Joe Ferguson forever

Why would you post that?

Not meant to amuse. Meant to stick these images in rube’s heads

Keep trying. I used to post more on the football side. Here my nemesis was DC Tom and sometimes Chef Jim. I've dug some holes for trees and shrubs this spring. But that's about it. You?

Remember that story about money changers in the temple?

So I guess u believe trump was chosen by God to be prez?

This guy reminds me of Deniros character in “ Cape Fear”

MAGA harkens back to the fictionalized time of the nuclear family, eating TV dinners, playing Little League and enjoying Bing Crosby. Smiles and hugs all around. Sadly, this is almost the polar opposite of who many of them are.

Well, your first 2 points were convincing and well presented. I can't think of a pot big enough to stir to justify Jan 6.

Yet your son remains. He. Must have gotten his mother’s genes

I never felt that way growing up in wny as an R in a conservative family. I don’t recall open hostility based on politics. Perhaps both sides are to blame but the current iteration of the R party is much less civil than I ever recall.

Self segregation. Neither Florida nor Texas were ever on my move list. But I live in a conservative area, am known to be liberal and get along fine with most everyone. There’s a culture of politeness and hesitancy to openly disagree, especially in public. It’s just not done or accepted. Civility is expected. I abide the rules. Not so in the places I’ve been recently in Fla. I spent a month in Gainesville during college. It wasn’t anything like what Fla is now. I agree that small towns help temper this animosity No one wants to be friendless.

I wouldn’t live there or even visit. It’s too in your face. Even at nice places there are loud, annoying tables making known their MAGA dom to everyone. Not pleasant imo. Feels grabby and uncomfortable.Perhaps some would feel the same in a coffee shop in Ann Arbor- totally different vibes. Maybe that’s where we’re headed: self imposed segregation.

Our friends took us to a diner for breakfast before we started home. Simple but polite. Almost genteel. And the pancakes were very good. I’m told they have some nice fine dining but my friend fired up the grill for dinner. William and Mary’s campus is idyllic.

If “pancake”=colonial and William and Mary is a shite school, you are correct. Congratulations on your kid getting in. Highly competitive…

Yes “Doc”. It’s hilarious that people’s dreams are crushed by boorish slobs and climate catastrophes. Smart people will be better informed now.

From a 30 year Fla resident. Having grown up in Oklahoma, Smith considered herself a Republican, but as Florida’s politics shifted to the right, she said she began to consider herself a Democrat. It wasn’t until the past several years, though, that politics started to encroach on her daily life — from feuds between neighbors and friends to neo-Nazis showing up at a Black Lives Matter rally in her small town. “When I first moved to Florida, it was a live-and-let-live sort of beach feel. You met people from all over, everybody was relaxed. That’s just gone now, and it’s shocking. It’s just gone,” said Smith, 61, who works as a graphic designer and illustrator. “Instead, it’s just a constant stressful atmosphere. I feel as though it could ignite at any point, and I’m not a fearmonger. It’s just the atmosphere, the feeling there.” Our friends moved from st Augustine. We went to watch the TPC championship one year. Some of the spectators thought they were at a wrestling show. Wouldn’t be tolerated at a Williamsburg top course. The point about driving is also important. I’ve been passed several times by rednecks in chargers doing over 100. Rarely see cars pulled over or police cruisers To each his own. Likely suits you fine

Several had lived in Fla for decades. They noticed a drastic change. Last couple of trips to see friends there convinced me not to return. Our friends moved to Williamsburg. Much more civil and sophisticated…

The people that left felt intimidated by MAGAs there. When they’re deplorable, it doesn’t take a majority. Read the piece.

The political climate of the state is an important part of this piece.

Insurance costs will just get worse while y'all deny global warming. 100 degree days suck....

Atta boys. Obama's still got it. Joe did pretty well too. https://www.mediaite.com/news/biden-and-obama-talk-back-to-hecklers-at-mega-fundraiser-and-biden-breaks-news-about-israel-deal/

Ah, the Messiah trope. Pathetic and blasphemous. Don’t see how this lays well with fundamentalists but so far they’ve put up with his shite

England is European and as competitive and capitalistic as here. But they have universal healthcare. So people label it socialist.

Are you against progressive income taxation? Without it, wealth would be much more concentrated than it already is. With wealth comes power which would also be more concentrated I would certainly have more money. But I think it’s necessary to avoid having 5% very rich and everyone else poor.

Election finance reform and term limits are the answers. wanting them is not anti establishment imo. To me, that term connotes the desire for more fundamental changes to our government and society.