So we’re in agreement that Bernie never came close to winning anything. Good.

Sanders didn’t almost win anything. That was as much a landslide as the democrats’ delegate allotment system will allow.

The results of any presidential election will always be ~45% each for the Rs and the Ds. The total number of voters may fluctuate, but the end percentages will not. People are just too set in their ways and many vote not FOR their guy, but AGAINST the other.

See, the seizing power thing I don’t worry about because, as broken as the US government is, such a play requires real political deftness and agility, two things Trump does NOT have (and his inner circle/handlers are no better). Same with nukes. It’s not as simple as “president says nuke them, they get nuked.” Our…

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Food for thought: The House Freedom Caucus are a group of insane right-wing crankjobs who make the average Tea Partier look reasonable and open to discussion. Trump has openly talked about going to war with them for tanking the AHCA.

He lived for many years without rallies and while it would be hard to give it up, I’m sure he would gladly do so again if it meant he didn’t have to deal with all this other shit.

By many accounts, Jackson was also likely mentally ill, so there’s that connection too.

“He is forever ostracized in Trump Tower, his own gilded prison, unable to leave his house as he is booed wherever he goes.”

He deserved it.

If Taco Bell causes you gastrointestinal distress, please consider a diet of strained bananas and nothing else.

Actually, I just was being correct and now you’re sore about it.

Are those lanes manned by people in the background? If so, that’s 6 potential and possible jobs that would maybe be manned by one or two employees (no store ever has every lane manned, even at their busiest). If you want to count that as 5 human jobs lost, go for it, but I disagree.

Zima doesn’t contain much actual booze.

I haven’t seen many if any in NJ do that. Make room for them in new construction, sure, but no retrofitting existing stores to employ them. Those that do usually end up getting rid of them within a year.

So long as people keep shopping there, yes. Many people don’t, which is why the lanes never seem to last.

Maybe it’s different in different areas, but any store I’ve ever seen with self-checkout has 2-4 self-checkout lanes next to the usual 12-16 regular lanes.

“Has my dude ever been to a grocery store?”

That’s what makes me happy.

Sorry you’ve had so many awful experiences. Best of luck to you in the future (if you haven’t given up).