As I may have mentioned before, DJT is a classic example of a Dark Triad Personality:

He likes Gaga as a musical artist, just not Swift, with which I could agree.

The point he made that I found interesting is that kids, mostly guys, in the 90's were sitting around playing video games, while the kids in the 60's and 70's were sitting around playing, composing, and listening to music.

- pulls up the ladder behind him

In what respect, dummy?

By inventing Call of Duty?

Trolls are bad enough, ignorant trolls are the worst.

#16

RLR for the, Getting the Point Win!

#8

I liked that last one!

"But the stories have faded from the headlines as the years have gone by. Feminism has gone dramatically out of style, with the big women's rights NGOs wounded enough by Dobbs and attacks from the Trump administration that they have been largely unable to push their agenda in either media or policy, and algorithmic social media driving a rise in gender conservatism and politicized misogyny, particularly among young men.

But maybe more importantly, abortion has ceased to be a story because the horrors of abortion bans have ceased to be news:

the US has grown used to the swift and dramatic erosion of women's health and status that has followed Dobbs, grown used to the horror stories and upward ticking body counts, grown into ease, and even a kind of compliant boredom, with women's death and indignity."

more at the thread link

"America's Clean Car Retreat Is Complete. The World Will Move On Without Us

U.S. regulators are trying to slow down the transition to EVs. But Europe and China aren't going to wait up for us."

All of this was avoidable. None of it is surprising. And it leaves big, big question marks about whether American firms can stay relevant globally."

1Nut is outraged at Cali Lumpers!

He's actually turning red (Chinese)!

"Trump is eyeing an export ban on U.S. diesel. It could cause gas prices to soar, experts warn.

"The longer a diesel export ban lasts, the more disruptive it would likely be by putting upward pressure on gasoline prices because diesel, gasoline and jet fuel are largely produced together," Goldman Sachs analysts said in the report.

"Therefore, downward pressure on diesel production can mean downward pressure on gasoline production, i.e. upward price pressure on gasoline."

"Trump parts Pink Transmission Fluid Sea!" - Visitor

I was shocked 20 years ago when my daughter's high school boyfriend and her's song was, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", circa 1969.

Their friends were already listening to Led Zeppelin and The Who... so, this phenomena has been going on for some time now.

Never really thought about video games garnering more attention than music for kids in the 90's being causal, but well, maybe so.

"The latest polls show approval ratings among white voters have dropped, putting Trump underwater in six states where he had net approval ratings of 14 points or more at the start of his term.

Kentucky recorded the largest movement, a 32-point shift in net approval from positive 29 to negative 3.

Texas followed with a 30-point swing, while Missouri moved 26 points.

Alaska's rating changed by 22 points, compared with 21 points in Ohio and 19 points in Arizona."

;;

Which is why we'll have ICE at the Polls rather than Brooks Bros Riots.

"The biggest artists in the world are female artists at this point, and that's because of video games," Rundgren said.

He suggested that the music industry responded by focusing more heavily on young female consumers, citing Swift, Lady Gaga and P!nk among the artists who emerged in the decades that followed.

But Rundgren drew a sharp distinction between Gaga and Swift.

"Lady Gaga, she's a real musician," he said, pointing to her abilities as a piano player. Of Swift, however, Rundgren declared, "She doesn't do anything particularly great except grow hair."

He continued by criticizing Swift as a singer, songwriter and dancer, although he acknowledged the enormous cultural connection she has built with generations of women.

"She's a role model for what was a very young generation of women, and now for those women's daughters as well," Rundgren said, noting that mothers and daughters now attend Swift's concerts together."

"Earlier in the interview, Rundgren discussed the way younger listeners are increasingly discovering music made decades before they were born.

He said he now sees second- and even third-generation fans at his own concerts, including people whose parents or grandparents first introduced them to his music.

"There's a percentage of people in any particular generation who just get tired of listening to what everybody's listening to and want to find something different," he explained.

"You can't travel into the future, so you go to the past."
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Less efficient fuel standards equals more profit for oil companies, more costs for consumers, and more pollution for everyone.

Tell me those Big Oil Bribes to Trump aren't paying off big time!

This is the kind of story that rwingers dote on because they can't talk about Trump's Accomplishments.... you know, like his starting Forever Wars, gas prices, food prices... still illegally hiding the Files on his Best Buddy Pedo Ring King... so much more accomplishments for 'Murica!

Acting Illegally is Job 1 in this Admin.

1Nut's Retirement Paradise?

"Estimates for the death toll of China's last major socio-political upheaval, the Cultural Revolution (1966"1976), generally range from 1 million to 2 million people." (any source you like)

It's almost like he's our most oblivious poster.

What happens on the ocean floor stays on the ocean floor!

Only Heliumrat knows what happens in space.

China is also moving into African nations where DJT murdered 100's of thousands of children, feeding those who are left.

What the OP means is that most women would never give him the time of day, much less go out with him. Ever.

Tash Sultana ... Bonnaroo Music Festival 2026 ... Full Set

The Nerd Reich
Jesse Welles

[Verse 1]
I was standing on a ledge contemplating the ocean
In a boat in the Strait of Hormuz
If we ain't got a mission
And we still ain't winning
Can't you at least get the boys some food?

When they nuke Iran and Jesus don't come back
And your son's still gay and there's no cheap gas
When the vengeance of nations finally comes to port
Will you be bitching about men playing women's sports?

[Chorus]
I get weary
I get nervous
They hired a clown
We get the whole damn circus
Lord, I get tired
I feel uptight
Turn your back for a second
It's the Nerd Reich

[Verse 2]
On day 184 of a three-day war
I drove my truck to Lake America
I was thinking about drowning
When my youth pastor found me
Slapped a wedding ring on my thumb
I cried out to Jesus
I cried out to mom
I got Peter Thiel
He listens closer than God

I said, "Now, what's with these cameras
Pointing at me?"
He said, "Don't do nothing wrong
There won't be nothing to see"

[Verse 3]
I said, "Now, since you're already listening, I must ask
What's the lowown on this fella y'all call JD Vance?"

He said, "He's a carbon life form wearing khaki pants
You know, we play the song and buddy, he does the dance
He did some Catholic gymnastics
Washed his mouth out with soap
But even God, the king and two popes said nope"

He gets weary
He gets hit
But it's all bound to happen
When you drag Appalachia through ----

[Verse 4]
How fast do I gotta jog to beat a robot dog?
I know it's smarter than the guy with the leash
Get me to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Where the law can't lay a hand on me
Oh, what war is it?
What wife is it for GI Joke?

My favorite Fox and Friend
Captain Testosterone
I heard that Pete wants an office
But he lost his war
I'd laugh if I hadn't seen the show before

[Chorus]
I get weary
I get nervous
You hire a clown
You get the whole damn circus
Lord, I get tired
I feel uptight
Turn your back for a minute
It's the Nerd Reich

Molly Tuttle - Helpless (Neil Young) | The Influences

Don't Think Twice - Billy Strings

It Ain't Me Babe - Bob Dylan, Joan Baez/Timothe Chalamet, Monica Barbaro
(Cover by Jack & Daisy)