Dagwood222 @ Dagwood222 @lemm.ee

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There was a movie that came out one year before Reagan was elected. "Norma Rae" with Sally Field. It's about organizing a Union in a small southern town where there's one big employer.

A lot of US businesses relocated to the South after the Oil Crisis. Reagan and his people feared that those ignorant hillbillies would join Unions, so they moved manufacturing overseas.

I blame Melania. If he was getting love and support at home, he wouldn't have to spend so much time looking for affection outside the home.

Only mildly sarcastic.

You know who else was a forward scout in WW2?

Kurt Vonnegut! Billy Pilgrim runs into a pair of them before he gets captured by the Germans in "Slaughterhouse Five."

That was one of the most dangerous jobs in the infantry, because your mission was to locate enemy troops far ahead of any support.

In the Fantastic Four comics, Dr. Doom wears a mask because he was hideously deformed by a science experiment gone wrong. Later writers retroconned it so that Doom had a tiny scratch but was so insanely egotistical that a tiny flaw was too much for him to bear.

I like to think that the kompromat is something like Trump having premature ejaculation or erectile dysfunction, or crying that his Daddy didn't love him. Something a normal person could shrug off and move on from.

https://www.learnoutloud.com/Results/Author/Barbara-W.-Tuchman/14182

Listen to these books on audio.

Is he that stupid that he really beleives his plan will work? Or is he so afraid of Putin's kompromat that he'll destroy his own country in order to keep it hidden?

Why not both?

I never tried it myself, but one of my favorite crime writers had something in one of his books and I've never forgotten it.

The name of the book is "Out On The Rim" by Ross Thomas. The combination is a Bloody Mary with lemon meringue pie.

Even if you don't try the combination, you'll like the book.

Here are some good time travel stories.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/to-say-nothing-of-the-dog-or-how-we-found-the-bishop-s-bird-stump-at-last-connie-willis/7282193?ean=9780553575385&next=t

To Say Nothing Of The Dog. In the future, time travel is organized like the Army. The problem is that the actual travel causes a serious case of 'jet lag.' All the agents act like they are half-drunk and sleep deprived.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-big-time-by-fritz-leiber-science-fiction-fantasy-fritz-leiber/693820?ean=9781606644874&next=t

The Big Time. Two alien races are fighting a time war that spans all planets in the universe. Earth is a minor backwater, but the fighting is just as deadly as anywhere else. A few soldiers and entertainers are catching a few moments respite in a R + R center when the War crashes in on them.

https://youtu.be/-FcK_UiVV40

Predestination. A man is offered a chance to find and kill the guy who ruined his life. All he has to do is trust the stranger who is making the offer.

No other empire in history had the weapons systems the US has. The USSR's military was falling apart when they went down; the US aircraft carriers and nuclear subs are fully operational.

America isn't going to just slink quietly away into the night. It'll go out with a bang.

Actually, he said he'd be a great Pope.

I know thousands of songs. Also, musical instruments like the saxaphone haven't been invented yet.

It's like the time he walked onto Air Force One with toilet paper on his shoe.

The people who serve him daily have no respect for him whatsoever.

It wasn't his fault. You might as well blame gunmakers for school shootings.

Trump had nothing to do with January 6, and the fact that he's pardoned so many of the people who were there shows how compassionate he is!

No /s because that's what the MAGats will tell you

Trump was correct. He was stabbed in the back by the 'woke' Deep State and the media. Biden and Harris destroyed America rather than let Trump lead us to greatness.

No /s, because that's the explanation you'll get.

What causes any kind of variation in people's preferences? Some people think Angelina Jolie is the most beautiful actress ever, and others think she just looks weird.

For all you know, you were scared by a spider at a a very young age and you just don't remember.

Originally, "astronaut" meant anyone who'd travelled more than 50 miles up. They are astronauts the same way anyone who has ridden in an airplane is a "flier."

This is a classic Right Wing move. When they are in office they pass a law/take an action that they knew will infuriate the Left. These Churches are doing the same thing Planned Parenthood has to do when abortion rights are threatened; they have to take money from other priorities to defend against the government. Meanwhile, the government takes tax payer money to keep their fight going.

Every dollar that goes to this fight means a dollar taken from the 2026 Dem candidates.

Tom-A-toe, TOM-ah-toe.

Here's how to understand exactly how Trump thinks. Like a lot of weak people, he admires what he sees as strength. To him, 'strength' is acting like a low level Mafiosa. He's never been inside with the real Capos, so he imitates the street bosses.

Something a low-level guy loves is a 'bust out.' It's when a legitimate business is forced to partner up with the mob. The mob comes in and destroys the business by ordering all sorts of equipment. If it's a resrtaurant they order enough décor for a dozen places; then sell it off cheap to their buddies. Naturally, they leave the owners of record on the hook for the whole payment.

If Trump had been a real tough guy he'd have extorted billions out of the Saudis on Inauguration Day, 2016. But he's a schnook who only deals in penny ante crime.

I am literally laughing out loud.

Just to remind you, my original point was that it was impossible to get 'first past the post' voting changed before the next election cycle.

You claimed it was possible to do it.

When I asked how, in detail, you responded by talkign about a movement that took decades to achieve their end.

You are like an angry child who wanted to play with the big kids, got scored on repeatedly, and is now running away mad that they didn't play fair.

Thanks, I needed a few laughs today!