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Spin Zone / Re: Proof of Russian Hacking!
« on: January 01, 2017, 09:58:14 AM »
Point 1 - there is zero evidence of any kind that the Russians, or in fact anyone hacked the election in terms of the actual vote tallies, so calling it election hacking is demonstrably false and is being done deliberately to distract from the actual cause of the loss, Hillary is a shitty candidate, Obama tried to saddle himself up at the end and told people their vote was for his legacy, and there was ample evidence that the Democrat party essentially rigged their primary process in a very anti-democratic way - kind of like how they blamed an obscure youube video for the cause of the military assault on the Benghazi consulate

Point 2 - releasing damaging insider information is part and parcel of any election cycle, but this is NOT the election itself, this is news and the two are not and have never been synonymous -  that it was so easy to do against the dem's and appears to have been unsuccessful against the Republicans suggests we the people made the right choice in terms of who can be trusted with sensitive information

Point 3 - what was relased has not been denounced as false or manipulated in any meaningful or convincing way, they are butthurt it got out, not that they were caught colluding with a biased and partisan media, not that they cheated their own primary voters, not that they turn out to be the very fascist monsters they have long accused the right of being - but that they got caught

Unless and until any on the left come to grips with those 3 truths there is no point in even trying to have a conversation.

'Gimp

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Spin Zone / Re: Who are the actual Trump Supporters?
« on: December 30, 2016, 12:58:08 PM »
I'm a lukewarm supporter. I didn't vote for him in the primary but did in the general of course, because this country cannot survive Hillary, she'd just continue the Obama slide into oblivion.

I am more hopeful about him now that he's been elected; he is becoming more "presidential" (less insane?).  But I understood all along that his extremist rants, like deporting all illegals and killing the families of terrorists, were designed to gain attention, and hence actually successfully win the election, more than literal promises he'd fulfill.  I had no problem with that.  It certainly wasn't as down and dirty and duplicitous as some of the things Hillary's campaign did.

I still have reservations about exactly how he is going to achieve the goal of bringing jobs back to the U.S.  Setting tariffs against imports for example would be the wrong way to do it. This would raise consumer prices, which has always been my beef with U.S. workers demanding the jobs stay home. They want union wages, and minimum wage laws, and the Feds set regulations about safety, environment, etc., plus high taxes, all the costs of which, naturally, manufacturers just pass along to the consumer.  To restrict imports as a way to force goods to be made on our soil, without addressing these reasons the jobs went overseas in the first place, will be disaster for the consumer's pocketbook.

And we need cheap, abundant energy. Trump needs to put an end to this movement to destroy fossil fuel.  Fuel cost impacts every single thing we buy, use, eat or do.  Perhaps no other single item is as important for him to do than to reverse what the left has done to destroy good energy in this country; closing coal plants, killing the nuclear industry, banning offshore drilling, subsidizing "green" energy so the masses do not understand how expensive and inefficient it actually is. Trump understands this but I don't know if he can fight the uphill battle of climate change hysteria.

I guess what I don't want to see is some kind of heavy handed dictatorship methods, the thing the liberals seem to think is a foregone conclusion with Trump. He's basically Hitler, you know, according to them.  Well he isn't. But like Obama, he could abuse executive powers and I'm a little wary of that. And he will have a major influence on the country for generations with the SC nominations. Trump is not going to outlaw gay marriage or any of the other stuff the snowflakes and crybabies are all panicked about. But who ends up on the SC will have an impact on these issues, and being libertarian, I'm more a social liberal, so I'm wary of that.  But I feel that economic collectivism must be avoided at ALL costs, and trumps social freedoms by a huge margin. So I fervently hope the SC positions are filled by anyone but a leftist.

Trump is not an ideologue. (This is why some on the Republican right reject him.) I guess my preference would have been a libertarian ideologue in a perfect world. But Trump is a businessman who will negotiate or bend, or change position as needed to accomplish his goal.  This is why I'm wary of him, and only a lukewarm supporter. His flip flop on some gun rights issues for example.  But, it might turn out to be a good thing because there's nothing more dangerous than a rigid thinking ideologue, on any end of the spectrum.  Those are the types who will keep a utopian ideal in mind while people around them suffer.  A pragmatic businessman on the other hand, will see the reality of the journey to the goal as well as the goal itself, and will see the nuances, variations, compromises along the way, that need to be managed to actually make the good thing happen.

For example, I expect Trump to flip flop on immigration when he sees that although Americans SAY they want the jobs that the illegals are taking, in reality they won't actually take them unless they get a high wage, which of course, means high prices for the consumer, and of course, those same Americans will then bitch about high prices.

But immigration is a touchy subject, and the real problem is cultural. When a people invade a land not to assimilate, but to replace that land's culture with their own, in the end, that country will cease to exist. This is the heart of the "nationalism" that Trump tapped into during the campaign.  Trump voters want to keep America America - no, NOT to go back to slavery - but to retain a culture supportive of free enterprise, prosperity, relative safety, and relative freedom from government molestation, that the immigrants from the century before last sought when they came through Ellis Isle. 

How Trump will reconcile these forces to result in a country with good employment, low prices, increasing wealth for the middle class, declining poverty, and a reasonable immigration policy that welcomes the hardworking, law abiding applicant who wants to actually become an American, regardless of skin color or ethnicity, remains to be seen.

I am guardedly optimistic.

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Spin Zone / Re: Prof Calls Election "Terrorism;" Gets Threats
« on: December 30, 2016, 11:10:24 AM »


You guys bitch about PC but think its OK so long as it benefits your orange overload.

Not me.

I think you should be free to express your opinions without fear of censure.  But we got to where we are by way of years of right-thinking people being told to shut up, being shut out of the lecture hall and auditorium,  being called all the names in the book, and having to witness the creation of safe spaces, free speech zones, and campus speech codes.

If Hillary had won and some prof had called it terrorism, do you think the administrators would ignore the students' complaints? 

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Spin Zone / Re: Steingar in trouble
« on: December 27, 2016, 10:57:05 AM »
The thin-skinned uber sensitive culture that we see in the collegiate atmosphere is not unique to that area. It's prevalent in most aspects of our society. Here's a theory.

During the Depression, younger folks faced serious calamity and the real prospect of starvation. Then came WWII and the birth of the Greatest Generation. These folks gave birth to the Baby Boomers, who in turn also faced calamity during the Cold War and Vietnam. After Vietnam the Baby Boomers got down and created Generation X, who in turn have spawned Millenials. Generation Y. Generations X and Y saw the birth of the Internet, the death of the Cold War, and reaped the rewards of those who sacrificed in previous generations.

We now live in a time where individuals don't need to know things, they just need to know how to find the information. And that information is so readily available that even the laziest slobs can figure stuff out. There isn't much need for folks to know how to hunt, or fish, or protect themselves. It's now ensured that those needs (food, shelter, protection) can easily be met.

No strife, no real calamity, no prospect of major loss of life. So, life becomes boring. And bored people make shit up to not be bored. Hence the drama. So, things that didn't bother people before (because they had bigger problems to worry about) now are an issue.

Of course, I'm generalizing a lot here, and I'm purposefully not being 100% accurate in social generational history. But then this exercise wouldn't be fun. 


Sent from my iPad . Squirrel!!

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Spin Zone / Re: Dear idiot Libs: we are at war
« on: December 21, 2016, 07:47:52 AM »
Yeah, but the remainder of us here can fly high performance aircraft without getting into Pilot Induced Oscillation, and prop strikes.

Glad you are OK.   How's your IQ?

*teeet* personal foul, unsportsmanlike conduct

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Spin Zone / Re: President Trump
« on: December 20, 2016, 03:36:12 PM »
Trump is a complete amateur, a professional celebrity and little more.  He has placed mostly fellow amateurs in key positions around him.  I suspect the damage will be limited.  While his foreign policy will be a disaster I think the foreign leaders will soon learn to ignore him.
By "amateur" I assume you are referring to political status.  Yes, some of them may be political amateurs, but is that a bad thing?  Look where professional politicians got us.

But in general, you cannot call most of his appointees "amateurs".  They are largely very accomplished professionals in their fields.  Just like Obama was a professional agitator; and he proved to be very good at it at the highest level.

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Spin Zone / Re: Fake News
« on: December 18, 2016, 12:45:14 PM »

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Spin Zone / Re: Proof of Russian Hacking!
« on: December 18, 2016, 12:44:06 PM »

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Spin Zone / Re: Fake News
« on: December 14, 2016, 09:00:52 AM »
I am certain (where once I was suspicious) that Donald Trump will not govern like a Republican.
I am also certain that Donald Trump will not govern like a Democrat.
I am certain that Donald Trump will govern like a businessman.
That gives me hope.
Like another poster, anyone Graham and McCain - and - Pelosi, McCaskill and Schumer hate is usually good by me.

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Spin Zone / Re: December 7, 1941
« on: December 09, 2016, 11:02:21 AM »
Traditionally, American presidents do not bow to kings. The tradition stems from the American Constitution, which states that all men are created equal.

The uproar about Obama largely stems from his deep bows to Saudi kings. You probably recall a date in 2001 when 19 Saudis attacked the United States horrifically.

The only people expected to bow to a king or queen are subjects of that king or queen.


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Spin Zone / Re: The Jill Stein Scam
« on: December 08, 2016, 01:05:43 PM »

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Spin Zone / Re: Mother's body / child's body
« on: December 06, 2016, 09:52:37 PM »
wait, this is the interweb.  What's with the make nice stuff?

 ;)

Dunno what came over me. Christmas spirit? Wait, I'm sorry, in lieu of "Christms" I really meant Nondescript-and-wholly-non-denominational-festivus-time.  ;D

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Spin Zone / Re: Global Warming = Snow In Hawaii
« on: December 06, 2016, 06:40:19 AM »
IF, as so many activists claim, global warming is either real, or man made, then what is the actual 'correct' temperature for the globe?
What makes the current temperature wrong and the temperatures in the last decade right?
By who's reckoning is any temperature right, or wrong?
Other than as a means to tax and control the populace, how is any of the 'solutions' forwarded by the alarmists of any use what-so-ever?
If MMGW is such an obvious 'crisis' how come the scientific community is under such pressure to conform to the political agenda whenever questioning of the sources, methods, or integrity of the 'science' occurs?
How is the pressure against denying the claims of the MMGW fanatics any different than the abuse of scientists in past centuries, who brought great breakthroughs forward even though their contemporaries tried to stifle free thought every way possible?
Isn't this entire charade just a return to past extremes forced on people by those with a different agenda that has nothing to do with science?

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Spin Zone / Re: Popular Vote
« on: December 05, 2016, 06:49:31 AM »
Lincoln was a criminal who wanted to subdue the South economically so the North would prosper.  He couldn't have cared less about the slaves, and their plight.  Look how long it took him to do the Emancipation Proclamation.  Why wasn't that done day one of the war?

Shhhhhhhhh!    Shhhhhhhhhhhh!   C'mon now!   Lincoln was "great"!   It was all about "slavery" and those terrible white supremacist southerners!


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Spin Zone / Re: Fidel has smoked his last Cuban
« on: November 28, 2016, 07:29:56 PM »
it's part of your punishment

;-)

No sympathy huh?

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