My grandad, a Trump voter, has several times in the past talked about how golf is like life: it doesn't matter if the sun was in your eyes, or a dog barked in the middle of your swing, or a sudden breeze pushed your drive off target, all that matters at the end of the day is the number you put in that little box, no excuses. The irony is lost on him.
I know it means "fluid ounces" but every single time I see it my brain says "floral ounces".
We should probably also add language to that oath clarifying that they need to defend it not only from foreign enemies, but domestic ones as well.
She is an immigrant and not particularly well informed politically. I went on to explain the predictable cycle of Republican presidents leading to market crashes which the wealthy use to buy up assets for cheap, and indicated to Project 2025 which was published well in advance of the election. She seemed to respond as if I had given her valid information that she lacked before (which wasn't really the case, we'd talked about this well before November). But she didn't really have any pushback or response, she mostly seemed quiet and contemplative.
I served for about 7 years. None of the individual tasks are particularly difficult in isolation. The skill is juggling a couple dozen simple tasks quickly and efficiently in a chaotic environment. That is much more difficult than it seems.
I had this exact conversation with my MIL just yesterday. She voted for him, and she hit me with "This is so unexpected". I told her no, no it wasn't, everyone who was paying attention saw this coming a mile away, nothing could be more predictable.
Hurts the petit bourgeoisie, which is the only ones the working class see
So billionaires will be way better off, politicians will be fine, the working class is doomed, rights will be stripped away from vulnerable minorities, but that's fine because small business owners will also be hurt? I just question the rationale of that strategy. It is literally a 4chan NEET's "screw everyone" plot.
Also, because Trump is a vengeful narcissist, you can bet that certain sections of the liberal elite are going to get a coating.
This seems like burning down your whole neighborhood to get back at the guy down the street.
Which can be turned to your advantage if you're aware of it. "Oh man [insert weird deviant fetish] drives me crazy, sometimes I just start spilling state secrets"
being reformist rather than revolutionary, which places them in the center-left imo.
I disagree. That's more to do with pragmatics than actual political alignment. Historically, leftist revolutions tend to get co-opted by corrupt individuals; the dictatorship of the proletariat has very little to prevent it from devolving into just regular dictatorship. A lasting leftist government needs to be constructed very carefully, which almost certainly can't be accomplished overnight.
Reformist communists want the same end goal as revolutionary communists, they just see a longer, gradual approach as being more likely to be successful and stable in the long term.
Credens justitiam is a straight up banger
U.S. stocks see biggest 2-day wipeout in history as market loses $11 trillion since Inauguration Day
Holding them accountable is also the only way we get real change
Helping to elect the opponent who even more enthusiastically supports genocide does less than nothing to hold anyone accountable.
I promote right-wing policies: you should always use the right wings for your airplane, using whatever wings you happen to have left in stock is a recipe for disaster. Left-wing policies are dangerous.