LondonLax Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Maybe the fires will take care of the beetles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheAuthority Posted September 15, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2020 1 minute ago, il_serpente said: And he's still blaming the Democratic governor for poor management of forests that are 57% federal land, 3% state land and the remainder privately owned. Not that that matters anyway. We've had a tremendous die-off of trees from a beetle infestation in California over the past 5 years or so. How would he propose anybody manage to get into the millions of acres of remote forest and cut down all the dead trees and remove them. And rake up the leaves? The fires around us were started on steep terrain inaccessible to trucks. The guy is utterly clueless and yet thinks he knows more about it than the people who have spent their lives and careers dealing with it. Of course, you could say that about pretty much any topic. You are like me, in that you try to rationalize and debate within the boundaries of reality and fact, and we think that Trump and his ilk also work that way . But that is not whats happening. He, his believers and sycophants will lie, redirect, point the finger and simply make a fantasy so far from any sort of conscionable reality just to ignore what they know deep down in their soul. They aren't clever or intelligent, they never tried to improve their intelligence. They believe that their instincts are better than empirical science because they never wanted to put in the effort in to try and better themselves. They are lazy, and intellectually incoherent. Trump comes along and tells them that their worst instinct is correct - they are so thankful and happy so they go all in, hands down committed to this sense of reality because it gives them a sense of self worth. The truth is they are stupid, ignorant, selfish, bigoted, predictable creations of capitalism run amok. They never tried to better themselves or broaden their horizons. Trump gives them the go ahead to display the worst parts of themselves and they love him for it. They are happy to try and take the easy path to somehow "win" against people who try to think for themselves. People who think for themselves can easily burst the bubble of their anti-intellectualism so they become more extremely tribal (see Q, pizza, pedophilia etc.) to maintain the fantasy that somehow they can think for themselves. It's beyond sad - they are nasty, angry humans but the real reason they are that way is because their stupidity is being manipulated against the common good. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I think what fascinates me more than anything with US politics the older I get, is the entrenched political two party system where it's more important to disagree with each other than come to the right conclusions. It's just mind boggling. I can't get my head around it. I know we're sort of blessed with stability and a different political system in Scandinavia, but it's not like every single US citizen is an utter idiot, so why it never changes is a mystery. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 7 hours ago, villakram said: Whose driveway would you like to take a dump on? The immediate, obvious answer is Jeremy Clarkson, but trying to remain on topic . . . maybe Megan McCain? The annoying thing is the whole media would immediately leap to claiming she was the victim of a terror attack or something, but the initial satisfaction would be hard to beat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 "It'll get cooler" House Stark phoning it in now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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villakram Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 7 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said: I think what fascinates me more than anything with US politics the older I get, is the entrenched political two party system where it's more important to disagree with each other than come to the right conclusions. It's just mind boggling. I can't get my head around it. I know we're sort of blessed with stability and a different political system in Scandinavia, but it's not like every single US citizen is an utter idiot, so why it never changes is a mystery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Just now, villakram said: Is this another Jeff Bezos thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Just now, Davkaus said: Is this another Jeff Bezos thread? His ex is getting away with murder given she got half! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, villakram said: You have to explain. I don't read comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 13 minutes ago, villakram said: His ex is getting away with murder given she got half! She got about $65 billion I think in the divorce. Not bad. I wonder if her lawyer was working on a percentage based fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Memo to online liberals: I wouldn't have voted for them either, but it's a bad look to be talking about America's many large democratic deficits on the one hand, and then be cheering the Green Party candidate being kept off the ballot in Wisconsin due to a clerical error on the other. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted September 15, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 15, 2020 7 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said: I think what fascinates me more than anything with US politics the older I get, is the entrenched political two party system where it's more important to disagree with each other than come to the right conclusions. It's just mind boggling. I can't get my head around it. I know we're sort of blessed with stability and a different political system in Scandinavia, but it's not like every single US citizen is an utter idiot, so why it never changes is a mystery. The two party system in the US is to a large extent illusory - every four years the corporate structure that runs the nation selects candidates that they want to put in place to carry out their wishes/create enough of a distraction so that they can get on with it - loud and public partisan argument within that is helpful in creating the idea that there is a real debate going on on how to run the country as opposed to just a lot of name calling while they're both instructed to bake pretty much the same cake albeit with a different coloured icing. . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 57 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: You have to explain. I don't read comics. A billion-aire here, a billion-aire there and suddenly we'll be talking about real... people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, villakram said: A billion-aire here, a billion-aire there and suddenly we'll be talking about real... people. Sorry don't speak klingon. Feel free to explain using English. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brumerican Posted September 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2020 1 hour ago, KenjiOgiwara said: You have to explain. I don't read comics. It's an old cartoon about a suicidal duck who keeps diving head first into piles of solid metal. Most of the shows are about how he adjusts to life as a paraplegic whilst trying to get his head right. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Brumerican said: It's an old cartoon about a suicidal duck who keeps diving head first into piles of solid metal. Most of the shows are about how he adjusts to life as a paraplegic whilst trying to get his head right. And what's the context relative to what I wrote? Still confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Just now, KenjiOgiwara said: And what's the context relative to what I wrote? Still confused. Not sure yet. I'm still on season 3 of Chip and Dale "Rescue Rangers". Gummi Bears marathon pencilled in for tonight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 1 hour ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Sorry don't speak klingon. Feel free to explain using English. Scrooge McDuck, a cartoon billionaire, an effort to be humorous, succinct and alluding to the point made far more eloquently by @OutByEaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 It is certainly an interesting development... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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