The scale of destruction in western NC is almost biblical in scope.

The Red Cross has received over 3000 new reports of missing family members.

#53 | Posted by tonyroma

BOAZ seemed giddy when he thought most of the destruction was in Asheville, which went 60-40 for Biden ... okay because they were "liberals."

Of course, he failed to notice that 19-20 other counties in Western nc are as red as Dorothy's Ruby Slippers.

Natural disasters shouldn't be politicized. Wish some of the holier-than-thou, so-called "conservatives" felt the same way.

If Vance is perceived as having done better in the debate than Trump, Trump will turn on him.

And call for another debate against VP Harris. Trump's ego won't allow him to be anything but the center of attention.

The Red Cross has reported they've received 3000 new requests from people looking for missing loved ones.

Trump's the anti-Dale Carnegie; Losing friends and influencing people to the point they get prison sentences.

What an incredible man. A snippet from this CBS News article:

So to trump's cult, a political rally is like a grateful dead concert.

#18 | Posted by SpeakSoftly

The Daily Show ran a piece about how many of those at Trump rallies are "Trumpheads" who follow him around.

29% of the electorate is over 65. They're largest demographic voting block. And they're the most dependable voters.

#8 | Posted by AlternateFacts

Be it Trump or a revival tent preacher, an hour is the limit before one's mind and attention begin to wander and the body tires.

Trump goes on for 2+ hours at times, and it isn't Shakespeare.

Plus, anyone at any of his rallies have been hearing versions of the same act since 2015. Only the names have changed.

"The" Ohio State

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

Do you or anyone else know why the need to qualify it as "The" Ohio State.

Was there an identically named institution vying to be the preeminent Ohio State? LOL

NW & FF for ya both.

Lord, look what Trump's unleashed. Beginning in 2016, for the first time in American history, a presidential candidate encouraged his supporters to commit violence, and that he'd pay for their attorneys. Then came the Proud Boys shoutout to "stand back and stand by," or in the aftermath of Charlottesville saying there "are good people on both sides."

January 6th demonstrated the extent to which that first 2016 call to violence has grown and permeated the right.

#1 | Posted by gracieamazed

One of my favorite songs as a fan of earlier Elton John releases.

Followed by the First Mate Wi Tu Lo.

#13 | Posted by LauraMohr

Plus their navigator and former Chinese porn star Hung Wei Lo

If Trump were to be elected and slap tariffs on foreign made goods, he won't have given a thought about the farmers and U.S. manufacturers who'll be hurt economically from reciprocal tariffs other countries will slap on U.S. made/grown goods.

A majority of the crops we grew on the farm we recently sold were exported to a variety of countries.

"During a town hall event at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan, on Friday, Trump lauded the tariff-heavy economic approach of the late 19th century, particularly under McKinley, a Republican."

Don't most of the MAGA world realize companies will 100% pass on the costs of any tariffs?

1890: When America was made up of robber barons, farmers, shopkeepers, and a whole lot of poor people.

Trump wants to "make America great again." Which year/era is he talking about? We weren't doing well by the time he left office. He was perfectly willing to let COVID victims in blue states die until until it started killing his supporters in red states by the hundreds of thousands.

This thread is a reminder to reread "At Dawn We Slept," the gold standard, exhaustive account of the attack on Pearl Harbor, abridged from 12 volumes. The author interviewed both American and military personnel from Japan who planned or participated in the attack, and goes through a chronological timeline before, during, and after the Sunday morning attack on Pearl Harbor.

... In this case, again, it's something Trump suffers from.

Trump could adopt a North Korean-friendly name of, say, "Menta Lee Il."

BELLRINGER will be glad to amplify this "mentally impaired" thing, against all evidence.

Psychological projection is all the right wing have these days.

If Trump's guilty of something, the next thing you know fingers are pointing at Harris or some Dem.

The problem is, when someone points at someone else there are three fingers pointing back.

Gracie shouldn't you be prowling through all the boys rooms in Minnesota looking for tampon dispensers?

#8 | Posted by Tor

Trump supporters emptied out tampon dispensers so they could tape them to their ears in a show of solidarity.

Seeing grown men walking around with a tampon scotch taped to their ears has been one of the weirdest thing I've seen this campaign

What's with the cheer leading for authoritarians among Republicans nowadays? Craziest thing I've ever seen!

Why has the former party of "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" and the GOP's aversion to authoritarianism that used to exist to where we are now become acceptable?

The answer: DonOLD tRump, that's what.

Nevermind. Right thread LOL

(Oops, I'm responding in the wrong thread ...)

"Rainy Night In Georgia"

My wife's late first cousins, Jimmy, wrote it as well as most of her other hits. When we met shortly after my wife and I married, we thought it was ironic we'd both worked with Gladys Knight.

The marriage of his songs with her voice was very successful. Like Jimmy Webb songs and Glen Campbell. (I also worked with Glen).

BTW, Jimmy Weatherly was a QB at Ole Miss.

GRACIE

We're so generous here in Nashville that we agreed to hold the Jag's hand down in the cellar of the AFC South.

East Tennessee and much of the affected areas in North Carolina are redder than Dorothy's slippers.

Betcha those GOP voters won't give two thoughts about "the government" they hate helping them when it comes to their rescue with FEMA and other disaster aid and rebuilds state and federal highways.

Someone ought to let them know Project 2025 seeks to slash FEMA's funding and eliminate NOAA, whose job, among others, is forecasting hurricanes. And that the Gulf of Mexico's record warm temperatures are why Helene went from a tropical storm to a Cat 4 in a day ...