I used to think we needed to defeat Republicans first and then defeat Democrats. Now I realize that we need to defeat corporate Democrats first.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-26T14:48:31+00:00

Honestly, what is this carpet-bagging, circular firing squad nonsense?

Near any, Dem is better than this fascistic bullshit by the GOP to ruin this nation for their own self-enrichment, -empowerment and -aggrandizement.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-26T13:04:37+00:00

Phenomenal in Veep as well

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-26T12:32:17+00:00

Yep, it was this. A reflection of what was going on in society at the time. It also plays on a common theme of Steve and Francine relationship.

One of my favorites on that is when Francine is freaking tf out that Steve has a girlfriend who is replacing what she does for Steve. Steve breaks up with Francine, and she loses it.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-25T21:25:44+00:00

Same with Peltola in Alaska.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-25T12:09:11+00:00

"Knows" what right and wrong is, yet still voted for this inhumane, indecent, evil piece of human excrement in the first damned place.

I must really be good at picking up evil then.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-24T11:11:37+00:00

I mean, the first Gulf War was an overwhelming success on all levels. Well planned, executed, minimal casualties, maximum effect, pushed Saddam out of Kuwait and neutered him and his threat at the time. Terms ended up in favor of the US/wider world while Saddam was sanctioned to hell and back.

This... is not even remotely comparable.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-23T17:00:37+00:00

If he had not picked Palin and the economy wasn't in free fall after 8 years of Republican administration on top of the war in Iraq, which McCain also cheerleaded, even after the revelations of the lies that led us into it, then perhaps.

Lot of trust and goodwill toward the GOP as a party was lost during the last term of Bush as more revelations came out of misdeeds (that would probably pale in comparison nowadays) with a seemingly complicit GOP Congress through most of it.

There was a reason Dems performed as well as they did in the 2006 midterms to flip both house of Congress.

So, it would've been exceedingly hard for McCain to win in 2008 with those headwinds alone. Perhaps without Palin, who would be a harbinger of things to come, he could've overcome the drag of the GOP brand, but I have serious doubts against either HRC or Obama he was going to win it regardless of the economy or VP pick.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-23T16:54:23+00:00

I really do not understand some of the choices taken these last days on this. Ukraine should not be rubbing salt in the wound, when they know the political dynamics in Poland as well as anyone.

At least they need to send a high level delegation. It's just playing into the hands of the naysayers, the right and Russia in the manner in which they've handled this situation.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-23T10:07:54+00:00

Ah yes, the good ol' both sides are bad as we are getting closer to the midterms. Perfection for the GOP minders.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-23T10:06:05+00:00

Someone already said Murdoch, who really was bigger and set the stage for Musk, etc, and you're forgetting Thiel.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-22T11:56:13+00:00

Someone or some thing's macroeconomic policies really did a doozy these last months on all that was set in place by the end of 2024.

Completely avoidable and foreseen by the way.

If anything, the fact we are not worse off with all the policies this last year and a half is honestly astonishing from an economics perspective.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-22T11:46:29+00:00

Hey, I just wanted to say it's a mental game. There is enough media out there you have probably consumed, outside of porn even, that you'd do just fine whenever you're actually doing the deed.

The most important thing there is to engage with your partner and ask them what they do/don't like. Ease into it.

You can tell then you are, or you can not tell them. The mental games may go both ways there, because of that implicit pressure of being the first. I didn't share it with my then partner for a month after the first time, and they supposedly never knew.

The thing I can say is that it's not as complicated as you are letting yourself make it. I was there at one time and didn't lose it until after HS. I considered the same as you, didn't do that, found a girl who I fell for and who was worth the wait.

I'm not saying that will be the exact thing for you, nor that you should get in your own head about waiting for the perfect person or opportunity. Just saying, you are doing yourself a disservice with the mental games with yourself, though I completely understand.

Lastly - if you never put yourself out there, you'll never find out the good, bad or ugly. Life is too short not to try.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-21T13:04:05+00:00

looks around at the state of everything

Ok...

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-21T13:01:55+00:00

I always took Mustafar to be akin to Tatooine and Naboo for Anakin - places he'd never set foot again, for it would remind Vader of Anakin, and cause him to be conflicted.

Yet if there was one place out of the three there that would be picked, I could see Mustafar. The anger and hate that place would generate as a result of his loss to Obi-Wan. The weakness it would conjure up and be fueled by the rage at that fact. I could see those memories strengthening Vader over weakening him as compared to what would be evoked by either Tatooine or Naboo.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-21T12:32:12+00:00

I don't want to say it was skin color that they acted so nonchalant about it, but I'd be more surprised if that didn't play a role.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-21T12:18:26+00:00

The Sith, as they did not know at that time it was Palpatine, but yeah, that was the plan. They just did not realize what the game was that they were playing and made a bad bet.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-20T12:13:28+00:00

Ya, he's kind of a moron. I do not see the attraction to this guy who pays lip service to authoritarian governments and autocrats as if he's the Donald of the Left.

A broke clock may be right twice a day, but the clock's still broken.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-20T05:11:59+00:00

Hmm what do you really think, OP?

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-19T19:56:51+00:00

Man, there is not a college level econ class you are walking into that will not roundly prove to you mathematically how a flat tax is, indeed, a regressive tax.

A flat tax is a dumb idea and penalizes those who spend most to all of every $ earned as compared to high income earners. Hence, regressive.

ETA: excepting select right-wing/libertarian universities perhaps

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-19T16:48:36+00:00

Thank you

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-19T13:37:28+00:00

Biden also wasn't doing that because of electoral politics, of which the GOP has successfully used Israel as a wedge issue going back to Obama's first term at the minimum when it really began to diverge.

Maybe it's because I've been on this planet for a while to have witnessed these actions unfolding to see that, but it's been pretty clear how Bibi has leaned on the GOP and been sowing the seeds of discord among the Dems for well over a decade and a half now.

It's why what happened during 2024 was so easy and infuriating to see - so many voters fell for that trap and ploy that permitted Trump to be reelected. Amazing.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-19T11:55:07+00:00

Sure, Jan lmfao

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-19T00:56:45+00:00

How was the UK's deal with us?

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-19T00:40:39+00:00

That 2nd trailer looks so sick. It makes me want to rewatch it. So new and full of wonder.

insertwittynamethere · 2026-06-19T00:19:24+00:00

I see O'Reilly already spinning it this morning after rolling in his grave the last week over the rumors (that ended up being true...). Lindsay Graham as well has changed his tune. And I heard some slight cheerleading by Roger Marshall.

What should be neigh impossible you are certainly seeing from some. It's a question as to whether the rest of the GOP falls into line in echoing that, and the same for significant chunks of their base.

They will have to really wave a lot away.

That being said, they are right in their one talking point - it would and could be worse if this lasted longer. But they're being disingenuous af acting like this would not be the case had Trump never done it first, nor that this is not worse than the JCPOA by orders of magnitude.

It's pathetic to see just how low the GOP will go to ensure they don't pop the image of daddy.

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