Politics Thread

[xubrew]

Think tRump has gone completely off his rocker with the Q pin, Q music and salute.

I love a good hoax. The best one ever is still Orson Welles's War of the Worlds prank where he actually convinced people that we were being invaded by Martians. Excellent!! Simply amazing!!

I really want to believe that some day Q, whoever he/she/they are, will come out from behind the curtain and just say "GOTCHA!! YOU BUNCH OF FOOLS!" That would be incredible! I don't know if/when that is ever going to happen. For quite a while I thought it was a hoax because QAnon had "Anon" in the title, and those guys at Anonymous has pulled off some doozies! But now I'm not sure who it is, or why they're doing it, or really even what they're doing. I honestly haven't paid THAT much attention to it.

One thing I am rather certain of, though, is that Trump IS NOT Q! He can't be. He's not intelligent enough conceive of something like this, much less pull it off. And even if he was (which he CLEARLY isn't) he doesn't have the capabilities of waiting this long to reveal that it's him. He craves attention. He craves credit. He would have claimed it a long time ago.

I would love it if the world we lived in could set this up for Trump to try and claim he's Q even though he isn't, and then have Q come out and expose that fact in some sort of truly spectacular and hilarious way! That would change my entire outlook on society! That would simply be incredible!!

[94GRAD]

I love a good hoax. The best one ever is still Orson Welles's War of the Worlds prank where he actually convinced people that we were being invaded by Martians. Excellent!! Simply amazing!!

I really want to believe that some day Q, whoever he/she/they are, will come out from behind the curtain and just say "GOTCHA!! YOU BUNCH OF FOOLS!" That would be incredible! I don't know if/when that is ever going to happen. For quite a while I thought it was a hoax because QAnon had "Anon" in the title, and those guys at Anonymous has pulled off some doozies! But now I'm not sure who it is, or why they're doing it, or really even what they're doing. I honestly haven't paid THAT much attention to it.

One thing I am rather certain of, though, is that Trump IS NOT Q! He can't be. He's not intelligent enough conceive of something like this, much less pull it off. And even if he was (which he CLEARLY isn't) he doesn't have the capabilities of waiting this long to reveal that it's him. He craves attention. He craves credit. He would have claimed it a long time ago.

I would love it if the world we lived in could set this up for Trump to try and claim he's Q even though he isn't, and then have Q come out and expose that fact in some sort of truly spectacular and hilarious way! That would change my entire outlook on society! That would simply be incredible!!

Impractical Jokers are going to release a movie showing they've been behind this the whole time!

[STL_XUfan]

I love a good hoax. The best one ever is still Orson Welles's War of the Worlds prank where he actually convinced people that we were being invaded by Martians. Excellent!! Simply amazing!!

I really want to believe that some day Q, whoever he/she/they are, will come out from behind the curtain and just say "GOTCHA!! YOU BUNCH OF FOOLS!" That would be incredible! I don't know if/when that is ever going to happen. For quite a while I thought it was a hoax because QAnon had "Anon" in the title, and those guys at Anonymous has pulled off some doozies! But now I'm not sure who it is, or why they're doing it, or really even what they're doing. I honestly haven't paid THAT much attention to it.

One thing I am rather certain of, though, is that Trump IS NOT Q! He can't be. He's not intelligent enough conceive of something like this, much less pull it off. And even if he was (which he CLEARLY isn't) he doesn't have the capabilities of waiting this long to reveal that it's him. He craves attention. He craves credit. He would have claimed it a long time ago.

I would love it if the world we lived in could set this up for Trump to try and claim he's Q even though he isn't, and then have Q come out and expose that fact in some sort of truly spectacular and hilarious way! That would change my entire outlook on society! That would simply be incredible!!

If you are interested in it, Reply All did a few podcasts on it (they are a bit dated now): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...=1000413199507 https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm

Also there is a documentary about it on HBO called into the Storm.

Everyone is pretty confident that the current Q Annon is Ron Watkins or his father, but there is a lot of unknowns or whether they were the original or just stole the handle when the account was hacked a while back.

[xubrew]

Impractical Jokers are going to release a movie showing they've been behind this the whole time!

It would be the greatest, most hilarious, and perhaps the most historically significant movie ever made!!

[xubrew]

So Russia vs Ukraine (not sure if this should have it's own thread or not).....

In a statement of the obvious...Putin needs to go and needed to go a long time ago. The problem is that he is so insulated that there appears to be no mechanism to get rid of him. While he is still extremely popular in some circles, it is also somewhat of a mirage. His critics are silenced (and sometimes mysteriously killed). His opponents also seem to have a habit of disappearing. He controls the media. He's basically able to create his own narrative and force it upon people even though it is completely false.

Ukraine isn't folding. They've been able to hold off Russia's advances. The international community, which now even seems to include China, has condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and continue to view Ukraine as a sovereign nation (which it is), and dismiss Russia's claim that it is a part of Russia. And Ukraine suddenly seems to be winning!! But, this raises the questions...

Will Russia ever quit, or will they just continue to try and mount advance after advance after advance even if they lose over and over and over again??

Have the people of Russia figured out that they're not winning, and the news they are being fed is totally false??

And, perhaps most importantly, can anything be done to remove Putin?? I seriously doubt he would ever leave office. He'll either die, or literally be dragged out.

So, even though Russia is losing, what does that really even mean if Putin continues to be in power?? Cutting them off from the world economy is no small thing, but as hard as that's made things for many parts of the world, and as infinitely harder as it has made day-to-day life for the people of Russia, I seriously doubt it will persuade Putin to step down. I mean...OF COURSE IT WON'T!! So...how does this all end??

[bjf123]

I think there are only two ways for Putin to leave office, he simply dies, or a military coup. Other than that, I think he’s in for life. He certainly won’t be voted out of office.


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[boozehound]

I think there are only two ways for Putin to leave office, he simply dies, or a military coup. Other than that, I think he’s in for life. He certainly won’t be voted out of office.


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Yep. Pretty much.

[paulxu]

Good luck in the "snake."

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midt...32bd1c46711999

[Masterofreality]

Good luck in the "snake."

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midt...32bd1c46711999

Wow!! Newsflash!! Politicians and Candidates “Misrepresent” or Lie.
Paul never seemed to want to comment on Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren’s heritage or Adam Schiff’s “indisputable evidence of Russian Collusion”. How about John Fedderman denying that he chased down an innocent black jogger and held a rifle to his chest?
Wonder why?

[paulxu]

I'll give Warren the benefit of the doubt as her grandmother told her she had Indian heritage.
Not sure about Schiff, but the Republican Senate committee said there was proof the Russians meddled in our election, and I think I'll trust them on that.
Fedderman seems to have screwed up, and also doesn't seem smart enough to admit it.

What that all has to do with your precinct I'm not quite sure. As a veteran, I'm upset by anyone who claims experiences in the Armed Services they didn't have, for political gain.