While villages burn in Congo...

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 9:01 am While villages burn in Congo...

Oof.

^ When they didn't mean to say that but they said exactly what they meant.

I think he's the first honest American politician, though.

Someone recently suggested that Trump cannot read very well. Dems should ask for a reading comprehension test. Not the dem ticket maybe, but others in the media ought to start saying.

Let's make the Trumps cry, playground bully style. It's the only thing they seem to understand.

enframed wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 12:05 pm Someone recently suggested that Trump cannot read very well. Dems should ask for a reading comprehension test. Not the dem ticket maybe, but others in the media ought to start saying.

Let's make the Trumps cry, playground bully style. It's the only thing they seem to understand.

Trump can barely read, yes. I think that's pretty well-established. I've personally believed this for years, and this isn't like the fucking-a-couch thing where he just looks like a guy who can barely read.

losthighway wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 7:57 am

penningtron wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 5:11 am

ErickC wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 8:23 pmLiterally the only reason Minnesota appears blue is the cities and Duluth. The people here are fucking disgusting.

Yeah. If you get rid of the cities and college towns, the Midwest is just the south with worse food.

Yeah, but this is true of every state and the cities are where all the people actually live. Rural California and New York are pretty red. I'm sure you guys have seen the maps.

Yeah. Ax the cities and college towns, and every state sucks and has zero dollars for any public works.

jfv wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 8:50 am ^ Looks like if you want rural and democrat, you should go to Vermont.

That doesn't sound bad, actually.

And northern Wisconsin & southern Texas, for some reason.

ErickC wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 8:23 pm

cakes wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 4:39 pm Have you guys learned that Minnesota isn't really the midwest, it's actually Canada-lite?

So Canada is chock full of racist Trumper dipshits and slow drivers? Maybe I should avoid going there after all.

It pretty much is? It's about the same only toned down, and even the right wing is generally OKAY with some level of public health care, they just also want private options.
Less chance someone will shoot you though, like WAY less chance. People's temper runs a bit cooler and there's less guns overall. Slow driving for sure though.

The prairies, northern Ontario, rural maritimes has tons of racism. Quebec, however lovely, doesn't like a lot of cultures.
Northern ontario is weird because it's like libertarian pro labour, without exposure to many other skin colors so they don't know how to deal with it + hundreds of years of native rights/treaty issues.

eephus wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 12:10 pm

enframed wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2024 12:05 pm Someone recently suggested that Trump cannot read very well. Dems should ask for a reading comprehension test. Not the dem ticket maybe, but others in the media ought to start saying.

Let's make the Trumps cry, playground bully style. It's the only thing they seem to understand.

Trump can barely read, yes. I think that's pretty well-established. I've personally believed this for years, and this isn't like the fucking-a-couch thing where he just looks like a guy who can barely read.

I think at least a few folks who worked on SNL when he hosted in 2015 have said that he could barely read. Also figure he likely needs glasses but is worried wearing them in public would make him look weak, but he's too grossed out to put contacts in his eyes.