I feel like this is proof that truth is stranger than fiction. If you'd described this situation to anyone at all in, say, 2010, they wouldn't believe it.
I recommend Look Who's Back, the book or the movie. They both end on what I consider ominous notes, but differ slightly. (There's a little bit of Borat-style, man on the street element added to the movie which is vomit inducing.)
It really captures the weird resurgence of far right nationalism and the way so many have not taken it seriously (in part because it's so oafish it's hard not to laugh at the absurdity).
@Steve I wasn’t laughing. I was like, “ oh ferfucksake hell no. The man is a sociopath. He has narcissistic personality disorder. He cares for nothing but his own aggrandizement and will be a disaster for the country.” I was saying things like this repeatedly on Facebook. Which was countered with crazy anti-Hillary nonsense from conspiracy minded whack jobs. What can be done in the face of willful, prideful, ignorance?
yes, and even funnier is that the nominal opponents have not managed to do anything that might cause people to see his opponent as clearly better.
The guy he'll be running against objectively made a lot of Americans' lives worse, and has killed quite a few of them via, among other things, his decision to declare COVID over and strip away what few protections people had acquired while same was ramping up. That's apart from the border stuff, the active and direct participation in genocides, etc., which Americans have so often shrugged off.
I want his ass in prison, but it would bring a smile to my face to have him withdraw from the race *after* ballots are printed in exchange for not protecting him. Just to watch MAGA heads explode.
@mycotropic Last time I drove thru Missouri, I was pretty impressed by the apparent availability of cannabis products. And the very large billboards along the highway advertising weed super stores! We wondered if we'd just overlooked similar billboards in CO and would notice them once we got back home. But, no, we just don't have your Cannabis MegaMart at the next stop!
@mycotropic they're just part of the shopping landscape here now. Not really anything anyone notices. Gas station, liquor store, grocery store, dispensary, dry cleaner, pizza shop.
There is some surprising boom town action along the borders. But, that'll settle down as weed becomes legal everywhere ... cbsnews.com/news/pot-dispensar…
@colo_lee @mycotropic And legal in all of Canada and I've never bought from a local store because govt controlled shitty weed. I buy online from out west.
there are dudes in prison for minor drug offences that can’t get a job at Target. But this dude with 90+ charges is the leading candidate for president of the United States???
@mycotropic @colo_lee Highly recommend the Flying J halfway between Columbia MO & St. Louis. But if you’re in the ‘Lou, I can point you towards descent edibles and really good coffee.
@dendari (A pardon wouldn't be good enough for the likes of himself)
Trump: "Pardon me" Lol, AS IF! I once read him telling evangelicals he won't ask God for forgiveness because he "doesn't want to bother Him with that."
Think how much money and time he could save by just picking up a game of Monopoly at his local Target. As I recall, there's a Get Out Of Jail Free card in every set.
This was my conclusion in 2015, and I'm very disappointed that events seem determined to prove me right. It's so depressing to see American constitutional democracy sacrificed for this pathetic grifter...
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I recommend Look Who's Back, the book or the movie. They both end on what I consider ominous notes, but differ slightly. (There's a little bit of Borat-style, man on the street element added to the movie which is vomit inducing.)
It really captures the weird resurgence of far right nationalism and the way so many have not taken it seriously (in part because it's so oafish it's hard not to laugh at the absurdity).
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It's upsetting. The images of "average Joes" at the end is just 🤢
Feel good movie it ain't. That's for sure.
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The guy he'll be running against objectively made a lot of Americans' lives worse, and has killed quite a few of them via, among other things, his decision to declare COVID over and strip away what few protections people had acquired while same was ramping up. That's apart from the border stuff, the active and direct participation in genocides, etc., which Americans have so often shrugged off.
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But prison is much preferred
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There is some surprising boom town action along the borders. But, that'll settle down as weed becomes legal everywhere ...
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Pot boom wakes sleepy Dinosaur, Colorado — a small town that could be the state's cannabis capital
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(A pardon wouldn't be good enough for the likes of himself)
Trump: "Pardon me"
Lol, AS IF!
I once read him telling evangelicals he won't ask God for forgiveness because he "doesn't want to bother Him with that."
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Landlord Orange, in the Capitol, with the frothing mob of RWNJ's
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