It's also what I'd expect from a raging narcissist who will fool himself into believing that those are legitimate numbers, and then will unironically puff out his chest and strut around as if he owns the place. He has mentioned his status before, and I think it means everything to him. If it turns out that at least some part of it is fake, that would be icing on the cake.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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Clinton's campaign had it right when they said "it's the economy, stupid!" And there is one other thing to remember- the President always gets credit or blame for what happens during his watch. It doesn't matter how much he can or cannot influence things or whether or not he or his predecessor had a larger effect. The one in the White House now is the one who has to take the beating or gets to bask in the glory.
I think Biden's team has forgotten this, because they keep trying to find someone else to blame for problems that they could be trying to fix, but don't always want to. The left wing of the party wants fuel costs to go up, because they think it will move the country towards alternative fuels more quickly. But the cost of gas will need to increase by a massive amount in order to make an EV purchase viable for many Americans... who will then not be able to afford that EV after spending all of their savings on gas.
The war in Ukraine is having a significant effect on gas prices, but that is in part because we have reduced our own production so much. And any benefit the administration gains from having Russia as a villain is offset by the fear and concern that come from a possible war in Europe, this time against a desperate enemy who has more nukes than we can count, and perhaps a willingness to use them. If you think high prices and food shortages are a possibility now, just wait until Uncle Vlad irradiates a quarter of the world's fertile soil from his deathbed.
I didn't feel concerned when Biden/Harris won. I figured Biden would take the Clinton route and "talk liberal yet walk moderate" and keep things moving along. But he's being managed by people who want to do the right thing but are overwhelmed, or want to do the wrong thing and are proving quite capable. Either way, we still have more than two years of an administration whose motto is "hold my beer." We're right back in the mid-70s.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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Brilliant idea: buy a bunch of YouTube followers and then gradually diminish their numbers by being an obnoxious twat in the comments all the time.
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Were the Watergate hearings also just political theater?
How about the impeachment of Bill Clinton?I couldn't say about Watergate, I was too young to notice or care.
I do think the impeachment of Clinton was political theatre. It went nowhere and people seemed tired of it before long. In the end, he was impeached for lying while being investigated in pursuit of an impeachment, which sounds just as ridiculous as it ended up being.
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I don't like him as a person, which is not unusual for politics. I voted for Clinton in 2016 because I didn't think Trump was serious about being President. But he did a better job than I expected, especially with the economy. If not for the pandemic, he likely would have coasted to a win in 2020. I voted for him in 2020.
That said, while I don't think he conspired to stage a coup, his actions after the election were embarrassing. He should have clearly stated, as many times as needed, that the rioters had to stop and let the machinery of government do its job. But his ego is too big and he pushed the 'stolen election' narrative at the worst time. I'd be more satisfied with his loss if the current administration wasn't such a disaster, but I think the party needs to move on from him.
But yes, I think the hearings are just political theatre, and I do think they are timed in the hopes of keeping it in the public eye all the way through to the midterms if possible, because the current administration has been a disaster. But it could be effective, since the best hope for the Democrats right now would be for Trump to keep the GOP split and fighting with itself over control of the party.
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ALL babies are "little enemies of God"...
by BoogerMan instraight from the horse's gb's mouth - from the 2022 convention broadcast.. it's at the 38 min.
30 secs.
point of the jw broadcast: https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/2022convention/pub-co-r22_1_video.
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Straight from the
horse'sGB's mouthStephen Lett's lips make me think of a camel or giraffe, not a horse. Although, what comes out of it makes me think more about the other end of the horse...
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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I get the impression that he did plenty of snorkeling without getting anywhere near the water...
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"Jehovah God"
by Jeffro inthe expression "jehovah god" has always seemed strange to me.
even when i was a jw, i found the term awkward, and never used it myself.
both words are nouns intended to be synonyms of each other, unless the name "jehovah" is being used as an adjective, which is also weird.
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CompuServe was the first message board I used, I think, back in late 1990 or 1991. There was software that could automate the process of downloading messages and uploading replies, so you only had to pay for the few minutes it took to do those, and you could read and reply while offline. So it was relatively inexpensive. I do remember that they charged more if you connected at a higher bit rate. So for live chat, you'd connect at 300 baud. For downloads/uploads, 2400 baud.
I don't know if I could live without broadband now.
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Roe vs Wade Overturned by US Supreme Court!
by Simon ini know there was a leak a few weeks back, but this really does seem to have come out of the blue.. the anomaly was the original decision.
it clearly had no basis in law or the constitution, and was a flimsy, ridiculous ruling.
plus the whole thing was based on a fraudulent case in the first place.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61928898.
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Kamala Harris: "If you are a parent of sons, do think about what this means for the life of your son and what that will mean in terms of the choices he will have."
The Vice President is worried that young men will no longer be able to run around, humping every girl in sight anymore. No longer will it only be rich male athletes finding themselves having to support eleven children from eight different women.
This is what she takes away from the SCOTUS decision...
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Results of Australia's 2021 Census- More Unbelievers than Believers
by fulltimestudent inthis abc (a national government owned media group) report states:.
"for the first time, fewer than half of australians identified as christian, though christianity remained the nation's most common religion (declared by 43.9 per cent of the population).. meanwhile, the number of australians who said they had no religion rose to 38.9 per cent (from 30.1 per cent in 2016).".
read more?
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I was thinking the same thing. Wouldn't that mean that 61.1% are believers?