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 ...
Jex says:
You make money off these, right?
John Danley says:
Summerstylez sum coffee mugz, up in here.
I've been waiting for G&T coffee mugs longer than I've been waiting for Kissinger to die.
E* says:
For the ladies and the generally womanly shaped folk: Lest you think that Ed is a sexist bastard when only the men's styles pop up at the link, select the tiny "see all styles" link under all of the colors for a myriad of other options.
Ed might still be a sexist bastard, but his t-shirt options will never reveal it.
Middle Seaman says:
Et tu, Ed?
Kevin says:
I want a shirt that says "DOPAMINE'S ONLY NATURAL PREDATOR", and a coffee mug.
sluggo says:
I want a shirt that says Opiate of the Asses.
Jessica says:
No women's sizes? Seriously? I'm so super bummed.
c u n d gulag says:
As big as I am, I should get paid for wearing someone's t-shirt!
Amanda says:
Shouldn't it have the website on there someplace?
Emerson Dameron says:
The red one is already out of stock.
mothra says:
Heh. Once you start servicing the customers, the customers get all up in your grill. That being said, I'm all about the magnet. Can I customize the t-shirt to turn into a magnet (other than sewing magnets into the t-shirt, that is…)?
nate says:
Hugh: I know this is what they think people like me think, so I hate thinking it, but I just find myself thinking that they're from a different fucking species. You know, with their t-shirts and weird trousers and tabards. Why do they wear clothing with writing on it? And why are they so fat?