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Excellent product placement by the Depot. This is like the National Championship of D1 intercollegiate protests.

Got into the hooch a bit, and in spite of an abundance of riches things ended badly for him. As for your wife, she ended up with the Keith Partridge of doctors, so she wins!

It’s a real shame Keith Partridge is unavailable. He would have a lot to say.

It just clicked Tibsy. Commander is a metaphor for Biden’s approach to crime. A dangerous animal owned by an entitled family was allowed to viciously attack bystanders, at will, with virtually no consequence. The family is likely shielded from liability, the victims unable to recoup damages for pain and suffering, and the dog is returned to the house 24 times. Above the law, I guess.

I considered going with “topic ruffian” but it sounded too highfalutin for this group. I can appreciate your perspective, but I’m comfortable with what I wrote. It was accurate and appropriate. While you’ve honed in on Biden being a “dumb a$$”, I was focused on the nature of what constitutes “self-disqualifying”.

He probably should have, instead, he treated his protection detail like chew toys. Oh great, a new name added to the mix. @4th&long CLEAN UP ON AISLE 2!

While 4th is not down with discussing Non-Noem topics in an OnlyNoems forum, I don't mind. That dog needed to be put down. By the time it's reign of terror was over, something like 25 people were bitten or attacked by it. I'm not saying that the dog should have gotten the Noem treatment out behind the Jefferson Memorial, but a painless injection for a hyper-aggressive animal was warranted. The flip side of Noem's action is the perpetual enablement of activity and behavior that puts people at risk. Completely irresponsible on the part of the White House.

You can do what you like, 4th&censor, this is still the greatest country on earth! I choose to be unencumbered by stale thoughts and the dreary existence of an automaton. Frank's post referenced the actions of Kristi Noem being "self-disqualifying"! My point is simply that Joe B... another person's extreme/absurd actions over several decades in the public eye were not, in fact, self-disqualifying, beauty will be in the eye of the beholder. If she propelled Trump over the line, her comments are irrelevant. If she can't, and I'd agree at this point she can't, then it takes her out of the race. To your comments in bold, you rascal, you started off going out of your way making a point about keeping this Noem-esque, then slippery-dipped it back around to Biden the other person that should not be mentioned in this post limited only to critiques of Kristi Noem. Of course, that made my point about "self-disqualification", but that's a discussion for another day, or, God willing, a thread where people are free to speak without fear of recrimination from self-nominated topic bullies.

At the risk of repeating facts known to all, we have a president who has lied about where his son died. We don't need secret sources, intrepid investigative reporters, hidden cameras or spies walking among us. All we need is a google search and this fabrication is readily apparent. That's before we get to lies about his education, class ranking, dead people he has met with, driving trucks, working in his son's business, handling of top secret information and just about everything else. Biden is known for astonishing, stupid and self-disqualifying statements delivered over decades in public office. Kristi Noem can't hold a candle to JB, and he's THE standard bearer of democrat politics over the last 20+ years.

"Typical boomer billionaire." -Gene Frenkle

I took a serious, and well-deserved, dressing down from a female colleague while on a business trip through the midwest in the early 80s. My comment was "Look at this farmer..." to try and draw a quick laugh from the group I was in. It literally was a one-off, and pretty silly. She asked me if I knew anything about farming, farmers, which caused me to stop and ask myself what it was I just said. I explained I wasn't trying to offend anyone, that I knew nothing about farms, and that it just seemed funny in the moment. She was very understanding, we talked for an hour or two about all that her dad, the farmer, was responsible for. Great lesson. I've missed a time or two with my "it seemed funny in the moment", but of the "two ways to do it", I'm glad she chose the "Let's talk, dumba$$" option.

"Always paint with a very broad brush, keeping your color choices to a minimum.". -Pablo Picasso's next-door neighbor

Yes. The whole enchilada. I can see responding in a couple different ways: If its kids messing around, a crooked finger, a stern though theatrically enhanced word about responsibility and respect, and hopefully that solves it. It has, several times over the past couple decades. A group of boys (with an overmatched mother trying to control them) spitting on car windows. Sent 'em home to get a bucket and wash the spit off. Older kids using their skateboards on a metal railing and scratching the heck out of it. Explained the cost to repair the damage they caused, asked them not to do it again. Older kids messing around and stealing the flag for kicks--probably a harsher tone, a little less theatrics involved, an acknowledgement that I wouldn't call the cops this time. Dopey activists sending me a message about whatever bothers them on any given day, I'd call the police. This has not happened to me. Sidebar, my experience generally is that many, many otherwise smart and decent people have very little respect for the property of others. I can provide a dozen+ different stories about my experience, which likely mirrors the experiences of others who own commercial property. I think that translates on a certain level as to why some of these people are quick to get caught up in 'activism' because they don't care enough to think beyond the end of their nose. Wow.

Now you went and made it weird.

Could be a total coink-dink that his arthritis treatment gave him a needed jolt at the exact time and place he needed an extra jolt. One of the contraindications could possibly be '...intense burst of energy commencing at 9pm on a Friday night in March', but it's hardly a conspiracy theory that they jacked the geez up just prior to an important speech before the world, at least based on readily available clips of Biden appearing confused, wandering about, and struggling with when to pause while delivering a speech on a teleprompter. It's irrelevant anyways. He's been on a senior walkabout since well before the election. It matters to some people, doesn't matter to others.

I'm not sure I understand you here. In this example, it's at my office because I wanted an American flag/flagpole at my office.

Wait. Do you actually have dogs, or is this some Only Fans Gen Z euphemism? If so, understand I'm not judging. If there is an Aussie trick or two to be picked up here from down under, I'm all for it.

You know that "Succession" is a television program, yes? Also, that Logan Roy is a fictional character, and that he probably wasn't shot up with anything at all. It is quite conceivable to me that Biden was given medication intended to improve focus, energy and to boost his concentration. I wouldn't necessarily fault a candidate for that, within reason. And if the medicine for his moderate to severe arthritis would control the stutter that causes him to make up words and misremember things like which world leaders he spoke with recently are dead or alive, or that his uncle was the victim of cannibals in Guam, all the better I suppose.

Hakeem Jeffries is a well-known election denier, a spreader of disinformation to the people. Kudos here, though..perhaps he's done some soul-searching.

Agreed, and I guess the question of what to do when someone is not respectful of the choices made by others. If, for example, I choose to fly a flag at my office, when someone takes it down, what recourse is available? That's a matter for the police, I would think.

I've been bitten multiple times. First time was when I was a kid. Then 15+ years ago I was bitten as I was walking in a neighborhood. The d*mn thing came out of nowhere, never made a sound and caught me on the leg. Ripped my pants, drew blood but I was quick enough to get away and whatever chain he was on held. Last time, my neighbor was moving away, came by to say goodbye and had his dog in the passenger seat. As I put my hand to shake my neighbor's hand, the dog jumped at me and chomped down quite hard. When I told my wife, she told me everyone in the neighborhood knew not to mess with that dog. I figure that dog had been in the house 5 or 6 years and I never knew. What is the "modern "mind if i pet your dog?" thing"? Asking permission before proceeding? I do that now, mostly because of my neighbor's dog. 🐺

Yeah, looks like her goose is cooked. My initial thought was "Why on earth would you shoot a dog?" followed by "Why would you tell that story?". Since then, I've read her statement on the issue, referencing the law of South Dakota and how it applies to aggressive animals. I guess I can understand why she acted the way she did--I mean, kids raised on a farm/ranch learn an awful lot about life that suburban kids like me do not. That said, it's a deal killer for her and off she goes.

Broadly speaking, I would suggest that the intent of the protest(s) encompasses: Those with a sincere desire for peace and change in the region; Those that want to see the eradication of Israel and it's people; Those who protest professionally; Those with nothing better on their agenda than to protest something, about something; Those who would show up if the protest was about the relative crispiness of Arby's curly fries; Protests are fine, but when they cross a certain point, law and order should prevail. When that point comes, the protestors should be removed from campus by the police, and suspended from school should they attend. With respect to "corporate oligarchs", any sensible analysis would include the universities/institutions themselves in that regard. In many cases, these are institutions catering to the wealthy, with well-compensated faculty/staff, valuable real estate, corporate brand/vision statements, and massive reserves. As to whether or not the organizers of protests themselves are part of an oligarchy of sorts, probably. There's big money in hate. Go First Amendment!

The only thing that kept Biden from running multiple times was Joe Biden and his propensity to say stupid things, do stupid things, and make up preposterous stories on the spot. The fervent Biden supporter of today had grandparents/great grandparents who rejected him soundly as a serious candidate.

In the case of his son, and his family tragedy in the past, I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. The guy has seen tragedy befall his family on multiple occasions. Still, he seems awfully quick to leverage the tragedy in political situations, and that goes back decades. When he got to the point of comparing his middle-aged son’s death in hospice, with the gruesome deaths of young American soldiers on his watch, to the families of the soldiers, it’s hard to give him a pass. It’s amazing to have to say this in 2024, but people can look past a fabricated story about your uncle being eaten by cannibals, but there should be some basic human decency applied when meeting with the families of soldiers lost in combat.