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re: Do you think we see civil war in the uk in the next 20 years?
Posted by Penrod on 5/20/25 at 9:49 am
We might see Scotland break off, but Northern Ireland and Wales will not. Wales is far too integrated with England and Northern Ireland needs England to shelter it from the Catholics.
re: Everyone blaming FJB "inner circle" but very few calling out Jill, SHE'S the one to blame
Posted by Penrod on 5/20/25 at 9:46 am
You’re doing the same thing you are criticizing others for: giving many a free pass because you want to focus the guilt on someone. Jill is culpable, as are a lot of people in the Administration, in the Democrat Party and in the MSM.
re: Howie Mandel: “They never said you won't get COVID” - RFKj: 'Can I play a tape for you?'
Posted by Penrod on 5/20/25 at 9:44 am
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when the vaccine first hit the shelves, the talking point I think was 92% to 94% effective. As time passed, I think they dropped the number into the 68% range.
Yes, it was more than 90% effective AT PREVENTING INFECTIONS. That was true about three weeks after your second dose, but it did not last. And here’s the thing: Fauci knew it faded fast.
Argue this with an informed leftist and he will say, “Fauci said at the time that the effectiveness would fade.” And sure, he did say that. But he gave the impression it would gradually fade over years, not over a few weeks. And Fauci knew how fast it was fading before he ever started vaccinating people with it.
re: Many on this Board often complain that Dems are highly aligned while rs are fractured…
Posted by Penrod on 5/20/25 at 9:38 am
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Latino men aren't turning out to be the leftist voting bloc that they were counting on.
The end.
I think this is a much better summary (courtesy of poster ScottFowler in another thread)
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The 2024 election was not just a contest between populists and elitists, not even primarily a contest between left and right. The crucial dynamic was strength versus weakness. Trump gave the appearance of strength. Biden—and yes, Harris, too—gave the appearance of weakness. This had to do with Biden’s age; it was mostly about the sclerosis of his party.
There is a body of thought that we’re entering a post-progressive era. A few months ago, I reviewed a brilliant book on the subject, The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism by the British philosopher John Gray. A few days ago, in the Wall Street Journal, Eric Kaufmann of Buckingham University offered a partial Cliff Note version of the argument when he wrote: The decline of woke isn’t merely a “vibe shift.” It marks the end of the 60-year rise of left-liberalism in American culture. We are entering a post-progressive era.
Woke refers to an ideology of equal outcomes and emotional-harm protection for minorities…It energized a suite of policies known as diversity, equity and inclusion, whose roots lie in older racial-sensitivity training and affirmative-action programs. It is now in retreat. [Emphasis mine.]
It is obviously more complicated than that. There were other Democratic tendencies in addition to identity politics that propelled the secular slouch toward weakness. There were also the rise of feminism (and concomitant dissing of men), and arrant litigiousness. These were subtle tendencies, until they weren’t…until they became the battle cry of the 2024 campaign: “Kamala is for They/them. President Trump is for you.”
Decades ago, Chris Matthews identified the Republicans and Democrats as the “Daddy” party and “Mommy” parties. It was eerily accurate then and now, and it’s probably not going to change. Democrats can’t, and shouldn’t, remake the basic DNA of their party. There is too much right about the basic humanity of it. There does need to be a rebalancing, though. The aggrandizement of women, minorities and lawyers has to be modified and rethought. The excesses are going to have to be excised.
Kaufmann notes, accurately, that the 60-year effort to create equal rights—for blacks, for women, for homosexuals, for immigrants of every hue—produced some brilliant social improvements. In fact, it was a smashing moral success…and then, the Democrats took it too far, fr from equality of opportunity to equity of results. Read through any Biden Administration document and you will see the word “equity” used—consciously, foolishly—where previous Democratic Presidents would have used “equality.” Words matter; the Biden staffers were tilting away from freedom toward a slushy socialism by fiat.
Can anyone read that and say that the entire left wing is radical?
re: Derek Curiel isn’t the SEC Freshman of the Year
Posted by Penrod on 5/20/25 at 9:23 am
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He faces 168 Batters
Curiel has over 200 AB and played OF.
The pitcher also fielded his position. That’s not as consequential as playing left field, but it’s not nothing either.
re: Many on this Board often complain that Dems are highly aligned while rs are fractured…
Posted by Penrod on 5/20/25 at 9:20 am
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Lmao of course you’ve been reading him for too long. Such a “moderate” you are. Nah just fake
I’m not a moderate, and no one on Yglesias’ comment section thinks I’m anything but a full on right wing nut job. I’m a small government conservative who is intellectually curious and reads opinion across the political spectrum…as you should, too. :spank:
re: Trump is on Capitol Hill right now scorching the 4 NY repubs for demanding SALT
Posted by Penrod on 5/20/25 at 9:18 am
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Those residents would move to another state and the Fed would get tax income that way.
Some would; some would not be able to. I’m not in one of those states, but if I was I would have to suffer it because my grandkids are here.
re: Prostategate is the biggest political scandal since Watergate.
Posted by Penrod on 5/20/25 at 9:16 am
Not even close. How about the Obama Administration spying on the Trump campaign based on opposition research paid for by Hillary Clinton who was in his cabinet at the time? And the Obama Administration KNEW it was phony bullshite.
re: Trump is on Capitol Hill right now scorching the 4 NY repubs for demanding SALT
Posted by Penrod on 5/20/25 at 9:14 am
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You mean tax break.
It’s semantics. If my marginal income is taxes at 15% by the state and 40% by the feds, and I make another $100, then I pay $55 in taxes. If I can deduct state income taxes then I still pay $15 to the state, but my federal tax is 40% of $85, or $34. So I pay $51 in total taxes.
Neither one of those seem fair. Paying over 50% in total income taxes should be against the Constitution. :lol:
I’m in favor of deduction for state taxes with a limit of about 8%. A state that goes above 8% is trying to replace the federal government. If they do that then screw ‘em.
re: Trump is on Capitol Hill right now scorching the 4 NY repubs for demanding SALT
Posted by Penrod on 5/20/25 at 9:06 am
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Completely ending SALT would a large amount of needed revenue
Terrible idea! States need revenue, and the taxes to raise that revenue should not be taxed by the Federal Government. I like the idea of a cap because otherwise a socialist state, like California, could go full on socialism and the feds would get no income tax.
re: Mediocrity of LSU Football - I miss being a top 10 team
Posted by Penrod on 5/20/25 at 5:30 am
[quote]this is why that generation allowed Louisiana to deteriorate so much.[/] :lol:
I’m one of the youngest boomers, and I’m 63. We are off the stage pal; y’all are running things. Jeff Landry is not a boomer. Neither is Bobby Jindal.
I’m going to enjoy my retirement years just watching y’all fix things. :rotflmao:
ETA: Other than whining about how tough boomers have made life for you, I agreed with the rest of your post.
I’m one of the youngest boomers, and I’m 63. We are off the stage pal; y’all are running things. Jeff Landry is not a boomer. Neither is Bobby Jindal.
I’m going to enjoy my retirement years just watching y’all fix things. :rotflmao:
ETA: Other than whining about how tough boomers have made life for you, I agreed with the rest of your post.
re: Many on this Board often complain that Dems are highly aligned while rs are fractured…
Posted by Penrod on 5/19/25 at 7:47 pm
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There is no more powerful “moderate” voice or stance in the Democratic Party. You only have varying shades of radical Leftism.
That's just not true. Have you read Abundance? In it Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson propose a platform that is certainly not radical leftism. And can you give me any opinions of Matt Yglesias that you think are radical?
I don't agree with these guys, but their most radically left views are that CO2 is a problem and we need affirmative action. All of them believe the defund the police movement was stupid. Yglesias knows that men pretending to be women are men.
re: Jake Brown against RH pitching is a cheat code
Posted by Penrod on 5/19/25 at 7:13 pm
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If you post Brown whiffing at that LHP 3/4 arm slot, that would be awesome.
You’re talking to the wrong guy. I’m feel lucky not to double-post.
re: My guess is that Shores coming back
Posted by Penrod on 5/19/25 at 7:11 pm
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I think he's gone. His raw measurables are elite. His numbers aren't great this year, but he's improving steadily after an injury, has his velo back, and his ceiling is very, very high.
MLB will risk a high draft pick on that sort of player.
This is a good analysis. I’ll add that if he stays it’s because he is being paid very well.
re: Derek Curiel isn’t the SEC Freshman of the Year
Posted by Penrod on 5/19/25 at 7:00 pm
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That's interesting. Why do you say that? Volantis pitched in the equivalent of a little over 4 games. Curiel played in 55.
Yeah, but how many times did the pitcher pitch in those games, and how many times did Curiel take a pitch or field a ball?
re: Ryan Clark Gets WRECKED
Posted by Penrod on 5/19/25 at 6:53 pm
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I wish he would’ve went off more instead of repeating himself 5 times.
I kept checking to see if the video had started over. :lol:
re: ZEROHEDGE in the WH in front of WAPO asks them to explain how it was suicide.
Posted by Penrod on 5/19/25 at 6:46 pm
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A shotgun blast at point blank to the chest may not immediately kill you.
I would guess you’d be dead in a quarter of a second. That would be a massive hole through your torso.
re: What happened to DOGE?
Posted by Penrod on 5/19/25 at 6:34 pm
I told some on here that the fraud of a trillion dollars or a half trillion dollars was nonsense. That’s not how politicians steal. They steal through perfectly defensible contracts given to their friends who kick back to them.
Kathleen Blanco’s campaign manager flew her husband all over in his private jet. When Katrina hit he was awarded the contract for coastal reclamation. The Blancos got to live high on the hog and the contributor got rich.
That’s how politicians “steal”. There’s no reason to steal from the social security system in a way that could get you caught and convicted. Sometimes an Edwin Edwards comes along and is more brazen, but you see where that got him.
Kathleen Blanco’s campaign manager flew her husband all over in his private jet. When Katrina hit he was awarded the contract for coastal reclamation. The Blancos got to live high on the hog and the contributor got rich.
That’s how politicians “steal”. There’s no reason to steal from the social security system in a way that could get you caught and convicted. Sometimes an Edwin Edwards comes along and is more brazen, but you see where that got him.
re: Dr. who worked with Biden shocked over cancer diagnosis — may have had it for 'a decade'
Posted by Penrod on 5/19/25 at 6:25 pm
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Biden did slip up and say he had cancer.
Biden slipped up and said he was a lot of things. He had dementia.
re: Comer says the persons who used autopen to sign preemptive pardons have been identified
Posted by Penrod on 5/19/25 at 6:19 pm
And they’re about to give us the list.
Number 7 will BLOW YOUR MIND!!!
Number 7 will BLOW YOUR MIND!!!
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