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I love that Nikki wants to make folks work until they are 70 before they get to retire. Also that she wants politicians to be tested for dementia once they hit 75.

A friend of mine retired from teaching with a buy-out at age 58 but dropped dead before he even got his first pension check. He was the GOP dream citizen, pay into Social Security and Medicare all your working life but drop dead before you can collect anything. Gives them all the $ to keep stealing from those programs, which originally were never supposed to be used for anything else.

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Good luck to the over-50 folks trying to find (or keep) a job.

At 59 they wanted to send my job to Chennai and I wanted to GTFO.

Things worked out, and we both got our wish.

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She's really running for Secretary of State, based on her experience at the UN.

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“Well, first of all, a vote for Joe Biden is a vote for Kamala Harris,” Haley said. “You know that and I know that. There’s no way that Joe Biden is going to finish his term. I think Kamala Harris is going to be the next president, and that should send a chill up every American’s spine.”

she's been stuck on variations on this ageist/misogynist/racist line for months now.

as per usual, Haley is as painfully one-note as a speak-and-spell.

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Much of the Republican base is well into their 60s.

Keep slagging on old people, Nikki. I'm sure that will really resonate with them.

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" I think Kamala Harris is going to be the next president, and that should send a chill up every American’s spine.”

Well. Maybe not Americans who were kinda partial to her as a candidate early on in the 2020 primary season..

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Maybe the chill of anticipation. You know, like a kid two weeks before Christmas.

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You know who has a long life expectancy? Old people! The older you get, the older you get.

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I'm counting on that. I really want to have a 50th anniversary party for me and Mr. Geezer.

We both have to hit 90 for that.

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scumbag

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Countdown until PAB compares Nikki Haley to Carly Fiorina, and you know how I mean.

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This is good news for Carly Fiorina!

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Aug 28, 2023Liked by Stephen Robinson

seems to me that the only one who can accurately predict someones timely death is their murderer.

so, Nikki (if that is your real name, comrade), are you planning to do the deed yourself or just whip up lots of stochastic terrorism and hope for the worst?

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"MAGA demands total fealty and true believers"

Like who? Who's left?

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When Trump was getting impeached (the first time), all I heard from Republicans is that this was an attempt to "overturn the election," as if someone other than Pence, Trump's hand-picked running mate, would become president.

Funny how they only remember how that succession thing works when there's a Democrat in the White House.

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Aug 28, 2023·edited Aug 28, 2023Liked by Stephen Robinson

Can somebody explain to me why a President Harris would open the hellmouth and bring on the apocalypse? I keep hearing republicans proclaim how terrible she would be as president but none of them ever get around to explaining exactly why she would be so terrible.

I know “brown woman” is part of it, but it’s particularly jarring hearing it from another brown woman.

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Simple answer to that - anyone and everyone who asserts that a President Harris would be a bad thing should be told nothing else but that they are a racist. Because that's what they are; that's what they're trying stoke; and that's what they should be held accountable for.

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Yeah, Republicans specifically try to paint her as a complete buffoon who'd blow up the world or something rather than address her political positions, which aren't *that* different from Biden's current agenda.

If she were Elizabeth Warren, for instance, they could at least cry WEALTH TAX! but instead they just shout "SCARY BLACK LADY!"

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Aug 28, 2023Liked by Stephen Robinson

The right-wing have been pushing the "Kamala is stupid" button since she took office as VP. Mostly because attacking Biden is hard.

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Democrat.

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Aug 28, 2023Liked by Stephen Robinson

Haley was unemployed before some moneybags offered her this job of running for the repub nomination. She is going to milk this right into 2028. She's already running against Harris. She'll never win but it sure beats working a straight job.

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likely haley campaign slogan:

"straight jobs for straight people!!!!!"

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Aug 28, 2023Liked by Stephen Robinson

So to recap: 81 means at death's door, won't last the weekend, probably already dead.

77 means 24 hour party person, will live another 50 years, strong as an ox.

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Aug 28, 2023Liked by Stephen Robinson

Didn't representative Ronnie Jackson, formerly White House physician for Trump (and Obama) say Trump was the most healthy president ever and should live to be 200 years old?

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Aug 28, 2023Liked by Stephen Robinson

And I'm raising my hand in support of 77, says Haley.

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Aug 28, 2023·edited Aug 28, 2023

Hey - PAB shot a 67 yesterday to win the Senior Club Championship and posted twice that he really, truly did that without cheating!

If you can't believe a twice-impeached, thrice-married, four-times-indicted election loser, then who CAN you believe?

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But Haley is running for VP, though, and would probably *want* fence-sitting voters to think that Trump will either die or go to jail within the first few months of his second term.

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Aug 28, 2023Liked by Stephen Robinson

Finally something Haley and I agree on.

(I'm assuming "his" = "Biden"

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Especially when Biden is a fit 81 and Trump gets winded walking down ramps.

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They jeer when Joe takes a spill on his bike, but don't mention Two Scoops couldn't even get onto a bike.

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To be fair, he was in toe clips and I've fallen that way more times than I'd care to admit.

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I've never used toe clips. Do that add any advantage to riding?

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I worked at REI and did triathlons, cycle-cross racing, touring and commuting and I always wore bike shoes with a clip and clip pedals. I used the flat style on one pair of shoes for commuting, cycle-cross and touring and a pair with the large external clips for the tri-s because you get a much higher torque out of them. I would recommend the flat style for you- you can get the shoes for around 40-70 dollars (REI has a sale now so you may do better) and the pedals and clips for about the same. Unless you have a bike tool set I'd let the techs do the work and they will set you up and also get your seat positioned fit correctly to use them. I can't tell you how often people came in and their seat position was terrible for riding any distance!

And YES they help your efficiency and make it easier to climb especially. You will fall so expect that as part of the learning curve!

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Aug 28, 2023Liked by Stephen Robinson

Fairly cagey and cynical of Haley - and probably Ramasmarmy - to shoot for Veep and get into the oval through the back door, one way or another. But if MAGA only wants "true believers," who's the logical choice among the field? DeathSentence? Pabs would never go for that. Not Pence, Not Christie. Not Hutchinson, obvs. Who's left? Scott? Bergum? Maybe Perry Johnson has a shot at VP after all. LOL.

Oh, Kari Lake! Yeah, that's the ticket.

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I suspect he'll go for Tim, thinking that he'll get ALL the Black votes.

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Aug 28, 2023Liked by Stephen Robinson

Haley is such a terrible human.

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They all are. Not a single redeeming quality among the whole lot.

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