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One person’s heaven is another’s hell. This sounds like an unrelenting horror to me. Imagine all of the talking… yap yap yap every second ‘it’s hot’ ‘i’m hungry’ GET OUT GET OUT

Majority= majority. They could have taken care of Manchin in many ways... he "took one for the team"

No, you don't. They blow past the filibuster (which they don't even do any more, they "call it" with no actual filibuster every occurring) with the "nuclear option" whenever they want to. Simple majority vote. Filibuster is not in constitution, super majority requirement is a parliamentary rule ONLY, not law... they bypass it all of the time, over 200 "exceptions" the last time I looked. You've been suckered... and that's why they do this. Most are oblivious, just how they like it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/117th_United_States_Congress Yes, the 50-50 split SHOULD be a D majority, because VP can cast tie-breaker There's zero need for a super majority. They blow past that all of the time with simple majority vote. Called "nuclear option".

They could always have used the "nuclear option" and passed actual universal healthcare instead of our strange hybrid for-profit insurance monster under Obama, but they didn't want to. When Biden was the President, Ds had majority in house and senate (117th). They COULD have used the stupidly named "nuclear option" and passed universal healthcare, higher minimum wages, and more in response to the nightmarish Trump presidency But... nah (encourage everyone to check out the super-majority fiasco fillibuster-not-really nuclear option bullshit song and dance)

My GF at time was a true-blue Democrat who volunteered for her party during Bernie’s campaign, she was there for primaries. I told her there was NO WAY that the Ds would allow him to run for office.

After, she came home very upset, just devastated with what she had seen. She never told me what happened, she refused to talk to me about it. We were over shortly after

She stopped volunteering.

I encourage everyone to volunteer and see how things are done in local politics, it’s a real eye opener

Bullshit, without the disease he could never, ever have taken office. No functioning Republic would allow it

When is an election not near? YOU are in the minority. Independents outnumber YOU. And we vote! Do you? Many millions of your own party don't bother to vote. Bitch at them, clean your own filthy, nasty house; and maybe, just maybe, try being civil to those people you REQUIRE to win any election.

Well, he's in the billionaire class NOW. It's amazing what a few years in political office will do for your bank account (and that of your entire family). Politics are the third easiest way to generational wealth in the USA; first being inheritance and second being prosperity gospel preacher

Oh yes, every two years, what an UNCANNY COINCIDENCE that an independent speaks six months before an election. You are truly the world's greatest detective. meanwhile, in reality, independents are 40% of the electorate. Ds and Rs are down to 30% each. Perhaps you should listen to the independents, instead of insulting them? You need independents to win any election. You're not doing yourself any favors. This is why bOtH pArTiEs are losing voters; when will you figure it out, detective?

Not in leadership, where it matters. Sure, there are lots of progressive voters, and even a few token reps. It doesn't matter, window dressing for the defenstration.

Biden was a horribly inadequate President, and senile besides... an embarrassing alternative. The worst Democratic President of my lifetime, and I am old. Truly, he was an AWFUL response to Trump's presidency, and he's the reason that Trump was reelected. This is all humiliating for Americans, our parties need to be dismantled

You don't know what "painfully ignorant and divorced from empirical reality" means. bOtH pArTiEs take their orders from the billionaire class, get real, stop being a sucker

You can just say "Democrats", no need for a qualifier.

This was a joke, right? Good one

Yeah, it’s Trump, everything will be fine when he dies!

Trump could never have been elected without you hacks, your corruption made him possible. He could never be in any position of authority without decades of unbridled rot to pave the way… if he’s the monster, you’re the Dr. Frankenstein who created him.

Good job

I could be a fan of both, but I’m not! Current favorite is the Nordic model, but I do like “workers’ self-management of enterprises”, my favorite communist “feature”.

Re tanks I find them fascinating, they are horrible machines; the only thing worse than being inside of one in war time is being outside of one.

A lot of countries still use the T-55, it’s like the Honda of tanks

WWII Panzer IIIs and T-34s are my favorites, I like the classics but NOT the Sherman. Fuck the Sherman

NOBODY is more Tankie than Stalin and the T-34 But "almost single-handedly?" Come on now, don't be silly

I think it's weird that you think it's "weirdly racist". Weirdo

I'm not a fan of communism, but I DO very much like tanks. A libertankian, perhaps

Reason for The FED founding... let's stop those bubbles! Immediately after FED founding... POP oh no! Well, let's keep it anyway. It makes JP Morgan so happy, look at him giggling!!

I was a programmer for the Commodore PET, let me see what I can do. 10 Exit VIM 20 end did it work?

... and just like that, you figured out what the FED is for, and that our world economy is based on debt, with inflation used to defraud the hordes of workers from adequate wages. Once the inflationary economy crashes, banks buy up those previously inflated assets at rock-bottom prices, and the process begins anew.

I’m sorry, it appears that you’ve confused angels with “Greek Gods”, like Dionysus, Poseidon, Hermes, etc. Ouch, very embarrassing for you. Clouds and sun are not any more “Christian” than Apollo and Icarus. You may want to research basic Greek Mythology and look again; the architecture is also classical Greek, about as Christian as the Great Pyramids. Also, you might want to refresh your internal definition of “apotheosis”, educate yourself so you don’t humiliate your family any further.

There’s nothing Christian about the image you’ve posted though, it’s kind of a thumb in the eye of Christianity if you take some time to look

Drug use IS normal, throughout all history Cannabis, opium, alcohol and more were found in our earliest graves. Much of this could be bought over the counter for decades… the US drug war is founded in RACISM, as the Europeans preferred alcohol. Opium dens are preferable to the alternative, prison. My opinion

They will of course act outraged and surprised that the US, under Republicans, cannot actually stop its rabid ally… but they obviously already know that to be the case. Coincidentally, the USA under Democrats built Israel, and continued to finance it to this very day THOSE DAMN REPUBLICANS STOP COPYING DEMOCRATS

Thank you legal weed for getting rid of Paul. Years ago, I recall having to hang out with Paul for hours to get my weed. He wouldn’t just “do business”, he was lonely and wanted someone to talk to. The grower was an old man that grew a single variety of weed (grapefruit), Paul included lots of stems and seeds and was short on weight besides. THEN Paul got a girlfriend, I was so excited. FINALLY, I’m sure he’ll want to conduct business quickly, right? Oh, wait, she’s lonely too, and wants to chat about the Reptilian Royal Family. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Why you being mean to Satan? He’s the only reasonable one in the Bible

Why are you using “Spaceball dollar” for most international trade? Why are you buying your weapons from the Spaceball? Why do you make deals conceding to the Spaceball? Why does the Spaceball get a UN veto? WHY

We’ve really had communism in the world. You just don’t agree that it’s communism. Reality is real, your idealistic purity is an impossibility. Deal with how things are, not how you wish them to be

What’s right wing architecture? Blue tarps? But they’re blue! haha, you wings are so silly with your flapping about But seriously, have they not seen an apartment building or strip mall before? The architecture where I live is far from inspiring, it’s just strip mall after strip mall for miles, then some big block office buildings. Yippee

In the USA, there is little corruption officially; that’s only because bribery is legal. Billionaires, Corporations, Banks and even other nations like Saudi Arabia can “contribute” huge amounts of money without even revealing who they are. Insurers, drug manufacturers and other interested parties “donate” many millions of dollars through these Super PACs and shell companies to keep things as they like them. The voters are too busy juggling low-wage jobs to compete with the multi-generational wealth accumulators; on top of this, they pay more taxes in more ways than any other generation before. Our representatives won’t bite the hand that feeds them willingly, and are legally protected to continue doing so. People’s standard of living and life spans are shrinking as a result. See Citizens United, Super PACs, Panama Papers and Pandora Papers for more details. There’s so much, unions squashed, down to 10% of workforce and those are mostly police and government ironically. Check out Patriot Act if you wonder why there’s so little organizing. The FED haha it never ends

Just do it already, what are they waiting for? Promises, promises, promises, never delivers.

France is much smaller; USA is more comparable to the entirety of the EU. Millions of people are protesting often, but the BBC isn't reporting about it on the front page. We have "national" protests every few months, millions of people around the country. There are big problems organizing here, USA is a surveillance state and if you are an organizing party (like let's say the Greens for one example), they are watching. The USA so far has been "too big to fail", but that won't last forever

>But I am not feeling depressed; I merely find the incessant deluge of heavy content in a community supposed to be for lighthearted shit to be depressing. Life is suffering, dear friend... but your suffering has brightened my day, thank you for sharing your sads

Well, I can't argue with that! Carry on, watch your back

How will compulsive voting improve anything? Now you're dragging even more uninformed dopes to vote, a lot of them will vote for spite. Far more than you realize, I think Trump was 100% the vote-for-spite-burn-it-down candidate. That's how they get you, the old switcheroo

Am I crazy or did Trump play this song at a rally and then I had a stroke?