End of the American Republic?

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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,178
    battle1 said:
    Just checking in on the state of the American Republic as of today.  Business as usual so far.  
    if as usual = a fat orange fuckface giving pardons to people that assaulted LEOs and removing portraits of generals who wouldn't shoot protestors and removing security details for former national security advisors because he's got the mind of a third grader then yeah...all good
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,080
    battle1 said:
    Just checking in on the state of the American Republic as of today.  Business as usual so far.  
    Not for everyone.

  • battle1
    battle1 PHI Posts: 637
    Gern Blansten said:
    battle1 said:
    Just checking in on the state of the American Republic as of today.  Business as usual so far.  
    if as usual = a fat orange fuckface giving pardons to people that assaulted LEOs and removing portraits of generals who wouldn't shoot protestors and removing security details for former national security advisors because he's got the mind of a third grader then yeah...all good
    You watch too much TV. 
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,178
    battle1 said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    battle1 said:
    Just checking in on the state of the American Republic as of today.  Business as usual so far.  
    if as usual = a fat orange fuckface giving pardons to people that assaulted LEOs and removing portraits of generals who wouldn't shoot protestors and removing security details for former national security advisors because he's got the mind of a third grader then yeah...all good
    You watch too much TV. 
    You are in a cult 
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
    The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
  • battle1
    battle1 PHI Posts: 637
    Gern Blansten said:
    battle1 said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    battle1 said:
    Just checking in on the state of the American Republic as of today.  Business as usual so far.  
    if as usual = a fat orange fuckface giving pardons to people that assaulted LEOs and removing portraits of generals who wouldn't shoot protestors and removing security details for former national security advisors because he's got the mind of a third grader then yeah...all good
    You watch too much TV. 
    You are in a cult 
    Tell me more. 
  • battle1
    battle1 PHI Posts: 637
    GlowGirl said:
    battle1 said:
    Just checking in on the state of the American Republic as of today.  Business as usual so far.  
    Not for everyone.

    Can't keep everyone happy.  Americans will be just fine. 
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,388
    some. some will be more fine than others
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,595
    He pardoned dudes who beat cops with his flag & the Stars and Stripes but he backs the blue this is how he says Thank you for your vote? 😂😂 most cops here on Long Island are MAGA voters 
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  • battle1
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    josevolution said:
    He pardoned dudes who beat cops with his flag & the Stars and Stripes but he backs the blue this is how he says Thank you for your vote? 😂😂 most cops here on Long Island are MAGA voters 
    Extremely disappointing, yes.  Surprising, no.  The End of America, no.  
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,388
    The real horror, to me, lies in the fact that there is absolutely no vehicle in American journalism for the kind of “sensitive” and “intellectual” and essentially moral/merciless reporting that we all understand is necessary–not only for the survival of good journalism in this country, but for the dying idea that you can walk up to a newsstand and find something that will tell you what is really happening. ~Hunter S. Thompson

    From: Fear and Loathing in America

    Photograph of Thompson by Michael Ochs

    #HunterThompson #MichaelOchs #HunterSThompson

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  • lindamarie73
    lindamarie73 Posts: 491
    mickeyrat said:
    The real horror, to me, lies in the fact that there is absolutely no vehicle in American journalism for the kind of “sensitive” and “intellectual” and essentially moral/merciless reporting that we all understand is necessary–not only for the survival of good journalism in this country, but for the dying idea that you can walk up to a newsstand and find something that will tell you what is really happening. ~Hunter S. Thompson

    From: Fear and Loathing in America

    Photograph of Thompson by Michael Ochs

    #HunterThompson #MichaelOchs #HunterSThompson

    Ha, great quote from the original Fake News guy w/ his Gonzo Journalism…lol.  Come on man, how many swing and misses do you get???
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    mickeyrat said:
    The real horror, to me, lies in the fact that there is absolutely no vehicle in American journalism for the kind of “sensitive” and “intellectual” and essentially moral/merciless reporting that we all understand is necessary–not only for the survival of good journalism in this country, but for the dying idea that you can walk up to a newsstand and find something that will tell you what is really happening. ~Hunter S. Thompson

    From: Fear and Loathing in America

    Photograph of Thompson by Michael Ochs

    #HunterThompson #MichaelOchs #HunterSThompson


    As far as there being a vehicle for the kind of journalism Hunter was talking about, no, there's never enough.  But that kind of journalism and writing has seeped through much of the time.  Thompson did it.  Charles Bowden sure as hell did.   Bill Zimmerman, ditto.  The list goes on, from the most pastorally intelligent like Wendell Berry, to the earthy and spiritual Terry Tempest Williams, to the enigmatic and philosophical Edward Abbey.  And not all of these writers have been mutual fans of each.  Thompson was particularly critical of his fellow writers.  But they all had the heart, soul, guts, and brains to reach to the truth, unlike certain big-name fools who blather on talk shows, or tweet and spout bullshit, or people who rant mindlessly on social media.
    As for who are the best of the current crop?   The Guardian is right up there these days with Arwa Mahdawi, Margaret Sullivan, for example. But yeah, we need more strong, intelligent voices, and more vehicles to carry them... not to mention more ears to hear and listen and minds to think critically.

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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,595
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    He pardoned dudes who beat cops with his flag & the Stars and Stripes but he backs the blue this is how he says Thank you for your vote? 😂😂 most cops here on Long Island are MAGA voters 
    Extremely disappointing, yes.  Surprising, no.  The End of America, no.  
    Everything has a beginning! 
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  • battle1
    battle1 PHI Posts: 637
    josevolution said:
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    He pardoned dudes who beat cops with his flag & the Stars and Stripes but he backs the blue this is how he says Thank you for your vote? 😂😂 most cops here on Long Island are MAGA voters 
    Extremely disappointing, yes.  Surprising, no.  The End of America, no.  
    Everything has a beginning! 
    The whole idea is nothing but a fear mongering tactic.  

    Good news is, I just looked out the window and America is still here.  
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,595
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    He pardoned dudes who beat cops with his flag & the Stars and Stripes but he backs the blue this is how he says Thank you for your vote? 😂😂 most cops here on Long Island are MAGA voters 
    Extremely disappointing, yes.  Surprising, no.  The End of America, no.  
    Everything has a beginning! 
    The whole idea is nothing but a fear mongering tactic.  

    Good news is, I just looked out the window and America is still here.  
    What? The idea of pardoning rioters who stormed the capitol and assaulted is fear mongering? 
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  • battle1
    battle1 PHI Posts: 637
    josevolution said:
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    He pardoned dudes who beat cops with his flag & the Stars and Stripes but he backs the blue this is how he says Thank you for your vote? 😂😂 most cops here on Long Island are MAGA voters 
    Extremely disappointing, yes.  Surprising, no.  The End of America, no.  
    Everything has a beginning! 
    The whole idea is nothing but a fear mongering tactic.  

    Good news is, I just looked out the window and America is still here.  
    What? The idea of pardoning rioters who stormed the capitol and assaulted is fear mongering? 
    Ha, no.  The idea of "The End of the American Republic" is fearmongering. 
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,162
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    He pardoned dudes who beat cops with his flag & the Stars and Stripes but he backs the blue this is how he says Thank you for your vote? 😂😂 most cops here on Long Island are MAGA voters 
    Extremely disappointing, yes.  Surprising, no.  The End of America, no.  
    Everything has a beginning! 
    The whole idea is nothing but a fear mongering tactic.  

    Good news is, I just looked out the window and America is still here.  
    What? The idea of pardoning rioters who stormed the capitol and assaulted is fear mongering? 
    Ha, no.  The idea of "The End of the American Republic" is fearmongering. 
    Clearly, you haven’t read all the posts nor paid attention to the past 8 years, seemingly.
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  • battle1
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    Halifax2TheMax said:
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    He pardoned dudes who beat cops with his flag & the Stars and Stripes but he backs the blue this is how he says Thank you for your vote? 😂😂 most cops here on Long Island are MAGA voters 
    Extremely disappointing, yes.  Surprising, no.  The End of America, no.  
    Everything has a beginning! 
    The whole idea is nothing but a fear mongering tactic.  

    Good news is, I just looked out the window and America is still here.  
    What? The idea of pardoning rioters who stormed the capitol and assaulted is fear mongering? 
    Ha, no.  The idea of "The End of the American Republic" is fearmongering. 
    Clearly, you haven’t read all the posts nor paid attention to the past 8 years, seemingly.
    Clearly, you have to read far less of this propaganda.  Brunch?
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,162
    battle1 said:
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    battle1 said:
    josevolution said:
    He pardoned dudes who beat cops with his flag & the Stars and Stripes but he backs the blue this is how he says Thank you for your vote? 😂😂 most cops here on Long Island are MAGA voters 
    Extremely disappointing, yes.  Surprising, no.  The End of America, no.  
    Everything has a beginning! 
    The whole idea is nothing but a fear mongering tactic.  

    Good news is, I just looked out the window and America is still here.  
    What? The idea of pardoning rioters who stormed the capitol and assaulted is fear mongering? 
    Ha, no.  The idea of "The End of the American Republic" is fearmongering. 
    Clearly, you haven’t read all the posts nor paid attention to the past 8 years, seemingly.
    Clearly, you have to read far less of this propaganda.  Brunch?
    Pray do tell what has been posted as “propaganda “? Also, all empires eventually crash and burn. That’s history, not propaganda. Perhaps you’d like to contest a certain post and point(s) being made with counter arguments?

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  • battle1
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    You keep waiting on history, Max.

    That's a wild assumption.  Funyuns?
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