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  • #61
    Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
    And they still qualify because your claims are indeed wronger than wrong.

    The fact is that your claiming that the Republicans control New York because they occasionally gain control of the State Senate is so far off base that it is indeed wronger than wrong since the governorship has been in control of the Democrats since 2007 (and Republicans have only held that office for 13 of the last 50 years) and the other house of the state legislature, the Assembly (which is the equivalent of the House of Representatives) has been controlled by the Democrats since 1975.

    It would be like claiming that the Republicans controlled the U.S. government when they reclaimed the Senate in 2010 while the House remained firmly in the control of the Democrats and Obama was president.

    To continue to assert that you're right is an example of weapon's grade stupidity couple with a level of arrogance rarely equaled. It is the Dunning–Kruger effect squared.
    I'm still waiting for Starlight to answer my question although maybe the question should be. When did he last live in America? Since unless he has lived in America he can only have an outsiders view of America.
    Last edited by RumTumTugger; 01-13-2021, 04:12 PM.

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    • #62
      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

      This isn't even arguable -- controlling ONE branch of government is most certainly not "in control".
      And it isn't even controlling one branch of government but controlling a part of one branch since their legislature is bicameral in nature just like the federal legislative branch is. So controlling the New York Senate for most of the last decade while the New York Assembly (equivalent of the U.S. House of Representatives) has remained in Democrat control since 1975 does not amount to even controlling one of the branches.

      I'm always still in trouble again

      "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
      "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
      "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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      • #63
        Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
        And it isn't even controlling one branch of government but controlling a part of one branch since their legislature is bicameral in nature just like the federal legislative branch is. So controlling the New York Senate for most of the last decade while the New York Assembly (equivalent of the U.S. House of Representatives) has remained in Democrat control since 1975 does not amount to even controlling one of the branches.
        Yeah, that.
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        • #64
          My point about Cuomo remains. He betrayed the Democratic party by arranging for a small group of Dems in the NY Senate to defect from their party and caucus with the Republicans. And he did this in order to create a Republican majority in the Senate, in order to ensure any Democrat-leaning legislation that the NY Assembly passed would be blocked. His goal in doing this was primarily to protect his rich donors from having any legislation passed which might raise their taxes in order to help the common people, and secondarily to protect his political career by meaning he didn't have to openly veto such bills.

          The whole thing was scummy, and Cuomo is an enemy of progressives and of the Democratic party. He should resign in shame and join the libertarians.

          He also sucked at handling Covid.
          "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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          • #65
            Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
            To continue to assert that you're right is an example of weapon's grade stupidity couple with a level of arrogance rarely equaled. It is the Dunning–Kruger effect squared.
            I don't think it's Dunning-Kruger in that I suspect he knows he's wrong but is loathe to admit it for whatever reason.
            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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            • #66
              Originally posted by Starlight View Post
              My point about Cuomo remains. He betrayed the Democratic party by arranging for a small group of Dems in the NY Senate to defect from their party and caucus with the Republicans. And he did this in order to create a Republican majority in the Senate, in order to ensure any Democrat-leaning legislation that the NY Assembly passed would be blocked. His goal in doing this was primarily to protect his rich donors from having any legislation passed which might raise their taxes in order to help the common people, and secondarily to protect his political career by meaning he didn't have to openly veto such bills.

              The whole thing was scummy, and Cuomo is an enemy of progressives and of the Democratic party. He should resign in shame and join the libertarians.

              He also sucked at handling Covid.
              Yeah, but he banned NYC from doing business with Trump, so that must tickle your wallaby...
              That's what
              - She

              Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
              - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

              I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
              - Stephen R. Donaldson

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              • #67
                Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

                The irony is that all of that adoration was happening while he was packing infected people into nursing homes where they were dying by the thousands, leading to New York having by far the highest China flu death toll in the country.
                In today's news, the state is now delaying until near the end of March before they will release the number of people that died in nursing homes from Covid. The health department is still studying the data. This sure looks like it's being slow walked until no one cares.
                "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

                "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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                • #68
                  Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post

                  In today's news, the state is now delaying until near the end of March before they will release the number of people that died in nursing homes from Covid. The health department is still studying the data. This sure looks like it's being slow walked until no one cares.
                  It's like they're hoping that by then the vaccine will cause rates of infection far enough down that the whole thing becomes yesterday's news and people are focusing on something else.

                  I'm always still in trouble again

                  "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                  "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                  "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                  • #69
                    Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                    It's like they're hoping that by then the vaccine will cause rates of infection far enough down that the whole thing becomes yesterday's news and people are focusing on something else.
                    For that matter, have you noticed how stories about the China flu have almost completely disappeared from the news cycle since the election?
                    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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                    • #70
                      Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

                      For that matter, have you noticed how stories about the China flu have almost completely disappeared from the news cycle since the election?
                      Not in my neighborhood. The local paper and local news stations have it every day. Admittedly some is news like restaurants are being allowed to reopen even though we're in an orange zone. But Covid news and Covid sickness/death counts are still around pretty visible here.

                      Its probably out of the national news because they all piling on OMB right now.
                      "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

                      "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

                        For that matter, have you noticed how stories about the China flu have almost completely disappeared from the news cycle since the election?
                        And NOW a WHO team is doing investigations in Wuhan - including the lab which has had HOW LONG to prepare for this?
                        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                        • #72
                          Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

                          And NOW a WHO team is doing investigations in Wuhan - including the lab which has had HOW LONG to prepare for this?
                          It's the WHO, so it doesn't really matter.
                          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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                          • #73
                            Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post

                            It's the WHO, so it doesn't really matter.
                            I still laugh when I see "the WHO", going back to my rock n roll days.
                            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                            • #74
                              Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

                              I still laugh when I see "the WHO", going back to my rock n roll days.
                              Won't get fooled again...
                              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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                              • #75
                                Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

                                I still laugh when I see "the WHO", going back to my rock n roll days.

                                I'm always still in trouble again

                                "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                                "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                                "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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