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I'll spend only 5 more minutes on this. You can have the last word. 1 - I haven't seen any video* that shows direct threats made toward the McCloskeys or people moving toward them in a threatening manner. If you have other video, can I see a link? I saw people marching down the street chanting and y...

Benny, IMO it boils down to whether the "protesters" presented a reasonable threat. It would be a legalistic argument to reach for trespassing & the Castle Doctrine if the trespassers were merely marching past the McCloskeys and chanting. BUT if they were threatening them, it's a diffe...

I'm a fan of the Second Amendment. Also a fan of the "reasonable person" standard. I saw video of the McCloskeys pointing their guns in a way that could be considered threatening; but the video didn't show the behavior of protesters/trespassers that conveyed a threat beyond walking down th...

The Trump administration has taken a far, far harder line with Putin's Russia than Obama ever did. How do you reconcile that with your theory? Increasing US production of natural gas, depressing the price of Russia's primary income source Discouraging Germany's pipeline from Russia Providing lethal...

Joe is playing 3D Checkers: Kamala gives him a lock on California.

Fat Cat wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:57 pm The deal was brokered by President Trump...

First smashing the ISIS caliphate.
Then silencing North Korea's ICBM "tests" aimed at the US.
Now this.

What will this Fascist Warmonger do next?

My only point is that there are costs to the disease and costs to the cure. So far the US has come up with imperfect, but hopefully effective, disease mitigation plans. Pretty soon, with more testing, we'll probably be able to game out scenarios for the cost of the disease. I agree. At some point t...

nafod wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 1:26 pm

Grandpa's Spells wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:31 am It sounds like the GOP is pushing for $500B payroll tax cut, which will do nothing...

Everybody can see through that one. Reducing taxes on a 0$ paycheck is nuts.

What are you morons promoting? That businesses closing will have the greatest impact on those who already didn't have a job?

Sangoma wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:02 pmKindness and compassion is what may save the world (aggression and crusades already haven't), and that's what Peterson was lacking in his life teachings.

You must be thinking of a different Jordan Peterson.

The hostility toward Peterson puzzles me. IMO Peterson's fundamental message is to make the most of your life, to expect obstacles along the way and to take them as best you can. Each of us is on our individual hero's journey. What agitates such hate? ***** Or is it that "hierarchies happen&quo...

nafod wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:26 am One of the original doctors died from it. He was only 34 years old, not some geezer with a bunch of preexisting conditions.

Given his Whistleblower status, and his youth & health, he probably was Epsteined.

I feel like prosecutors could have offered him a deal..... "Dave Chappelle is going to do 5 minutes on you on his next Netflix special and destroy your career. Or you can do do 3 months in Cook County." Juicy: "I'll take the three months." Why not both? Seriously, false accusati...

Fat Cat wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:35 pmthe founding fathers embraced the classical models of “democratic Athens” and “republican Rome” for the capital’s early buildings because the style symbolized the new nation’s “self-governing ideals” [/size][/b].

I'm no architecture expert, but I'm pretty sure this^ is true.

nafod wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 5:59 pm
So where's are the hard proof?

Maybe you've heard of this thing called an "investigation"? It's this thing that the Executive Branch is empowered to do. Or not do.

We both know what was going on here, it's obvious beyond obvious. I think you're mired in "Orange Man Bad" confirmation bias. And I question your apparent superpower to mind read the President. Back to the governing principle: "When the President's actions benefit BOTH the country AN...

Trump never asked for an investigation of Biden. He asked Ukraine to announce one. From the transcript of the July 25 call: "There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that, so whatever you can do with the Attorney Gen...

His defense has argued that he basically can't do anything impeachable, and that is the reason for acquitting him, having given up on the "He didn't do it" defense. Almost. The defense is, "When the President's actions benefit BOTH the country AND his political future, then such acti...

Fat Cat wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 12:44 am The Empire of the Summer Moon now about the history of the Comancheria, will report back.

A fascinating read. And a good antidote to the noble savage myth. Those fuckers were the Hells Angels of Oklahoma-Texas.

It do for me: Mr Trump, after the strike, told associates he was under pressure to deal with Gen. Soleimani from GOP senators he views as important supporters in his coming impeachment trial in the Senate, associates said. For perspective, the WSJ broke the Ukraine phonemail whistleblower report th...

We had the opportunity, so we killed him." It's been that way, with plenty of opportunities, since I was there in 2008 (when I got "read in" to what was going on). And Trump finally did something about it. Killing him while a guest of the Iraqis was strategically dumb. That's one tak...

How's this: "He was the military leader of a designated terrorist organization operating in Iraq. He killed & maimed US soldiers, attacked US allies, and invaded the US embassy. He was planning more murder. We had the opportunity, so we killed him." PS - It has always been within Congr...

I'd like to see an informed "sunk cost" analysis of our Iraq presence. I see little reason to stay.

Was that all it took to extricate the US from that shit hole?

Killing him in Iraq was ill advised. We made the Shia dominated government in Iraq look stupid. We made them look like they cannot take care of their guests. No. The Iraqi government made themselves look like they can't take care of their guests. In fact, that they don't want to. NYTimes: The fact ...

It's a great Father-Son movie. But it's not all sunshine...there are some sobering bits.