OldFartPhil

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[–] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Came here to say the same thing. The tone of the debate is not going to improve with the bomb-throwing toddler onstage with the rest of the clown show.

[–] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 52 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It’s a cult. MAGAts need deprogramming, not negative ads.

And this particular group are not good guys, either.

[–] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I have Mount Char on my to read list, but Time War was a dnf for me. Just could not get into it.

[–] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

What did you expect the fine people in his district to do, vote for the Democrat?

[–] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The market for erotic fiction is huge (think romance novels) and is primarily aimed at and consumed by women. I've always thought (and I think there are some studies to back it up) that women and men process sexual desire differently - visually for men vs cerebrally for women. Although I do think that as pornography has become more socially acceptable those differences may be less pronounced.

[–] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

The only strategic thinking that McCarthy seems capable of is, "How can I keep my job today?"

He could have been more bipartisan, he could have made deals across the aisle, he could have reigned in some of the clownshow investigations his side of the aisle have been promoting. He might have been able to put together a centrist coalition that would have neutered the Freedumb Caucus. But McCarthy, like most Congressional Republicans, is incapable of complex thought.

And now he's stuck. If he makes a deal with the Democrats to avert a shutdown he loses his job. If there's an extended government shutdown a lot of Republicans are going to lose their jobs next year. Not to mention the pain a shutdown will cause to ordinary Americans (as if any Republican cared about that).

[–] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Yep, nothing but the best snake oil for the rubes. Republicans love their crooked businessmen.

[–] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not going to downvote you because your tastes are your tastes. But it's kind of sad that the artists you like can't come up with more than one or two good songs per album. Or maybe it's the industry itself since so few people buy albums. When I used to buy albums my favorite song was never the hit single.

[–] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Linda Ronstadt - What’s New (that will throw a few folks off the trail)

Not really, your tastes are very similar to mine. Although "What's New" was just a gateway drug and now my music library is full of albums by Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, Carmen McRae, Joao Gilberto, Frank Sinatra and more.

[–] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now come on, she wasn't actually on her knees in the theater. Unless there's some unpublished photos out there (asking for a friend).

[–] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The entire Freedumb Caucus is still on board. The "shocking" revelation that Biden hasn't committed any impeachable acts isn't going to deter the GQP at all.

[–] OldFartPhil@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I just finished the book and thought it was better than the movie (although very different). I liked the cinematography and atmosphere of the movie, but it just moved too slowly for me.

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