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U.S. Politics: The Biggest Trade in WNBA History

bobjr

You ask too many questions
Staff member
Moderator
Someone born rich and having been rich their whole lives often does have trouble understanding things everyone else has to pay for, including debt and the inability to pay for it. I don't buy it as much in this case when they're donating and suddenly the person they're donating to starts to swing another way, but one big problem is 90-95% of elected officials come from positions of financial privilege that most people don't have.

Case in point, the 600 dollar a week checks were made 600 dollars because they thought that was a comically low amount meant to just sustain them, and were surprised to learn that around half of Americans don't make that much.
 

PsychoLogical

Black and White, Yin and Yang, Light and Dark.
Cuomo resigned lul. Clownass :p
 

RedJirachi

Veteran member
Thomas Jefferson would be eaten alive if the #Metoo and modern consciousness about sex was a thing back then
 

Litleonid

Well-Known Member
And there go any chance for the republican to maybe win New York out the Window.
Depends on how Kathy Hochul does. She's got a year in offive before the next governor election. But yeah, the big talking point the Republicans will have is now gone.
 

The Admiral

the star of the masquerade

BGMaxie

Well-Known Member
Man ain't it refreshing when #trumpreinstated and #TrumpIsALaughingStock are trending, and you know he's getting ridiculed and that no, he isn't coming back, while all the QAnonites, Trumpers and MAGAts are left to cry waterfalls?
 

Teravolt

cilan lives forever in my heart
And this is the moment right when MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell fights the most unwinnable pillow fight yet: a $2 billion defamation lawsuit by Dominion for his election fraud movement.

He’s still going? After all the time’s he’s been disproven? Wow.
 

Auraninja

Eh, ragazzo!
One of my problems with the Trump discourse of anti-Trumpers is that Trump is a problem, but he isn't the only problem.

Trump basically has the base problem that Gaston had in Beauty in the Beast, where not only could he do want he wants, but people enable his behavior. BTW, this wasn't a callout to anyone here in particular, just something on my mind.
 

nel3

Crimson Dragon
things are going swell in Afghanistan... it only took 20 years to setup a highly restrictive and oppressive Islamic state. the "world police" did their schtick again and let things fall into chaos again. not that surprising to say the least but it seriously sucks to have a taste of freedom and all have it fall to beep when the biggest supporter of peace just pulls out. it didnt take very long at all for them to take back 2/3 of the country.

i think the world police should probably choose to stick their noses out of such conflicts in the future but its in their DNA to want war/police nations with terrorist issues.

i am a bit disapointed that Ttump has got a few more months to come with another lame excuse to delay his court issues. they should give him a week to get better excuses as they wont get any better ones with any more time. his legal troubles should all be put to trial within a year or 2 and then he can rot in a cell for his last 5 years of life.
 

bobjr

You ask too many questions
Staff member
Moderator
The Kabul government had an entire generation to develop a workable system, and utterly failed. It makes zero sense to keep throwing money and lives into that bottomless pit, and the Taliban has only gotten stronger with a two decade recruitment drive and provincial warlords slowly going to their side.

It's terrible but this has unfortunately been the case since the 70's, and America invading it to line the pockets of defense contractors first and maybe help people if they can get around to it one day later on was always going to be a disaster at some point.
 

nel3

Crimson Dragon
The Kabul government had an entire generation to develop a workable system, and utterly failed. It makes zero sense to keep throwing money and lives into that bottomless pit, and the Taliban has only gotten stronger with a two decade recruitment drive and provincial warlords slowly going to their side.

It's terrible but this has unfortunately been the case since the 70's, and America invading it to line the pockets of defense contractors first and maybe help people if they can get around to it one day later on was always going to be a disaster at some point.
true enough, it was always tribal where cohesion was a dream at the best of times. it wasnt perfect before USA or Russia and usa just helped it stabilize for a bit. it was a cluster situation from the start. its a shame the government wasnt able to hold a working situation and the outcome was predictable. throwing lives and money can only go so far to fix a government.

1970s proxy war and then a terrorist attack that may or many not have been let through by intelligence so they could start a new war. i dont really believe the conspiracy theories but so many have popped up over the decades where its hard to separate what may or may not be true. NSA is strong but if they want a war then they might be able to have info that would be convenient to "forget/overlook" to get that military contractor money. not claiming thats the case but money has a way of ruling poilitics.
 
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Trainer Yusuf

VolcaniNO

Total crypto market cap has returned to 2 Trillion dollars. It will take a while for it to return to near 3 Trillion high, but ultimately Elon Musk giving up on crypto didn't mean much.

For the Afghan debacle, US's current strategy, despite the rhetoric around China, is really focused on entrenching itself in the post-Soviet Europe, so if you are worried about endless wars in the desert, don't, you will have cold conflicts in the plains with Russia instead, at least until Biden presidency ends or Covid stabilizies to some point. Whichever comes first.
 

SBaby

Dungeon Master
For the Afghan debacle, US's current strategy, despite the rhetoric around China, is really focused on entrenching itself in the post-Soviet Europe, so if you are worried about endless wars in the desert, don't, you will have cold conflicts in the plains with Russia instead, at least until Biden presidency ends or Covid stabilizies to some point. Whichever comes first.
Covid is never going to stabilize, because current politicians won't allow it to. It's too good of a political weapon. One of the most famous political quotes that politicians really take to heart nowadays is, 'Never let a good crisis go to waste'. Believe me, they won't.

Say 'political politician' three times fast. It's fun.

As for Afghanistan, we are seeing a literal 'Fall of Saigon' scenario as I type this. The difference is with Vietnam, they stopped after they took the country. If people think the Taliban will stop with Afghanistan, they are sadly mistaken. The people in that region will pay for this blundered withdrawal.
 
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Gamzee Makara

Flirtin' With Disaster
He's one to talk, given he is the guy who screwed over Weird Al at Columbia Records. You **** over Weird Al, you **** with all that is good in the world.

And do they REALLY want a woman of color as President, even under THESE circumstances?

It's hollow. It'd never get past the House, and it's just election posturin for a wannabe Trump VP/Attorney General.
 

AuraChannelerChris

Easygoing Luxray.
Reminder that Trump bragged about pulling back the US army from Afghanistan before Biden could do so (Trump failed), openly supported the Taliban, and the GOP made sure to erase the evidence just today that he said so.

Also, several infamous Republicans while being hypocrites are siding with the Taliban.
 
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