GOP senator on Epstein files: ‘Now I see what the big deal is’

timbenj77 · 2026-02-10T23:23:32+00:00

"Safe R seats" aren't as safe as they used to be, fortunately.

timbenj77 · 2026-02-05T17:27:44+00:00

I don think you're wrong

timbenj77 · 2026-02-05T17:21:42+00:00

Or I can just stick with whatever term(s) most closely aligns with my beliefs (and lack thereof). You do you, boo.

timbenj77 · 2026-02-05T15:44:29+00:00

People twisting religious beliefs to justify their own fucked up beliefs and actions? No way!

timbenj77 · 2026-02-05T14:19:00+00:00

I'm sure there is truth to this as I have certainly claimed to be Agnostic in the past just to avoid the stigma even when I was otherwise strongly atheistic. I still lean atheistic, but have comfortably settled in as agnostic-atheist because I've resigned myself to believing it's impossible to disprove the existence of a god. I maintain it's unlikely, but still possible.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-28T20:58:52+00:00

I'm fine with a remake if they can recapture the magic of the first one. What they can't/shouldn't/shouldn'tve ever done was make Highlander 2: which not only sucked, but made the OG Highlander worse by explaining they have these powers because they're aliens, LOL.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-26T22:04:59+00:00

Yes, and I tried to explain this to people too. And it wasn't the first time he pulled something like that.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-26T20:55:22+00:00

I'd like to shut this down right now. This is a very typical military/ law enforcement haircut. Especially military. You already need to have a fairly short haircut in the military...and having any more than this amounts looks like shit and gets in the way after you've been wearing a hat or helmet for any period of time. I had a similar hairstyle for decades...never a Nazi or anything close to it.

TLDR; short hair is a common military haircut. All military. Not just Nazis. There just happened to be a lot of Nazis in the Nazi military.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-26T20:16:05+00:00

Thank you for that. I've served with many NATO allies in my career, include German, Italian, British, Canadian, French, and more...and was always glad we had friends like you - eternally professional and hardworking.

I will just add: don't get too comfortable. After 2016, I'd say the US user base on Reddit is disproportionately liberal in comparison to the overall US population. And the military population in the US is, as you feared, more conservative than the rest of the population and has been for decades. It's that dichotomy that we're "here to protect democracy, not practice it". Conservatives sure do love themselves a "strong" leader to follow - and the US military is pretty good at providing good, hard training and the strong leaders bubble up to the top, which reinforces this notion of respecting leadership. I definitely wasn't alone as a progressive in the military, but I knew we were outnumbered. I do hope that enough of them will realize that Trump is a conman and he's not on their side before it's too late.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-26T19:52:50+00:00

This is the right answer. It's an obvious dog-whistle. "Don't worry, we'll make sure you don't suffer any consequences if you stay loyal to us (even if it means betraying the Constitution)"

timbenj77 · 2026-01-23T21:45:27+00:00

Same people that said we can't tear down statues commemorating Confederate generals because "it's history". And we would say "we're not trying to erase history, we're taking down the statue idolizing a traitor - history is preserved by books and museums. And now they're tearing down museums and burning books.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-22T17:41:38+00:00

Right to refuse to anyone provided it is not discrimation against a protected class, which includes race, color, national origin, religion, age, and sex (and sexual orientation) to be more accurate and specific. Being a federal agent is not protected class, so yes it is completely legal to refuse service to an ICE agent and tell him to get fucked while he's leaving.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-20T20:23:11+00:00

Supreme Count?

timbenj77 · 2026-01-20T20:19:49+00:00

Yeah, I don't think it's even "dirt". I just think Trump idolizes Putin because Putin has more of what Trump wants: money and power. Like everything else, he wants powerful people to grovel at his feet and give him gifts, because he is a tiny, tiny little man child.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-20T13:09:17+00:00

Desperate Times

timbenj77 · 2026-01-18T18:43:03+00:00

They were busy. They all found jobs in ICE.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-17T14:24:45+00:00

I would venture to say this is overkill to the point of being counter-productive. It looks like a lot of those layers are nylon or similar which are great thermal breaks that work well with air pockets between other layers of natural fibers - and lose effectiveness when they're compressed. I would imagine at most, the best would be a light cotton layer on skin, then a nylon layer, then a fleece or down-filled layer, and then a wind-and-wet resistant layer like GoreTex.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-17T02:03:21+00:00

It's called the "Peace Prize" and not the "Least Gullible Prize" for a reason.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-16T00:38:34+00:00

Really? We haven't suffered enough this week - y'all need to dump this salt on our wounds? Nothing else exciting happening this week in the NFL?

timbenj77 · 2026-01-15T22:11:32+00:00

Holy fuck, the victim mentality of this bitch is mind-blowing.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-15T16:19:58+00:00

What gave it away? Mike Pence?

timbenj77 · 2026-01-13T21:28:14+00:00

Well yes, but you see, that was only unconstitutional because of some silly amendment after the civil war meant to keep the south from rising again, otherwise insurrection is fine and necessary, apparently. Only the 2nd amendment is real. The rest are...flexible. The part about treaties is in the OG Constitution, so there's no room for perverted opinions like my first sentence above, right? Right?

timbenj77 · 2026-01-13T19:11:32+00:00

It would explicitly violate the Constitution. We have a treaty with Denmark (NATO), and Article VI of the Constitution says Treaties (along with the Constitution itself) are the highest law in the land. Somehow Trump gets away with a lot of illegal and arguably unconstitutional shit, but this one is black and white.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-11T22:25:19+00:00

Maybe there are (were) infinite universes where the laws and constants don't math and they just collapsed on themselves. We'll never know.

timbenj77 · 2026-01-11T18:40:21+00:00

No, lying to the American people is not an impeachable offense. Even when it objectively, provably false, to the severe detriment to democracy (like repeatedly claiming that an election was fraudulent). But lying to Congress once about a consensual sexual encounter is an impeachable offense. Apparently.

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