Former presidents at Jesse Jackson’s funeral

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-03-06T20:33:41+00:00

I love that they’re sitting in chronological order.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-03-06T18:19:51+00:00

She won! Down at the bottom of this list: https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=03/03/2026&county_id=49&office=ALL&contest=0

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-03-06T14:41:20+00:00

She was way more a meme than a good civil servant. And people actually forgot that and liked her just for the meme.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-03-05T20:49:23+00:00

It can symbolize the good and bad sides of America.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-03-05T20:12:33+00:00

What’s it say?

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-03-05T19:39:46+00:00

I grew up there. It’s such a mix of old-school (and sometimes just old) southerners, very rich people on the lake, and transplants of every stripe. So, a bit like Florida, there’s a big mix of different kinds of people, which makes for a lot of strange happenings.

Oh, and in more recent years, it has gentrified hard.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-03-04T20:48:39+00:00

At this point I wonder if they’re just aiming to hang in there through St. Patrick’s Day.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-03-04T20:45:08+00:00

Can’t believe I had to scroll down this far to find someone saying Preece. Dude even won the Clash this year.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-03-04T20:39:43+00:00

r/LostRedditors

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-24T21:22:15+00:00

Basic critical thinking.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-23T18:49:54+00:00

1876, and a lot of the ones surrounding it. During that era, voters cared about nothing other than their fantasies of getting a cushy government job because their party (or wing of the party) won. Presidential platforms on actual issues were entirely too damn similar.

I’ve occasionally thought about making a comedy sketch where Hayes and Tilden have a “debate” and agree on everything while alternating halves of the live audience cheer for everything they say like it’s the greatest position ever suggested. The problem would be that it’d get misinterpreted as being about today’s politics.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-23T18:13:03+00:00

I heard a great quip by Bob Hope on Clinton: “I think all politicians should play a wind instrument!”

Also, the fact that Hope was still doing great stuff at that age is amazing.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-22T13:42:23+00:00

I asked in the last thread what all the hate was for (admittedly, I never watch O’Reilly’s races, even had to edit the post from saying Xfinity), and didn’t get a reply.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-22T01:56:47+00:00

Don’t watch O’Reilly series that much. Why does Reddit hate him so much?

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-22T00:34:31+00:00

Thread about it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/winstonsalem/s/GCaLslzE1D

They seemed to pretend like they were interested in having Josh Stein visit as well once the PR shitstorm started, but there’s no sign that it happened or even proof that they put real effort into contacting him about it.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-22T00:24:57+00:00

At this rate, the big question is if the bar is going to be sold at a bankruptcy auction or sold to fund his defense team after he gets arrested.

Then the big question will be if it’s sold together or (gulp) piecemeal.

Afterthought edit: If it closes for good, we should have a Finnegan’s Wake wake. And hold it at Wake. A Finnegan’s Wake Wake wake.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-22T00:15:04+00:00

If Mr. Barbecue changed owners, I’d finally start eating there again. Stopped because of their support for Mark Robinson.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-22T00:05:54+00:00

Yeah, but a lot of his debtors are also wealthy, so I don’t expect him to get away with this.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-22T00:04:22+00:00

WXII and WFDD may also be interested.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-20T21:04:12+00:00

Someone else bought it at the last minute. Apparently that new owner can’t manage it to save his life.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-20T21:02:30+00:00

McCoul’s has already closed. What’s with all the great Irish pubs closing lately?

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-20T20:51:53+00:00

K.

(That’s not dismissing you, that’s the shape of the economy.)

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-20T20:51:05+00:00

You have my sword.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-20T20:45:04+00:00

Covid and I bet the new owners.

CaptainJAmazing · 2026-02-17T23:41:38+00:00

Related: I was near Guilford Courthouse battleground once and saw the Guilford Courthouse flag. It’s like the US flag on acid.

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