3 things I see wrong in this article that makes me think it's more propaganda than educated/well articulated opinion. 1 - he says he doesn't know who Mitch is appealing to. Anyone who's paid any attention to the last 6 months knows EXACTLY who these fucks are appealing to, and it ain't their voters 2 - He says Trump lost the election. Bullshit, it was stolen from him and I will maintain that until I'm proven wrong. 3 - And this one is debatable to a point, but he says the media follows the people. Recent history would show that to be somewhat false, if not glaringly false.

Edit: the above being said, I agree Mitch needs to GTFO, and stay out

Screw'em! They asked for this, now they fuckin' got it! Breathe it in RINOs, you paved the way for this communistic running of the bulls.

Yeah, I just texted my parents saying "Well, that didn't go like I'd hoped. Guess I was wrong."

I don't remember who said it, but someone suggested all of that talk was just to placate people into thinking someone else was going to take action and they could join in when they heard someone give "the word". Even if that's not what it was, that's what it turned out to be. My advice: in the future, unless someone says "This is what I'm/We're doing that's getting results" then ignore it.

I genuinely think Trump can do more as a private citizen. He knows how the machine works from the inside. He's known for decades that washington doesn't work without money, and he can control that flow. He can literally squeeze the life from the GOP in 4-8 years EASY. He knows where the market needs to grow and he knows where he can allocate resources to get and hire people and create jobs. If he and his kids put their efforts to it, they can obliterate the GOP and make trillions doing it. And the dumb fucks in Washington think they won.

There's a LOT about ALL of this that just simply does not make a damn bit of sense, at all, and the more I try to rationalize one conclusion or another, the further down conspiracy theory rabbit holes I find myself going.

I don't have one simple concrete answer to any of it, and at this point I'm simply going to sit back and watch. Because at the end of the day, there are really only two conclusions I can think of at this point: 1 - We step back into the pre-2015 timeline and start moving down that track again or 2 - Things are about to get VERY uncertain and VERY chaotic for a little while. Either way, I think it's very safe to say the US is turning another corner culturally, whether we like it or not.

Then go offline! Why hang out online? What does that possibly have to offer? Almost every single popular online tool is nothing but a cesspool of festering hatred, animosity, poison and narcissistic circle jerking, there is no reason to have that in your life.
Go down to your local park, your local bar, Eagles Club, VFW, YMCA, basketball court, meet people, talk to them, get to know them, then build up a coalition. You only need a handful of people to get it started. Then take back your local governments. I'd be willing to bet you'd be amazed what your local elected officials are doing, or not doing, while you're distracted with federal or state politics. You've seen what both sides have done that works, use the best of both worlds, demand improvement, set the example in smaller towns and suburbs and I'll bet the farm that it will have a ripple effect into the major cities.

I'm reminded of a joke Bill Hicks once told, where he imagined a new president being led into a dark room, then shown a video of the Kennedy assassination, but from an angle never seen before. Then once the video is finished, the lights come on and the room is filled with very powerful people who simply ask "Any questions?". Trump's change of tune lately is either misdirection, or he was in a meeting recently with some people who obviously have sway over him and told him exactly what his exit strategy would be, in no uncertain terms whatsoever, and what the consequences would be for him, his family, his kids, and everyone who followed him if he interrupted the exit strategy.
Perhaps I'm wrong, God knows I hope I am, but at this point, I put nothing past anyone.

Keep in mind that almost every single military unit has tvs either in the break room or in the offices where they work. The average military person is bombarded every single day with propaganda. There's a reason they call it "programming".

I've been saying things about this to my circle of friends for weeks. Trump is WAY more of a threat to Republicans as a private citizen than he is as a President. They have no clue how bad they've fucked up. With his business dealings, he can help funnel money to, and away, from whatever candidate he wants.

"Guns out" armed? Yes. Whether there are rounds in the chamber, noone knows for certain.

I thought it was funny, have an upvote.

Assuming you're correct on El Paso, then this shouldn't be surprising at all. El Paso is home to Fort Bliss, which is a HUGE base and has plenty of military equipment stationed at it. Although it is a bit odd for them to roll through a truck stop like that, given the lack of other people posting the same thing and being equally surprised is telling. More than likely it was just the Army Guard guys finishing up their training and returning to base. I initially thought it was odd that the guy was walking ahead of the vehicles, then I remembered that visibility in those things is terrible, so he's probably just walking as a spotter to makes sure they don't hit anything.

I would encourage you to do so. If you're afraid you're going to have to fight your countrymen in the Air Natl Guard, that likelihood is extremely low. Army Natl Guard does the ground stuff, not the Air. Also, the chances of the military being engaged on US soil is extremely rare as well (I'd guess less than 1% chance under "worst" case scenarios). Also consider this: Even if you start the process right now, you're likeley not gonna go to basic training for a few months. After that, you have to wait for a spot for your job training, and training for that will take anywhere from a couple months to 1-2 years (depending on what job you sign up for). THEN you have to go back to your unit for your upgrade training so that you're actually fully trained and locked/loaded and ready to go and that could take ANOTHER few months to a year. So by this point, you're already 2-3 years into a new administration, and half or 3/4 the way through your enlistment. If shit is super bad at that point, ride out the last year or two, then bid farewell, take your college money and enjoy the rest of your life, noone will shame you for that. As a new member of the ANG, you have LOTS of opportunities, especially networking and meeting new people. So I would encourage you to do so. But that's just my $0.02.

Lots of info missing about this. When was it taken? Where? Which truck stop? How far away is the closest army base? How far away is the closest National Guard base (was it a Natl Guard training weekend?). I'll admit, it's a bit weird to see them going through a truck stop like that, but not impossible.

Reminds me of the old saying, "Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor's take warning."

Yep! Same here (except original recipe).

Oh! Pick me! Pick me! "Children"! Is it "Children"? Is he trafficking children? I'm right aren't I? What do I win?

Posting this response because you're right. The lines we'll need to cross are there for good reason. Because we are a society made of rules, written and unwritten, and those rules keep us from tearing each other apart like feral animals. Those lines can only be crossed when there are no other options, because the cost of crossing those lines is very high and have long term impacts, and have no guaranteed success, each line crossed is a gamble, so the cost must be weighed and must almost always be the last resort.

Yeah, Nelson even has an airport named after him in McCook Nebraska, which is 5 hours southwest of Omaha. Baffles my mind.

I wouldn't say NE#2 going blue is impossible.... I would say it's possible some fuckery is afoot from Electronic Systems & Software (Nebraska version of Dominion). But there was a surprising amount of support for Biden and other Dems in NE#2 (mainly in the old neighborhoods and the new developments), even Jill Biden visiting the Eagle Hills Golf Course a few weeks before the election.

I'm not sure if I'm impressed or disappointed that fucker is still able to walk. Ideally, he should receive a beating so bad that it would not only ensure he never produces children, or possibly never satisfies a sexual partner, but also should be something that would make members of ISIS cringe. I'm impressed our side appears to be showing restraint, but disappointed they aren't pouncing on him like a blood thirsty hyena.

Shit, and I just lost my last fuck..... any of you got any extras? I can't seem to find anymore to give away.

Damn you... panicked for a nanosecond before I did the mental math and said "Wait... there's only 9..."

Am I the only guy that looked at that and briefly thought "Ouch"?