Vox Populi, our weekly live chat abut the week’s events begins tonight at 7:00pm PT. Hope to see you then!
AdLib3 hours ago
Hey TW!
AdLiban hour ago
Hey Ad I made it
twilson117
an hour ago
How did Chess go?
AdLiban hour ago
Indeed!
AdLiban hour ago
Let’s put it this way I’m no Magnus Carlson have a long long way to go
twilson117
an hour ago
Heh! You’d probably take me out pretty quickly!
AdLiban hour ago
Did you see that Stefanik has now quit the Gov race and won’t run for re-election in The House? She said she’s leaving politics! Everything Trump touches, dies.
AdLiban hour ago
I don’t know I’m taking it from the point of view of forgetting everything I learned in the past because it was all wrong to truly trying to learn the correct way to play the game besides this is what old men do 
twilson117
an hour ago
And a Senator from WY announced she’s quitting.
AdLiban hour ago
Repub Senator.
AdLiban hour ago
I saw the headline didn’t read the piece
twilson117
an hour ago
Who as the senator from WY??
twilson117
an hour ago
Aren’t old men supposed to play chess in the park? When it isn’t freezing over?
AdLiban hour ago
“First-term U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming announced Friday that she won’t seek reelection in 2026”
AdLiban hour ago
Well the only way this Old Man will play it in the park if there is a Panera’s around where I get get free coffee refills
twilson117
an hour ago
AdLiban hour ago
Quitting after o9ne term??
twilson117
44 minutes ago
Trump’s speech was panned even by Repubs and tonight he had some rally in NC and sounded like he was up way past his bedtime.
AdLib44 minutes ago
I think a lot of Repubs will quit rather than have to run so hard and raise so much money in a year Dems have so much momentum.
AdLib43 minutes ago
Yep!
AdLib43 minutes ago
Politicians from states like WY, MT, OK, are all just goofballs anyway, haven’t seen one from that region with any brains.
AdLib42 minutes ago
We know Trump is unhinged but the sycophants he has surrounded himself with don’t want him to leave because they haven’t fully drained the treasury yet.
twilson117
42 minutes ago
Yep, and we’re probably only seeing the tip of the iceberg. I’ll bet billions and billions are being robbed from the Treasury that we’ll only find out about after a Dem takes back the WH.
AdLib41 minutes ago
We have Three more years to go with him or Vance in office the country will become a total mess
twilson117
41 minutes ago
The destruction will be enormous.
AdLib40 minutes ago
Yes it will
twilson117
40 minutes ago
And by the time Trump’s term is over, he’ll probably have his name on the Lincoln and Washington monuments as well as the “Trump Statues OF LIBERTY”.
AdLib39 minutes ago
No doubt about that. That is what dictators do
twilson117
38 minutes ago
What will be very interesting to see is right after the midterm, when Repubs will be jockeying for position to run in the presidential primary, if Trump claims he will run and if the start of the primaries lock him in as a lame duck president.
AdLib38 minutes ago
I’m sure you seen where he is being sued by the National Trust For Historic Preservation In The United States for tearing down the East Wing without going through the proper channels which is them
twilson117
36 minutes ago
Midterms for the Repugs will be a freefall
twilson117
35 minutes ago
Yes, I did see that and they should prevail since the law is wholly on their side. But with crooks on the SCOTUS, you never know.
AdLib35 minutes ago
Hey CL!
AdLib35 minutes ago
Hey CL
twilson117
35 minutes ago
Hi good friends! How are you?
choicelady
35 minutes ago
Doing okay, CL. How are you and hubby doing?
AdLib34 minutes ago
I’m here as long as I hold out. Have the Cold from Pits of Hell, and I drop easily in the evening.
choicelady
34 minutes ago
Doing fine CL just want to let you know as of the moment there is no snow here in MA
twilson117
34 minutes ago
Ad – We’re slowly improving. Horrible cold.
choicelady
34 minutes ago
Aw CL, it’s still hanging in there?
AdLib34 minutes ago
TW – isn’t there a law that requires MA to have a white Christmas?
choicelady
34 minutes ago
Ad – yes, but I was better yesterday and today. Keep the hope this is tapering to the end.
choicelady
33 minutes ago
CL – As I mentioned, the cold I had last month hung in there for like a month!
AdLib33 minutes ago
Ad – I’m coming up on a month Christmas day.
choicelady
33 minutes ago
Not from my point of view CL 🙂
twilson117
33 minutes ago
Well, TW, I get that part. But isn’t snow required to set off the cuteness of the architecture and decorations? Hallmark says so.
choicelady
32 minutes ago
CL – Well, if it’s like the cold I had, you should be starting to see symptoms reduce and from what you say, you are. Still, it’s rough!
AdLib32 minutes ago
Ad – I did not know a human being could go through this much Kleenex. Seriously.
choicelady
31 minutes ago
Don’t know how long I can hang in. I still am VERY tired by this time each evening.
choicelady
30 minutes ago
Did you see Low Energy Trump’s mumbling at the NC rally tonight? The cult behind him held up signs, “Rising Income” and “Falling Prices”. Like people are so stupid, they’ll believe him instead of their bank accounts?
AdLib30 minutes ago
Well I suppose for there is a good reason for many and I will accept the fact that I’m in the minority regarding the Christmas holidays and snow, but I will not miss it
twilson117
30 minutes ago
AD – no I avoided the Yam MAn again, but his schtick is wearing thin, as people compare their reality to his pronouncements.
choicelady
29 minutes ago
CL – Next year, I will buy stock in Kleenex in the Summer and cash out in the Winter!
AdLib29 minutes ago
TW – WE are getting buckets of rain. On the whole, I’d take the snow. Less messy.
choicelady
29 minutes ago
Ad – I think Kleenex Futures are the only sure bet on NASDAQ
choicelady
28 minutes ago
Cl It was raining here as well, the climate has changed a bit here in MA, but there always is the strong possibility of a major storm that comes in around the Jan and Feb time frame
twilson117
27 minutes ago
CL – Same here, I won’t watch that orange firehose of lies because there’s little to be gained from being drowned in BS. But I see clips on BlueSky and he had a raw throat and low energy tonight in NC. Looked terrible. I would not gasp to see him just fall over at his next speech. Hopefully he will hold it at the edge of the Grand Canyon.
AdLib27 minutes ago
CL – The rain isn’t coming down south to LA, no rain here at least so far this past week.
AdLib26 minutes ago
TW – what is weird is that as you get Nor’easters, CA, OR, WA get “atmospheric rivers”. We get snow at higher elevations but buckets of rain with these things. Not sure what to do with it since drought was once our great fear, and THAT isn’t happening.
choicelady
26 minutes ago
My weather app says rain Christmas Eve and Day. And thereafter. It’s moving south from WA and OR that have had HUGE flooding and zero media coverage.
choicelady
25 minutes ago
I think we still need to prepare for droughts even though we are getting more of these atmospheric rivers. La Nina is still at work but if it disappears next year, we may head back towards droughts.
AdLib24 minutes ago
Ad – last I read, if we get El Nino, we get MORE rain up here but less for you.
choicelady
24 minutes ago
CL and there are those who don’t believe the climate is changing.
twilson117
24 minutes ago
TW – chumps who disregard science are doomed to freeze
choicelady
23 minutes ago
Or swelter.
choicelady
23 minutes ago
Just looked now and the forecast is rain from Tuesday through Friday so rain on Christmas day in LA!
AdLib23 minutes ago
Ad – it’s as close to snow as you’re going to get, so party down, man!
choicelady
22 minutes ago
“I’m dreaming of a wet Christmas…”
AdLib22 minutes ago
Hmm…that didn’t sound right.
AdLib22 minutes ago
CL have to admit never understood the resistance that some people put up around how the climate is changing when there is clear evidence to support it.
twilson117
22 minutes ago
TW – I see on my app for Rutland where my brother is that you may have snow Christmas Day, so be prepared!
choicelady
21 minutes ago
Ad no it didn’t
twilson117
21 minutes ago
TW – the resistance is to all change. “By crackies we always burned coal in the stove, and I’m not gonna stop just cuz needle-neck science guys tell me to!”
choicelady
21 minutes ago
Ad – that is NOT going to catch on, even if Bing comes back to sing it.
choicelady
20 minutes ago
The irony is that farmers are hugely for Trump and yet between tariffs and climate change disasters, he is intentionally destroying them. Really illustrates how cults work. Mindless followers sabotaging themselves but ignorant of it in their pursuit to march behind their cult leader.
AdLib20 minutes ago
Yup – habit drives most people’s lives, and it’s proving very intractable.
choicelady
19 minutes ago
CL if it comes it comes, the one good thing I no longer have a driveway to shovel out, only have clean my car off and move it to another spot so they maintenance can plow.
twilson117
18 minutes ago
CL – Indeed but it’s just plain weird to see people happily handing a baseball bat to a person who promises to hit them with it.
AdLib18 minutes ago
TW – my folks had an HOA townhouse that did it all, and the charm of that is NOT overrated. Glad you have someone who does it for you.
choicelady
18 minutes ago
Ad – That’s a super analogy. “Here! Hit me again!”
choicelady
17 minutes ago
The way I got out of shoveling snow from my driveway was having a home in LA.
AdLib17 minutes ago
Ad – wise choice.
choicelady
17 minutes ago
CL wife and I are in a nice older and well maintained complex and the maintenance are top shelf in my book.
twilson117
16 minutes ago
CL – “I promise to hit you in the head with a baseball bat if you give one to me!” “Our Dear Leader wants a baseball bat, here you go, take two!”
AdLib16 minutes ago
TW – I am REALLY glad to know that, TW. I am at the end of my tolerance for home maintenance, and having someone do it is primo.
choicelady
15 minutes ago
I don’t get any joy out of seeing Trump voters suffer but I also have no sympathy for them. We all have to live with the consequences of our actions, they are no exception and their disinterest or malice in causing the suffering of good people who didn’t vote for that, makes them omitted from my sympathy card list.
AdLib14 minutes ago
Ad – no reason to be otherwise. You make your bed, etc.
choicelady
13 minutes ago
Cl I was told a long time ago I was no longer allowed to have tools of any kind
twilson117
13 minutes ago
CL – I’m mixed on home maintenance, if it’s not a hige thing and I can do it, oh well, I will and sometimes take a little pride in fixing it. But the big repairs, especially the ones you have to pay plumbers or electricians to do, I hate those.
AdLib13 minutes ago
TW – you and my hubs!!! Turns out I had more shop in school than he did. I have a power drill and know how to use it. He has no clue.
choicelady
12 minutes ago
Ad – basic rule of thumb: if it requires a permit or can kill you if you get it wrong, hire a pro.
choicelady
12 minutes ago
CL my father tried to show me it just didn’t take, books are my tools
twilson117
11 minutes ago
BTW, just saw a breakdown of the industries that have the highest unemployment numbers for the last month. At the top above all others was agriculture. Farmers are getting crushed and will be crushed more and more. And no doubt, they will vote again next year to be destroyed even more.
AdLib11 minutes ago
CL – Excellent rule of thumb! Though does it count if my wife wants to kill me if I DON’T fix something? Just joking, she’s not really like that at al as you know. But for the sake of the joke…
AdLib10 minutes ago
Ad we the country is in for a wild and crazy ride as far as the economy is going to go.,
twilson117
10 minutes ago
Ad – I think even the dimwits who voted for Trump AGAIN now are done. Reports from Iowa and other such places have Dems well ahead. Those running are FROM the areas they wish to serve and speak to the issues well. I think even hard core GOP/MAGA realize Trump AND company are bad for them all.
choicelady
9 minutes ago
TW – It’s scary how bad things may become.
choicelady
9 minutes ago
We have stockpiled food, [put in a garden, and have cash stashed. This could be nasty.
choicelady
8 minutes ago
TW – The economy is really going to slide next year, just a matter of how badly. The loss of ACA subsidies, rising inflation on groceries, tariffs, the failing of farms will jack up produce prices, and most frightening, the bursting of the AI bubble could quickly tear up trillions in investments in the country. The AI bubble is the only thing keeping our economy from tanking now, if that happens, it’s Great Depression II.
AdLib7 minutes ago
Here is one for you, I know the way the hearing went on the tariffs seem to indicate the court will rule against Trump, I have a feeling the just might rule in his favor
twilson117
7 minutes ago
My investment guy who manages what my ex left me thinks I’m pretty stable. But we know if crap happens, we might not be able to access our funds, so we have some “under the mattress” just in case.
choicelady
6 minutes ago
CL- Yes, it sure is looking that way. Did you see more Repubs resigning from Congress this week? Stefanik is resigning AND quitting the Gov race. The writing is on the wall, stick with Trump and be crushed.
AdLib6 minutes ago
TW – I can’t read SCOTUS on tariffs at all.
choicelady
6 minutes ago
Ad – the more defections from MAGA, the nuttier Trump gets. Ketchup futures are another sure bet.
choicelady
5 minutes ago
CL – Very smart! We have been intending to get a home safe to keep some money in in case there is an economic crash and banks limit withdrawals. But I got sidetracked on that so have to make it happen after the 1st.
AdLib4 minutes ago
CL this court seems to really want a king in my opinion I’m referring the to republican justices in particular
twilson117
4 minutes ago
BTW – we are having earthquake swarms up here. Hmmm.
choicelady
4 minutes ago
TW – they are really scary.
choicelady
4 minutes ago
CL – I mentioned to TW that right now I feel like we and the whole country are living in Trump’s deranged head. The madness we see day after day is how his crazy mind is, since he has nothing regulating his thoughts from becoming actions, we are living in Trump’s insanity.
AdLib2 minutes ago
CL – Oh no! Haven’t felt a quake here for many months.
AdLib2 minutes ago
My dear friends – I am absolutely fading out. I think the fact I sleep so much is what is healing me. I need to go. I wish both of you a joyous Christmas. Ad please give my love to D and D. We will have a very quiet day, but a good one. I look forward to learning what Santa brought you guys. Hugs to you both and to all who love you. Good night!
choicelady
a minute ago
How sweet, CL! Thank you so much!!!
AdLiba minute ago
Cl Take care
twilson117
a minute ago
Well TW, shall we pick up where we left off this afternoon?
AdLiba few seconds ago
Yeah give me a min will call
twilson117
a few seconds ago
Ok!
AdLiba few seconds ago
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