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Posts Made By: Brian McFarland

September 15, 2022 07:31 AM Forum: Politics

What was he thinking?

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck
Not like the democrats need any more help for the midterms. This'll just motivate them some more.

His GOP colleagues in the Senate are distancing themselves from the proposed legislation. We got bad inflation news yesterday, but everyone is talking about abortion. Or not talking about it as McConnell wants us to do. I've heard many talking about voting this Roe-vember since the Supremes action on Roe v. Wade. 

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/13/grahams-abortion-ban-senate-gop-00056423
The current GOP leadership's brilliant plan to broaden their appeal to women voters?

September 15, 2022 09:49 PM Forum: Politics

Meanwhile in Europe

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Brown
https://www.ft.com/content/eeecf636-adb4-424a-9cc7-5609af86a7bc

Have you all been following Ukraine's counter offensive?  NPR covered it extensively yesterday with many interviews of military experts on the ground.  This is a thrilling development that certainly gives Ukraine the momentum and let's pray has flipped the trajectory of the war.   

Jim
It's hard to believe how inept the Russian military has turned out to be, and how inferior their equipment is. Ukraine's success in definitely a nod to the superiority of Western arms - they couldn't have done it without all of those donated arms.

After these spectacular failures, I suspect Putin's days are numbered.

September 15, 2022 10:04 PM Forum: Politics

Meanwhile in Europe

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Brown

Let's hope so.  The world could really use some good news.  Europe is girding for a horrible winter of unaffordable energy.  Next year could be worse if the war goes on, because Europe generally goes into this winter with healthy energy reserves, but no one knows what next year will look like.  
Big surprise: a country run by crooks, thugs, and oligarchs cannot compete on the world stage with healthy democracies.

September 16, 2022 12:04 AM Forum: Politics

Meanwhile in Europe

Posted By Brian McFarland

Here's a pic of the Amadea - parked not far from where I live. Confiscated from Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov. I took this pic last Saturday.

September 20, 2022 09:25 PM Forum: Politics

This is a good analogy for all of the Woke Racist Democrats who live in Martha's Vineyard

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Richard Davis
They certainly were exposed as the typical Liberal Democrat Frauds that they've always been, now weren't they?

What did it take?  Just 50 Illegal Migrants to be sent to the Island and the locals went into a literal frenzy.

It certainly was eye opening, to see that the frauds of the left are not only limited to their politicians but their constituents as well.

I read that it was less than 48 hours for the local Liberal White Democrat residents of Martha's Vineyard to have the illegals removed from the Island because of their NIMBY policies.  

Who could have even imagined that 125 National Guard Personnel would be sent onto that Island of Upper Crust Leftist Democrats to make sure that they rid the Island of all these invaders? 

But it happened.  So here's a nice photo of the reality of who resides at Martha's Vineyard (oh, and yes leftists, I realize this is a photoshopped image but its a good representation of who Democrats really are)

P.S. I wonder how long it will take for the resident RINO apologist for the Democrat party to respond to this posting to express his outright INDIGNATION at my thread here?  After all, I guess I'm just not taking the "NUANCE" of the event into account am I?  MY Bad!!  LOL   tongue
Did you photoshop that yourself, or swallow it whole from one of those idiotic websites you get all your opinions from? Why imply they're Democrats?

https://timeline.com/the-kkk-started-a-branch-just-for-women-in-the-1920s-and-half-a-million-joined-72ab1439b78b

September 20, 2022 11:15 PM Forum: Politics

This is a good analogy for all of the Woke Racist Democrats who live in Martha's Vineyard

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

My God you're a fucking idiot!   LOL  

I wrote this, from my original posting:  

"But it happened.  So here's a nice photo of the reality of who resides at Martha's Vineyard (oh, and yes leftists, I realize this is a photoshopped image but its a good representation of who Democrats really are)

I can't stress enough, just how stupid and unaware that you are, so your clueless response served its purpose.

I guess for you, reading isn't fundamental.  wink
Looked at the picture, did not read your bullshit (who does?)

September 20, 2022 11:27 PM Forum: Politics

This is a good analogy for all of the Woke Racist Democrats who live in Martha's Vineyard

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Brown

I pay $21 bucks a month for a photoshop CS license.  I doubt Rich has that kind of money.
True, full time internet trolling isn't much of a livelihood.

September 20, 2022 11:30 PM Forum: Politics

Meanwhile, GOP Leadership gets Smarter and Smarter

Posted By Brian McFarland

Marjorie Taylor Greene on electric airplanes:

"How is there an electric airplane and what does that look like?"
"So we were just making fun and thinking about, remember back a long time ago when you see movies and people in those slave ships and they're down there and they're rowing, and they're being whipped to row?""We were saying, 'How are they going to keep powering these electric airplanes?'" Greene asked. "'Is it like a spin class in a tube, and they've got everybody riding spin cycles and then this mean nasty airline stewardess that forced you to wear masks all the time on the planes...are they going to be forcing you to spin the plane?'"



Yes, I am trolling.

September 22, 2022 08:53 PM Forum: Politics

The #1 HERO of the left and they've adored him for nearly the last 100 years.

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Lacey


Informed? All you have is a lot of unfounded accusations and innuendo about supposed nefarious plots. Why do you believe this stuff? Simply, you don't seem to be able to accept that your political hero Donald Trump is the single most corrupt President in the history of the US, so you have to believe anything else but the truth.
It's interesting how these Trump hero-worshippers seem to be much more concerned about his reputation than they are about the security of the nation or the rule of law. But if asked, they'll claim to be "patriots". Funny stuff.

Is it just me, or does the MAGA crowd seem to be cut from the same cloth as the people who think professional wrestling is not fake and believe all the drama that goes with it? I mean really, check out the crowds at these events and then look at pics of MAGA rally attendees. I swear they're the same!

September 22, 2022 09:31 PM Forum: Politics

The #1 HERO of the left and they've adored him for nearly the last 100 years.

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Lacey


The wholesale capture of an entire wing of a major political party by the Trump cult of personality is something future Americans will look back on in amazement and wonder how the hell did that happen?

And they seem to honestly believe this narrative that Trump is a victim and is persecuted by a Democratic establishment and other government institutions that have a double standard. All the while ignoring his real and obvious crimes.
Well, in their minds Trump is perfect and incapable of wrong-doing, so by definition, any accusation is proof of a vast left-wing conspiracy to discredit him.