrive somewhere you never expected. Once the pile is high enough, well, go ride a motorcycle to relax.
#40
The rest of the world / Do Americans really know how m...
Last post by TDoS - Jun 13, 2026, 06:09 AMQuote from: RE on Jun 12, 2026, 04:07 PMI didn't have any trouble producing results back in the day. I just didn't like the job. I didn't like academia much either, I was just good at it.Oh...there are results, and then there are results. And me, I can't do academia. Research no problem, but academia is something else entirely. It is one of the reasons I find it so amusing when, based on results, they automatically think I am one of them. Doesn't take much to dupe them.
Quote from: REI was already a socialist by the time I returned from Rio at 10.Well now that is interesting. Did you know at that age the word for what you were, or did that come later.
Quote from: REI positively hated Nixon and Vietnam. I've been disgusted by the politics, consumerism and the plastic world of Big Yellow Taxi my whole life.Instilled by an early family life among the well off?
Quote from: RESo I dropped out of it and did what I liked. I coached a lot of good gymmies along the way. It was fun.
RE
We each measure our results in different ways. I never dropped out, arguably, I never entered anything to drop out of.