2024 US Presidential Election Thread

[kjb]

Plenty of Americans don't have a problem with this, @Yard_Sale for example, and they won. Deal with it.

Easy to say when you don't have to explain to children why people would want someone to pick cotton or tell them to be a slave

Edit: Let me say this as well I am not upset that Trump I thought there was a very strong possibility that he would win. It looked just like 2016 to me. Hillary raised a 1 billion dollars and so did Kamala. Hillary was supposedly leading in a lot of polls just Kamala. Trump was saying that he is lost it was rigged just like in 2016. So not shocking. I didn't vote for either candidate as I feel that both parties are different sides of the same corrupt coin.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Easy to say when you don't have to explain to children why people would want someone to pick cotton or tell them to be a slave

I mean, cotton hungry western nations are objectively okay with this - fast fashion is a problem - but for clarity I'm being sardonic.

 

[Danoff]

Easy to say when you don't have to explain to children why people would want someone to pick cotton or tell them to be a slave

You can tell them it's because America is full of crappy Americans.

 

[Kriptical]

How did they end up fixing the environment problem? Was it because there were a lot fewer people around after the war or did friendly aliens come in and teach them how to fix everything?

I think, just less humans. Nuclear holocaust and all. Don’t recall exactly. Kind of confused as to when the Vulcan’s made contact, vs us nuking ourselves.

When you think about it.. A huge part lf the ‘value,’ of oil and gas products lies in the distribution system. Without that, solar and wind, become a no brainer. Everything becomes self sustaining.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Brain worm for HHS

 

[Touring Mars]

I think, just less humans. Nuclear holocaust and all. Don’t recall exactly. Kind of confused as to when the Vulcan’s made contact, vs us nuking ourselves.

When you think about it.. A huge part lf the ‘value,’ of oil and gas products lies in the distribution system. Without that, solar and wind, become a no brainer. Everything becomes self sustaining.

The more I see of Trump's choices for his administration, the more I'm warming to the idea of nuclear holocaust.

 

[Blitz24]

Brain worm for HHS

Polio, measles and other diseases are going to become endemic in America.

 

[Biggles]

Finland and Poland, categorically no chance Russia step foot in either of those without staring WW3.

I guess cryptic comments don't read well on social media. 🤨

I was referencing the Molotov Ribbentrop pact leading up to WWII. Stalin's Soviet Union & Hitler's Germany - two mortal enemies -made a "non-aggression" agreement in 1939 which allowed Poland and the Baltic states to be invaded and partitioned between the two. Stalin claimed to be liberating Finland from "fascist Finns" ... sound familiar?

Russia might feel emboldened to attack other neighbouring nations if Trump's America doesn't stand behind NATO ... and Tusli Gabbard has a history of sympathizing with the Russian position. So, it's not clear at this point what would happen if Russia expanded its imperialist ambitions beyond Ukraine.

I remember decades ago reading the novel by the great Finnish writer Antti Turri (in translation!) about the "Winter War". The Russians had a hard time against winter seasoned and highly motivated Finnish defenders.

 

[Jezza819]

Brain worm for HHS

Better hurry up and get my Covid booster before he bans them.

 

[Danoff]

Better hurry up and get my Covid booster before he bans them.

This is good practical advice. Also good practical advice (if you're a pre-menopausal woman) is to get your IUD or birth control pills updated and stock up on plan B. Honestly at this point everyone should maybe stock up on condoms as well.