Furbag

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[–] Furbag 111 points 2 months ago

A crook and convicted felon fills his cabinet with folk who probably can't pass an FBI security screening? Color me shocked.

The robber barons are back, baby

[–] Furbag 8 points 3 months ago

Yeah, for real. These guys lack imagination if Matt Gaetz for AG is the "worst possible" pick for AG.

How about AG Barack Obama?

How about AG George Soros?

How about AG Vermin Supreme?

Trump is real fucking stupid, but he's smart enough to pick someone who isn't going to be good at the job of prosecuting criminals considering he is one. His one criteria for this position is loyalty and Gaetz seems to have that going for him. Doesn't matter in the end of he's ineffective because Trump doesn't have an interest in actually governing.

[–] Furbag 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I like to ask anybody in a tirade against "wokeness" or "DEI" what their definitions of those words are and what they find objectionable about it.

If they can define it correctly (most can't), they usually can't put into words what they don't like about it other than that the idea of other people being treated equitably and respectfully makes them feel threatened , vulnerable, or marginalized. Which is absurd, but expecting these people to think beyond themselves is asking too much.

[–] Furbag 9 points 3 months ago

Yes, but he's far too old at this point to run. We don't have anybody on the left who is a rockstar dem-socialist except for maybe AOC, and Democrats are probably not going to run another woman in the race for POTUS for another 50 years after these last two embarrassing defeats, so I wouldn't get my hopes up for that.

Meanwhile, the right is grooming an entire cadre of Trump's successors so they can keep the MAGA gravy train rolling long after the evil bastard croaks.

[–] Furbag 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Someone said something in the YouTube comments of a political video I was watching yesterday that really resonated with me:

"I wish the Democrats could find someone who talks about billionaires the same way Donald Trump talks about immigrants."

Unlimited money in politics is the poison in our society. When money = speech, billionaires will always have the loudest voice in the room.

[–] Furbag 7 points 3 months ago

No, the US version of Brexit was Trump's first term, since they both happened in the same year.

This is just people saying they know exactly how bad Brexit went the first time and they want that again.

[–] Furbag 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To return to the main menu, press all of the buttons on your keypad simultaneously.

[–] Furbag 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's funny, I love chili and I love mac and cheese, but I find ChiliMac to be somehow worse than the sum of it's parts.

[–] Furbag 1 points 3 months ago

I refrigerate my butter, but I only use it for cooking. I prefer margarine for spreading.

[–] Furbag 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh look, another rube who doesn't understand what a tariff is, how it works, or what it's supposed to be used for.

[–] Furbag 92 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Glad to see that the left is finally ready to start rolling up their sleeves and fighting the right on equal terms, using the same weapons they've used on us from the start.

If you make life difficult for these people, they will be less likely to cling to their harmful political viewpoints.

[–] Furbag 1 points 3 months ago

Inflation was on the rise before Trump left office. It continued under Biden for the first two years of his term, but he managed to get key legislation passed in that span of time that has measurably reduced inflation. It's still not back down to what it was pre-pandemic, but we are leading almost every other western democracy in that metric. It really is incredible that people are giving Biden shit for the economy when he is actively fixing the problem, and it shows that the Democrats have a tremendous failure in their ability to do effective messaging.

If it doesn't feel like inflation has been improved under Biden, that's because the price you pay at the gas pump or the grocery store has more to do with what they chose to set their prices at than what the current rate of inflation is. The "vibe economy" is real, but they aren't casting the blame for it at the right people. For once, government did it's job. Who knows if the current trend will continue under Trump, but given that he set off the massive inflationary spending spree by injecting a ton of cash into a booming economy with stimulus checks, I imagine he's not going to care much about the fundamentals of a healthy economy and will instead do whatever makes his donors happy.

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