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So the El Paso story shaping up is that the clowns of US Customs and Border “Protection” had a DoD anti-drone laser that they indiscriminately shot at a PARTY BALOON forcing the FAA to shut down the airspace around El Paso. Just a fucken clown show government. Anti-DEIA at work. Great job Whites!
February 12, 2026 at 6:25 PM
So the El Paso story shaping up is that the clowns of US Customs and Border “Protection” had a DoD anti-drone laser that they indiscriminately shot at a PARTY BALOON forcing the FAA to shut down the airspace around El Paso. Just a fucken clown show government. Anti-DEIA at work. Great job Whites!
I once stepped out of an elevator here at work and was surrounded by Tibetan monks touring the LCC. I never had the urge to touch them, and was surprised at the utterly delightful juxtaposition they represented.
February 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I once stepped out of an elevator here at work and was surrounded by Tibetan monks touring the LCC. I never had the urge to touch them, and was surprised at the utterly delightful juxtaposition they represented.
Thanks for reading. My main complaint has to do with the segment of people who somehow think they’re incompetent and not doing enough, yet aren’t able to provide specific, actual examples of how to fix their perceived problems.
February 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Thanks for reading. My main complaint has to do with the segment of people who somehow think they’re incompetent and not doing enough, yet aren’t able to provide specific, actual examples of how to fix their perceived problems.
5. You can disapprove of a Dem politician’s style, rhetoric, or what you perceive as insufficient actions, but at the end of the day, they are doing what they can with the mechanisms at their disposal. That’s reality. But to suggest they’re the problem is *really* missing the boat.
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
5. You can disapprove of a Dem politician’s style, rhetoric, or what you perceive as insufficient actions, but at the end of the day, they are doing what they can with the mechanisms at their disposal. That’s reality. But to suggest they’re the problem is *really* missing the boat.
4. Thinking that by not supporting Democrats is some kind of moral superiority flex is, and always has been, an exercise in futility. If we had a political system like that of other countries in, say, Europe, you could have multiple flavors of democratic parties to choose from. But we do not.
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
4. Thinking that by not supporting Democrats is some kind of moral superiority flex is, and always has been, an exercise in futility. If we had a political system like that of other countries in, say, Europe, you could have multiple flavors of democratic parties to choose from. But we do not.
You can’t blame Democrats for not snagging 90% of independents if they’re from bloc A—those are probably your FOX-watching low-information voters anyway, and they’re hopeless, and at this point, they’re welded to that mindset.
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
You can’t blame Democrats for not snagging 90% of independents if they’re from bloc A—those are probably your FOX-watching low-information voters anyway, and they’re hopeless, and at this point, they’re welded to that mindset.
3. Trying to court voters through persuasion (logic, reason, data, facts), though fraught with some peril, still reveals that people are going to vote for whoever they’re going to vote for no matter what you tell them. *The onus is on the voter to be educated and aware in a democracy.*
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
3. Trying to court voters through persuasion (logic, reason, data, facts), though fraught with some peril, still reveals that people are going to vote for whoever they’re going to vote for no matter what you tell them. *The onus is on the voter to be educated and aware in a democracy.*
and B. people who somehow think that because Democrats aren’t magical fairies with superpowers who can give them everything they want that somehow “they’re just as bad as Republicans”.
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
and B. people who somehow think that because Democrats aren’t magical fairies with superpowers who can give them everything they want that somehow “they’re just as bad as Republicans”.
2. I personally consider independents to largely be of one or two blocs: A. DJT voters who don’t want it known they voted for him 1-3 times and/or those who now recognize the error of their ways;
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
2. I personally consider independents to largely be of one or two blocs: A. DJT voters who don’t want it known they voted for him 1-3 times and/or those who now recognize the error of their ways;
There were a multitude of logical and reasoned presentations about what would happen under Agent Orange II, most of which has come true, continues to manifest, and will very likely continue. A large swath of voters were still unswayed by it. Some were probably eager for it.
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
There were a multitude of logical and reasoned presentations about what would happen under Agent Orange II, most of which has come true, continues to manifest, and will very likely continue. A large swath of voters were still unswayed by it. Some were probably eager for it.