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silvermouse · December 2025

from Semafor, this assessment. Basically, they got nothin'. If they win in the mid-terms we will likely have more of the same muddled angst. Follow the money, quell the angry, the wealthy and corporate interests will still prevail.

"Democrats are eager to run a midterm campaign that’s all about affordability — but despite Trump’s challenges, polls show that if they want to persuade voters who don’t like his handling of the economy, they still have some work to do. So, how do they win over that bloc? The answer isn’t simple, and it almost certainly doesn’t lie in more specific policy prescriptions, Semafor’s Elana Schor and Burgess Everett reported. It’s not that the party has zero details for what it would do differently, but those suggestions have been more thematic than in-depth. Or, in the words of Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Democrats are trying to avoid “internal disagreements” over hypothetical policy without becoming “a total blank slate.” He added wryly: “A midterm message that has historically been viable is, ‘Have you had enough of this sh*t yet?’”"

ShawnOL · December 2025

We hate trump. Vote for us if you do too! Thats all they have. More welfare, maybe.

Amos_Umwhat · December 2025

@ShawnOL said:
We hate trump. Vote for us if you do too! Thats all they have. More welfare, maybe.

I think that's about it. Once upon a time the Democrats, at least some of them, were about ideas and issues. All that ended about 30 or so years ago. Since that time they're all about "what's trending?".

Whatever the trend of the day is, they're for it, until it's not. Then manufacture a new issue/trend of the day. Usually these have little or nothing to do with running the country.

Amos_Umwhat · December 2025

silvermouse · December 2025

Gotta keep the hoi polloi mellow

silvermouse · December 2025

What's up with silver? I have a dog in this fight since I have to buy silver to stay in business. High demand for the stuff from the digital world coupled with investor safe haven flight and a weakened dollar seem to be the canary in the coal mine. 2026 will be "interesting" no matter what the gov't says. As Clinton said "it's the economy, stupid." I fear the only way out is for a resort to war.

https://www.kitco.com/news/article/2025-12-18/larry-mcdonald-says-credit-stress-and-liquidity-signals-are-setting-major

CharlieHeis · December 2025

dirtdude · December 2025

We have A Florida Man thread, I think it's time for A South Dakota Man thread

silvermouse · December 2025

Renewable energy is a threat to national security.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/climate/trump-offshore-wind-farms.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k8.Hvw_.k7XQAmpao8qI&smid=url-share

silvermouse · December 2025

U.S. to build "Trump-class" warships for "Golden Fleet"

"They'll be the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built," Trump said.
Concept art depicts something reminiscent of a cruiser. It has at least one laser weapon aboard and is capable of launching missiles. A helicopter hovers overhead. And an image of Trump raising his fist is emblazoned on the back.

https://www.axios.com/2025/12/22/trump-navy-golden-fleet-battleships

dirtdude · December 2025

Nice cast Uncle Eddie

Amos_Umwhat · December 2025

Amos_Umwhat · January 1

They said MAGA, so, they must be right.

edz · January 1

Confused, is it true?

ShawnOL · January 1

Truth is irrelevant. This is CNN we're talking about. Hard left.

silvermouse · January 13

The Shots Heard ‘Round the World: Misuse of State power killed Renee Good and is being used to suppress dissent and condition the public to fear government

https://kucinichreport.substack.com/p/the-shots-heard-round-the-world-misuse

TRayB · January 13

Sorry whoever wrote this, but Ashley Babbitt pre-empts your supposition by 4 years.

ShawnOL · January 13

Renee Good caused her own death by her actions. She could have prevented it by not driving at another person.

Wylaff · January 13

@ShawnOL said:
Renee Good caused her own death by her actions. She could have prevented it by not driving at another person.

She was going 2 mph with a space of less than 5 feet. It shouldn't have required deadly force regardless.

Amos_Umwhat · January 13

@ShawnOL said:
Renee Good caused her own death by her actions. She could have prevented it by not driving at another person.

Shawn, what's wrong with you? Imagine for a moment that she was running over one of your grandkids, and you had a loaded weapon. You'd probably think to yourself "Well, she's running over them very slowly, no need to shoot. Maybe I should just call 911."

Or, maybe she should have just got out of the car, like the officer asked her to do while her wife was making threats. That's probably what I would have done.

I have to wonder, since the last time that same officer was in nearly the exact same position he got dragged down the road for more than 50 feet as the vehicle picked up speed, and he ended up with a couple dozen stitches, did that memory trigger his response?

ShawnOL · January 13

Stupid liberal **** should stay home and not be out provoking , jeering and disrupting federal agents doing their jobs.

Vision · January 13

@ShawnOL said:
Stupid liberal **** should stay home and not be out provoking , jeering and disrupting federal agents doing their jobs.

Removing a right to protest. You’re unhinge if you truly believe that should have cost her her life, her child a mother. Fũcked up.

Vision · January 13

@Wylaff said:

@ShawnOL said:
Renee Good caused her own death by her actions. She could have prevented it by not driving at another person.

She was going 2 mph with a space of less than 5 feet. It shouldn't have required deadly force regardless.

💯

dirtdude · January 13

When you look at the list of thugs they have arrested and the crimes they have committed you would think these folks would get out of the way and let them do their job. No wonder they hide out in sanctuary jurisdictions.
None of my neighbors or friends have been swept up in raids

memento_mori · January 13

TRayB · January 13

@Vision said:

@ShawnOL said:
Stupid liberal **** should stay home and not be out provoking , jeering and disrupting federal agents doing their jobs.

Removing a right to protest. You’re unhinge if you truly believe that should have cost her her life, her child a mother. Fũcked up.

Should have cost her her life, no...but sometimes the consequences of one's actions are more than what's expected.

ETA: It is a mis-characterization to call what she and her partner were doing protesting. They were parking their vehicle across a roadway in order to prevent Federal Law Enforcement officers from proceeding down that road, with the purpose of hindering the officers from making arrests. That is a crime.

ShawnOL · January 13

Protesters stand on the sidewalk holding signs and chanting stupid slogans. She was not protesting. She was hindering federal agents conducting raids to catch criminals. She basically committed "Blue suicide". Her own damned fault. Sorry, not sorry.

Vision · January 13

@TRayB said:

@Vision said:

@ShawnOL said:
Stupid liberal **** should stay home and not be out provoking , jeering and disrupting federal agents doing their jobs.

Should have cost her her life, no...but sometimes the consequences of one's actions are more than what's expected.

So her actions should have resulted in her death? Got it.

Student says “Fück you” to teacher…. Teacher breaks kids jaw…

Sometimes the consequences of one's actions are more than what's expected…..

TRayB · January 13

@Vision said:

@TRayB said:

@Vision said:

@ShawnOL said:
Stupid liberal **** should stay home and not be out provoking , jeering and disrupting federal agents doing their jobs.

Should have cost her her life, no...but sometimes the consequences of one's actions are more than what's expected.

So her actions should have resulted in her death? Got it.

Student says “Fück you” to teacher…. Teacher breaks kids jaw…

Sometimes the consequences of one's actions are more than what's expected…..

Whether she intentionally drove her car at the officer, or not, she did drive it toward him and did hit him, after being told several times to get out of the vehicle. This is indisputable according to all the video evidence. Saying "**** You" to a teacher is not Assault with a Deadly Weapon. The example you are looking for is Student Picks up Metal Chair and Assaults Teacher.

Vision · January 13

@TRayB said:

@Vision said:

@TRayB said:

@Vision said:

@ShawnOL said:
Stupid liberal **** should stay home and not be out provoking , jeering and disrupting federal agents doing their jobs.

Should have cost her her life, no...but sometimes the consequences of one's actions are more than what's expected.

So her actions should have resulted in her death? Got it.

Student says “Fück you” to teacher…. Teacher breaks kids jaw…

Sometimes the consequences of one's actions are more than what's expected…..

Whether she intentionally drove her car at the officer, or not, she did drive it toward him and did hit him, after being told several times to get out of the vehicle. This is indisputable according to all the video evidence. Saying "**** You" to a teacher is not Assault with a Deadly Weapon. The example you are looking for is Student Picks up Metal Chair and Assaults Teacher.

Like @Wylaff said and I’ll add 5 MPH in the space of 5 feet should have cost her her life?? Wow. Or…. He didn’t shoot her to death, gets the plates and she’s arrested, charged and sees her day in court… are you against our legal system? He was clearly clear of the front of the vehicle.

If it was a family member or friend would you feel the same way?

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