Re: Tesla suppressing customer complaints

Wait... so Elon did some unscrupulous, self-serving and deceitful?!? I CANNOT believe it...

Re: US soldier runs across border to North Korea

How stupid do you need to be to think that any treatment you get in NK would be better/lighter than what you would receive in the USA. Two words: Otto Warmbier Any punishment he would have received in the USA for his actions in SK (assault) would be exponentially better than what I suspect he is fac...

Re: Tina Turner has died aged 83

A legend, a trailblazer, an entertainer like no other. 'The Best' will always be one of my favorite songs, and the energy she brought to 'Proud Mary' was amazing. May she RIP.

NHL Playoffs - Florida Panthers restrict/ban Toronto fans

A comical level of pettiness is playing out in the NHL Playoffs. The Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs are squaring off for round two of the playoffs and the Panthers have banned ticket sales to non-US residents. The move effectively prohibits most Leafs fans from travelling to Florida to wat...

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

afcjets wrote:

His firing will likely make him more popular. IMO, in most cases whoever they don't want you watching or listening to is exactly who you need to be hearing more from.

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

I'm surprised Tucker is a misogynist who deemed it appropriate to use the C-word in a professional setting to refer to a female colleague.. said no one, ever.

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

A hate mongering charlatan he was. Good riddance to a professional liar who knowingly peddled falsehoods in order to gain capital in the rage-bait attention economy. Bye Tucker, you will not be missed.

Re: Sheriff: Alec Baldwin fired shot on movie set that killed woman

Charges against Baldwin are, reportedly, dropped. Prosecutors plan to dismiss charges against Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ shooting, Baldwin’s attorney tells CNN Prosecutors in the “Rust” fatal shooting case plan to file a notice to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin, his attorn...

Re: Nearly 20,000 dairy cows die in explosion in Texas Panhandle

Or wait.. is it all just a distraction so the USA can plot their military presence in Mexican ports?

Amigo, pay no attention to the gringo soldier on the street - check out these exploding cows!

Re: Steak Steak Steak

Medium rare - a bit pink on the inside, but not bloody or blue. Ditto on the ribeye or T-bone. I also enjoy a NY Striploin. There are a few high end steakhouses here in Toronto that are good - Jacobs, Harbor Sixty, Hy's - where you can pay a pretty penny. For a decent steak at a decent price, The Ke...

Re: Nearly 20,000 dairy cows die in explosion in Texas Panhandle

The War? Accidental? Don't be cryptic - what are you implying / suggesting exactly? A USA Today report suggests it may have been an equipment malfunction, but officials are still investigating. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/13/18-000-cows-killed-dairy-farm-fire-dimmitt-texas-wha...

Re: Louisville, Kentucky shooting: Five people dead.

I wonder if part of the issue is that Americans have been shielded from the visual and grisly horror of gun violence in its totality - become desensitized to it - and that has enabled others to fill the void or vacuum with a romanticized view of guns (am thinking along the lines of families posing w...

Re: federal judge suspends FDA's longtime approval of an abortion pill

I remain of the view that the human misery associated with tightly restricting and criminalizing a women's right to health care will come back to haunt the right.. maybe not in 1 year, or 2 years or even 3. But eventually. Opposition to abortion is based on emotion, feelings, and existential religio...

Re: Texas Gov Abbott seeks pardon for Perry

I worry about where this could be taken or how others may be empowered by it - tacit acknowledgement that you can kill someone and claim 'stand your ground', even if you provoke the situation, as long as the political views of the person aren't in line with the Governors. Scare stuff. It will be com...

Re: US Supreme Court Justice Thomas got free luxury trips from Republican megadonor

The right wing obsession with George Soros allegedly buying left wing politicians makes sense now...it was simply projection. Accuse your opponent of the nefarious act that you yourself are committing.

Re: US Supreme Court Justice Thomas got free luxury trips from Republican megadonor

The delicious irony of the GOP and Trump using taglines like 'Drain the Swamp' and 'Lock Her Up' … only to have them come back to bite them in the behind. You don't get more elite Deep State then being a sitting judge taking financial benefits from a donor. This, coupled with his wife's willingness ...

Re: Trump Organization found guilty on all counts of criminal tax fraud

At her rally, MTG compared Trump to Mandela and Jesus - yeah, of course, the similarities are so obvious :sarcastic: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/counter-protest-forces-marjorie-taylor-160256943.html Her speech through the microphone was drowned out by the counter-protestors, and rightly so. NYC...

Re: Florida: Head Teacher resigns over David statue row

DIRECTFLT wrote:

Well, the Right hasn't has had it's chance to pull down/deface any statues yet, so I guess they have to start somewhere???

Re: Would Trump Have Won in 2016 if the Stormy Daniels Story Came Out BEFORE The Election?

I don't think it would have changed anything. Between the Access Hollywood tape, his comments about dating his daughter, and his generally shady business dealings it was pretty clear that Trump was a creep towards women and a not-so-great businessman. If someone takes pride in supporting a deplorabl...

Re: Calling on Canadians

Sending you well wishes from a sunny, but chilly, Toronto. I will raise a glass of Beau's Lugtread for you this evening (a fine craft beer from Eastern Ontario)

Re: Tennessee governor signs bill restricting drag shows

If they are worried about sexualizing children, you would think they would also care about beauty pageants, where young, young, girls are dressed up with hair and make-up so they look like a cheap hooker standing on a street corner.

Re: Is the GOP's war on "woke" a party winner, but an overall loser?

I worry - that if you villainize a group enough, that if you scream that they are groomers wanting to hurt children loud enough - that it will eventually result in real harm being undertaken against the group. People will wrongfully take the vitriol - the call to eliminate transgenderism - literally...

Re: The Fentanyl Crisis

So, the US needs to invade Mexico - putting thousands of US lives at risk - to stop imports of fentanyl from China .. because Ukraine? 'Probably less' ... 'Probably not that many' ... I would suggest that 'probably' statements are not those that the mother or father of the soldier you are sending in...

Re: Trump and his Delusional Messianic self-identity

I just don't think its an act. Me either. I think the buffoonery, narcissism, thin skin and general contempt for anyone he perceives as 'the other' is 100% real. HOWEVER, I do think that the 'its just an act' schtick is a useful and convenient cover for his supporters as it allows them to dance aro...

Re: The Fentanyl Crisis

What a ghastly proposition... to suggest sending the sons and daughters of Americans into harms way to fight your perceived 'undeclared' war. I suppose it is easy to send the relatives of others to fight. It is intellectually lazy to suggest this is the solution to the problem and is nothing more th...

Re: Trump and his Delusional Messianic self-identity

All of this could prove to be interesting insight into the strength of negative partisanship. The Trump and DeSantis schtick is largely based on a negative partisanship - political opinions or views centered around opposition and dislike of opposing parties or views, generally speaking. Think of the...

Re: Dominion v Fox Lawsuit

If a right leaning person ever tries to tell me again that Fox News is fair and balanced I will laugh in their face. The most popular news network has been proven to be a patsy for a failed President and a pusher of lies they knew to be lies...for nothing more than partisan chest puffing and ratings.

Re: Trump and his Delusional Messianic self-identity

Trump is such a thin skinned narcissist that I suspect he would burn down the party and otherwise sabotage their results if anyone besides him is picked. If he doesn't choose to leave on his own, and is shown the door, I fully expect him to light the house on fire on his way out. Trump is about Trum...

Re: Rep. Greene calls for "national divorce"

Politics is about the art of the possible. Brokering agreement, building bridges, compromise, appealing to better angels. MTG and her ilk - the MAGAs that have taken over the GOP, and the otherwise moderate conservatives that turn a blind eye and enable their toxicity - represent none of these thing...

Re: Musk, Twitter News and Discussion Thread

Freedom of speech is not the same as forcing someone to listen … and it seems Musk (and others on the populist right for that matter) don’t seem to get the difference.

Re: Georgia Election Special Grand Jury Finished

Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman had their lives upended due to a right-wing hit job, with Trump as the ring leader, which was based on lies. Throw the book at all of them.

Re: Trump - PAB Twitter Take Down Request

Wait, hold the phones! You mean the Trump White House reached out to a tech giant to DEMAND they moderate content?! Interference! Free Speech! Collusion!

I look forward to the Twitter file on this...

/sarcasm off

Re: State of the Union Speech

MTG should ease off the Chardonnay before showing up for work functions. No one likes a loud, aggressive, obnoxious drunk.

Agree with the posts above re: medicare and SS - Biden set it up and the GOP took it hook, line and sinker.

Re: Sovereign Citizens on YouTube Challenging Cops

I guess "antagonistic, chest-puffing, a*shat" isn't very PC so the term 'sovereign citizen' is decent enough substitute as a label.

Re: Everything That George Santos Has Lied About (So Far)

I stand corrected. It was my understanding his status was murky in terms of the maze of marriage stories and his connections to Brazil

Re: Everything That George Santos Has Lied About (So Far)

If you had told me 6 months ago that the first illegal immigrant, gay, Latino, drag queen member of the House would be a Republican I would have called you dirty liar... yet, here we are. Good on the media for chasing and hounding him... the guy is obviously a dishonorable serial liar and it is comi...

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

Tesla says they are going to introduce a sub $20k EV. Didn’t they also say they were going to have the Cyber truck ready 3 years ago? What about Level 3 self driving? Turns out Mercedes beat them to the punch there. What Tesla says they are going to do has no relation to fact. It’s just a PR stunt ...

Re: Trump Reinstatement by Meta, with Guardrails

I feel like this deserves the head of lettuce treatment re: Liz Truss

Will Donald Trump be kicked off Meta before this head of lettuce wilts?

Re: Rep Clark daughter arraigned on cop assault

This will not relfect well on the the party as they struggle with the defund the police narrative and high crime. I would hazard a guess that there is probably about 0.00001% of the population that goes to the ballot box and votes based on the actions of the child of a House of Reps member. 23 year...

Re: Let's talk about your top goosebumps songs

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Coldplay - The Scientist
Fleetwood Mac (or Stevie Knicks solo) - Landslide

Re: Everything That George Santos Has Lied About (So Far)

There was a sizeable portion of the political right that believed Obama was a secret Muslim , Kenyan, manchurian candidate. Today, there are those on the right that are convinced Democrat politicians are planted tools of Soros and the WEF, with nefarious intent. Yet, here we are, with a candidate wh...

Re: Everything That George Santos Has Lied About (So Far)

Is his name really George Santos?. Apparently not - it is, or might be, Anthony Devolder. And, by the sounds of it, Mr. Devolder doesn't much care about veterans or their dying dogs... Santos accused of taking $3K from GoFundMe for veteran’s dying dog Two military veterans say that Rep. George Sant...

Re: Biden admin weighs ban on gas stoves

A swing and a miss for right wing rage farming. A nothingburger, cooked on an electric range. A government agency opted to study something based on possible negative health effects. Nothing is being banned. Consultations are opening next year ffs, and all those concerned about their freedom to inhal...

Re: Prominent conservative Matt Schlapp accused of fondling male staffer

He should pull a Santos .. he isn't gay, just gay'ish

Re: Kevin McCarthy makes history... first in 100 years to fail Speaker vote

[...] - it isn't about achieving anything, i[...] In many ways for MAGA's it is about "unachieving". Which again goes back to being against government in general . To me it often appears they would prefer a dog-eat-dog every person for themselves ideal for the citizens of the USA. Tugg Ag...

Re: Kevin McCarthy makes history... first in 100 years to fail Speaker vote

Am I alone in thinking Boebert is nothing but an attention whore who can't stand living outside the spotlight for more than 2 hours? I find her detestable. I do as well. An element of politics has always been performative - kissing, babies, cutting ribbons, offering a tear at the right moment - but...

Re: Kevin McCarthy makes history... first in 100 years to fail Speaker vote

At this point, I’m just surprised the GOP hasn’t accused the Dems of vote rigging in the Speaker selection as a way to distract from their emberassing fiasco. It was nice to see Gaetz, once again, simultaneously demonstrate that he thinks this is all a joke and doesn’t take it seriously while demons...

Re: January 6 Committee public presentations and hearings

Boebert was on social media recently advertising the removal of metal detectors at Congress. Seems kind of ... odd.. to do that two days in advance of the one year anniversary of the violent insurrection. Hopefully the removal does not provide easy access to lawmakers for those who may wish to do ha...

Re: Kevin McCarthy makes history... first in 100 years to fail Speaker vote

As a decorated WWII pilot, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author of 3 bestsellers, I really am surprised the GOP hasn't opted to put George Santos forward as speaker yet

Re: Kevin McCarthy makes history... first in 100 years to fail Speaker vote

One might describe this entire debacle as a deplorable abdication of orderly governing and service of the people by the GOP, but I remembered we aren't allowed to use the d-word because of MAGA feels.. my bad.