The Truman Tavern of Simple Truths and Smart One-Liners 33 1/3: The Final Insult

[Sestak]

Previous thread is on page 80 (and has lasted over five years!), so here we go.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

You should find a way to cope that does not involve reposting the same talking points in every thread on this forum. Have you considered seeing a therapist instead?

[TrendsareUsuallyReal]

You should find a way to cope that does not involve reposting the same talking points in every thread on this forum. Have you considered seeing a therapist instead?

I would, but Gov. Bevin took away my Husseincare so now I have to go without. Still voting for him anyway though to stop the caravan.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Apparently, Trump has warped things so much that every Democrat just voted for the conservative position

I heard someone make a very good point the other day that most progressives aren't pacifists; Sanders supported efforts to deal with ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, for example. We tend to only favour interventions where:

1) There is no other option
2) It is actively preventing more war

This falls under the second option. Stationing troops there, and it doesn't matter how many, was actively preventing Turkey from launching a war. It's an example of an intervention that worked.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Happy to pass the torch after such an illustrious run!

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

"Please Mr. EU, give me the deal to end all deals! Or else I'll be forced to shoot myself in the head!"

Quite the bargaining chip indeed.

Yeah, that's exactly what the "threat" of No Deal was. You'd have to be a complete and total cretin not to understand that 1 country cutting ties with its 27 biggest trading partners is going to hurt the one more than the 27. Even BoJo and his buddies ultimately showed they understood that, even if the nutjobs in the ERG might not.

[Badger]

Since the burn thread is reportedly no more (nice job, mods), this thread will have to do.

Mod bias

If we're so "biased" then how the f**k are you still not banned despite picking up infractions like a dog picks up ticks while running through the bushes?

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Since the burn thread is reportedly no more (nice job, mods), this thread will have to do.

For once, the mods are not to blame. I think you missed the correction last time this was brought up. It's our fault for not making use of the mine.
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=258473.msg6989197#msg6989197

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Context:

New users desperately trying to be a "character", presumably in the hope of getting an Opinion of thread, rather than actually contributing.

People obstinately refusing to learn that trends should be looked at relative to the national swing - if a state sees a 2 percent swing in a national environment of a 2 percent swing,has not trended. Similarly, people who always extrapolate trends to absurd ends.

The recent phenomena of megathreads, which is worst in the 2020 board where all news gets burried in 500 page monsters.

The fact that there is no specific board for historical congressional or international elections.

People making up strawmen on Atlas percieved wisdom and spamming threads with boring inanities about them.

Empty quotes with strikethroughs

[Antonio the Sixth]

The NRCC allied themselves with an abusive husband to blackmail his ex-wife, a sitting congresswoman, using revenge porn.
Every time I think Republicans have hit rock bottom they always find a way to surprise me.

[Badger]

The NRCC allied themselves with an abusive husband to blackmail his ex-wife, a sitting congresswoman, using revenge porn.
Every time I think Republicans have hit rock bottom they always find a way to surprise me.

What exactly is wrong with this?

[Antonio the Sixth]

The NRCC allied themselves with an abusive husband to blackmail his ex-wife, a sitting congresswoman, using revenge porn.
Every time I think Republicans have hit rock bottom they always find a way to surprise me.

What exactly is wrong with this?

[Badger]

The NRCC allied themselves with an abusive husband to blackmail his ex-wife, a sitting congresswoman, using revenge porn.
Every time I think Republicans have hit rock bottom they always find a way to surprise me.

What exactly is wrong with this?

Jesus, my brain. Got my threads confused! 😆

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Yes he is detached from reality in so many ways.

And yes it does seem strange that he said that about his wife.

He's just weird all around.

He doesn't see this as a shortcoming. He assumes most marriages are like his. I'm sure his parents didn't display much love.

I feel bad for him in this regard. I'm sure his life would be very different if there was more true affection in his life, especially early on.

This. It's quite sad that he's perplexed by the sight of a wife sobbing over her husband being shot. It explains a lot, though.

It also says something about Melania. People may like her or think they like her because she stays in hiding most of the time and tries to stay out of trouble, but in my view those two are two peas in a pod.

If he is as you state "detached from reality in so many ways," why would you assume this is an accurate statement about Melania?

For that matter why is everyone assuming Trump is making a somber and serious statement about his marital relationship at the same time as he is talking about how he would not recommend getting shot?

I say it from experience watching her. Remember that jacket she wore that said "I don't care, do you?" That was all about her, nothing that a First Lady "should" say. From then, on I saw how her character was so much like Trump it was unsettling. Not in the bully sense, but in the egoistic "it's all about me" sense. There's a reason she can stand being around Trump.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Florida:  wimpy wimpy wimpy

Minnesota:  HEFTY HEFTY HEFTY

Minnesota Man:  Paul Bunyan

Florida Man:  (goes without saying)

[Donerail]

Icespear said Bevin was inevitable,  ha. He who laughs have the last laugh

He who laughs indeed have the last laugh

[Antonio the Sixth]

I mean the clocks is still going like time isn't going to stop at midnight tonight so like history is still going on you feel me?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

"the final insult" 

[Sestak]

"the final insult" 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Gun_33%E2%85%93:_The_Final_Insult

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Icespear said Bevin was inevitable,  ha. He who laughs have the last laugh

He who laughs indeed have the last laugh

I want to print out this post, frame it, and put it above my computer at my desk at work. The only motivation I'll ever need.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

The Weakest Generation


also, in before the Jr. Mods explain why this story isn't worthy enough

I'd say Okay Boomer, but you're young enough to know better.

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The weakest generation is the one that claims they don't get offended by anything and then meltdown at everything that is the modern world.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

... Frankly, Atlas is filled with mental illness and it's often the kind of mental illness that makes it difficult to understand others' mental illnesses, but I digress...

[Antonio the Sixth]

Israel's experience is an argument against Benjamin Netanyahu.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

AOC slapped GOPete around.

Twitter isn’t real life. The vast majority of Americans share Pete’s positions on education and healthcare.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

It seems there is a massive inferiority complex among the oppressed Forum gays and to some extent in the Black community, watching this highly successful young gay mayor ascend to the Presidency ...

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