Hey folks, I just devised a nice way to easily do the 4-7-8 breathing while making sure the ratios are right. It can be best summarized by this picture

define "they". Actual Trump supporters or others pretending to be Trump supporters? Anyone claiming to be able to differentiate the two at this point doesn't appreciate the gravity of the situation we are currently in.

as far as I am concerned both parties have brought this hell-fire upon themselves. Play Stupid Games ... Win Stupid Prizes.

Any pretense that "business as usual" exists in D.C. is a delusion

wow live stream cut twice now

I really wish it didn't come to this ... but here we go

Yeah, they just wanted to have a nice little chat with folks

I gotta admit I'm torn between "What the hell is going on?" and "pass the popcorn".

Perhaps at this point: a temporary Pelosi Presidency is our best bet

too late for that 😉

Hey its fiery and peaceful ... except ... there's no fire

yeah just a bunch of pals roughhousing

yeah, smart move ... I'm finding my productivity slowing down now

its going to take something extraordinary for peace at this point

According to SCOTUS there is no such thing

also not helpful

Yeah, I think there are actual Trump supporters that reached their breaking point but its such a chaotic situation that Antifa/BLM members could easily be "blending in" to escalate further

It's an absolute disgrace that ALL branches of government have utterly failed to prevent this

some folks need to be reminded that there are violent people on BOTH sides. to pretend otherwise would just be silly and naive.

It's VERY bad for the whole country

many on the right, not all

Clearly our nation has decided that mob rule, riots, etc. is how public policy is to be decided. both have usurped the constitution and the standard election process. This is the culmination of many mistakes (once again: by both parties) leading up to this point.

with all do respect: that's a naive point of view

lets get real ... mail in ballots are very hard to authenticate. Do you *really* think our government is competent enough to pull that off?

we can't run an election properly anymore apparently

if it were this wouldn't be happening now

I'm sure its a tad more than being tangentially related. obviously there is more to it than that. We've been a powder-keg for awhile now

any recommended live feeds to follow what is going on? I lost mine

yeah, I was just about to ask just that

@meglide thanks

note to self: when 60%+ thinks elections were fraudulent. It's just bad news all around

It's way more than 37%. But, can't say I remember the exact percent.

it wouldn't be the first time the lack of police/military intervention was a political act

hey maybe the just had some free time and with all the commotion outside it was time to have a look around

nah the FBI is too busy dusting that guillotine for finger-prints

sadly this is how decisions are made in this country now

Yeah, I'd say this election has been contested.

is Tim Pool there?

according to Ben Shapiro, Pence was actually in the right. The problem here is that there were a number of cases in the courts re: the election that were thrown out. States violated their own constitution. Poll Workers were kicking out GOP observers. Way too many ballot statistical anomalies. Sure *maybe* there are reasonable explanations for all of this but the fact that not one iota of effort was made to deliver those explanations makes it crazy to think that any of this would be surprising. Yes, very sad. But not suprising.

you must not watch @RobertGrulerEsq's show very closely. The majority of these cases were thrown out on dubious grounds. He's a lawyer, so I am pretty sure he knows what he is talking about here 🙂

hey, at least they aren't tearing down statues.

building lives matter!

whoa thats going to earn him a visit from folks with dark sunglasses

this is not the same as 9/11 ... not even close

make that March

ok fair enough, there was a *very brief* period in March where I could sense some unity happening

you literally took the words out of my mouth

gotcha, that's fair. yeah its depressing what we have come to

not as great as Obama-ordered drone strikes apparently.

right, he has taught the world that there's nothing more to fear than fear itself.

Aher/them

you don't need to waste a match ... just edit wikipedia/the online dictionary

the Judicial branch abdicating their responsibility is the biggest travesty leading up to this chaos

another good feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTXOkcwYxvE

Someone needs to tell Mr. Al-Assad to mind his own damn business

But our country is different we are a nation of laws! ... oh wait a minute ....

So according to congress: burning down businesses is "fiery but peaceful" where as storming the US Capitol Building isn't tolerated ... ok got it.

exactly. This is how one chooses the side they want to be on. the side that challenges the citizens or the side that challenges the government.

I'm not sure it was planned ... but it is increasingly looking like those folks were let into the Capitol building so they could hang themselves (interesting symbolistic foreshadowing with that guillotine eh?)

seems plausible

that's how the marxist left works. wield any situation to their advantage to pummel the opposition.

this isn't a RW talking point. News flash: identity politics is deeply engrained in the Democrat party (always has been) as its an effective way to acquire more power

You are half correct. On one hand: yes, Capitalism is a central part of our society. But you "tune out whenever anyone pulls out the Marxist card?". In that case you better also tune out when critical race theory is in discussion, or when people discuss gender pronoun insanity or when people sugar coat racism with condescending remarks that African Americans needs help from white people. ... yeah, you must be also tuning out from the majority of the Democrat Party line

freedom is certainly going out of fashion. too many people want to lick boots in exchange for free handouts and empty promises for "safety"

what party?

seriously the *only* way out of this nightmare is if more people start embracing the notion of individual sovereignty and responsibility. We must stop looking towards the government to bring order to our lives.

cool, we are in agreement there

sorry I'm not following. (and I see other folks are agreeing -- so there seems to be some inside joke I am missing)

ah THAT party

yeah the CCP is a big problem, no doubt

unfortunately Q isn't that interesting

One thing I find regretable is that they didn't send different folks to storm Pelosi's office. Perhaps if they snatched her computer as opposed to her damn podium ... it would have been more useful.

That's what happens when you substitute James Bond for Beavis and Butthead when conducting a takeover.

Yeah, the political optics of today's takeover was clearly was obviously a disaster. Sadly the truth behind it is completely lost.

sadly this is only the beginning

gotta jet

bye folks

its been fun 🙂

For anyone confused about the horrific events of today. here is a ~15 minute synopsis of why it happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kviIbOMxFq4

thanks, I'm glad to hear folks got something out of it.

Watching Ted Cruz speak now (from before the break-in). Really deeply saddened that there wasn't even a chance for folks in congress to at least *try* to hash this out. Just imagine if by some miracle congress passed the motion to do the 10 day emergency audit. That would have gone a long way to heal this nation. Instead the worst possible thing happened, and I fear we are on a very different road.

mob rule is becoming a tool of choice ... now on *both* sides

They better not go after Trump, even when out of office. This will get **way** worse really fast. I'm no fan of James Comey, but I have to give credit where it is due and point out he urged **against** going after Trump after Biden is sworn in.

I sure hope you are right. Justice needs to happen ... or at the very least **some** explanation needs to come out about the election irregularities.

Andrew Klaven once said: "Vengence is the devil's cocaine". That's a road we don't want to go down.

Yes, Ted Cruz had a great speech. I've got a TON of respect for the guy now. I actually am fairly sure the fraud *did* impact the results of the election. That being said, I might actually accept Biden being sworn in if there was at least an *attempt* by the courts to review the evidence and/or that 10 day audit to actually happen. That would be an absolute bare-minimum I'd expect. But, we didn't even get that. And while the storming of the Capitol was bone-headed, to say the least. For congress to state it was like "Pearl Harbor" (Chuck Schumer's words), and act as if it was so unprecedented is spitting in the face of all the folks' businesses that went up in flames during the "peaceful protests".

Actually I respectfully disagree, he could have prevented it if only the folks outside realized what was unfolding in the chamber.

I don't agree its false but putting that aside for the moment: enough people believe its true that it MUST be addressed.

yeah, I was thinking that

it sure seemed odd they left all that up

It's my understanding that Pence was opening the floor for objections. He even said so explicitly that doing so was constitutionally sound.

objections during vote counting is written in the constitution.

indeed. obviously the storming of the building was counter-productive. But, you can't say X preceded Y and assume X implies Y, that's faulty logic.

Trump can be illogical at times, I agree. I happen to agree w/ Trump on other things however -- but that doesn't mean I have to adopt his faults.

night!

While I think he came in to the Presidency confused in a number of ways, I really think he has a solid understanding of what America, and the greater Western Civilization stands for, as the founding father's understood it. He also sees the dangers that the main-stream media and "Big Tech" imposes on society, to just list a few. Of course, I feel like I can't list Trump's pros without pointing out a few cons which I will do here: He can be ... let me say ... sloppy in how chooses his words. He also has had this weird, and frustrating habit of shooting himself in the foot in various ways. People like to say he is a "liar" ... eh, I'll say he can exaggerate to the point of lying at times, yes but in many ways, he is so blunt that one could say he is "honest to a fault" (as in, what most people would just think, he says). He also seems to be *VERY* naive. It's been painfully obvious that the people surrounding him are lying to his face, and constantly manipulating him. So, he appears to be far too trusting.

getting tired over here 🙂

what we saw today was more Beavis and Butthead (and the entire extended family) than Trump militia

I suppose. Saying Trump endorsed it seems like a total different matter to me. After all he is The President, why can't he simply declare Martial Law? (Not necessarily saying he should ... especially at this point).