Joe Ferguson forever

Ironic that this and a thread on soft on crime coexist and were both started by conservatives. They’re lucky they weren’t hung for treason.

This is not new. I was on a grad school teaching assistantship for a year at a public state university with open enrollment in the 80s. Taught General Chemistry lab. These were mostly middle class kids and not many from the inner city. About 1/4 of them didn’t understand fractions or exponentials. And some were pre med! This is a problem with priorities imo. High school sports proficiency is more valued than academic achievement in many places as is social standing. It’s a societal problem and parents are sometimes to blame. No doubt many schools are lacking too.

No

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/05/05/trump-deposition-video-e-jean-carroll-orig-contd-bu.cnn he's such a good ,decent man. Sure hope he's president again.

OMG, the comments on this piece....tucker lickers everywhere. and then they say liberals have a mental disease. I'm now concerned that Blackrock has placed DNA in the eggs I will soon consume and that it will intercalate with my native DNA and start turning me into an alien. What must I do? What must I do? OK, no eggs this morning

Seems plausible. There doesn't seem to be a good explanation that paints Russia in a good light. They're a mess and the Wagner guy calling out Putin would normally seem like an immediate death sentence or at least arrest. We'll see...

not my interpretation. He's saying the Russian military and implicitly Putin are f'ing up the war effort. And they are stepping back, at least for now. This overt attack on Putin likely results in either he or the Wagner boss going down...At the very least, it shows chaos within the military. They are losing big time. Big question is could they escalate effectively even if they wanted to.

puts a whole new spin on the drone attack. Putin is having a very bad, no good, horrible week. See you Vlad... https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/05/05/wagner-group-prigozhin-dead-bodies-ovn-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn

when they dare to take bribes from "the man" against the interests of the greater good and for their personal benefit... that's what Uncle Tom means

I don't have much respect for Uncle Tom's. Probably similar to conservatives views of white freedom riders by southerners during the civil rights marches.

something sweet and mellow before traveling

When this old world starts getting me down And people are just too much for me to face I climb way up to the top of the stairs And all my cares just drift right into space On the roof, it's peaceful as can be And there the world below can't bother me Let me tell you now When I come home feelin' tired and beat I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (up on the roof) I get away from the hustling crowd And all that rat race noise down in the street (up on the roof) On the roof, the only place I know Where you just have to wish to make it so Let's go up on the roof (up on the roof)

you don't live in our heads except when we feel we need a punching bag. I'm guessing in your case, a heavy bag.

Clarence wreaks of dung from working the fields doing his maters bidding

the incident in Bergdorf predated the first episode of SVU. Why do you MAGA's tie yourselves into knots defending this POS? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12043241/Journalist-cries-testifies-Trump-sexually-assaulted-Melania-nearby.html and you just don't seem to get that almost no one on the left cares what happens to Hunter. He's as big a loser as Don Jr. If he broke the law, he should pay.

Ok, this is a truly great line. Still thinking about what it might mean but still, a great line.

I think he's pretty smart just not in an academic way. My biggest impression from his debates was petulant, spoiled, child followed by bully.

the debates in question will be run by R's....

Now this really is projection. Ole Tuck's target is American democracy so he's got it and much more coming.

Freedom? https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/02/trump-colleges-desantis-00095007 And he simultaneously complains about people being cancelled. You can't make this stuff up...

perhaps his disconjugate gaze was improperly corrected. His vision seems very poor...

tragically, this may well decide who wins. Citzens united rears its ugly head but the irony is sweet. https://news.yahoo.com/biden-trump-frontrunners-2024-rich-170315724.html

umm, no I didn't . Who did you vote for in the last presidential election? Who did the other conservatives here vote for? Carlson is dishonorable. Simple as that. He's a proven liar who uses lies to influence people to hate. We can discuss the D talking heads separately. They all have faults as does every living human. But I can't think of any as destructive, reprehensible and malignant as Carlson.

so basically, he admits to having a conscience albeit a very tiny one. I suspect many of his cult are similar.