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Really? Biden created more jobs than Trump Biden created more manufacturing jobs than Trump Biden drilled more oil than Trump Biden had better stock market performance than Trump Biden added less debt than Trump The economy does better under Democrats and Democrats generally add less to the debt than Republicans. But sure, you don't go by feels, you go by facts.

People who state Harris can’t articulate anything seem to have prejudice/misogyny, comprehension problems or the inability to speak English. As for Joe 2.0, he’s done a pretty good job, peacefully handed over the reigns to a younger candidate. I’d say he’s a pretty good act to follow.

A Rabbi is teaching his student the Talmud and explains god created everything in this world to be appreciated, since everything is here to teach us a lesson. The clever student asks “What lesson can we learn from atheists? Why did god create them?” The Rabbi responds “God created atheists to teach us the most important lesson of them all – the lesson of true compassion. You see, when an atheist performs an act of charity, visits someone who is sick, helps someone who is in need, and cares for the world, he is not doing so because of some religious teaching. He does not believe that god commanded him to perform this act. In fact, he does not believe in God at all, so his acts are based on an inner sense of morality. And look at the kindness he can bestow upon others simply because he feels it to be right.” “This means” the Rabbi continued “that when someone reaches out to you for help, you should never say ‘I pray that god will help you.’ instead for the moment, you should become an atheist, imagine that there is no god who can help, and say ‘I will help you.'”

The Central Park 5 have filed a defamation suit against Trump. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/politics/central-park-five-trump-defamation/index.html

Moderate: Tell me why you support Trump Trumpie: He will fix the economy Moderate: Economy is setting records and is the envy of the world, try again Trumpie: He will save us from the evil immigrant rapists and killers Moderate: He's a rapist, try again Trumpie: He will keep the criminal deep state in check Moderate: He's a felon and had the most corrupt administration in history, try again Trumpie: He will make America great again Moderate: Be honest, what do you really want Trumpie: He will hurt the Americans that I want hurt Moderate: Thank you

Yeah I thought that was uncalled for too. But it happened after you started slinging shit at everyone else and dodging any kind of discussion of the point you supposedly came here to make. But it makes sense - every now and then you get to the point where you realise your faith and your politics are completely incompatible, so you come here and start a different fight to distract yourself until it goes away again.

Yep. No one is better at that than you, who have been claiming victimhood over a "DEI hire" for years. So, again, welcome to being woke (by your definition this time.) Fellow conservatives have followed suit: -Trump is a victim of the deep state who stole the 2020 election, and this justifies insurrections like Jan 6th. -Middle class Americans are victims of the New World Order, and this justifies violence against immigrants. -Conservatives are victims of evil journalists, and this justifies removing protections for a free press. -Whites are victims of the "poisoning of the blood" of America by lesser races, and this justifies murdering protesters. Victimhood is a central requirement for being a conservative these days.

They lost about half their trees but are basically OK.

Today a filing by prosecutors was unsealed to allow the next indictment against Trump to begin. It had to be re-filed since the Supreme Court sought to shield Trump from culpability by claiming that the attempt to overthow the government was part of his official duties, and thus he was protected against prosecution. The filing states: "Although the defendant was the incumbent President during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a private one. Working with a team of private co-conspirators, the defendant acted as a candidate when he pursued multiple criminal means to disrupt, through fraud and deceit, the government function by which votes are collected and counted — a function in which the defendant, as President, had no official role. When the defendant lost the 2020 presidential election, he resorted to crimes to try to stay in office."

No, Brent. Some of us have lives, and some of us don’t really give a shit about someone with zero curiosity about anything that won’t confirm their currently-held opinions Wendy P.

Actually this is a good example of perhaps the biggest threat of a Trump presidency. He may be blind, or at least unable to see beyond his own grievances. However he is surrounded by truly malignant people who will easily manipulate him, putting themselves in positions of power to do enormous harm to the country, and to the world. They were not prepared last time, as they did not expect to win. Project 2025 is enough to show they won't make that mistake again, and it's likely even worse is being planned by people who are smart enough to keep things under wraps until it's too late to stop them.

"This amendment may also result in male children being forcibly converted to female, mandatory singing of the Black National Anthem, and immigrants eating your pets. Due to uncertainties surrounding this law, your taxes may increase between 3% and 4960%. This amendment can sometimes cause symptoms ranging from impotence to anal irritation to death."

How is calling Trump supporters 'Deplorables' unacceptable? It was those people who tried to run a Biden campaign bus off the road in Texas. The sheriff who didn't respond to calls for help settled a lawsuit. The participants are facing one. It was those people who made death threats against the poll workers Trumpty Dumpty and his minions claimed falsified ballots. Giuliani lost a large lawsuit over that. And it was 'baskets of deplorables' who stormed the Capitol on Jan 6. What in those people's (and a LOT of others) behavior doesn't constitute 'deplorable'? It's one thing to point out behaviors that are not acceptable. It's 'a whole 'nother thing' to accuse people who don't agree with you of being 'enemies' and to threaten to send the military to kill them.

Over 31,000 well documented LIES from Trump during his presidency. Tell us how Trump kept his word about having a plan to replace Obamacare. Tell us how Trump kept his word about releasing his tax returns. Tell us how Trump kept his word about Mexico paying for his wall. He said he wouldn’t have time to play golf if elected president. But he made more than 250 visits to his golf clubs — a record for any president. He promised to be “the voice” of American workers. He wasn’t. His administration stripped workers of their rights, repealed overtime protections, rolled back workplace safety rules, and turned a blind eye to employers who steal their workers’ wages. He promised that the average American family would see a $4,000 pay raise because of his tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. Trickle down didn't happen. He promised to bring down the price of prescription drugs and said drug companies are “getting away with murder.” He didn't do it. He promised to revive the coal industry and bring back lost coal mining jobs. The coal industry lost jobs. He promised to lock up Hillary Clinton for using a private email server. He didn’t. Instead, Trump used his personal cellphone for official business, and several members of his own administration, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka, used private email in the White House. He promised “six weeks of paid maternity leave to any mother with a newborn child whose employer does not provide the benefit.” He didn’t. He promised to bring an end to Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program. Kim expanded North Korea’s nuclear program. He said he would distance himself from his businesses while in office. He didn't. He promised that tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations would spur economic growth and pay for themselves. His tax cuts added $2 trillion to the federal deficit. The list of broken Trump promises goes on and on. And fools continue to believe him

This dude doesn't have much of a backbone to stand up straight. "I don't want a king" but I support total immunity for Trump Trump: there is a concerted effort to bring him down. He is such a victim Clinton: If you've got money and power, you can get out of stuff. You'll say anything to keep your own biases alive. You don't stand for any facts, you don't understand truths, you just bend in the wind like a mindless drone. No wonder you are so excited by neuralink.

You said that you think Trump can bring you a conservative view of America. I have a couple of questions -- one, why didn't he last time, particularly when he had the House and Senate too? Why wasn't he willing to deal with the Democrats who were willing to deal with him, and giving him a part-of-the-cake bill for border control? And why was he unwilling to have the bipartisan border deal go through this year? He plays hardball politics, at the expense of the American people, and I see that as a problem. The second on is what do you see as a conservative-led America? Do I have the same rights I did before? Do I have the same respect as a human being as I had before, or am I more subject to someone else's norms? I see a country where people can, in fact, be gay and happy about it; a country where access and opportunity are there, rather than controlled so that only the 'right' decisions can be made (even when those decisions don't take modern situations or technology, or even human nature, into account). I see a country where fear isn't a driving force. I see a country where the transition of power for each and every publicly elected job is peaceful, rather than dependent on who has the deepest pockets to sue for victory. To me, that last is one of the single most important things that makes America great; I've lived where that wasn't true, and there was a lot more fear. Fear weakens and destroys people; it's a blunt tool of limited power. Wendy P.

Sooner or later the religious types always disclose the Lucifer within.

Brent sets the goalpost, then moves it when it turns out that he's wrong (again), then declares victory and pats himself on the back. He'll even keep doing that to an empty room, like how Trump waves to nonexistent audiences.

to his base? It makes zero difference. They have been making excuses for shitty & criminal behavior since 'grab em by the pussy'. If Donald Trump raped their children in front of them, they would find a way to justify it.

Hi Bill, Make them all unisex and this goes away; eventually. Jerry Baumchen

But...but...but, what if you drive into flood waters, and need to choose between getting electrocuted in your car, or jumping into the water with the sharks???

When I was 13 my life expectancy was given in minutes and I was given enough pain killer meds to knock out a horse. I survived with some minor insight into addiction. One effect of those drugs is profound indifference. Things that should matter simply don't. Getting clean requires faith - not so much in a Prime Mover of the Universe as that the trials and tribulations of life can be faced with serenity. Things don't change but we can. My last beer was when Ronald Reagan was in office so my experience is dated, but the weird thing is that being clean and sober has precisely nothing to do with drink or drugs and everything to do with living life on life's terms. With a good support system and the willingness to change, he has a shot. Good luck, Winsor

Ok, let me dig through my AAD files for early 2011...because I'm pretty sure I downloaded whatever was linked to from this thread 13 years ago. I don't know what exactly was linked to from here, but I have a couple candidate files, uploaded here, that are both anonymous: -- One is a big attack on CYPRES. (I haven't looked at it lately but I think some of the criticism may be valid even if overdone overall. Cypres certainly had its issues in the early days, like never admitting errors unless it had to, and including a bad sensor issue or claiming you'd never be able to fire it in a swoop -- until Adrian Nicholas died.) -- One is a big attack on VIGIL. (They were having all sorts of issues & bulletins back then. ) -- I have also attached a 3rd document, one by Kirk Smith at ParaConcepts. Mostly about Argus, but also about cutter designs in general. I think that document is pretty well thought out and not a partisan attack. It also came out in that era of the AAD Wars as I call it. ( 2011 was particularly busy, judging by the number of AAD related files with a 2011 date on my hard drive.) VIGIL INCIDENTS HISTORY (Anti vigil - mostly cut from other reports).pdf CYPRES_AAD_FACT_SHEET (odd independent criticism by someone).pdf Whats Going On With AADs Kirk Smith.pdf

Who in the Great Wide Fuck is hoping for any of this?!?!? Stronger storms are a reality of climate change. The science is pretty clear, and actually pretty easy to understand for anybody willing to pull their fingers out of their ears long enough to learn about it. Nobody is hoping that you're wrong and that more people suffer devastation...some people are trying to point out how ass-backwards your predictions are, but methinks they're underestimating how dug in you are....I know I gave up a while ago

Trump on disaster funding for hurricane Helene victims: "The Harris-Biden administration says they don’t have any money [for hurricane relief]. … They spent it all on illegal migrants. … They stole the FEMA money just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them." Reality: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: “We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season. . . .We are meeting the moment. We have the immediate needs right now, on a continuing resolution." So why did he make that claim? Because there's _another_ FEMA program called the Shelter and Services program that give funds to nonprofits to house immigrants. DHS again: "FEMA has the necessary resources to meet the immediate needs associated with Hurricane Helene and other disasters. The Shelter and Services Program (SSP) is a completely separate, appropriated grant program that was authorized and funded by Congress and is not associated in any way with FEMA’s disaster-related authorities or funding streams.” Did any president actually do this? Why yes - Trump did. In 2019, Trump informed Congress that he was taking $155 million from the disaster fund to pay for temporary US hearing locations for asylum seekers who have been forced to wait in Mexico. “The U.S. is facing a security and humanitarian crisis on the Southern border,” a Trump spokesperson said in its notice that it was redirecting the funds. This left them shorthanded, as there were 18 storms that affected the US that year, killing 121 people. As always, with republicans, accusation is confession.

Yeah, well, you try dancing wearing a diaper.

Well because they are patriots and America is the greatest fucking country ever in the history of anything and has the greatest constitution with the greatest founding fathers and the greatest at everything, so sedition and an overthrow of the government is simply fake news. Could never happen. Plus the democrats are really lizard people who eat children. Why are you against children?

I really REALLY hope the voting shows that.

it always bothered me that these settlements are done in private, despite the fact that they use a taxpayer based public court system. If you want to examine the damage to our democracy, the settlement actually matters. SmartMatic still has an outstanding case with Fox and I’m sure Fox will do exactly the same thing… Wait until the very last second when they’re selecting the jury and then Settel. I hope they lose another $700 million, lying seditious fucking Cunts.

He would have blocked its path with a wall of Sharpie.

I haven't seen much coverage of this here. Two weeks ago, two Russians - Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, both employees of Russia Today - where charged with conducting a money-laundering operation that spent nearly $10 million on efforts to sway public opinion in the US and interfere with the upcoming election. The money went primarily to three right wing influencers - Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, and Benny Johnson - funnelled through a right wing media company called Tenet Media. One of the influencers got $400K month, plus a $100,000 signing bonus, for making four videos a week for Tenet. RT mocked the charges, posting "Hahaha!" As part of the filing, they included some Kremlin documents that asked the influencers to post articles that: -Portray Ukrainian President Zelensky as corrupt and inept -Amplify any news about migrants crossing the US border -Emphasize how illegal immigrants are a threat to white Americans -Demand border security and aid for homeless vets come before funding for Ukraine -Create content "proving" that the LGBT community is a threat to white Americans How odd that these align so exactly with GOP talking points as of late. Merrick Garland stated that these attacks are increasing as the US gets closer to an election. The election of Harris would be a diaster for Putin. He needs Trump to win so that he can win in Ukraine - thus the amount of money being poured into this election interference effort. And by using American influencers, he can claim that Russia has nothing to do with this; it's all Americans! Blame them! Which also plays into his goal to weaken America. Several people close to Putin have said that Putin views an American civil war as the best possible outcome from his efforts. For their part, Rubin, Pool and Johnson have maintained their innocence, claiming that they had no idea where all that money was coming from. They have continued their spreading of Russian propaganda in the meantime. Vladimir Lenin called such people "useful idiots" - people who could be manipulated into doing a foreign power's bidding, against their own interest, through facile lies.

Noooooo, I really don't think that's how AI works. AI doesn't understand policy, it can't evaluate anything on the merits in a fresh and original way. All it can do is collate and rehash what it sees real people saying.

worth a listen -

$6,000,000 but I don't date women who cannot type "you".

Yes and no. I think the world would be a poorer place if we refused to help Britain during World War II.

Governor Youngkin spars on CNN over controversial Trump 'enemy within' comments | 13newsnow.com Youngkin making excuses for it. Fuck all of them. If you are defending this in any way shape or form, you are a sad excuse for an American.

Hillary has Lucifer on her side, Trump has Jesus… Got to drink the adrenachrome from babies in a pizza basement to have true power

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/14/trump-fact-checks-interviews-debates/ because being called out for your lies and bullshit is no longer acceptable to the GOP platform but is anyone going to back the truth in the GOP or as MTG said recently, ‘we are the party of Donald Trump’ as opposed to say…. Being the party of America, of the constitution, or say… the truth…. Militias hunting down FEMA workers in NC because of the rhetoric that this stupid tnuc keeps spouting…..

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We’re done here. Stop slinging shit. And just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean prior action wasn’t taken Wendy P.

Brent is simply a troll, and he's sucked many of you in.

No they didn't. Once again, you skew actual information with your bullshit. There is massive storm surge and destruction along the coastlines, and yes, a short period of the storm, after the eye, causes a reverse storm surge and low water levels, which is temporary and will be replaced by storm surge again as the storm passes. Your ability to cherry pick data to fit your bullshit is fucking ridiculous and then you have the balls to say that 'other people are hoping for destruction'. Hurricane Milton Moving Across Florida | Weather.com

The wheels of justice do grind slowly sometimes... Wendy P.

New episode out now! DB Cooper and the controversial conclusion with my good friend Mike Halkovich. https://thecoopervortex.podbean.com/e/db-cooper-and-the-controversial-conclusion-mike-halkovich/ Enjoy!

I respectfully disagree. His own talking is nothing but self indulgent faux rhetorical gibberish without any true meaning other than that the modern world pisses him off.

You'd probably be a lot more interesting if you did your own talking. Me, I can't be bothered to listen to those videos. It takes a few seconds to a minute or two for a post; compared with 5+ minutes for a carefully-guided story/opinion piece. Wendy P.

How dare you call into question the pure motives of the greatest hero in American history?

Fair enough. So then who are you exactly like?

Not only that but he gets no credit for fixing the Atlantic Hurricane problem.