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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.

Your contention is the only thing taxed in our country besides federal income is a minivan? Strong play.

I think you're saying your Canadian problems are all due to Trump, and it's a gigantic conspiracy of top secret donations that brought you to this point. I'm saying Canadian problems that deal with Canadians, Canadian provinces, Canadian truck drivers and Canadian government regulations are more likely just Canadian problems.

Tax impacts the household budget and represents a significant out-of-pocket for American families. For example, a family purchases a new minivan, and the cost is $35,000. Round numbers... if the tax on said purchase was 8%, the tax payment would be $2,800. If the tax was 5%, the tax payment would be $1,750. If the tax was 1%, the tax payment would be $350. In this example, $2,800 represents a higher out of pocket than $1,750, which represents a higher out of pocket than $350. I am not intentionally trying to mislead you, but the math is the math. I used the font feature to draw your attention to important words.

You are very welcome!

So, the truckers in Canada were simple, happy dullards until the "maga right" sent them $25 in donations? As it relates to 1/6, the people who acted criminally were to blame regardless of whether some guy from Calgary sent some of those funny looking nickels their way. You're pointing the finger of blame in the wrong direction.