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  • All it needs is a start point to make it fairly accurate. If you’re not from the US the politics of the 1700’s and 1800’s are actually kind interesting unlike the slop we got after something like 1975. Hell, as a point of intrigue, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was at least “interesting.” At the time the parties maintained much of their core belief (Democrat = big Fed, Republican = small Fed), but the implementation was split by North vs South. This led to some interesting situations where anti big Fed Republicans in the north votes for big Fed regulations while pro big Fed Democrats in the south voted against big Fed regulations. US politics used to be interesting, hell even as recently as 2012 we had situations where Republicans were trying to find avenues for conservative value illegal immigrants as a means to bolster their ranks, but all that fell through because the existing rank and file couldn’t stomach illegal brown people taking jobs they didn’t want.

    Now US politics seems to be Fascist vs not Fascist while there are no true alternatives.




  • Here is Obama’s stated daily schedule in his first year as president. Take it with a grain of salt since it is a self report, but it’s probably not miles away from the truth.

    Quick Summary:

    • Routinely only got 5-7 hours of sleep
    • Woke up 7 am and would straight away exercise for 45 minutes
    • Into the office between 8:30-9:00 am
    • Work until 6:30 pm
    • Dinner and family time until 8:30 pm
    • Review briefings and do paperwork until 11:30 pm
    • Read in bed for 30 min before going to be at 12:30 am

    Maybe Obama is just built differently, I know some people have genetic differences that mean they need less sleep, but that’s a hell of a schedule for your baseline everyday schedule. I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if the White House had a doctor that prescribed/administered some sort of stimulant.


  • I’m honestly curious how long Trump is gonna make it. Realistically he’s probably running on a bunch of drugs at this point. No shade here, I assume Biden and maybe even Obama were the same. How do you work that much and not sleep? The answer is drugs!

    Even if they are “relaxing” the president has a lot of stress, the job physically ages you. Trump being on a golf course is still probably stressing out even if he doesn’t give a shit about the US; whether it’s about how his personal investments will work out or about his personal vendettas the job is stressful.

    Trump was also severely stressed while out of office due to the pressures of the lawsuits he was under. With 12 years of stress the man may be 79 currently, but he’s probably way older physically. I don’t see him making it through this term and the only way he’s made it this far is drugs and a good pharmacist.