Would I be too out of line to say that on the right it manifests in gun fetishes, while on the left, it manifests in identity angst?

#6 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-02-18 06:23 PM |

I think you're correct. Parents are deluded into thinking their kids are "safe at home". Perhaps their bodies are but their minds they are elsewhere living an alternate life. Either they are serial killers (for all intents and purposes)... or hanging out with sexual fetishists engaging in interactive porn...

It's not limited to kids either. Adults cheat on their spouses and spouses figure as long as they aren't leaving the home...

Actually... I tend to agree. I have thought this for a long time mostly because of our social behaviors and the things people seem to value. It reminds me of stories I've read about the fall of various empires... they all fall eventually.

Everything is about personal adornment... aggrandizement... decadence.
All the things we must have... because we deserve... to be happy.
Insistence on feeling only good feelings... all the time. You must feel good during bad times.

I got the first hint of it when obesity became normalized. People need pharmaceutical intervention or surgeries to lose weight! I mean wtf?
I guess if you don't have a vomitorium you do what you gotta do.

Trumpanzee really is trying to dial things back to mid 20th century. He's not at all innovative. His goals are stale and outdated.

It won't make his senile @$$ any younger.

Years ago when the Natives were free to open casinos in California Trumpanzee was also trying to open one or run theirs. He was declined. He fought it for a few years before finally giving it up. He said he felt "raped" by the process. That is how he got his education on Native / Government to go after Elizabeth Warren on an old claim she made when she found out her ancestral roots.

Anywayyyyy.... this is another one of his vengeance thingies.

Alaska's capital is Juneau... which is only reachable by plane or boat. They've repeatedly petitioned to move it to the Matsu Valley where Wasilla sits but can't get the votes and it could also be devastating for Juneau's economy.

He's their Jayzus.

Actually... he is saying and doing what they wish they had the nuggets to do. It's not breaking the law if I'm saving myself.

All I have to ask is from what? Death?

good luck with that.

I lived in Alaska 14 years and recall when she was nepotized into office via her Dad. The Murkowskis made their fortunes cleaning up after the Exxon Valdez. I was skeptical but her dad and the late Ted Stevens were decent republicl0wns. Stevens supported women's rights and the right to choose. Yes Alaska is very socialistic there which framed Sarah Palin's hypocrisy so well. Her children were beneficiaries of the Native Health Care system which is Socialized Medicine. Republicl0wn Stevens is responsible for it being there... but I digresssssss

Her first vote as a senator happened during the Obama Admin... Around the time of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The vote was the limit the liability of oil companies to 750-million USDs. Thankfully Obama vetoed it and jammed BP for more than 10 Xs that. I was pissed at her for being lobbied like that. I questioned her ability to do her job.

Then Senator Hillary Clinton discussed Murkowski's assumption of office in a welcoming way reminding us how difficult it is for women to take that position. There are so very few. Since then I think she has done well. Alaska is very different than any state in the union. It's isolated between foreign borders and it feels almost foreign. It's the only place I've lived where women are truly emancipated. The income classes aren't as divided as they are elsewhere in the country. It was more blended. Anchorage is the most racially diverse city in the nation.

She stood with the J6 investigations siding with Kerry and Cheney. Her opportunistic family sincerely loves Alaska.

For the record I thought Sarah Palin a good Mayor of Wasilla and felt she'd make a great governor... but no one who can be "governor" of Alaska should be elected to a national position... you can be dumb as rocks if you have panache... it's just too different... it's insular there and the mindset to run the state doesn't translate well in civilized society... shame she blew it off to make a fool of herself... and now scrambles to be relevant.

I'm not sure why all but a few republicl0wns suck these days ... lack a spine I guess... stupid pigs.

Good... the rest of the Americas should do the same... along with a few other nations.

Nobody needs our "American" guns... China can provide more than enough for the world to shoot themselves with... hell the US was buying Chinese munitions to fight Iraqi Freedom... true story.

It will be interesting when the world economically sanctions us and our products because there are plenty of replacements for purchase elsewhere. They don't need to buy what we make. We don't own technology or ideas... patents are a joke... we're not the smartest or best educated in the world...then see what your isolationistic populists do for funzies... what?... start another war to lose because they refuse to people buy our crap?

See how your fat retirement plans tied to stocks do.

Maybe they will let us buy food and medical only... you know like we've done to other nations... repeatedly. We tried to starve Cuba out of existence... our allies wouldn't allow it.

Our infrastructure is crumbling... our factories are shuttered and outdated... because the businesses relocated on foreign soil... Besides.... our fat children are not raised to do that sort of work anyways... Don't get me started on agriculture... Truumpanzee's soybean fiasco inspired Brazille to burn down vast swaths of rainforest to fill the gap... while US farmers declared bankruptcy.

Turd2 did the same thing with his cowboy politicking... Yanquis running around thumping their chest all about "going it alone".... while borrowing from China.

sooooo muuuuuch feeeeking wiiiiinnnnnniiiiiinnnng!

are you tired of it yet?

Anyone who expects "patriotism" from billionaires is an idiot.

I would only support such a thing if they start to prosecute women for abortions. They should prosecute the father as well for impregnating her. It takes two to make a zygote.

Oh one more thing... those children were fetuses... not that long ago.

War is about... turning men into corpses... boys into cripples... women into widows... girls into prostitutes... children into orphans... glory hallelujah

then the victors get to feel all sanctimonious about the ensuing famines... disease... pestilence... and social unrest while blaming it on communism... its all their fault for not being us.

Winning the hearts and minds... Remember when Turd2 was all about them holding free elections?

he passed a note to Condi... "let freedom reign"... he liked to play with words...

lol... but but but... the deficit... oh noes... we're all gonna dieeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Who knew nuclear armament could be so complicated?

Yeah let's chase em till they catch us.

Trumpanzee must be itching to start a war ... .recall Turd2 acted that way about Europe before backpedaling and booty smooching to string a " Coalition of the Willing" together. Republicl0wnery at its best

One way of building a coalition of the unimpressed.

Just proof that churches are show biz and should be taxed... same as any theatrical company.

This is typical of capitalists... not only do they want us to pay for their products but they want us to pay for the ability to use their products... if we don't line their pockets we are called unAmerican.

Used to be... that a day at the Amusement park meant a day of kids pigging out on "forbidden foods"... now it's just a continuation of what they eat all the time... 24-7... only more expensive.

Shame on me for saying it...
but
the elephant in the room is sizeable... so to speak.

Soooooo maybe... if they retrofit the seats on the rides bigger to fit the fat hineys of their current customer base...

just saying... you can't enjoy an amusement park if you can't fit in the rides...
back in the day there used to be signs insisting you had to be a certain size to ride... sort of what's happening now... only ... then it used to be wait a few years... something for them to look forward to... now it's ironic... one kid... needs two seats... so let's blame it on everything else.

Woe is me... The struggles of a wealthy nation.

Fine... you want to work for 67 cents on the dollar like women do... go for it... you know...there is a whole group of men who insist they menstruate... many of whom I'm sure will help you out.

Take it all!

Yay I got me a twofer... and it's not even happy hour.

Bet that most likely those measles came from illegal aliens.

#8 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-02-14 11:48 PM | Reply | Flag EYE ROLL

The point of vaccination is to prevent catching a contagion... if you've been exposed to it... ergo if those "Yanquis" had vaccinated their kids... hulllooooooo... but ohhhh noooooooo we need a wall to keep us safe from airborne microbes... like there is a long history of that working.... pffffftttttt

It's been proven worldwide... since the 18th century... borders don't prevent disease... vaccinations do... there is not a government in the world that doesn't know this.

Mexico is a bastion of capitalism that the US treats like $#!T... until they want to "retire" there... in that... according to you... disease-infested country. They do it... because they can't afford to retire at home.
true story...

But your remark is typical of a well-vaccinated military buffoon... living off the government... looking for a reason to fight... and harm civilians... mostly poor capitalists looking for work... in a country where their own kids are "too good" to do lowly back-breaking farm, factory or service work...

Geeze... if it doesn't exist in your tiny sphere of thought... smh

He gave them a wakeup call and they really need to up their game.
#14 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-02-14 11:47 PM | FLAG PPPPFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTT

Oh please... a major part of the civil unrest in the country is due to this "The Greatest Military in the Whirrrled" losing war after war. Our "veterans" and their families get no "satisfactory" resolution to the conflict they (we) sacrificed themselves for. They get no "Victory Parades" in honor of their actions like granpappy got. Our "might" is a bluff... only kept in place by the reality of mutual destruction...

Your republicl0wn "Commanders in Chief" wannabe "War Presnits" Nixon and Bush and Bush... loss, losing, and lost... the last ones were the longest in US history... for zilch... and the sale of our largest oil refinery to the ones who financed the wars against us.... even after "crippling economic sanctions" they still managed to kick our asses out of their affairs. There was a reason the "Coalition of the Willing" flopped...

Furthermore... the way the US treats Canada the only country that stuck it out with us with boots on the ground... the rest walked away long ago...

You overrate our imperialistic capabilities... which is what you are cheering for.

Our military couldn't protect us from 9/11... they were caught with their pants down...frantically flying in circles wondering wtf just bombed their headquarters. Civilians did it armed with box cutters... and civilians armed with less... brought those planes down.

Europe lost 75 million people in WW2.... mostly civilians... (because wars are won by civilians)... fighting Hitler compared to our reluctant half a million.

Canada was already engaged in WW2 two years before the US got over its anti-Semitism.

step up their game indeed.... ppppfffffttttt... puhleeze.

P.S. Well over half the world is Socialist... True story...