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- 2024-03-08 01:18pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: DragonBall Z Creator Dies.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 622
Re: DragonBall Z Creator Dies.
Dragon Ball Manga Creator Toriyama Dies The creator of Dragon Ball, one of the most influential and best-selling Japanese comics of all time, has died at 68. Akira Toriyama suffered an acute subdural hematoma, a type of bleeding near the brain, his studio said Friday. Dragon Ball is hugely popular ...
- 2024-03-07 01:30am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
- Replies: 58
- Views: 5265
Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
Option 4: Trump wins, declares himself dictator as planned and suspends the constitution to “make America great again,” including term limits. Stays in office until he dies or is forcibly removed. Edit: and yeah, I know he can’t legally suspend the constitution, but since when have technicalities li...
- 2024-03-05 10:09am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: AAP new study on school shootings
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1013
Re: AAP new study on school shootings
My problem with that study is they do not show the who did it nor the why they did it. Both of these questions need answering as gang violence is far different from bullying taken too far. You can't really address the situation without studying the particulars. Basic journalism: who, what, when, wh...
- 2024-03-04 11:20am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: AAP new study on school shootings
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1013
Re: AAP new study on school shootings
Not to worry! If you can’t afford to give your children access to guns to stop the intruders, just give them Billy clubs or butterfly knives instead: Billy clubs? Butterfly knives? Legal shift on 2nd Amendment affects more than just guns In 2021, U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez ruled that a 100...
- 2024-03-02 10:46am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
- Replies: 58
- Views: 5265
Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
”Mitch McConnell's legacy will be that he purposefully undermined America's first Black president, he broke the Supreme Court, he helped elect a fascist President, and he abetted up an insurrection on American soil," And to the current batch of Republican voters, that makes him just a Republic...
- 2024-03-01 05:24pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
- Replies: 58
- Views: 5265
Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
Meanwhile the Republicans are running on the slogan “let’s get our deranged messiah in office so we can start our retribution campaign and purge the world of our undesirables and enemies!” Frankly, it's fucking crazy. We have assholes in this fucking party saying we have to have Democratic candidat...
- 2024-02-29 10:47am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
- Replies: 58
- Views: 5265
Re: US Election 2024: Grumpy Old Men
I'm not American but it looks like Biden did a good job during his term all things considered. But despite that, he's too old to run again (then again, so is Trump). What's stopping the democratic party to promote an alternative candidate to Biden? One that could lure moderate republicans too that ...
- 2024-02-16 06:08am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II
- Replies: 813
- Views: 403235
Re: Brexit and not very united kingdom politics II
Well, I'm now on first-name terms with my local MP. The local Tories have discovered that when their MP gets booted out of Parliament for waving his genitals at the staff it's probably not a good idea to appoint the woman he started shagging while his wife was in hospital with cancer as a replaceme...
- 2024-02-14 04:26pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: TRUMP: "I will Encourage Russia to Attack non-paying NATO Members"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1425
Re: TRUMP: "I will Encourage Russia to Attack non-paying NATO Members"
All this rests on the assumption that Congress will vote any way but how Trump tells them to vote. Ya, fat chance of that happening when he is in charge. Just about the only thing which might be disobeyed is if he ordered outright invasions and/or nuclear strikes on NATO members. Which is why Proje...
- 2024-02-14 04:20pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Joe Biden 'wilfully' disclosed classified materials, but won't face criminal charges
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2004
Re: Joe Biden 'wilfully' disclosed classified materials, but won't face criminal charges
It's not like Trump is fully functional upstairs. The man is making a shit-ton of gaffs these days and has confused Nikki Haley for Nancy Pelosi and presidents Obama and Biden multiple times. If either of the two is getting brain rot I'd think it would be Trump Yeah but we voted for Biden despite h...
- 2024-02-12 06:05am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: TRUMP: "I will Encourage Russia to Attack non-paying NATO Members"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1425
Re: TRUMP: "I will Encourage Russia to Attack non-paying NATO Members"
If Russia attacks a NATO member, doesn't that pull the US into war with Russia ? Legally the US isn't at war unless Congress votes to declare war. A lot of the time that's thrown up as stupid verbal hairsplitting in a "The US never declared war on North Vietnam, therefore it wasn't a war and w...
- 2024-02-10 08:38pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Joe Biden 'wilfully' disclosed classified materials, but won't face criminal charges
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2004
Re: Joe Biden 'wilfully' disclosed classified materials, but won't face criminal charges
Fortunately, I'm Canadian, so it don't matter that much to me :) I hope you're right, but Og only knows what could happen if Trump gets his wish. You're right next door and that could be uncomfortable if the our house starts burning down in a serious way. Biden may be a senile old fool, but having ...
- 2024-02-10 08:24am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
- Replies: 578
- Views: 46118
Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Probably that dead witnesses tell no tales?
- 2024-01-26 09:33am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Texas vs. The united States - border issues
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3209
Re: Texas vs. The united States - border issues
I’m actually kinda confused here - what is the Democrats position on this? ‘Cause sometimes it comes across like they are just as incompetent as republicans, don’t care and/or are actively encouraging people to enter the country illegally by offering paths to citizenship. Isn’t illegally entering a ...
- 2024-01-17 05:10pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: What Instrument Do You Play?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2959
Re: What Instrument Do You Play?
Used to play the French Horn through high school and college. Well, to be more specific, a double horn keyed in F and B Flat lol. I’d like to get into it again one day when I have the time, though not as an occasional hobby. If I’m going to do it I’ll do it right! Funny thing is, it wasn’t my first ...
- 2024-01-12 01:47pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Get ready for another round of EU austerity
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1214
Re: Get ready for another round of EU austerity
At one point will Eurozone members finally recognize that slapping all those countries together with the same currency and economic rules/policies doesn’t work? Do they literally have to wait for fascists to take over everywhere before they get the message that maybe it wasn’t a good idea? Anyways j...
- 2024-01-08 09:56am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Do You Still Refuse To Accept My GODHOOD?! - Trump
- Replies: 1
- Views: 812
Do You Still Refuse To Accept My GODHOOD?! - Trump
Wish I was making this up: Trump shares a bizarre video declaring "GOD MADE TRUMP" - it's worse than you think On Friday, Donald Trump posted a fan-made tribute video, “GOD MADE TRUMP”. (The link goes to Truth Social. If you do not want to give them traffic numbers, a complete transcriptio...
- 2024-01-08 06:01am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from State Ballot
- Replies: 76
- Views: 6250
Re: Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from State Ballot
Trump seems to be preparing for the possibility they'll rule against him, preemptively carrying on about how it seems like "his" justices might betray him and he's never seen anything like it. Trying to put that kind of public pressure on judges with a lifetime tenure does not work the sa...
- 2024-01-06 06:56pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from State Ballot
- Replies: 76
- Views: 6250
Re: Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from State Ballot
The Upper levels of the Republican party , the real upper levels, are career politicos, and very intelligent. By keeping Trump off the ballet, they have what might appear to them to be the ultimate piece of ammo for the 2026 and 2028 election cycles. "They are so scared of us, they kept Trump ...
- 2024-01-03 11:47pm
- Forum: Pure Star Trek
- Topic: Enterprise- Federation flagship?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3430
Re: Enterprise- Federation flagship?
Of course, due to the ratio of bad/evil/incompetent Admirals we see, perhaps the Dilbert Priciple is in full effect and Federation top brass deliberately kick the worst ones upstairs where they can do the least damage? Maybe there’s an unwritten rule that Admirals aren’t to be trusted with the actua...
- 2024-01-03 11:21pm
- Forum: Pure Star Trek
- Topic: Enterprise- Federation flagship?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3430
Re: Enterprise- Federation flagship?
There can be a degree of symbolism too - for instance HMS Victory is the flagship of the First Sea Lord in the UK, despite being over 200 years old and never leaving port. That being said, in the TNG era it feels more like a “we’re sending the best ship we have to show off and/or demonstrate we’re t...
- 2023-12-31 11:12pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from State Ballot
- Replies: 76
- Views: 6250
Re: Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from State Ballot
Ya, the “win” condition is Trump taking over as president, Republicans don’t give a damn any more how it’s done. And they already have some plans ready to go (such as Project 2025, which is worthy of its own thread tbh) regardless of who the candidate is. We’re in for a hell of a time next year. St...
- 2023-12-31 09:43pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Project 2025: How to Start a Fascist Takeover in 180 Days!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2123
Re: Project 2025: How to Start a Fascist Takeover in 180 Days!
Personal thoughts: First off, it should be noted that this is not directly part of the Republican campaign, since apparently that would cause some legal issues. However, I don't feel it should be dismissed simply because of that; just looking from the wiki and their website on who is involved, there...
- 2023-12-31 09:06pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Project 2025: How to Start a Fascist Takeover in 180 Days!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2123
Project 2025: How to Start a Fascist Takeover in 180 Days!
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Project 2025 Project 2025 is a plan to reshape the executive branch of the U.S. federal government in the event of a Republican victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.[2][3] Established in 2022, the project seeks to recruit tens of thousands of conserva...
- 2023-12-31 11:01am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from State Ballot
- Replies: 76
- Views: 6250
Re: Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump from State Ballot
True as that is, they also want to win . And I can't imagine they don't have at least a few people with a sense of self-preservation - those who are willing consider a GOP after Trump. They do. But I've been hearing that those people are afraid of what the MAGA crowd will do to them if they do anyt...