The Real timschochet

Is this the level of your stand up? I dunno man.

Indiana is a team of destiny this year.

What you’re describing is true of his later work, not IMO his earlier classic stuff. Personally I divide King’s books into two eras- from 1974 to about 1995, in which almost everything he wrote, around 90% if it is worth reading. That ends for me around the time of The Green Mile. The second era, from 1996 to now, is hit or miss. There are a few standouts: 11/22/63, Under the Dome. I enjoyed, but did not love, The Institute and the Bill Hodges trilogy. But the rest is for me a lot of misses.

Damn. I haven’t really thought of this magazine since, I dunno, the early 80s when the movie came out? The concept was always more intriguing than the output for me.

Lol. No ego involved, thought it would be fun to discuss topics that interest me other than politics. If people aren’t interested they won’t post. Also I’m not looking to be part of any “solution” here. I enjoy all the political threads. Politics interest me. I don’t see a problem with them.

Not lying. Never heard of it until today.

Trump doesn’t have time to worry about the shutdown, he has other priorities: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46892115/trump-wants-commanders-stadium-named-him He is demanding that the new Washington Commanders stadium has his name on it.

This is pretty much what I predicted over a month ago. However, I have to admit that Democrats are holding firm. They’ve impressed me. And while Trump doesn’t GAF Republicans do. So let’s see if they can stay unified.

You keep repeating this but the additional subsidies are still necessary. Removing them makes healthcare insurance too expensive for millions of Americans. Even the Republican leadership acknowledges that.

Sorry I have no idea what this is, and I have never been there.

I am currently reading 5 different books: 1. A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett. This is a re-read. I read it first about 20 years ago. It may be my favorite Follett novel. It’s about a British bank in the 19th century. Reminds me of Dickens. Really enjoyable. 2. If It Bleeds by Stephen King. This is part of my attempt to read his Holly Gibney saga. I enjoyed the Mr. Mercedes trilogy, and the first half of the Outsider, then it started to slog. This novella continues the slog. I’m determined to get through it so I can read Holly and Never Flinch but it’s getting harder. 3. Crooks by Lou Berney. This is a new author for me and I love him. I’ve read 2 novels so far, Dark Ride was an excellent thriller. This book about an Italian crime family is awesome, maybe the best novel I’ve read in a few years. 4. The Civil War by Shelby Foote. This is taking forever but I’m really enjoying it. It’s 3 volumes, 7000 pages. I’m deep into Volume 1. Strong narrative. I hope to finish it before I’m dead. 5. Warlock by Jim Starlin. This is a comic book from the 70s. I’m rereading it on my Marvel unlimited app. I’m going to read all of the Jim Starlin Thanos stories through the years. Thanos is one of the great supervillains.

This is a whole other topic but it’s because libertarian ideas, while great in principle, are extremely difficult to impose on a welfare state. Rolling back regulations is one thing, and often a good idea; simply cutting government spending and letting the chips fall where they may is another, and can lead to major chaos. Mileli seems well-intentioned to me (not corrupt like Trump so far as I know) but he has done far too much of the latter and as a result Argentina is struggling big time. Personally I have no objection to helping them out; I agree with @jerryskids that it’s probably in our strategic interests. But it’s also important to point out the irony here of this being championed by the whole “America First” crowd. “America First” has always been a horrible credo anyhow with isolationist, xenophobic, and racist overtones.

It doesn’t require a whole lot of thought to analyze your bigoted garbage post.

More racist nonsense from @jonnyutah. Thankfully his vision of what America should be does not match what the public wants.

Umm I think you’re confused here. Giving up the aid to Argentina is not part of any negotiations. It’s used as a rhetorical argument, nothing more.

Don’t you mean Argentina first?

Not a good look for you.

The other interesting aspect of this is that they’re now trying to paint Mamdani as the new face of the Democratic Party. That’s going to backfire big time.

You have a very poor memory if you believe that ACA wasn’t a major compromise from what Obama originally wanted.

Again it’s not idiotic. A year, rather than permanent, is a major concession, an attempt at real compromise. Now you’re demanding that the Democrats compromise further while the Republicans do nothing. That’s not the way negotiations work. And that’s the whole point. From the start the Republicans have refused to negotiate about any of this.

What does Mamdani have to do with the shutdown?

Because people still need the money; they won’t be able to afford ACA otherwise.

Again if they offer that I’m betting the Dems will accept it. But they won’t offer it.

I was wrong about that and acknowledged it.

Nothing. You’re missing nothing.