The problem is, that’s how the country creeps rightward. If the Dems aren’t going to do anything because of “stability,” that leaves the door open for the Reps to yank it to the right next time they’re in power. And they do. Every time. Much moreso the last 2 times. There are little to no “moderate” Republicans left - most of them are Democrats, now, which is also Not Good.

So given that the US has the Fascist party, and the “Don’t make waves” party, they’re on a path to full-on authoritarianism unless they can drum up an actual progressive opposition.

I love that I’m looking at this right next to the community guidelines photo of The Idiot with his hands in his standard, “That wasn’t my fault” pose. Poetry.

I agree! I absolutely love my GTI. My boys used to ask me what my favorite car was, and I’d always tell them, “you’re sitting in it.” That thing is fun to drive, gets 35mpg, and I’ve packed 3 people and baseball gear in it for a weekend travel tournament. It’s the perfect car for me.

Now, if VW brings an EV GTI to the US, I’m totally down for that. Right now, I’m looking hard at an Ioniq 5N, but I can’t justify it. I barely use the GTI, and it’s paid off.

Famous quote: “The buck stops here.”

Republicans: “What buck? Where? Wasn’t me.”

 Ultra 3. The second one I’ve purchased on FB Marketplace (wife inherited the Ultra 2 I previously wore). I would never pay retail for one of these, but the battery life is a step up from the regular models. Mainly use it to track exercise, as a flashlight that won’t blind me in the night. When I was last England, my older series 9 was awesome for tap to pay getting around on public transit. Most notifications are turned off, but the calls and messages are useful since I usually miss them on my phone.

Also, good for telling time and date a/o having to pull out my phone.

Good to know…?

Eventually the battery has to be replaced, and that can be a big expense. But yeah, over the life of the car, the maintenance should be lower, and as the technology improves the costs will hopefully come down.

I work from home so my 13-year-old GTI hasn’t crossed 60k miles yet. If/when I ever replace it, it will likely be with an EV. We also have a RAV4 hybrid, and we’re just now feeling the pain of the higher gas prices.

Yeah, don’t leave us hanging!

That, and hammering down any dissent.

Doesn’t sound at all fascist. Not sure why it makes me think of The Wall movie with Floyd leading his political rallies.

While I applaud the sentiment, I think it’s too small. There needs to be a national movement to normalize recognizing Trump as “The Idiot.” It’s simple, classic (referencing Dostoyevsky in the most American way possible: incorrectly), kid-friendly… IMO, it’s perfect. My goal is until the day I die, when I reference “The Idiot” anywhere in the world, the stranger I’m talking to know exactly who I’m talking about.

Doesn’t matter! What do you think?

Spooky wallpaper, though!

Yeah, they want “Mad Men.” They never wanted any kind of “traditional” “Christian” family values (whatever those actually are).

Right!? Poor guy’s probably just sitting on his couch thinking, “what about meeee?” Plus, the obvious TV op of an Army helicopter dropping him off at the venue to open his set! Such an easy opportunity to own the libs, and they went with Lee Fucking Greenwood!?

I didn’t hear about the radio show, but I recall him saying it during, I think, the Democratic Presidential Debate in 2016?

The really shitty thing is you’re probably right. Here was an actual responsible gun owner, who didn’t just wildly open fire, and Wyoming’s like, “not like that.”

I always felt like O’Rourke was mostly propped up by the party. I never really thought he had a serious shot at winning a statewide election.

Talarico is a genuine Christian. Try as they might, the Christian-ist Christians of Christian-By-God-Texas can’t make a dent in his actual real Christian love, and members of their flocks are noticing that. I see countless posts saying Jesus was a progressive, but precious few politicians that embody that. I hope he does well. That said, this is Texas. They may hate Paxton, but to they hate him enough to vote for gulp A DEMOCRAT!?

OMG, you like Venture Brothers?

On brand.

Literally betting the farm on an Idiot giving them money. Ironically, while bitching about “deadbeats living off government handouts.”

Correction: for some reason they still think Dems running things would be worse! So after 8 years of Clinton & Obama, and 4-years of Biden and them not losing their farms during any of that, they still think Dems would be worse than them actually losing their farms after not quite 2-years of Trump 2.0! They will happily walk right to the poor house saying republicans are “better for the economy,” and keep saying it as any benefits they might get whilst in the poor house are stripped away by said republicans.