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Another Jackalope

(202 posts)
7. Not wrong
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 02:31 AM
Dec 2025

We have absolutely no way to predict what shape the inflection will take or how severe it will be, and what form it will take locally. Hoping for the best may be our best hope now. Sorry to sound like a fatalistic doomer, but that's pretty much what I am.

I hope you're wrong too.
But you're not.
Look around. This is the future we were waiting for.

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It's coming [View all] angrychair Dec 2025 OP
Maybe an "invasion" of Venezuela, though doubt any of other. Have to admit, not as confident as I used to be. Silent Type Dec 2025 #1
His handlers are trying to concentrate power angrychair Dec 2025 #3
They are making a bad bet malaise Dec 2025 #12
I think you're right about Venezuela leftieNanner Dec 2025 #2
Venezuela is the excuse angrychair Dec 2025 #4
Oh, please. Ain't gonna happen. marble falls Dec 2025 #5
While I do not doubt his yearning in his wet dream fantasy that could happen, state of stupid Dec 2025 #8
Agreed. Paranoia strikes deep. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2025 #10
Good grief, Disaffected Dec 2025 #6
Ditto. N/T A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2025 #11
Not wrong Another Jackalope Dec 2025 #7
I absolutely LilElf70 Dec 2025 #9
Too soon IMHO. They have many other tools of oppression left before they have to go that far. Celerity Dec 2025 #13
12 days of xmas rampartd Dec 2025 #14
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