When is the blackout?

[Fame]

I was told the internet would be taken down globally so that Trump could address us via the emergency broadcast system.

Is it just another wall or healthcare plan?

[regandna]

fake news

[magnetaress]

to late

nucklear footballs been handed off

[Tunabros]

fake news

if he does it when im in a ranked game of league of legends then >:(

[FatherSioux]

Shortly after my 15th beer usually

[GinnasP99]

I'm getting old, 6 or 7 puts me to bed

[magnetaress]

2 oz and a ripping hangover

ya'll are weaksauce

get snipped

[Toxigen]

Shortly after my 15th beer usually

amen

[Nocht]

The whole world is waiting for you political weirdos to shut the hell up already.

[Jibartik]

I wish the aliens would have come :(

[Caroll]

Remember when the smooth-brained cultists were giddily anticipating martial (well, they spelled it "Marshall") law? All the while, these people kept repeating things like, "trust the plan," and "stock up on food and water."

It's really sad to see what happens to people when they lack the ability to critically consume any type of media. Americans were cheering to live in a military dictatorship because their lives in Shitsville, Flyoverstate had gotten so bleak, it was their only route to "winning."

Except in this case, "winning" meant making everyone else's lives as shitty as their own. Sad!

[imperiouskitten]

I was told the internet would be taken down globally so that Trump could address us via the emergency broadcast system.

Is it just another wall or healthcare plan?

grandma warned me about this too but all seems well. baba up today

[Swish]

fake news

if he does it when im in a ranked game of league of legends then >:(

You'll take the LP loss summoner.

PS - buy more skins.

Sincerely,

Tencent on behalf of the CCP <3

[Tunabros]

You'll take the LP loss summoner.

PS - buy more skins.

Sincerely,

Tencent on behalf of the CCP <3

dont need skins

shen/amumu best champion

master rank btw

[Kaveh]

Remember when the smooth-brained cultists were giddily anticipating martial (well, they spelled it "Marshall") law? All the while, these people kept repeating things like, "trust the plan," and "stock up on food and water."

It's really sad to see what happens to people when they lack the ability to critically consume any type of media. Americans were cheering to live in a military dictatorship because their lives in Shitsville, Flyoverstate had gotten so bleak, it was their only route to "winning."

Except in this case, "winning" meant making everyone else's lives as shitty as their own. Sad!

Reported for demeaning commentary on people other than yourself, I interpret that as racism

[imperiouskitten]

Reported for demeaning commentary on people other than yourself, I interpret that as racism

florida hogs arent a race they are a species

[Kaveh]

I didn’t report him, he’s just a pussy for getting Mario banned repeatedly

[magnetaress]

Ya that was mean.

[Gwaihir]

Here's how Trump can still win!

Trust the plan

2 more weeks

[imperiouskitten]

january 6 the big day cant wait. he'll deliver he always does

edit: wait wat year is it.

[imperiouskitten]

he didnt even brag about the wall in his last address. does that mean he agrees he didnt build it?? (yes)

he did brag about appointing those judges who didnt even rule in his favor on the election as an "accomplishment" tho. he also increased the military budget and like tripled the debt. Really Good Achiever, i can tell by his hat which is colored Red

[Nilstoniakrath]

Biden is President. Trump is a citizen. You guys just can't let it go, can you, lol

Enjoy the brilliant leadership we have now. Or, is it not so much fun to be on defense?

[Swish]

Antifa aren't happy about Biden being sworn in and are rioting. Who would they have in office?

[imperiouskitten]

Biden is President. Trump is a citizen. You guys just can't let it go, can you, lol

Enjoy the brilliant leadership we have now. Or, is it not so much fun to be on defense?

who's on defense? I wouldn't endorse either of the two clowns. still just you on defense.

[imperiouskitten]

Antifa aren't happy about Biden being sworn in and are rioting. Who would they have in office?

Maybe Bernie. The D primary was rigged (again) to give Biden the win even though Bernie ought to have won the plurality. It is democracy denied, so I wouldn't blame them.

In fact in this case it was not arcane meddling with the rules like in 2016 that fucked Bernie; it is the actual vote that seemed extremely suspect. Pete "won" Iowa, but pulled no numbers ANYWHERE else and quickly dropped out (as if to prevent a larger dataset to draw attention to the strange Iowa result), and his behavior on the day he "won" Iowa was extremely suspect. On the day of that win in the first contest, which ought to have elated him and boosted his apparently broad support, he did not display excitement when caught by press, and indeed seemed irritable and disinterested. Almost as though he knew he had no chance, and could not pretend to be excited -- even though from the consensus POV, he should only have known that he was winning. Thereafter he had a pitiful showing and dropped out quickly.

I know there are a lot of schizo theorists on this board but real shenanigans with backing evidence *do* happen, a party primary is substantially more riggable, and the context of Pete's Iowa win truly is highly suspect. Warren also stayed in the race very late past her chance to win, a betrayal of her own agenda as all it accomplished was to sap votes from Bernie with whom she broadly 'agrees'. Warren therefore is transparently shown as a party hack with no policy scruples. Bernie would otherwise have soundly clobbered Biden, even after the results of Iowa.

Biden is actively liked by only a tiny minority of Americans; he was merely preferred over Trump. It is a fact that a plurality of the Democratic party was screwed in this election. The notion that anybody wanted Biden has been and will be a straw man for the next four years, and anyone behaving like the "other side" truly wanted Biden is an intellectually dishonest clown.

Biden is essentially a RINO, a neoliberal who doesn't do the right's hatemongering idpol. Bush the 7th or Reagan the 8th really. It is totally appropriate for left radicals to protest the right-wing administration which was just elected.

That said, Bernie's behavior since the primary is inexcusable so it's kinda whatever. It's a shame he was the best we had for healthcare and other basic mechanisms of social progress and human investment we should enjoy by way of our great collective wealth.

[Jibartik]

Yeah I love 2015 but 2016+ Bernie was just another yes man. I couldn't believe it, he's been a no man his whole life! Sad.

[Lune]

The real kicker in American politics is that black people are actually conservative but vote D for some reason, which keeps resulting in retarded candidates like Biden and Hillary

[imperiouskitten]

Yeah I love 2015 but 2016+ Bernie was just another yes man. I couldn't believe it, he's been a no man his whole life! Sad.

I called it in 2015 that he was an emptyman. I always found it quaint that people truly believed he's a "sweet old man". Could prolly find it on this board's archives. Instinct prevailed, unfortunately.

[Lune]

I called it in 2015 that he was an emptyman. I always found it quaint that people truly believed he's a "sweet old man". Could prolly find it on this board's archives. Instinct prevailed, unfortunately.

Dude has been jousting Republican evil since before we were born, and there are endless soundbites of him championing 2010-2020 economic progressivism back in the 1990's.

I mean, in 2015 you were also gung ho for Trump

[peterpal]

Dude has been jousting Republican evil since before we were born, and there are endless soundbites of him championing 2010-2020 economic progressivism back in the 1990's.

qft, Bernie is a real one. It's impressive watching old his debates

https://i.imgur.com/8CKaQZE.png

[Gwaihir]

13936

[Jibartik]

I called it in 2015 that he was an emptyman.

Well, I disagree with that sentiment, I started following him in highschool and he's always been a fighter who went his own way all the way until that brutal primary and then he became a real team player.

[regandna]

13936

Lmfaoooooo! That is a great edit.

[imperiouskitten]

Dude has been jousting Republican evil since before we were born, and there are endless soundbites of him championing 2010-2020 economic progressivism back in the 1990's.

I mean, in 2015 you were also gung ho for Trump

so why did he amass a movement and then quietly shuffle it into the 2020 Democratic party? I don't know the circumstances of every day of his life, but to me it looks like this:

He took up oppositional politics in a small and quirky state and his career went fine. So fine that in time he almost became the president. But when the time came to hit the nuclear option, he chose his career and life (the last 10 years of it) over his policy goals. And supplicated very firmly for Joe Biden, well beyond what was called for or necessary to elect Trump, using the exhausted "Trump bad" as justification for throwing away all strategy and policy ambition beyond neoliberal party hijinks. Now he's dead silent, having missed a thousand opportunities to have used his leverage just like "the squad".

Warren showed herself a phony too when she stayed in to sabotage the winning candidate who shared many of her policy goals. Who cares for how long she had been native war chanting those policy goals? As soon as it actually mattered, she flaked to play for the team.

We call these types sheepdogs, controlled opposition, etc., although these imply intent. Some people are merely weak people who flip for convenience. They thereby wreck their legacy, that legacy you refer to with blinders on to the present. These are in fact less virtuous than confused and angry young boys who get taken for a political ride and improve themselves dramatically in just 4 years with much humility, admitting fault. One is slippery, the other is character. :p

I give him credit for shifting the narrative, but I subtract many points for going quietly into the margins. There's just no excuse. If he did it all because it was his life to advance progressive policy, he would have been willing to go nuclear. I guess he decided he'd done enough...and you agree.

I know there's a drought of heroes in the American public space, but don't let your standards too low. We need better than Bernie.

[Lune]

so why did he amass a movement and then quietly shuffle it into the 2020 Democratic party? I don't know the circumstances of every day of his life, but to me it looks like this:

He took up oppositional politics in a small and quirky state and his career went fine. So fine that in time he almost became the president. But when the time came to hit the nuclear option, he chose his career and life (the last 10 years of it) over his policy goals. And supplicated very firmly for Joe Biden, well beyond what was called for or necessary to elect Trump, using the exhausted "Trump bad" as justification for throwing away all strategy and policy ambition beyond neoliberal party hijinks. Now he's dead silent, having missed a thousand opportunities to have used his leverage just like "the squad".

Warren showed herself a phony too when she stayed in to sabotage the winning candidate who shared many of her policy goals. Who cares for how long she had been native war chanting those policy goals? As soon as it actually mattered, she flaked to play for the team.

We call these types sheepdogs, controlled opposition, etc., although these imply intent. Some people are merely weak people who flip for convenience. They thereby wreck their legacy, that legacy you refer to with blinders on to the present. These are in fact less virtuous than confused and angry young boys who get taken for a political ride and improve themselves dramatically in just 4 years with much humility, admitting fault. One is slippery, the other is character. :p

I give him credit for shifting the narrative, but I subtract many points for going quietly into the margins. There's just no excuse. If he did it all because it was his life to advance progressive policy, he would have been willing to go nuclear. I guess he decided he'd done enough...and you agree.

I know there's a drought of heroes in the American public space, but don't let your standards too low. We need better than Bernie.

What would you have had him do? Blacks robbed him of the nomination, again, so he's supposed to maintain conflict with the Democrat nominee and risk throwing the election to Trump? I think you're outlining a flaw in the two party system, not a flaw in Bernie Sanders.

He doesn't have the same signal strength as someone like Trump, or to a far lesser extent, AOC. He can't just hop on twitter and drum up news spotlight with his twitter trolling. In fact, that would probably be counterproductive to his appeal as an honest and decent person. It's not for a lack of trying, the dude goes after as much spotlight as he can get. He's on Maher like once a month and his rabid base memed hard during his contests.

He didn't go quietly into the margins, he was forced into the margins by a country that does not deserve him. I should be clear. I'm not entirely sure Bernie would have made an exceptional president. As great a person as he is, I think he lacks a certain shrewdness. He would have been stonewalled by both parties if he tried to accomplish even a single one of his policy aims. He works much better in the role of political symbol, a person who can rally support behind a discrete policy goals and build a grassroots base. Ironically, this was also Trump's most effective role, and Trump was far more effective at it to the extent that he created a cult.

But then, conservatives are much easier to herd than your average non-college campus white democrat. He still would have been a far better president than Hillary or Trump. Accomplishing little to nothing is better than actively destroying the country. Who knows what would have happened.

[magnetaress]

I'll vote for Warren 2.0 next primary.

What would have happened if Warren 1.0 won the primary? Successful coup? Military apparatus abandon the senate and VP?

[imperiouskitten]

What would you have had him do? Blacks robbed him of the nomination, again, so he's supposed to maintain conflict with the Democrat nominee and risk throwing the election to Trump? I think you're outlining a flaw in the two party system, not a flaw in Bernie Sanders.

He doesn't have the same signal strength as someone like Trump, or to a far lesser extent, AOC. He can't just hop on twitter and drum up news spotlight with his twitter trolling. In fact, that would probably be counterproductive to his appeal as an honest and decent person. It's not for a lack of trying, the dude goes after as much spotlight as he can get. He's on Maher like once a month and his rabid base memed hard during his contests.

He didn't go quietly into the margins, he was forced into the margins by a country that does not deserve him. I should be clear. I'm not entirely sure Bernie would have made an exceptional president. As great a person as he is, I think he lacks a certain shrewdness. He would have been stonewalled by both parties if he tried to accomplish even a single one of his policy aims. He works much better in the role of political symbol, a person who can rally support behind a discrete policy goals and build a grassroots base. Ironically, this was also Trump's most effective role, and Trump was far more effective at it to the extent that he created a cult.

But then, conservatives are much easier to herd than your average non-college campus white democrat. He still would have been a far better president than Hillary or Trump. Accomplishing little to nothing is better than actively destroying the country. Who knows what would have happened.

My perspective comes from watching him never withhold his vote to force leverage, just like the squad. I don't claim to be a political wizard, so I won't pretend I can just dismiss your perspective. The complexity of the process makes it essentially opaque to me still. I'm willing to entertain that from his POV, he is doing all he can and trying very hard.

All I know is that I can't see him making plays publicly. Or doing anything but talking, and trying to accumulate higher offices. There have been a number of situations -- Pelosi's speakership reconfirmation, CARES act, etc. -- where I wished the squad and Bernie had made a play while they sat totally silent. I believe they are not playing their offices to their full effect.

I would obviously have preferred he won in 2016 as well as 2020 -- even with the less-charitable view of him. Sounds like you might be implying I stand by Trump in any way, which I promise I don't. murdered 400k+, literal psychopath grand disaster with zero accomplishments. A tax cut and appointing judges by virtue of being the guy in office, and the creation of the greatest American disaster since the Civil War. Both in terms of the pandemic death and the psychological trauma which has damaged and radicalized the majority of our countrymen in one way or another and wildly escalated the growth of what I think to be our gravest vulnerability: anti-intellectual stupidity/insanity/paranoia/sadism/collective mental illness. Absolutely horrific. Don't call me out for voting for that guy again plz, I changed genders to get far away from that mistake :o I'm not bad cringe anymore I'm like cute cringe, posting from a rly kawaii black military lookin onesie with long sleeves and like a 2" inseam.