leh-nerd skin-erd

I thought Conclave was interesting until it wasn’t. 2020s predictable 🥱, though it may well represent the process accurately. On the other hand, I’m not aware of anyone who thinks the Eagles are doing a corporate gig at the Vatican while they’re about the work of deciding who will lead the church moving forward.

I wouldn’t say “anything”. He seems reasonably proficient at winning the race for the White House. He also seems quite adept at breaking the hearts and minds of incredibly popular democrats. Beyond demoralizing HRC—the hand-picked successor of BO, he apparently sensed that Joe Biden was maybe—possibly, behind the scenes, known only to the chosen few—struggling cognitively. To this day, no one really knows how he figured it out. Then, later on, of course, he dispatched the Summertime Brat Gurl KH, a candidate so electable and likable that liberal voters actually thought she was unlikable and unelectable when given the chance to like and nominate her. I feel like he knows liberal voters and their tendencies pretty well.

You are very welcome!

You’re free to justify everything you need to about Biden, Clinton etc, but the facts are pretty clear.

You sure covered an awful lot of ground responding to a guy who needs to “troll better”.

Hey Mup, No, he didn’t have to do that and it goes on the pile of silliness in my opinion. However, my friend, while I believe your intentions are noble and true, I have much greater concern about religious intolerance from the left than I ever will about a meme. It is flat out fascinating to me to see liberals expressing outrage over this, and I can only conclude it’s manufactured. On some level, I believe Trump’s team knew this would be the result, weighed out the pros and cons and pushed forward. On top of that….I believe generally that humor is subjective and generally harmless. I respect your right to be outraged and only ask that you respect my right to an opinion where it stops at “it’s pretty silly”. Somewhere between the fundamentalist extremists on the right and the liberal extremists on the left, most of the rest of us reside peacefully. My thought here is that you’re creating a narrative in anticipation of something extremely unlikely to happen and backfilling with anxiety.

Very rudimentary analysis to be sure. Nice.

Speaking of reverence and institutions—-your guy sends armed agents to search his political opponents home, perform a 10 hour search, gather documents outside the scope of an investigation, selectively leak to influence public opinion, all while sitting on his own vast treasure trove of classified documents gathered illegally over a lifetime in politics. This forces his supporters to confront their own version of hypocrisy and selective moral/institutional ambivalence, one of many times they will be forced to do so.

You could look at JBs political career and who he partnered with and have enough to laugh at a liberal pretending to be outraged. The height of silliness was Bill Clinton stumping for the Dems during the #metoo era. Yet here we are, @Roundybout taking about “decorum” and HomeStime and his Twitter feed completely oblivious to hypocrisy.

It’s like Bill Clinton and his enabling wife never happened. Or, that JB never acknowledged inappropriately fondling multiple women’s. Or that KHarris didn’t acknowledge believing Biden sexually assaulted women. It’s a special sort of fantasy these people have created in their minds.

Not that long ago, the analysts were projecting a massive steamrolling liberal swing toward a Clintonesque America. They were wrong in spectacular fashion. Then they projected a swing toward a Bidenesque liberal America, and they were right. Then they seemed to think JBs command of the presidency was too great for Trump to overcome, and when Trump steamrolled JB at their debate, he didn’t even make it to the race. Then the analysts were all about brat summer and Harris liberalism, wrong again. They’ll be right, they’ll be wrong and time marches on. Either way, Australia isn’t the US, and the US isn’t Australia.

I enjoyed Australia when I visited a few years back. Friendly people, cool history, a great trip. If they like their version of government, good for them.

Pulling mussels (from the shell)

I love my Lauren shirts, and have always felt the quality was very good. I’ve had some for many years. I guess I never thought it had much to do with projecting sophistication and wealth, I just like the way they wash/iron/hold form. Side note I seem to recall starting to like the way they wash/iron/hold form roughly around the time my then-gf told me they looked good on me and I would probably like how they wash/iron/fold form.

It’s the current admin’s brilliance when things go well. It’s the other guys fault when it doesn’t. This is politics, man. Same as it ever was…

Everywhere. Now. You.

One for each gender?

I just don't see the benefit to me for participating in Tibsy's occasional campaign of hate and disillusionment. If he gets upset and a throws some virtual rough elbows my way, no big deal. We both know, and Tibsy certainly knows, that the tough talk he favors here would be non-existent if we had a personal conversation. On the other hand, I'm pretty comfortable in my approach on or off the board. Fair is what you pay, but probably not enough. Cover is cover.

Why are you angry with me? It's your fair share, cover your own nut!

I am not sure what extra taxes you're talking about. Besides, you're a liberal, and you love high taxes when someone else is covering the payment. If you're paying more, it's for someone less fortunate than you, probably. Candidly, I am not feeling the gratitude vibe with your reply. Always remember that your attitude determines your altitude, Tibsy.

I’m part of a broader coalition of American voters who recognized the challenges and destructive tendencies of your Biden admin, and that continuing down that path with Harris was going to lead to more of the same. We voted for change, and the rare earth mineral deal negotiated by the Trump admin was creative, appropriate and necessary. Ukraine wins. America wins. Even you won, Tibsy, in spite of being on the wrong side of the issue until acknowledging the agreement yesterday. In a sense, through my vote, I helped you become a better you. I am the wind beneath your wings, even though as a dodo bird you struggle to fly!

“Crash and burn”? Take it easy, Iceman. 🙄

I see. How does that make you feel?

Ah, I see the genesis of your confusion. Thank you.

Rare earth mineral deal joy.