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Dull Eric

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Tried to stay out of this mess.....

Tending to lean right most of my life, my position has changed. The Republican Party only exists in small corners. They have now become the party of Trump.

Whilst, in most cases, privately disparaging him, republican/trumpists publicly show support. Their sycophantic rhetoric is beyond disgusting.
It's about getting elected or reelected at any cost. Democracy be damned.

Here, in this forum, some are using terms like 'poignant' and 'substantive', yet when given facts, they respond with insults, racism, (I reported a post for using a racist trope yet he/they/it is still allowed to post) with no poignancy or substantive reply.

The above is a trait of Trump himself. He says things, and when confronted with facts he turns to insults. It's all he has.

Having not voted for president in the last two election cycles, I held my nose and voted for Harris/Walz.

I'm not happy with this. For me, it came down to preserving democracy. Trump is about himself.

I'l be moving back to the states in late 2025 and hope things will be better with my party when Trump is gone.
 
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Seriously, I have no life.
Tried to stay out of this mess.....

Tending to lean right most of my life, my position has changed. The Republican Party only exists in small corners. They have now become the party of Trump.

Whilst, in most cases, privately disparaging him, republican/trumpists publicly show support. Their sycophantic rhetoric is beyond disgusting.
It's about getting elected or reelected at any cost. Democracy be damned.

Here, in this forum, some are using terms like 'poignant' and 'substantive', yet when given facts, they respond with insults, racism, (I reported a post for using a racist trope yet he/they/it is still allowed to post) with no poignancy or substantive reply.

The above is a trait of Trump himself. He says things, and when confronted with facts he turns to insults. It's all he has.

Having not voted for president in the last two election cycles, I held my nose and voted for Harris/Walz.

I'm not happy with this. For me, it came down to preserving democracy. Trump is about himself.

I'l be moving back to the states in late 2025 and hope things will be better with my party when Trump is gone.
What will you do if he wins?
 
GO-NAD!

GO-NAD!

Audioholic Spartan
Same here and just about everywhere- not whose fault, immigrants? No country can afford to have unlimited numbers of people coming in and the lack of forward-thinking by the governments is terrible. The loss of skilled laborers in the last 4-5 years has really hurt construction, too. Home prices, existing and new, are going through the roof (no pun intended) and first-time home buyers are totally screwed. For that matter, second and third time buyers who didn't make money on the sale of previous homes aren't much better off. Some areas have declined in value, even though the cost to build would be several times more than their home's value. My brother is one of those- he bought at a bad time (just before the housing bubble burst), so he may never break even.
This is the article I posted for William. The US and Canada are suffering from a lack of labourers - skilled and unskilled - due to falling birthrates, as well as a cohort of young people who don't wish to work in the trades. As the article explains, a large portion of the undocumented migrants in the US work in construction. Without them, home construction will slow to a trickle. Up here, we have a Catch-22 situation - a shortfall of people in the construction trades, but a shortfall in affordable housing for new arrivals. So, no housing for the people we need to build housing. :rolleyes:
The Border Crisis Won't Be Solved, No Matter Who Wins the Election (texasmonthly.com)
 
Mikado463

Mikado463

Audioholic Spartan
Your post made me go and look up the various reporting and video on this. From what I can glean from the video he is in fact UNLOADING the gun. As an owner of the very same shotgun I see nothing wrong in the manner in which he does that, the muzzle is pointed safely and he is cycling the action to unload the gun.

What I did find in looking at the various reports was a fair amount of stupidity in the media(nothing new here), Megan Kelly in particular was a complete twit.

Hopefully for Walz he will verify this and throw it back in their face.
 
D

Dude#1279435

Audioholic Spartan
What did Walz do overseas? He sure didn't go to Iraq and he certainly didn't see action. He retired from the National Guard 5-7 months before, according to PBS. Or, is PBS too right-leaning for you?

Yeah, the quote includes Fox, but it shows that he retired before his unit deployed-

"Walz retired from the Minnesota National Guard in May 2005. He had submitted retirement paperwork five to seven months beforehand, Fox News reported, citing the Minnesota National Guard.".

You previously tried arguing in favor of Vance even though neither of them saw action. It amounted to (R) Vance.
 
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Dude#1279435

Audioholic Spartan
Yes. I am for deportation. If you’re here illegally. GTFO. Simple.
How do you like Poland’s take. Come here, get shot.
Again. You’ve offered nothing about Harris’s great path to the future. Just dump on trump. Here’s a tip. She doesn’t have one. Have you ever heard her say anything substantive?
I get the impression you're completely oblivious to why that might be. As if you haven't watched any news these last 8-9 years.
 
William Lemmerhirt

William Lemmerhirt

Audioholic Overlord
I get the impression you're completely oblivious to why that might be. As if you haven't watched any news these last 8-9 years.
Nope. Not at all. It’s just funny though how you never mention how awesome Harris is. Or walz.
 
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Dude#1279435

Audioholic Spartan
Nope. Not at all. It’s just funny though how you never mention how awesome Harris is. Or walz.
Hmmm mmkay. Because Trump is King D--khead? I don't get the impression you understand how your behavior can shape public opinion. Sure Trump has a policy I can agree with, but I'd never vote for him because he represents toilet. In fact, toilet was what made Trump a sensation. Or your comment that 'it could be a cult.' That's been mentioned on the web numerous times. Trump evangelicals, hardcore MAGA etc. Cult of Hate Personality. So to answer you question I'm not likely to vote for Harris, but I will at least give them credit for not behaving like Trump in front of the mic. I think Tankini's recent post with his Trump 2024 sign and smiley faces did it best. He seems to be saying, Guess I gotta vote for the jackass. More resignation than celebration. Naturally Trump supporters will celebrate it. Because he was what they dreamed of in a personality.
 
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Dude#1279435

Audioholic Spartan
Well if he loses, don't ask why..... :confused::rolleyes:


TRUMP DECLARES JAN 6 'DAY OF LOVE'...



Former president Donald Trump blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for allowing the war in Ukraine to start, even though Russia was the aggressor, during an interview with a podcaster that was published Thursday.

Trump called Zelensky “one of the greatest salesmen I’ve ever seen” and marveled at how much aid Ukraine has received from the United States.

“Who else got that kind of money in history?” Trump said in the interview with podcaster Patrick Bet-David. “There’s never been. And that doesn’t mean I don’t want to help him because I feel very badly for those people. But he should never have let that war start. That war’s a loser.”

Moments later, Trump criticized President Joe Biden, as he has often done, for his handling of the conflict, claiming he “instigated that war.”

Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Biden has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine. This year, Congress approved $61 billion in aid to the country as part of a broader spending package, on top of tens of billions approved earlier in the war.

Trump met with the Ukrainian president in late September at Trump Tower, their first meeting since 2019. Before the meeting began, Trump, standing next to Zelensky, said that it was an “honor” to meet with him and that they had a “very good relationship.” He then added that he also has a “very good relationship” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump has reportedly maintained a personal relationship with Putin since leaving the White House, and this week said, “Russia has never had a president that they respect so much.”

Trump has repeatedly suggested that Russia would never have invaded Ukraine if he were still president and blamed Biden for the ongoing war during the podcast Thursday.

“This should have been settled before it started,” Trump said. “It would have been so easy if we had a president with half a brain, it would have been easy to settle.”

The podcast interview that aired Thursday is not the first time Trump has appeared to suggest Zelensky is at fault for the ongoing war. During a campaign event in Mint Hill, N.C., for example, Trump said, “We continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refuses to make a deal.”

During the interview, Trump also brought up Harris’s racial identity as he talked about Black voters.

“Black men really like me, and I think Black women really do too,” he said. “But they have a woman who is Black, though you would say she’s Indian, but she is Black. But really a lot of people didn’t know, which is true.”

Trump has questioned Harris’s racial identity in the past, falsely claiming in July that she “happened to turn Black” a few years ago.
 
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Dude#1279435

Audioholic Spartan
Also, it should be obvious by now with the MSN article that's Trump being buddy to Putin cause it stimulates his private business dealings.
 
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Dude#1279435

Audioholic Spartan
J6- cracked me up when conservative media only showed the camera footage inside of the WH. Officers were told to deescalate the situation. If you'd scene the footage outside near the entrances It didn't look too good. Flag poles, or crutches were used as weapons, and in general a bunch of thugs getting violent. The conservative media planted the idea it wasn't an insurrection because that involves I guess machine guns and more of a military styled, guerilla operation. Yet their they were using what they could with force. The alt-right. Enter Tucker Carlson's Jan 6th docu. I guess the people in the back of the crowd were all right. They didn't do any harm. Though if the GOP were Washington's face on Mt Rushmore, I feel like it fell off, crumbling below and sinking in the ravine LOL.
 
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Seriously, I have no life.
You previously tried arguing in favor of Vance even though neither of them saw action. It amounted to (R) Vance.
I commented on Vance and Walz, I didn't argue in favor of Vance.

When politicians point fingers, it's almost always a case of the pot meeting the kettle.
 
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Dude#1279435

Audioholic Spartan
I commented on Vance and Walz, I didn't argue in favor of Vance.

When politicians point fingers, it's almost always a case of the pot meeting the kettle.
Hmm I seem to remember you acknowledging in the end it was a petty argument. Not because you were joking around initially but rather when it was pointed out that Vance didn't see action either there was nowhere left to go with the argument. Add to it you say things like you're not conservative when all of your tendencies are right of center. Nothing wrong with that. If you acknowledged it. I compare it to closet voters since Trump is taboo.
 
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Seriously, I have no life.
This is the article I posted for William. The US and Canada are suffering from a lack of labourers - skilled and unskilled - due to falling birthrates, as well as a cohort of young people who don't wish to work in the trades. As the article explains, a large portion of the undocumented migrants in the US work in construction. Without them, home construction will slow to a trickle. Up here, we have a Catch-22 situation - a shortfall of people in the construction trades, but a shortfall in affordable housing for new arrivals. So, no housing for the people we need to build housing. :rolleyes:
The Border Crisis Won't Be Solved, No Matter Who Wins the Election (texasmonthly.com)
Falling birth rate is part of it, schools that stopped offering classes in skilled trades and industrial arts is another. The high school I attended had a great shop program- skilled woodworking, metalworking/machinist, drafting, and other classes (I wasn't interested in electrical and don't remember if they offered that or Electronics) and the facility was excellent before the department closed in the early-'80s. Other high schools in this part of the state did the same. The local vocational college is run by the state and exists so people can gain the skills as a way to get a job, often after dropping out of high school, getting their lives back on track or for changing career direction but we have a big problem finding skilled laborers. Many stopped doing this kind of work because of COVID, some builders continued to work and had people take time off after they caught it and that caused projects to take much more time if they even continued, depending on how many took time off to recover.

Skilled trade work is physically demanding and some decide to stop doing it soon after starting, others slog through and don't advance. One of the guys on a morning radio show has said "A lot of people are one or two bad decisions from hanging drywall or working as a roofer" and the low end companies have plenty of them but the good companies that perform these jobs often hire immigrants. My garage was built by a crew of Polish immigrants- they went from bare slab to (almost) finished garage in one day. Many of the roofing jobs I have seen lately had Mexican crews and most landscaping here has more Hispanic crew members than other ethnicities- they work harder and longer than White workers IME and that comes from me working on many jobs that included all of these trades.

Materials are much more expensive, too- oil price, shipping delays/lost shipments are hurting construction/home building and they're hard to predict.

Anyone who says they want to block all immigrants has no clue about what they do but we need to know who's coming in- the ones who want to stop all likely have some level of racist or knee-jerk reactionary reasons, but I doubt most actually know who's coming in and from where.

It's not racist to say that some illegals are causing problems but it is racist if specific groups are targeted in hateful comments, without specifying what the bad ones are doing. Most just want a job, some came here specifically to cause problems, like Tren de Aragua. Check those turds out- they make MS13 seem tame. We also have more from mainland China than before and others from all parts of the world- FBI and other agencies are arresting for terrorist plots, drug cartel activity, human trafficking, gun theft rings/black market and many other serious crimes.

I don't know about Canada, but the US needs to kick kids in the ass to make them turn their lives around and do something constructive (no pun intended) because the number of auto thefts/crashes during police chases, shootings and other crimes are still high, regardless of any politicians saying that crime has been reduced. Kids want to stare at their phones, be 'influencers' on the web and play, rather than work. Young adults have decided that 'quiet quitting' and gig work are what they want to do, but I wonder if they have thought about the future- if they're paid in cash or for gigs like Lyft/Uber, etc, are they saving anything for tax time? If they're not doing that, they surely won't have a retirement fund and with Politicians not doing much/anything to keep Social Security going past the expected insolvency year that's about ten years out, they're not gonna have a good life.

The housing shortage blade has many edges- low income housing is the #1 need, yet the education system is sending kids into the world with a diploma (if they don't drop out), yet they can't do Math and they're functionally illiterate. They need a place to live, yet the US is allowing unkown numbers into the country and they need a place to live, too. Fortunately for many immigrant groups, they know how to get by until they can find a place of their own- they move in with others who may be family/friends/similar background and pool some of their money, save what they can and learn English if they'll be working/living among English speakers. I think we have all seen the ethnic groups that do well but I have a problem with people who were born in the US who decide "I can't", quit school "because there's nothing for me" and end up homeless, addicted, with no chance of gainful employment and often end up in criminal activities. Where I live they have closed County-owned parking lots where homeless are camping and living in RVs. These are supposed to be used by commuters who take a bus from areas that aren't close to downtown, where parking is a royal PITA and becoming worse because the City likes to build luxury apartments & condos that eliminate the former parking lots. The people who had been parking there stopped or changed the location because the homeless were assaulting them and the conditions are pretty disgusting.

Politicians in the US need to accept that they're not seeing the problems accurately, aren't addressing them properly and that they need to stop spending money foolishly and excessively.
 
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Seriously, I have no life.
Hmm I seem to remember you acknowledging in the end it was a petty argument. Not because you were joking around initially but rather when it was pointed out that Vance didn't see action either there was nowhere left to go with the argument. Add to it you say things like you're not conservative when all of your tendencies are right of center. Nothing wrong with that. If you acknowledged it. I compare it to closet voters since Trump is taboo.
Right of center is a bad thing? Have I ever alluded to thinking that being left of center is a bad thing? No, I have always said that the extremes need to pound sand, so the middle can fix things. There's a time to be somewhere to left, right or in the middle- it's called 'compromising'. Absolute rigidity is the reason for all of the bullshyte- not enough want to work with others who 'ain't like us'.
 

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