winsor 229 #2326 October 10 4 minutes ago, wmw999 said: Why are you studying Portuguese? (As my now-husband said when I told him I spoke it fluently, No one speaks Portuguese!) Moving to Bonaire? It’d be worth it! Wendy P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 229 #2327 October 10 Just now, winsor said: Most of the people in this neighborhood were reasonably fluent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowlerk 2,120 #2328 October 10 5 minutes ago, wmw999 said: Why are you studying Portuguese? (As my now-husband said when I told him I spoke it fluently, No one speaks Portuguese!) Moving to Bonaire? It’d be worth it! Wendy P. My step daughter is something of a linguist. She is living in São Paulo with her Brazilian husband. My wife is working very hard to learn Portuguese. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,340 #2329 October 10 I did it the easy way. Moved there when I was 5, went to Brazilian schools until 7th grade. Portuguese isn’t as easy as some people think; way mor irregular verbs and pronunciation than Spanish Wendy P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,627 #2330 October 11 11 hours ago, wmw999 said: Why are you studying Portuguese? (As my now-husband said when I told him I spoke it fluently, No one speaks Portuguese!) Moving to Bonaire? It’d be worth it! Wendy P. To find out if they're talking about me, of course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richravizza 27 #2331 October 17 (edited) On 10/6/2024 at 8:56 PM, billvon said: Oh I do indeed, You enjoy fatties and often post while enjoying them. You are firmly in the grip of right wing misinformation sources, and regularly repeat what they tell you to repeat. And when pressed you post music videos rather than explaining what you are talking about. Which, I suspect, is because you can't. Dude you don't know the half of me. I Was simply showing my vulnerability.But,like giving you credit in debunking the John Hopkins mask study, we were both wrong. You don't debunk or comment on any sources. I see your approach hasn't changed bombing 360's in the Main area.We know, you know what your doing. On 10/6/2024 at 3:30 PM, billvon said: I would advise you to take Havel's advice from his essay - "Live Not By Lies." In other words, live in reality, not in the misinformationsphere that Trump supporters have constructed. To be more specific, don't live under the lies that: "They're eating the dogs! They're eating the cats!" There's an evil deep state opposing the real heroes of the US Vaccines are really Bill Gates 5G microtrackers DEI has no meaning other than "evil" Woke has no meaning other than "evil" Climate change is a Chinese hoax Trump won the 2020 election. Live not by lies. Come back to reality. I read it Bill, but i don't think you got it.I don't believe any of that nonsense but you do in your special way. . Does the above paragraph make you feel righteous ? Ever wonder why your news sources would want you to think like that of your fellow Americans. Funny, no mention of fascism, white supremacy or nazis...Now that's progress, from a wrench to a ratchet. Reality...I don't subscribe to the anti racist best selling Academic scriptures, so I'm good. While Borat was scripted to humiliate middle America, "Am I racist" was not scripted.Everyone was paid signed the waivers willingly to go on a journey. To be certified woke.It highlights the dei guru's graft.Their honesty, how and what they really subscribe as outlandish nonsense... But now that the shoe is on the smart foot? Crickets. P1W Page One Winsor. The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it. On 10/7/2024 at 12:23 AM, kallend said: I had given the benefit of the doubt before, but lying for fun to elicit a response is classic troll behavior. I put obvious trolls on my ignore list. Bye. Honesty, :) I'm not pissed. We just disagree Seriously, what did I lie about? Edited October 17 by richravizza lie? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richravizza 27 #2332 October 17 (edited) On 10/9/2024 at 8:31 AM, winsor said: Woke is typified by DEI. 'Diversity' is the attempt to rectify perceived racism using racism. 'Equity' is the attempt to achieve uniform outcome, regardless of ability and effort. 'Inclusion' is the attempt to provide uniform participation, regardless of ability and effort. Woke thus elevates mediocrity to a virtue. BSBD, Winsor It seems we have a winner in the Christopher Columbus saga.DNA evidence now suggest he was a Spanish Jew. I wonder if the question of CC motives and morality will be reconsidered ... as slightly superior to Montezuma. I always wonder this time of year, when the moon plays its tricks, if I would even exist if not for that man. Edited October 17 by richravizza Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richravizza 27 #2333 October 17 (edited) On 10/6/2024 at 11:47 PM, jakee said: You know, I have to admire your audacity. I don't think it is. But anyway, so what? You won't, because you're incapable of writing a coherent English language sentence from start to finish. No one knows what the fuck you're saying, pretty much ever. We get the vague sense of Trump good, liberals bad but that's about as far as it goes. That you think of yourself as some kind of prophet who could open everyone's eye to the truth around them if only they'd listen is one of the saddest things I've ever heard. Thanks for the admiration of audacity,I admire yours too. But don't be sad for me.I'm a content happy individual,grateful not guilty. I thought my videos would help,let's focus on the green grocer. skip the foreplay to 5:28 for a quickie,note age restriction LOL Let me know what you think. And God forbid you watch this,a hero and a modern day slave. He's a Slave for Sale,now. How that for audacious. Edited October 17 by richravizza Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richravizza 27 #2334 October 17 On 10/6/2024 at 5:51 PM, tkhayes said: SO ONCE AGAIN.... you cannot define what woke is? This thing that you are pissed about, but keep deflecting to something about games? At least you admit it. Is it a fair question to wonder why you are upset about something that does not have a definition? Or you cannot explain? But only rant about games and vague things in society that irritate you? Thus you just collectively call 'woke'? And Once Again Sir, I am Not irritated,pissed or angered.I misspoke in my reply earlier,I should have said, I won't define woke, not "can't". If you'll allow me a touch of poetic justice I'd define it as; A collective illusion,or mass psychosis. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkhayes 301 #2335 October 17 1 hour ago, richravizza said: And Once Again Sir, I am Not irritated,pissed or angered.I misspoke in my reply earlier,I should have said, I won't define woke, not "can't". If you'll allow me a touch of poetic justice I'd define it as; A collective illusion,or mass psychosis. If you 'won't define; it, then what justifies your ability to speak of something that clearly, you cannot/will not articulate, other than examples of things that you disagree with. 'mass psychosis'.... a great way to dodge a question obviously far greater than that your ability to address it, or certainly beyond your comprehension. You don't understand it, you don't like things that happen, you cannot explain it, you WILL not explain it and your answer is to collectively lump a massive chunk of society into a thing you call 'mass psychosis'. That is pretty fucking lame. If your excuse is that a significant portion of the population is suffering from mass psychosis, then I could just as validly claim that people who think like you are all 'blind idiots'. I am not offering any justification for that and what you ask me to clarify, I can just say, well, what I really mean is 'they are all stupid' but I do not 'want to offer you an explanation of what I mean'. That would be just as invalid a statement as the strong of rubbish you have offered on the subject of woke. It is perfectly Ok to say 'I just do not understand woke so I am not going to comment on it'. Which is advised in your case, 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,392 #2336 October 17 3 hours ago, richravizza said: I thought my videos would help,let's focus on the green grocer. Ok go for it, what about the greengrocer? In Oklahoma, the brazenly corrupt Superintendent issued an order for the state to buy millions of dollars worth of Trump Bibles, which school teachers would then be required to have on display in their classrooms, in an act of performative loyalty to the MAGA wing of the Republican Party. Is that what you meant? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 229 #2337 October 17 1 hour ago, tkhayes said: If you 'won't define; it, then what justifies your ability to speak of something that clearly, you cannot/will not articulate, other than examples of things that you disagree with. 'mass psychosis'.... a great way to dodge a question obviously far greater than that your ability to address it, or certainly beyond your comprehension. You don't understand it, you don't like things that happen, you cannot explain it, you WILL not explain it and your answer is to collectively lump a massive chunk of society into a thing you call 'mass psychosis'. That is pretty fucking lame. If your excuse is that a significant portion of the population is suffering from mass psychosis, then I could just as validly claim that people who think like you are all 'blind idiots'. I am not offering any justification for that and what you ask me to clarify, I can just say, well, what I really mean is 'they are all stupid' but I do not 'want to offer you an explanation of what I mean'. That would be just as invalid a statement as the strong of rubbish you have offered on the subject of woke. It is perfectly Ok to say 'I just do not understand woke so I am not going to comment on it'. Which is advised in your case, I'm impressed by how abuse and vitriol can be used in lieu of logic and reasoning. Bravo! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 229 #2338 October 17 9 minutes ago, jakee said: Ok go for it, what about the greengrocer? In Oklahoma, the brazenly corrupt Superintendent issued an order for the state to buy millions of dollars worth of Trump Bibles, which school teachers would then be required to have on display in their classrooms, in an act of performative loyalty to the MAGA wing of the Republican Party. Is that what you meant? They should have touted classrooms as accommodations so that the Gideons would spread the Good News™ for free. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,392 #2339 October 17 7 minutes ago, winsor said: I'm impressed by how abuse and vitriol can be used in lieu of logic and reasoning. That’s no great surprise - you do it every day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,789 #2340 October 17 9 hours ago, richravizza said: I read it Bill, but i don't think you got it.I don't believe any of that nonsense but you do in your special way. . Does the above paragraph make you feel righteous ? Ever wonder why your news sources would want you to think like that of your fellow Americans. I always get a chuckle when I post things that conservatives said, then another conservative says that they don't believe that nonsense that I got from my left wing news sources. It's the first step in the usual process: 1) "He never said that!" 2) "OK he said that but what he really meant was X" 3) "Biden did it first" 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 229 #2341 October 18 On 10/17/2024 at 2:36 AM, richravizza said: It seems we have a winner in the Christopher Columbus saga.DNA evidence now suggest he was a Spanish Jew. I wonder if the question of CC motives and morality will be reconsidered ... as slightly superior to Montezuma. I always wonder this time of year, when the moon plays its tricks, if I would even exist if not for that man. Evidently there is no evidence that Columbus (or Columbo or Colon) spoke Italian. There is, however, evidence that he was from Portugal, and Jewish lineage would be one reason to obscure his background if doing business in Iberia at the time. It's akin to Coneheads coming "from France." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,326 #2342 October 18 On 10/16/2024 at 11:36 PM, richravizza said: It seems we have a winner in the Christopher Columbus saga.DNA evidence now suggest he was a Spanish Jew. So an immigrant DEI hire discovered your country..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richravizza 27 #2343 October 19 8 hours ago, winsor said: Evidently there is no evidence that Columbus (or Columbo or Colon) spoke Italian. There is, however, evidence that he was from Portugal, and Jewish lineage would be one reason to obscure his background if doing business in Iberia at the time. It's akin to Coneheads coming "from France." I have many foster and adopted brothers, but none of them from France...but one in particular, they called Conehead, lol.Knowing a fosters actual lineage was a guess at best, always a surprise, nonetheless. If you suspect cultural ties for my motivations to be dismissive of change,you wouldn't be completely wrong.It's an easy crutch to use.Like racism etc... it's easy to have pride in something unearned.So that kind of pride I rid myself of as a child.Ayn's definitions on racism is superb. I am more concerned with the toxic narratives; in that the great men of history are now the villains from our past.Robert Reich's video library highlights a moral recentism worldview, judging the past by the standards of today. Heads I win, Tails you lose. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richravizza 27 #2344 October 19 On 10/17/2024 at 5:04 AM, jakee said: Ok go for it, what about the greengrocer? In Oklahoma, the brazenly corrupt Superintendent issued an order for the state to buy millions of dollars worth of Trump Bibles, which school teachers would then be required to have on display in their classrooms, in an act of performative loyalty to the MAGA wing of the Republican Party. Is that what you meant? Yes! Very good ! We agree. Would you also agree, if the parents are ok with it, then the dreaded bibles can stay? A possible upshot, if the dread helps reading scores at least close to grade level,why not.Hell we could bring in the Quran and Confushous to boot. Now how about "Racist Baby" by IXK aka henry rogers. I'm sure we bought Millions worth of those. This isn't fox,Reason has a Libertarian slant. https://reason.com/2020/12/21/an-anti-racist-education-for-middle-schoolers/ If you prefer video this one is revealing Randi and her crew reaching for, All the Things. slightly right but...damn revealing. You accused me of thinking myself a prophet,lol. A correction please. I'm just a Libra. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richravizza 27 #2345 October 19 (edited) On 10/17/2024 at 8:18 AM, billvon said: I always get a chuckle when I post things that conservatives said, then another conservative says that they don't believe that nonsense that I got from my left wing news sources. It's the first step in the usual process: 1) "He never said that!" 2) "OK he said that but what he really meant was X" 3) "Biden did it first" Bill our conversations are not possible in our modern idiocracy so I enjoy our banter more than you know.lol Hilarious, woke, and the non verbal communication priceless. Like a Great composition ending on a crescendo. Of course Labeling a black woman a nazi sympathizer is how the Left usually characterizes those that differ in opinion. Here is one of our CA Senators Mr Lieu play'n that game.He doesn't even realize we don't play that shit no more. That "Fake" song had a line..."shove it down your damn throat" LOL ...priceless. Context is everything or just a shit sandwich.lol Your choice. Edited October 19 by richravizza Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,392 #2346 October 19 2 hours ago, richravizza said: Yes! Very good ! We agree. Would you also agree, if the parents are ok with it, then the dreaded bibles can stay? The customers are ok with "workers of the world unite", so you agree that the greengrocer's sign can stay too? Wait - what was the point of that story again? 2 hours ago, richravizza said: A possible upshot, if the dread helps reading scores at least close to grade level,why not.Hell we could bring in the Quran and Confushous to boot. Why would it? Even the pretend reason for buying them says nothing about teaching students to read. You seem desperate to support this official act of loyalty even though you're not being made to. I think if you lived near the greengrocer you'd probably make your own 'workers of the world' sign. 2 hours ago, richravizza said: Now how about "Racist Baby" by IXK aka henry rogers. I'm sure we bought Millions worth of those. Are you sure? Why are you sure? How do you know? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richravizza 27 #2347 October 19 (edited) TK I'm quite callous to this type of reply.I wish you would have put that rage into answering my question.Dubbed "Keep the parents in the dark act". Is AB 1955 woke? These 'quotes' are they mine...I don't think so. I was expecting the 'white replacement theory' to come up next.lol Bill's got thang for Tucker, so you can both take this to heart. No offence meant to Nigel or Austria. To wit, Gesundheit die zeitgeist. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3192584/ferguson-effect-effect/ The Ferguson Effect comes to mind, an opposite outcomes for a proposed solution. Phd MD Kevin Bass brought it up at CNN,they were dumbfounded.lol Comey's FBI came up with it. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to run to toilet... a Comey is calling.lol Before I run, We Should thank Winsor for the concise definitions. Peace Edited October 19 by richravizza Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richravizza 27 #2348 October 19 (edited) 2 hours ago, jakee said: The customers are ok with "workers of the world unite", so you agree that the greengrocer's sign can stay too? Wait - what was the point of that story again? Oh no... the customers are irrelevant in the story. They didn't have a choice.There is only one, grocer."Wait - what was the point of that story again? For me it will be a "fattie" and some patience, lol. They say,patience is a virtue,seldom found in a woman ,never in a man.So it's something I'm working on I'll bet you can do better, too. Do you think bald men can be hot? He a Union member if it helps. "How do I know? "I read the above article in the Examiner $24,000 for San Diego alone, not bad for bad ideas.Oh it's late, I meant the Reason piece. Good night, sweet dreams. Edited October 19 by richravizza Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,392 #2349 October 19 3 hours ago, richravizza said: Oh no... the customers are irrelevant in the story. They didn't have a choice.There is only one, grocer." Then why are you talking about parents? They don’t have a choice either, there is only one superintendent. 3 hours ago, richravizza said: Do you think bald men can be hot? He a Union member if it helps. You don’t need me to validate your preferences, dude. You date whoever you wanna date and don’t let society tell you otherwise. 3 hours ago, richravizza said: "How do I know? "I read the above article in the Examiner $24,000 for San Diego alone, not bad for bad ideas. What article in which Examiner? Don’t they usually focus more on UFO abductions? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkhayes 301 #2350 October 19 On 10/18/2024 at 11:50 AM, winsor said: Evidently there is no evidence that Columbus (or Columbo or Colon) spoke Italian. There is, however, evidence that he was from Portugal, and Jewish lineage would be one reason to obscure his background if doing business in Iberia at the time. It's akin to Coneheads coming "from France." well history like this gets written by the victors of wars and by the royalty in power at the time. I grew up in Newfoundland and the man credited with discovering Newfoundland in 1497, hailed and cherished by every Newfoundlander was John Cabot, a british explorer. His name was actually Giovanni Caboto , and he was Italian. He was running away from debtors who he owed money to and hooked up in England to be sponsored to sail for new discoveries, etc. And the rest, is 'history' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites