The Frankish Reich

I'm gonna fly this one just to freak everyone out.

Just bought gas in New Mexico, coming home from a road trip. $2.89/gallon. Now that's cheap!

Bad food (fast food) is cheap. Six buck, 20 nuggets last month. 5 bucks, McD's meal later this month. Taco Bell "build your own cravings" box (up to 1,760 calories!), $5.99. This is why we have a child obesity problem. Good food (fresh/unprocessed veggies, etc) is cheap. Good restaurant (typically not chain) food is expensive. Budget accordingly.

https://www.energy.gov/ceser/history-spr-releases We fill it up, we draw it down; we draw it down, we fill it up. Treason!

Doesn't Maine have that emblem now? I guess I just thought they were Mainers. Now I know they are faux Mainers, real insurrectionists

Alito's wife is a bit of a flagpole maniac, isn't she. I think the Philly thing explains it. She can have all the fun she wants with her Phillies flags, but the day she puts up a Flyers 1975 Stanley Cup flag is the day I start my own personal encampment outside her home.

Hey, you guys are finally catching on to these bs stories. I guess it depends how much wine you drink .... Meanwhile, for all the "I spent $25 for lunch at a fast food joint" people: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-five-dollar-meal-fast-food-prices/

This is KJP's poster child. Paying off her student loan debt for 30 years until it was forgiven by Biden earlier this year. No explanation of how much debt, why it was extended over a 30 year term yet somehow she still had a balance remaining, what degree(s) she got and how she's using them, and why this loan forgiveness will finally allow this (apparent) 50-something person to finally achieve her dreams.

KJP's example was absurd. Someone who hasn't paid off a loan after three decades? I consolidated/refinanced my loans over a 30 year term; paid off in about 23

The years of middle school abuse that go with having the name "Butker" will tend to warp a man's outlook. Dick Butkus took out that pent up rage on running backs. Butler doesn’t have that option, so a gay married couple will have to suffice

But my point is that lefties freely call various women Nazis. To be fair, the line is somewhat blurred between "strident nationalist" and "Nazi/fascist." But as a finding aid: it resides right there between Meloni and Marine LePen. Good example.

Nice body, bad skin. There. I said it.

I agree with you on that (even though I continue to hold that you know disturbingly too much about Nazi and fascist theories of government and economics), but the point is that many women are called "Nazis," whether correctly or incorrectly.

Well, they do have a point ... ... you might add "Florida homeowners subsidized by the State of Florida because they bought homes in flood-prone areas." And many other favored classes benefiting from government programs.

You mean like how Pol Pot had all the academics killed? You mean it started with sentiments like this? https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-professors-are-the-enemy EDIT: failed academic and erstwhile massage therapist turned rightist Twitter monkey James Lindsay should be safe.

Oh, really? https://www.politico.eu/article/giorgia-meloni-youth-front-brothers-of-italy-neo-fascist-salute/

Well, this thread certainly has proved your point. We might as well just have TrumpBot and BidenBot AI commenters slug it out here. You should ask me why I'm here. I will answer: work is boring.

I'm not a Jon Stewart fan, but I gotta admit - his commentary on this nails it. Not just the Butker thing, but the outrage media in general. Worth watching.

Might I suggest getting one of those apps?

Somewhere in there is a coherent thought. I read it 3 times, even adding my own punctuation. Never mind, I give up.

The Fake Outrage Machine Must Be Fed! Butker is still welcome to accompany his Chiefs teammates to the White House.

And conservative men pay over $250/night to sit quietly in a dark cave. https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/26/us/aaron-rodgers-darkness-retreat-wellness-ctpr/index.html Or over $12,000 to projectile vomit and hallucinate because they have intentionally ingested poison. https://ticotimes.net/2023/04/30/aaron-rodgers-stayed-at-a-healing-resort-during-his-last-days-with-the-packers#:~:text=Aaron Rodgers – Soltara Healing Center,darkness surrounded by the jungle. And no doubt some of the same people say they can't afford food or gas. Affluenza. Or shall we call it the commodification of leisure, or of the spiritual experience. That's what the Frankfurt School adherents would have called it. And obviously they had a point.

Whatever class that may put her in, she was superb in Tar.

Harrison Butker says no wife of mine is flying the Chiefs flag upside down.

Another asinine comment. Q. So were are all those "women's rights groups" when Hamas attacked Israeli women on October 7? A. They were issuing statements condemning Hamas. https://now.org/media-center/press-release/now-condemns-violent-hateful-attacks-against-israel/ Released on October 7, 2023 National NOW President Christian F. Nunes issued the following statement upon the attacks reported in Israel “A terrorist army has invaded the land of Israel, murdering innocent civilians and taking whole communities hostage. ‘We are at war,’ Prime Minister Netanyahu told his nation, and today, the whole world is holding its breath. While the day unfolds, NOW members are sticking fast to our core principles of human rights and freedom from fear, violence, and division. The rise in antisemitism and violent attacks on Jewish communities here and around the world underscore our alarm. The people of Israel live in constant fear of days like today. This is what happens when hate has no boundaries. NOW supports the right of the Jewish people to live without fear or violence, and we condemn antisemitism in all its forms.” Dear Mike Davis: there's this new thingy called "Google." It found me the answer to this question in 0.3 seconds. You should try it!