I'm not sure if any other south americans are currently active on this board, but I thought it'd be pertinent that I, being one, would left it in writing here that the whole Venezuela invasion thing is so bizarrely, subhumanly grotesque, and that it takes a very profound stupidity to not see it that way.
Which means millions and millions of people support it, of course.
Re: Politics
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 11:43 am
by zorg
enframed wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 7:52 pmTruth Social to Become World’s First Social Media Platform Offering Prediction Markets via Exclusive Partnership with Crypto.com
So, "Prediction Markets" is just a polite way of saying open betting? You're on, cowboy!
Re: Politics
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 12:17 pm
by Frankie99
Newman loans Kramer the mail bag that belonged to Berkowitz to cover his losses later on. I don't know how that fits into the analogy, but it is basically the wild west at this point.
ErickC wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 5:06 pm
Well, I suppose it would be perfectly okay for the agents of some foreign power to nab and incarcerate Teump and his cronies now, no? This was not a wise box to open.
No No, we around the world have enough confidence in your judicial system to do the work for any of us instead.
lol indeed
As confident as a five-year-plan. We'll have true communism in 5 years. True libertarianism in 5 years. True capitalism in 5 years. It's in the 5-year plan!
Re: Politics
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 12:49 pm
by kicker_of_elves
I'm a little under 2 hours west of the metro. I know there are FMs who live in MSP; be safe. It's absolute bat-shit insanity right now. And the frothing MAGA hordes relish it. There are multiple live news feeds for this.
Re: Politics
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:41 pm
by cakes
Bovino arrived back (again) in Chicago this week. I guess he left because of the cold, because he was back before the holiday.
They are more emboldened now. If this shit happened under any other president, there would be immediate congressional oversight, impeachment hearings, you name it. But instead, the violence from the federal government gets normalized and the stakes get raised.
Meanwhile, Trump's out there kidnapping elected world leaders and plotting land grabs.
I hate to say it, but we can only hope that the rest of the world calls on our debt and we get fucked by a major depression as the dollar's value falls.
Gramsci wrote: Mon Jan 05, 2026 2:54 pm
To honest, the frankly pathetic response from some our non American politicians is genuinely disgusting.
This is not solely an American issue. If the EU toadies are happily kissing the ring, including military action on Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Russia (now left holding the bag), etc. etc...happily buying all our American weapons and inviting American bases on EU soil (a 2023 defense accord grants extended U.S. access to bases in mainland Denmark)...what can be said? You are ACTIVELY supporting our aggression.
Not to triple down unnecessarily, but please be made aware that (at the very least) the Dutch and British Navies are actively supporting US operations in the Caribbean against Venezuela. This remains true even after the double-taps on the "drug boats", the Greenland threats, and the kidnapping of Maduro, and so on. So spare me the sanctimony.
Re: Politics
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 3:05 pm
by enframed
cakes wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:41 pm
Bovino arrived back (again) in Chicago this week. I guess he left because of the cold, because he was back before the holiday.
They are more emboldened now. If this shit happened under any other president, there would be immediate congressional oversight, impeachment hearings, you name it. But instead, the violence from the federal government gets normalized and the stakes get raised.
Meanwhile, Trump's out there kidnapping elected world leaders and plotting land grabs.
I hate to say it, but we can only hope that the rest of the world calls on our debt and we get fucked by a major depression as the dollar's value falls.
The EU/countries could effectively shut down US social media, block AI. Watch the American market crumble. Watch advertisers flee.
cakes wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:41 pm
Bovino arrived back (again) in Chicago this week. I guess he left because of the cold, because he was back before the holiday.
They are more emboldened now. If this shit happened under any other president, there would be immediate congressional oversight, impeachment hearings, you name it. But instead, the violence from the federal government gets normalized and the stakes get raised.
Meanwhile, Trump's out there kidnapping elected world leaders and plotting land grabs.
I hate to say it, but we can only hope that the rest of the world calls on our debt and we get fucked by a major depression as the dollar's value falls.
The EU/countries could effectively shut down US social media, block AI. Watch the American market crumble. Watch advertisers flee.
Are they going to be wet blankets or will they actually fight back?