Notre Dame The Open Forum

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House passes Save Act requiring ID for Federal elections. #Winning [NT] [LINK] - LanceManion - 12:18pm 4/10/25 (1) [View All]
- And yet our bipolar market is collapsing again. Who the hell is programing the algorithms? [NT] - Curly1918 - 12:54pm 4/10/25
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I found a new shirt I have to get. This will go well with my “Don’t Fauci my Florida” shirt. [NT] [LINK] - TampaIrish - 11:27am 4/10/25 (9) [View All]
- Bookmark [NT] - conorlarkin - 12:05pm 4/10/25
  - I would take this seriously but you've proven yourself to be, as my bookie Father-in-law used to - TampaIrish - 12:20pm 4/10/25
- Yep, it's nothing but smooth sailing from here on in. [NT] - Chris94 - 11:52am 4/10/25
  - Probably not but how about taking a breath when things happen, wait a day or so and then panic? - TampaIrish - 12:09pm 4/10/25
- More proof the right can’t meme [NT] - Death - 11:33am 4/10/25
  - "I bet you really thought this was clever. - TampaIrish - 11:45am 4/10/25
    - You try so hard and fail everyday - Death - 11:53am 4/10/25
      - Who do you think is impressed by your repetitive and trite judgments? - Hensou - 12:29pm 4/10/25
        Why are you under the impression your opinion matters to me? - Death - 12:49pm 4/10/25
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Great to see the Greatest Golfer of All Time as an honorary starter at Augusta. - Hensou - 11:04am 4/10/25 (0) [View All]
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Inflation rate down, hiring up, border under control. #Winning. [NT] [LINK] - LanceManion - 9:41am 4/10/25 (15) [View All]
- Did they tell you to say that at the cult meetings? - Death - 11:30am 4/10/25
  - It's actually pretty good with all this winning. #Winning. [NT] - LanceManion - 11:50am 4/10/25
    - I have no doubt you pretend it is [NT] - Death - 11:54am 4/10/25
      - Facts is facts - even when inconvenient to low intelligence types like you. [NT] - LanceManion - 11:56am 4/10/25
        I’m sure you’d like to believe that - Death - 11:58am 4/10/25
        Save Act - more winning on the way [NT] - LanceManion - 12:20pm 4/10/25
        It’s funny that you have to keep lying to yourself - Death - 12:22pm 4/10/25
        I'm not sure that you know what the word "lying" means. [NT] - LanceManion - 12:35pm 4/10/25
        Hmm, example wise it means anything that comes out the Mango Admiistrstion. [NT] - Frank L - 12:54pm 4/10/25
- Inflation Reduction Act must be working. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 10:27am 4/10/25
- If you like chaos, governing by the seat of your pants, and recessions. [NT] - Frank L - 10:14am 4/10/25
  - You must live in a very different part of the country. All's well where I live. Cheaper gas and eggs [NT] - LanceManion - 10:54am 4/10/25
    - Sure, forget that little trade war with China and what happens after the 90 day pause. Are you - Frank L - 11:31am 4/10/25
      - If I were paranoid and ignorant like you, I would ignore the bond market. [NT] - LanceManion - 11:55am 4/10/25
        That makes no sense. [NT] - Frank L - 12:45pm 4/10/25
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Sadly... we seem to need a steady diet of crises to stimulate ourselves. And this is why Trump won. - Curly1918 - 8:43am 4/10/25 (12) [View All]
- More proof that no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of Trump voters. [NT] - ND521 - 11:17am 4/10/25
- That's absurd. We get along just fine without daily national crises. [NT] - Chris94 - 10:34am 4/10/25
- Maybe for some. I was just fine with 'ol Joe not needing to be the center of attention every hour - Quest4twelve - 9:17am 4/10/25
  - Without constant attention Biden would have been wandering homeless down the streets. - Curly1918 - 10:32am 4/10/25
    - Stop going back on your own post. Steady and consistency is what people want. We had that. - Quest4twelve - 11:19am 4/10/25
      - Clearly cognitively impaired at the end. Yet Orange in 3 months caused more havoc, chaos, and damage - Frank L - 11:52am 4/10/25
  - I keep telling you to get your news from comedians, your life will improve. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 10:21am 4/10/25
- Trump won because the existing administration was incompetent. The trend existed throughout the west [NT] - LanceManion - 9:13am 4/10/25
  - He won cause of people like you, making a bad choice. He’s a chaos causing disaster. [NT] - Frank L - 9:51am 4/10/25
    - The only disaster is your emotional state. [NT] - LanceManion - 10:53am 4/10/25
      - Your posting is a much bigger one. Fool. [NT] - Frank L - 11:29am 4/10/25
    - Bingo! [NT] - jimbasil - 10:37am 4/10/25
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rMSM spinning the F out of Trump’s tariff backpedal. Comical as hell. [NT] - Quest4twelve - 6:57am 4/10/25 (1) [View All]
- His voters struggle with aptitude. [NT] [IMAGE] - conorlarkin - 7:31am 4/10/25
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"Was Trump’s Stock Tip—Telling Followers to ‘Buy’ Hours Before He Lifted Tariffs—Legal?"...more [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 1:59am 4/10/25 (7) [View All]
- Shit for brains is suddenly omnipotent and omniscient. - iairishcheeks - 7:54am 4/10/25
  - Even shit-for-brains knew the market would respond to his flip-flop [NT] - Chris94 - 8:08am 4/10/25
    - You can be happy about the capital gains taxes. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 8:59am 4/10/25
- He was speaking in general because he has faith in himself. No specific recommendations. Yeah - THEISMANCARR - 3:04am 4/10/25
  - He’s way to honest to do anything like that. [NT] - Frank L - 7:40am 4/10/25
  - You’re right, DJT would never scam or grift anyone. [NT] - jimbasil - 6:44am 4/10/25
  - Sure. [NT] - ND521 - 3:24am 4/10/25
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For the Trump supporters who struggle with truth v fiction …. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 10:38pm 4/9/25 (20) [View All]
- It's disappointing to see so many Trump supporters unable or unwilling to admit the obvious. - Rooney - 8:24am 4/10/25
  - He said he did cause people got the yips. [NT] - Frank L - 9:53am 4/10/25
- A year is a long time. [NT] [LINK] - TampaIrish - 7:34am 4/10/25
  - Enjoy your time away. See you in 2026. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 7:51am 4/10/25
    - Mark will decide. I don’t expect someone like you to uphold your end of the deal when you - TampaIrish - 7:53am 4/10/25
      - Our deal clearly contemplated Trump sticking with tariffs as he promised. - conorlarkin - 7:58am 4/10/25
        See Marks comment about a decision date. Of course you chose not to answer and found - TampaIrish - 8:00am 4/10/25
        You really are slow. Your stance hinged upon the tariffs working. - conorlarkin - 8:05am 4/10/25
        Right. I kind of knew what I was dealing with but you just proved it. In life, all we really have - TampaIrish - 8:12am 4/10/25
        You are the one who reneged. Not me. - conorlarkin - 9:32am 4/10/25
        Nations lined up to negotiate. Trump did not "cave". Deals will get done. - Hensou - 9:47am 4/10/25
        Exactly. But to quote Denny Green "Conor is who I thought he was". Its why Mark put - TampaIrish - 10:43am 4/10/25
- Remember that one time Joe Biden was comatose for four years and president [NT] - LanceManion - 7:23am 4/10/25
  - Whatabout Old Joe who at least didn’t crash the stock market. [NT] - Frank L - 7:39am 4/10/25
    - No, he and Kamala just spent an unnecessary $1.5 Trillion to prop it up. [NT] - LanceManion - 9:11am 4/10/25
      - Your guy increased the deficit by twice as much. #Losing. [NT] - Frank L - 9:53am 4/10/25
- Stupid, fictional. How many EU countries are still using Chinese 5G since Trump's 1st term when he - Eli - 11:24pm 4/9/25
  - I’ll take Friedman’s and the market’s opinions over you and Trump’s opinions. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 11:39pm 4/9/25
- Heh. New York Times...they never struggled with truth v fiction. Great humor there. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:08pm 4/9/25
  - "Just Say Uncle" sounds better than "Trumps Takes Bigly L". [NT] - ND521 - 11:14pm 4/9/25
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Weird the leader of MS-13 nabbed by the authorities the other week just had all charges dropped - Quest4twelve - 9:38pm 4/9/25 (4) [View All]
- His lawyer is trying to fight dropping the charge against him. - iairishcheeks - 8:49am 4/10/25
- I say we keep him! Send him to Harvard! [NT] - MAS - 9:56pm 4/9/25
  - Secretary of State sounds like a suitable position. [NT] - jimbasil - 10:43pm 4/9/25
    - I can see how you would think that. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:09pm 4/9/25
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Irish beauty is the greatest beauty. An Irish woman is the fiercest creature on the planet. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 8:07pm 4/9/25 (10) [View All]
- True and true. (Both from personal experience) [NT] - Frank L - 9:47pm 4/9/25
  - I sleep with a flak jacket on. My wife is an Immaculata alum. [IMAGE] - conorlarkin - 10:23pm 4/9/25
    - Mine is a Rosemont grad. [NT] - Frank L - 10:57pm 4/9/25
      - Immaculata was a high school. Sad ending. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 11:06pm 4/9/25
        I thought you were talking about the college near Philly. [NT] - Frank L - 7:38am 4/10/25
- Can't hold a candle to Filipinas or Latinas. [NT] - mtthawk1 - 8:35pm 4/9/25
- She was terrific. [NT] - jimbasil - 8:11pm 4/9/25
- That’s one handsome dude. [NT] - TampaIrish - 8:09pm 4/9/25
  - Why are you so afraid of strong smart women? LanceM is as well only he hates - jimbasil - 8:12pm 4/9/25
    - I’ll throw some hip into Maureen Dowd. Sistas too. WTF you talking Holmes? [NT] - LanceManion - 8:19pm 4/9/25
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Harvard is offering remedial math. [LINK] - MAS - 7:05pm 4/9/25 (8) [View All]
- Definitely DEI…more blacks and browns than you’re comfortable with. [NT] - Domer From Hell - 8:39pm 4/9/25
- Are you more upset that you weren’t accepted or that they are accepted into the course? [NT] - jimbasil - 8:14pm 4/9/25
- ND does too. If you score low on the Math readiness test, you start with a remedial course [NT] [LINK] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 7:25pm 4/9/25
  - Back in my day.... - Nigel Tufnel - 9:10pm 4/9/25
  - And what's the demographic breakdown on that at ND? - MAS - 7:29pm 4/9/25
    - Of course you would. [NT] - Frank L - 9:50pm 4/9/25
- WTF… isn’t there a ChatGPT for math? - Curly1918 - 7:12pm 4/9/25
  - There is an app for it. [NT] [LINK] - TampaIrish - 7:37pm 4/9/25
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Unsurprising but disturbing [NT] [LINK] - Eli - 6:47pm 4/9/25 (6) [View All]
- Well, DJT did express his support for hanging Mike Pence…has anyone polled the Jan. 6th - TyroneIrish - 9:06pm 4/9/25
- And 40% of young adults think killing the UBS CEO was okay [NT] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 7:15pm 4/9/25
- Look at the behavior on this board. And these are supposed to be adult Catholics. - LanceManion - 6:58pm 4/9/25
  - Now that’s rich coming from you. [NT] - Frank L - 9:51pm 4/9/25
  - Yeah, look at those adult Catholics all worried about “poor children”! [NT] - Chris94 - 9:47pm 4/9/25
    - Concerned about their souls, are you? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:02pm 4/9/25
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Happy Lent! Jesus is a Democrat. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 5:14pm 4/9/25 (13) [View All]
- Jesus is a punchline to you. - Hensou - 8:22pm 4/9/25
  - Policies which harm children in need are un-Christian, Mr Perfect Catholic. [NT] - ND521 - 11:31pm 4/9/25
  - You voted for more of God’s children to starve and die from disease, hypocrite. - conorlarkin - 8:29pm 4/9/25
    - Well now you’re just making stuff up. Stick to hawking WaPo and NYT. - Hensou - 8:47pm 4/9/25
      - Pennies in the poor box won't make up for supporting cruelty over kindness. [NT] - ND521 - 11:40pm 4/9/25
        What a stupid comment. - Hensou - 8:18am 4/10/25
- Is that the party of personal responsibility? Who knew? [NT] - LanceManion - 6:59pm 4/9/25
- Jesus does not belong to any political party [NT] - holybull101 - 6:23pm 4/9/25
- No greater love than asking the emperor to take money from one's neighbor to give to someone else. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 6:14pm 4/9/25
- The attack on our humanitarian foreign aid by these creatures is truly despicable. They’d kill - Frank L - 5:36pm 4/9/25
- Blessed are the tariffmakers [NT] - Chris94 - 5:35pm 4/9/25
  - The Tariffmaker is making it rain up in this bitch. [NT] [LINK] - TampaIrish - 6:43pm 4/9/25
  - Jesus never said anything about tariffs. - NedoftheHill - 6:17pm 4/9/25
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This guy is claiming the treasury sell off by Japan backed the Mango Jackass off. [LINK] - Frank L - 5:13pm 4/9/25 (9) [View All]
- No one could have predicted all this debt was risky. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 6:51pm 4/9/25
  - Especially, when a nutty wants to tariff the entire planet save for Putinland. [NT] - Frank L - 9:49pm 4/9/25
    - Not especially. If you never saw the risk of China doing that, shame on you. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:05pm 4/9/25
      - Japan mostly did it this time not China. And all your warnings about it bring a risk? Oh yeah you - Frank L - 10:05am 4/10/25
        Unlike you, I don't post every thought. You really didn't know this was a risk? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 12:07pm 4/10/25
        I wasn’t thinking about it until it happened. Doubt you were either. In fact don’t remember anyone - Frank L - 12:52pm 4/10/25
- . [NT] - Frank L - 6:08pm 4/9/25
- No way Frank. President Trump is fighting his ass off for us. He's so smart! [NT] - conorlarkin - 5:16pm 4/9/25
  - Hey, eff around and find out Orange jackass. If I were China, I would start selling MBS holdings in - Frank L - 6:09pm 4/9/25
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Ross is boss [NT] [LINK] - WestCoastIrishFan - 4:36pm 4/9/25 (0) [View All]
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keep letting them in. [NT] [LINK] - WestCoastIrishFan - 4:27pm 4/9/25 (0) [View All]
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Liberation Day was short lived. Just like Infrastructure Day...Someone to tell me I missed the "Art - Quest4twelve - 2:47pm 4/9/25 (4) [View All]
- Well, it was just 24 hours. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:05pm 4/9/25
- China loves it. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 8:27pm 4/9/25
- WH: Surrender Day has replaced Liberation Day. [NT] - ND521 - 4:14pm 4/9/25
- 5D chess my good man. Psst….there is no plan, rhyme or reason. [NT] - Frank L - 3:24pm 4/9/25
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Sen. Kennedy with his thoughts in the current leader of the Democrats. [LINK] - TampaIrish - 1:52pm 4/9/25 (7) [View All]
- Every accusation is a confession - Death - 2:05pm 4/9/25
  - All of your posts back this up. - PaND - 3:12pm 4/9/25
    - I bet you really thought this was clever - Death - 3:56pm 4/9/25
      - Panties bunched [NT] - holybull101 - 4:11pm 4/9/25
        Case in point [NT] - Death - 4:14pm 4/9/25
    - Bwahahahaha [NT] - Frankx - 3:17pm 4/9/25
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Mango Man blinks. [NT] - Frank L - 1:32pm 4/9/25 (26) [View All]
- What did he blink about? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 6:52pm 4/9/25
  - Panican Donnie. [NT] - Frank L - 9:46pm 4/9/25
    - I'm imagining you at a flea market watching Trump negotiate... - NedoftheHill - 9:28am 4/10/25
      - That was a panican not a negotiation. Your boy admitted he paused them as they caused “people” to - Frank L - 9:59am 4/10/25
  - The stock crashing and bond market about to collapse. Trump folded Ned. - conorlarkin - 7:54pm 4/9/25
    - It was an honest question. I'm travelling. I should have asked how he blinked. Frank never said. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:07pm 4/9/25
      - This will help. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 12:48am 4/10/25
        Not much. But from what I gather from sources I can read, this is good in your opinion, right? - NedoftheHill - 9:14am 4/10/25
- So much for the "national security emergency." [NT] - Chris94 - 3:31pm 4/9/25
  - Here’s where the real 4D chess could be played. China owns so much of our debt that it’s crazy. [LINK] - Frank L - 4:03pm 4/9/25
- Trump is winning. Steel/Aluminum tariffs of 25% remain for all, Auto tariffs of 25% remain for all, - Eli - 2:52pm 4/9/25
  - You are correct. - PaND - 3:38pm 4/9/25
    - Surrender is not winning. [NT] - ND521 - 4:15pm 4/9/25
  - Only in your perverted sick mind. He got backed down and looks like a fool. China will do the same - Frank L - 3:19pm 4/9/25
- Tampa -- you may continue to post. Way too easy for me to take your lunch money. [NT] - conorlarkin - 2:44pm 4/9/25
- Folded like a cheap suit. Trump wrongly assumed the world would capitulate. Chaos to the 9th power. - conorlarkin - 2:42pm 4/9/25
- Of course the Idiot lost. [NT] - ND521 - 2:04pm 4/9/25
- I know a moron that did a lot of selling last week, he's fucked [NT] - holybull101 - 1:57pm 4/9/25
  - I did a little bit of buying. My one kid is a pretty decent stock jockey. [NT] - Frank L - 2:01pm 4/9/25
- It'll give you an opportunity to wail and gnash your teeth again in 90 days. Aren't you happy? [NT] - LanceManion - 1:56pm 4/9/25
  - Happy he did it. Disgusted with his handling of it. He’s a chaos disrupter every day with zero clear - Frank L - 2:00pm 4/9/25
    - So what will you do when he re-imposes non-China tariffs in 90 days? Sell/buy/do nothing? [NT] - LanceManion - 2:21pm 4/9/25
      - Depends. Like what your leader wears. [NT] - Frank L - 2:26pm 4/9/25
- Let's hope he blinks some more... the market is roaring. - Curly1918 - 1:53pm 4/9/25
  - Seems like there's a puts and calls game to be played in financial services. [NT] - LanceManion - 1:59pm 4/9/25
- You knew this would happen. Man governs by emotion like any narcissist. [NT] - Quest4twelve - 1:36pm 4/9/25
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Apolitical perspective on Trump's tarriff war. The goal is to devalue USD way out of Triffin dilemma [LINK] - Eli - 12:14pm 4/9/25 (11) [View All]
- Agree. I think this was a test balloon on multiple fronts. Although, this might be a bridge too far. - LanceManion - 2:12pm 4/9/25
  - A bridge too far? Yah think? He’s a delusional freak. [NT] - Frank L - 2:20pm 4/9/25
    - No, I don't think so. But I don't think he can get done what he's trying to do in the time he has. [NT] - LanceManion - 2:24pm 4/9/25
- The real goal. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 12:48pm 4/9/25
  - He's trying to break China. That's the objective. [NT] - LanceManion - 2:16pm 4/9/25
    - Good luck. They can bear pain pretty well. You think our consumer society that created that cheap - Frank L - 2:19pm 4/9/25
      - Put aside your hatred of Trump. What did we learn in the last 6 days? [NT] - LanceManion - 2:25pm 4/9/25
        That we are led by a scattered brain maniac with no real plans. Just tosses out shit and sees what - Frank L - 2:29pm 4/9/25
        That's "somewhat" better than if he has a plan to destroy the country. So I'm "somewhat" relieved. [NT] - Curly1918 - 3:02pm 4/9/25
        
        Well at least you have your son to guide you [NT] - LanceManion - 2:33pm 4/9/25
        He’s pretty good. He handles institutional investors in his real job, but does some side hustle in - Frank L - 3:27pm 4/9/25
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So, who do yah got in the capacity to bear more pain, the Chinese “Vance peasants” or our consumer - Frank L - 10:50am 4/9/25 (17) [View All]
- It's not even close. [NT] [LINK] - Curly1918 - 11:27am 4/9/25
  - But yeah, they are gonna fold like a cheap tent according to the casino loser. Arsehole. They have [LINK] - Frank L - 11:57am 4/9/25
- Or other of these countries step in to cut a deal and absorb China manufacturing. [NT] - LanceManion - 11:23am 4/9/25
  - We already told Vietnam to go shit in their hat. More brilliance by the failed casino owner. [NT] - Frank L - 11:49am 4/9/25
- God forbid you point out that the American consumer BENEFITS from cheap Chinese goods - Chris94 - 10:54am 4/9/25
  - Said 1001th times, it's American industrial/manufacturing being hurt & American working class being - Eli - 11:34am 4/9/25
    - Robots and AI are the major culprits hurting our working class. [NT] - Curly1918 - 12:57pm 4/9/25
      - Nonsense. Even made by robots/AI, it's still made in USA, exported from USA, value added to USA, - Eli - 3:04pm 4/9/25
        He’s talking about jobs you tremendous jackass. No boost coming there. China is light years ahead in - Frank L - 3:33pm 4/9/25
      - And a lack of imagination to prepare for what’s coming. [NT] - Frank L - 1:19pm 4/9/25
  - All MAGA merchandise is made in China [NT] - Death - 11:16am 4/9/25
    - Demonstrably false. - Hensou - 1:04pm 4/9/25
      - You're partially right, "Only 15% of the products in the Trump store are made in the US" - Death - 1:56pm 4/9/25
        Source? [NT] - Hensou - 2:13pm 4/9/25
    - All one needs to know. [NT] - Frank L - 11:57am 4/9/25
  - Their demand for it created China. But it’s always someone else’s fault. This is the golden era - Frank L - 11:00am 4/9/25
    - Yesterday he announced that tariffs on pharmaceuticals are coming. He'll back down on that one. - Chris94 - 11:17am 4/9/25
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The best and the brightest in charge of our nation. A guy who went broke in the casino business. Sad [NT] [LINK] - Frank L - 10:14am 4/9/25 (5) [View All]
- Just imagine DJT trying to get hired for any private sector position with his "CV"...Convicted Felon - TyroneIrish - 11:59am 4/9/25
  - This is what happens when a society approaches its end stages. [NT] - Frank L - 12:09pm 4/9/25
- He bankrupted six casinos and morons still voted for him - Death - 11:15am 4/9/25
- What makes it worse is his Malignant Narcissism that terrifies him of admitting a mistake... - TyroneIrish - 10:58am 4/9/25
  - Yep. [NT] - Frank L - 11:09am 4/9/25
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It's time for The Masters. - Rooney - 7:36am 4/9/25 (11) [View All]
- Annie Agar has a humorous reel on the Masters [NT] [LINK] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 7:31pm 4/9/25
- Thank you for posting something non-political! - Mark - 2:35pm 4/9/25
- you're invited to join my league on the masters.com site in their fantasy section. name is "UHND". - und67 - 11:36am 4/9/25
- Spring has officially arrived. - conorlarkin - 9:23am 4/9/25
  - I’m goin way against the grain with DeChambeau or Rahn. “Some people” are saying neither may last - Frank L - 11:04am 4/9/25
- Definitely pulling for Rory...his game is as good as anyone's right now and based on his pre- - TyroneIrish - 9:12am 4/9/25
- The tournament itself is priceless... but the green jacket routine is adolescent. [NT] - Curly1918 - 8:48am 4/9/25
  - Interesting. Why do you say that? - jakers - 2:55pm 4/9/25
  - The Masters is all about Tradition...it would be Adolescent to not respect it...especially, the - TyroneIrish - 12:47pm 4/9/25
  - No way dude, coolest part. [NT] - Frank L - 11:05am 4/9/25
  - It is one of the most iconic traditions in sports. [NT] - Hensou - 10:12am 4/9/25
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seems one of the most powerful people in Congress doesn’t understand tariffs [NT] [LINK] - WestCoastIrishFan - 7:09am 4/9/25 (7) [View All]
- Of course Nancy was correct, at the time. [NT] - ND521 - 2:07pm 4/9/25
- How embarrassing for you [NT] - Death - 11:29am 4/9/25
- So you’re saying 30 years ago when it was prudent to take action - jimbasil - 10:28am 4/9/25
- Keep defending Trump’s tariffs policy rather than acknowledge the error of your vote. - conorlarkin - 8:43am 4/9/25
- The economy and commerce has changed in 30 years. What’s your point? [NT] - Quest4twelve - 7:19am 4/9/25
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What percentage of the electorate understand the trade deficit? - Quest4twelve - 6:54am 4/9/25 (0) [View All]
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Tremors of an incipient WWIII? [LINK] - Curly1918 - 5:23am 4/9/25 (2) [View All]
- No. Normal espionage. - Chris94 - 7:53am 4/9/25
- This happens all the time. the FBI regularly monitors foreign nationals with CCP ties. - LanceManion - 7:51am 4/9/25
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The young want things "instant" - Girard - 9:04pm 4/8/25 (28) [View All]
- Yep. Young people feel that the American dream is dead. Does staying the course fix that? [NT] - LanceManion - 4:32am 4/9/25
  - Does fighting trade wars and incurring recession fix that? - Frank L - 9:45am 4/9/25
    - It's slowing the over-stimulated economy and allowing a reduction in interest rates with possibility - LanceManion - 9:59am 4/9/25
      - Oh please. It’s causing a recession, not slowing an overheated economy. It will cause stagflation as - Frank L - 10:06am 4/9/25
        Prices are down and hiring is up. Trump Train!!! Toot Toot!!! Kamala would have been better? Sure. [NT] - LanceManion - 10:58am 4/9/25
        Does lying to yourself help you cope with ineptitude? [NT] - Death - 11:25am 4/9/25
        
        Tons better. But stupidity always wins out with near the end of society voters. [NT] - Frank L - 11:08am 4/9/25
- Yes or no, do you support Trump's tariffs? [NT] - ND521 - 1:48am 4/9/25
- Yes the young should learn to trust the dumbest people in the country [NT] - Chris94 - 10:29pm 4/8/25
  - Please spare us all any comments about trusting dumb people to run our country. [IMAGE] - TampaIrish - 9:31am 4/9/25
    - Not even in the same realm of stupidity as this administration - Death - 10:37am 4/9/25
      - Just know Trump and his team are working hard for you to get you a better life. I know - TampaIrish - 10:50am 4/9/25
        Only you would think cheating at golf and embarrassing himself everyday would benefit the country - Death - 11:11am 4/9/25
        If you ain't cheating at golf, you ain't trying. I like to use my foot wedge to improve my lie. [NT] - TampaIrish - 11:52am 4/9/25
        Of course you do - Death - 12:11pm 4/9/25
        
        Got a good chuckle out of this one. Yes, that is exactly what he is doing! He is so giving! - Chris94 - 10:53am 4/9/25
    - Ah, the i-know-you-are-but-what-am-I response - Chris94 - 9:58am 4/9/25
      - Or maybe some self-awareness on your part. I know it's a lot to ask but I figured you were - TampaIrish - 10:03am 4/9/25
  - Seems to be your goal. That is why many oppose you. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:17pm 4/8/25
- A number of Seniors don't feel comfortable with change and wish things would stay the same... - TyroneIrish - 9:26pm 4/8/25
  - More of the same means the Republic dies under its own debt. - NedoftheHill - 9:35pm 4/8/25
    - Do future generations dream of stitching together $3 T-shirts? - Rooney - 7:31am 4/9/25
      - We have 500K unfilled manufacturing jobs right now in the nation. [NT] - Frank L - 10:11am 4/9/25
    - The Debt solution is clear...do the very same thing Clinton/Gore did with GOP Legislators... - TyroneIrish - 12:59am 4/9/25
    - Ha! This is all going to result in much more debt. - Chris94 - 11:38pm 4/8/25
      - Don’t forget the cost of dealing with an Ebola pandemic or another 9/11 …. - conorlarkin - 3:08am 4/9/25
    - $1T every 100 days. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:31pm 4/8/25
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Is taxing & threatening those you need to borrow from every month epic scale stupid or what? [NT] - ND521 - 8:37pm 4/8/25 (4) [View All]
- You don't like taxation? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 9:30pm 4/8/25
  - Snark won't hide that it is epic scale stupid. [NT] - ND521 - 10:18pm 4/8/25
    - So, you do like this effort to tax others? Or, do you only like taxing Americans? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:13pm 4/8/25
      - Yes or no, do you support Trump's tariffs? [NT] - ND521 - 12:30am 4/9/25
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Does AI mean that censorship is impossible? - Curly1918 - 6:59pm 4/8/25 (0) [View All]
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The Senate Finance Committee showed some teeth today ..... - conorlarkin - 6:03pm 4/8/25 (6) [View All]
- Haven't finished watching, but GOP Sen. Lankford provides real examples of how problematic - TyroneIrish - 7:31pm 4/8/25
  - Some more depressing insight from an expert: [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 8:57pm 4/8/25
    - Krugman's comment about the 'Tariff Impact' being "Exponential" caught my attention...also, his - TyroneIrish - 10:24pm 4/8/25
- .... and resolution .... [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 6:07pm 4/8/25
  - It's going to come down to a vote overriding DJT's veto. Everyone will be held accountable... - TyroneIrish - 7:35pm 4/8/25
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Hmm, let’s see, the architect of the American golden age is tanking the world markets and getting - Frank L - 5:56pm 4/8/25 (3) [View All]
- Prices rising, retirement savings sinking. My conscience is clear. I voted for the adult. [NT] - conorlarkin - 5:58pm 4/8/25
  - Indeed, as he tariffs our allies and neighbors along with uninhabited islands while sparing his - Frank L - 6:19pm 4/8/25
    - And I have zero doubt Trump and his lads are short trading. Ethics are for suckers. [NT] - conorlarkin - 6:25pm 4/8/25
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Given DJT's complete lack of ethics, one has to wonder about timing of the SEC's Feb. 7th delay in [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 5:22pm 4/8/25 (21) [View All]
- Is anyone going to comment on DJT's shelving of rules against Naked Short Sales during this huge - TyroneIrish - 11:54pm 4/8/25
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Spread 'em China. The Trump train coming for you! Toot Toot!! 104% and rising. [NT] [LINK] - LanceManion - 2:26pm 4/8/25 (37) [View All]
- Moron. [NT] - Frank L - 4:33pm 4/8/25
  - Trump train already took out the govt parasites and DEI grifters. Toot toot!!! [NT] - LanceManion - 4:51pm 4/8/25
    - You misspelled “the 401K plans” and “social security system”. Putin is laughing with delight. [NT] - Frank L - 4:58pm 4/8/25
      - You'll get a kick out of this. The writer is a well-respected guy, despite the tone. [NT] [LINK] - Chris94 - 5:02pm 4/8/25
        Man has a way with words. I like him. The dumbfuckery of these jerkoffs is breathtaking. [NT] - Frank L - 5:15pm 4/8/25
      - The market jumps 1200 on a whisper - it will bounce back. If you are retiring today, I’m sorry. [NT] - LanceManion - 5:00pm 4/8/25
        And then bounce back down even more. Your lord and savior is chaotic kryptonite to the stability - Frank L - 5:04pm 4/8/25
- He crushed a nice little market recovery with this asinine announcement [NT] - Chris94 - 2:43pm 4/8/25
  - Whelp as Senator Warner said at least it was a good day in the hospice before Mango Man even crushed - Frank L - 4:41pm 4/8/25
  - Price of poker keeps going up for China. Stay out of our hemisphere is next. [NT] - LanceManion - 4:05pm 4/8/25
    - Stupid ass peasants according to J-Dumbo. [NT] - Frank L - 6:23pm 4/8/25
    - They are not in our hemisphere. We are in theirs, though. Maybe that's where you got confused. [NT] - Chris94 - 4:12pm 4/8/25
      - Belt and roads. They are in MX, South AM & Caribbean. [NT] - LanceManion - 4:15pm 4/8/25
        "They." I guess by that logic they have also carved out enclaves in NYC, DC and San Fran, too. [NT] - Chris94 - 4:29pm 4/8/25
        UPenn for sure [NT] - LanceManion - 4:50pm 4/8/25
        Meh, the bottom feeder of the progie Ivies. [NT] - Frank L - 4:59pm 4/8/25
        I guess that’s why the Chinese chose that one to buy non-prof emeritus Biden. [NT] - LanceManion - 5:01pm 4/8/25
  - Decoupling ain't easy. Now it's down to who can tolerate more pain? - Curly1918 - 3:57pm 4/8/25
    - These MAGA clowns know better though. Complete self inflicted wounds. [NT] - Frank L - 4:34pm 4/8/25
    - Imagine the market reaction when this resolves. [NT] - LanceManion - 4:03pm 4/8/25
    - I think it's possible we've artificially prolonged the brutally opressive regime beyond it's... - iairishcheeks - 4:01pm 4/8/25
    - Why does either side have to "tolerate pain"? - Chris94 - 4:00pm 4/8/25
      - This is the last ride of Wyatt Earp and his immortals. It’s a war. - LanceManion - 4:08pm 4/8/25
        No it's not. But you keep on fightin', Tex. [NT] - Chris94 - 4:13pm 4/8/25
        Sure it is. It’s an asymmetric war & we’re finally on the offensive, or at least trying [NT] - LanceManion - 4:16pm 4/8/25
        Your jackassedness knows no bounds. [NT] - Frank L - 4:42pm 4/8/25
        Nice [NT] - LanceManion - 4:50pm 4/8/25
      - You're always arguing as if there was some apparent ideal solution available. - iairishcheeks - 4:05pm 4/8/25
  - MAGA embarrassing themselves as usual [NT] - Death - 3:57pm 4/8/25
  - China is the enemy, we shouldn't be trading with them - iairishcheeks - 3:15pm 4/8/25
    - Everything you own was made in China. [NT] - AlbanyIRISH - 6:46pm 4/8/25
      - Not true, I just bought some socks made in Vermont. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:43pm 4/8/25
    - They have stuff that Americans want to buy - Chris94 - 3:58pm 4/8/25
      - China is the the enemy that American consumer greed and demand for low prices created. [NT] - Frank L - 5:17pm 4/8/25
      - Like CoVid? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 4:02pm 4/8/25
        How quickly do you think we’re going to start seeing a Chinese flag on their X profiles? - TampaIrish - 7:00pm 4/8/25
        Must have cheap shit from autocratic dictatorship. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 12:05am 4/9/25
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Is Peter Navarro or Ron Vara running trade policy? Is he friends with John Barron? [NT] - Quest4twelve - 2:06pm 4/8/25 (0) [View All]
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Are Mexican Divorces covered under the Tariffs? Or does Don want to leave that one open? [NT] - Hibakusha - 12:58pm 4/8/25 (3) [View All]
- Are Mexican divorces anything like Chinese divorces?… - Domer From Hell - 2:24pm 4/8/25
  - There is a special place in hell for her and his uncle. Can't imagine it. - Hibakusha - 2:57pm 4/8/25
    - Yes, he made it home… - Domer From Hell - 4:38pm 4/8/25
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Some jobs will never come back no matter how high the tariffs [LINK] - Curly1918 - 9:41am 4/8/25 (12) [View All]
- Trump's "Mission" has nothing to do with Improving anything...it's all about creating Chaos, and - TyroneIrish - 8:26pm 4/8/25
- The question I think about a lot is: what are humans going to do when AI and robotics take over? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 12:56pm 4/8/25
  - play more golf? - und67 - 3:05pm 4/8/25
    - Have you read Harari's Sapiens? - iairishcheeks - 3:33pm 4/8/25
      - ...or seen WALL-E? [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 4:10pm 4/8/25
  - Plumbing my boy. [NT] - Hibakusha - 2:25pm 4/8/25
  - We're just a mere stepping stone on the way to a silicon-based life form. When Skynet becomes... - TakethetrainKnute - 2:16pm 4/8/25
    - Did Skynet go live? [NT] - LanceManion - 4:09pm 4/8/25
    - If there's a trout stream, I'll take the blue pill. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 3:34pm 4/8/25
- . [NT] - Hensou - 12:29pm 4/8/25
- BS, we have adults working at fast food joints, it's just embarrassing [NT] - holybull101 - 12:11pm 4/8/25
- Creative destruction is a bitch. But it is also a fact. [NT] - Chris94 - 11:30am 4/8/25
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Liberal tantrums are out of control [NT] [LINK] - Hensou - 8:09am 4/8/25 (12) [View All]
- True, but nowhere near the tantrums of January 6. Let's be for real, [NT] - Hibakusha - 12:19pm 4/8/25
  - You could have stopped at "True". [NT] - Hensou - 12:45pm 4/8/25
    - True. [NT] - Hibakusha - 12:46pm 4/8/25
  - Whatabout January 6? [NT] - TampaIrish - 12:29pm 4/8/25
    - Zactly! - Hibakusha - 12:45pm 4/8/25
      - I would respect them more if they had buffalo horns. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 3:29pm 4/8/25
        Of course! [NT] - Hibakusha - 6:22pm 4/8/25
      - Fair enough. If this is what 3 months brings, I shutter to think about how much worse this - TampaIrish - 12:53pm 4/8/25
- What is the context here? Is this a bias org? [NT] - Quest4twelve - 9:19am 4/8/25
- Yep. They lost. Can't handle that it was the result of their own ineptness in governing. [NT] - LanceManion - 8:24am 4/8/25
  - Basically, it doesn’t make a difference, if it’s a Trump proposal dems Hate it [NT] - Frankx - 11:16am 4/8/25
    - About right. Will tolerate unmonitored spending and higher taxation to spite the guy. Real Americans [NT] - LanceManion - 11:30am 4/8/25
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In case anyone thought the DOGE madness was going to cut the deficit [NT] [LINK] - Chris94 - 7:39am 4/8/25 (7) [View All]
- Bwahahahaha. Only MAGA morons believe that tall tale. [NT] - Frank L - 9:30am 4/8/25
- Better to spend the money on innovation and defense than bribing failed Georgia politicians. [NT] - LanceManion - 8:30am 4/8/25
  - Yeah, we don’t need no nuclear material inspectors, or ATC’s. #buffoons. [NT] - Frank L - 9:31am 4/8/25
    - As a "business owner", how do you feel about your hourly employees padding overtime? - LanceManion - 10:58am 4/8/25
      - Now there’s something germane to the thread. Idjit. [NT] - Frank L - 11:43am 4/8/25
        That's what I thought. [NT] - LanceManion - 12:36pm 4/8/25
        I wouldn’t think that much. You’re not that good at it. [NT] - Frank L - 4:44pm 4/8/25
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Ned says DEI is racism, but labeling a brown person a DEI hire is not? #MAGAlogic - Quest4twelve - 7:30am 4/8/25 (6) [View All]
- Here: [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 12:23pm 4/8/25
  - Why do Republicans get down with Coleman Hughes? He might talk the talk, but I gurantee - Quest4twelve - 2:04pm 4/8/25
    - That's a level of stupidity I did not anticipate, well done. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 2:46pm 4/8/25
      - Played out. Just say I’m right and keep it moving. [NT] - Quest4twelve - 4:58pm 4/8/25
        It has nothing to do with what "Republicans think" I posted it for you, specifically. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 5:41pm 4/8/25
- Hegseth was brought in to be a bean counter [NT] - holybull101 - 12:15pm 4/8/25
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Looks like the Chicoms are gonna call Mango Man’s play here. [NT] [LINK] - Frank L - 11:35pm 4/7/25 (16) [View All]
- Which American exports to China will be hardest hit? [NT] - Iggle - 7:23am 4/8/25
  - Soybeans, to answer your snarky dumbass question [NT] - Chris94 - 11:29am 4/8/25
    - Europeans, Japanese, and Koreans can buy them. [NT] - Iggle - 12:54pm 4/8/25
      - Don't try to be clever. You're not good at it. [NT] - Chris94 - 4:02pm 4/8/25
        Sure. Now go grade those papers. - Iggle - 7:12pm 4/8/25
  - Ag products. More subsidies, bravo. [LINK] - Frank L - 9:32am 4/8/25
- Who is going to buy their cheaply made crao? Mexicans? Canadians? They won't dump dollars. [NT] - LanceManion - 6:29am 4/8/25
  - Europeans, Japanese, Koreans [NT] - Chris94 - 7:19am 4/8/25
    - Europe maybe - they are lost. We own Japan and Korea and they don't want to be China's bitch. [NT] - LanceManion - 8:26am 4/8/25
- High noon baby! - Curly1918 - 6:00am 4/8/25
  - More like Gary’s boot shine guy. [NT] - Frank L - 9:34am 4/8/25
- Don’t be a PANICAN. [NT] - jimbasil - 2:45am 4/8/25
- Of course, the reckless imbecile Don insulted China & doubled down. [NT] - ND521 - 12:15am 4/8/25
  - [meant for above] [NT] - Chris94 - 10:37am 4/8/25
  - What skin color would you say he’s wearing with the Dodgers? [NT] [IMAGE] - jimbasil - 2:48am 4/8/25
    - Oompa Loompa [NT] - ND521 - 4:57am 4/8/25
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Go Fucking Gators!!! [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 11:24pm 4/7/25 (1) [View All]
- Aaron Hernandez is cheering from below [NT] - Domer From Hell - 12:48pm 4/8/25
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Happy Lent, Devil Worshippers. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 9:13pm 4/7/25 (4) [View All]
- Thank you, needed some ribaldry! [NT] - Hibakusha - 12:30pm 4/8/25
- That's a good one. [NT] - LanceManion - 6:42am 4/8/25
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Let’s see if Congress checks Trump’s fabricated emergency powers. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 8:21pm 4/7/25 (8) [View All]
- Congress gave POTUS that authority. - NedoftheHill - 9:43pm 4/7/25
  - Can you articulate the “unusual and extraordinary threat” under the IEEPA? [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 9:49pm 4/7/25
    - Trump did that for you. But I was speaking more generally. IEEPA is not the only basis for tariffs. - NedoftheHill - 11:17pm 4/7/25
      - IEEPA is 100% the justification for executive branch control of commerce. [NT] - Chris94 - 7:20am 4/8/25
- Yeah, that’s going to happen. [NT] - PaND - 9:01pm 4/7/25
- Looks like the GOP has 7 candidates to be primaried. They need to fall in line. [NT] - TampaIrish - 8:26pm 4/7/25
  - Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer! [NT] - ND521 - 8:54pm 4/7/25
  - They’ll invite it. See Wisconsin last week. [NT] - conorlarkin - 8:29pm 4/7/25
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More winning! [NT] [LINK] - TampaIrish - 7:24pm 4/7/25 (3) [View All]
- Weird, no due process for domestic terrorists the prior administration imported. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 7:38pm 4/7/25
  - The Court’s ruling is temporary and narrowly based upon venue. - conorlarkin - 8:01pm 4/7/25
    - Do you think that some hayseed's daughter's death is justified to assuage your guilt? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 9:49pm 4/7/25
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it’s nice when the law is followed [NT] [LINK] - WestCoastIrishFan - 7:06pm 4/7/25 (2) [View All]
- Activist court. Terrible. [NT] - jimbasil - 10:39pm 4/7/25
  - THIS was the crucial part of the decision - Curly1918 - 5:02am 4/8/25
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How come there isn’t any pearl clutching posts about tariffs today? - TampaIrish - 7:02pm 4/7/25 (4) [View All]
- Dow Jones down 6000 points since Inauguration Day, Mr. Cheerleader. [NT] - conorlarkin - 8:33pm 4/7/25
  - I wasn’t cheerleading, I was just asking why there wasn’t any pearl clutching today. - TampaIrish - 8:39pm 4/7/25
    - Speaking of cheerleaders …. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 11:59pm 4/7/25
      - I must have touched a nerve with this thread. Maybe today will be a bad on the market - TampaIrish - 8:40am 4/8/25
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White Lotus conclusion? A lot said about being bought. [NT] - jimbasil - 5:25pm 4/7/25 (0) [View All]
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Activist Supreme Court is at it again. One couldn’t buy a better court if one tried. [NT] - jimbasil - 5:11pm 4/7/25 (0) [View All]
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Can dinosaurs be far behind? [NT] [LINK] - Hensou - 3:18pm 4/7/25 (7) [View All]
- Can anything be done by science to revive an extinct MLB team? My White Sox. [NT] - ELP - 4:58pm 4/7/25
- Shows things can always get more dire... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 4:39pm 4/7/25
- Do we know if any of the pups are transgender? - iairishcheeks - 3:54pm 4/7/25
  - We'll never know: King Elon cut the funding. [NT] - MAS - 6:57pm 4/7/25
    - Which is exactly what Hitler would have done. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 7:01pm 4/7/25
- Too many eggheads watching Game of Thrones [NT] - LanceManion - 3:43pm 4/7/25
- Or worse... the Boys from Brazil. [NT] [LINK] - Curly1918 - 3:29pm 4/7/25