The irony of Christians being so easily duped by this conman will be remembered for decades. 

 

5 minutes ago, Paul852 said:

It's a shame about the Athletics.

I do a lot with Oakland politicians, and they are just about the dumbest, most corrupt people on the planet. They couldn't get out of their own way.

Actually met with the president of the A's a few times when they were trying to get a stadium deal. Smart guy, tried his best. City just was too stupid to make a deal.

3 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

The irony of Christians being so easily duped by this conman will be remembered for decades. 

 

They’ve always been easily duped. 

5 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I do a lot with Oakland politicians, and they are just about the dumbest, most corrupt people on the planet. They couldn't get out of their own way.

Actually met with the president of the A's a few times when they were trying to get a stadium deal. Smart guy, tried his best. City just was too stupid to make a deal.

I'm glad I got to go to an A's game recently. Made me feel like I was back at Veteran's stadium 

 

no shame 

27 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

She is a major failure to the point I can't understand how the hell she made it through the primary. She is not likable at all. 

1 minute ago, Diehardfan said:

She is a major failure to the point I can't understand how the hell she made it through the primary. She is not likable at all. 

That's exactly how a lot of us have felt about Trump for the last 8 years and yet... here we are.

29 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I have to go to Oakland/SF for work a few times a year. Oakland is legitimately a failed city at this point. I usually stay at the St. Regis or Four Seasons in SF, and they both suggest not going outside after dark.

The thing that kills me is that twenty years ago SF was a legitimately great city to visit.  I couldn't believe how clean of a city it was (granted that was me coming off of visiting NYC in the 90s, but still).

3 minutes ago, Bill said:

The thing that kills me is that twenty years ago SF was a legitimately great city to visit.  I couldn't believe how clean of a city it was (granted that was me coming off of visiting NYC in the 90s, but still).

I lived in SF from 2004-2008. The city was cleaner back then for sure, and the homeless situation wasn't nearly as bad. It got progressively worse while we lived there, but then going back in 2018 was unreal. I hated living there because of the politics (sometimes I just want to drive home and not be stopped by a protest about how GWB is a war criminal) and the people (it's the land of the 6's). When I go there now, I am legitimately afraid to be out at night. It wasn't like that when I lived there.

4 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

She is a major failure to the point I can't understand how the hell she made it through the primary. She is not likable at all. 

More and more people are switching affiliations to independent, which leads to MAGA being more powerful of a voting block, and they do what Trump tells them to do, and he tells them what to do based on who is blowing the most smoke up his a**.

McCormick would have wiped the floor with Fetterman, but Oz sucked up more so he got the endorsement.

 

For as much as I can't stand the DNC, their fringe is just loud, and the establishment is pulling the strings.  The GOP had their chance to remove Trump from any future consideration back in 2021, but the political powers that be thought Trump would just go away and that an impeachment would damage the GOPs reputation, forgetting that just a few years after the Nixon mess we got twelve years of Reagan and GHWB.

2 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

I absolutely love how the ad started out with TV ratings because we know that is all he cares about. What a great ad. 

Nice use of the word "limp"

Just now, vikas83 said:

(it's the land of the 6's)

 

 

1 hour ago, vikas83 said:

San Francisco, and the whole Bay Area, is an awful dump

Agreed.  I went there umpteen times for work and I don't remember much at all that was nice.  Sure, downtown Palo Alto right near Stanford was ok but it didn't have a soul.  Some of the little areas up in the hills were nice but then you'd have to drive down the sheety strip malls for everything.  Never once thought about living there.  I always stayed at the Fairmont up on the hill in town and then just drove out to the Valley everyday for all the meetings.

29 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

 

no shame 

Billionaire behavior. You wouldn’t understand.

2 hours ago, Diehardfan said:

All over my area and I'm sure ID and other states are dealing with it as well.

A few years ago you'd rarely see trash at the fire pits at a beautiful lake in a national forest. Saturday a bunch of guys in Dodger hats next to us trashed it and left cans and wrappers all over.

Trash sells their dump of a house in CA for 1.2 million and move into nice neighborhoods in other states and turn them into crap.

I used to have a seasonal campsite, and there were lots of flag waving MAGAs among the campers renting short term spots. They were usually the loudest and rudest campers, the most likely to play softball games like they were Ty Cobb and trash the lake beach side. 

To be sure plenty of quieter Trump supporters were fine and respectful, especially among the other seasonal folk, but the worst people in the campground every weekend were the flag waving super duty weekend warrior MAGAs.

I do think the "California locusts" theme is pretty overstated. It's a convenient narrative without much evidence to support it. 

2 hours ago, vikas83 said:

Yeah, well, the jerk store called, and they're running out of you!

Oh YEAH? Well I slept with your WIFE!

21 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I lived in SF from 2004-2008. The city was cleaner back then for sure, and the homeless situation wasn't nearly as bad. It got progressively worse while we lived there, but then going back in 2018 was unreal. I hated living there because of the politics (sometimes I just want to drive home and not be stopped by a protest about how GWB is a war criminal) and the people (it's the land of the 6's). When I go there now, I am legitimately afraid to be out at night. It wasn't like that when I lived there.

I lived probably 10 min from the Tenderloin, 2015-2018. Moved there from NYC so I wasn’t afraid of the homeless, etc. But damn, all my years in Philly and NYC, and this was the first time I’d regularly see people shooting needles in the street. Most of my coworkers were transplants from goober-ish parts of the country, so they’d be like "You’re from NYC? I hear it’s so dirty there.” and it’s like bro, you got people straight up taking dumps on the sidewalk.  

And as a single straight guy amongst that dating pool…”land of the 6’s” is generous.

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

Oh YEAH? Well I slept with your WIFE!

My wife is in a coma...

2 hours ago, vikas83 said:

San Francisco, and the whole Bay Area, is an awful dump.

West LA is just about the most beautiful place in the US. And the great part about LA is you can choose to live in places (BH, Bel Air, Brentwood) that are safe and separate.

Any of the B's, really.

Just now, paco said:

Any of the B's, really.

Burbank?

2 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Burbank?

Nobody chooses to live in Burbank. But if I can fly out of Burbank instead of LAX - huge win. JSX flies out of a hangar in Burbank and it's awesome.

1 hour ago, vikas83 said:

I do a lot with Oakland politicians, and they are just about the dumbest, most corrupt people on the planet. They couldn't get out of their own way.

Actually met with the president of the A's a few times when they were trying to get a stadium deal. Smart guy, tried his best. City just was too stupid to make a deal.

Stupid like when AOC ran Amazon out of town and thought the community would have millions more to spend now they got rid of the tax credits that were going to go to them?

4 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Burbank?

B as in Back out of the convo, I was talking to @vikas83