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Spin Zone / Re: Tucker Carlson interviews Vladimir Putin
« on: February 09, 2024, 10:31:58 PM »
Quote from: Lucifer on February 09, 2024, 04:42:19 PM
  So you are alleging the media Mr. Carlson uses doesn't constitute journalism?
He engages in propaganda - anyone who has watched his shows realizes that. Just because propagandists dig for and present dirt, er, facts, doesn't make them unbiased and thus journalists. I may agree with the goals of some propagandist but they are still what they are.
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I get why you don't like the interview in question taking place.  So are you in favor of the media controlling the narrative and not letting viewers see both sides of an issue?
I never said I didn't like the interview taking place. I simply indicated that an ideal journalist would have also  tried to interview Zelensky. But Carlson will likely not because he long ago indicated who he considers the worse side even before the secondary invasion of Ukraine:
https://www.businessinsider.com/tucker-carlson-asks-why-us-should-side-ukraine-over-russia-2022-1
Carlson has a specific opinion on Ukraine vs Russia and is acting to promote it. I consider it naive at best to label those actions as journalism in its most noble meaning.

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Spin Zone / Re: Tucker Carlson interviews Vladimir Putin
« on: February 09, 2024, 02:27:08 PM »
Quote from: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on February 09, 2024, 12:15:41 PM
Please provide your current list of journalists.
That is the empty set. The meaning that I use are:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/journalist
"journalist:
1 a: a person engaged in journalism
especially : a writer or editor for a news medium"

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/journalism
"journalism:
2 b: writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation"

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Spin Zone / Re: Volcano in Iceland
« on: February 09, 2024, 12:09:46 PM »
Trump is obviously responsible for climate change.
Or is that GWB?  I keep forgetting who the latest scapegoat is.

But MAN is definitely responsible for prostitution.

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Spin Zone / Re: Volcano in Iceland
« on: February 09, 2024, 11:36:01 AM »
I believe the biggest danger is the Yellowstone "supervolcano" that is about due for an eruption.

https://www.yellowstone.org/yellowstone-supervolcano-revealed/

But clearly the increase in volcanism is due to climate change.

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Spin Zone / Re: Tucker Carlson interviews Vladimir Putin
« on: February 09, 2024, 11:22:13 AM »
I always want to hear both sides.  In any conflict, no matter which side you are on, you will understand it better if you listen to the other side and put yourself in their shoes.  You may still believe one side is “right” and “good” and the other side is “wrong” and “evil” but if you don’t use your imagination and empathy to look at it from the “bad guy’s” point of view, you are missing a whole lot of the picture and don’t really understand much of the truth.

This is why I strongly resent mainstream media and the left in general trying to limit my access to information such as this interview with Putin.  Or to any information at all -  it’s why we have a First Amendment, the founders understood this very well.  And it is why censorship is so beloved by totalitarians, authoritarians and tyrants.

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Spin Zone / Re: Tucker Carlson interviews Vladimir Putin
« on: February 09, 2024, 11:02:26 AM »
Quote from: Lucifer on February 09, 2024, 09:16:51 AM
Vladimir Putin: “Do the United States need this? What for? Thousands of miles away from your national territory. You have issues on the border, issues with migration, issues with the national debt, more than 33 trillion dollars… You have nothing better to do so you should fight in Ukraine? Wouldn’t it be better to negotiate with Russia? Make an agreement. Realizing that Russia that will fight for it’s interest to the end. Return to common sense and look for solutions.”
Like him or not.
Trust him or not.
He makes a lot of sense here.

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Spin Zone / Re: Tucker Carlson interviews Vladimir Putin
« on: February 09, 2024, 09:14:32 AM »
Quote from: President-Elect Bob Noel on February 09, 2024, 09:07:20 AM
and, of course, we should believe all the gems flowing from Putin's mouth and his propaganda machine...

  No, but we should hear all sides so we can form opinions.   

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Spin Zone / Re: Tucker Carlson interviews Vladimir Putin
« on: February 09, 2024, 09:07:20 AM »
and, of course, we should believe all the gems flowing from Putin's mouth and his propaganda machine...

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Spin Zone / Re: Question:
« on: February 08, 2024, 08:38:22 AM »
Quote from: PeterNSteinmetz on February 08, 2024, 08:32:36 AM
::) My pleasure.

It actually depends on when they became veterans as well as a number of individual factors which it would be difficult generally to judge in this sort of forum.

If they became veterans during a period of conscription, a nice word for government enforced slavery, I view them to some extent as victims of our government's immoral policy. This is even if they, as one of my uncles, "volunteered", because they are under an indirect threat.

More generally of course young males are evolved to be the warrior class. And as younger males they tend to minimize risk. In some circumstances in the modern world, this is a trait we still badly need. I think the government often takes advantage of this to entice them into the military service. Of course for many young males, such as a brother in law, this is actually an excellent career opportunity.

OTOH, when volunteering for military service one is swearing an oath to follow the orders of some other person, potentially in dangerous situations, and with our current interventionist foreign policy, often in morally questionable (at best), circumstances. I would not presently recommend it to anyone given the huge size of our military in any case.

Since it is difficult to know these sort of details for an individual in an online forum, I normally reserve judgement until I know more about the person.

  So back to the "paid killer" comment.   During Viet Nam we had a draft going.  Over 50,000 lives were lost in SE Asia.  The majority of those were enlisted draftees.   Explain your "paid killer" description of these soldiers, sailors and airmen.

 

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Spin Zone / Re: Question:
« on: February 07, 2024, 06:46:56 AM »
Quote from: EppyGA - White Christian Domestic Terrorist on February 07, 2024, 05:57:01 AM
My biggest disappointment is, I wish he hadn't gone along with so much Democrat spending and had actually vetoed something.  That, along with being bamboozled by Fauci during COVID. He caught on far too late which then brought the massive spending by sending everyone money and giving businesses free govbucks.

That pretty much covers his biggest flaws. The business free bucks was massively abused. Not being an experienced politician or a government insider he did not foresee the problems that arose by not have a mechanism to ensure rules compliance. They’re now trying to root out and prosecute cheaters but the horses already fled the barn and it’s massively expensive chasing those down.

The stimmy checks were also badly implemented. They were not nearly large enough to help those truly hurt by lockdowns, who lost jobs and businesses, and were totally unnecessary for those who kept their livelihoods.  I believe Trump had good intentions, but he didn’t understand that, and he also didn’t foresee that he set precedent for Biden to continue with more stimmy money, which along with other factors caused inflation to explode.

And he trusted Fauci. Again, not being an insider, he didn’t know not to. Who did?  Who knew about Fauci’s gain of function research, funding China, etc, and who knew about the CDC “pandemic plan” filed away in a drawer that had been the high school project of the 14 year old daughter of a bureaucrat?  That the CDC would recommend something so destructive and with no scientific basis whatsoever, while Trump and many others couldn’t be blamed for assuming the CDC somewhat knew what they were doing in the way of policy recommendations. Turns out they didn’t- at all!!!

So yes, Trump screwed up in those ways but hindsight is 20/20. He knows better now and if he gets another term, won’t be fooled by them again. One hopes.

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Spin Zone / Re: Question:
« on: February 07, 2024, 05:57:01 AM »
Quote from: Rush on February 07, 2024, 04:49:46 AM
Keep in mind I still wasn’t sold on Trump. The thrill was that someone other than Hillary won. Trump had yet to prove himself which he did during his term.  He wasn’t perfect, but he was a hell of a lot better than the Dems, and even the Uniparty. Very refreshing.

My biggest disappointment is, I wish he hadn't gone along with so much Democrat spending and had actually vetoed something.  That, along with being bamboozled by Fauci during COVID. He caught on far too late which then brought the massive spending by sending everyone money and giving businesses free govbucks.

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Spin Zone / Re: Question:
« on: February 06, 2024, 06:49:41 PM »
Are you two married to each other?  ;D

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Spin Zone / Re: Question:
« on: February 06, 2024, 07:50:59 AM »
Quote from: Number7 on February 06, 2024, 07:29:16 AM
I know all about his protest and arrest. Though admirable on the surface, it does point out his need for attention and a desire to garner attention thru acting out and then acting offended.

I don’t dispute that either.  Whatever the mechanism that allows him to do such a thing (need for attention is a plausible hypothesis), as long as what he does is aligned with my values, I’m good with it.  ;D

Kind of how I think Donald Trump is a narcissist, but if his narcissism drives him to build a legacy to his own honor that makes our country secure and prosperous again, I’m all for it. I’d never marry the dude though. He must be insufferable to live with. Besides, he requires his women to look like supermodels, which I did on my twenties, but can’t pull it off now in my 60s like Melania can, at least so far. She’s 53. And damn hot.

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Spin Zone / Re: Question:
« on: February 06, 2024, 07:14:43 AM »
Quote from: Number7 on February 06, 2024, 06:22:22 AM
The problem you have, petey, is you think your pathetic attempts to sound superior and better informed actually fool anyone except other egotistical assholes, trying to cover their leftism by inserting bullshit.

As far as your keyboard warriors complaint, you have played that card so many times it sounds like a broken record, but it's all you have, so you keep pretending that it's all you need.

If your infinitesimal points matched your enormous ego you would already know that pretentiousness doesn't equal substance.

The world is full of demanding, little, men, playing at pretending to be tough warriors of unquestionably useless opinions.

...and for the record, demanding a wager to 'prove' your intellectual bravery makes you sound like a sexually insecure seventh grader threatening smaller children for their lunch money.

If you can't decide if you're queer or straight, try therapy instead of false bravado.

I will neither support nor dispute your charges of Pete’s pretentiousness or egotism, nor do I know who is right in the matter of the proposed wager, but in the matter of bravery, I will assert that he backs up his intellectual position on at least one subject with action that in my opinion indeed requires courage.

https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/doctor-charged-bringing-ar-15-phoenix-airport/

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Spin Zone / Re: Question:
« on: February 05, 2024, 03:38:06 PM »
Quote from: Lucifer on February 05, 2024, 03:29:45 PM

  I asked you to provide proof to back up your assertion. All you provided was a link (that cost) and asked me to do the research.
Um, this isn't my fight, so I'm not going to go back and look, but didn't you ASK for a link?

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