Miscellaneous news items that don't warrant their own thread

[Ibanez]

They do not put their personal pronouns on their dating profile?

C'mon Sticky, don't make excuses for them.

I didn't make an excuse, I asked a question.

[Ibanez]

I've lived in and visited enough places to know I prefer people in Trump country to the blue cities, and that I'd rather break down on the side of the road or have a medical emergency in public in a red area than a blue one. That doesn't make their politics correct, but In my experience, people convinced of their moral superiority over some other group of people usually don't have that superiority...whether your talking about holier-than-thou Christians, militant vegans, or white progressives.

Folks in my area are the biggest assholes anywhere... 70% libs. I can't tell you how many times I've waived to people, said hello, etc... and get absolutely NOTHING back. And this is even when I'm not wearing my MAGA cap.

I find there are awesome people that vote R and D. My neighbor across the street voted Trump and he's one of the nicest, most honest people I know. The model neighbor. He's the complete opposite of some former liberal friends of mine.

There are also douchebags assholes that vote R and D.

[kalm]

I've lived in and visited enough places to know I prefer people in Trump country to the blue cities, and that I'd rather break down on the side of the road or have a medical emergency in public in a red area than a blue one. That doesn't make their politics correct, but In my experience, people convinced of their moral superiority over some other group of people usually don't have that superiority...whether your talking about holier-than-thou Christians, militant vegans, or white progressives.

Folks in my area are the biggest assholes anywhere... 70% libs. I can't tell you how many times I've waived to people, said hello, etc... and get absolutely NOTHING back. And this is even when I'm not wearing my MAGA cap.

[kalm]

Folks in my area are the biggest assholes anywhere... 70% libs. I can't tell you how many times I've waived to people, said hello, etc... and get absolutely NOTHING back. And this is even when I'm not wearing my MAGA cap.

I find there are awesome people that vote R and D. My neighbor across the street voted Trump and he's one of the nicest, most honest people I know. The model neighbor. He's the complete opposite of some former liberal friends of mine.

There are also douchebags assholes that vote R and D.

I have a Trump friend!

(In all seriousness , I’m surrounded by MAGA and two of my closest friends are Trump supporters…bigly!)

[89Hen]

Folks in my area are the biggest assholes anywhere... 70% libs. I can't tell you how many times I've waived to people, said hello, etc... and get absolutely NOTHING back. And this is even when I'm not wearing my MAGA cap.

I find there are awesome people that vote R and D. My neighbor across the street voted Trump and he's one of the nicest, most honest people I know. The model neighbor. He's the complete opposite of some former liberal friends of mine.

There are also douchebags assholes that vote R and D.

Agreed, but IMO it's lopsided as to the percentage of each.

[Winterborn]

Folks in my area are the biggest assholes anywhere... 70% libs. I can't tell you how many times I've waived to people, said hello, etc... and get absolutely NOTHING back. And this is even when I'm not wearing my MAGA cap.

I find there are awesome people that vote R and D. My neighbor across the street voted Trump and he's one of the nicest, most honest people I know. The model neighbor. He's the complete opposite of some former liberal friends of mine.

There are also douchebags assholes that vote R and D.

Which proves the point that people are more than the sum of their political beliefs. Which is something that is increasingly lost amid the partisan warfare that is pushed by our media rags.

[Winterborn]

I find there are awesome people that vote R and D. My neighbor across the street voted Trump and he's one of the nicest, most honest people I know. The model neighbor. He's the complete opposite of some former liberal friends of mine.

There are also douchebags assholes that vote R and D.

I have a Trump friend!

(In all seriousness , I’m surrounded by MAGA and two of my closest friends are Trump supporters…bigly!)

Everybody needs a token "insert opposite of yourself" friend.

Mine tried to set me up in a MMF threesome.

[Ibanez]

I find there are awesome people that vote R and D. My neighbor across the street voted Trump and he's one of the nicest, most honest people I know. The model neighbor. He's the complete opposite of some former liberal friends of mine.

There are also douchebags assholes that vote R and D.

Agreed, but IMO it's lopsided as to the percentage of each.

I would say it depends on your environment.

[89Hen]

Agreed, but IMO it's lopsided as to the percentage of each.

I would say it depends on your environment.

Nah. We make lots of stereotypes about the other side of the political spectrum. Many are unfounded, but many are accurate. Who would you rather hang with or get stuck with... rednecks or academians?

[89Hen]

Here's a good example Raul IMO. These are considered alt-right and alt-left folks by the other side in Poland. Which seems more reasonable, personable, likable....

[kalm]

I would say it depends on your environment.

Nah. We make lots of stereotypes about the other side of the political spectrum. Many are unfounded, but many are accurate. Who would you rather hang with or get stuck with... rednecks or academians?

Are redneck academicians an option?

[89Hen]

Nah. We make lots of stereotypes about the other side of the political spectrum. Many are unfounded, but many are accurate. Who would you rather hang with or get stuck with... rednecks or academians?

Are redneck academicians an option?

Only at directional schools.

[UNI88]

I would say it depends on your environment.

Nah. We make lots of stereotypes about the other side of the political spectrum. Many are unfounded, but many are accurate. Who would you rather hang with or get stuck with... rednecks or academians?

If you looked at CS, would you rather have a beer or hang out with CitGrad or Trip?

[Ibanez]

I would say it depends on your environment.

Nah. We make lots of stereotypes about the other side of the political spectrum. Many are unfounded, but many are accurate. Who would you rather hang with or get stuck with... rednecks or academians?

Depends on the person. Redneck of scholar, they could be a great person or really a bore/insufferable person to be around.

[Ibanez]

Nah. We make lots of stereotypes about the other side of the political spectrum. Many are unfounded, but many are accurate. Who would you rather hang with or get stuck with... rednecks or academians?

If you looked at CS, would you rather have a beer or hang out with CitGrad or Trip?

Despite our fighting, I'd have a beer with BDK. Hell..i'd probably have 2 beers.

[89Hen]

Nah. We make lots of stereotypes about the other side of the political spectrum. Many are unfounded, but many are accurate. Who would you rather hang with or get stuck with... rednecks or academians?

If you looked at CS, would you rather have a beer or hang out with CitGrad or Trip?

Are those my only choices?

[Ibanez]

If you looked at CS, would you rather have a beer or hang out with CitGrad or Trip?

Are those my only choices?

Add dal and SuperHornet

[89Hen]

Nah. We make lots of stereotypes about the other side of the political spectrum. Many are unfounded, but many are accurate. Who would you rather hang with or get stuck with... rednecks or academians?

Depends on the person. Redneck of scholar, they could be a great person or really a bore/insufferable person to be around.

We're painting with a broad brush here. I'd rather go to a NASCAR race than a spelling bee.

[89Hen]

Are those my only choices?

Add dal and SuperHornet

I'd rather have a beer with Dal AND Horney than either of the other two

In all honesty, I think there are only a couple of folks here that I might not be up for.

[SeattleGriz]

Nah. We make lots of stereotypes about the other side of the political spectrum. Many are unfounded, but many are accurate. Who would you rather hang with or get stuck with... rednecks or academians?

Depends on the person. Redneck of scholar, they could be a great person or really a bore/insufferable person to be around.

This discussion sums up my neighbor perfectly. If you were to list who she was on a piece of paper, I'd steer clear of her, but we actually talk and get along very well.

[UNI88]

Add dal and SuperHornet

I'd rather have a beer with Dal AND Horney than either of the other two

In all honesty, I think there are only a couple of folks here that I might not be up for.

CitGrad, Trip, 93, Ivy, Cid and who else?

[Ibanez]

This could be it's own thread but i'll start it here.

Today, Insider published the first of more than two-dozen articles and data visualizations that will reveal the:

48 members of Congress and 182 senior-level congressional staffers who have violated a federal conflicts-of-interest law.

Nearly 75 federal lawmakers who held stocks in COVID-19 vaccine makers Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, or Pfizer in 2020, with many of them buying or selling these stocks in the early weeks of the pandemic.

15 lawmakers tasked with shaping US defense policy that actively invest in military contractors.

More than a dozen environmentally-minded Democrats who invest in fossil fuel companies or other corporations with concerning environmental track records.

Members who regularly chide "the media" but personally pour their money into at least one of the nation's largest news media or social media companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Comcast, Disney, and the New York Times Co.

https://www.businessinsider.com/conflic ... ng-2021-12

We all know politicians use their power and positions to financially benefit themselves and are hardly ever held accountable. I'll be interested to see what other conflicts our "betters" are engaged in.


https://www.businessinsider.com/financi ... ed-2021-12

[89Hen]

I'd rather have a beer with Dal AND Horney than either of the other two

In all honesty, I think there are only a couple of folks here that I might not be up for.

CitGrad, Trip, 93, Ivy, Cid and who else?

dback. He'll never forgive me for not wanting to drive an hour in the middle of a workday to a softball game that looked like it was going to be cancelled for rain.

[Winterborn]

I'd rather have a beer with Dal AND Horney than either of the other two

In all honesty, I think there are only a couple of folks here that I might not be up for.

CitGrad, Trip, 93, Ivy, Cid and who else?

I will have a beer with pretty much anyone. Whether or not I have the second one, can be debated but I always try to give people a chance. If nothing else it gives me the opportunity to practice lying and being evasive without coming across as not polite.

Who knows. I might want to run for office one day.

[SeattleGriz]

In other news. Punk ass kid trying to rob someone at gun point gets body slammed and then squeals like a pig.