Politics Please say rock bottom is getting close

Discussion in 'Blazers OT Forum' started by calvin natt, Apr 5, 2022.

Moderators: 7

Moderators

  1. BrianFromWA
  2. Chris Craig
  3. Darkwebs
  4. Ed O
  5. PtldPlatypus
  6. SlyPokerDog
  7. Strenuus
Page 66 of 236
  1. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    44,405
    Likes Received:
    32,708
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Vagabond
    Location:
    Water Valley, Alberta Ca
    Holy crap..hope whoever it is, gets the help they need. Like most of us (sadly, and probably), I grew up knowing someone who committed suicide. It devastated their parents and actually almost caused his sister to do the same later in life.
     
    julius, Dec 6, 2022
    #1301
    Road Ratt and Phatguysrule like this.
  2. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2008
    Messages:
    122,788
    Likes Received:
    122,771
    Trophy Points:
    115
    It's Ted Cruz's 14yr old daughter who came out as bi last year.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Dec 7, 2022
    #1302
  3. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2008
    Messages:
    122,788
    Likes Received:
    122,771
    Trophy Points:
    115
    SlyPokerDog, Dec 7, 2022
    #1303
  4. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    44,405
    Likes Received:
    32,708
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Vagabond
    Location:
    Water Valley, Alberta Ca
    julius, Dec 7, 2022
    #1304
    Phatguysrule and crandc like this.
  5. calvin natt

    calvin natt Confeve

    Joined:
    Jun 30, 2017
    Messages:
    7,520
    Likes Received:
    10,458
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Portland Suburb
     
    calvin natt, Dec 7, 2022
    #1305
    Phatguysrule and Road Ratt like this.
  6. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    44,405
    Likes Received:
    32,708
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Vagabond
    Location:
    Water Valley, Alberta Ca
    One would hope this changes Ted's mindset on a lot of things, but I don't know if he is willing to give up on the perceived power and strength he thinks he has.
     
    julius, Dec 7, 2022
    #1306
    SlyPokerDog and Phatguysrule like this.
  7. calvin natt

    calvin natt Confeve

    Joined:
    Jun 30, 2017
    Messages:
    7,520
    Likes Received:
    10,458
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Portland Suburb
    Imagine just having to go through something like this at 14 at all. Add in Texas. Add in knowing your dad has said/will say he opposes it, and the world knows it. Absolutely awful anyone has to go through that.
     
    calvin natt, Dec 7, 2022
    #1307
    SlyPokerDog likes this.
  8. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2015
    Messages:
    58,561
    Likes Received:
    58,869
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Doubtful. He and the Republicans don't give two shits. He just send prayers and move on like nothing happened.
     
    Chris Craig, Dec 7, 2022
    #1308
    SlyPokerDog likes this.
  9. crandc

    crandc Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2008
    Messages:
    21,455
    Likes Received:
    27,615
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I truly truly hope this young girl has a friend or family member who can support her.
    Sadly, LGBTQ youth are more likely than straight to attempt suicide. Not because they are gay but because they are rejected, or fear being rejected, for being gay.
     
    crandc, Dec 7, 2022
    #1309
    SlyPokerDog likes this.
  10. crandc

    crandc Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2008
    Messages:
    21,455
    Likes Received:
    27,615
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Newt Gingrich has lesbian sister. Dick Cheney has lesbian daughter. Phyliss Schlafly had gay son. Herschel Walker has gay son. Elon Musk has transgender child.
    Having an LGBTQ family member does not, unfortunately, stop anyone from being a bigot.
    Sometimes it does.
    Sadly, too rare.
     
    crandc, Dec 7, 2022
    #1310
    SlyPokerDog, Chris Craig and RR7 like this.
  11. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    44,405
    Likes Received:
    32,708
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Vagabond
    Location:
    Water Valley, Alberta Ca

    Which kind of shows that conservatives are more likely to lack empathy than liberals.
     
    julius, Dec 7, 2022
    #1311
    calvin natt, SlyPokerDog, Chris Craig and 1 other person like this.
  12. crandc

    crandc Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2008
    Messages:
    21,455
    Likes Received:
    27,615
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Yes. They are openly scornful of empathy. People who are hungry, sick, lonely, poor are losers. Republican Jesus loves the wealthy and powerful.
     
    crandc, Dec 7, 2022
    #1312
    SlyPokerDog, Chris Craig and theprunetang like this.
  13. DUB

    DUB Da, da da, da dah!

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2008
    Messages:
    6,662
    Likes Received:
    5,310
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Joe Ingles' hometown
    Health officials gain guardianship of baby whose parents refused ‘vaccinated blood’ transfusion
    Sensible decision by the High Court, I hope the "parents" don't hold it against the boy.
     
    DUB, Dec 7, 2022
    #1313
    SlyPokerDog and Chris Craig like this.
  14. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2008
    Messages:
    122,788
    Likes Received:
    122,771
    Trophy Points:
    115
     
    SlyPokerDog, Dec 7, 2022
    #1314
  15. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2015
    Messages:
    58,561
    Likes Received:
    58,869
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Actually, that was June 6th, 1944
     
    Chris Craig, Dec 7, 2022
    #1315
    SlyPokerDog likes this.
  16. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2008
    Messages:
    122,788
    Likes Received:
    122,771
    Trophy Points:
    115
     
    SlyPokerDog, Dec 8, 2022
    #1316
  17. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2008
    Messages:
    122,788
    Likes Received:
    122,771
    Trophy Points:
    115
    Woman claiming to be relative of Chris Christie injures 6 deputies after getting kicked off plane, says sheriff's office
    Shannon Epstein, 25, was asked to leave the Spirit Airlines flight after asking a family seated near her who she allegedly believed were Latino if they were "smuggling cocaine," according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office.


    A woman who claimed to be related to former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie injured six deputies after she was kicked off of a Spirit Airlines flight on Thanksgiving Day, according to authorities.

    Shannon Epstein, 25, was asked to leave the New Jersey-bound flight at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans on the morning of Nov. 24 after she asked a family seated near her who she believed were Latino if they were “smuggling cocaine," Captain Jason Rivarde of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said.


    Epstein refused to exit the jet bridge connecting the plane to the terminal gate and "became extremely combative," Rivarde said. She started to fight the Jefferson Parish deputies and injured six of them — one she bit on the arm and another she kicked in the groin.

    During the fight, Epstein told the deputies that they were going to lose their jobs or go to jail because she is related to Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor and a friend of former President Trump.

    Epstein is Christie's niece, The Times-Picayune reports.

    Christie, who ran for president in 2016, has not immediately responded to requests for comment.

    Epstein was arrestedand handcuffed to a wheelchair as she continued to try to bite deputies.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...tie-injures-6-deputies-getting-kick-rcna60030
     
    SlyPokerDog, Dec 8, 2022
    #1317
  18. theprunetang

    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2008
    Messages:
    11,700
    Likes Received:
    21,365
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Those bites had to have pissed off those LEOs. Um....I feel I need to let out a preemptive, "Epstein didn't kill herself" here.
     
    theprunetang, Dec 8, 2022
    #1318
    SlyPokerDog likes this.
  19. RR7

    RR7 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 17, 2008
    Messages:
    18,353
    Likes Received:
    12,475
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I feel like you don't get to pull the "Do you know who I am" card if you're flying on Spirit Airlines.
     
    RR7, Dec 8, 2022
    #1319
    Chris Craig, Road Ratt and SlyPokerDog like this.
  20. crandc

    crandc Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2008
    Messages:
    21,455
    Likes Received:
    27,615
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Going back. The Don't Say Gay laws will make it much harder for LGBTQ youth like Cruz' daughter to seek help. A teacher or counselor at school can't discuss it with them, even if the student asks them to.

    Which is the point.
     
    crandc, Dec 8, 2022
    #1320
    SlyPokerDog likes this.
Page 66 of 236

Share This Page