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Old Feb 22, 2025 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by JD8
Everything is far too politicized and driven by media attention. As a result, important issues are regularly overshadowed by drama.
He was attacked consistently, unfairly, and unrelentingly, from the day he announced his presidency.

Every word uttered from his mouth, every movement he made, every dance move, the way he drinks water, the way he fed fish, walked, talked, was criticized and mocked and twisted and used against him his entire presidency.

Hell, he learned early on, that he was being illegally wiretapped by Obama and instead of that becoming a Nixon level scandal, that was used against him.

It is not behavior that I want to see out of the leader of my country and it brings out the worst in people. Once things devolve to emotion fueled reactions, logic tends to take a back seat. At that point, like Joe said, a constructive outcome is unlikely. The president should be working to unite the country, not the opposite.
"you ain't black"

What exactly does it mean to unite the country?
What exactly is Trump doing to split it?
What examples can you give that suggests Trump is trying to split the country?
Why is that every republican is working to split the country and every democrat works so tirelessly to uniting it?
Can be certain Trump is working to oppose the country, and not that other actors are working against Trump/Country?


looks like this was my 80,000th post.

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Old Feb 22, 2025 | 06:43 PM
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Old Feb 22, 2025 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
Every word uttered from his mouth, every movement he made, every dance move, the way he drinks water...

You know who else drank water every single day?

Adolf Hitler.

It's frankly shocking how you can so openly support Hitler.


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Old Feb 22, 2025 | 08:01 PM
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@hector with the gatekeeping. Stay off my lawn!! I just found this thread and wanted to join in on the fun.

It is wild to me that you think trump will be viewed positively in the history books. I honestly thought that part of the fun for maga people was how awful he is and how him being a terrible president is "owning the libs". Was that not a whole thing with you guys?

I will say that I agree that we are in the second F of FAFO. Not for the reason you guys think though. Although, maybe you are fans of project 2025 (which was is liberal propoganda of course)... https://www.project2025.observer/
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Old Feb 23, 2025 | 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by JD8
@hector with the gatekeeping. Stay off my lawn!! I just found this thread and wanted to join in on the fun.

It is wild to me that you think trump will be viewed positively in the history books. I honestly thought that part of the fun for maga people was how awful he is and how him being a terrible president is "owning the libs". Was that not a whole thing with you guys?

I will say that I agree that we are in the second F of FAFO. Not for the reason you guys think though. Although, maybe you are fans of project 2025 (which was is liberal propoganda of course)... https://www.project2025.observer/
Kinda funny how we've heard about the horrors of our debt and deficit, and yet no one does anything about it, until now. And libs run out of the house with their hair on fire.
Or in the span of one month we have a world leader working to actually stop a potential WWIII. And the libs say he's Putin's puppet while Europe (I repeat myself) vows to put boots on the ground. They're all itching to fight the country with the most nukes....got it.

We're just in an upside down world, and the media who used to get USAID money still have megaphones. But the batteries are running down...



Old Feb 23, 2025 | 10:31 AM
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A really unfortunate thing is that the EU countries have depleted their militaries to the extent that their “boots on the ground” are not likely to strike fear into Russian hearts. They’ve been content to simply ship weapons to Ukraine and watch them be slowly destroyed while the conflict “weakens Russian resolve.” As long as they figured that the US would backstop them, no need for real standing armies. If the war ended tomorrow, Ukraine’s battle-hardened army would be the only real effective European fighting force in a conventional war.



Old Feb 23, 2025 | 10:42 AM
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It is wild to me that you think trump will be viewed positively in the history books. I honestly thought that part of the fun for maga people was how awful he is and how him being a terrible president is "owning the libs". Was that not a whole thing with you guys?
I didn't expect you to answer any questions.

The reason i asked so many is because it makes you have to think and come up with an actual answer and support your opinion. This is something teachers do in grade school to teach children necessary skills they will need in life. Similar to forcing the student to take the pro/con -- despite what he believe in -- in a debate class in HS.

Maybe you had these skills once in your life, but the problem with TDS is it starts to eat away at your brain that controls these sorts of vital functions, like forming your own opinion.

On top of that the absolutely crazy thing about TDS is it's akin to the zombie-ant fungus -- a real-life parasite that controls the minds of insects. But in this case your mind is controlled by the media (who turns out the government funds -- i.e., propaganda) that told you:
  • Biden was sharp as a tack.
  • Trump is colluding with Russia.
  • Covid was from bats.
  • It was a pandemic of the unvaccinated
  • Hunter's Laptop is Russian Misinformation Campaign.
  • Voter Fraud doesn't exist. Okay Maybe it does, but it's not widespread. and here's how that a good thing.
  • Jan 6 was an insurrection.
  • Ukraine is a democratic ally.
  • There is no fraud in Ukraine, don't look into Ukraine.
  • Ukraine needs our billions.
  • Trump went to Epstein island.
  • Trump is going to go after his political opponents.
  • Trump is a threat to our democracy.

Despite everything your host telling you is a lie, since your affliction has smoothed your brain, alas you may be lost forever.


Oh other tell-tale signs of TDS include:
  • REEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeing
  • shadow projection
  • use ad homiens and other red herrings
  • loss of friendships
  • depression
  • transgenderism
  • salty discharge
  • general malaise
  • anxiety
  • spells equality: e-q-u-i-t-y and actually believes it means the same thing
  • unable to understand difference between illegal and legal immigration
  • everything is racist
  • everything is Hitler
  • muscle loss
  • boob growth
Understanding these symptoms could potentially save you or a loved one.

Some limited treatments include: Getting a life, getting self-worth/ego, getting healthy, getting a job, and growing & caring about your own family

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Old Feb 23, 2025 | 05:49 PM
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"Yes, there are FAR more 'eligible' social security numbers than there are citizens in the USA. This might be the biggest fraud in history." Elon Musk




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This butt-munch is from San Clemente. His parents are Commies. He's a commie. He once ran for city council--right out of high school--and not one but TWO council members endorsed him. They were trying to get him elected over a conservative Republican. Funny thing--both of them were also registered Republicans.

I campaigned against all three of them, for obvious reasons. They all either lost or didn't run again.

Just another day in the life, San Clemente.
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Old Feb 24, 2025 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by hector
Simba- joined Oct 2022
JD8- joined May 2016

Not a peep from these guys in this thread during the time Captain Incoherent was in office. Now all of a sudden, they care, and want us to believe they don't have political biases and are not lashing out at Trump because of TDS but because he is genuinely bad for our country. Nothing from 1/2021 to 1/2025. The country was not in trouble then. Leaders from other countries called these ******* out for lambasting them for going after political opponents while doing the exact same thing. And yet here you are now crying out that our DEMOCRACY is in peril!


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Old Feb 24, 2025 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by JD8
@hector with the gatekeeping. Stay off my lawn!! I just found this thread and wanted to join in on the fun.
Outright lie, you were commenting in here during the Corona bullshit in 2021 with your Google Scholar links supporting the vaccine that everyone but those who got it with a smile on their faces knows was fraudulent and dangerous.
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Old Feb 24, 2025 | 10:40 AM
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How does one get above 4.0 on their GPA? Is this some fuckery 5.0 scale to let the mid level 3.8's out of 5 look good?
Old Feb 24, 2025 | 11:11 AM
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How does one get above 4.0 on their GPA? Is this some fuckery 5.0 scale to let the mid level 3.8's out of 5 look good?
15 or 20 years ago, schools in the US started using a new scale in which 5.0 is the highest possible GPA. It is supposed to give greater weight to AP and Honors courses.

It has the effect of making us older folks look like we had lower academic performance than we actually did.
Old Feb 24, 2025 | 11:19 AM
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My first semester of college I got a .94 GPA. I studied beer drinking instead of academics.
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I majored in hot rod cars and girls. Ended up with a BA psychology degree after 6 years. It was a good time.
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My brother in-law just got back from his younger brother's funeral, 62. Died in his sleep with an enlarged heart. His best friend from Boise State just died in his sleep at 65; enlarged heart. They both played for Boise State and won the championship their senior year.

Woke up to my high school friend dropping an obituary for her husband, who apparently "died suddenly." He was a retired swim coach for Smith College (MIT grad) in phenomenal shape.


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