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The Farce is especially strong these last few days in Magatard Nation. Trump Cultist can’t defend Trump’s own statements and actions, but they can find plenty to criticize in his critics. This allows the right to indulge its hatred of liberals and liberalism while sidestepping the need for a reckoning with the disaster of the Trump administration itself. Here is how it works: Rather than defend President Trump’s specific actions, his conservative champions change the subject to: (1) the biased “fake news” media, (2) over-the-top liberals, (3) hypocrites on the left, (4) anyone else victimizing Mr. Trump or his supporters and (5) whataboutism, as in “What about Obama?” “What about Clinton?” 'Bout sums up 99% of combined Little Dave's and TheeOSU's magat-posts.

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LL link above is bad. Google- Stuart Stevens PBS @tahoecruz - I agree. I'm a pragmatic liberal but I've supported Republican candidates in the past. Stevens would say that, even before Trump, Republicans had stopped believing in conservative principles even if they continued to make campaign speeches about them. They'd become the party of obstruction, grievance & racial animus bent on retaining power even if they had to suppress votes or gerrymander to maintain control. Trump just finished the job.

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"Trying to disprove [...] any conspiracy—is frustrating and foolhardy; it soon becomes apparent that what matters is not *what* a person believes *but that a person believes*, and that satisfaction is more important than truth or falsity." — https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/explaining-the-unexplained?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Conspiracy+Theories&utm_campaign=Digest+%2381%3A+Conspiracy+Theories Many people can't manage the anxiety surrounding uncertainty. To reduce the inner turmoil they latch onto some belief, no matter how lacking in credibility or how ridiculous. The act of believing in something tranquilizes the turmoil and provides a satisfying, if fragile, certainty.

Chulo = "Have U voted...." A. Yes, in early October. Local election board verified they received my ballot on Oct. 12th. Safely stored, waiting to be verified and counted starting 7am tomorrow morning.

⬆️ studme: this was material I cut for brevity. "Savannah was well known as a drug and alcohol user who had grown increasingly paranoid in the past year obtaining a hand gun from one of her close friends. Savannah kept the gun concealed under her pillow at night. ... Savannah frequently boasted of her many affairs with rock and roll stars, proudly talking about her erotic groupie past with *Greg Allman* from the Allman Brothers Band; Billy Idol (with whom she once bragged as having had sex a half-dozen times in a single evening); and both Slash and Axl Rose from Guns N´ Roses (she rated Axl a "1" on a scale of 1 to 10 in the sack). Savannah was quoted as having said "I love sex and I love sex with rockers more than anything else" -- [apparently] excluding Axl Rose of course."

Sad as Jenni's story is, she's still alive. Here's an edited bio of Savannah aka Shannon Wilsey, one of three porn stars who had committed suicide up to that point in time. Reads like something from checkout stand magazine. "Savannah [Shannon Wilsey] blurry pic: https://tuscl.net/photos/5fa06fddb8843 "They say things happen in threes and so it has come to pass that Savannah one of the adult industry´s most celebrated stars -- and very possibly one of its most controversial stars¸ has become the third major porn queen to take her life in the past ten years. First there was Shauna Grant then Megan Leigh and now Savannah -- the ex-groupie born Shannon Wilsey on October 9 1970 in Laguna Beach¸ California and not quite 24 years old when she died on July 11¸ 1994 by her own hand from a self-inflicted handgun wound to the temple. At her side lay a 9mm automatic pistol. Death didn´t come easy for the gorgeous young superstar of more than 80 adult features. On her way home from a night of partying Savannah drove her white Corvette through a picket fence¸ breaking her nose hitting her head and causing lacerations to her beautiful near perfect face. Once she arrived home she asked her friend to take Daisy¸ her pet rottweiler for a walk then phoned her manager Nancy Pera and complained that she needed to be taken to the hospital. Savannah was apparently distraught because she had ruined her exotic beauty just hours before she was scheduled to leave for a lucrative dance engagement that was to have began that very day. Crying and barely coherent she told her manager that she needed plastic surgery and was going to have to cancel her dancing engagement at Goldfinger´s in Nyack N.Y. Savannah earned as much as $5000.00 in a single evening. Pera stated that Savannah "was in a crunch for money. She saw her world collapsing." When her manager arrived at Savannah´s leased hilltop home she found her in the garage lying on the floor -- in a pool of blood. Pera immediately calling 911 for assistance. Sadly, Savannah didn´t die immediately; some reports saying her actual time of death [was] some seven to nine hours after the self inflicted wound. The reason her death was not immediate was due to her placement of the gun at her right temple. When she pulled the trigger the gun reared up causing her to inflict an indirect impact on her brain. Her parents supposedly made a decision to stop life support systems when it was obvious she would not survive much longer. For Savannah, a car accident, broken nose, several failed love affairs with rock stars, rejection [ of pictorial ] by Hustler Magazine and mounting debts to the IRS proved to be reason enough to call it quits on life itself. A sad ending to a beautiful porn star who seemed unhappy with herself and unhappy with everything around her.

gmd: clear and succinct. +1 Agree, don't over-analyze pleasure

A favorite of mine too. Liked the DD solo a lot Thx to Longball for finding the Post story; remember reading it earlier but couldn't recall where it had appeared. methamphetamine?

Final Headlines from the Cook Political Report. https://cookpolitical.com/ ⚫ Biden’s Path to 270 Widens, Trump’s Path Narrows, as Texas Moves to Toss Up [open to non-subscribers] ⚫ Final House Ratings: Democrats Poised to Expand Majority by 10 to 15 Seats [paywall] ⚫ Final 2020 Senate Overview: Democrats Remain Favorites to Take Senate, Mississippi Shifts to Likely Republican [paywall]

Latinalover, I get your humor but, seriously, my political posts are NEVER aimed at changing any Magats minds. I fully accept Eric Hoffer's description of the True Believer as applying to these guys -- "“It is the true believer’s ability to “shut his eyes and stop his ears” to facts that do not deserve to be either seen or heard which is the source of his unequaled fortitude and constancy. He cannot be frightened by danger nor disheartened by obstacles nor baffled by contradictions because he denies their existence.” AND “The fanatic cannot be weaned away from his cause by an appeal to his reason or moral sense. He fears compromise and cannot be persuaded to qualify the certitude and righteousness of his holy cause. But he finds no difficulty in swinging suddenly and wildly from one holy cause to another. He cannot be convinced but only converted.” - Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements Remember the 2016 Bernie Bros who went from supporting Sanders to voting for Trump?

Ah, pre-election tensions are peaking and with it the fearful and angry entitled Trumpers are seeing conspiracies and 'liberal' enemies everywhere. Borat - Of course it WAS a setup in the sense it created a false reality which allows the targets to make a fool of themselves and reveal publicly their private weaknesses and perversions. Just the same as right-wing activist James O'Keefe's Project Veritas used undercover techniques to reveal supposed liberal bias and corruption. It's known for producing deceptively edited videos about media organizations and left-leaning groups. Trumpers are very OK with O'Keefe's tactics but whine and cry over similar tactics wielded by 'leftists'. Just the usual hypocracy of Trumpers. Nothing new here to see, folks. As another member commented earlier, this Giuliani hit is unnecessary. Giuliani had already established what an ethically and morally bankrupt person he is. As has his boss, Big Donny, mobster-in-chief. What stings the most is that for most people not blinded by fear-induced extreme partisanship, Giuliani's behavior was **perfectly plausible** -- he wanted to fuck what he believed was a 15 y/o girl. This level of perversion, venality, and moral/ethical degeneration ISN'T exclusive to politicians of the right or left. It's an apolitical. Remember this: Creepy [Dem] Congressman Anthony Weiner's junk hit the Web on Wednesday as the swirling sext scandal that turned him into a national joke showed no sign of abating. Or more recently, New Yorker (CNN Business)Jeffrey Toobin, CNN's chief legal analyst and a renowned reporter for The New Yorker, has been sidelined at a pivotal moment in the run-up to the presidential election. The reason: He exposed himself during a Zoom call with colleagues in what he says was an accident. Remember these guys: Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein??? This level of degeneracy has nothing to do with politics. Stop with the nutty conspiracies just because you're extremely tense and fearful [shittin' your pants] over the upcoming election outcome. Rest assured that social unrest and physical violence WILL continue to occur no matter the outcome. Contrary to what most people, ignorant of accurate American history think, public unrest, rebellion, armed violence and insurrection were frequent occurrences throughout our history. Quiet periods and national public unity were less common.

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"The Trump campaign released an ad that incorrectly spelled Nobel as "Noble" to celebrate his second nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize." https://tuscl.net/photos/5f5c208a8797a — https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-misspells-nobel-peace-prize-in-fundraising-ad-2020-9?op=1

@Member said "If it was a ride/event he had always wanted to do before he died and possibly due to his health conditions might not make it to next year, it might have been worth it to him. We all have things we feel are worth dieing over, maybe living the life he wanted instead of wasting away hiding from the world his last few years was worth it to him." That's exactly what I had in mind when I posted. He died after a great experience; he had pre-existing conditions and might have died before the next Sturgis if he passed on this year's

Chicken Soup. Except for the noodles, all homemade. Great especially during cold weather. Wonderful if you have a cold or the flu. One local restaurant comes close but mine is tastier, theirs is more like bouillon.