The news thread

[DJChameleon]

AOC shouted down during chaotic NYC town hall: 'You're a piece of shit!'

Lol fuck her district. Well the people that come out to her town halls to troll her. The people that voted her to be re elected obviously trumps the small vocal minority that shows up to her town halls to heckle her.

[Psy-Fi]

Accused 'serial sperm donor' doc Morris Wortman dead as plane he built by hand crashes in upstate NY

[Toy Revolver]

Accused 'serial sperm donor' doc Morris Wortman dead as plane he built by hand crashes in upstate NY

The preliminary investigation indicates that the wings of the aircraft became detached from the fuselage and fell to the ground landing in an orchard

i bet he was flapping his arms around like crazy after that happened

[Nimbly9]

Lol fuck her district. Well the people that come out to her town halls to troll her. The people that voted her to be re elected obviously trumps the small vocal minority that shows up to her town halls to heckle her.

So...are you saying we shouldn't care about minorities? 

i bet he was flapping his arms around like crazy after that happened

His last thoughts  "Ah shieet, I was gonna open another clinic this year. Goodbye cruel world..."

[Lisnaholic]

Debt Ceiling latest: in case anyone finds the current negotiations confusing, here's the latest development:

The Republicans took the American economy hostage, and although Biden refuses to negotiate with hostage-takers, he has reached a compromise with K McCarthy which is a triumph/capitulation that is a win/resounding defeat for Dems and Republicans alike. Biden is a weak coward who has masterfully manipulated McCathy into watering down his demands so much that K McC imagines he has "won" something of no consequence. It is either a consession which will be fudged away later on in the Biden admin or a dangerous precedent for the next set of debt ceiling negotiations. That's why the extreme wings of each party are outraged, not at each other, but by their own leaders, who have been outwitted/backmailed by their cunning/unprincipled opponents.

So that's all clear really.
One thing I'd like to see in all the media coverage on this drama is a few more hard-fact historical comparisons, i.e. more graphs like:-

 

[Toy Revolver]

The Republicans took the American economy hostage 

yeah i guess

although i can see some sanity in not raising it as well

i don't know if the debt is going to fuck us up or not

way back when it was ONLY 4 trillion i would've thought the economy would totally collapse if it it got this high

i guess it's really about protecting the american brand

i remember being taught that just printing money like bonkers was lunacy but trump said it outloud - that's the plan

i don't understand it but i think as long as people keep believing that america is king the dollar will stay king and our credit rating will never suffer

or maybe it'll collapse after i'm dead and who gives a fuck

inflation is bad but it's not that bad

i saw on the news some country had 87% in one year

and countries in africa are paying like credit card usury interest to china basically giving them lithium mines and all their resources

i figure we'd just drop nukes and end the world first or idk all the rich people just buy new zealand or something

[DJChameleon]

So...are you saying we shouldn't care about minorities? 

Nope. I guess you haven't seen her town halls. It is filled with old white people trolling her. Her district is fine but this vocal minority of white entitled folks show up to her town halls to troll the hell out of her.

[Toy Revolver]

pence is running

i'd love to see him and trump debate

[Nimbly9]

pence is running

i'd love to see him and trump debate

I'm sure it'll be electrifying.

Nope. I guess you haven't seen her town halls. It is filled with old white people trolling her. Her district is fine but this vocal minority of white entitled folks show up to her town halls to troll the hell out of her.

I watched the last town hall and one of the hecklers that got hauled away looked Hispanic.

[Toy Revolver]

I watched the last town hall and one of the hecklers that got hauled away looked Hispanic.

i think so too actually

hispanics often hate each others and legals hate illegals

not every time but often

too many americans think they're a monolith

[SGR]

Does Pence have a book that's coming out soon or something?

[Janszoon]

Does Pence have a book that's coming out soon or something?

No, he has a porno coming out, approved by Mother.

[DJChameleon]

i think so too actually

hispanics often hate each others and legals hate illegals

not every time but often

too many americans think they're a monolith

The bolded is very much true especially of Cubans in Florida. They come to the country and then it's like they shut the door behind them and all of a sudden hate illegals. I'm like sir you just came over not too long ago and you want to turn your back on your own people? what!?


After awhile I was so over the Debt Ceiling talk. They do this every time lately, they drum up suspense and wait til the last minute and of course they will work out something because they can't shut down the government. It's just to get the average person/voter on pins and needles. It's a bunch of political posturing so that voters remembered who held up the process of coming to an agreement and when it's time to vote they vote against the person that held up the process and get them out of office.

[Toy Revolver]

The bolded is very much true especially of Cubans in Florida. They come to the country and then it's like they shut the door behind them and all of a sudden hate illegals.

Also, the people who "flee" Cuba are shitheads to begin with. They're not persecuted in Cuba for no reason. We get the greediest and most selfish gusano here. The only reason they run to America is because they're counter-revolutionary cowards.

[jimmy jazz]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-65773723

Wow.

Them sherpas are heroes.