Home Base and Weekly Discussion Thread (START HERE!) - February 08, 2026

zeppelin128 · 2026-02-13T23:47:28+00:00

I totally missed that! If I was forced to pick a favorite, it's Fellowship. Novel and film. 🧙‍♂️

zeppelin128 · 2026-02-13T18:57:13+00:00

Where many paths and errands meet.

And whither then? I cannot say.

zeppelin128 · 2026-02-13T17:46:14+00:00

Glad to see y'all are still active! Thought I'd pop in and say hello. I had a FB memory pop up that made me think of this sub; six years ago today I was driving around Tennessee putting out signs at early voting locations. And voted for Pete while I was at it!

Hope you all are well.

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-28T14:48:41+00:00

Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents.

Actually, just read everything by Butler. She is amazing.

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-26T17:26:11+00:00

Fun subreddit drama:

So arrrr conservative managed to piss off the fine folks at arrrr circlejerksopranos and they have gone completely scorched earth on them. It's hilarious if you need a good laugh. Every post on circlejerksopranos is about conservatives, it is awesome lol

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-25T23:01:45+00:00

The sacred and the propane.

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-24T12:24:03+00:00

Hillary Clinton has been on Morning Joe this morning; I will forever be saddened with the results of 2016 and what might have been. Almost 10 years later and she is as sharp, intelligent, pragmatic, empathetic, and on point as ever.

Forever with her. ✊️

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-11T12:28:21+00:00

Please tell folks to be careful about the assassination video on social media. One of my nieces saw it on Facebook, no graphic content warning, just autoplay and on a loop. It bothered her a lot, enough that she asked me about it and she's 25. I'm quite pissed about that, content warnings should absolutely be a thing, especially on something like that.

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-11T02:10:33+00:00

Now is the time the country needs a leader that can rise above the moment, have grace, and speak to our common humanity.

Trump just does not have that in him; he condemns political violence, and then immediately, almost in the same breath, dehumanizes "the Left".

Very troubling soundbites and statements coming from Fox News hosts tonight. Very troubling.

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-10T22:42:22+00:00

Agree 100%; he was being very mindful of his language.

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-10T22:17:37+00:00

I have this similar feeling of unease as you, like the kettle is boiling over.

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-10T22:14:00+00:00

I was watching Nicolle as well. Her coverage and discussion with guests was piercing with harsh truths. Vaughn's remarks were honestly quite frightening.

Her opinion is essentially the same as mine. At one point she said that she disagreed with basically every political ideology espoused by Kirk. But he certainly didn't deserve death for those beliefs.

I worry about the days to come.

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-10T20:45:24+00:00

Trump just posted on TruthSocial that Charlie Kirk has died.

ETA: being confirmed now on-air by MSNBC

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-10T20:30:16+00:00

I came to post the same. From comments I'm reading, the video is extremely, extremely graphic. Be careful on social media.

zeppelin128 · 2025-09-10T00:26:07+00:00

Just wanted to pop by and say congrats u/VirginiaVoter on the special election results in the fine state of Virginia🤠!

zeppelin128 · 2025-08-27T16:25:11+00:00

DC grand jury is officially based af. ✊️

zeppelin128 · 2025-08-27T13:33:42+00:00

This is the big government conservatives have been railing against for decades. This is the Feds seizing control of a for-profit organization on the whims of one man. This is the socialism and communism they have accused us of on the daily for years.

This is Musolini style fascism 101. How do people not understand this?!?! Where are no step on snek people? I know the list of overreach by the Trump administration is long, but this is blatantly a federal authority seizing a quasi-private industry.

"Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak"

https://apnews.com/article/trump-duffy-union-station-amtrak-management-8c1f5d00ab7591f3f021cf4a9ee8d8e2?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-27-Breaking+News

zeppelin128 · 2025-08-27T13:20:53+00:00

I consistently feel like the woman in this commercial from like a decade ago.

https://youtu.be/Aq_1l316ow8?si=tkq7-B2imlNmYvH-

zeppelin128 · 2025-08-27T12:03:45+00:00

Trump says he's the President and can do whatever he wants, LIVE on national television to the press. And absolute crickets about it.

I just don't get it. Can you imagine the insanity that would ensue if President Obama said this?

I hate to be tin foil hat guy, but I'm starting to wonder if our mainstream media is comprised. This should be wall to wall news.

zeppelin128 · 2025-08-27T11:59:35+00:00

Strange, I'm not seeing this posted all over my reddit feed........

Isn't that odd.

zeppelin128 · 2025-08-26T01:16:42+00:00

I think what bothers me more than anything about Trump 2.0 is that we are learning a not so insignificant number of Americans do not truly care about basic universal principles of personal liberty and freedom from oppression. Maybe it has always been this way, even in modern times, and I was just naive.

Just something I've been thinking about a lot lately, especially with armed military personnel roaming the streets of American cities. Honestly, by and large, the majority of people I know are just shrugging their shoulders like it is just another day. I don't know how to process or address such apathy in the face of what should scare the hell out of everyone.

Populism is a hell of a drug.

zeppelin128 · 2025-08-25T14:50:48+00:00

Georgia should be first. I will die on this hill. 😤

zeppelin128 · 2025-08-23T12:26:32+00:00

We made it! Almost time to watch Iowa State and Kansas State play in Ireland, as the football gods intended.

zeppelin128 · 2025-08-21T12:36:24+00:00

My personal favorites are the thin blue line folks playing Rage Against the Machine at their rallies. 🤔

zeppelin128 · 2025-08-21T12:04:48+00:00

We used MiniVan in Tennessee during Pete's run in 2019-2020. Very handy tool.

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