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Post by Merge on Feb 13, 2024 13:56:13 GMT
Agree that it's almost always a third-party seller when there's a problem with a lost delivery. I rarely order anything from Amazon these days that doesn't have same, 1, or 2 day shipping. Those items are usually sitting in a warehouse locally or regionally and will get to me on time.
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Post by Merge on Feb 13, 2024 13:49:10 GMT
One hopes that not only will the perpetrators be prosecuted, but that this chapter of whatever fraternity will be shut down immediately. That needs to be a zero tolerance issue.
I remain grateful that neither of my girls was interested in Greek life or fraternity parties. Even in my college days, frat parties were often unsafe for women. I was groped/assaulted at one, and more importantly - almost every girl I knew had the same experience at some point.
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Post by Merge on Feb 13, 2024 13:44:50 GMT
This is an excellent point about Biden's ability to do his job. He meets with a lot of people across the political spectrum and foreign diplomats. No one has said he's not able to do his job, That's not a secret the White House could keep under wraps. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/opinion/joe-biden-age-campaign.htmlI have argued since 2022 that Biden shouldn’t run again because he’s too old, but there’s never been much sign that his advanced age affects his performance in office. I’m not aware of any leaks from the White House suggesting that Biden is confused, exhausted or forgetful when setting priorities or making decisions. It’s not just Democratic partisans who find Biden more impressive up close than his frail, halting image in the media would suggest. As Politico reported of the ousted House speaker Kevin McCarthy, “On a particularly sensitive matter, McCarthy mocked Biden’s age and mental acuity in public, while privately telling allies that he found the president sharp and substantive in their conversations.” Agree. A similar viewpoint from a political blogger is here. www.slowboring.com/p/we-need-to-see-more-joe-biden?r=95c1q&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=postTrump's handpicked advisors and cabinet members - not Democrats - were questioning his fitness to serve within the first two years of his term. As usual, it seems that the most pointed criticisms of Biden from the right are really cover for what they know is true about Trump. The above article also talks at some length about Biden's views on Israel and abortion, both of which are hot-button topics for many. Interesting read.
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Post by Merge on Feb 13, 2024 13:37:17 GMT
And I believe the reason so few conservatives post here anymore are two-fold: one, some of those conservatives have come over to the dark side in the past 20 years (you know who you are), and two, the remaining conservatives realize it’s damn near impossible to defend their support of that traitorous criminal monster Trump. Can confirm. -signed, someone who was a conservative 20 years ago. Yup. I was arguing in favor of GWB and against most abortion rights when I first joined this board. Good lord - 20 years ago. No one with two brain cells to rub together still thinks the GOP is a reasonable voting option.
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Post by Merge on Feb 13, 2024 1:48:13 GMT
And she has a criminal history dating back to 2005 and still legally purchased fire arms, one as recently as Dec 2023!!! That’s because Texas thinks you’re fine to have guns unless you’ve already committed a felony. 🙄
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Post by Merge on Feb 13, 2024 1:46:33 GMT
I think you have an odd definition of “absolutely destroyed.” Most people disagreeing with you does not equal “destroying” you. Almost every regular poster here has had a thread or comment go sideways with lots of disagreement. Maybe you should consider why you’re met with hostility when others are not. I’m not looking for a fight. I’m hoping to get you to acknowledge your own partisan leanings rather than trying to play the objective centrist, which we all know you are not. Said the one who, a while ago, came into my non-political "positive" "uplifting" thread, for the sole purpose of shitting on it by making it political and absolutely starting a fight about it. A thread that other peas were vocal in their appreciation of. So, no. It isn't me, it's you. And you have no self awareness.
linkThis thread of GaJenny's is filled to the brim with people going extremely beyond just disagreeing with both of us. It's brutal, so much so, it appears that she left. And you trying to downplay it as just disagreement is extremely dishonest. Not to mention the fact that ALMOST NO ONE with a differing opinion from the aggressively hostile group, posts here anymore, absolutely disputes your insinuation that the problem is me. So, it's not me it's you. Not only that, you're dishonest about. Try really hard to have even a little bit of self awareness. I’m not looking for a fight. I’m hoping to get you to acknowledge your own partisan leanings rather than trying to play the objective centrist, which we all know you are not. 🙄 OK.
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Post by Merge on Feb 13, 2024 0:49:48 GMT
I think you have an odd definition of “absolutely destroyed.” Most people disagreeing with you does not equal “destroying” you. Almost every regular poster here has had a thread or comment go sideways with lots of disagreement. Maybe you should consider why you’re met with hostility when others are not. I’m not looking for a fight. I’m hoping to get you to acknowledge your own partisan leanings rather than trying to play the objective centrist, which we all know you are not. I have her blocked, so I don't even read her.posts, but is it safe to assume she never addresses the nonsense Trump spews? Does she ever question Trump's mental decline? No. And that’s why she gets hostility. She shows up here periodically trying to act like the voice of reason looking down on all the deluded partisans. Her arguments are never made in good faith because she’s pretending to be objective while vigorously criticizing only one side.
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Post by Merge on Feb 13, 2024 0:34:41 GMT
But several people here have voiced their concern about Biden’s mental condition without receiving any hostile confrontation. Are you hoping they will join you in supporting Trump? Many people ARE met with aggressive hostility when they talk about it. Someone started a thread asking about it a few months back and she was absolutely destroyed. I can't talk about it without a hateful pile-on. ...... I told you exactly why I made the poll. That's all there is to it. Nothing more. Stop trying to add on to my reasons. It looks like you NEED something to fight about, but you just can't find anything. I think you have an odd definition of “absolutely destroyed.” Most people disagreeing with you does not equal “destroying” you. Almost every regular poster here has had a thread or comment go sideways with lots of disagreement. Maybe you should consider why you’re met with hostility when others are not. I’m not looking for a fight. I’m hoping to get you to acknowledge your own partisan leanings rather than trying to play the objective centrist, which we all know you are not.
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 23:12:09 GMT
You stated that you made the poll so that people can answer anonymously. But you didn’t say what the purpose of asking this question is in the first place. Like, are you hoping to convince people to vote for Trump instead? Just feel like popping in and trying to stick it to the libs? Clearly you feel that Biden is too old to do the job and you’ve spent a lot of time here trying to prove that. Why? To what end? It has nothing to do with "sticking it to" anybody. I figured there were at least a few people that can see Biden is mentally declining more than normal, but didn't want to voice it because they didn't want to deal with the hostile confrontation. I wanted to see how many. But several people here have voiced their concern about Biden’s mental condition without receiving any hostile confrontation. Are you hoping they will join you in supporting Trump?
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 23:06:06 GMT
I vote in every election big and small. This won’t be any different.
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 20:46:39 GMT
I'm sure you can prove us wrong by answering my simple question about what the point of all this is. What do you hope to accomplish? Yes, I absolutely can prove you wrong. From the very beginning, in the OP, I very specifically stated the reason why I created this poll. It's a stand alone sentence, it's not buried in a paragraph, so you shouldn't have been able to miss it. But if you somehow did... it was posted about 15 more times- between me repeating it a few times and it being quoted several times. I don't see how you could have HONESTLY missed it. You stated that you made the poll so that people can answer anonymously. But you didn’t say what the purpose of asking this question is in the first place. Like, are you hoping to convince people to vote for Trump instead? Just feel like popping in and trying to stick it to the libs? Clearly you feel that Biden is too old to do the job and you’ve spent a lot of time here trying to prove that. Why? To what end?
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 20:38:34 GMT
We got some frozen jalapeño poppers for the game yesterday. Perfect after ten minutes in the air fryer. Would definitely keep those around.
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 17:34:20 GMT
Well, there’s good faith and there’s pretense of good faith. The former needn’t be proved because it’s self-evident, whereas the latter requires the repeated feigning of honesty and objectivity. I’m certain you know as most of us subject’s preferred methodology. Imagine engaging in nothing but personal attacks & about good faith debate and thinking you're actually scoring good faith debate points. I'm sure you can prove us wrong by answering my simple question about what the point of all this is. What do you hope to accomplish?
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 17:19:17 GMT
Yeah, that's not really a thing when you teach in my district. You get written up if they think you're taking days off without being sick. And as a part time teacher, I don't have any paid time off, so here I am.
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 17:15:18 GMT
I think he has a normal amount of mental decline associated with age, and he also has to overcome a speech issue.
The peas would have had a field day with me continually forgetting the word tambourine this morning, and finally giving up and calling it a shaky thing. I’m 51.
My 54 year old husband has always been confused about our wedding anniversary date.
People forget stuff.
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 13:54:52 GMT
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 13:22:09 GMT
Absolutely agree Darcy Collins . Who knew their protest vote would be the literal potential beginning of the end of the way our political system was intended to operate? The whole idea of a protest vote at that time was ludicrous. People don't realize that whatever your beef is with the way our government is run, it could always be worse. They literally signed up for worse.
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 13:20:18 GMT
Stop expecting people to change! 😂😂 I’m going to be honest, and comment on something that has nothing to do with this thread, but as it’s pointless anyway I’m okay with that. This really ticked me off and I’m a fan of Travis as a player and mostly as a person. You can complain to your coach all you want, but you don’t get in his face and scream like that. Would have been fine with me if he was benched for the following drive. I don't disagree with you, but they both get paid a LOT of money to play or coach a game. Coach Wilford Brimley (that's all I can see when I look at him) will be OK.
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 3:10:40 GMT
Sorry, Twitter is having too much fun with this photo and I couldn’t resist. “Three days until pitchers and catchers report!”
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 3:08:44 GMT
Cockeyed optimist that I am, I guess I keep hoping at some point she will be able to demonstrate that she's arguing in good faith. I've been disappointed so far. Narrator: Merge continued to be disappointed. ☺️ Stop expecting people to change! 😂😂
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 1:02:15 GMT
Basically being sold as a teardown for that price. Yikes. What a little time capsule, though. Mary Kay representative, perhaps?
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Post by Merge on Feb 12, 2024 0:39:38 GMT
Seriously, what does it matter? He's the nominee. Trump will be the Republican nominee. We have a choice between a sane, aging man, and Russia's "useful idiot," who also is aging. What purpose does all this serve? The beauty of the American system was supposed to be that power is never held entirely in one branch or one office. If you have a bad actor in one place, he/she is overridden both by the sane majority and the constraints of our constitution. If Biden serves a second term, I have faith that our system will do its job. But if Trump is elected again, he's already shown that our systems are anathema to him. He wants to consolidate power in the executive branch, overrule the will of the people, and set aside the constitution when it doesn't serve his ends. He appoints people who agree with him, which means that very few are willing or able to stop him when he's violating our rights, norms, and laws. So what is the point of speculating about Biden's "fitness?" I'm really asking. What even is the point, when this is the alternative? She created this poll knowing exactly what she was doing. She wants attention. You know the point of this poll is to keep people engaged with her. She loves this. The arguing and bickering is her catnip. I am normally against kink shaming anyone. But this dynamic she has created is weird. Cockeyed optimist that I am, I guess I keep hoping at some point she will be able to demonstrate that she's arguing in good faith. I've been disappointed so far.
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Post by Merge on Feb 11, 2024 23:19:15 GMT
Well, I absolutely loathe that man and a lot that his "church" seems to represent - but I sincerely hope everyone is OK. Although Abbott saying something like "Places of worship should be sacred" meaning safe and free from this kind of crap sure rings badly. EVERYWHERE needs to be that kind of sacred. I agree. Osteen and his church prey on the poor and desperate and take money they can ill afford to give. Awful that they would be further victimized by someone with a gun. Perhaps Ted Cruz will suggest that they need to have only one door to prevent these kinds of things from happening in the future.
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Post by Merge on Feb 11, 2024 22:58:18 GMT
Seriously, what does it matter? He's the nominee. Trump will be the Republican nominee. We have a choice between a sane, aging man, and Russia's "useful idiot," who also is aging. What purpose does all this serve?
The beauty of the American system was supposed to be that power is never held entirely in one branch or one office. If you have a bad actor in one place, he/she is overridden both by the sane majority and the constraints of our constitution. If Biden serves a second term, I have faith that our system will do its job. But if Trump is elected again, he's already shown that our systems are anathema to him. He wants to consolidate power in the executive branch, overrule the will of the people, and set aside the constitution when it doesn't serve his ends. He appoints people who agree with him, which means that very few are willing or able to stop him when he's violating our rights, norms, and laws.
So what is the point of speculating about Biden's "fitness?" I'm really asking. What even is the point, when this is the alternative?
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Post by Merge on Feb 11, 2024 22:18:48 GMT
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Post by Merge on Feb 11, 2024 22:15:49 GMT
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Post by Merge on Feb 11, 2024 22:13:13 GMT
Someone who doesn’t have a basic knowledge of history and geography and lacks an understanding of our international obligations should never be given the power of the White House. Trump didn’t know the UK was a nuclear power and didn’t know where Sweden is located. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/us/politics/trump-nato.htmlFavoring Foes Over Friends, Trump Threatens to Upend International Order Former President Donald J. Trump suggested that he would incite Russia to attack “delinquent” U.S. allies, foreshadowing potentially far-reaching changes in the world order if he wins the White House again. Soon after former President Donald J. Trump took office, his staff explained how NATO’s mutual defense obligations worked. “You mean, if Russia attacked Lithuania, we would go to war with Russia?” he responded. “That’s crazy.” Mr. Trump has never believed in the fundamental one-for-all-and-all-for-one concept of the Atlantic alliance. Indeed, he spent much of his four-year presidency undermining it while strong-arming members into keeping their commitments to spend more on their own militaries with the threat that he would not come to their aid otherwise. But he took it to a whole new level over the weekend, declaring at a rally in South Carolina that not only would he not defend European countries he deemed to be in arrears from an attack by Russia, he would go so far as to “encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” against them. Never before has a president of the United States — even a former one aspiring to reclaim the office — suggested that he would incite an enemy to attack American allies. Right? Issues of mental decline aside, he was too stupid to be president in the first place.
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Post by Merge on Feb 11, 2024 22:12:34 GMT
Imagine being so committed to carrying water for a fascist that you're willing to post not one but two threads smearing his opponent, and then argue with at least one actual attorney about what the documents report said (whether a crime was committed) and whether the additional speculation was ethical.
Strong pick-me vibes happening here. But hon, he's never going to love you.
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Post by Merge on Feb 11, 2024 22:06:18 GMT
1. It's something to do while waiting for baseball season to start. 2. It's been super funny to watch fragile conservative men break down over the Travis and Taylor thing, and I want to watch in case anything happens.
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Post by Merge on Feb 11, 2024 18:13:43 GMT
I don't think it is reasonable to take age out of the equation when our president is clearly struggling. Yes, Trump is old too. That is the least of his issues. I also don't think Biden is as in control as you think. He won't step down. He can't. It will hand Trump the White House. He is in a no win situation. I truly believe Biden has the country's best interests at heart and it sucks that he should have been president years ago. We take age out of the equation because we cannot allow Trump to become president.
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