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MineralMan

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19. How come we keep screwing ourselves?

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #13)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 11:48 AM

22 hrs ago

This crap happens far too often, it seems to me.

"But her emails..."

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Re: Platner and the intellectual Twister and Yoga to rehabilitate him... [View all] WarGamer 23 hrs ago OP

I remember you declaring Ukraine wouldn't last 6 months against Russia questionseverything 23 hrs ago #1

What does that have to do with the OP? niyad 23 hrs ago #3

so? WarGamer 23 hrs ago #5

You're usually wrong questionseverything 22 hrs ago #16

I'd say the vast majority of Ph.D's and think tank experts agreed with me. WarGamer 22 hrs ago #20

lol, do you see these think tank experts? Are they in the room with you now? questionseverything 22 hrs ago #23

Oooppsss. I got receipts. WarGamer 22 hrs ago #24

And every expert was wrong.... This is a perfect example of why we need regular people in charge questionseverything 22 hrs ago #25

lol you mean that NEOCON think tank you frequently cite? BannonsLiver 21 hrs ago #46

#24 is for you too, lol... WarGamer 17 hrs ago #94

Yeah for my crowd! We weren't naive simpletons forgetting the corruption rampant in Mother Russia... GreenWave 20 hrs ago #75

Omg I'm howling BannonsLiver 21 hrs ago #47

You believe in an awful lot of conspiracy theories to be throwing stones EdmondDantes_ 20 hrs ago #67

I believe American citizens have a right, in fact a duty to oversee our elections questionseverything 20 hrs ago #72

I don't defend Republicans because their policies suck. Nanjeanne 23 hrs ago #2

Thank you for posting. Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #4

Yuo fight with the weapon you have, even if the weapon sucks WarGamer 23 hrs ago #7

Yes but there are strong weapons all around you. Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #26

can't argue against that! WarGamer 22 hrs ago #27

You are living up to your name! Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #29

Theoretically? MineralMan 23 hrs ago #6

There's always the Nazi tat? WarGamer 23 hrs ago #8

Ever been in a tattoo parlor? MineralMan 22 hrs ago #12

For the 14th time... this isn't a generic skull and bones "Jolly Rogers" WarGamer 22 hrs ago #14

Only the 14th time? MineralMan 22 hrs ago #15

Well you really should take that up with the US government who evaluates tattoos during Nanjeanne 22 hrs ago #21

Do you have any comments about his rape apologist remarks, which niyad 22 hrs ago #18

I do not. MineralMan 22 hrs ago #22

I do not vote in Maine either, but the thought of someone with his niyad 22 hrs ago #28

Susan Collins has supported men with a spotty track record on women... mr715 21 hrs ago #49

So Collins who confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to end legal abortions Emile 21 hrs ago #58

I see what you did there Emile. mr715 21 hrs ago #59

Speaking of voting in Maine, there is a senator from Vermont Nixie 22 hrs ago #34

Oh Christ mr715 21 hrs ago #45

Oh dear Nixie 21 hrs ago #48

Oh heavens mr715 21 hrs ago #50

Lame. Thanks for your concern. Nixie 21 hrs ago #52

Oh my mr715 21 hrs ago #54

Seems like a limerick. betsuni 20 hrs ago #80

........... Nixie 17 hrs ago #96

Woah. That's (above) a horrible (and not so rare) comnent about sexual assault victims! electric_blue68 20 hrs ago #73

Mills does not have a chance. mr715 20 hrs ago #76

Got it. electric_blue68 20 hrs ago #79

Those comments are what some of us have been pointing out for niyad 15 hrs ago #97

Amazing how people overlook his actual statements. nt mcar 21 hrs ago #57

It's sickening MorbidButterflyTat 21 hrs ago #63

Does the tattoo now look like the State of Ohio? Emile 23 hrs ago #9

That or a Rorschach test? WarGamer 23 hrs ago #10

"It's a Rorschach test, and it says you're projecting." Emile 22 hrs ago #17

I thought it looked like the tick I just removed from my leg Dave says 20 hrs ago #81

"Theoretically" hell no we would not support him, but you put a D next to his name and we will sell our souls krawhitham 23 hrs ago #11

So you prefer Collins? NoRethugFriends 20 hrs ago #82

What policies would they be running on? leftstreet 22 hrs ago #13

How come we keep screwing ourselves? MineralMan 22 hrs ago #19

We could get Fettered, for sure, but our priority right now is to capture the senate majority. CrispyQ 22 hrs ago #30

If the GOPer renounced it, covered it up, and ran of eviscerating billionaires mr715 22 hrs ago #31

Dumb question. CivicGrief 22 hrs ago #32

Bizarro question. mr715 22 hrs ago #33

VERY. BannonsLiver 21 hrs ago #56

BS on the Nazi tat. 90% of heavy metal acts used skull images blm 22 hrs ago #35

lol... WarGamer 22 hrs ago #39

You laugh, but 2 drunk 20 year old marines ... Dave says 19 hrs ago #83

Thank you! For me, it's the Nazi tattoo thing that I can't get over... and here's why. QueerDuck 22 hrs ago #36

There is also the dumb explanation. mr715 20 hrs ago #66

Yeah, I agree, it one thing to get it drunk, it's another to lie about knowing what it is 20 years later EX500rider 20 hrs ago #68

I didn't know what a Totenkoff was, nor what it looked like either.... electric_blue68 20 hrs ago #78

I didn't either and I watched hogan's heroes as a kid questionseverything 19 hrs ago #88

I watched some of that, but never looked closely at the hat. electric_blue68 19 hrs ago #89

Me either and no adults said anything about the insignia questionseverything 19 hrs ago #90

Mine either. electric_blue68 19 hrs ago #91

THANK YOU!!! niyad 15 hrs ago #98

My hypocrisy only goes so far Boo1 22 hrs ago #37

I don't live in Maine so I can't vote one way or the other. Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #38

Of course not. And, as a lifelong Democrat, I wouldn't support Jesus Christ if he was running as a Republican. sop 22 hrs ago #40

Of course not maxrandb 22 hrs ago #41

We all know about the tattoo, the offensive texts, the complaints of old girl friends. So who is lying or covering up? Scrivener7 22 hrs ago #42

"i hope he wins" BannonsLiver 22 hrs ago #43

Right? Can't make this shit up. Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #44

I'm sure this thread seemed like a good idea when it was started. BannonsLiver 21 hrs ago #53

So did taking Kyiv mr715 21 hrs ago #55

. . . Sympthsical 21 hrs ago #64

Which is, in itself, concerning. Scrivener7 20 hrs ago #71

Reminds me of the massive amount of Al Franken threads Kingofalldems 19 hrs ago #84

Or if it was a woman or Black man mcar 21 hrs ago #51

But it isn't. mr715 21 hrs ago #60

Then they would be labeled "establishment" and a fictional sins and revisionist history worldview thrown at them. betsuni 19 hrs ago #85

This is true. mcar 19 hrs ago #92

In a perfect world csusan 21 hrs ago #61

In my 50+ years Cosmocat 21 hrs ago #62

If it wasn't a Nazi tattoo MorbidButterflyTat 21 hrs ago #65

Maybe because it's his skin, and he felt like it. Emile 20 hrs ago #70

It's not even intellectual twister. It's just declaring him better EdmondDantes_ 20 hrs ago #69

Except maybe the OP, who says in his post that he supports Platner's election. Scrivener7 20 hrs ago #74

LOL mr715 20 hrs ago #77

That's not an answer to the question I asked EdmondDantes_ 15 hrs ago #99

Just curious - which girlfriend was he abusive to in 2021? I'm probably getting very confused by much of it - but Nanjeanne 19 hrs ago #86

Thank you. intheflow 18 hrs ago #93

Would I be defending a Republican? -misanthroptimist 19 hrs ago #87

Here's an interesting tattoo orangecrush 17 hrs ago #95