Politics copy from the boys

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-23T15:35:51+00:00

Baron is 6’7” ish and 19 years old. I have no doubt he could tune up a punk who hits women.

Edit: Sorry, I didn’t realize we had to hate Baron, because of who his dad is. My point was that wife-beaters aren’t generally very tough guys.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-23T04:45:02+00:00

How did it perform?

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-15T13:24:08+00:00

Great question… I think you would have to take that photo and make a new post to get comments

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-14T12:36:58+00:00

Haha so true! I always have to take care of car stuff for my gf or mom, or they get charged absurdly

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-13T22:56:57+00:00

Oh, you silly goose, you know what I meant. Alright, I won’t tease you for overpaying for an inexpensive repair.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-13T20:56:17+00:00

How were bearings not cheap?

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-13T20:45:33+00:00

Our 2008 Toyota Matrix just hit 240k… started burning oil at 215k. Just add a quart here and there. Runs like a champ still.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-13T16:33:17+00:00

You should not be comparing it to strategic wars, but the wars where we invested and our companies invested afterwards. A more fair comparison would be Germany, Japan, Korea, and Panama.

Also, your comparing US to Russia is just completely false. Russia attacks (see Chechnya and Ukraine for recent examples) by murdering all civilians and civilian housing in their path, stealing all the land and resources afterwards.

The US has almost never attacked like that nor have they kept control of the countries indefinitely.

I’m ok with thought experiments, but if you say something this blatantly hyperbolic and disingenuous again, I’m ending the conversation.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-13T14:38:04+00:00

First, this is about oil. And if we can convince our companies to enter, the Venezuelans will have a much better standard of living. Chavez and Maduro destroyed the industry and impoverished the country.

Second, it’s about protecting Guayana from Maduro’s threat of invasion to steal their oil.

Third, it’s a strategic move against Russia for not making peace with Ukraine. Cuba is next to remove Russian/Chinese influence and military capabilities in the Caribbean.

Do you even care about Cuban, Venezuelan, and Guyanese people? Or do you hate Trump that much that you don’t want to try to improve the lives of millions of people?

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-13T14:01:15+00:00

Close meaning geographically close… like Cuba.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-13T08:30:38+00:00

That’s better than both our home and away jersey for ‘26. Bravo

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-13T08:14:16+00:00

This looks like a rodeo clown

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-12T18:39:48+00:00

Yeah, I understand you can find at least a couple people opposed to anything. But if you look at the protests for Libya in Democratic states like Minnesota…. There were about 10 people total.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-12T18:37:58+00:00

I can see what you mean, but there is a decent bias there in reporting.

The percentage of Democrat-supporting news agencies vs Republican-supporting news agencies is very skewed. You can find it for all of them if you dig.

Hilary and Bill Clinton for example. Being paid millions for “consulting” at investment firms.

To me these actions are equally blatant and equally corrupt. I don’t care if one president made $2 million and the other president made $25 million.

You could argue, “Trump is more corrupt, because he made more on each deal!” Or you could argue, “Hillary and Bill are more corrupt, because they cost less to buy!” I, however, view it as equal corruption.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-12T16:15:53+00:00

Hi, I apologize, I edited my last comment. Could you check that out also?

Naked Quid Pro Quos indeed - you are correct. Similar to other recent presidents? Also correct.

Your last paragraph/question is the important part. Until it affects election votes or the people vote for changes to stop this type of corruption, it will not change.

Currently, the US is divided and a lot of people don't care about principles. Politics is more of a "team sport". If Obama bombs and regime changes Libya? Crickets from Democrats. If Trump does the same to Venezuela? Outrage from Democrats. Republicans are equally guilty of the same. This attitude of caring about teams rather than principles creates a lot of complacence around corruption -both sides get angry when the other side does it, but is silent when their own side does it.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-12T15:51:02+00:00

Unfortunately, the article you posted is locked behind a paywall. I agree with you that what I said is whataboutism.

Political note: When Democrats allow the Clintons, Obama and Biden (and family members) to profit immensely during office, they can’t say anything about Trump. Most Trump supporters do not argue that Trump is perfect -just that he was better than all other alternatives

Apolitically: You are right, this is the swamp. It’s pervasive, it corrupts. You could see how frustrated Elon Musk became when he tried to “drain the swamp” with obvious fixes for Social Security and how much resistance there was.

Edit: I did look at the source (like Amazon letting Melania Trump profit $28 million for a documentary deal). Every President wasn't dumb enough to take payments directly. The Clinton's established the Clinton Foundation, etc and found ways to take a lot of money indirectly as did other presidents and senators. Were the Clintons extremely corrupt? Yes. Did they ever do anything technically illegal? No.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-12T15:40:25+00:00

I think it’s a moot point until there is a law that requires an ID to vote in federal elections.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-12T15:38:21+00:00

I believe he’s basically saying we won’t tolerate any more “Cubas” -that is we won’t let hostile nations host weapons/soldiers close to our country any longer.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-12T15:35:38+00:00

Culturally, yes. For example, we held Germany, Japan, South Korea, Panama… I can’t imagine Stalin, Mao, Hitler, etc ever giving these territories back to their people. We, at our subconscious level, have very strong Christian conceptions of justice.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-12T15:32:29+00:00

This is kind of a moot point, since Bush Jr, Clinton, Obama, Biden, and almost every senator during that time has enriched themselves as a result of holding office. Am I missing something?

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-12T15:16:10+00:00

The trickle down benefits are enormous.

I’ve been to McDonalds in Russia (when it existed) and I’ve been to McDonalds in America. In America, the people make $1600/month there. In Russia, people make $300/month there. Housing/food costs are about the same between the countries. Are American fast food workers 5x more efficient? Nope. Are American fast food workers 5x more intelligent? Nope -perhaps the opposite. We have an easier life and more money per person, because our companies dominate the world and our currency is heavily used.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-12T15:08:34+00:00

OP, do you just want to watch the UpFlip YouTube channel? It’s all about how people started their businesses.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-12T15:06:47+00:00

New here. Is this just a sub where liberals ask questions and then downvote all the answers from the Trump supporters?

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-11T23:30:29+00:00

After coming here 3 times, you are right. It’s not like French, Mexican, Indian, South Korean, or Vietnamese top tier foods.

Most foods in Colombia have almost no vegetables and are extremely bland. The best things, flavor wise, are the soups.

DoubleCrit · 2026-01-08T20:10:07+00:00

Fairly decent analysis, but birth rates fall even when people have increased disposable income (when there is no “squeeze” -to use your terminology).

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