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I've been taking a look at conservative spaces because I'm interested to see what their opinion of the last year has been like and I've come to a realisation, they are divided on a lot of issues, critical of things like the tarrifs or this 2000 rebate they are planning.
The thing is they are willing to compromise as long as some or most of their issues are addressed.

The left with its ever tightening purity tests or moral outrage instead of criticism of their own parties never stood a chance in the last election, and it won't in the next either unless it takes a mature approach to selecting and supporting a candidate

I think that maturity will have to include a change in leadership and strategy.  The DNC is led by old, out of touch, rich white people.  They can put up a relatively young, charismatic woman of color, like Harris, and still lose, because they're running the campaign completely wrong.  Zohran Mamdani is an example of the kind of campaign they need to be running if they want to actually win.

They folded on everything right? AMA funding is gone right?

yes,  I can't see that being a good thing for Republicans.  A lot of people are not going to have medical insurance now, and any of them that have been paying attention will know that's the Republicans fault.

the funniest option would be Pacifica or the New Callifornia Republic, or whatever we end up calling it, proposes an EU-style American Union that includes pretty much every nation in the North and South Americas, EXCEPT the US.

That would be awesome.

So I quit the biz.  I took a job as the facilities director at a mental hospital (who didn't see THIS coming), partly because I was getting bored, and partly because of The Thing getting loose, which severely tarnished (read: the vultures are circling) the company I was working for.

Also because I have turned over a new leaf.  I am a new man (You will politely ignore that I still have a consulting side gig in the biz).  No more shiny new war crimes, now I'm gonna HELP people.  So everyone stop screaming.

All I have to do is recruit a certain someone away from his gig in Connecticut and this will be perfect.  I start Monday.

We are going to do great things.  For crazy people.

I can see this going very well, or very badly, but more likely both, at the same time, in ways that are currently hard to imagine but will be indelibly etched on our minds, once you regale us with the stories of your adventures.

[Trump Finally Responds To 'No Kings' Protests, Takes A Giant Sh*t All Over America]

Trump Finally Responds To 'No Kings' Protests, Takes A Giant Sh*t All Over America

And, that's why he's the POSOTUS.

That kinda amazed me, it felt a bit like Caligula marrying the horse.

It begins the outward normalisation of the transition from republican party, to white nationalist party, they want people to know, they want to get to the point that that they can come out of the closet with that.

Fortunately I think they're rushing that a bit.  All the MAGAts I've talked to are still opposed to nazis, and the KKK. 

[Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown]

I'm filing this one under "How to Not Win Friends and Negatively Influence People:"

Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown

As per this article:

"A Democratic effort to pass a bill paying active-duty military members during the government shutdown was blocked on the House floor Friday by the GOP.

The presiding Republican, Rep. Mike Bost of Illinois, gaveled a brief pro forma session to a close before Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.) could make a procedural move to try to pass the legislation by unanimous consent."

I suspect a few of the Republicult's™ opportunistic elected officials will temporarily break ranks over this particular issue.

This seems like it will make declaring martial law more difficult, now if Trump sends in the troops not only will some refuse the unlawful order, others will say "fuck you, pay me"

I'd rather be part of Canada

We don't want you.  You screwed up your country, we don't need you screwing up ours, too.

Yeah, he'd vote for the greens to benefit the conservatives or UCP because the liberals aren't pure enough for him.

And it's not just Pergamos in particular, or the people like him, we don't want any seceded states trying to join up.

Even the bluest of your blue states is politically very toxic, and we've already got at least two toxic provinces.  (I'm living in one of them).  It's enough.  Individual Americans who want to immigrate or seek asylum is one thing, but your systems are pure poison.

There is a lack of understanding south of the border about exactly how much hate has accumulated up here over the last several months.

Good,  I've seen a lot of talk about the West coast joining Canada and WA and OR have a lot of work to do to be up to Canadian standards, California meanwhile has a lot of work to do to be up to Mexican standards.

Now you have a problem with Mexico?

You're just a bundle of laughs, aren't you?

Nope, no problem with Mexico, some problems with California. 

You made it sound as if Mexico has very low standards.

Guess what?

I said California has a lot of work to do, to be up to Mexican standards.  I suppose I could see how you see that as implying those standards are lower than Canadian ones, but I was talking about geographic proximity.  I wasn't trying to imply that either Mexican standards are lower than Canadian ones, or that California is worse than Washington and Oregon, just that it makes way more sense for California to rejoin Mexico than to join Canada.

I'd rather be part of Canada

We don't want you.  You screwed up your country, we don't need you screwing up ours, too.

Yeah, he'd vote for the greens to benefit the conservatives or UCP because the liberals aren't pure enough for him.

And it's not just Pergamos in particular, or the people like him, we don't want any seceded states trying to join up.

Even the bluest of your blue states is politically very toxic, and we've already got at least two toxic provinces.  (I'm living in one of them).  It's enough.  Individual Americans who want to immigrate or seek asylum is one thing, but your systems are pure poison.

There is a lack of understanding south of the border about exactly how much hate has accumulated up here over the last several months.

Good,  I've seen a lot of talk about the West coast joining Canada and WA and OR have a lot of work to do to be up to Canadian standards, California meanwhile has a lot of work to do to be up to Mexican standards.

Now you have a problem with Mexico?

You're just a bundle of laughs, aren't you?

Nope, no problem with Mexico, some problems with California. 

[Statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands returns to the National Mall]

The Resistance 2.0 has a resilient, artistic cell currently operating under codename "The Secret Handshake:"

Statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands returns to the National Mall

"A statue featuring President Donald Trump alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has reappeared in front of the Capitol after it was removed last week."

Retrieving their damaged work of art from the nefarious clutches of the National Park Service, and redisplaying it on the National Mall is an impressive feat of tradecraft. Bravo!

And because of the shut down it can't be taken down again.

I'd rather be part of Canada

We don't want you.  You screwed up your country, we don't need you screwing up ours, too.

Yeah, he'd vote for the greens to benefit the conservatives or UCP because the liberals aren't pure enough for him.

And it's not just Pergamos in particular, or the people like him, we don't want any seceded states trying to join up.

Even the bluest of your blue states is politically very toxic, and we've already got at least two toxic provinces.  (I'm living in one of them).  It's enough.  Individual Americans who want to immigrate or seek asylum is one thing, but your systems are pure poison.

There is a lack of understanding south of the border about exactly how much hate has accumulated up here over the last several months.

Good,  I've seen a lot of talk about the West coast joining Canada and WA and OR have a lot of work to do to be up to Canadian standards, California meanwhile has a lot of work to do to be up to Mexican standards.

fuck it, do we have a betting pool around California seceding yet?

I'm more interested in who joins them.  My hope is the whole west coast goes, and then splits up, after the threat of being reabsorbed by the union ends.  I'd rather be part of Canada than part of the same country as California, personally, but I'd definitely pick an independent west coast over the union as it stands.

Its on every news station several days on including international ones, maybe it's not coming up in day to day life but it's being portrayed as a crises point for the US.

It's our Horst Wessel moment.

The big difference is Wessel was killed by Communists,  Kirk was shot by a Groyper.  I know they're spinning a narrative that he was swayed left by evil college professors, but that's pretty blatantly untrue.  We'll see how it comes out, but there's a definite possibility of it ending up causing more right wing infighting

You expect the truth to matter?   

It always does, one way or another.

Its on every news station several days on including international ones, maybe it's not coming up in day to day life but it's being portrayed as a crises point for the US.

It's our Horst Wessel moment.

The big difference is Wessel was killed by Communists,  Kirk was shot by a Groyper.  I know they're spinning a narrative that he was swayed left by evil college professors, but that's pretty blatantly untrue.  We'll see how it comes out, but there's a definite possibility of it ending up causing more right wing infighting

There was a vigil for Charlie Kirk in my town last night, and it had a bigger turnout than what we had here at the No Kings rally back in June and I have never been more radicalized than I am right now.

I kinda want to go to one of those and advocate for revenge against the Groypers.