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California, Illinois, New York, and the New England states all cast the first stone with their blatantly unfair redistricting. Texas was just a response to that.
FYI, your timeline is backwards. You may want to fix it.
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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by TBoy on 4/22/26 at 9:28 am to ColoradoAg
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I think Trump just wanted to go in, prove a point, and leave. He doesn't have the balls to follow through.
That is Iran's advantage in the shooting war. They know, as you and I know, that Trump does not want an extended shooting war. America doesn't want an extended shooting war. No one wants to have to invade Iran. The threat of expanded hot war is meaningless because we won't do it.
re: Minimum wage in the 1970s would be the equivalent of making almost $56,000 a year now
Posted by TBoy on 4/22/26 at 9:00 am to theunknownknight
When minimum wage went from $2.90 to $3.10, I thought I was suddenly rich. Made enough cutting grass at the Club to buy my own bicycle.
re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by TBoy on 4/22/26 at 8:50 am to Victor R Franko
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"Trump buying time for new surprise attack"...... There aren't any surprises coming. Iran is at war and is as prepared as they're going to be. They're preparred for new attacks and will not be surprised.
You are correct. This one is not fooling anyone.
What I find most interesting about the way this conflict has evolved is that the US and Iran appear to be pivoting back and forth between entirely different wars.
The conflict started with the US and Israel bombing targets in Iran and making threats to expand the shooting war to "total annihilation." Iran called that bluff. They double dog dared the US to go ahead and invade or try to win a shooting war. They don't believe Trump's threats of expanded shooting war (none of us do) and started calling themselves the victors of the shooting war.
But in looking for a "hostage" to gain leverage, Iran pivoted the conflict to control of the vital Hormuz shipping lane. The US accepted the invitation to pivot the conflict to a battle for control of the waterway. You don't have to invade a country to impose a blockade. Seeing the potential value of the pivot, the US does not appear to have much interest in going back to the shooting war.
It appears that the pivot of the conflict to the waterway has given Washington a better foothold in the conflict. The same tactic that allowed Iran to harm global shipping can be turned on Iran. It is a fascinating turn of events.
By walking out of peace talks, Iran wants to goad the US into pivoting back to the shooting war, where Iran has the advantage. All the Islamic stat has to do is survive. So far, Washington has declined the new invitation to pivot back to bombing and potential invasion.
It isn't clear how this is going to ultimately shake out, but the pivot to control of the waterway appears to have moved the conflict to a stronger US position.
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Under Zelensky, Ukraine is not a reliable ally, IMO.
I don't know about that. Ukraine has a tremendous incentive to be a really good ally to the US, Europe, and anyone putting pressure on Iran.
re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by TBoy on 4/21/26 at 2:35 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Yup, they are a terrorist state doing what they've always done. Shouldn't be a surprise.
That is also objectively true.
However, I was commenting on the contradictory messages coming out of Washington regarding the latest proposed talks. The existence of contradictory messages is certainly true.
re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted by TBoy on 4/21/26 at 1:15 pm to hawgfaninc
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Iran says it has no plans to send a delegation to Islamabad, blaming "contradictory messages" and "unacceptable actions" by the U.S.
Don't know what they mean by "unacceptable actions," but we all understand the allegation of "contradictory messages." Some things are objectively true.
re: United Church of Christ "bishop" says we need a Third Testament.
Posted by TBoy on 4/21/26 at 1:13 pm to Larry_Hotdogs
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Almost like we were warned of false prophets 2000 years in advance.
It's also like we had this exact same thing posted yesterday.
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What's funny (and very sad) about this thread is how many of you are seemingly willing to take sides with a terroristic, theocratic, authoritarian regime over your own POTUS.
Weak. We are talking about Trump’s own statements. Keep n the topic.
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birthright citizenship for illegal aliens
The Constitution’s citizenship clause applies to everyone, and is not “for illegal aliens.”
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No deal? What happened? Trump said it was happening?
Maybe he meant the other today/tonight.
re: Can we just get orange to quit tweeting dumb shite?
Posted by TBoy on 4/21/26 at 10:23 am to theballguy
Someone needs to hide the keys to grampa’s phone.
It appears that this train no longer has any significant number of passengers.
Right wingers can only recycle the same BS for so long before even their target audience ignores them. It is starting to happen.
Right wingers can only recycle the same BS for so long before even their target audience ignores them. It is starting to happen.
re: Public Schools Add Prayer Rooms, Foot-Washing Stations for Muslims
Posted by TBoy on 4/21/26 at 10:18 am to Night Vision
The right wingers have won! There is prayer in school.
I didn't think the United Church of Christ (UCC) had "bishops."
re: Gumpette Who Joined ISIS Wants to Return to US
Posted by TBoy on 4/20/26 at 1:39 pm to Tiger Prawn
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She was born in the US, but her father was a foreign diplomat at the time. Children of diplomats were always excluded from birth right citizenship. Courts already rules that she was ineligible for citizenship and SCOTUS declined to hear her appeal.
She gets to continue being stuck in her middle east shite hole prison camp.
Yup. The only relief she can get is when she is released wherever she is. She won't be allowed back in.
re: Will Kash Patel still be FBI Director after this week?
Posted by TBoy on 4/19/26 at 8:55 pm to Augustus516
On the positive side, they can only go up from here.
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Do you need an international plan for service?
They use WhatsApp.
re: The Biden White House NOT Merrick Garland personally ordered the raid on Mar-a-Lago
Posted by TBoy on 4/19/26 at 6:54 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Why did Trump have boxes containing top secret documents at Maralago?
re: Gov. Jeff Landry talks Lane Kiffin, Will Wade, LIV Golf and a ‘not Southernly’ Senate race
Posted by TBoy on 4/19/26 at 1:05 pm to ragincajun03
Shouldn’t he be commanding the hospital ship?
re: National Gymnastics Championship Meet Thread/ LSU Finishes 2nd, National Runner Up
Posted by TBoy on 4/18/26 at 6:26 pm to Tigerbait357
Second in the nation is absolutely solid. Congratulation are due to the team and coaches.
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