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    George K
    wrote on 5 Oct 2021, 00:03 last edited by
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    LOL

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      LuFins Dad
      wrote on 5 Oct 2021, 00:10 last edited by
      #29

      This is anti-bullying month. Seriously.

      The Brad

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        LuFins Dad
        wrote on 5 Oct 2021, 13:22 last edited by
        #30

        It’s almost like somebody told them to “get in their faces”

        The Brad

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          5 Oct 2021, 13:22

          It’s almost like somebody told them to “get in their faces”

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          George K
          wrote on 5 Oct 2021, 13:25 last edited by
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          @lufins-dad said in The New Civility ...:

          It’s almost like somebody told them to “get in their faces”

          Steve Doocey asked Psaki, "Has anyone ever chased the president into a bathroom?"

          She deflected, of course.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            taiwan_girl
            wrote on 6 Oct 2021, 00:37 last edited by
            #32

            It is very sad that no matte what one side says, the other side has to say the opposite. 😞

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              George K
              wrote on 14 Oct 2021, 11:31 last edited by
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              ‘We’re going to make her life unpleasant’:

              Our Revolution, the Bernie Sanders-inspired grassroots group, is joining Arizona union leaders, educators and other grassroots activists for a series of demonstrations outside of her Phoenix and Tucson offices over the next several days, according to a strategy outline first shared with POLITICO.

              The planned demonstrations mark the next phase of an aggressive approach activists have taken to turn up the heat on Sinema, who has been a hold-out on the massive domestic spending plan that’s at the heart of Biden’s economic agenda.

              Last week, the in-your-face tactic came to head when protesters followed Sinema into a bathroom and filmed her. On Monday, they followed her to Boston where she was to compete in the marathon before a foot injury kept her from participating.

              Hopefully it will not be so unpleasant that a Bernie-Bro shoots her, requiring her to get a colostomy.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                Jolly
                wrote on 14 Oct 2021, 11:47 last edited by
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                If I was a pol, seems like these tactics would piss me off, not persuade me.

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  Jolly
                  wrote on 14 Oct 2021, 11:48 last edited by
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                  Secondly...Time to issue a Secret Service detail to Senators or Congressmen upon request?

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    George K
                    wrote on 24 Oct 2021, 21:22 last edited by George K
                    #36

                    The Washington Post is apoplectic that people don't like some politicians.

                    During the 2020 presidential campaign, one of Biden’s political superpowers was his sheer inoffensiveness, the way he often managed to embody — even to those who didn’t like him — the innocuous grandfather, the bumbling uncle, the leader who could make America calm, steady, even boring again after four years of Donald Trump.

                    But it’s clear that after nine months in office, Biden — or at least what he represents — is increasingly becoming an object of hatred to many Trump supporters.

                    Yet the anger also demonstrates how a political party or cause often needs an enemy, a target of vilification that can unite its adherents — and, in this case, one refracted through the harshness, norm-breaking and vulgarity of the Trump era.

                    Sigh...longing for the good old days of non-vulgarity.

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                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • G George K
                      24 Oct 2021, 21:22

                      The Washington Post is apoplectic that people don't like some politicians.

                      During the 2020 presidential campaign, one of Biden’s political superpowers was his sheer inoffensiveness, the way he often managed to embody — even to those who didn’t like him — the innocuous grandfather, the bumbling uncle, the leader who could make America calm, steady, even boring again after four years of Donald Trump.

                      But it’s clear that after nine months in office, Biden — or at least what he represents — is increasingly becoming an object of hatred to many Trump supporters.

                      Yet the anger also demonstrates how a political party or cause often needs an enemy, a target of vilification that can unite its adherents — and, in this case, one refracted through the harshness, norm-breaking and vulgarity of the Trump era.

                      Sigh...longing for the good old days of non-vulgarity.

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                      Horace
                      wrote on 24 Oct 2021, 21:27 last edited by
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                      @george-k said in The New Civility ...:

                      harshness, norm-breaking and vulgarity of the Trump era.

                      In order to make political progress, norms must sometimes be broken. A sad fact of politics that progressives would understand, if any of them had grown up in a culture in which their preferences weren't already mainstream.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                        24 Oct 2021, 21:27

                        @george-k said in The New Civility ...:

                        harshness, norm-breaking and vulgarity of the Trump era.

                        In order to make political progress, norms must sometimes be broken. A sad fact of politics that progressives would understand, if any of them had grown up in a culture in which their preferences weren't already mainstream.

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                        George K
                        wrote on 25 Oct 2021, 21:59 last edited by
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                        @horace said in The New Civility ...:

                        norms must sometimes be broken

                        Fucking Teabaggers.

                        Wait, who said that?

                        Yeah, President Obama.

                        Conservatives are pouncing on President Obama for using what they say is a pejorative expression for the Tea Party movement.

                        In a new book by Jonathan Alter, The Promise: President Obama, Year One, Mr. Obama is quoted as saying that House Republicans' unanimous vote against the stimulus package "helped to create the tea-baggers and empowered that whole wing of the Republican Party to where it now controls the agenda for the Republicans."

                        Yeah, conservatives "pounced." What could be worse, "seizing?"

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          LuFins Dad
                          wrote on 29 Oct 2021, 18:30 last edited by LuFins Dad
                          #39

                          The new normal. https://nypost.com/2021/10/28/terry-mcauliffes-daughter-flips-off-rival-glenn-youngkins-signs/

                          Really it’s not that big of a deal, but it’s sad that it’s no big deal.

                          Edit to add the F Joe a Biden stuff is sad as well.

                          The Brad

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                            29 Oct 2021, 18:30

                            The new normal. https://nypost.com/2021/10/28/terry-mcauliffes-daughter-flips-off-rival-glenn-youngkins-signs/

                            Really it’s not that big of a deal, but it’s sad that it’s no big deal.

                            Edit to add the F Joe a Biden stuff is sad as well.

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                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on 29 Oct 2021, 18:39 last edited by Doctor Phibes
                            #40

                            @lufins-dad said in The New Civility ...:

                            The new normal. https://nypost.com/2021/10/28/terry-mcauliffes-daughter-flips-off-rival-glenn-youngkins-signs/

                            Really it’s not that big of a deal, but it’s sad that it’s no big deal.

                            Edit to add the F Joe a Biden stuff is sad as well.

                            Ted Cruz said one of the Brandon chant-alongs was the funniest thing he'd ever seen. And bear in mind that guy looks at himself naked in the mirror at least once a week.

                            I was only joking

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                              George K
                              wrote on 30 Oct 2021, 19:44 last edited by
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                              Arizona bride, mom plead with progressive anti-Sinema protesters to stop 'ruining' wedding

                              An Arizona bride and her mother pleaded with protesters outside of a wedding that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., officiated last weekend to stop disrupting the event, according to video of the demonstrators.

                              Sinema was officiating the wedding for her personal friend, according to Tucson.com, when protesters arrived outside the venue, chanting and carrying signs that read phrases including, "Sinema Betrays Democrats" and, "We voted for you — shouldn't you vote for us?" as seen in a video of the event posted to YouTube on Oct. 24

                              t one point, a woman who appears to be the bride confronts the demonstrators.

                              "Thanks for ruining my wedding. I really appreciate it," she can be heard saying sarcastically in the video. "It's just my wedding. I really wish I could enjoy my wedding without you ruining it."

                              A protester responds, "I know you do."

                              "It's my daughter's wedding. Just for an hour — just let her get married, please. This person is not my daughter," she can be heard telling demonstrators, referring to Sinema. The woman appears to plead with protesters to leave for an hour during the ceremony; some demonstrators agree to protest in silence, though one man continues to yell toward the venue.

                              Link to video

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                Jolly
                                wrote on 30 Oct 2021, 19:55 last edited by
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                                That's private property and I guarantee they had no permit for public property. The cops should have cleared them out and arrested anybody who resisted.

                                Bail should have been set at $100,000.

                                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on 30 Oct 2021, 19:57 last edited by
                                  #43

                                  Secondly, if that had happened at my nephew's wedding, with all the rednecks, cowboys and drunk coonasses, the protesters would be lucky not to have fertilized the cane field.

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    30 Oct 2021, 19:44

                                    Arizona bride, mom plead with progressive anti-Sinema protesters to stop 'ruining' wedding

                                    An Arizona bride and her mother pleaded with protesters outside of a wedding that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., officiated last weekend to stop disrupting the event, according to video of the demonstrators.

                                    Sinema was officiating the wedding for her personal friend, according to Tucson.com, when protesters arrived outside the venue, chanting and carrying signs that read phrases including, "Sinema Betrays Democrats" and, "We voted for you — shouldn't you vote for us?" as seen in a video of the event posted to YouTube on Oct. 24

                                    t one point, a woman who appears to be the bride confronts the demonstrators.

                                    "Thanks for ruining my wedding. I really appreciate it," she can be heard saying sarcastically in the video. "It's just my wedding. I really wish I could enjoy my wedding without you ruining it."

                                    A protester responds, "I know you do."

                                    "It's my daughter's wedding. Just for an hour — just let her get married, please. This person is not my daughter," she can be heard telling demonstrators, referring to Sinema. The woman appears to plead with protesters to leave for an hour during the ceremony; some demonstrators agree to protest in silence, though one man continues to yell toward the venue.

                                    Link to video

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                                    LuFins Dad
                                    wrote on 30 Oct 2021, 20:23 last edited by
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                                    @george-k said in The New Civility ...:

                                    Arizona bride, mom plead with progressive anti-Sinema protesters to stop 'ruining' wedding

                                    An Arizona bride and her mother pleaded with protesters outside of a wedding that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., officiated last weekend to stop disrupting the event, according to video of the demonstrators.

                                    Sinema was officiating the wedding for her personal friend, according to Tucson.com, when protesters arrived outside the venue, chanting and carrying signs that read phrases including, "Sinema Betrays Democrats" and, "We voted for you — shouldn't you vote for us?" as seen in a video of the event posted to YouTube on Oct. 24

                                    t one point, a woman who appears to be the bride confronts the demonstrators.

                                    "Thanks for ruining my wedding. I really appreciate it," she can be heard saying sarcastically in the video. "It's just my wedding. I really wish I could enjoy my wedding without you ruining it."

                                    A protester responds, "I know you do."

                                    "It's my daughter's wedding. Just for an hour — just let her get married, please. This person is not my daughter," she can be heard telling demonstrators, referring to Sinema. The woman appears to plead with protesters to leave for an hour during the ceremony; some demonstrators agree to protest in silence, though one man continues to yell toward the venue.

                                    Link to video

                                    I'm sure that immediately afterward, Sinema said "OMG! I've been wrong this whole time! Thank you for helping me realize the error of my ways!" Then rushed to DC to vote for the full package...

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                                    The Brad

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                                      30 Oct 2021, 19:55

                                      That's private property and I guarantee they had no permit for public property. The cops should have cleared them out and arrested anybody who resisted.

                                      Bail should have been set at $100,000.

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                                      taiwan_girl
                                      wrote on 3 Nov 2021, 01:07 last edited by
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                                      @jolly said in The New Civility ...:

                                      That's private property and I guarantee they had no permit for public property. The cops should have cleared them out and arrested anybody who resisted.

                                      Bail should have been set at $100,000.

                                      Agree. Like @LuFins-Dad sad, it really has become sad for both sides. 😞

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 31 Dec 2021, 14:25 last edited by
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                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          Mik
                                          wrote on 31 Dec 2021, 14:28 last edited by
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                                          Class envy.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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