In The News Today...

Quote: Evenbob

Epic media failure for sure. They
have been salivating for a week
about the possible coup attempt
by MAGA because they believed
their own fake news about Jan 6th.
You could hear the disappointment
in their voices today. Deflated and
dejected. Now they have to report
on two of the dumbest, most lackluster,
most boring people on the planet.
Senile Joe and Commie Kammy.
Barry was boring but at least he
had charisma. There are dead tree's
more exciting than our new 'leaders'.

(Quote clipped, relevance)

Quite frankly, I'll find it refreshing when the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government no longer dominates the news cycle every day. News should be boring, not sensational.

Quote: ams288

Can’t help but wonder how pissed Donny is that he still can’t tweet. He is so irrelevant now.

And yet...the post above. Not quite out of your mind yet, I'd guess.

Quote: AZDuffman

If that is the case then why did the GOP candidates get nearly the exact same percentages as they did in the general?

Trump had zero to do with their loss. Their loss is all on themselves. Just the same old GOP listening to bad advice from consultants.

See, in the runoff you need 50% plus at least one vote. Getting, "Nearly the exact same percentages as they did in the general," isn't going to help them...or there wouldn't be a runoff in the first place.

My tendency is to think that Trump hurt Perdue and I'd like to think that Loeffler was losing anyway. It's really a simple concept: You can't run around b******* about the entire Electoral process being rigged out of the left side of your mouth whilst simultaneously encouraging people to vote with the right side.

It's kind of one of those, "But wait, didn't you just say?", sort of things.

Quote: Mission146

See, in the runoff you need 50% plus at least one vote. Getting, "Nearly the exact same percentages as they did in the general," isn't going to help them...or there wouldn't be a runoff in the first place.

That is what I am saying. If people were anti-trump like the political consultant wannabees say they they would have dropped votes. They didn't.

See, the reality is the GOP would rather lose and say "it is all on the Democrat Party!" then fundraise off of that. You have to get that it is the political class and how they live. This is the swamp Trump did his best to drain. That so many people would rather the swamp than Trump because of how he talks or whatever is why the USA will keep declining. Sort of "This is your nation on "People"magazine."

Quote: AZDuffman

That is what I am saying. If people were anti-trump like the political consultant wannabees say they they would have dropped votes. They didn't.

See, the reality is the GOP would rather lose and say "it is all on the Democrat Party!" then fundraise off of that. You have to get that it is the political class and how they live. This is the swamp Trump did his best to drain. That so many people would rather the swamp than Trump because of how he talks or whatever is why the USA will keep declining. Sort of "This is your nation on "People"magazine."

Did his best to drain? By releasing his aides and appointees from their "drain the swamp" pledges to not engage in lobbying work?

No, Donald Trump, and people like Donald Trump, IS the swamp. And the American people, not him, just drained it.

Save us your "American carnage" doomsday predictions. Thankfully for us, you don't possess a good track record at making predictions.

Quote: AZDuffman

That is what I am saying. If people were anti-trump like the political consultant wannabees say they they would have dropped votes. They didn't.

See, the reality is the GOP would rather lose and say "it is all on the Democrat Party!" then fundraise off of that. You have to get that it is the political class and how they live. This is the swamp Trump did his best to drain. That so many people would rather the swamp than Trump because of how he talks or whatever is why the USA will keep declining. Sort of "This is your nation on "People"magazine."

Perdue's percentage dropped. By extension of that, it also means that Perdue effectively picked up none of the voters who went third-party in the General.

As of yesterday Parler is back up.
They are limited right now, but
will be back to full speed soon.
This will spawn a whole new
breed of server companies
that are not touchable by
big tech. This is interesting:

"No one actually owns the Internet, and no single person or organization controls the Internet in its entirety. The Internet is more of a concept than an actual tangible entity, and it relies on a physical infrastructure that connects networks to other networks."

It's not a place or a thing, it
doesn't really exist. It's just
millions of machines connected
to other machines that we
call the internet. Like the air
that surrounds the planet,
nobody owns it or controls
it because it's all one connected
thing. We can control parts
of it over land we own, that's all.

Quote: Evenbob

As of yesterday Parler is back up.
They are limited right now, but
will be back to full speed soon.
This will spawn a whole new
breed of server companies
that are not touchable by
big tech. This is interesting:

Let them build their own network. Go climb some trees and hang some hubcaps.

A new member of congress has filed
for impeachment of Biden already.
It won't go anywhere, it's not
supposed to. How many times
did the Dems try this in 2017-18.
They were warned that weaponizing
impeachment would bite them on
the ass and here it comes. Like
Laura said, the number on problem
with Dems in congress is, they
aren't very bright.

This move is meant to make Beijing Joe
look weak to the average American,
just as it was done to make Trump look
weak. This one will fail and another will
be tried.

Rutherford Hayes stole the 1876 election
and everybody knew it. He had a terribly
contentious 4 years because the opposing
party was always out to get him, just like
will happen with Beijing Biden.

Quote: Tripdufan

Let them build their own network..

I just read a few articles that the
internet couldn't be shut down
even if it was tried. It's too big
and grows bigger every hour
every day. Any new server that
comes online, any new user
and their first computer. You
could shut down parts of it
but it would only find another
path to take. They say if
the internet totally shut down
worldwide for one day, it
would crash the world economy.
Luckily that cannot happen.