Richard Robertson

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Dan Dennett had a few good Redneck quotes here. The whole video is worth a viewing.

I’ve seen it. Much enjoyed it again, thank you!

Unseen (and others), the comment about the military being diverse was true and a pleasant surprise when I served. I’m sure it’s even better now with more women, albeit with problems…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Few people, if anyone, really hate the elderly, but SJWs will hear none of that.  Pry his eyes open and make him watch Golden Girls 24/7 ’till he relents!

Oh, those fricken evil SJWs.

No, wait, I’m sounding hyperbolic there.

Every human reading this has consciousness. I dare anyone to refute this simple fact without attracting postmodernist-like tripe. Personally, I take the approach that we need more empirical descriptions of it. Keep adding anecdotes and personal experiences (because by definition consciousness includes experiences), but more importantly, expand on…[Read more]

Excerpt [italics mine] from CNN [full story] after Trump fired the Secretary of Defense Esper today:

After National Guard troops and US Park Police violently dispersed peaceful protestors in June, so Trump could hold a photo op in Lafayette Square, Esper took extra caution to try to keep the US military out of the realm of the President’s…

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Brilliant, Popie, I was looking everywhere for that map – not that the people complaining actually want resolution but it’s nice to have it saved.

@unseen there’s a thread for everything, isn’t there!  I’ve been chuckling away rereading these posts. Thank fuck it’s over though.

Most of us here understand how the “red state” American map is visually misleading:

The following visual is not of land area, but more informatively graphs votes according to population:

Both of the above screen clips came from an animated GIF that smoothly transitions from one visual to the other.

I’ll be most interested in those who are running in the next mid-term elections. The others have three or five years to take stock and adapt their politics as they see fit later.

Guess I did avoid that question. He’s unhinged, and what he does next I can’t predict. He’s likely energized by his fans who are energized by him, so he can carry this energy into 2021 after he’s no longer potus. He also has another possible outlet for expressing himself (this clip from AP news):

Allies of the president, including his eldest son,…

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He might try. But at some point, even the most rabid Trump supporters will have to realize that there is no road to a Trump win. This is purely anecdotal, but in my local newspaper’s comment section which is normally noisy with pro-Trump–even hateful comments about anti-Trump comments, is now strangely quiet.

I personally feel that if anything…[Read more]