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Reagan conservatism is not yet dead, unfortunately. It merely metamorphosized and MAGA metastasized to other American demographics. I do believe, however, that the meteoric rise of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign is a harbinger of Reaganism’s ultimate fate: an expiration date inextricably linked with the physical health of the Boomery MAGA crowd obstinately peddling it. The essence of Zohran’s campaign is convincing NYC’s working class that almost half a century of policies promoting upward wealth redistribution is not in their own best interests. A longstanding economic climate of trickle-down economics, dangerous deregulatory practices, anti-union laws, dismantlement of the social safety net, and the like has created the miasma of urban unaffordability. A democratic socialist would (rightly) call this “wealth theft.” Zohran’s plans to help reverse that redistributive trend (fare-free city buses, 5 government-run grocery stores, $30 by ’30 minimum wage increases, public assistance for childcare, circumstantial rent freezes and public housing options, etc.) are incredibly mild and not remotely commensurate with the national outrage. Not even 11 full days following the decisive primary victory, the collective oppositional response to Zohran’s very modest intrusions into laissez-faire economics has been both pathetic and predictable. Oh, let’s review the myriad ways in which this flustered cohort of right-wingers and establishments lefties are flailing… 1. 1950’s McCarthyism redux: Raising the marginal tax rate a couple percentage points for the highest income bracket, apparently, is some sort of clarion call to the resurrected corpses of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin. 2. 2000’s Islamophobia redux: Jihad! Intifada! Scary Arabic words are scary and Arabic! 3. Anti-Zionism = anti-Semitism conflations: The desperation of discourse has so degraded to the point that Zionists are now using “anti-colonialists” as a slur LOL… 4. Anti-immigrant rhetoric: This is where the white MAGA nationalists really expose themselves. The bulk of Zohran’s support is actually coming from white people, and the “dangerously high” percentage of foreign-born NYC’ers isn’t any different than it was a century ago when immigrants were predominantly European (~35-40%). 5. Freeloader accusations: Voters in support of Zohran are mostly found among the higher economic brackets, minus the sociopathic corporate CEO’s and the downtown Gordon Gekko degenerates. Nevertheless, market-based counters to all the “whining” about costs of living and stagnant socioeconomic mobility have so far come in the form of recommendations to stop being so lazy and instead add on night shifts at Walmart and what not…because nothing screams “effective campaigning” quite like trivializing the concerns of the voters… 6. Reverse ageism: The relative youth of Zohran’s voters is being held against his campaign. This means nothing to me, personally, because I value wisdom and not necessarily age. In fact, I have seen little evidence supporting the adage that wisdom accompanies age. See: middle-aged and Boomery MAGA denizens of this forum. 7. Character assassination: Any attempts at questioning Zohran’s integrity are laughable, really, when you juxtapose his with that of his opponent, Eric Adams. 8. Economic illiteracy accusations: Whatever. I scoff at right-wingers and neoliberal dullards who slavishly follow axiomatic economics to the exclusion of data-driven economics. Kay Adams Fun Fact: understanding the practical importance of saving and investing in life has ZERO relevance to understanding the academic field of macroeconomics. 9. Random misogyny: Oh noes!! The childless yuppy cat lady Zohrandinistas are destroying the city and the country! Eeek!!! El. Oh. El. Not. A. F*ck. We. Have. To. Give. In the spirit of EmRata, I shall order my “Hot Girls for Zohran” t-shirt, wear it in the form of a crop top to show off my flat summer tummy, and post it on Instagram so that all the Strong Island finance bros can respond and cry about the downfall of Western civilization.

Go to the west coast. I had to look at a property next to The Shops at Tanforan (Mall) in San Bruno,CA (next to SFO). The property and the mall property was a racetrack from 1899 to 1964. At the mall there is a display of the history of the site. During WWII, the track was a concentration camp for Japanese-Americas/ They stayed in the stables and in the infield of the track. I had a friend there whose father and mother were in there when they were young.These were US citizens, not lawbreaking illegal immigrants. Remember, that was when FDR, a dem, was POTUS. FDR also returned Jews to Nazi Germany.

What about Chuck?

After the whole Araiza circus, these kinds of situations shouldn't be out there for the public to decipher. I learned my lesson and I'm just staying TH out of these kinds of fights.

The torn down Christopher Columbus statue outside the Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota in June 2020 Celebrating Independence From Anti-American History Propaganda The end of the 1619 Project? by Mary Grabar Five years ago, on July 4, 2020, the country was in the midst of waves of rioting. The proximate cause, the match that lit the fire, was the death of a black man, a violent ex-convict, on May 25, with fentanyl and methamphetamines in his system, while in the custody of police. As with the Rodney King incident in 1992, selective footage inspired the looting and murdering mobs. But the tinder had been drying since the previous summer when a special issue of the New York Times Magazine was published on August 18, 2019. Schoolchildren in over 3,500 schools had been imbibing the lessons of its “1619 Project” for just as long. Anti-American historical revisionism added fuel to the flame. The creator of the 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones, took pride in the fruit of her work, tweeting that it was an “honor” to have the riots named after her 1619 Project. The 2020 riots, in addition to being known as the George Floyd riots, were dubbed “the 1619 riots” by Claremont McKenna College professor Charles Kesler. New York Times columnist Timothy Egan, inveighing against President Trump’s Fourth of July address at Mount Rushmore, called the “protests” a “legacy of rage dating to 1619.” The so-called “protests” by August 22 included almost 570 violent demonstrations in 220 locations, resulting in over two dozen deaths, countless injuries, and upwards of $25 billion in property damage. The murder rate rose by 30 percent in 2020. Oddly, rioters attacked historical monuments and statues, ranging from Thomas Jefferson to Union soldiers to a pioneer woman to a moose. Symbols of the country’s heritage were painted with “1619” and torn down, sometimes on the bodies of raging protestors. At least one was killed. https://spectator.org/celebrating-independence-from-anti-american-history-propaganda/

Wow. He did actually tweet that video. Pure human garbage. Imagine if Trump did this. You commies are a joke.

I thought you liked arguing? You suck at it. Should you at least know what you are talking about and be good at it?

Statehood: DENIED

Our favorite overly verbose Kay Adams person must be teeming with anger right now. That's her comrade, how dare you besmirch the head of the people's republic of NYC.

I always thought that they’d have PSLs under $1K because of the messaging. Basically they can say, “everyone can afford it” at that point. You have 10 years to pay off $1K. I would have thought that they would have said, early on, the lowest priced number that would be coming out. You do risk people waiting it out so I get it. It would have been a powerful message though to say, “PSLs will be as low as $500 a piece.” FWIW, there has been VERY little pushback to date on the pricing of the PSLs. There hasn’t been this giant line in the sand that some people predicted when this process started. It really never happens. Nobody “wants” to pay it but the overwhelming majority of people “will” do it. This is always the case but holds especially true with the timing of it for the Bills. This process, in 2014 or 2015, would have been WAY more difficult than it is now. They are so, so, so fortunate to have drafted Josh Allen.

Lia Thomas has entered the chat.

Training Camp invite incoming??

The 12th man or crowd I think played a large part in intimidating Denver. I would say that was the good old days but the Bills went 10-0 at home last year. It's a very intimidating place to play for opponents I think. See if the new Bills Stadium has that affect on opponents Yep lol. And only negative to 51-3 was he missed a field goal wide right that day as well

The best culture in the nfl , hands down

So is he healed? Could he potentially come back?

I’m a talent over culture guy, but there’s zero doubt the atmosphere around this team is unique, McDermott has built a culture with the right type of people in that building.

Ya it is.

Your going to kick your two daughters in the nuts?

So a 2nd decade. But “free” healthcare.

Just killing time on the way to Va beach. Nice change but I prefer the mountains . I wouldn’t trust u as far as I could throw you

As a younger man, I thought it would be way cool to party on a boat at Mickey Rats on the 4th … many many years later (yesterday) we took our boat there. An absolute mass of humanity featuring age inappropriate eye candy, but the wider never caught me 😂