It always makes me think of black folks telling funny stories, like:

“Everybody was minding their business, ain’t nobody said shit. This fool walks in with a whole ass baked potato in his mouth like it’s normal…”

So I enjoy the memes from that angle, even if they’re not coming from the original intent.

That said, even that angle doesn’t make this one work.

I was mid-late teens when the internet started to become widespread. I didn’t like the idea, had a bad feeling about it. Then I relaxed a bit and the more I used it, became comfortable with it.

Social media is what I was initially worried about, though I wouldn’t have been able to know it back then. I"d want the pre-internet world back if I had one wish.

People were generally more respectful and forgiving to one another. There was a sense of we’re in this together that has steadily eroded. We had our problems mind you, but I was sure my generation and I would make things better. By and large the only people saying everything’s fucked were the “end is nigh” crazies in the streets.

Maybe my perspective was just more idealistic back then (excluding the internet), and the world was just as grim as it seems today.

But having college graduates reject AI–that gives me a little hope.

Although he’s a minor his crimes weren’t. But Florida, so he’ll be passed over like a dimpled chad.

And the party chooses the reps, or how is that done?

I live near Paxton, and he’s the pick of the scum litter. I’d like to think him winning the nom today would mean an easier path for Talarico, but I’m not convinced of that. After all, magans like to double down on awful people to sate their baseless grievance urges.

When you say proportional representation–is that to say the number of representatives per state is decided by the population level? If so that sounds great.

But without districts and candidates therein, how would you determine who is voting for what?

I’ve seen many statements over the years calling the DNC leadership incompetent and bought.

Honestly until now I haven’t been interested enough to look into them.

But even I can see the blatant, out of touch jackassery amid the facts around this autopsy report. If this were any other major organization I think it would be gutted and started anew.

Galindo, a therapist

That’s kind of a giveaway that she’s another Crockett, a literal straw-woman propped up by fascist donors who hope to torch her for an easy R win.

Sure, any therapist could also want to persecute Jews, but to reconcile that desire with being a mental health advocate takes a special brew of crazy.

The donor ploys are obvious. It makes them look dumb and desperate. Saying that, fellow voters often find the capacity to get duped. So we’ll see, I guess?

Edit: Well shit, I missed that she already won the primary. So the dupe took hold and this is the aftermath.

Also OP: You’re not even trying to hide that you’re a fascist tool? What a fulfilling life you must have.

It is, and poor old Thomas is working on his fourth decade. What an American, to have given up so much of his life to serve the public. At least he’s enjoyed gratuities from equally selfless patriots along the way.

Rather than Eaton you may have been thinking of Schneider Electric /Square D, which is French. I prefer their stuff over Eaton.

I was going to flip the situation to demonstrate Republican hypocrisy. If Biden had pulled the shit Trump did over the 2020 election and his supporters had responded the way maga did…

But that can’t make sense. Biden wouldn’t have done that, nor would supporters in any significant numbers.

The mass lunacy is all on one side. J6 is the most glaring example of this con man and his army of degenerates in action, and Republicans/followers are completely OK with knowing the truth of this.

After Trump dies of malignant narcissism and has been gone awhile maga will find itself in a hopeless state of irrelevance. But even then they won’t admit to themselves that it was their own doing.

Maybe she was saying we’re near-constantly full of shit. And that’s a big collective touché, honestly

Some of us know but keep the damn things off anyway

The founders didn’t account for the level of government vulnerability to bad actors when they made SC seats lifetime appointments.

Or disproportional representation, the Patriot Act, Citizens United, etc…so many huge holes left for those who would exploit them.

So much has changed that makes term limits in SCOTUS an important check on assholes. But those who have helped usher in the fuckery items listed above will do all they can to avoid losing ground. They’ll trample all over we the people as long as they can continue to sucker the rubes into actually voting for this shit show.

Is it true?

Could I really have lost touch with the tenets of this office?

No. it’s the citizens who are wrong.

An in-law of mine got a smart toaster and loves it. Her elderly mom was so excited about that she got one too. I couldn’t get either of them to express an advantage over a regular toaster, they each just like having it.

I didn’t bother mentioning possible privacy concerns, more power to them if it makes them happy.

I’m hopeful there may even be republican dissent for all the overstepping. I think there are still plenty of traditional, small government types who are looking out for number one by faking support while privately being under duress.

If that’s true, it may embolden the equally cowardly dems to finally take appropriate action. One can hope, anyway.

As the other commenter said, water travels far and the route is rarely linear. If you can somehow be certain it’s rain water entering the basement, then at least you know the source. But if it’s a leaky pipe then it may have eroded a path underground which is now impacting your foundation.

I’m no expert. But it seems to me that adding any sort of soil or rock would only be a band-aid fix without patching the crack where water is entering. Maybe I’m wrong about that, but it seems logical.

Dungeon Crawler Carl vibes

When he’s gone and we’re working on plugging these exploits never used by more honorable men (I realize this includes Nixon, ugh), I think historians will begin to point out all the horrible shit. But they will say he did inadvertent good by exposing vulnerabilities in the government.

That’s if things go well and a majority collectively learn in hindsight how fucked up things are.