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  • Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
    I think it's fair to presume that all people in this forum are not nuts. While I often disagree with Mountain Man, I think he deserves be treated with the same kind of respect you wish to be treated with.
    Presumably you'd agree that there are people in the world who are actually nuts, and that nothing stops them from posting on this forum?

    Especially in the US where the level of mental health treatment is poor compared to other developed countries (due to their suicidal right-wing commitment to opposing to public funding of health care, resulting in a high rate of preventable deaths in their country compared to countries which do fund such a system).

    I would say that of the posters on this forum, mikewhitney and MM are probably the two most likely to be actually nuts. MM seems to have never met a conspiracy theory he didn't love.
    "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
    "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
    "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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    • Originally posted by firstfloor View Post
      I noticed that too. And Jim Jordan talks like a machine gun. Even Jim Jordan doesn’t understand Jim Jordan. Luckily, he can be safely ignored.
      Agreed - Jim and Rachel need to switch to decaf.
      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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      • Originally posted by Starlight View Post
        Presumably you'd agree that there are people in the world who are actually nuts, and that nothing stops them from posting on this forum?

        Especially in the US where the level of mental health treatment is poor compared to other developed countries (due to their suicidal right-wing commitment to opposing to public funding of health care, resulting in a high rate of preventable deaths in their country compared to countries which do fund such a system).

        I would say that of the posters on this forum, mikewhitney and MM are probably the two most likely to be actually nuts. MM seems to have never met a conspiracy theory he didn't love.
        What about ME?
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        • Originally posted by Esther View Post
          I am certainly not a Trump hater. In fact I find him especially amusing as I can just imagine how apoplectic the liberal left gets at whatever he is saying or doing. I have also written down a list of why I like him and many of his policies. (It is quite long lol).

          It is therefore very difficult to concede that after watching quite a bit of the impeachment hearing on the BBC News last night, I think the crux unfortunately is this: If your country does X, for ME, then my country will do Y for you/your country. Ouch! I wish very much this was not so. It is the X for ME that is problematic. It would be perfectly in order if it was X for my COUNTRY.
          The president is the elected representative of his country. You're attempting to draw a distinction between the man and his duties when it doesn't exist in this scenario.
          Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
          But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
          Than a fool in the eyes of God


          From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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          • Originally posted by Starlight View Post
            Presumably you'd agree that there are people in the world who are actually nuts, and that nothing stops them from posting on this forum?

            Especially in the US where the level of mental health treatment is poor compared to other developed countries (due to their suicidal right-wing commitment to opposing to public funding of health care, resulting in a high rate of preventable deaths in their country compared to countries which do fund such a system).

            I would say that of the posters on this forum, mikewhitney and MM are probably the two most likely to be actually nuts. MM seems to have never met a conspiracy theory he didn't love.
            Nuts (Statlight definition) - anyone who disagrees with Starlight.
            "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
            GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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            • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
              I wonder what oxmixmudd would say about a post like this?


              Oh, right.

              He’s special and above the rules us mere mortals are supposed to follow.
              "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
              GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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              • Originally posted by dirtfloor View Post
                I noticed that too. And Jim Jordan talks like a machine gun. Even Jim Jordan doesn’t understand Jim Jordan. Luckily, he can be safely ignored.
                Jim Jordan is one of those masters of debate who can strike a fatal blow so quickly that his opponent doesn't know he's bleeding until it's too late.
                Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                Than a fool in the eyes of God


                From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                  Jim Jordan is one of those masters of debate who can strike a fatal blow so quickly that his opponent doesn't know he's bleeding until it's too late.
                  In fact, he is a buffoon that has no idea how to ask a question and shows no interest in the answer.
                  “I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
                  “And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
                  “not all there” - you know who you are

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                  • Originally posted by dirtfloor View Post
                    In fact, he is a buffoon that has no idea how to ask a question and shows no interest in the answer.
                    You're only saying that because he eviscerated the testimony of the Democrats' "star" witnesses.
                    Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                    But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                    Than a fool in the eyes of God


                    From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                    • Amazing:

                      White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham has insisted the move is a cost-saving measure, saying “not renewing subscriptions across all *federal agencies will be a significant cost saving for taxpayers — hundreds of thousands of dollars”.

                      However, Mr Trump, who is often critical of the two papers, told Fox News on Monday that “we don’t want” the Times in the White House anymore, and “we’re going to probably terminate that and The Washington Post”.

                      Jonathan Karl, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, said: “Pretending to ignore the work of a free press won’t make the news go away or stop reporters from informing the public and holding those in power accountable.”
                      “I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
                      “And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
                      “not all there” - you know who you are

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                      • Originally posted by firstfloor View Post
                        Amazing:
                        The press is free to 'speech', and the public (and government figures) are free to ignore.
                        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                        • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                          The press is free to 'speech', and the public (and government figures) are free to ignore.
                          It is authoritarian censorship across all government agencies. The banana republic goes bananas.
                          Only news favorable to the dear leader ......
                          Last edited by firstfloor; 11-14-2019, 05:13 PM.
                          “I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
                          “And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
                          “not all there” - you know who you are

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                          • Originally posted by firstfloor View Post
                            It is authoritarian censorship across all government agencies. The banana republic goes bananas.
                            Only news favorable to the dear leader ......
                            You can get all the news you want digitally, ff. Come into the 21st century. Eliminate paper waste!!!


                            But you won't be able to line the bottom of your birdcage with the Washington Post.
                            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                            • Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                              His experience was getting kicked out of the military for doing cocaine and helping to start a company which focused on investing Chinese capital in companies based outside of China -- another job he had no qualifications for or experience in but that the Chinese government gladly poured hundreds of millions of dollars into turning it into one of the country's largest mutual fund management companies almost overnight.

                              Now the other folks and groups that were involved in founding the company were definitely qualified but nobody has ever been able to explain what Hunter brought to the table -- except the Biden name. Sort of like his uncle in the article I linked to.

                              So please explain how "that was the general field he was working in, and so seems to me to be perfectly adequately qualified."
                              Hunter Biden graduated from Yale Law School, then worked at a banking company for 4 years where he quickly worked his way up to the senior management team. He then took a position as an economic adviser in the US Department of Commerce, then co-founded a lobbyist firm. He served on the board of Amtrack for 3 years. He resigned from his existing positions after his father became VP, to avoid any conflicts of interest, and went and worked at a law firm, and also founded a global venture capitalist firm. After five years of working for those firms, he made a brief attempt to be a Navy Reserve officer but was discharged after a month for testing positive for cocaine (which, if rumors are to be believed, enjoys a very high use rate among people in the US financial industries). He then founded another venture capitalist firm with a focus on the investment of Chinese money abroad. A year later he agreed to serve on the board of Burisma.

                              So his CV going into the Burisma board job ticked the five boxes that people are usually looking for when they select people to serve on boards:
                              - Past experience serving on a board (3 years on the board of Amtrack)
                              - Legal knowledge (Legal degree + 5 years working as a lawyer)
                              - Experience in company management (worked in the senior management team of a banking company, founded multiple companies of his own)
                              - Experience in how companies are funded (worked with venture capitalist firms, a banking firm, a legal firm, founded his own companies)
                              - Has a web of personal contacts that might be useful to the company with regard to working with other companies going forward (worked with numerous people over the years in banking, his law firm, his venture capitalist firms)

                              In this case, the company owner also wanted famous board members to give the appearance of stability at a time when Russia was taking bites out of Ukraine. In that sense, Hunter Biden getting the job due to being famous is no worse that a celebrity getting a job to appear in an advertisement due to being famous.
                              "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
                              "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
                              "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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                              • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                                You can get all the news you want digitally, ff. Come into the 21st century. Eliminate paper waste!!!


                                But you won't be able to line the bottom of your birdcage with the Washington Post.
                                You are a witness to the attempted murder of your democracy by Donald J Trump and the right-wing propaganda machine. I think you need to take this ongoing crime a little more seriously. History and God Himself will judge you too if you neglect your country in its hour of need.
                                “I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
                                “And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
                                “not all there” - you know who you are

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