Notre Dame The Open Forum

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Why bother? - Hensou - 7:19am 8/5/25 (4) [View All]
- * [NT] - Hensou - 8:46am 8/5/25
- Sunlight always prevails. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 7:24am 8/5/25
  - Not at midnight. counselor. - Hensou - 8:47am 8/5/25
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Poll: Zohan Mamdani's policies are popular with Americans outside New York - even if Mamdani is not. [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 12:24am 8/5/25 (22) [View All]
- Stupid Poll: Do you want free stuff? (Fails to mention there is no free stuff.) - NedoftheHill - 10:45am 8/5/25
  - Take a look at the linked Fed chart and tell me about your solution for the bottom 50% of Americans. [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 11:37am 8/5/25
    - No thank you. Your solution is to lower the top 50%, not raise all 100% like capitalism does. - NedoftheHill - 12:14pm 8/5/25
      - You sure like putting words in other people's mouths, Ned...a bit like creating "Straw Men" to fit - TyroneIrish - 4:00pm 8/5/25
      - Neither is very good at their stated goals. - iairishcheeks - 12:55pm 8/5/25
        At least one party is willing to do something about it...CEO to Avg. Worker Comp used to be 26:1... - TyroneIrish - 4:02pm 8/5/25
        You know this isn't true, why keep lying? [NT] [IMAGE] - iairishcheeks - 8:27am 8/6/25
        
        The wealth gap vacilates until government puts its thumb on the scales. - NedoftheHill - 2:50pm 8/5/25
        The sad...and insidious...thing is that GOP government aids and abets the ever increasing wealth gap - TyroneIrish - 4:59pm 8/5/25
  - "You can't make an omelet without cracking a few eggs" - iairishcheeks - 10:59am 8/5/25
- Nice to see you touting your Marx brother before beddy-bye… - TakethetrainKnute - 9:12am 8/5/25
  - Mamdani’s policies resonate with as sizable majority of Americans…what’s your problem? [NT] - TyroneIrish - 9:42am 8/5/25
- Of course people want free stuff without having to work for it. It's the new American mindset [NT] - MarkHarman - 7:34am 8/5/25
  - Of course you won’t answer my question. Knee-jerking a statement is all you have. [NT] - jimbasil - 9:47am 8/5/25
  - Were you ever on Medicaid during your tough financial times? [NT] - jimbasil - 7:59am 8/5/25
    - I've also worked for a living and never was on any government dole. - Curly1918 - 9:14am 8/5/25
      - In your haste to condemn my question to markharman and support - jimbasil - 9:45am 8/5/25
        Having appropriately used something does not preclude one from criticizing those who would abuse it [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 9:50am 8/5/25
        another word salad post. [NT] - jimbasil - 10:41am 8/5/25
        "Word salad" does not apply when you aren't smart enough to understand the post. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 12:20pm 8/5/25
        that must be it - you post something stupid but think it’s brilliant - jimbasil - 1:56pm 8/5/25
- Who doesn’t want a free lunch? [NT] - Curly1918 - 6:23am 8/5/25
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The Democrat Base [LINK] - Iggle - 7:56pm 8/4/25 (37) [View All]
- Very scary and way more exist then we know. I have a niece whose daughter responds when asked how - THEISMANCARR - 11:53pm 8/4/25
- Those here are probably wearing masks in their basment safe spaces. [NT] - ELP - 10:36pm 8/4/25
- Fringe left wing loons. Hardly the Dem base, IMO [NT] - Domer From Hell - 9:58pm 8/4/25
  - How do you vote differently from those loons in national elections (which determine policy)? - BaronVonZemo - 10:04pm 8/4/25
    - Great question. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 11:54pm 8/4/25
    - Too easy. I don’t vote straight ticket. Those that do have limited mental faculties. - Domer From Hell - 10:19pm 8/4/25
      - That's part of the problem the Democrats stick together the Republicans not as much. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 11:55pm 8/4/25
        Unless, of course, you’re a Trump drone. Trumpers line up lock step behind their dear leader [NT] - Domer From Hell - 12:14am 8/5/25
        Kind of like all the Trump haters lining up in lock step to protest everything he does? Can we call - TampaIrish - 9:16am 8/5/25
        You misspelled, “people with common sense that aren’t easily duped,”… - Domer From Hell - 9:25am 8/5/25
        Really? If all the Trump haters on the board, you’re the only one with common sense. - TampaIrish - 12:15pm 8/5/25
      - The down ticket is not national, and not nearly as important. And i don't take offense. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:31pm 8/4/25
- Have stated this for years. They hate the nuclear family, because it is the greatest impediment to - MAS - 9:21pm 8/4/25
- Show us videos of either Bernie of Zohan advocating policies in the tweet...as for the masks in [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 9:14pm 8/4/25
  - Funny aside about ICE officers! - Iggle - 9:27pm 8/4/25
  - We show you tweets by Zohan advocating for defunding police and harassing Jews - Iggle - 9:16pm 8/4/25
    - Back when Zohan made that remark, none other than the Charles Koch Foundation was essentially [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 9:31pm 8/4/25
      - Go Zohan! - Iggle - 9:34pm 8/4/25
        LOL...so much for the "Defund Police" and "Anti-Semite" claims ;-)...had to retreat to the Pre- - TyroneIrish - 12:03am 8/5/25
- It was ever about virtue signaling for them. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:23pm 8/4/25
- The “Democratic Socialists of America” and the Democratic Party are different. - Chris94 - 8:14pm 8/4/25
  - Sure sure. - Iggle - 8:23pm 8/4/25
    - ...and Bernie Sanders & Zohran Mamdani aren't Democrats. - NedoftheHill - 8:30pm 8/4/25
      - Mamdani is…literally…Stalin… [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 11:09pm 8/4/25
      - This is correct [NT] - Domer From Hell - 10:02pm 8/4/25
        He's being sarcastic you know. (referencing Liberalism Rule #8 by the way). [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:09pm 8/4/25
        He’s right nonetheless. [NT] - Domer From Hell - 10:20pm 8/4/25
        Whatever you want to call them, they are running your party, & you support their agenda nationally [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:34pm 8/4/25
        Stop making shit up. You speak in such falsehoods. Please work on that… - Domer From Hell - 10:39pm 8/4/25
        In today's reality, if you vote for the D presidential candidate, you advance that radical agenda... - BaronVonZemo - 10:47pm 8/4/25
        Wrong. I find it odd that you think a voter has to agree with 100% of a candidate’s policies… - Domer From Hell - 10:54pm 8/4/25
        I don't, it's a matter of preponderance of problematic policy and degree of danger of policy. Notice - BaronVonZemo - 11:13pm 8/4/25
    - They support the same causes and vote the exact same way, but there is an definitional difference… - BaronVonZemo - 8:28pm 8/4/25
      - Baron conveniently leaves out the fact that Democrats nominated a Moderate (JB) in 2020 and (KB). - TyroneIrish - 9:21pm 8/4/25
        JB ended up not acting like a moderate. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 11:57pm 8/4/25
        What is it you're alluding to?...was it as extreme as the OP Tweet lists? [NT] - TyroneIrish - 12:00am 8/5/25
      - When it helps his cause. Logical consistency is not his strong suit. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 8:31pm 8/4/25
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Trump has lowered drug prices across the board 1,300 to 1,500 percent. True fact! [NT] - jimbasil - 5:44pm 8/4/25 (4) [View All]
- Down vote Debbie's never take on these insane comments by Trump. Stand by your man. [NT] - Quest4twelve - 8:43pm 8/4/25
  - Sandflea Tampa can’t help himself. [NT] - jimbasil - 9:10pm 8/4/25
- "Donald Trump Doubles Down on Mathematically Impossible Drug Price Cuts"...more evidence of [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 6:04pm 8/4/25
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Indeed. Perfectly stated: [LINK] - conorlarkin - 5:20pm 8/4/25 (24) [View All]
- every reference you cite has the word "opinion" in the site address. - und67 - 7:08pm 8/4/25
- Do you ever think for yourself? - Hensou - 5:27pm 8/4/25
  - That would be much too mentally taxing. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:31pm 8/4/25
  - In all the years, I have never witnessed conor construct an argument for anything on his own. - MAS - 6:02pm 8/4/25
  - Yes. Every post reflects my thoughts (and prayers). [NT] - conorlarkin - 5:29pm 8/4/25
    - Seems like you are just rubber stamping NYT anti-Trump Op/Eds. [NT] - Hensou - 5:33pm 8/4/25
      - I also don't produce an exquisite Cabernet. But I appreciate its excellence. - conorlarkin - 5:42pm 8/4/25
        You saw my original response. It stands. [NT] - Hensou - 6:56am 8/5/25
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Which political party benefits more from gerrymandering? Do you support it? [NT] - Quest4twelve - 4:56pm 8/4/25 (14) [View All]
- In 2021 a bill that would have banned gerrymandering was introduced in Congress - Chris94 - 9:31pm 8/4/25
  - Can't imagine any more to this story......... [LINK] - BaronVonZemo - 11:08pm 8/4/25
  - I would hazard a guess that the bill did much more than just banned gerrymandering. - PaND - 9:54pm 8/4/25
- Which political party benefits more from unenforced immigration laws? Do you support it? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:48pm 8/4/25
- Is undoing gerrymandering, “gerrymandering” such as in Florida? - BaronVonZemo - 8:42pm 8/4/25
  - I've heard this all day namely rMSM. Where are the facts, why IL? [NT] [LINK] - Quest4twelve - 8:48pm 8/4/25
    - 47% voted GOP in Illinois. GOP holds 13% of the seats. - NedoftheHill - 8:52pm 8/4/25
      - Was completed after 2020 Census. What is Texas excuse? [NT] - Quest4twelve - 9:46pm 8/4/25
        Texas will complete it after an influx of millions of illegal aliens. - NedoftheHill - 9:53pm 8/6/25
        
        As w FLA, R's are attempting to repeal D gerrymandering previously done. Let's fix it & then end it. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 9:58pm 8/4/25
        Stay on topic spin doctor. [NT] - Quest4twelve - 10:03pm 8/4/25
        I am child-TX is trying to undo previous D gerrymandering (as done in FLA). That's their "excuse" - BaronVonZemo - 10:40pm 8/4/25
      - Yep. Only the most uninformed would say otherwise…..but it’s Q…… [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:54pm 8/4/25
- Both do it. It keeps 3rd parties out. What would you replace it with? - NedoftheHill - 8:21pm 8/4/25
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In the context of a holy war lasting 1700 years+, what’s happening in Europe is interesting. [LINK] - LanceManion - 3:58pm 8/4/25 (4) [View All]
- Religion and Marxisn always provides cover for human sadism - Curly1918 - 6:19pm 8/4/25
- As noted by James Talarico in Texas..."Christian Nationalism is not Christian"... - TyroneIrish - 5:42pm 8/4/25
- Only The Irish can stand up to the Haka. [LINK] - Hensou - 5:08pm 8/4/25
  - Another example [LINK] - Iggle - 8:19pm 8/4/25
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Alright jim, these films are a bit below your artistic standards, but I need your input. - jakers - 3:46pm 8/4/25 (1) [View All]
- Sadly I’ve stopped going to films on a large scale. 1 because film making has - jimbasil - 9:32pm 8/4/25
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Gerrymandering is awful and poisonous, no matter who does it - Chris94 - 2:10pm 8/4/25 (23) [View All]
- it can take other, insidious, hidden forms. - und67 - 4:50pm 8/4/25
  - Clearly, you haven't spent a moment trying to understand the Immigration issue...here's the GOP - TyroneIrish - 7:27pm 8/4/25
  - Those are all different things. [NT] - Chris94 - 5:15pm 8/4/25
    - they are different ways of doing the same thing: flooding the zone. [NT] - und67 - 7:01pm 8/4/25
      - You should consider the possibility that you are completely insane [NT] - Chris94 - 7:32pm 8/4/25
    - Different, yes. But despicable nonetheless. [NT] - Hensou - 5:30pm 8/4/25
- I don't like starting a redistricting war, and I worry that these will backfire. - jakers - 3:51pm 8/4/25
- Translation: “I only post/complain when Republicans do it.” [NT] - Cole - 3:39pm 8/4/25
  - So you’re saying there were no bunched panties when it happened in a Dem state? I know I don’t - TampaIrish - 5:58pm 8/4/25
  - Read more...before posting... - TyroneIrish - 4:00pm 8/4/25
- Totally agree...HOWEVER....what Texas (and potentially other Red States) is contemplating, if left - TyroneIrish - 3:01pm 8/4/25
  - California and New York have already done it. - PaND - 4:06pm 8/4/25
    - Not at all to the degree of what Texas is proposing...read my AI summary. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 4:27pm 8/4/25
  - Of course you totally agree [NT] - Frankx - 3:50pm 8/4/25
    - Do you understand what Texas is trying to do? [NT] - TyroneIrish - 4:01pm 8/4/25
      - I understand you’re a puppet and 94 is your god. Shut up [NT] - Frankx - 4:19pm 8/4/25
        Translation:..."I have no idea what's going on...all I know is that I don't like you"...that's how - TyroneIrish - 4:34pm 8/4/25
  - I hope it does not come to that [NT] - Chris94 - 3:16pm 8/4/25
- Illinois is the king of gerrymandering and I oppose what they did. [NT] - ELP - 2:14pm 8/4/25
  - The stupidity of the left is staggering. - PaND - 2:54pm 8/4/25
    - So of course you’re OK with what’s being proposed in Texas [NT] - Domer From Hell - 3:26pm 8/4/25
    - You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. [NT] - Hensou - 3:00pm 8/4/25
  - I do too [NT] - Chris94 - 2:16pm 8/4/25
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Wharton's Jeremy Siegel rips apart BLS data collection. - MAS - 10:17am 8/4/25 (19) [View All]
- I beat him to it [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 1:13pm 8/4/25
- And he also calls "Foul" on DJT's claim the "Numbers were Rigged Against Me", while expressing - TyroneIrish - 12:40pm 8/4/25
- Hilarious to think this is why Trump fired her - Chris94 - 11:33am 8/4/25
  - You still have not explained the 800,000 job readjustment. [NT] - Hensou - 11:35am 8/4/25
    - Watch the video - tardy questionnaire returns, insistence on using USPS [NT] - Chris94 - 11:36am 8/4/25
      - Sounds like incompetence at best. [NT] - Hensou - 12:13pm 8/4/25
        Their methods need updating. But nothing is "rigged", despite what President Four-Year-Old says [NT] - Chris94 - 12:18pm 8/4/25
        If nothing can be rigged then what is the problem? [NT] - Hensou - 12:36pm 8/4/25
        * [NT] - Hensou - 2:30pm 8/4/25
        
        When he changes the system and makes up numbers, it will change. Credibility will be destroyed. - Chris94 - 2:11pm 8/4/25
        It’s hard to grasp how Trump will rig the stats when you say they can’t be rigged. [NT] - Hensou - 2:32pm 8/4/25
        If he changes the system, it can be rigged. Is that too complicated for you? [NT] - Chris94 - 2:47pm 8/4/25
        He’s changing the director and implementing the changes that caused the data inaccuracy. That’s all. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:51pm 8/4/25
        
        Explain in detail how he is going to “change the system”. - Hensou - 2:53pm 8/4/25
        Explain in detail what has not happened? Can you be more tiresome? [NT] - Chris94 - 2:54pm 8/4/25
        Tiresome is flinging crap against a wall and hoping it sticks. - Hensou - 2:57pm 8/4/25
        Nope. You’re tiresome and quite weird. [NT] - Domer From Hell - 3:37pm 8/4/25
        
        Maybe he has a close personal friendship with whats-her-name who was fired. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:34pm 8/4/25
- Everyone has an agenda... even data manipulators. [NT] - Curly1918 - 10:31am 8/4/25
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even if you don't like/play golf, you'll appreciate this. from the ladies' open yesterday [LINK] - und67 - 9:59am 8/4/25 (2) [View All]
- Looked like a curling shot... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 11:36am 8/4/25
- Nice. - Hensou - 10:40am 8/4/25