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That would be awesome!

Will she revert to being ultra progressive, or stick with her latest incarnation of faux moderation?

I didn't see 20M mentioned in that article. 2M (well, 1.9M)

So... you think it's OK to profile all Trump voters as dangerous? Wut? MDC, despite our political differences, I generally like you. I hope you know this and feel the same. Regardless, this is an immensely... unsmart post. I'm confident that you know why.

"non binary identified being"?

Who did you give Ken8080 to?! I've always wondered who that was, dang he was annoying! Death is Rusty, TrailGuy is/was Boyo. Last I knew, Gutterboy was posting as The Psychic Observer. I may have missed an incarnation tho. No he isn't.

I just sat through a webinar from the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) on the state of the art development in this area. They still have a long way to go, but some breakthroughs in magnetic technologies in the past few years have led to enough potential viability to create 40 startups and $8B in private investment. That said, I believe that this technology warrants government investment. It is very difficult to do pure research in the commercial sector, since investors want returns next quarter. I hope we do it. Perhaps we could get Elon interested in it? It could be Trump's equivalent of JFK's space race. They mentioned a quote from the poet Edward Young in the webinar, which is inscribed in the Jefferson building of the Library of Congress: "Too low they build, who build beneath the stars."

Why would Trump object to Ukraine joining NATO? I actually think that would be a great concession from Russia.

I like Shapiro, and would look at him in 2028. Newsome strikes me as the monorail salesguy from the Simpsons.

To me, the obvious end to the Ukraine situation is basically as you state: Russia keeps some/most amount of the territory they've taken, most of which is largely ethnic Russian folks. Add onto that commitments from Russia that they are done invading, Ukraine and elsewhere, and if they don't, they won't like the results. Include funding from Russia for Ukrainians to relocate into Ukraine, and to help rebuild the infrastructure they've destroyed in Kiev and elsewhere. I mean, Russia has nukes and haven't used them, so they've shown some restraint. It's not realistic to expect Putin to just leave with nothing.

I'm not a Gaetz fan. I disagree with your concerns with Gabbard, however.

No Emma Stone? You are dead to me.

Is "MAGAloid" part of you having serious discussions, Rustor? My daughter has Type 1 diabetes; she can't join the military because she needs daily medication (insulin) to survive. I've often used her as an example, when people argue that men should compete in women's sports, that "the pursuit of happiness" does not mean you get to pursue every possible avenue of happiness.

Both, but I'm just going by those total vote counts. Those 4 states seem to have a very consistent increase in votes (Georgia seems a little high in 2024 compared to the others, but it's probably the only one of those states which has a net gain of people). And there seems like a consistent shift towards Trump. That being said, if you are trying to get me to say "yay verily there were no shenanigans in 2020 at all," I'm not there yet.

Thanks. No obvious shenanigans in those totals.

No seafoam, you are trolling. Please stop.

Dood, my wife went there. Don't contribute to its woke decline. MSU yip yip dog nipping at the awesome pant legs of U of M says wut?

Guys, let's keep this thread to serious discussions of a Trump presidency. Also hot Milfy/Gilfy Jewish actresses. Mkay thanks!

I looked her up based on your recommendation and, wow, she's 53? Absolutely wood! https://pagesix.com/2024/08/29/celebrity-news/heather-graham-hasnt-spoken-to-estranged-parents-after-they-warned-hollywood-is-evil-im-proud-of-myself/

Wow, bummer man. Sounds like they finally got everything, which is good to hear. Mine was a squamous cell carcinoma (non-small cell) and got into my lymph. They basically told me I was a dead man walking. But... some combination of chemo and immunotherapy (keytruda) seems to have done the trick, knock on wood.

Also, I wouldn't have guessed that @Engorgeous George would be the one to derail this thread, but since it was for hot Jewish actresses, and there are so many more than I had known about, I don't really mind.

I think it's reasonable for the Middle East bad guys to think that they would be better off negotiating some sort of off ramp with the Biden admin, because once Sheriff Don is in town, he's going to start cracking skulls over there. IIRC, your point was that it's hypocritical to oppose government bloat of unelected official, then have one unelected official (Musk) with outsized power to whack entire government organizations? If so, my response would be (1) I don't think Musk will actually have that power, more of a consultive/advising role, and (2) I don't see how you avoid that hypocrisy, since there is no elected position like this. I don't know what you are talking about. I'm culling comments from this thread -- if you have something to add, feel free. But I don't have the time to read every post of every thread looking for nuggets to post here.

Wut? The feds have been quite clear that border control and deporting illegal aliens is a federal issue. Have you been drinking?

My older daughter is a bit distraught, but nothing that will destroy our family or anything. She has drunk a bit of the Tik Tok koolaid, and will figure it out in time. Her older brother, my son, is the most conservative of anyone in our family, and likes to troll his younger sister. I plan to see him before our Thanksgiving get-together and slap him in the haid to communicate that such trolling won't be acceptable. On another note, a few weeks ago my wife and I went out with our neighbors, and on the way home, we learned that the neighbor wife was on billboards for "conservatives against Trump" or something similar. I golfed with the guy today, and at some point asked how his wife was handling it. He said OK, and then said something about being afraid of WW3. I responded that that was one of the things I felt most sure that Trump would handle better than Harris. That ended the political talk.

Thanks. Yeah, I heard about this but hadn't seen the details. I heard there was something similar from Nature as well. Two magazines that once were the pinnacle of scientific knowledge, now reduced to worthless woke hack rags.