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Mike Lindell, the lumpy pillow salesman…

Making a statement to gain something, then completely contradicting it later on to gain something additional even if it makes them a hypocrite? That’s the trump way. If anything trump should be proud this candidate is copying his playbook so closely.

However, voters should also recognize that any campaign promises from this candidate have an expiry date of the day of election. If this candidate were to get into office, they’d throw out anything that got them there and switch to a completely self serving agenda. Its the modern GOP way.

I can respect that. I can tell you that you actually get very little attention at commencement. You’re in a sea of other people dressed exactly the same as you are. You’re all seated/standing/walking in a giant group. Unless you are being recognized for some outstanding achievement the most attention you get is when your name is mentioned when being handed a piece of paper. Even then its one name of hundreds or thousands being mentioned that day. Sure there’s hundreds or thousands of spectators, but none of them know who you are and are paying any attention to you. They’re there for their own person and you being there doesn’t even register with them. If you’re worried about attention, its nearly the opposite as you’re being anonymized in a group.

I am positive the only people that remember my commencements for either of my degrees are me, my (now) wife, and my mom. One other note: at the time, I hadn’t counted on how important it was for my mom to see it. In retrospect I understand raising a child is years of hard work and a constant worry about if you’re raising your children right. Seeing them graduate would be a great measure that you did well as a parent.

Still, there’s no requirement to do it and if thats not for you, thats just fine.

Ask if your employer offers raises if you obtain a college degree. If the answer is yes, THEN tell them you found out you have one.

I’ve read that universities can choose to let alumni walk for graduation at a later date. Since you did the work you may be entitled to it. If you would feel its important to have that experience you should reach out to your school and see if they’d let you. I think if I were in your shoes, I’d do it in a second. Its a quintessential experience and public recognition of your efforts.

Before you dismount it from the wall, have you tried turning it on, then applying physical pressure at various parts of the outside of the light to see if the sound changes or disappears? Make sure its not a vibration that could be solved with a tiny bit of padding between two hard surfaces.

1960s BBC TV license van teams would like to make you a job offer.

How to punish Iran? Convince the people of Iran to elect trump as their president. The damage and destruction caused to the domestic economy would devastate Iran even further.

You want to blame Singer Sewing Machine company for this. They’re the ones in the 1850s that came up with the idea of pre-made non-negotiable contracts. Before this, every single contract had to have lawyers adding and removing terms until both sides agreed to it. I know today’s version sucks, but the alternative could be worse.

Imagine having to bring (and pay!) your lawyer to a car dealership to buy a car or even sign up for Netflix. Imagine how much more expensive the goods and services would cost you because of the army of lawyers needed to negotiate contracts for every single consumer.

“Looking back, I probably wouldn’t do it again because I don’t want to bring that kind of scrutiny on my friends or anything else like that,” Slusser said.

Let me translate from GOP-speak: “I still truly believe he should be hanged, but I don’t like the personal consequences and public outrage at me for saying something so obviously obscene.”

“Anyone with common sense knows the remark wasn’t a literal call for public execution,”

“It was just a prank, bro” - Slusser probably

Nobody believed the Olympian damaged the pool. Headlines about the pool falling apart after trumps botched work were circulating for weeks before the Olympian came on the scene. The trump administration is trying to instill a chilling effect that trump cannot be questioned or you will be prosecuted, even if its on false charges. The trump administration knows the charges won’t still. They just want to cost regular Americans money and time they don’t have as punishment for making trump look bad.

I had a half written post responding to what you wrote before I realized just how far off we are from one another in both ideology and tone. Clearly I’ve deleted all of it. I feel sorry for you, but worse, I feel bad knowing the damage your actions will have on your cause and that of my family. Still, I wish you good luck in life and hope you don’t end up regretting your choices of who you vote for.

Feel free to respond to my final post to you if you like if you want to put a coda on this thread for others, but I’ll never see it.

Again, you’re stuck in binary short term thinking. I need to be more long term and strategic than you do.

I have a trans family member. I am personally invested in their rights as a person be respected.

And yes, transphobic DNC candidates losing makes the party less transphobic in the long run.

We disagree completely. Up until 2 years ago I think we would agree that the DNC, for the most part, supported trans rights. When did we start seeing a handful of DNC candidates shifting on this position? When the candidates winning elections, the GOP, went transphobic. So the DNC losing more elections won’t make them less transphobic, it will make them more. We’ve seen this in real time in the last 2 years.

(Please don’t put words in my mouth and pretend I’m saying that means it’s a net positive that Trump won. You’re better than that.)

WTF. Its a good thing I never said anything of the sort. I don’t even think you need me in this conversation when you’re the one putting words in my mouth, and then criticizing me for it.

And frankly, if both parties turn transphobe, this whole country can burn to the ground as far as I care.

You are the one advocating for the GOP and voting for GOP candidates directly opposed to trans rights. You are directly hurting my trans sister. You are the person with the torch setting fire to the country.

I as a trans person need to vote against any transphobic Democrat.

I don’t know your candidates, but if both candidates are transphobic in some way, can I safely assume that the GOP candidate is more transphobic or are you saying the DNC candidate is more transphobic than your GOP one?

For me personally, a transphobic Democrat is far more dangerous to my safety and well being than any Republican. It’s more important to make sure at least one party isn’t transphobic than it is to win every election.

Wait, let me follow your logic. Am I reading you right that you positing that voting for the GOP makes the DNC less transphobic?

You’re going to vote for the GOP, which by every measure, is the more transphobic party, as a strategy to try to reduce transphobic legislation being written into law? That makes no sense to me whatsoever. If anything I think it would make the DNC more transphobic because they see they are losing elections to pro-transphobia GOP candidates and the DNC would think thats what voters want.

I too, am disappointed in the lack of action from the DNC, and even worse the actions the DNC are taking to bridle the DSA who are actually pushing change forward. However, a “do nothing” DNC is safer than the actively destructive GOP.

“Sure we’re openly shooting and killing American citizens lawfully demonstrating against government overreach, but the Democrats want people to be able to go to the bathroom without us looking at their genitalia. Vote GOP this fall.”

• Republican political ad probably

TIHI

The couple was reported missing in Guatemala on July 20 after attempting to register a motorcycle in a nearby town, Rolando Pérez Paz told the radio outlet.

The couple was murdered in Guatemala. My heart goes out to their infant daughter.

I think I see your problem. You don’t know what shitposting is. “Punching down” is not shitposting.

Up next is probably trump getting mad we’re ignoring his unfounded conspiracy rants and using abusing the cell phone Presidential Alert system that we’re not allowed to opt-out to shove it in our faces against our will.