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  2. Not that it matters one way or another, but there is strong reason to believe that yes, he was grazed by the first shot fired. It also seems that he just happened to turn his head as the shot was fired, or it likely would have killed him. Some will believe this was an act of God, some will call it good luck, and of course some will call it bad luck. If he had been killed someone more right wing and capable would have been nominated and probably would be a stronger candidate. Because of that I'm calling it good luck. Harris can beat him, but only because so many people are never Trumpers. 

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/26/us/politics/trump-shooter-bullet-trajectory-ear.html

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  4. 14 minutes ago, nigel99 said:

    I think this raises 2 interesting points. Firstly the whole DEI argument could backfire in a big way as it pits whites against ‘others’.

    Yes, this is the basis of what is called "identity politics". And it has been working and used by both the left and the right in the USA. It is the reason large numbers of Americans vote against their economic interests. 

  5. 12 minutes ago, wolfriverjoe said:

    One thing I've been hearing is that since it was the "Biden/Harris" campaign, Harris and her organization has full use of the money, even the PAC money for the campaign.

    She will use the Biden/Harris money. The Rs will complain to the FEC who will "investigate". In about a year's time it will issue a ruling that will not matter.

  6. 37 minutes ago, Coreece said:

    We call on the @DNCto create a process that allows for public participation in the nomination process, not just a nomination by party delegates."

    You had a series of primaries that resulted in Trump and Biden. Pretty much proof that democracy has failed America.

  8. Just now, normiss said:

    Completely disagree, or we hang out with an entirely different class of people.

    Racism has disgusted me since I was a little kid. I blame the Air Force for the CRT education bits - we learned a LOT about other races in the American schools. I'm thankful for that.

    It was probably different for us. Here in Winnipeg there were very few black people at the time. None that I knew personally. The N word was used in the usual childhood rhymes and we used it against each other. Not black people. It wasn't really about racism. Our particular flavour of racism involved fear and distrust of native peoples. This would be early 70s at the latest. When I became an older teenager I began to understand why it was wrong. 

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  11. 1 minute ago, billeisele said:

    At no time have I said that any of this political garbage is acceptable

    Yes of course. You are just the guy who reposts the offensive meme and then says it has nothing to do with you, you are just passing on the message. Well.....let me tell you, that shit fools no one.

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  13. 28 minutes ago, Phil1111 said:

     

    Harris has received endorsements from top democrat after top democrat. Yet you label her as a "woke nitwit". 

    I’m pretty sure that to winsor anyone who is not explicitly anti-woke is a woke nitwit. Including you and me.

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    33 minutes ago, normiss said:

    Vance is already out with the racist dog whistles too - he says Kamala is "uppity".

     

    That’ll backfire quickly. It’s not even really a dog whistle. It’s in your face racism. 
     

    Edit, I can find nothing about him actually speaking that word. What he did was call her ungrateful for the country. Other people are saying that means she is uppity. 

  15. 3 hours ago, billeisele said:

    The mud-slinging has started, what fun. Interesting article in USA today. Then there's this, along with many others from both sides already out there.

    On a side note, what a joke the Congressional hearings were today with the SS Director. Not sure if she was unable or just unwilling to answer. Either way, it's unacceptable. Great example of the problem with unelected bureaucrats.

    vance harris.jpg

    Somehow you think it's wrong for her to have had a sex life? Do you believe that young marine didn't have one? Normal people have sex. Even your parents had sex. Are you pure, or just a misogynist?

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  16. · Edited by gowlerk

    36 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

    However, that thumbprint in the Constitution created the path for the reconstruction amendments of 1865-1870 which marked a second constitutional founding that rested on other premises. Together, they made equality part of the constitution and they gave the national government an effective basis for challenging racial inequalities within the states. 

    And to think, all it took was a brutal 4 year war with many hundreds of thousands of deaths that still divides the nation. A nation that still cannot manage to pass the ERA.

  17. · Edited by gowlerk

    I would propose a slogan or at least a theme for Harris. "Moving America Forward" Putting an emphasis on leaving some of the chaos behind. Kind of the opposite of maga. Framing Trump as a man of the past.

  18. 1 hour ago, Erroll said:

    I distinctly recall a respected pundit on this forum saying back in 2008 that a black junior senator from Illinois was unelectable.....

    I don't know if I said that here, but I certainly believed that. My prediction record is about 25% correct.

  19. 1 hour ago, ryoder said:

    I don't get the "I need to be energized" argument.

    The prospect of having that deranged moron in the Whitehouse again, energizes me to vote for ANYONE the Democrats put up against him.

    I was going to comment about poor turnout in national election for the US. But maybe I'll just bite my tongue because it is actually almost identical to Canada's at about 63%. 

  20. 15 minutes ago, billvon said:

    Perhaps they could leak that the road was actually named after Temple Grandin, an autistic woman, and is therefore woke.  That way they could sell it as "NO NORE WOKE!"

    When in reality Bishop Grandin was a force behind the residential school system that did so much damage.

  21. Harris will be the nominee and will ignite excitement within the party and the electorate. But maybe not in the crucial swing states leading to the possibility of a historic popular vote lead and an electoral college loss.

  22. 1 hour ago, JoeWeber said:

    Right, let them find out at the Utqiagvik post office.

    Winnipeg recently changed the name of a major road from Bishop Grandin to Abinojii Micanah. The local right wing is losing their shit over it.

  23. 4 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

    It ain't what folks holding tea cups want to know but there are times when nothing less than a complete asshole will do.

    I know what you mean. Sometimes I fill that role here.

  25. I'm sure you are well aware of what those numbers mean and where they come from. Who to trust? Hanging either 220 or 254 lbs under a 113 sq. ft. 7-cell non ZP means that if anyone uses it they will need to be fully capable of flying it and landing it. If they are incapacitated in any way, or untrained or inexperienced they are taking a large risk. The manufacturer is not lying.