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McCarthy sold his soul to become Speaker - BuckGalaxy - 1/3/2023 7:24:30 PM
- You seeing this shit?! - RobVG - 1/7/2023 4:36:31 AM
  - "Are you not entertained?" - podrock - 1/7/2023 5:06:19 AM
- Our House - podrock - 1/6/2023 5:30:06 PM
- The GOP could hire an outside consultant to arbitrate their squabble. - ER - 1/4/2023 8:45:05 PM
- Trump blames McConnell and his wife for the chaos in the House - BuckGalaxy - 1/4/2023 4:58:39 AM
- The bourgeoisie always underestimates the fascists. - ER - 1/4/2023 4:11:49 AM
  - Same nutjobs who brought down Boehner and Ryan - BuckGalaxy - 1/4/2023 4:55:25 AM
- He had a soul? - podrock - 1/3/2023 9:42:35 PM
  - 3? - podrock - 1/4/2023 3:33:04 AM
    - 4th vote. No speaker. - podrock - 1/4/2023 6:43:56 PM
      - 5 - podrock - 1/4/2023 10:12:31 PM
        
        6 - podrock - 1/4/2023 11:44:24 PM
        
        7, 8... - podrock - 1/5/2023 7:21:54 PM
        
        9, 10... - podrock - 1/5/2023 10:14:24 PM
        
        11 - podrock - 1/6/2023 1:16:46 AM
        
        12 - RobVG - 1/6/2023 5:52:30 PM
        
        13 - podrock - 1/6/2023 11:52:28 PM
        
        14 - podrock - 1/7/2023 4:38:02 AM
        
        Near fistfight on the floor.... - RL - 1/7/2023 4:40:41 AM
        
        And...he's in as speaker. - podrock - 1/7/2023 5:59:08 AM
        
        And first thing on the list... - RobVG - 1/7/2023 7:19:27 AM
        
        First thing on the list, theater bills - BuckGalaxy - 1/7/2023 5:07:33 PM
        
        It will never be solved because they don't want it solved. - ER - 1/7/2023 9:10:32 PM
        
        No "easy" solution - BuckGalaxy - 1/8/2023 6:26:22 AM
        
        You got it. - ER - 1/8/2023 2:05:59 PM
        
        Day laborers standing outside near Home Depot - BuckGalaxy - 1/9/2023 4:55:29 AM
        
        Back in my day... - ER - 1/9/2023 4:24:37 PM
        
        You are deliberately pulling my chain lol - BuckGalaxy - 1/10/2023 2:40:51 AM
        
        You keep on missing MY point, Buck. - ER - 1/10/2023 3:45:18 AM
        
        Sigh - BuckGalaxy - 1/10/2023 7:25:08 AM
        
        It's a question of nomenclature. - ER - 1/11/2023 6:03:17 AM
        
        Agreed, those things are illegal - BuckGalaxy - 1/11/2023 7:39:17 PM
        
        First things first... - ER - 1/7/2023 1:41:06 PM
        
        The ole Bircher Dream - podrock - 1/7/2023 6:06:07 PM
        
        Submitting your taxes six months from your birthday - BuckGalaxy - 1/8/2023 6:29:24 AM

About that 6 year old kid who shot his teacher... - ER - 1/10/2023 1:50:47 AM
- Or - BuckGalaxy - 1/10/2023 2:54:35 AM
  - I know the place. I was stationed nearby. - ER - 1/10/2023 3:36:55 AM

Monkey see, Monkey do... - ER - 1/8/2023 9:02:24 PM
- Bolsonaro is currently in Florida... coincidence? - BuckGalaxy - 1/9/2023 5:00:36 AM

South by Southwest - podrock - 12/28/2022 6:18:19 PM

"A black hole of need..." - ER - 12/25/2022 1:11:59 PM
- I know of a really secure area for him. - podrock - 12/26/2022 12:42:11 AM
  - They should send him to Guantanamo, - ER - 12/26/2022 2:51:03 PM
    - Naw, too warm down there. - podrock - 12/27/2022 1:42:43 AM

Honky tonk wimmen...gimme, gimme, gimme, the honky tonk blues. - ER - 12/24/2022 3:20:52 AM
- I remember being in middle school student council. - podrock - 12/24/2022 5:10:24 AM

What is wrong with these people? - ER - 12/22/2022 1:42:37 PM
- All of the above - BuckGalaxy - 12/22/2022 5:23:39 PM
- Great movie - podrock - 12/22/2022 4:35:10 PM

Happy Solstice! (n/t) - podrock - 12/21/2022 9:48:53 PM
- from Chapter 24, Pink Floyd - ER - 12/22/2022 2:27:11 AM

Another brilliant rant from Tim Minchin - podrock - 12/19/2022 3:42:54 AM
- embed - podrock - 12/19/2022 3:43:09 AM

Meanwhile, The Meadows Texts - podrock - 12/14/2022 2:46:10 AM

Ongoing - podrock - 12/12/2022 9:52:27 PM

The world we live in - podrock - 12/12/2022 9:32:42 PM

Must watch testimony - podrock - 12/9/2022 8:19:50 PM
- embedded video - podrock - 12/9/2022 8:20:22 PM
  - "Do you still think you can control them? - ER - 12/10/2022 12:43:19 AM

The Great Resignation - ER - 12/9/2022 1:26:23 PM
- Did I mention? - podrock - 12/9/2022 9:15:24 PM
- Retired in disgust. - podrock - 12/9/2022 6:04:35 PM
  - It appears you and I have similar experiences. - ER - 12/9/2022 8:00:51 PM
    - And others - podrock - 12/9/2022 8:37:19 PM

Person of the Year - ER - 12/8/2022 3:49:23 AM
- Deserved. - podrock - 12/8/2022 4:50:50 PM
  - Re: Deserved. - ER - 12/8/2022 8:52:53 PM
    - He forgot to mention - podrock - 12/8/2022 11:05:04 PM
      - They seem determined to make Ukraine the villain in this movie. - ER - 12/9/2022 2:16:35 AM
        
        And why is that? - podrock - 12/9/2022 6:12:27 AM
        
        Yeah. - ER - 12/9/2022 1:29:07 PM
        
        What gets me - podrock - 12/9/2022 7:30:05 PM

The remains of the Ye - RL - 12/2/2022 10:39:11 PM
- Oh, come, all Ye faithful... - ER - 12/7/2022 7:29:28 PM
  - no - podrock - 12/7/2022 11:50:48 PM
- Apparently, - podrock - 12/2/2022 10:54:07 PM
  - Now fired, or resigned? - podrock - 12/5/2022 3:05:34 AM
  - I love that Ye asked Trump to run as VICE president in his campaign... - RL - 12/3/2022 4:16:17 PM

Withering fire.... - ER - 11/30/2022 10:48:27 PM

Trump endorsed candidates lose more races - BuckGalaxy - 11/24/2022 3:22:01 AM
- Yeah, he LOOKS weaker.,, - ER - 11/25/2022 5:01:04 PM
  - He IS weaker - BuckGalaxy - 11/26/2022 8:37:04 PM
    - It doesn't matter, Buck. - ER - 11/29/2022 9:42:30 PM
  - Get to know a fascist: - podrock - 11/25/2022 10:37:08 PM

Colo Sprgs - podrock - 11/21/2022 6:21:18 PM
- This timeline has 'jumped the shark'.... - RL - 11/24/2022 4:08:39 PM
  - And revisiting the thread a few months back about "Drag Queeen Story Hour" - RL - 11/24/2022 5:09:07 PM
    - Milton Berle, Flip Wilson, Rudy Giuliani, Dustin Hoffman...etc. - podrock - 11/24/2022 5:29:53 PM
- By the way, the shooter was stopped, - podrock - 11/21/2022 11:20:19 PM
  - I just watched the first media interview with the man who stopped it. - podrock - 11/22/2022 5:34:51 AM
    - Atrevida Beer Company - podrock - 11/22/2022 8:49:54 PM
      - Their slogan has been "Diversity, it's on tap" - RL - 11/24/2022 7:21:58 PM
      - On reddit there was a campaign to buy the brewery's merchandise - RL - 11/24/2022 4:18:05 PM
        
        I seen reports - podrock - 11/24/2022 5:26:52 PM
- We could wish that the hate would die along with the older generation. - RobVG - 11/21/2022 8:43:56 PM
  - Hate is a tool of persuasion - podrock - 11/21/2022 11:04:33 PM
  - It’s an excuse - Pebble - 11/21/2022 9:32:48 PM
    - Maybe, but I don't think so - podrock - 11/21/2022 10:57:03 PM
      - Re: Maybe, but I don't think so - Pebble - 11/23/2022 11:07:30 AM

Age = Wisdom - BuckGalaxy - 11/23/2022 6:53:43 AM

Missile strike in Poland- Russia didn't do it - RobVG - 11/16/2022 8:25:11 PM
- The unspoken possibility - BuckGalaxy - 11/18/2022 2:20:26 AM
  - NATO certainly knows who did it... - RL - 11/18/2022 9:31:00 PM
  - I wouldn't be surprised if we had the technology to track trajectories of every missile fired. n/t - RobVG - 11/18/2022 8:22:27 PM
    - Yes - podrock - 11/19/2022 10:57:05 PM

Largest Dam Demolition in History - RobVG - 11/17/2022 9:46:09 PM

WHY THE UKES SHOULD NOT NEGOTIATE WITH THE RUSKIES - BuckGalaxy - 11/17/2022 8:40:34 PM

Reports of Democracy's death are greatly exaggerated - BuckGalaxy - 11/13/2022 8:11:22 PM
- Crickets here - BuckGalaxy - 11/13/2022 8:15:59 PM
  - Because it was a tie. At best. - podrock - 11/14/2022 12:34:51 AM
    - It's way better than a tie - BuckGalaxy - 11/14/2022 1:48:39 AM
      - Same as it ever was - podrock - 11/14/2022 3:10:28 AM
        
        Different than before - BuckGalaxy - 11/14/2022 5:28:25 AM
        
        another view - podrock - 11/14/2022 5:33:32 PM
        
        What you are not getting - BuckGalaxy - 11/14/2022 9:01:58 PM
        
        Oh, I've got it. - podrock - 11/14/2022 11:10:02 PM
        
        Fully agree the fight is far from over - BuckGalaxy - 11/15/2022 2:42:51 AM
  - Buck.... - RL - 11/13/2022 10:33:36 PM
    - We ARE acting like it - BuckGalaxy - 11/13/2022 11:47:10 PM
      - I think we are of like minds - podrock - 11/14/2022 11:38:17 PM

Democrat Hobbs the winner in AZ! - BuckGalaxy - 11/15/2022 2:29:39 AM

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