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 ...
Wayne Ruffner says:
I dig my new shirt. My wife thinks "it's cute", ffs.
Though, I doubt this shirt's gonna last four long years…or, I hope, two. Get them made with Duluth's Longtails for the duration, please…
mothra says:
I have seized the day and purchased one for my grumpy sweetheart. He will delight in it.
Thanks, Ed!
Paul Nations says:
I really like these shirts, it will probably be a faded gray by next Christmas. That's OK, I'll still wear it.
One aggravating thing about the details of the Paypal site, I had to place two separate and distinct orders, same double handling, shipping & whatever else.
I'm not seriously aggravated by this little inconvenience but it is an inconvenience. Please, fix it by next season.
Thank you very much.
Garry says:
Mine arrived the other day. Great shirt. May need a few more to get through the next few years.
"My other shirt was an optimist"
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Where are the "Everything is terrible all the time" stickers damn it?
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