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Things like this are why liberals will continue to lose
cyclone24 replied to supermike80's topic in The Geek Club
yeah look like hardcore republicans. JFC….how are all you liberals this obtuse to reality? -
Thanks for your response. Let's start with the above: I have no illusions about living in an ideal society, so that statement is absurd. Your next assertion is simply exposing you as someone that approaches everything with analytical cynicism, which makes sense given your engineering background. Being analytically cynical and objective while troubleshooting is advantageous. But let me be very clear here: in a hospital setting, if you think the only motivation for healthcare workers is to cash paychecks and that none of them GAF about anything else, your cynicism is working against you and your objectivity has disappeared. Life or death decisions in high pressure situations bring out the best in healthcare professionals. And no matter how much you love yourself, or money, or how much you loathe others, you have a job to do and you get emotionally involved with it. It's a matter of personal and professional pride. I've seen completely unproductive, useless employees turn into rock stars when they know someone else's life may be at stake. If I, an amateur, ignorant shadetree engineer on my very best day, were to come into your place of employment and yell at you that you're a lying POS that's trying to kill me and my elderly mom with your products all for the sake of a measly profit while you, under a great deal of personal and professional stress are doing everything in your power to do the right thing by your customers during a generational crisis, you'd justifiably tell me to fock right off. You're the expert, not me. You're in the foxhole dealing with the reality of the situation, not me. I'm an uninformed intruder with the gall to think I know your world better than you. There's a lot of great words to describe me in this scenario. Dipshit would be an excellent choice.
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Once. Was at a party in high school and it got busted. Friend lived near a railroad track in town so I ran down into the train track gulley and tucked into the side of the hill and laid there for what felt like hours, but was in reality like 45 minutes.
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Elon says that Trump is in the Epstein files.
Horseman replied to lickin_starfish's topic in The Geek Club
If there was!!!!! Outstanding logic there Copernicus. There is what you want and reality. Let me know when you're ready for reality. -
How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tampon Tim Walz’s Watch
Maximum Overkill posted a topic in The Geek Club
The fraud scandal that rattled Minnesota was staggering in its scale and brazenness. Federal prosecutors charged dozens of people with felonies, accusing them of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from a government program meant to keep children fed during the Covid-19 pandemic. At first, many in the state saw the case as a one-off abuse during a health emergency. But as new schemes targeting the state’s generous safety net programs came to light, state and federal officials began to grapple with a jarring reality. Over the last five years, law enforcement officials say, fraud took root in pockets of Minnesota’s Somali diaspora as scores of individuals made small fortunes by setting up companies that billed state agencies for millions of dollars’ worth of social services that were never provided. Federal prosecutors say that 59 people have been convicted in those schemes so far, and that more than $1 billion in taxpayers’ money has been stolen in three plots they are investigating. That is more than Minnesota spends annually to run its Department of Corrections. Minnesota’s fraud scandal stood out even in the context of rampant theft during the pandemic, when Americans stole tens of billions through unemployment benefits, business loans and other forms of aid, according to federal auditors. How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch - The New York Times https://share.google/lTzzL4e8pQaKb3FAT -
I believe we’ve already passed the peak of this insanity and are coming back down the other side to reality. The trans movement is a dead voting issue and politicians would be fools to anchor themselves to it.
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I happen to believe that you, and others, take anyone with a realistic view and label them racist if it fits your narrative. A microcosm of the democratic party, if you will. For example, if I see a black pilot, I don't think anything. I've never seen any pilot and wondered if they were qualified or anything else about them. HOWEVER, reality is DEI and affirmative action created situations in all sectors and all companies where they felt a need to pander to optics above all else and many times hires have been made of less qualified candidates in order to fill a quota. So if someone points this out it doesn't make them racist just because you want them to be
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It’s an important point that the GOP wants to wave Kirk’s bloody shirt but reality is few knew who he was. And the right wing love of him was not solid, the (really) extreme right was never on board with the Christian acceptance of gays, tolerating of opposing viewpoints in normalized debate, & especially the support for Israel.
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Tim’s thread about anything but politics
Fnord replied to The Real timschochet's topic in The Geek Club
I'll point out I'm talking about the MAGAmooks here, not every conservative/Republican. So you and Jerry and several others are not in my line of fire. And I don't believe in martyrdom, so that's not my angle. I did not read or see it, either. But I've been reading Tim's posts for a long time, and generally he was much more polite than most of the guys he had exchanges with. He had guys in here talking about his alcoholic wife abusing his kids, his weight issues, being a nepo baby, etc. All of that bullshit was out of line, and he rarely fought back on any of it, and when he did he never stooped to the level of those attacking him. Maybe he did this time, but even if he did, who could blame him? He grated on me at times, and I certainly understand the rationale for some folks not liking him. But unless his posts were FAR more egregious than his norm, he got railroaded. Especially when considering we've got guys here that get off on posting stuff about others being pedos, open bigotry, rooting for fires to destroy people's homes, taking pleasure from the misery of others, and, of course, horsemanure's infamous swastika. I notice that POS is back and being his typical sleazy self. This place won't be better without Tim. But it will be more of a right wing echo chamber than it already is, because so many of them can't handle reality. -
Homeland Security launches Christmas-themed deportation campaign: ‘You’re going ho ho home’
easilyscan replied to Maximum Overkill's topic in The Geek Club
de·lu·sion·al /dəˈlo͞oZH(ə)nəl/ adjective characterized by or holding false beliefs or judgments about external reality that are held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, as a symptom of serious mental illness. "hospitalization for schizophrenia and delusional paranoia" -
Yes I know. In reality there is no reason to ever cash out. I was drunk. What do I care about a few hundred dollars when 500+k is on the line? Cash out should only be considered if everything is settled as a win and you have a leg or 2 in the night cap and the cash out offer is substantial
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Elon says that Trump is in the Epstein files.
seafoam1 replied to lickin_starfish's topic in The Geek Club
But here is what is going to happen. The liberals won't get what they are wishing for, and you all will find a new spin on it to cry about when you didn't even care the last four years. Because why? Hmmm. Your motivation is being called out. You didn't care, now you do, when the only thing that changed was Trump took over for creepy joe. Why should anyone give a shlt about what liberals want, when everyone knows, including yourself, is just simply to get Trump? You all are so transparent in your motivations, but you all are good at dismissing reality and flooding the media with BS. -
Mamdani’s new appointments chief resigns over anti-Jewish posts
Fnord replied to Maximum Overkill's topic in The Geek Club
Meh. Trying to lay the results of 50+ years of the steady stream of corporations favoring profits over people and moving operations overseas at the feet of liberals seems kinda lazy. Mamdani will quickly understand that in reality he cannot accomplish most of what he promised. -
House passes bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors
seafoam1 replied to Maximum Overkill's topic in The Geek Club
There is no such thing as transgender in reality. Liberals push this imaginary shlt on kids and that's the illness. Follow the science dumbass. -
🇺🇸Father Trump Talk-🚨The Official Thread of MAGA🚨 Quiet, stool pigeon
Ron_Artest replied to HellToupee's topic in The Geek Club
These are the same people he called suckers and losers. He doesn't give one sh1t about our military. Everything is a reality show to him. Here is Trump refusing to bow his head for fallen soldiers last week. -
Here come the tariffs
The Real timschochet replied to The Phantom's Phantom's topic in The Geek Club
There won’t be any excuse. Trump will not blame AI, or Biden, or anyone. He will simply insist that there is no recession, that things are better than ever, and anyone who tells you differently is lying. He is completely divorced from reality. -
The Religion of Peace Strikes Again-Australian Ediition
The Real timschochet replied to Mr Fantasy's topic in The Geek Club
Sometimes. They certainly treat them differently and worse. Institutionalized racism against young black males by the police forces of this country has always been a reality; it can’t be rationally disputed. -
Kristi Noem Wants Migrants to Compete for Citizenship on New Reality Show
squistion posted a topic in The Geek Club
I doubt this is real news, but, honesty, it wouldn't surprise me if it were true. https://www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-wants-migrants-to-compete-for-citizenship-on-hunger-games-style-reality-show/ Kristi Noem reportedly wants the U.S. citizenship process to play out in front of the cameras. The Homeland Security secretary has been working with writer and producer Rob Worsoff to pitch a reality TV show—titled The American—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to the Daily Mail. Citing a copy of Worsoff’s 35-page program pitch, the Daily Mail reported that the Canadian-born producer aims to “celebrate what it means to be American and have a national conversation about what it means to be American, through the eyes of the people who want it most.” Worsoff is best known for producing the A&E reality show Duck Dynasty. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told the Daily Beast that the show’s concept is under consideration, though she denied that Noem had reviewed the pitch in question. The concept is “in the very beginning stages” of the vetting process, she added, and approval has not been given—or denied. “The Department of Homeland Security receives hundreds of television show pitches a year,” she said in a statement. “Each proposal undergoes a thorough vetting process prior to denial or approval.” McLaughlin denied Noem’s involvement in the project, though unnamed sources told the Daily Mail that the Homeland Security secretary supports it and wants it to proceed. The Daily Beast has also reached out to Worsoff’s representatives for comment. -
If you have Rob Reiner in your 2026 Death Pool….
Frozenbeernuts replied to Mr Fantasy's topic in The Geek Club
Yes I agree. Hollywood is known for mass rape of kids, but a kid slitting his loving parents throat is definitely most likely because he was treated so well. Your explanation is 100% the most logical conclusion. I bet 99% of convicts come from loving stable homes using your logic. I love thinking this way. I can just write off whatever I want with "logic" that has no actual basis in reality. It's liberating. -
The Religion of Peace Strikes Again-Australian Ediition
Mark Davis replied to Mr Fantasy's topic in The Geek Club
Yes I would say confidently that radical Islamic culture in places like Afghanistan are not compatible with the values and lifestyles of the West. I wouldn't think that's so controversial. The gun debate is not one I take on much because I see both sides but the reality of that is that if you banned new sales today, our great grandkids would be dead and gone and there would be plenty of guns circling around. We both know citizens aren't going to just turn them in even certain types we might could even find common ground on shouldn't exist. If certain types were banned or more security checks were put in place, I'd be fine with it. -
The Religion of Peace Strikes Again-Australian Ediition
Mark Davis replied to Mr Fantasy's topic in The Geek Club
You state my belief fairly. I've seen no evidence we can vet them, quite the contrary. So to then be willing to say to hell with it, let's let them in anyway, we are sacrificing American lives and stability to look the other way. To me it's just simple numbers, the odds and our experiences say that's what is happening. I understand that's a red line for you, for me it's a red line on the other side. I would never support any politician who I view has their head in the sand or wants to be deemed politically correct or non bigoted by those on the left. Again, my feelings aren't going to be hurt by the terminology. I almost chuckle a bit at it. I think it does your argument more harm than good but it's ok if you want to make it. It feels like for those on the left of this issue, that the reality forces the need to use terms like bigot so they feel they have the righteous high ground. If all of a sudden we start having men from Norway begin to radicalize and commit terrorist attacks, I'll support banning entries from that region as well. However, just because these people are a different race or religion, I'm not going to just look the other way to the problems in immigration from those areas in order to not be labeled a pejorative term. -
The Religion of Peace Strikes Again-Australian Ediition
TimHauck replied to Mr Fantasy's topic in The Geek Club
I’ve been in the conversation, sharing video of numerous heroes and correcting @jerryskids’ fake news trying to cast doubt that at least one of the heroes was Muslim. And I didn’t say everyone, I was mostly referring to you and @Reality. -
The Religion of Peace Strikes Again-Australian Ediition
Mark Davis replied to Mr Fantasy's topic in The Geek Club
I'm not going to get into the whole Trump thing. If you want to blame Trump I can't stop you and in reality isn't relevant to this part of the discussion. But if we weren't accepting people from these dangerous regions to begin with, which of these people you mentioned would have been in the US to begin with? The Ft Hood shooter, his parents were Palestinian. The Orlando shooter, his parents were Afghan. Your own statements give examples of how this policy has failed us. -
The Religion of Peace Strikes Again-Australian Ediition
Mark Davis replied to Mr Fantasy's topic in The Geek Club
The religion is not the problem, the propensity for violence, extremism, and wanting to bring the ideals of that extremism here rather than assimilate to the West is where I believe the problem is. I have no problem with someone who wants to worship differently than me, I have a problem when security concerns come from taking a subset of people into this country who statistically we know are disproportionately likely to be risks. The whole religion or race of the people involved couldn't mean less to me. I don't care if you wear a red sweater. But if you tell me 100 white men in red sweaters are walking around my city today, and 2 of those men may pull out a rifle and shoot me because they don't like the way I live, then I'd tell you I don't want the guys in the red sweaters walking around my city. I don't dislike red sweaters, I just don't want the threat. Again, let's not strawman this example, but to be honest nobody can tell us what the fail rate is for catching the bad elements when we bring people in from say Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, etc. Not all terrorists are Muslim, not all Muslims believe in this extreme version of their religion, but we dance around the fact and reality that they do disproportionately exist in these areas and we cannot possibly weed out who is good and who is bad when picking refugees. The way of life in these areas show that majorities either want to live in that society or tacitly accept it. Otherwise they wouldn't exist. I submit to you Afghanistan. We never could hold the countryside, they didn't want our values. To the second paragraph. again you are debating an argument I didn't make. I'm not in this instance making any inference about immigrants as a whole. I support legal immigration and even the need for work visas for some of those who I would term economic migrants. I grew up in an area that relied on their labor. And my arguments aren't to avoid being called a bigot. Not to be a slap at you, but honestly should any of us be upset if anyone on an internet message board called us a name? I'm not offended by it, I just think you're wrong. And I'm secure enough in my belief and I know where my views come from that it has nothing to do with race/religion. I honestly think those who dismiss views that differ from theirs as bigoted is a lazy argument. I'm not saying you're doing that, but there are those who do. It's been my experience in business that those the numbers don't agree with, often use words of emotion to try and distract from those realities. I feel that way about this. This should be a business decision for the safety of our country, not an emotional one. -
Lol I replied to one of the “influencers” that shared this article and simply asked which media outlets, and got blocked. Many conservatives are such snowflakes ( @Reality and @RLLD being two recent examples at the GC).
