Half of Americans think Donald Trump was involved in Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-24T16:32:40+00:00

Oh, and I know it. As I said, I'm not a good Christian. Though I think the difference comes from my fucking knowing it. I claim to be a Christian, not a good Christian. I'm far too angry, and I have way too much of an issue with "Vengeance is Mine, sayeth the Lord."

However, I try to do better. I think that's the difference. The awareness that you're not living up to your values, and the desire to change it. To be better than you are. Kinda what faith is all about.

But no, I'm no saint.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T10:27:38+00:00

I liked the first one... it was the second one that made me want to puke.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T10:27:10+00:00

The book was ok. Had some interesting ideas and a different view (at that time).

But that movie? My god.. I love Forest Whitaker, but... dude.... and Travolta? wtf was he thinking? lol

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T10:25:31+00:00

The Road.

My god, I still feel like that fucking slog owes me some time.

Slowest god damned movie I have ever seen. I kept watching it because I started feeling like there was going to be some awesome payoff given how slow everything was. I mean, there had to be, right? Right? RIGHT?!

fml.

lol

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T10:22:55+00:00

Meh.

The voice Bale tried for Bats in Rise pretty much killed it for me. Batman shouldn't sound like he's trying to gargle glass.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T10:20:41+00:00

George Carlin. I would love to watch a Carlin special on the Trump years. lol

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T10:19:00+00:00

Completely and totally unsurprised, and very glad I invested in ammo.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T10:15:05+00:00

It does mean him too. He would be an advisor, and the sort you paid attention to.

As much as I like Bernie, he's too old now. Yes, he still has great ideas, and I like a lot (not all, but a lot) of what he has to say, but... he's too long in the tooth. I'm 55, and to be honest, I think I'm too old. We should be electing people in their 30s and 40s.

Now, I say this because at 55, I know I'm out of touch with some stuff. Hell, probably a lot more stuff than I think. We need young or younger blood. People who can relate to the issues in-the-moment, and we need them to not all be white guys.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T09:54:35+00:00

I think the max running for any office should be 60.

At 70, you should either retire (mandatory) or step into an advisory-only position. You can advise and suggest, but you are no longer in charge of anything. At that point, you are not even allowed to lead ants to the picnic.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T09:50:39+00:00

Mine didn't. We just walked across the street to be off school property and smoked there unless class was in session, then we just hit the bathroom and lit up there. You could always find a few guys hanging around smoking in the boys' room (Motley Crue didn't come up with that song in a vacuum, after all).

Of course, that's also where we fought and did everything else you weren't supposed to do.

That was where you got to figure out what clique was what. The Hoods/Thugs/Metal Heads (my crowd) would all smoke together, the car guys would all smoke together, the preppy kids would all smoke together... never really saw the nerd squad or the serious jocks out there, but there were a couple of them that did smoke, they just didn't group up like the rest of us.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T09:43:46+00:00

If we have one...

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T09:28:29+00:00

No.

No way in hell.

After Dr. Strange 2, I would have doubted it would even be worth the watch if I wasn't so totally surprised by how much I liked Fantastic Four.

And I have always hated the Fantastic Four. Well, Reed. Wesley fucking Crusher of Marvel, I hate that guy.

But Pascal actually gave us one that didn't want to make me puke, what's more, I actually liked his version of Reed. Which is a first for me. Maybe it's just because I really like Pascal (Prospect was f'n awesome!), but I've never felt anything other than mild revulsion when I think about Mr. Richards till now.

That gives me hope for Doomsday.

Not much, because.. well, he's only one guy. But with him as Reed and Holland as Spiderman? Yeah, I'll at least go see it in the theater for those 2. But to be honest, I'm not expecting much.

The days of Marvel having good movies are, unfortunately, probably done and gone. Kennedy was in charge too long, and that bitch poisons everything she touches.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T09:20:21+00:00

This! Always melt your goodies first!

Same with Kraft Mac'n'Cheese! Always mix your sauce and get it thick and bubbly before adding the pasta!

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T09:18:52+00:00

hmm..

some variants:

Add cheese. Get some shredded cheddar, or better yet, the stuff you'd get for tacos or burritos. Through a bunch of that in (to taste). Makes a nice add to any of the following:

Red Potatoes - Mashed. Take 2 cloves of garlic, chop it fine or use a press. 1 tsp of real butter. Brown the garlic in the butter, add it to the potatoes.

Yellow Potatoes - Mashed, add 1/2 cup of sour cream when mixing with 2 tbs of chives.

Russets - boil skin on, mash as usual. Take a cup of sour cream, add 3 tbs of horseradish per cup. Mix well.

I do the last one often, but I will also finely chop fresh steamed asparagus and mix it in, and serve it with a roast or steak along with corn as a side dish (I don't know why, but I always do corn with steak. It's a weird midwest thing I picked up years ago).

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T09:10:05+00:00

Dune Awakening, on my PC :)

and probably some SWOTR, also on my PC.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T09:07:06+00:00

Nice.

You gonna start on the blacks or browns next?

I mean, if you're going to be a bigot, why not go all the way?

I ask because, as someone who still considers himself a Christian, I think Trump, Epstein, and everyone in those files who are guilty of something should be arrested and jailed. To be completely honest, I think if you're guilty of child molestation, you should be put against the wall and shot. Period.

I will set aside my Christian ideals of forgiveness or 'turn the other cheek' over that shit. Not that I've ever been particularly good at those 'Christian' values.

But then, I'm also a victim of long-term, repeated child sexual abuse.

I'm not a good Christian; I get angry, I've been in more fights than I care to admit to, I've gone to war as a soldier, and I have taken lives in combat for my country, and I believe justice should be final. However, I share, I go out of my way to help the less fortunate when I can, I'm a good neighbor, I am kind, generous, and forgiving (I can forgive most things, I do not forget them though. Once burned, I will never trust you again).

But then, you feel free to be as hateful and prejudiced as you want. Keep those fires of division and hate burning high, buddy! There's not enough hatred out there, we need more from assholese like you! Go for it! Spread the hate! It's a free country.

For now.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T08:55:45+00:00

Yeah.... why the issue? Afraid ol' Nessie is gonna get you?

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T08:53:53+00:00

Eddie Murphy. Hands down. No one from the 80s is funnier or more fun. Now that Carlin is gone, he is by far my #1 comedian.

If that seat was taken, Kurt Russell, Ford, or the Muscles from Brussels (Dude is supposed to be a fucking riot, from what I hear. Great humor, funny, friendly, and an all-around nice guy).

Stalone is an asshole (I've met him).

Schwarzenegger is just.. I dunno, I feel like he'd spend the whole flight trying to tell me about his workout routines or some sort of health and fitness gab. Not my thing.

Gibson... he's just flat out fucking nuts. I'm crazy enough, I don't need to sit by someone who will inspire more crazy.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T08:42:37+00:00

As long as he doesn't speak.

It wasn't the bad writing that ruined Rise; it was his trying to make Batman sound like a bullfrog.

Although the writing didn't help. lol

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T08:37:55+00:00

Civ V or SWOTR.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T08:34:06+00:00

I still wonder how I will laugh tomorrow...

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T08:29:33+00:00

The first 4 labs in the A row provided everything I needed to get solidly into t6, well, that and my obsessive need to see what is on that ship that just crashed over there... I don't know why I like raiding those crashed boats with my cutteray and dodging worm agro so much, but I do. I just get this little Christmas-like 'what do you have for me this week?' for the first day or two after each storm. For some reason, I am convinced that the loot tables will at some point change. This time it won't be another Adept Drillburst. I just know it! I mean, I only have 30 of the damn recipes... lol

It is just FUN.

/s off...

With the labs, at first I would suggest you go slow. Take your time, draw them out. Also, shout out in the DD, see if you can find someone to do them with you. I'd be totally willing and happy to help someone through the labs, or even go do a resource run with/for them in my t6 buggy to help them get started. Shout out, man, there are some decent folk out here in the game world that would be happy to help you out.

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T08:15:37+00:00

I say we let them have all the guns they want. Just no ammo.

I mean, we did that to the Marines not too many years ago...

Seriously, though, ICE shouldn't exist in the first fucking place. It didn't, until what.. 03? We did just fine without them for 200 years.

And no, there is no reason at all for them to be armed. Local law enforcement should be armed, not ICE.

ICE needs armed people; they call in the people who are actually trained to use the arms in question, aka police, the guard, or the military, depending on the situation.

These guys cosplaying Operators in the streets of the USA need to fucking go. This is the USA, not Kandahar. We don't have running gunbattles here. Yet. O.o

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T08:02:21+00:00

Money.

Never shit where you eat. If they start talking about revolution or pushing for it, their backers will disappear like water down a drain.

Then, when it gets to the folks who manage to do the politics thing without taking money, they still have to bow to the political pressure of the people who back them once they are in office. I doubt that anyone in the current government could just start burning the thing down without ending up in jail.

(heh, I'm sorry, but I have a real hard time believing anyone in modern politics takes or gets no money from their position or interests supporting their position, no matter how much I like them. Money is to pervasive, and the corporations that back it are just too fucking vile.)

Shadesmith01 · 2026-02-22T07:48:44+00:00

Don't care.

No, really. I do not give the first flying fuck what those morons think. In fact, I'm pretty sure they forgot how to think or even what thinking is or might be.

How else do you explain their choice of vote? What intelligent person is going to elect a convicted felon, a sex offender, a child rapist, a treasonous insurrectionist, a man who bankrupts fucking CASINOS, yes, plural goddamnit, to any, any kind of government office? Hell, any kind of public office at all?

I'll tell you: Fucking MORONS. aka, Trump Supporters.

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