It’s a team effort really.

I hope they all get primary’d.

So how do we do this?

No. Two different words with two vastly different meanings.

Making up your own definitions to fit your agenda is exactly what the conservatives do. Don’t be a conservative.

This is part of the problem! There are so many different (and stupid) words to describe one side of a political party. We should make a new one called the Not Assholes party that encompasses those of us who just want a working democracy that doesn’t favor aristocracy, oligarchy, or any other non democratic -cracy/-archy.

Or whatever; I really don’t know. I’m stupid and this shit is way too over complicated for my stupid brain to comprehend. 😩

I want to ask, in earnest, if you mean you’re not nationalist? Patriot gets thrown around a lot these days, but what most people really mean is nationalism. I love my country, but I hate what it’s become. I hate the people in power who are ruining this great country. I hate the conservatives who are trashing everything with their racism and toxicity. I hate the liberals who are just as bad as conservatives because neither side can do the right thing (granted, the left are slightly better than the right).

And no, this is not a “bOTh SiDeS” issue. So you can burn that straw man down right now.

I feel like we’ve gotten to the point in our “hurtling toward doom” where our best course of action is to brace for the immediate impact and once we’ve crawled out from the wreckage we can dust ourselves and each other off and start anew.

Damnit I was going to make the same joke.

I’ve come to the conclusion that everybody in Hollywood is out for money and fame, and that some are just very smart about keeping their opinions to themselves so as not to shatter the illusion of being good people.

An argument can be made that all actions people take are for their own self-interest. Even things like helping the community is done for reciprocal benefits for yourself plus the general increase in respect.

I believe if the act benefits someone else more than it benefits yourself, then that is what differentiates selfless from selfish.

That nobody gives a shit about you, especially if you are in any way not mainstream, and they’d rather you not exist than to help you.

Move to NM; got it. Thanks. 😊

I wonder how long before New Mexico Republicans draft a bill making use of tax money for UBI illegal.

Yes.

I think this was what I was looking for.

My goto device time killer is chess.com. It’s both educational and fun (assuming you don’t get your ass handed to you by a bot 😅).

If I am by myself and don’t want to engage my devices or read, I will try to do something productive, like clean or organize a space that is messy. When I lay with my kids as they go to bed, I usually stare into the void and reminisce about them when they were younger. Thankfully they now fall asleep super fast, so I don’t have to spend 10-20 minutes with them. When they were much younger, I’d fall asleep with them until my wife (at the time) would wake me for my bedtime.

Good luck to you!

At this point, it’s probably wise not to count on the “in four years” idea that Trump will willingly step aside and allow someone else to be President. And even if we get lucky and he dies before that time, his successor is much younger and just as emboldened as Trump.

To paraphrase the old saying, “Hide yo kids, hide yo couch!”

They argued that ending Energy Star labeling would go against Trump’s stated goal of bringing down energy prices.

Haven’t they learned anything? Just because Trump says he wants to do something does not mean he’ll do it. Most especially anything beneficial to anybody but him and his entourage of cock suckers.