President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

"Trump can't afford $84 million because Bidenomics." /Erin Burnett

 

That, and apparently J6 shows there’s some truth to the “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter” thing.

 

Doesn't want to.

 

Facts not in evidence.
If MAGA takes control (by vote - unlikely - or by coup) they have promised to radically change the lives of millions. And not for the better.
But as you well know one of those changes will allow Russia to take control of Kyiv so anyway.

 

nope

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/27/trump-china-trade-war/

Privately, Trump has discussed with advisers the possibility of imposing a flat 60 percent tariff on all Chinese imports, according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to relay private conversations.

 

Went down a YouTube rabbit hole this morning to look up Captain Kangaroo, which I haven’t seen in at least four decades. It was a nice little dopamine hit of childhood, and the first comment reflected something similar, with the writer wishing she could 5 again and watching in her PJs while lying on the floor. And I could relate to that so I clicked on the replies.

That was a mistake of course, because then there were others droning on about “We need this man today” and “Now it would all be about racial equality and transgenders.”

You see something similar any time you click on a video for old music (and it really doesn’t even matter the decade). “Oh the music was sooooo much better then, not like the crap now.” And “life was so much simpler and everybody got along” and occasionally a Gen Z pick-me declaring they were “born in the wrong decade” and not long after that the overt political stuff comes pouring in.

We are drowning in toxic nostalgia.

 

The music was indeed very good when I was a teenager and young adult. But 1968 was a horrible year in countless ways. Since I was 18, I had a good time. I'd love to be 18 again, but in 2024 this time, please. No need to replay the shit that happened to others the first time.

 

I told a bunch of kids yesterday, "If high school is the best four years of your life, then that means you've done nothing with your life." They asked when were the best four years of my life. I said, "I'm living them."

 

One of the message boards I babysit was talking about a gambling match between two professional pool players where the amount gambled was staked by bettors. The loser kept the money, telling the winner he needed it to pay legal fees for his child custody battle. He said he would pay him in installments, which the winner agreed to. He walked out and never paid the winner.

A guy commenting said, “the loser becomes the winner. Even gambling has become woke.”

imagine how twisted your brain has to be to have this word on your mind 24-7, desperately needing to interject it into everything. There’s nothing “woke” about this; it’s just a deadbeat.

 

also 'nope' for women and people of color.

Likewise people who depend upon government programs for food, shelter, health care, education, a functional legal system, national and international defense, diplomacy and so forth.

So, nope.