There you go with the double-speak. It works great!

LOL propaganda, yeah sure… I am sure that, let’s see here…the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovinia, and especially Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania would all have been safe from Russian interference or invasion if they would have stayed independent. Just like Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Chechnya and Tajikistan are super safe and totally independent and haven’t been bothered by Russia since 1991. 🙄

I would respect Putin and his political machine a lot more if they would just commit 100% to continental imperialism, as opposed to trying to hide behind playing the victim. It’s so obviously a lie it’s laughable. Stop the double-speak. If Ukraine was always Russia, that’s all you need to justify yourselves, right? Because we know blaming NATO, de-nazification, and all the rest is all bullshit.

How many NATO countries are former Warsaw Pact that begged and clamored to join quickly after the USSR dissolved? Why did Finland and Sweden finally decide to join NATO?

If not Ukraine, maybe someone from Georgia, Chechnya, Moldova, or Tajikistan could explain it to you.

As Adams was a Dem at least in the past, is the takeaway that all corrupt politicians are safe and those with actual integrity are “the enemy within”?

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Ummm…I made no statements about him trying to stay around in 2029…of course he will try

I’m on the fence. What does Trump need from Putin now? He won a second term. Putin has shown himself to be fundamentally weak with Ukraine. Trump has no need to repay any Russian debts. And any compromat at this point would be easily hand waved away.

There are certainly advertisers, excuse me, corporate donors contributing. They get their blurbs and ads read at a pretty regular basis, at least between programs. Bur yes, I would hope that the large % of listener donations would keep NPR/PBS the way they are.

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Hmmm…I seem to remember the Republicans in Congress actually having a spine with Nixon. Though I do agree things weren’t roses back then. The cost of living was easier, but we paid for a lot of things we don’t now. $12 for one CD vs $10 a month for Spotify. But I would say the late 90s/ pre 9/11 was pretty nice for the US. Not the case for the rest of the world admittedly. But we definitely have nothing on how bad the 20s, 30s and 40s were.

Sigh, was so fun taking over a lab and playing a MUDD together with like 10-15 people. Some of my favorite times in college.

It was a fun, timely, and yes, naughty post OP…but did you have to make it creepy?

I was really excited myself! Can I sue too?

You monster.

For some reason Trump is a cult of personality though no one else on the right can duplicate. So many voters that casted for only Trump on their ballots. There will be a big hole for MAGA to fill and noone comes to mind that all his followers will rally to.

More like 1880s

And Aldi probably had their eggs for a dollar a dozen in '19. My Target has them for $2.59, (and that did come down from pandemic pricing). If you haven’t noticed prices not rising at all over the last 4 years, don’t know what to tell you. But you make a point. I can’t shop at Aldi because my family is too picky. We “have” to have our specific products, so we pay more, especially when inflation spikes. Of course, you are going to notice gas is super expensive when you are driving an F150. Comparatively, gas feels cheap in a Prius. Regardless of how good people have it, people do not want to have to tighten their belts, especially due to no fault of their own. Should they have voted for Trump directly? or indirectly by not voting? That’s another story. We’ll see how expensive the eggs get for you when a majority of the agrarian labor force is deported and the tariffs are levied.

Correct. A dozen eggs will never be $1.40 again.

Not sure why you’re being downvoted. There is a lot of flak on Hispanics and Black men from the left currently.

Yes, the Republicans were the incumbent party. McCain was dragged down by Bush’s fumble during the Financial Crisis.