All for a product whose primary demand is the very people saddling communities with higher utility costs and diminished or lack of water resources.

No, Brian Sicknick died from two strokes. But you keep pedaling the lie. He likely smoked and had poor diet choices/didn't exercise.

#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Funny, you defend Ashli ------- despite her poor dietary choice of lead (she only ate one bullet...) and her reckless exercise routine...

#22 | Posted by SpeakSoftly

He'll deflect to Biden and Pence, ignoring any and all dissimilarities.

Eggs became an issue because of the way our politics works.

MAGA morons started it and acted like the outbreak and subsequent control measures for avian influenza didn't have a role in the price spike and that it was all Biden and only Biden causing it.

Then, when Trump got elected and egg prices miraculously stayed high, suddenly they were chirping about bird flu. Sooooo the rest of us rightfully kicked it back in their faces.

Electricity, however, has been a longstanding issue (at least in my state) with year after year price hikes always justified with infrastructure upgrades and repairs that never seemed to happen. Likely because the board that approves the rate hikes is nothing but a rubber stamp. Same with natural gas.

It's a genuine problem that hasn't gotten nearly enough air time until this past year when Trump forced it into the open by tanking green energy subsidies and causing utility companies to jack rates and fees in response.

Only REALPOLITIK...

Yikes. Busted out the strop for that edge, huh?

You've repeatedly tried to stand in for ---- and give his wife's reasons for not wanting to visit Idaho and concluding it's not snobbery.
and I'm stretching?
LOL

Maybe she's a minority and doesn't want to visit a state known for being a white supremacist haven.

If the bar mentioned in this article has sufficient patronage from the town to stay open, doesn't that say a lot about the state of agreement of the people in the town? Is it snobby to find that repugnant?

Askin' for a Friend.

#17 | Posted by Effeteposer

You're acting on a false dichotomy.

I'm saying that that is foolish.

Show me a single post of mine that supports the war in Gaza. Go for it.

Or I can save you the time and tell you you won't find one.

Because I agree it should be stopped and that the world as a whole has failed to meaningfully intervene in that conflict for a long long time.

But sure, I'll take that bet.

Ok, tell you what, if it doesn't get overturned I won"t post for 3 months and if it does you won't post for 3 months.

#17 | Posted by fishpaw

Depends on how farcical the decision is.

You're acting like we're still in a time of normalcy for our judiciary.

His political opponent and his party using their DOJ to falsely impeach, bankrupt, jail him and keep him off the ballot is far from "hurting his feelings." It also lead to two assassination attempts btw.

Jesus Christ this idiot is f*&^ing stupid. What garbage "news" does he consume to be such a braindead worthless pile of stupid s*&^ as this?

And they went to a highly liberal court to get a felon conviction knowing it would get overturned by a real court but not until after the election.

Except it didn't, dumbf*&^.

Is that how your "Democracy", that you cry Trump is wreaking, works Zed?

Holding people accountable for crimes? Yes.

I'll give your answer: "Trump is such a threat that doing all that and assassinating him is justified."

#14 | Posted by fishpaw

STFU you stupid pile of s*&^.

Yeah, the one or two decent breweries or restaurants or cool things to see isn't worth the rest.

But I guess that makes me a snob according to Ebs.

Grow the f(*& up, idiot. You approach the world with the angst and misguided, myopic anger of a child.

the answer is "retribution from being charged for fake crimes for 8 years."

Sure. If you're a terarded f*&^tard that should have been left on a hillside shortly after birth...

Because?

Flat nothing.

Might be some good stuff here and there, but it's not enough to make me go there.

I'm pointing that it's really not more than snobbery and you just confirmed it.

#20 | Posted by eberly

No matter what I said it would "confirm it."

Your California attempt only shows you're stretching, you're just not aware of it.

BTW how would I confirm anything if I've been there?

And that scares you so much you'd never visit Idaho for any reason? Coeur d'Alene is a beautiful place.
You'd let politics get in the way of an opportunity to see it?
Or is it real fear?
#13 | Posted by eberly

I wasn't the one who said it. I'm just pointing out it's more than snobbery at play and doesn't have to be fear as there are many other emotions that can be evoked by neo nazis.

In any case, I've been to Coeur d'Alene. It is beautiful and the town was at the time very nice. Skied the Rockies for the first time in my life on that trip at a place called Silver Mountain.

What are the other fly-over states your wife will avoid, ----?

#15 | Posted by eberly

Nebraska and Iowa come to mind.

I know it is pretty wild but if I remember correctly the Akagi was only hit with one bomb that exploded.

Was that when they got caught with their pants down trying to rearm planes from land to naval attack formations?

Well then thank you. You can remove the "you" part from the above.

Rest holds true for those who didn't vote despite knowing the result of that dereliction of their civic duty.

Trump: I'm going to use ICE to start kidnapping people off the streets.

Ballwasher: Weeeeell, if it's not citizens I'm OK with it! We're a nation of laws!

Reality: ICE is kidnapping and abusing citizens in violation of the constitution.

Ballwasher: I mean...is it really, though? Some rights will inevitably be violated...

STFU idiot. That above is your general MO whereby you "condemn" (use the word lightly as it's as mealy mouthed and weak a condemnation as possible) the concept of something but excuse the practice.

Meanwhile, you believed every single pile of bulls*&^ nonsense The New Republic told you about Obama and Biden and ignore it when it's ACTUALLY happening under Trump.

BS. You lived in Obama's and Biden's asses.

#34 | Posted by BellRinger

Seeing through your bulls*&^ isn't living in their a&&es, sport.

you will see that they are neither short-sighted nor stupid.

Incorrect. We're living the evidence of both of those statements being true.

Code Pink had the largest, loudest protest against Dummkopf Trumpf's cabinet appointments earlier this year when they rallied against Pete "Hic!" Hegseth at his US Senate confirmation hearing. Their volunteers were carried out of the chambers by USCP officers.

Who cares. 'Yeah! we protested an incompetent candidate that we wouldn't have had to protest if only we hadn't been so short-sighted and stupid! Yeah! We really showed them!'

That's not the dunk you think it is. In fact, it facepalm worthy, sad laugh inducing...wait for it...short-sighted stupidity.

To them, the taking of life is more terrible than living in economic deprivation.

That would be a heartwarming sentiment if it wasn't so ridiculous. We're living in far more than "economic deprivation" and they still didn't get what they wanted anyway and have zero chance of getting it under this administration.

Throwing a tantrum that results in far worse conditions than otherwise had to exist is not a righteous action. Can you guess what it is?

Short. Sighted. Stupidity.

The question for 2028 becomes who needs this bloc of pacifists more to win nationally, the Democrats or the Republicans?

That's not a question at all. The Republicans don't need you to vote for them, they just need you to continue your tantrum and not vote for anyone.

In other words, they need you to remain short sighted and stupid.

Insulting the antiwar/anti-AIPAC bloc won't bring them under the 'Big Tent' to defeat the Republicans.

The hopelessly self-righteous aren't going to be swayed by anything but their own ego anyway. I don't insult to try and gain support they won't give, I insult because you and them are major players in ensuring I will be leaving a destroyed, s&^% country and world for my sons to live on in.

And for that I will never ever respect you or them.

Playing into the Republicans claims.

#4 | Posted by Effeteposer

Nope. That conclusion is clear as day.

Trump didn't win by significantly gaining more voters or swaying people to his side. He won by keeping his rabid, cult base behind him while the Dems lost voters.

You admit to being one of those lost votes by staying home and pouting over this.

And now we have to deal with the consequences of that, as I've already said, short-sighted stupidity.

So thank you, -----, for being part of the problem and foisting this garbage on the rest of us.

He should have grown a Spine and Cut off the Chosen. No money, no Weapons, No Assistance.
If he had Trump would have lost.

If you'd been grown up enough to know that not voting would result in a Trump win and a continuation of the Gaza war without any chance of change Trump would have lost.

But you didn't. You acted like a petulant child.

blaming people against that for Trump's win is Counterproductive and not Accurate.

I'm sorry you don't like to be made aware of the consequences of you short sighted stupidity, but thems the facts.

More evidence you have some serious growing up to do.

It's impossible to take you seriously when your outrage is so selective.

#29 | Posted by BellRinger

It impossible for you to understand reality with your head so far up Trump's a&&.

There was nothing selective about that post, idiot.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL

Is it a bunch of CGI crap devoid of any realism?

For instance:

The California Department of Education says it spent $16,881 per pupil in the 2020-21 school year, 282% more than the $6,036 they spent per student in 2000.

So, is this person a mediocre teacher who shouldn't be teaching kids anyway or a dishonest moron?

Inflation adjusted figures show they spent about $11,600 in 2025 dollars in 2000. So over 25 years they've increased funding by about $5,000 per student. I'm sure a portion of that is due to the significant increases in technology/computers being integrated into schools over that period. Suddenly, it doesn't sound so bad, does it?

That means an absolutely mind-bending 34% of the dollars spent on labor in our suburban district went to people who have nothing to do with the day-to-day instruction of kids.

This is a completely subjective and arbitrary assessment as "mind-bending." Given the run up to this line, I wouldn't have said this is "mind-bending" at all. Oh, wait, it's because he's an idiot who thinks schools should be run as a business. Gotcha.

From 2000-2019, California moved from 20% proficient to 30% proficient in reading by 8th grade. Nearly tripling spending on schools helped 10% more 13-year-olds read at grade level.

There's that Republican math again. Of course, they went into this exercise with an axe to grind and a conclusion to support, so they only see a negative. What do I see? I see relatively consistent (maybe even slight improvement) performance over 20 years on a subject that is far more complex than the two variable problem this idiot is presenting it as.

The math data is even more embarrassing for this jamoke. Over thirty years you have a five-fold increase in the number of students testing as advanced and almost double those testing as proficient with significant decreases in those testing below basic.

Then at the very end is this gem:

A note on inflation: using an inflation calculator, $16,881 in 2020 was worth $11,231 dollars in 2000. 2020 K12 spending was 186% of 2000 K12 spending, inflation-adjusted. I felt it was necessary to footnote this, even though my analysis hinges on where the money is flowing rather than the amount by which spending has grown.

So they admit to being a dishonest turd and, hilariously, get the math wrong. $16,881 isn't 186% of $11,231. It's about 150%.

What a f*&^ing moron. They're probably bitter and jaded because they suck and they know it.