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Should be a wild four years.

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Bueanon is MATI as fuck over Schumers inevitable capitulation and are honestly laying some sick burns on that fossilized libcuck.

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THE DEMOCRAT PARTY IS DEAD. Hard to tell who catastrophizes harder, leftists or your average NEET white nationalist.

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In case anyone missed it Trump literally said Schumer wasn't Jewish anymore and called him a Palestinian.

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I simply cannot wait till the danger-haired Palie-lovie Proggie activists and Boomer "Blue No Matter Who" voters go hammer and tongs against each other in the primaries in 2026. Hey, maybe they'll even split the vote in the generals, leading to some long shot Republican wins. Certainly they're all acting like headless chickens right now.
 
Lmao. Chuckie bends the knee

Bummer. Would have loved to see them seethe as Trump blames the Schumer Shutdown on them and uses it as an excuse to lay off everyone he wants. "Sorry, you're not essential." I mean, there would have been fuckwit foreigners pretending to be Judges that would declare that he isn't allowed to make the call about who is essential, department heads do or something, but that seems to just be the only idea the left has right now.
 
If it makes you feel better, I live in a very red city of California that had a full on parade to support Trump’s inauguration, the auto shop I took my car to in October had the assassination fist bump framed and placed on every desk, and there is a large Christian community. You also see more cops here than basically anywhere in California, so illegals aren’t causing too many problems.

It’s still California and we have California retardation, but it’s not like we’re LA or SF
California is just huge, I think it has more Republicans in it than any other state...it just has WAY MORE Democrats too.
 
Bummer. Would have loved to see them seethe as Trump blames the Schumer Shutdown on them and uses it as an excuse to lay off everyone he wants. "Sorry, you're not essential." I mean, there would have been fuckwit foreigners pretending to be Judges that would declare that he isn't allowed to make the call about who is essential, department heads do or something, but that seems to just be the only idea the left has right now.
I'm just dying laughing here because the Democrat base keeps insisting that the Dem politicians go scorched earth on everything, the politicians like Schumer see the trap and try to backpeddle, making them look weak, and the vote-blue-no-matter-who base is incensed with them for not fighting back.

They literally cannot win any more. They either go full tantrum, which makes at least 60% of the US look at them with even more disgust, or they go along with the plan and try to salvage a deal or two, which makes the 30% of their most fervent supporters look at them with disgust, and doesn't fool the original 60% at all. Any time a protest breaks out nowadays, Schumer must cry himself to sleep at night because it just makes the Dems look worse. I love to see it.
 
If it makes you feel better, I live in a very red city of California that had a full on parade to support Trump’s inauguration, the auto shop I took my car to in October had the assassination fist bump framed and placed on every desk, and there is a large Christian community. You also see more cops here than basically anywhere in California, so illegals aren’t causing too many problems.

It’s still California and we have California retardation, but it’s not like we’re LA or SF
I think California is much more red than people give it credit for, it's just that the Californian Democratic machine has political rigging and manipulation down to a science, especially with elections. During my most recent visit to Southern California I was struck by how many Trump/Vance signs there were in the greater LA area, and Orange country (which is already a pretty red place by California standards) seemed wildly enthusiastic for a future Trump presidency. There really did seem to be a change in the air, so it doesn't surprise me that the Democratic party machine kept trying to find votes for weeks after the election.
 
I think California is much more red than people give it credit for, it's just that the Californian Democratic machine has political rigging and manipulation down to a science, especially with elections
I'm starting to get pessimistic about any effective changes* but if they do get voterid bullshit to pass nationwide you're going to see so many areas flip red your head would fucking spin. Especially with Vance who's approval rating is a lot higher than trump's. He's not as "low class" and "brash" as trump but has a similar fighting spirit, and i'd say twice as many republicans i know like Vance than like trump. i guess the best/worst comparison is that Trump is like Rodney Dangerfield in caddyshack while Vance is like Chevy Chase in caddyshack. they're very similar in their remarks and outlook on life and "fuck you" attitude. but because of their different personas it hits differently. age is going to be another big thing. Vance is 20 years younger than Newsom and a lot more savvy when it comes to memes and modern culture. much like we saw in the debate, Vance is going to wipe the floor with some democrat white dude stuck in a 2012 mindset of "i can just quote the bible and quip and throw this guy for a loop" that the democrats effortlessly used to be able to use for easy wins. by 2028 the Democrats are going to be the party of your parents while the GOP will be seen as the party of the youth, combine that with the age of many california residents and how many illegals will have fled the state and we're going to see some amazing shit, its like how by the end of election day, only the counties on the coast were blue. i 100% believe that's going to be the floor for the GOP. obviously the democrats will win it, but it will be a 55/45 win instead of the blowouts we usually see. And that goes for the rest of the country too, as long as assassinations don't succeed i can easily see 2024 being the floor in terms of votes and electoral votes come 2028



*i'm still pissed about the Epstein fuck up, the lawfare, and the tarriff delays
 
California is just huge, I think it has more Republicans in it than any other state...it just has WAY MORE Democrats too.
California is so comically huge that things don't make sense there.

As mentioned, it basically has a supermajority of Democrats. Despite that, it has more Republicans than most red states have people. Its gun laws are draconian, but they have more gun owners than most free states have people. Etc.
 
California is just huge, I think it has more Republicans in it than any other state...it just has WAY MORE Democrats too.
Similar to Illinois with Chicago having lot more democrats.

Edit: I spotted an interesting article about Ronald Reagan.

March 13, 2025

Ronald Reagan also had a slow economic start​

By Jeffrey Wright

I have many conservative friends who live in Washington, D.C., some of whom worked in the Reagan administration. They revere Ronald Reagan, and who on our side doesn’t? Reagan ended the cold war, restored patriotism in America, and presided over “Morning in America.”

But not so fast. Some don’t remember that Reagan’s first two years saw severe economic pain, as Reagan and his Federal Reserve head, Paul Volcker, applied some serious tough love to help the country recover from the disastrous Jimmy Carter era of stagflation and other economic ills.
Reagan and Volcker embarked on a plan to rein in Carter-era inflation. The 1981–1982 recession, one of the most severe post–World War II, stemmed from the combination of a tight monetary policy implemented by the Federal Reserve to combat inflation and the aftereffects of the 1979 energy crisis. The federal funds rate, a key interest rate, reached a peak of 20% in June 1981. This high–interest rate environment led to a decline in business investment and consumer spending, contributing to the economic downturn. The unemployment rate peaked at 10.8% in December 1982, the highest level since the Great Depression.

The good news is that three years after Reagan’s election, the country began to turn around, leading to his historic re-election and one of the greatest growth periods in American history.
 
California is so comically huge that things don't make sense there.
Things don't make sense because the Dems have done all they can to get an iron grip on the political machine and the Cali Republicans just bumble about (see the last election where the house race took WEEKS to count when it seemed in the Republicans favor but all the found votes pushed it to the Dems and the Reps didn't challenge it), as a result there are a lot more Democrat vs Republican voters. However, if you look at how the state votes for it's propositions you get the impresson that there are voters that lean conservative than liberal, they just need a strong conservative party to rally behind.
 
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you can taste the difference in the fries, and everybody else's prices for burgers went nuts so Steak And Shake isn't so expensive relative to the competition any more
My issue with steak n shake fries are that since they're shoestring they have always turned to mush and are never crispy enough. They're soggy tiny things- Freddys has the same problem.

Which one? Papa gut or sam?
Sorry, the old jewish dude in the video that debates her. Mr. Seder.*
 
Chinese self driving is already mogging Tesla for a few reasons. The Chinese cars have lidar and other sensors while Teslas are reliant only on cameras. China has a more aggressive driving culture so Chinese self driving is more prepared to handle edge cases like being suddenly cut off vs American self driving which can barely handle it.

I recently drove a Tesla with full self driving enabled. It required me to keep my eyes on the road and always have one hand on the wheel. I complied and then halfway through the drive I had a sneezing fit. The Tesla self driving fucking stopped working, gave me a notification that I lost self driving privileges for this trip, and started slowing the car down in the middle of the highway where everyone was going 75. If I had gotten 4 more situations where the car felt I wasn't paying attention, I would be locked out of self driving for a week. Imagine losing access to a feature that cost you 8k because the self driving janny didn't like that you looked away from the road. Meanwhile Chinese self driving cars let you have your hands off the wheel, look around the cabin, and they notify you if they can't handle a situation.

I like Tesla cars, the self driving is shit. Chinese EVs mog Tesla both in quality and in self driving.

That's because Elon is obsessed with retardedly simple interiors.

A Mach-E, Equinox EV, Cadillac Lyric, VW ID.4, Hyundai Ioniq 5, and others are far better vehicles to live with vs a Model 3.

He also personally hates LIDAR.

Chinese EVs are rolling bombs and use shitty battery chemistry and are more by companies that think a warranty is the piece of paper on the window when the far is on the lot.


Eh, I'm not sure it's so black and white.

I was in a hotel recently and around 7pm the room next to me filled with 3-4 Messicans talking super loud for a few hours, and again the next night. It was clear they had just got out of work and were having some cervezas before bed.

At first I was annoyed and legit thought about calling ICE. But on the other hand, not every Mexican worker is an illegal, and a lot of them work their asses off and pay taxes. I got no beef with them.

Now maybe these tamales were border jumpers, and yeah, they gotta go back. But I'd say if they're working hard, send them back eventually, and let ICE concentrate first on the cartel guys, MS13s, and non-working welfare wasting beaners.

Negrate me if you must, but I think there's some nuanced perspective to be had here.

Hell no, fuck those loud bastards depressing wages and babbling in Spanish 24/7.

Flight was a Boeing 737 Max 8.
Way to go Boeing.

It was a 737 NG 800

The last Gen.

Its very vague, giving you a brief drunken TLDR:

Up to 11 months of accounting for your sins before God and suffering. After that you reincarnate or enter the Jewish equivalent of heaven where you study torah

Hehe Jewish heaven is literally just 24/7 yeshiva 😜
 
Columbia university is starting to revoke degrees of student protesters who engaged in a building take over

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Can a university do that? “umm akshually you DIDN’T complete all those classes and we DIDN’T publicly recognize that you did so by giving you a physical award”
 
Can a university do that? “umm akshually you DIDN’T complete all those classes and we DIDN’T publicly recognize that you did so by giving you a physical award”
Yes, but it's considered a pretty extreme remedy. Usually it's for things like plagiarism getting caught after the fact, or trading favors like money/sex for Grades.
 
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