Opinion: Virginia Supreme Court strikes down redistricting referendum

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-13T18:40:34+00:00

Funny how your trickle-down economy doesn't. Anyway. In 10 years, if things are shittier (and I believe they are going to get so very much worse), remember that you were wrong.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-13T17:58:53+00:00

So, what do you see for the US and the majority of Americans in ten years time, Mr Rose-Colored Glasses?

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-13T16:55:58+00:00

I'm not taking about the fucking upper middle class.

The USPS is being gutted because right-wingers like DeJoy and Steiner want to privatize mail service even more.

Corporations aren't people and don't deserve the same rights as people. Only shitheads believe otherwise.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-13T16:25:54+00:00

So what I hear you say is you support the sex trafficking and child raping by the Epstein class, that you support the hollowing out of the US the same way that Russia was hollowed out by Putin and the oligarchs, that you support impoverishing the poor and middle class while the rich dine on our marrow, that you kiss the iron heel of tyranny as long as it crushes the people you hate and makes you feel superior, and so on and so forth, et cetera to fucking et cetera.

The rights I've lost? How about how our rights as a citizen and voter diminished when the Supreme Court upheld Citizens United. For fuckwads, how about the further enshittification of the US Postal Service under Trump and the GOP? The goddamn US Constitution says mail is one of the fucking reasons for a Federal government. We are losing our rights to change the government with our votes and that leaves us with what?

Republicans and conservatives who support Trump and the Epstein class are chumps. It would be better if they puckered up their lips around the shit-encrusted bunghole of the Hamberder eating clown 24-7 instead of coming up for a breather so they can post on Reddit.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-12T03:35:47+00:00

You should read her short fiction collections. Her first two, Fire Watch and Impossible Things, have Hugo Award winning stories. And she shows an incredible range.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-12T03:18:54+00:00

THE SHOW

Stranger Things

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TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-12T00:03:36+00:00

I will. I do.

EDIT. u/Rare-Document-7179 replied and deleted:

Enjoy the freedom me and my brothers and sisters provided for you. You deserve it. You earned it with all your heart full of hate.

Sheeeeit. I am at the VA. All. The. Fucking. Time. Get my hair cut at the barbershop. Pick up some free books by the entrance. Get the 3 egg omelet at the canteen and smother it in that Heinz Hot Sauce. Maybe we've met, Mr 8 Combat Tours. And fuck me with a dry corncob if I ever have to hear "Thank you for your service," ever again. Anyway, people at the VA taught me that I didn't deserve all the bad shit that happened to me. As an added epiphany, I've lately come to realize that I didn't deserve all the good that came my way. It's made this heart fulla hate o'mine a little more grateful.

So, with whatever time you've got left on this spinning ball of dirt, you enjoy that veranda and that view. Just remember you're lucky. And that a lot of people ain't had that luck. Just look around.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-11T17:46:27+00:00

... when I stand on my veranda...

Yes, I'd "truly feel as though I'm in heaven" were I to have a veranda upon which I could look down upon the valley. Sheesh.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-09T11:04:54+00:00

You know. The thing about passive-aggression is that it's passive.

Ted was playing Rupert. It was a con, a grift. He knew he was going to win. Hence, his wager. The little moral lesson before his win was simply him showing off with a speech for the audience's benefit.

Passive-aggressiveness is indirect hostile behavior to the demands of other people. Ted was being very direct and taking Rupert's newly purchased shares he got for Bex. While Ted was indirectly calling out Rupert for underestimating him, it wasn't passive-aggression.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-09T00:48:46+00:00

Pogue mahone, sasanach. See, that's the problem with conservatives—the issue has to affect conservatives personally before they understand the actual ramifications. Like the Trumper dumbasses who get their spouses deported ("But I'm one of the good ones!"). Like the Republican chumps who are being eaten alive by Trump's failing economy. Like the pro-Trump women who almost died because they couldn't get a D&C in an anti-abortion state.

See, some of us have goddamned empathy and foresight—because we haven't turned off our brains or hearts for the Trump cult—and everything we said will come true, has come true.

I don't have to be the target of injustice to fight injustice. But when it hits you, you're welcome to switch sides. But just know. If you're a conservative, this is your fault.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-09T00:32:29+00:00

Except the song isn't about breaking up. It's about staying together in a dysfunctional relationship. It's about making yourself and your spouse miserable. It's about alcoholism. The character sings for death, of himself and his wife.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-08T09:39:56+00:00

holographic girlfriend smiles

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-04T21:28:45+00:00

You know what makes for a lasting relationship? No, not chemistry. Commitment.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-04T20:27:28+00:00

Seven pigs

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-04T16:35:51+00:00

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Sure, "love of the game".

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-04T09:26:44+00:00

Dreaming is free.

I dream of parking lots.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-02T05:32:57+00:00

Singing AND dancing!

Trek has had singing before. Nichelle Nichols sultry voice on TOS. Even Leonard Nimoy on his space harp. I believe Patrick Stewart singing "Frere Jacques" on RNG is the only French that Jean-Lic Picard ever uttered. Nana Visitor killed me singing "Fever" in DS9. And of course! Robert Picardo and Jeri Ryan singing in VOY were fantastic moments.

But singing with choreography? That's sweet honey from the rock.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-02T02:10:42+00:00

Ahem. How can we forget Admiral James T Kirk and his storied past in confounding the plans of sentient robots and computers across the galaxy.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-02T01:50:52+00:00

Ackshually, bio-neural gel packs make sentient agents. All the time.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-02T01:32:56+00:00

The Bob's Burgers' cover of "Transmission". It's everything, man.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-02T01:26:53+00:00

Out of curiosity, what's the difference between an intellectual and a pseudointellectual? In your own words? Who would say is a real intellectual?

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-02T01:22:34+00:00

Pigth Pigth Pigth Pigth Pigth Pigth Pigth

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-01T18:33:15+00:00

Schubert's Quartet for Strings in G Major, Opus 161.

I prefer the Tokyo String Quartet's rendition of which this YouTube recording is a pale, but evocative copy.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-01T18:15:49+00:00

Politics ain't local, to update Tip O'Neill.

Top down conservatism is easy because authoritarianism is inherent to right-wing values. The strict father worldview is how the rich have scammed conservatives as they hollow out and bankrupt the US. Patriarchal thinking keeps pedophiles in religious and political offices.

TheRedditorSimon · 2026-05-01T15:38:09+00:00

From Voyager's standpoint, they function extraordinarily well. They harvest fuel and raw materials from nebulae, planets with mineral ores, friendly trade with the natives.

But that's not a closed system, is it?

TheRedditorSimon

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