US US Politics General - Discussion of President Biden and other politicians

 

[WhiskeyJack]

Frankly, I don't think EVs will ever truly replace ICE vehicles. As I've written before, we'll likely just switch to another chemical fuel source if peak oil ever actually happens, or we develop a cheaper fuel that supplants oil first. My guess is Methanol to replace gasoline, since it can be made from basically any biomass source that humans can't consume (unlike Ethanol, which is made from edible sugars generally), and burns very cleanly in any gasoline engine with minimal retrofitting.

Even with massive improvements to battery efficiency, they'll always be heavy, massive, and expensive compared to any ICE, and will need frequent replacement, lose power in cold weather, and be slower to recharge than simply pumping liquid chemicals into a gas tank. Though there is at least one type of liquid battery, but it's only useful on massive scales, like backup power for a factory. Not suitable to a vehicle smaller than a military vessel.

if energy density is the issue then the answer is just using nuclear. the issue isn't energy density, it's how easy the energy is to access and how easy it is to engineer a machine that has the same safety parameters as what people expect and batteries still aren't as safe as combustion engines. all of the other alternative tech like hydrogen are even worse

I'm not sure the world would ever accept nuclear powered cars. Folks freaked out pretty quick over nuclear aircraft.

 

[Alter Ego]

I wonder what happened to Sacha Baron Cohen because his comedy was once fucking brilliant and just utterly retarded now. The HBO incarnation of Ali G Show and the Borat movie are still great.
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The comedy was partially hearing Cohen's absurdity but the real punchline was seeing everyday Americans and elites bend over backwards in placating a cartoon character because he had camera men in front of him. Without that element it's just not funny. Part of me feels that Cohen is still butthurt that Trump talked to him as Ali G and Trump within 2 minutes realized it was a giant waste of his time.

Cohen touting P-Diddy at the end especially makes that clip gold today.

 

[mlanguishi]

I'm not sure the world would ever accept nuclear powered cars. Folks freaked out pretty quick over nuclear aircraft.

Ford Nucleon - Wikipedia

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Ford had a concept of it, I really wish that would've happened.

 

[Kulee Baba]

Apologies if this was already uploaded ITT yesterday.

Just have to say THANK YOU Megyn Kelly. Hell thank you Bill Maher for letting her speak without stonewalling her. I feel people like me can only express this utterly reasonable opinion on free speech asylums like Kiwifarms because otherwise we're treated as hatemongers for not wanting children to be turned into eunuchs. I am convinced that future generations will see "Trans Kids" and be horrified by how people in the 21st century could be so idiotic.

Edit: The bad optics here from Kamala's rally are amazing. Of course I don't expect speakers to go rush into the crowd but y'know you are DOCTORS! or least dressed as ones! Credit to Don't Walk Run: https://x.com/DontWalkRUN/status/1850174300487119017

 

[MirrorNoir]

I wonder what happened to Sacha Baron Cohen because his comedy was once fucking brilliant and just utterly retarded now. The HBO incarnation of Ali G Show and the Borat movie are still great.
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The comedy was partially hearing Cohen's absurdity but the real punchline was seeing everyday Americans and elites bend over backwards in placating a cartoon character because he had camera men in front of him. Without that element it's just not funny. Part of me feels that Cohen is still butthurt that Trump talked to him as Ali G and Trump within 2 minutes realized it was a giant waste of his time.

He wants to stop doing those characters you mentioned and become a "serious actor". He's probably eternally butthurt he got kicked off the Freddy Mercury biofilm and all of the critical acclaim it got and his replacement on the project (the mr robot guy) got instead. That means spouting the anti-life equation while done up with a fake mustache in a hastily made video. Or else he won't get roled like on Disclaimer again.

 

[FMW13]

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Just have to say THANK YOU Megyn Kelly. Hell thank you Bill Maher for letting her speak without stonewalling her. I feel people like me can only express this utterly reasonable opinion on free speech asylums like Kiwifarms because otherwise we're treated as hatemongers for not wanting children to be turned into eunuchs. I am utterly convinced that future generations will see "Trans Kids" and be horrified by how people in the 21st century could be so idiotic.

Seriously she has made the best turn around since leaving fox. And god damn does she bring the fire.

 

[mlanguishi]

The typical leftwing woman.

https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1850175998467195254

 

[God's drunkest driver]

Let's be real, this thread isn't any better. Anybody who doesn't support Trump or even lightly support Harris, even if it's for legitimate or personal reasons, will get dogpiled.

Forget donald trump. Name one legitimate reason to support kamala harris. She is the worst presidential candidate we've ever seen, and this is following a scummy rich reality tv star vs an entitled harpy bitch, and a demented old criminal fuck with a rich crackhead son. She's so fake and unqualified that she makes the unlikeable ghoul hillary look more genuine and the media has been worshipping her. She even did the same fake accent shit at some events that hillary did, how on earth can you possibly be so tone deaf that you think that is a smart thing to do? It shows contempt for the people you're speaking to: "I think you're so stupid that you've never heard me before and will fall for this and like me more". She transparently got the job of VP because she's brown and a woman because she wasn't even a serious contender in the 2020 primaries, she didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting the nomination despite the multiculti woke nonsense of the left. I'm a NPA voter, so I have been getting loads of political bullshit on my phone and in the mail and the crux of the democrat campaign is

1. trump evil and bad, fascist, racist, felon, rapist, etc
2. abortion ("health care" or "reproductive care" they sometimes call it)
3. retarded mush about our country being a melting pot, basically muh immigrants

Their own campaigns can't give me good reasons to vote for them, so to me there aren't any. Trump let me down in his first term and I hate the limp dick, constantly compromising, israel loving republican party, but I am definitely voting against democrats because I am against open borders, gun control, EV mandates, vaccine mandates, wealth/inheritance taxes. That last one... I worked my ass off to go from a broke teenager to a solid middle class family man, like hell do I want the government stealing some of the money I will leave to my kids if I happen to keep increasing my wealth over the next 50 years before I die. And how on earth is it defensible to keep letting the whole world in through our southern border? They aren't here to improve the place, they bring the shit they ran from with them. Nobody honestly believes haitians are going to make a positive contribution to this country, they just can't stand the thought of being called racist so they'll make stuff up to excuse the absolute shithole that haiti has been since its independence. The justification is constant repeating the mantra "diversity is our strength" and bullcrap about foreign food and not having anyone to do the jobs the foreigners will.

 

[Soycast Guy]

Russian actors? Is there even a single nigger in Russia? I mean other than some sand niggers.

It’s always Russia Russia fucking Russia. It’s the democrats damn boogeyman. It’s like our dear leaders all forget that China is actively hostile against us and we haven’t even had a conflict with Russia for 30 fucking years. All the old crones in office are still stuck in the red scare.

Also Russians absolutely despise Muslims.

 

[CarlKingofDucks]

The typical leftwing woman.

https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1850175998467195254

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so if u watch to the end even the sheboon is like hey thats just a kid.

Liberals are fairly anger inducing.

 

[The Ugly One]

the democrats messaging since reagan has been a smarmy "we're more sophisticated than the other guys." which is actually an extremely effective strategy when the 'other guys' are good old boy republicans whose strategy to get elected is telling their constituents they aren't sophisticated. it's actually completely effortless and doesn't require any planning at all whatsoever. they've been on autopilot for so long they didn't realize they had to do something else for trump or they would screw themselves over. you're looking at the results of 'screwing themselves over"

"Sophisticated" in the 2000s meant being able to at least sound intelligent when talking about the environment, diplomacy, education, and health care. "Sophisticated" in the 2020s means you can navigate all the different fake tumblr genders and like sticking things up your ass.

Also Russians absolutely despise Muslims.

Putin's all Mr Big Tent with his Kazakh and Chechnyan pals. Just so long as you don't do a terrorism.

Just have to say THANK YOU Megyn Kelly. Hell thank you Bill Maher for letting her speak without stonewalling her.

Maher did almost all the talking in that segment. Allah forgive me for saying this, but I would have like to have heard more of the woman's take on this.

 

[big pauper]

I'm not sure the world would ever accept nuclear powered cars. Folks freaked out pretty quick over nuclear aircraft.

people would have accepted them just fine if the military industrial complex decided that it was the way to do things. dont pretend that tech tree advances are democratic or reflect anything more than hair brained politicking. the same people that make these decisions spent 40 years on a kerbal space program rocket made of porcelain that moved the goal posts on the project every time it launched, starting off at "we're gonna build 20 of these and use them for the moon base" and ending at "we really hope it doesn't explode this time"

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

Wait... Beyoncé didn't even perform at the Harris rally? What a massive honeydick.

At this point, Harris either wants to lose, or her campaign staff hate her and want her to lose.

 

[babadook]

I wonder what happened to Sacha Baron Cohen because his comedy was once fucking brilliant and just utterly retarded now. The HBO incarnation of Ali G Show and the Borat movie are still great.
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The comedy was partially hearing Cohen's absurdity but the real punchline was seeing everyday Americans and elites bend over backwards in placating a cartoon character because he had camera men in front of him. Without that element it's just not funny. Part of me feels that Cohen is still butthurt that Trump talked to him as Ali G and Trump within 2 minutes realized it was a giant waste of his time.

This was painfully unfunny wtf

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

This was painfully unfunny wtf

It does not age well.

 

[urr13 account]

The typical leftwing woman.

https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1850175998467195254

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somewhat infuriating that no one punched this annoying bitch in the face.

 

[Judex Meus]

The one i went to required an ID to vote.

That's because it's on a state-by-state basis. some states require a valid govt. issued ID, others you just need to provide an address (or even less info). That's the problem.

 

[Sister Miriam Godwinson]

Putin's all Mr Big Tent with his Kazakh and Chechnyan pals. Just so long as you don't do a terrorism.

Contrary to popular belief, Putin is not 110 million Russians in a trenchcoat. An average Russian does loathe the Chechens and disdain the Kazakhs, largely becase the Chechens couldn't refrain from doing a terrorism if they tried. See the recent Crocus kerfuffle.

 

[teriyakiburns]

I was comparing extended magazines for the Thompson to extended pistol magazines. Because it hardly seems fair to let pistols have extended mags but limit the Tommy to its standard one imo.

If you've never loaded a 50 round pistol mag, have you really lived?

 

[Xarpho's Return]

I'll even say that Walz is even worse, you barely hear anything about him at all, and the few times you do, it's him embarrassing himself.

I was thinking about the difference between Walz and Biden. Biden, I have to admit, has his charm. His gaffes during the Obama administration were always fun, and I can see how his folksy stories (all bullshit but that's the usually the way these anecdotes go) can win people over.

I don't see any of that with Walz. Zero charm, zero charisma, and he gives off pedophile vibes like no one else does.