jerryskids

Tell her if she gave her man a beejer every once in a while, she'd have a happy home life and wouldn't have such pent up TDS rage.

I presume you aren't arguing my initial point to Tim, that perks and prestige are much higher now than they were? US Senators "merit" that prestige you mention for the very reasons we are having this discussion: the federal government has grown from the original perception of a body of respected community members taking a term to go help govern with limited, enumerated powers, to the bloated, multi-trillion dollar machine we have today. That all being said, I'd love to pay elected officials more. Heck, I think part-time Door Dash drivers make more than our state reps in AZ. Unfortunately you often get what you pay for, and in our state we have some real winners for legislators. Even your example of US Senators: they make $174K per year. That's not a salary for someone representing millions of people. I made more than that most years. I'd rather pay them $500K, $1M, or more, so we attract the best and brightest, and those not looking to make money other ways.

Looks like @edjrquit on this thread. Anyway, Maher nails the pathetic status of our "elite" institutions. He always manages to end his segments with a dig on the Right, even after spending the first 8 minutes pointing out the problems with the Left.

As an alleged student of history, I'm surprised that you are honestly proposing that the attitude and perks of the original legislators are comparable to today.

Well, yeah. The media understands the power of humanizing, or dehumanizing, people in order to influence the opinions of the masses.

We don't live in a democracy. The Greeks tried it, it failed. We live in a democratic republic, or representative democracy. I draw this distinction because I'm increasingly thinking that our system is ultimately doomed if we do not change the way our elected representatives benefit from their offices. The simplest way to upset that apple cart would be term limits.

That looks yummy, thanks! We often use spaghetti squash as a healthy sub for pasta; this looks really simple.

We don't have much foliage in the desert, but we are surrounded by higher elevations that have it. So we've been looking for relatively short trips to see some. Most of the areas are in the 3-ish hour range. I wouldn't just drive 6 hours round trip to see it, but I'd make a day if it included some hiking.

Wife and I spend a few weeks using the Babbel app before our trip to Italy. I'd say it was fairly useless. I learned to conjugate "to be", yippee, Io sono molto bene$#@! Much more useful was: the first few numbers, acqua = water, frizzante = bubbly water, asporto = to go, for drinks particularly coffee (no Italians trusted me though; they all repeated "take away?"). I'm not sure you can really learn a language without immersing yourself somewhat.

I missed it if it was mentioned, but the reason people tear down posters of kidnapped Israelis is because those posters humanize the victims. It is very difficult to support an evil, soulless cult like Hamas if you have to face the fact that you support a group that seeks out Jewish babies, women, and innocent victims to torment. For the same reason, the MSDNC inundates us with pictures of suffering Palestinians. To increase their humanization in our eyes.

Good post. It's pretty clear that the "real" republicans as some folks here call them, idiots like Gaetz and Biggs, have no interest in winning. They are either so stupid that I'm shocked they don't forget to breathe, or they get more enjoyment out of "being right" than actually effecting change. Although it is interesting: all of the MAGA stuff caused the predicted "red wave" of 2022 to fizzle. But as a result, the handful of dopes that did make it through, now have a disproportionate amount of power within the party. It's like they won for being chronic losers. That's some 4D chess right there.

Agreed on the Mayo. Oddly, I too like ranch, although I recognize it is basically mayo with seasoning. My daughter loves ranch and we usually get some when she stays with us, but we never use store bought salad dressings, those are the debbil. EVOO and vinegar only.

Currency, interstate commerce. Federal highways are cool. Free stuff to buy votes, of course

What does the bolded mean?

Amazingly, I do not think there is a single correct word in this post. I'm not sure I've ever seen a post be so wrong, well done sir! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotism Open immigration and wokism are the opposite of patriotism. HTH

He's got to be trolling; nobody is that dumb. Are they?

It does indeed tell me something: that you don't understand the word "Patriot".

If they didn't have a gallows, it wasn't an insurrection. That's what @GutterBoytold me that JoJoFromJerz said on X, so it's gotta be true.

The Palestinian people time and again have been offered land of their own, which they decline. Instead they elect Hamas to go kill more Jews. Is this where you tell me some minority of people didn't vote for Hamas? That would be some critical thinking right there.

Two. I got them as soon as I could in 2021; I was going through chemo at the time so my immune system was compromised, plus we didn't know if this Covid thing was really going to kill us all. By the time the first booster came around later that year I was done with chemo and ehh... interestingly, Mayo never asked nor did they push me to get any shots including boosters, and there were questions brewing about the efficacy and safety of the shots, so I decided to pass. Haven't had one since. I did get Covid confirmed once; had a 100 fever for a day but otherwise fine. Most importantly, I didn't have severe congestion. With my Frankenstein'd breathing pathway, bad congestion in my lungs would be no bueno. As such I still think about getting the booster (and the flu shot, which I get most years). I've had some recent heart tests and the ticker is in great shape, so I doubt I'll drop dead from the booster.

I didn't say they radicalized, I said they fanned the flames. Just an honest mistake by all of the MSM-DNC for trusting the otherwise trustworthy Hamas as their source of info?

Man, I had such a thing for her back in her early adult acting days, if you want to call it that. Embrace of the Vampire. Then she started thinking we cared what a B-movie actress cared about current events.

Seriously though... can size of woman who works the morning shift?

No, the problem is that you are being incoherent. What were you trying to say?

Interesting visual!