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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • Biden’s primary problem was that he could not comprehend where the criticism was coming from and would re-frame it in such a way as to absolve responsibility.

    Because he has the mind of an 80 year old…

    Everyone around him was either taking advantage of him or complicit in what was happening.

    We can’t keep pretending the normal biological effects of aging aren’t real. And because the way it affects, we’re usually the last ones to notice it’s happening.

    Other people have to be able to make the call. It doesn’t matter if it’s polite, sometimes grandpa doesn’t get to keep the car keys.


  • This is the first time the price has changed from $200 in almost a century…

    If it had been adjusted for inflation a stamp would be 3k today.

    What’s likely to happen is now that it’s $0 they call into the legality of the registry. Before the rational was that it was necessary to track who paid, because tracking the ownership wasn’t legal.

    If they’re not completely removed, there’s nothing stopping it from being changed again later.

    I don’t see a reason for suppressors to be more regulated than guns, and with “pistol” loopholes SBR regulation doesn’t make much sense either.

    We need to completely redo our gun laws from the ground up. None of the current system makes sense, but that doesn’t mean we get rid of it, just replace it with something that actual works.








  • Democrats are still attacking Mamdani

    Some elected politicians with a D by their name are.

    And frankly I don’t think they’ll be in office much longer.

    Like, as an American who has been paying attention since the DNC defended Bill lying about getting a BJ from an intern:

    This is the most optimistic I’ve been about the Dem party except for the brief window between Obama winning the 08 election, and then him saying he wouldn’t name a DNC chair.

    I can go on a big rant with details on why we should be optimistic about the party and the country if you want, but if you’re ok with recycling I can link you an old comment.

    It’s fucking weird to spend this much time defending the DNC, but people need to understand the chair is the DNC. And we’ve got a really fucking good chair since February, and he is already doing shit.





  • He can go back to the McKinsey foundation…

    The biggest danger to the Dem party is someone like Pete winning the primary. Hed put the old guard back in power over the party and bend to American oligarchs.

    But it’s a very open field:

    A June Emerson College Polling survey, published on Friday, finds Buttigieg, who is gay, leading the Democratic field with support from 16 percent of likely primary voters. Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who once dominated early polling, has slipped to 13 percent, followed closely by California Gov. Gavin Newsom at 12 percent.

    Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and New York U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez each earn 7 percent, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders captures 5 percent and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker 3 percent. Nearly one in four Democratic voters, 23 percent, remain undecided.

    I’ve been all for Bernie since 2015, but I hope he doesn’t run either. I’m honestly surprised to see he still got 5%, but if he does the smart thing and sits this out, I’d imagine he endorses AOC.