The photos of the "crowds" at the tank parade remind me of when Bill Hicks would come on stage in an almost-empty club, scan the room slowly, and announce "I've had more people in bed than this" ...
When the president sends a cabinet member on TV to announce "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
This is from 2022 but it was absolutely right. The practiced buffoonery of Trump 1, all the "just kiddings" and "seriously but not literallys" absolutely succeeded in desensitizing people who are hardly paying any attention to the harder stuff they always intended to do next. ...
The basic fallacy in chasing votes by being "tough on immigration" is that the modal American's position on the issue is "Deport the Bad ones and keep the Good ones," and they alone know who is which, and that simply does not translate into workable policy. So this kind of gestapo stuff horrifies some of the same people who cheered when Trump promised to do it. There are true sociopaths who love this, but "No, I meant only the BAD immigrants! Not my coworker/friend/neighbor!" is as likely a reaction as enthusiasm. You cannot do immigration policy that satisfies these people because what they want is nonsensical.
So by the time center-left parties fully commit to chasing the far right by "getting tough" on immigration, the backlash has already begun to build and they walk right into it. "I thought you people wanted this!" No, they want something impossible and convinced themselves they'd could have it - the "eat whatever you want AND lose weight!" of immigration policies.
It is hard to grasp but large masses of Americans are both racist/xenophobic AND not racist/xenophobic enough to applaud what Trump is doing. It's goldilocks shit, they want a level of racism/xenophobia calibrated exactly to their personal preferences, and you just can't make that policy. Don't try. ...
AP: Trump extends olive branch, invites Musk to White House cellar to taste some brand new amontillado ...
Anonymous says:
What a bunch of losers. Proof that grad school is for those afraid to face real life.
Ed says:
Yes, "real life" as defined by taking pictures of your pussy and posting them online.
I'm sorry you flunked out of community college and are insecure about how fucking stupid you are. Now go back to making tacos for your superiors.
Anonymous says:
Geez, you guys are ugly.
sam says:
HOLY SHIT this is for Mike…
mike, were u a counselor at some computer camp a loong time ago? cuz I DEFINATELY was in one of your classes… and I found out about this site a hell of a long time ago when you had our whole class kneel on the ground and pretend to be starving kids who were programming for ginandtacos.com!
and dude.. hannah & hogg gin is THE shit. you guys are hillarious. I only hope that I, too, can one day be as cool as you.
–sam
Anonymous says:
See the problem is, you are that guy who never gets any attention from the beautiful single women in this town. As a single woman, native of champaign, student at the u of i, and bartender downtown, i would honestly have to say that most of your interpretations were very very wrong. youre also a bit on the pessimistic side. get over yourselves, these are places to drink beer. maybe you and your unattractiveness should just buy a case and sit at home on your couch, what kind of bad review are you going to give that?
kreggg says:
Ed is great, Ed is good, now I thank him for all of my food. Ahmen.