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[Sweet]

12 hours ago, Mephistopheles said:

 

I guess glad that you admit that he's a strongman.

 

Strongmen do arise when cultures are threatened, not sure I've ever heard that it is a good thing to threaten the Democracy.

 

And really what are we even talking about?

 

Just take the immigration thing, which seems to be the #1 concern for the cult.

 

What if instead of a deranged narcissist, or a senile guy who kept borders open, we had a normal person in line of Obama or Romney? Perhaps that would have been the safer route so you don't risk blowing the whole place up.

 

The other major "culture" issue is the sex change/gender dysphoria stuff which, thanks to our system of law, is a state/local issue NOT federal. People vote for the strongman on an emotional level even though it's not his problem to solve. Same for the inner city violent crime issue.

 

 

 

I can't immediately tell if you are understand my post or not.

 

Immigration is a major thing, faith, law and order, attitudes to markets, speech, and of course trans.

 

Genuinely don't think any of those things have improved in my lifetime.

 

I really don't think Obama or Romney could fix it, they're too soft, too easily cowed by the press and elites.

 

It would be better if it wasn't Trump but its who you have.

 

 

Edited November 20, 2025 by Sweet

[Parsad]

9 hours ago, Castanza said:

 

Cubs c'mon man....Sure Trump is making moves on some things (very few)....but you cannot look past the blatant abuse of power when it comes to self enriching, continued weaponization of the judicial system, bypassing congress when it comes to tax changes, weaponization of the Nat Guard and ICE coupled to the massive amounts of Constitutional Violations, and abuse of the media. Trump will not go down as one of the best presidents ever, not by a long shot. Good leaders set good examples despite adversity or what the "opposition" is doing. Personal integrity and character do matter as well. Trump has none of that...

 

I'm generally a slightly right of center person...I voted for Trump in his first term but did not in his second campaign nor this last campaign. Saying someone who quotes Napoleon (an absolute dictator), cozies up with Saudi and Qatar (terrorist sponsoring States), and possibly permanently degrades tradition, relationships with allies, and unspoken rules is one of the greatest presidents of all time is just wrong....

 

+1!  Cheers!

[Parsad]

8 hours ago, cubsfan said:

 

Simple: You tear down and rebuild corrupt institutions like the FBI, CIA, DOJ, DNI whereby those running the institutions broadly spied on Americans and their political opponents. Those who twisted/contorted the law to jail and bankrupt their political opponents. That's the definition of politicizing law enforcement.  Those that used the military after being bribed by foreign governments like Ukraine.

Those that used the entire State Department to enrich themselves and their friends.  You start and correct those.

 

 

They are doing the exact same thing done in previous administrations, including Trump's own first term.  Nothing new here...nothing radical that will fix things.  Trump is no different...using his powers to get what he wants, prosecute who he wants and censor anything that offends him!  Cheers!

[Parsad]

6 hours ago, Gregmal said:

lol it’s called “Fuck Tha Po-lice” culture. Symbolic of much wrong with the country. Lack of respect for servants whom are actually putting their lives on the line to keep us safe, acceptance of lower education standards via the mainstream-ization of shitty annunciation and acceptance of improper grammar, and in general, condoning the whole inmates running the asylum mentality. 

 

I'm pretty sure you meant "enunciation" rather than "annunciation"...but don't let "the mainstream-ization of shitty annunciation and acceptance of improper grammar" stop you!  You silly Americans...speaking out of your arses!    Cheers!

[Gregmal]

39 minutes ago, Parsad said:

 

I'm pretty sure you meant "enunciation" rather than "annunciation"...but don't let "the mainstream-ization of shitty annunciation and acceptance of improper grammar" stop you!  You silly Americans...speaking out of your arses!    Cheers!

Well, either works in the context of what was being articulated, regardless of how pedantically you wish to obfuscate through diversion.
 

Although I’d be curious how many graduating seniors from NYC public schools could tell you the difference between the two.

[Parsad]

41 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

Well, either works in the context of what was being articulated, regardless of how pedantically you wish to obfuscate through diversion.
 

Although I’d be curious how many graduating seniors from NYC public schools could tell you the difference between the two.

 

My point was that poor grammar or enunciation doesn't indicate a lack of intelligence or increased animosity towards public servants in authority.  

 

For all the poor grammar and lack of education, minorities and immigrants are also doing pretty well as entrepreneurs in a capitalist system when the tables are level. 

 

But the tables aren't always level...including sometimes for the majority as well...it doesn't mean they shouldn't be leveled at times for either group.  Cheers! 

[Parsad]

Who cares!  As long as he's pushing through on his objectives and goals.  

 

You guys cry about Hunter Biden's $4M payday...but $2B...no problem!  Cheers!
 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardon-of-crypto-billionaire-sparks-concerns-over-use-of-pardon-power-60-minutes-transcript/

[Parsad]

This era's Bob Dylan?  Cheers!

 

 

[dealraker]

10 hours ago, Parsad said:

 

My point was that poor grammar or enunciation doesn't indicate a lack of intelligence or increased animosity towards public servants in authority.  

 

For all the poor grammar and lack of education, minorities and immigrants are also doing pretty well as entrepreneurs in a capitalist system when the tables are level. 

 

But the tables aren't always level...including sometimes for the majority as well...it doesn't mean they shouldn't be leveled at times for either group.  Cheers! 

Occasionally I check the stats for the country where I live, now a thriving place one of the fastest growing areas of NC.  While working age men have a well up in double digit disability rate; Hispanics are almost zero; Blacks very low single digits.

 

Ever seen a 150 lb Hispanic guy carry two bundles of roofing?  Happens all the time.  This isn't A/C gymboy guys with full length mirrors, this is brutal hot/cold hard damn work.

 

Could it be that subbing some disability investigators into the legal/medical/judicial near 100% success ratio for disability claims might be a better use of taxpayer funds rather than running off productive people.  I went out to our Lexington, NC Depot district yesterday and one of our customers, a commercial contractor said tongue-and-cheek, "Well of course I'm all for getting rid of undocumented immigrants...but rumors came through here yesterday that ICE was coming and I lost 4 of my 11 crew today."  

 

How many times in the past have I been told that given I'm a veteran all my health issues which began with testicle cancer in my 20's...that I could have filed and sat my ass down like so many and gone into blame minorities grievance mode...the most popular theme of the stupid.  Really?

 

Trump...making our country great again.  What worthless bullshit.

[73 Reds]

12 minutes ago, dealraker said:

Occasionally I check the stats for the country where I live, now a thriving place one of the fastest growing areas of NC.  While working age men have a well up in double digit disability rate; Hispanics are almost zero; Blacks very low single digits.

 

Ever seen a 150 lb Hispanic guy carry two bundles of roofing?  Happens all the time.  This isn't A/C gymboy guys with full length mirrors, this is brutal hot/cold hard damn work.

 

Could it be that subbing some disability investigators into the legal/medical/judicial near 100% success ratio for disability claims might be a better use of taxpayer funds rather than running off productive people.  I went out to our Lexington, NC Depot district yesterday and one of our customers, a commercial contractor said tongue-and-cheek, "Well of course I'm all for getting rid of undocumented immigrants...but rumors came through here yesterday that ICE was coming and I lost 4 of my 11 crew today."  

 

How many times in the past have I been told that given I'm a veteran all my health issues which began with testicle cancer in my 20's...that I could have filed and sat my ass down like so many and gone into blame minorities grievance mode...the most popular theme of the stupid.  Really?

 

Trump...making our country great again.  What worthless bullshit.

Your point is well taken.... until you got to Trump, LOL.  What is it about politicians that seems to dominate life as we know it?  In simple terms, all elections are binary and the winner comes with some potential good and some potential bad.  The worst scenario is when the outcome brings no good and all bad.  There is always bad, but not always any good (Biden?).  This election was unique; we already knew the bad well in advance.  But unlike most elections, campaign promises were kept and there is a lot of good.  

Edited November 20, 2025 by 73 Reds
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[Castanza]

18 hours ago, cubsfan said:

 

Seriously @Castanza - why don't you fill me in on my ignorance?

 

It's a low hurdle for due diligence Cubs...I'll get you started with just the crypto ponzi scheme....

 

 

A few more of his ventures can be found here...

 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number

[dealraker]

1 hour ago, 73 Reds said:

Your point is well taken.... until you got to Trump, LOL.  What is it about politicians that seems to dominate life as we know it?  In simple terms, all elections are binary and the winner comes with some potential good and some potential bad.  The worst scenario is when the outcome brings no good and all bad.  There is always bad, but not always any good (Biden?).  This election was unique; we already knew the bad well in advance.  But unlike most elections, campaign promises were kept and there is a lot of good.  

Can you imagine, if you are a "let's go back to the 50's of MAGA dreams" --- and you've got all these family cultures built upon attaining disability as it is truly a culture or subculture now in the US, living fearless and knowing nothing but sit down and draw and bitch- bitch- bitch about brown skinners....who work.  Verses all these hard working people living in fear who work hard every day who are being chased around by masked men.  I thought MAGA wouldn't dare wear a mask much less showing up on work sites to arrest people...while sending a huge part of their paycheck to couch potatoes.

 

My nephew who runs the builders supply just told me, "The thing that our contractors are all saying is that their workers are now both asking for more pay and gyrating around from one employer to another based on who is desperate enough to to pay the most."

 

 

[73 Reds]

5 minutes ago, Castanza said:

 

It's a low hurdle for due diligence Cubs...I'll get you started with just the crypto ponzi scheme....

 

 

A few more of his ventures can be found here...

 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number

@Castanza Agree completely about a crypto ponzi scheme.  But Trump is, was and always has been a promoter.  He and his family would have gotten involved in crypto and made plenty of money with or without the presidency.

[73 Reds]

4 minutes ago, dealraker said:

Can you imagine, if you are a "let's go back to the 50's of MAGA dreams" --- and you've got all these family cultures built upon attaining disability as it is truly a culture or subculture now in the US, living fearless and knowing nothing but sit down and draw and bitch- bitch- bitch about brown skinners....who work.  Verses all these hard working people living in fear who work hard every day who are being chased around by masked men.  I thought MAGA wouldn't dare wear a mask much less showing up on work sites to arrest people...while sending a huge part of their paycheck to couch potatoes.

 

My nephew who runs the builders supply just told me, "The thing that our contractors are all saying is that their workers are now both asking for more pay and gyrating around from one employer to another based on who is desperate enough to to pay the most."

 

 

Masked men?  C'mon, you know why masks are necessary.  Think back; has there ever been a nation-wide policy implemented where some folks aren't negatively affected?  Especially a policy intended to right a growing wrong?  The problem with TDS is the perception that anything new has to be perfect for everyone and anyone.  Life ain't always fair.   But none of the legal immigrants I know who earned their citizenships are complaining.

[Charlie]

1 hour ago, dealraker said:

Ever seen a 150 lb Hispanic guy carry two bundles of roofing?  Happens all the time.  This isn't A/C gymboy guys with full length mirrors, this is brutal hot/cold hard damn work.

 

Could it be that subbing some disability investigators into the legal/medical/judicial near 100% success ratio for disability claims might be a better use of taxpayer funds rather than running off productive people.  I went out to our Lexington, NC Depot district yesterday and one of our customers, a commercial contractor said tongue-and-cheek, "Well of course I'm all for getting rid of undocumented immigrants...but rumors came through here yesterday that ICE was coming and I lost 4 of my 11 crew today." 

 

I liked/like all the hard working mexican worker in the See´s Candy factory. They are working for us as Berkshire shareholders!

God bless the hard working immigrants!!!

[Gregmal]

I did always get a great bit of amusement out of the local contractors and developers where I lived in NJ, whom were very vocally against illegals, and very often sang songs of arrogance about “following the law”…only to find out they regularly swing by HD to pick up their “labor” and their nice big shiny homes were built in ghost mode; no permits, cash only supplies, and not a single tax ID amongst the laborers. 

[Castanza]

39 minutes ago, 73 Reds said:

@Castanza Agree completely about a crypto ponzi scheme.  But Trump is, was and always has been a promoter.  He and his family would have gotten involved in crypto and made plenty of money with or without the presidency.

 

Company policy is always "what you do off the clock is your own business." Trump is not off the clock. Further we require more from lesser positions. School teachers are required to maintain an upstanding public image on or off the clock. But the President can hock crypto, cologne, watches, education, and cozy up with Terrorist States taking bribes? 

 

There is no excuse and there should be zero tolerance for the highest seat in the land.

[Gregmal]

1 minute ago, Castanza said:

 

Company policy is always "what you do off the clock is your own business." Trump is not off the clock. Further we require more from lesser positions. School teachers are required to maintain an upstanding public image on or off the clock. But the President can hock crypto, cologne, watches, education, and cozy up with Terrorist States taking bribes? 

 

There is no excuse and there should be zero tolerance for the highest seat in the land.

Sure, the answer is banning politicians from profiting off public service in a very straight forward and hardline way. Until then there’s always gonna be some level of this nonsense. 
 

Heck, the January 6 capital police were mentioned yesterday and I actually had some thoughts after pondering it for a bit…ban security details for politicians….these asshole work FOR THE PEOPLE. Supposedly at least. Yet you can’t face them? You need Rock Star level security? You must fly private? Bull fuckin shit. And if you got a problem and can’t deal with facing the people…simple, don’t run!

[cubsfan]

1 hour ago, Castanza said:

 

It's a low hurdle for due diligence Cubs...I'll get you started with just the crypto ponzi scheme....

 

 

A few more of his ventures can be found here...

 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number

Are you saying that the President is doing something illegal?

 

Or that you just don't like it?

[73 Reds]

26 minutes ago, Castanza said:

 

Company policy is always "what you do off the clock is your own business." Trump is not off the clock. Further we require more from lesser positions. School teachers are required to maintain an upstanding public image on or off the clock. But the President can hock crypto, cologne, watches, education, and cozy up with Terrorist States taking bribes? 

 

There is no excuse and there should be zero tolerance for the highest seat in the land.

I don't like it either but it is not a deal-breaker, especially considering his and his family's past and their current business holdings.  At least they are doing it out in the open - in contrast to business dealings of the prior President and his family that they tried their best to keep secret.  And the issue with Trump cozying up to "terrorist states" is we have a large segment of our own population that would prefers to cozy up with Hamas at Israel's expense.  I'll accept the former over the latter.  History demonstrates that some of our most horrifying former enemies are now our allies.  Times change and regimes change.  IMO Trump deserves the benefit of the doubt here.

Edited November 20, 2025 by 73 Reds
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[cubsfan]

2 hours ago, dealraker said:

Can you imagine, if you are a "let's go back to the 50's of MAGA dreams" --- and you've got all these family cultures built upon attaining disability as it is truly a culture or subculture now in the US, living fearless and knowing nothing but sit down and draw and bitch- bitch- bitch about brown skinners....who work.  Verses all these hard working people living in fear who work hard every day who are being chased around by masked men.  I thought MAGA wouldn't dare wear a mask much less showing up on work sites to arrest people...while sending a huge part of their paycheck to couch potatoes.

 

My nephew who runs the builders supply just told me, "The thing that our contractors are all saying is that their workers are now both asking for more pay and gyrating around from one employer to another based on who is desperate enough to to pay the most."

 

Wouldn't it be nice if there was no such thing as a "Sanctuary City/State" where the local government actually turned over criminals to ICE?  States like Florida that cooperate with ICE to get rid of rapists, child sex offenders, murders and human traffickers - INSTEAD of giving them shelter from ICE??

 

But instead, the libs will whine about how they need to protect criminals.

 

What a frickin' joke.

[cubsfan]

1 hour ago, 73 Reds said:

I don't like it either but it is not a deal-breaker, especially considering his and his family's past and their current business holdings.  At least they are doing it out in the open - in contrast to business dealings of the prior President and his family that they tried their best to keep secret.  And the issue with Trump cozying up to "terrorist states" is we have a large segment of our own population that would prefers to cozy up with Hamas at Israel's expense.  I'll accept the former over the latter.  History demonstrates that some of our most horrifying former enemies are now our allies.  Times change and regimes change.  IMO Trump deserves the benefit of the doubt here.

 

Mostly right on. But really the issue is "legality" - @Castanza is making a political issue, not a legal issue.  What the President is doing is perfectly legal and as you rightly point out- ENTIRELY out in the open for all to see.

 

So when you start charging someone with running a Ponzi scheme - which is clearly against the law - it's nothing but a political smear - exactly like the Epstein Saga.  So now I'll assume that CoBF will move on the next "we got Trump" smear stirred up by the New Yorker and CNBC, etc.

 

 

[dealraker]

52 minutes ago, cubsfan said:

 

Wouldn't it be nice if there was no such thing as a "Sanctuary City/State" where the local government actually turned over criminals to ICE?  States like Florida that cooperate with ICE to get rid of rapists, child sex offenders, murders and human traffickers - INSTEAD of giving them shelter from ICE??

 

But instead, the libs will whine about how they need to protect criminals.

 

What a frickin' joke.

Without a doubt the most worthless lying comment I have ever read.

[adesigar]

5 minutes ago, dealraker said:

Without a doubt the most worthless lying comment I have ever read.

I guess you haven’t read many posts by cubsfan.

[cubsfan]

3 minutes ago, dealraker said:

Without a doubt the most worthless lying comment I have ever read.

 

Read it and weep @dealraker   -- you can thank POTUS later.

 

In a major win for residents of the Charlotte, North Carolina area, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it has arrested over 250 illegal aliens from the Charlotte area. Among those arrested are numerous criminal illegal aliens with extensive immigration and criminal histories, including domestic violence, assault, breaking and entering, larceny, and driving while intoxicated.

 

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11/19/dhs-continues-catch-worst-worst-during-operation-charlottes-web

 

Just think - that's only 2/3 days work.