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[1dirthawker]

Or she's there to orchestrate the tampering of evidence? That would seem to be the more likely explanation given how desperately Trump still wants to "find" more 2020 votes.

i have been reading (a very small amount) of your constant TDS drivel, telling myself to take a breath and let it go, etc. i just had enough.

you sir, are a bombastic idiot. wait, you would give even idiots a bad name. why don't you pour a nice whiskey, sit down, take a breath and stay off the politics page for 3 -6 months and try to reset your apparent hate and discontent with your life.

several individuals on here have given you different but similar advice....you should take it.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

My father suffered from cognitive issues following a medical event that deprived his brain of oxygen, I can guarantee you I give my father every bit of credit he deserves the man was my hero and I spent the last 12 years of his life caring for him. You have absolutely know idea what you are talking about or anything to base your assessment on other than your own asshole opinion. Education was never a priority here especially in those generations men hung around school until the were big enough to either go in the woods or in the stern of a boat. My uncle Johnny made it to fourth grade I believe my father made it a couple years farther before he dropped out and went fish dragging. On top of that most of the men around here weren’t educated in the language they spoke at home.

I cared so little for my father after caring for him for 12 years I had his date of birth date of death and the last heart beat his ekg machine registered tattooed on my forearm so he’s permanently with me. View attachment 742642
Of course some of us remember another thread where you said anyone who gets tattooed is a pirate.

I never said people who have tattoos are pirates. I said the pirate look is not for me. You know, tattoos, rings in ears and nose, shaved heads, etc. It's your thing and that's fine. But don't twist my words into something I didn't say. That's sixth grade childish.

I'm sure your dad could have read his desired candidate's name on a ballot. Historically people who couldn't read did have trouble casting a secret ballot. Maybe they couldn't. Is what it is. I fail to see how making the list shorter would make a difference for them. I suppose they could ask the polling place official to point out the name they want on the ballot and then punch it out in the booth. Probably the way it was done when illiteracy was common. And probably the wrong name was often indicated ... on purpose. The good old days.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Ancient History? That's rich coming from a man who claims to have a PHD in History! Vietnam? It wasn't the U.S. that started that was it? It was France. See my response below.

By your own admission, you have made an assumption.

Here again we have an assumption.

Where did I make any statement concerning losses? My statement was " Europe loves to start wars, and then act as if it's the United States that should jump in and do the fighting."

European powers, including Russia, France, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, etc. have not only fought wars with each other, but a good portion of the Earth as they established their Colonial Empires. Yeah, I'm gonna go there.

France started an entire series of wars in 1853 by attacking Vietnam, and eventually with a little help from Spain, conquered most of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Siam (Thailand) was forced to give up territory on it's eastern border, but still narrowly avoided conflict with France. As a matter of fact, Thailand was the only country in Asia that was never ruled by a European power.

French conquest of Vietnam - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The next war was started by France in 1945 to regain their former Colony. No sooner had the Japanese, who occupied Vietnam During WWll left, the French moved Military Forces into Vietnam in an attempt to retake the country.

Gen. William Donovan and several OSS Officers advised against the French return to Vietnam, as I'm sure you are both aware. President Eisenhower provided aid to the French in the north, to Diem in the south, and to Laos during Operation White Star.

The French were finally defeated at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, leaving Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in a desperate situation. Both Russia and China were extending their influence in the region, and the U.S. made the mistake of sticking it's finger into the Tar baby that France had created.

Fifty Eight Thousand lost their lives in an attempt to clean up the mess France created. The border wars between China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia currently in the news, and the Khmer Rouge genocide would likely not have happened if Europe had kept it's greedy fingers out of Asia.

This is just ONE undeniable mess that Europe created, and then acted as if the U.S. should fix it.

I could go on about Algeria, Italian Somalia, the Belgian Congo, etc., but I think you get the picture.

I have no problem with this. My problem is the denial of the problems, and often wars that it creates. Sure, France had an interest in the Tin, Rubber and Lumber in Vietnam, and keeping markets open was certainly to their benefit. However, the mess they created in the pursuit of their "National Interest" led to the deaths of tens of thousands, and it's a mess they should have cleaned up, not the U.S.

You don't have to conquer people to trade with them.

Vietnam was partitioned north and south to end the French chapter. The north attempted to reunite with the south and US jumped in to stop the spread of communism. The European chapter had ended. The US opened a new chapter.

 

[WAB]

Are you on glue? Do you sit around the craft table and huff the Elmer’s white?

Carney won by opposing the constant barrage of 51 state foolishness trump kept pushing in the media and thru the use of attack ads that painted poilievre as the Canadian trump. It was excellent ad work on the liberals behalf and trump kept the pressure on the media right up until the morning of the election it was very well orchestrated.

You’re talking to a brick wall. Don’t feed the troll!

 

[Pheroze]

This interview on CBC is a good example of how the “Poilievre has to pivot”, or that he isn’t seen as a leader, is marketing by the left. I think we voters have to be careful to distinguish between what we see and what we are being told we see

 

[WAB]

I can't help but wonder: If things Trump says have a material effect on the outcome of an election, exactly how sovereign is the nation?

That’s a very interesting argument given the hysteria over the supposed Russian meddling in US elections.

 

[WAB]

Oh come on! How many last names on that ballot started with the letter "P"? Even a semi literate should be able to shorten the list quickly and find his man. I think you're not giving your dad much credit. I wonder how he would feel about that.

Dude, not being from Canada you may not get this, but you’re skating on thin ice. Lay off the man’s dad!

 

[Boyd Brooks]

I can't help but wonder: If things Trump says have a material effect on the outcome of an election, exactly how sovereign is the nation?

It was the spin the CBC put on our Leader of the Opposition. They said he was just like Trump. The only US news on regular cable television in Canada, is CNN. Only Liberal (Democrat) news is shown on television here, so they ran scare adds that the old folks lapped up, because they are home watching tv. They vote more than other demographics, because it gives them a reason to go out.
Also the rampant immigration policies and free giveaways makes it harder for common sense to get the vote.
The government also changed some strategic riding boundaries to the Liberals advantage.
So Liberal propaganda and control of the media using Trump as the Devil and gullible, scared of the boogeyman people caused our demise.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Don Lemon arrested after covering protest at Minnesota church

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that Lemon and three others were arrested in connection with the protest, which she described as a "coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul."

www.nbcnews.com

So it turns out a federal magistrate tossed the first attempt to bring charges against Lemon due to "insufficient evidence" which "enraged" Bondi. So she tries the grand jury route. After being arrested Lemon was instantly released without bail, also enraging DOJ which wanted him and three others held till trial. From what I'm seeing on the video, no one was getting physical, either protestors or congregants. The pastor was very pleasant to Lemon during his brief interview inside the church. Never stopped smiling. He politely asked Lemon to leave and apparently he did, interviewing congregants on the sidewalk outside as they left the church. He ALWAYS identified himself as a journalist and "not part of those demonstrators." Clearly, the DOJ doesn't have cause for charging him with anything and certainly not the FACE Act. The Act is very specific about what constitutes legal interferance: it must include an element of "physical" threat. Anyway, as a journalist he has the 1st Amendment right to report the news on the scene. Trump might not like it and that's understandable. His knowledge of the Constitution wouldn't fill a teaspoon. The guy thought he could run for a third term. I guess his head of DOJ is equally unknowledgable of the law? That's kinda scary. Or maybe she just doesn't have the courage to tell Trump he doesn't have a clue. Does she trust him to not throw her under the bus when this silliness blows up in their face? If she does, she's a fool.

She called it a "coordinated attack" on the church. That's laughable. Did she not watch the video? No one was getting attacked! How many times can the administration fumble the misinformation ball with this ICE business in Minneapolis? Why throw more gas on the fire now? Over this silliness? Really, really stupid. But hey, Trump seems to like lawyers who don't have much on the ball. Rudi G comes to mind. There was a gold medal dunce!

 

[Corey0372]

Love to see this....

https://www.okcommerce.gov/century-...o-build-first-u-s-smelter-in-almost-50-years/

 

[SaintPanzer]

That’s a very interesting argument given the hysteria over the supposed Russian meddling in US elections.

The "hysteria" was a creation of the opposition. Part of their information operation. The fact that he was elected after it was hyped pretty much shows it was not a successful IO. Probably because a lot of people saw through it.

Or are you speaking of an election prior to 2016? In those cases, the Soviets did, in fact fund oppositions. We know this from the Venona Documents. Ted Kennedy benefited from this. I don't think that upset Ronald Reagan's breakfast at all.

 

[SaintPanzer]

Don Lemon arrested after covering protest at Minnesota church

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that Lemon and three others were arrested in connection with the protest, which she described as a "coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul."

www.nbcnews.com

So it turns out a federal magistrate threw out the fist attempt to bring charges against Lemon for "insufficient evidence" which "enraged" Bondi. So she tries the grand jury route. Lemon was instantly released without bail also enraging DOJ which wanted him and three others held till trial. From what I'm seeing on the video, no one was getting physical, either protestors or congregants. The pastor was very pleasant to Lemon during his brief interview inside the church. Never stopped smiling. He asked Lemon to leave and apparently he did, interviewing congregants on the sidewalk outside as they left the church. He ALWAYS identified himself as a journalist and "not part of those demonstrators." Clearly, the DOJ doesn't have cause for charging him with anything and certainly not the FACE Act. The Act is very specific about what constitutes legal interferance: it must include an element of "physical" threat. Anyway, as a journalist he has the 1st Amendment right to report the news on the scene. Trump might not like it and that's understandable. His knowledge of the Constitution wouldn't fill a teaspoon. The guy thought he could run for a third term. I guess his head of DOJ is equally unknowledgable? That's kinda scary. Or maybe she just doesn't have the courage to tell Trump he doesn't have a clue. Does she trust him to not throw her under the bus when this silliness blows up in their face? If she does, she's a fool.

Are you talking about Trump's knowledge of the Constitution, Bondi's or your own?

Don Lemon, Eight Others Indicted on Civil Rights Charges | National Review

The indictment, said to charge civil rights conspiracy and a FACE Act violation, has not yet been posted on DOJ’s website.

www.nationalreview.com

From Section 241 of US Code 18:
If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or

If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured—

They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

In other words, the question is whether he was simply "reporting", or if he was in on the conspiracy to "intimidate". By "in on it", I mean was he part of the planning: "You guys do this, I'll get it on film". In this section of the code, there is no "physically". The people in that service have the right to "the free exercise..." of their religion, no matter what the pastor's day job is. Clearly, the intent of entering the premises was to disturb the service and intimidate the congregation with reference to the pastor's occupation. They admitted as much.

The question in this specific case is whether the "reporter" was innocently reporting on the rabble, or was actually a co-conspirator in the rabble. That is for a jury to decide, although clearly there is enough probable cause for this that a Grand Jury was able to indict. I'm not sure what's so difficult to understand about that.

Of course, we have a serious problem in our courts with people being released on their own recognizance without bail. In this case, he'll probably show up for his trial. Others are not as compliant.

Yes, we have a free press. If a reporter writes a story about a fire, that's fine. If a reporter makes a deal with the arsonist, telling him when and where to start the fire so that he can be there to provide a report on it, the crime is not in the reporting itself, but in the conspiracy to start the fire. I thought everyone knew that.

Oh, hell. I just fed the troll. We should come up with a "Troll Jar", where every time someone feeds the troll, you have to put a quarter in. Proceeds go to Jerome to keep this site running.

 

[LivingTheDream]

It is amazing to me how many people film themselves committing a crime and then post it online. How many poachers get busted because they had to take a picture for the gram or had to make a video.

Same with this group of people who went into the Church, they broadcasted before they did it, saying the were planning something big, then filmed themselves doing it, and then posted in social media tagging the people they did it with saying what a success it was.

It is kind of crazy.

 

[Woodcarver]

Oh, hell. I just fed the troll. We should come up with a "Troll Jar", where every time someone feeds the troll, you have to put a quarter in. Proceeds go to Jerome to keep this site running.

Sorry, had to laugh at this. The rest of it, spot on. Someone's rights end when they infringe on another's. Not a difficult concept to understand, unless, of course, one holds a phd in history apparently.

 

[Woodcarver]

It is amazing to me how many people film themselves committing a crime and then post it online. How many poachers get busted because they had to take a picture for the gram or had to make a video.

Same with this group of people who went into the Church, they broadcasted before they did it, saying the were planning something big, then filmed themselves doing it, and then posted in social media tagging the people they did it with saying what a success it was.

It is kind of crazy.

We routinely get entertained by the evening news reporting on the dipsticks that posted selfies or videos taken while they were committing a crime. Seems to support the adage that most crooks aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer. Seems to apply to a few "reporters" as well.

 

[Altitude sickness]

Continuing on the 3rd world education system in the U.S.

The Leftist indoctrination system. Sometimes referred to as the public education system run by teachers unions and college and or university leftist wackos. Need to be called out and removed and possibly incarcerated for their racism and intentional malfeasance. At the very least incompetence. More likely organized crime and certain people need to be charged with organized crime.

In what other industry do we allow the seller to dictate all the terms then hand you a defective or inferior product while forcefully taking money from your bank account or paycheck. (Taxes)

 

[Betterinthebush]

Hopefully metals continue down. That’s good news for the overall world economy.

But at the next big metals correction below this current correction . I’m a buyer.

I’m with you. I figured a violent correction was near and wasn’t disappointed yesterday. I’m waiting for the last of the weak hands in the paper market to get flushed, then I’m a buyer again.

 

[rookhawk]

I’m with you. I figured a violent correction was near and wasn’t disappointed yesterday. I’m waiting for the last of the weak hands in the paper market to get flushed, then I’m a buyer again.

There were multiple factors in the Silver (and gold) plummet on Friday.

1.) Insiders were trying to crush the market because COMEX and London had physical shortages for future contract deliveries due yesterday...something had to give or it would create total distrust in the paper market.

2.) Trump's announcement of the new Fed chair signaled sound fiscal policy and maintaining interest rates. That in turn led to a flood of money into US dollars. See the DXY numbers and they overlay.

The rush to dollars which devalued metal's relative buying power is going to be short lived. Things that will cause bounceback include:

A.) A war in Iran will result in the world running for the safety of metals.

B.) If there is no continuing resolution and we end up in a government shutdown, that raises trust questions which effects the relative Fx value of USD.

C.) We still have a physical supply shortage of silver for delivery.

Prediction: Silver is $102 in the next 7-10 days. Gold is $5200 in the same timeframe.

 

[Betterinthebush]

There were multiple factors in the Silver (and gold) plummet on Friday.

1.) Insiders were trying to crush the market because COMEX and London had physical shortages for future contract deliveries due yesterday...something had to give or it would create total distrust in the paper market.

2.) Trump's announcement of the new Fed chair signaled sound fiscal policy and maintaining interest rates. That in turn led to a flood of money into US dollars. See the DXY numbers and they overlay.

The rush to dollars which devalued metal's relative buying power is going to be short lived. Things that will cause bounceback include:

A.) A war in Iran will result in the world running for the safety of metals.

B.) If there is no continuing resolution and we end up in a government shutdown, that raises trust questions which effects the relative Fx value of USD.

C.) We still have a physical supply shortage of silver for delivery.

Prediction: Silver is $102 in the next 7-10 days. Gold is $5200 in the same timeframe.

Excellent analysis

 

[deewayne2003]

For the “release the Epstein files” crowd, pretty damning email regarding Bill Gates.

Apparently Bill got some STDs’ from Russian hookers and wanted antibiotics that he could clandestinely give his wife without her knowing.