@horace said in RUSSIA!!!: So who here disagrees that the Capitol raid played to the American left and to Putin? Certainly it played to the left in the headlines, obviously. In our pocketbooks? Yes, it will be used as an excuse to spend money, the current security presence around DC for example. At the ballot box? Maybe, maybe not. At the moment the blame goes 100% to one man who might not be on any more ballots.

@jon-nyc said in Trump reopens flood gates to the swamp: @loki No, he's given his own staff flexibility to go work as lobbyists. No order Biden gives will reverse that. OK I see that now. Now for some semi snark... they won’t get jobs in this country as we are so happy to cancel them all so they will have the opportunity to work abroad.

@taiwan_girl said in Is this why Barr left?: But I agree, as accurate accounts come from people with time in the President Trump whitehouse, it is unlikely that many (if any) will write him in a positive way. Says who?

I thought the reason for resurrecting this thread was that TN is the most immigrated to state in the nation as of last year.

We've reached peak "crazy people are virtuous". Well, I hope we've reached the peak. But the ideas those who lean left can effortlessly carry in their heads never cease to amaze me.

Story doesn't say what "secure part of the airport" he was hiding out in.

Plus the fact that there was no security at the Capitol was the best thing to happen for Democrats in many years.

@doctor-phibes said in The Biden Coup: @renauda said in The Biden Coup: @doctor-phibes said in The Biden Coup: You'd think Fox News would have the money to stand up to Dominion. Mr. Occam suggests a simpler answer may be at hand. You bet. What they need is Captain Sisko. I've long suspected that Orange Julius is in actual fact a Ferengi. Keeping up with the Cardassians, perhaps? That's a masterful dig.

And I make this soup all the time in the instant pot. Usually with barley, and whatever meat and veggies are in the fridge. Bone broth and wine and herbs and salt and pepper. Yum.

Cheap

"There is a sickness in the land -- a deep, tenacious sickness, which must be addressed." Presumably they're talking about the ham and pineapple.

He is, but that meme is evergreen

Yes, the Saints were quite similar to the Ramones, but they were Australian.

@taiwan_girl said in No shows at the sendoff.: @mik said in No shows at the sendoff.: @horace said in No shows at the sendoff.: If only the Capitol hadn't been largely unguarded. Now how the heck did that ever happen? That, my friend, is the good question. Please don’t tell me that you two think there was some sort of conspiracy to allow the people into the Capital building? Somehow or other, this invasion of the bearded knobheads was the fault of the Democrats. You can count on it!

How true...

Both of those were fun!

Pretty cool.

.@senatemajldr on the U.S. Capitol Attack: "The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people." Yes, one has to admit to that. Trump's whining about unevidenced election theft caused a bunch of doofuses to raid a largely unguarded Capitol. I'm unclear how long the occupation lasted, but I think it was about as long as it took the Powers That Be to take it seriously. It was a huge embarrassment, but obviously never a serious or credible attempt at a coup. I consider the lies about the racism narrative to be more virulent and dangerous and destabilizing, but clearly not enough of the cultural seats of messaging power are with me on that.

@jon-nyc said in Getting a little bit of Vitamin D: Aqua is a SPORE for sure. I'll race anybody here, any time, anywhere. (R2 would probably have a sporting chance, though.)

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