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Putler going full-on L. Ron Hubbard with a good mix of Idi Amin -- From President to Divine Protector? Putin Elevates Himself to New Heights With Godly Rebrand https://www.thedailybeast.com/from-president-to-divine-protector-putin-elevates-himself-to-new-heights-with-godly-rebrand/ Patriarch Kirill and Putin were filmed together: “Here are crosses, as well as other pectoral icons, with the image of the holy equal-to-the-apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, the founder of our Rus, our state, the one who defended our Fatherland with a sword in his hands, and who is now also such a symbol of the gathering of the Russian land. But, in addition, he is also your heavenly patron” the priest said, addressing Putin. “So, I think that this will be doubly intelligible and pleasant for all the soldiers who receive these images,” continued Kirill, before consecrating the necklaces.

Hey Canadians, I can only imagine you're laughing at Trump (and uh, in the turn the USA) about "making Canada the 51st State" just curious what people in Canada are saying

99 billionaires on the wall, 99 billionaires. You take one down, pass it around, 98 billionaires on the wall...

Sudden Russian Death Syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicious_deaths_of_notable_Russians_in_2022–2024 Latest Victim:

I don't think that personally. In my experience, it's just being uninformed or misinformed. My biggest hope for the next four (hopefully two) years is that this will be a wake-up call for many of those voters now that one party controls all three branches. For the record, I am plenty racist and misogynistic. I may not be outright antagonistic about it, but I can't even begin to count the number of times I have thought or said things that I regret when it comes to those topics. I have a vision of the ChTe I want to be in 20 or 40 years, and far too often I feel as though my actions do not reflect that vision, like, at all. At the end of the day, though, and I know this may sound belittling, but there are levels to this shit. There is a level where someone watches Trump's comments about Haitian migrants and says, You know, he may not be so wrong about that. Or maybe That's abhorrent, but I still trust his competence in the office of President. (Trump and competence in the same sentence lol) idk, that's just some general, ranty thoughts coming @ ya from a drunkard at 5am. Don't mean no disrespect Silent Hill, I can still respect u as a gamer and a dude. Assuming you voted for the winner in this one, but I can totally understand a no-vote in this case, I had enough reservations of my own that I may have done the same if the Republicans were less than 130% nutso

Well, according to some pundits/outlets, the majority of voters are just racist and/or misogynistic. Even though Hillary won the popular vote in 2016 and Obama was elected to two terms.

At least the YouTube commentary sphere will be interesting for the next 4 years. The great US politics soap opera continues, you won't BELIEVE what happens this season!

I overestimated the average voter :(

Not sure how to answer. People want what they want and vote accordingly. They vote selfishly or selflessly. There isn't really a wrong way to cast a vote. Both sides have policies that affect me and my loved ones both positively and negatively. I personally just measure both and swallow my poison pill of choice. That's just national politics in America these days. Now locally, this is where things drastically make differences. For example, I diligently made a vote for the NH republican governor candidate, Kelly Ayotte. I was a Manchester resident during the mayoral administration of the Democrat, Joyce Craig. While a lot of her policies, such as an aggressive push to PR bail were well intentioned, I witnessed Manchester become more dangerous first hand. As she ran on her record as mayor, I could not stay home and give her the opportunity to push an agenda on a statewide level without my say so. Then again, if Ayotte were a tubthumping MAGA vowing to eliminate state programs I depend on as a lower middle class single parent, my vote may have been different. One thing I can tell you is that national policies and laws change very slowly by design, but state and local law can change very quickly. If the local school board we elect demands major changes to the curriculum, well, that's that. Not a lot of red tape to weave through compared to changes in national policy. There are many more reasons to vote than simply fiscal philosophy and policy. While that's a major reason for many to vote a certain way, it's not for everyone.

At some point, what is best for the country is what’s best for you. Think about if we allowed the country to get run down like Venezuela. You could have become a millionaire by looking out for your own interests, but what good is it if you don’t feel safe walking down the street or even sitting in your own home. People don’t consider how raising the base level standard of living affects everyone’s experience including the wealthy, not just the poor person. It affects the social consciousness. When people as a whole are happier and less stressed out, it shines through in the level of service we receive from other people, it shines through in our entertainment and popular culture, it shines through in how polite strangers are when you speak with them, etc. These may be little things but they all add up to have a big effect on your experience in life

This is what I was curious about. I foolishly assumed everyone looked at the best candidate to benefit our group / state / country / world as a whole instead of what's best for themselves as an individual. I've heard about people whining because the upper class control everything and nobdoy thinks about the little guy. Well........if I lead by your example, I should just ignore the little guy and work on how I can get tax breaks on 6 and 7 figure incomes. Then the whining continues. I don't get it, what is it people want? We help each other or we don't?

https://mileswmathis.com/trumpy.pdf

Now that the election is over, I'm starting to focus more on the NFL. It's hard to watch NE with just how bad and directionless they are. Always great to beat the Jets, though!

I'm not surprised by this outcome. It turns out that bragging about endorsements from Dick Cheney and Goldman Sachs is a losing strategy. They gaslit us for years about Biden's mental capacity until it became so undeniable that he was forced to drop out. Then they appointed his equally unpopular VP as the new candidate without ever holding a primary. (Not that any better candidate interested in running would have wanted to waste their political capital on a last minute swap-out campaign.) Biden should have stuck to the plan of only having 1-term. He was under the misguided belief that he had the secret sauce to beat Trump because he had won before. Hard to quantify how historically stupid Obama interfering in the 2020 primary to coalesce the party around Biden turned out to be. All the groups fleeing the Democratic coalition are the same ones where Bernie Sanders had been strongest. I have voted Democrat in every election since 1997, but I voted Jill Stein this time around. "I'm Speaking" was the moment I realized I was done with Democratic party. Will the people who are not in the cult be happy with Trump's performance? I doubt it. He's getting old and senile too. Gonna be Sleepy Trump this time. He's never been very competent at policy. He'll probably try to push through a few wildly unpopular things that will stall out and he'll gradually lose interest in anything that doesn't directly relate to enriching himself or staying out of jail.

Only when they put themselves in that box, really.

True story. People should remember they have much more in common with their neighbors, no matter what party they support, than any politician outside of the local level.

Not knocking at all. I'm with it. I'm hip. I listen to rock n roll!

Era of extreme partisanship baby. Everyone on that other side is subhuman scum that needs to be purged! Civil war, etc.!

I don't necessarily trust the Democratic party when they say they support the lower and middle class either. Does any politician truly support anyone other than themselves?

Does everyone really have to be categorized as extreme this or extreme that?

Hey man don't knock Satan, Satanists are a cool bunch folks doing good stuff in the world.

As what? Majority voters? In here? Mostly as Satan worshiping terrorist enabling family destroying flip-flopping pandering left-wing cowards. But hey, there's still a few heartless Bible thumping homophobic toxically masculine right-wing warmongering bigots. Amiright?

Don’t get me wrong I’m the complete opposite of a trump supporter but it’s no longer useful trying to explain to the cult that he is the complete opposite of what they actually need. In reality I’m almost certain they don’t care about him politically or his plan for the country or involvement with Project 2025. Really by supporting him they can just show us who they really are. So they voted him in and now let’s see what they get out of it. I mean seriously who would agree to be less educated lmao Im going back ti staying out of this thread but it’s no longer worth crying over spilt milk. Trump will sit for another term and if you live in a red state with blue values, gtfo now.