Arranged marriages in America are not entirely a thing of the past. They are most commonly found in:

Immigrant Communities:
Families from South Asia (e.g., India), Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and parts of Africa often keep this tradition alive when settling in the U.S.

Orthodox Religious Sects:
Groups like Hasidic Jews and some conservative Christian communities use elders or matchmakers to find spouses based on shared religious values.

These marriages are legal if consensual. Illegal if forced.

Though I would bet there is still some social, emotional, psychological, physical, or financial pressure involved in many of these arranged "consensual" marriages.

Cult members rarely admit they are in a cult because of severe psychological manipulation, fear of losing their community, and the need to justify the sacrifices they have already made.

Admitting the truth means facing intense mental distress, shame, and the loss of everything they know.

The sleepy old man should go take a nap and let the adults handle it.

"Election DAY should be election DAY."

It's not. It's not even a holiday. Probably should be.

Election Day is just the last day to vote in the real world of actual human elections with human rules and with the actual logistics of the variety of Americans who live around America and the world casting votes and then having those votes counted under the many circumstances found in every state.

It's not an imaginary hateful authoritarian Day of rules made up by an authoritarian wannabe King who makes up the rules on the fly to force his authoritarian agenda.

Does anyone think that this immature-looking little man has some sort of sexual bond with Donald Trump?

#6 | POSTED BY ZED

Only if his young "accountability buddy" is in on it.

"Pass the friggin bill already."

No.

And GFY with your hateful nonsense.

Did he bring a note from his doctor after three days? No?

Negligence and incompetence.

So a perfect candidate for the head of the CIA or better yet the DHS.

"There laid they Jesus: and rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher and departed."

The End.

I remember my time in Germany. No AC and the refrigerators were mini fridges. You could only fit one days worth of food in there. But bread was baked fresh daily just down the street and was worth the short walk each day.

The drive to Amsterdam was only a few hours and also well worth the drive. I could bring as much "coffee" back across the open borders as I was comfortable carrying.

that the founders were deists or even less religious got debunked..

While personal beliefs varied, some were deists (Thomas Paine and Ethan Allen) some were " theistic rationalists" (such as Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington) some were traditional, practicing Christians who believed in Divine Providence.

Regardless the legal consensus of the founding fathers was the radical separation of church and state. The founders created the first government with no religious test for office and no established state religion, ensuring religious freedom for all.

Sure, the CIA was evil to them but how in the hell does that mean they can treat their women like cattle.

Women are treated worse than they treat cows there.

Cows are not beaten for not wearing burkas when they sing.

Re 2

That's true. And I sure do appreciate the positive spin!

He only has 2 years to destroy federal agencies.

But it will take decades to repair and thousands more professional civil servants will probably lose their jobs and careers and be replaced by loyalists. And who knows how many will be negatively affected and harmed as he undoes centuries of polices.

If I were boss, America would simply walk away from the insane asylum called the Middle East..

But then how would Trumpy be able to build his Trump Tower Casino Beach Resort in Gaza?

In twin rulings, the justices said President Trump could fire independent regulators for any reason but explicitly affirmed the Fed's independence and said its leaders could not be fired at will.

Don't let this slip by you while celebrating his defeat in other areas. This is a backdoor effort to return to the era of "To the Victor goes the Spoils".

Re 3

The Supreme threw him a BIG bone.

He can't fire the Feds but he can fire everyone else apparently.

He can fire civil servants at will now and they will have no recourse because he can also fire anyone on the MSPB and replace them with party loyalists.

We just returned to the Spoils era of the 1880s.

He has broken you all. All it took was a few renovations.

#10 | POSTED BY VISITOR

I may be broke but I'm not broken.

But Trumpy broke the reflection/ deflection pool.

And I'm laughing my ass off. Kinda symbolic of Trumpy's corruption and incompetence.

It's now the Dead Duck Pool.

Let me guess: You have to pay to ride the cow.

#4 | POSTED BY ZED

Only $130,000 per "ride"!

Uh oh.

Someone check on Bill Johnson. Dude needs to be put on Suicide Watch.

No worries. Trumpy has a Concept of a Plan and it will be the best plan ever and will be ready in just 2 weeks.

Re 20

(But then you'd already know why you should support him and you would not even need to ask).

Tell me one good reason I should support Talarico.

You could not support someone like Talarico.

You would have to have actual morals and care about pragmatic governance, religious morality in politics, and localized economic relief.

Maybe learn to care about someone other than yourself and get some morals first and then ask us to tell you why.

the Trump lawyers (a.k.a., the DoJ) wanted to place the blame on someone, anyone, regardless of the credibility of the evidence they presented.

Round up the usual suspects!

I thought they blamed the mayor and the governor.

Have they been been arrested yet?

No?

Slackers!

Re 16

So was I. I doubt I am buying a Ford any time soon.

Might as well offer 30 year loans at that price.

The Dementia is strong in this one.

Lewser has never defeated Joe Biden.

Biden defeated Trump, winning 306 Electoral College votes and 51.3% of the popular vote to Trump's 232 electoral votes and 46.8% of the popular vote.

Re 5

Hey hater.

You will never convince anyone here that up is down.

But it's funny to watch you keep trying.