Michael Hardner

If you don't see me, it doesn't mean I'm hiding. I might just not be around. 🙂 @Moonbox another weird thing is that people hardly ever comment about the public sphere. It's like they don't believe it exists. Therefore I must be a liar.. 🤷

This wasn't about murder. Trump's son made fun of a violent act against Pelosi's husband, which I found disgusting.

Right? I'm always bringing it up... Except when I'm avoiding it... Didn't you accuse me of staying away from the threads on that topic also? Seems like sometimes I post about it and other times I don't... 🤔 I don't hide from you, I have you on ignore. Given that you don't seem to have any respect for my opinions that shouldn't matter to you. Of course! Funny is subjective... But there are certain things that seem to come up again and again.... Like trans folks or gold diggers.... You might not find those topics funny, but apparently many do.

You're one of the rare posters who have figured out my angle on this stuff. It's the public sphere. How do we deal with controversial, strange, impactful, expensive, or generally politically divisive issues? If we don't do that honestly and giving the other side a bit of the benefit of the doubt, we're hurting ourselves.

I'm just trying to look at the root of the joke. Young babes marrying old rich guys, automatic humour. I think that's a way to look at any statement that is political. Jokes are different. I will give a joke a pass if it's funny, in many circumstances.

Maybe? I doubt anyone is influenced by these people. From what I read, Kimmel's jokes came before the assassination attempt, which is relevant. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04x40d4424o Just checked... Yes he made the joke days before. It had nothing to do with the attempt.

I don't think that the joke is funny, and that's the first stop in any discussion about comedy imo. Like, I didn't admonish Dave Chappelle for joking about trans folks and nauseum... But I did feel he sacrificed the funny when he did that.

I don't know... Pretty clear that she married for money, I would say. People snicker about that all the time. That's part of the cost of one of these setups isn't it? Just asking...

You cited a claim by him. Given his record, it should be ignored. So you asked what the consequences are: lots of needless death and suffering, and a set back to the world economy.

Trump's own assertions on this topic are repeatedly wrong. He's an orator, and a salesman not a strategist. People are starting to see that he's oversold his abilities, and I am being restrained in my statements. His support has fallen through the floor, which seems to indicate that rockbed supporters are changing their minds.

For those who have made up their minds, one study is all they need to prove them right. There are lots of studies... and the social sphere is adjusting on all sides in the worlds of polite company, youth sports, and so on and so on.... Most of us are focused on bigger things. To quote @August1991 ... "we" get along...

With Trump.... we went there... my hope is that the egghead as a public intellectual leader will rise again... Thanks, Nationalist

From today: "Trump threatens to shoot boats laying mines in strait as tensions escalate" So.... 😐

This is delightful.

Why do I keep reading about Iranian boats if the Navy is sunk?

I don't think that's exactly fair to him. He capitalized on the prevailing winds of populism, but timing was not his friend. I don't think he can say he's not smart as much as you can say. He's unlucky.

Nobody likes a sore winner... That said, we're all losing unfortunately

Don't forget that the Trump years are marked by bailouts for the agriculture industry due to trade wars with China. Do you know if those are factored in ? In any case, there is no dealing with this administration. The timing of MCUSA discussions is unfortunate but we have to wait until a more serious admin comes into office.

They sang BABY COME BACK

My favourite Operating System is Overton Windows.... I am a Conservative because I reject nationalization of industry. So extreme right in 1979 is NDP today.... free enterprise, open trade, personal freedom

All good but the focus on religion & wives is more 1966 than 1026.

Give him credit... He had a lot more going on than just starting a new party. He was busy impersonating a police officer, allegedly, and was actually convicted of something: Patron has been convicted of other offences, including wilfully promoting hate in 2022, after he called for the genocide of Jewish people in a video posted on the party's website and social media accounts. Why would you waste bandwidth with a post that leaves the casual Observer to think he's being persecuted for starting a new party? There are lots of other things to post about.

Interesting take. To be fair, nobody knew where the Trump thing was going, so when the wheels started to fall off - when he made Canada his enemy and set the stage for Kearney - there wasn't much they could do. They had a new new leader to go up against, who was more like Harper than Trudeau... And the shooting from the hip thing started to look suspicious... Something tells me when this all settles out, no matter how it goes, we will be in a new world that looks more like the old one than what we have right now.

You didn't specify, I assume that the end of the story was that they botched it. Too bad 😂 JK

He's not posting here, so we won't get an answer on that. For a nation, we have at best a historic association to whence we came. So, we have to accept both pride and shame, I would say, at arm's length. Far easier to connect to the Western project or even the human project.