Lord Liaden Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Yeah, good luck with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 8 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Yeah, good luck with that. It could work. The bar for libel is much lower for private individuals than it is for public figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Arizona’s GOP Went All In on Trump’s Big Lie—Now It’s Broke Republicans Are Losing Money Because of Trump wcw43921, unclevlad and Hermit 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 An idle thought...... How much of the Arizona entrenchment on the stolen election story, is based on individuals like Lake, using it to further their own ambitions? Versus...how much of it was sown election night, when Fox's commentators were so vehement about the (correct) call of the race? I'm not saying the whole election stealing line is their fault; Trump was going down that path regardless. But specifically in Arizona, Fox's handling might've been more of a catalyst. If we can get through the next 20 or so years, I think this period is going to be intensely studied by historians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarretWallace Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 I'm remembering a classic movie line: "It's a miracle these people ever got out of the 20th Century!" Yeah, now we just need to survive the 21st. One day at a time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 I don't care about surviving the century, as I won't. I'll be happy if we get through this decade without a major catastrophe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 14, 2023 Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 I do care about surviving this century. And beyond. I want humanity to continue. I don't want everything great we've done to be lost because of everything stupid we've done. Iuz the Evil and MrWolf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted July 14, 2023 Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time – when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness... The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance. Carl Sagan, from Demon-Haunted World (1995) Lord Liaden, Pariah, rravenwood and 2 others 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted July 15, 2023 Report Share Posted July 15, 2023 “The problem is you don’t accept my answer!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 15, 2023 Report Share Posted July 15, 2023 Well, Carlson's very firmly established that notions like truth and accuracy have no place within his on-air persona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 15, 2023 Report Share Posted July 15, 2023 SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas’ aide collected Venmo payments from lawyers for judge’s Christmas party I would urge Americans to spread this story to as many of your fellow citizens as you can. The degree to which a Supreme Court Justice has been bought and paid for needs to be common knowledge, or this may never change. Hermit, Iuz the Evil, Tom Cowan and 3 others 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted July 15, 2023 Report Share Posted July 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas’ aide collected Venmo payments from lawyers for judge’s Christmas party I would urge Americans to spread this story to as many of your fellow citizens as you can. The degree to which a Supreme Court Justice has been bought and paid for needs to be common knowledge, or this may never change. And our elected representatives as well… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 20 hours ago, Iuz the Evil said: And our elected representatives as well… Wouldn’t want them to miss out on the funding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 Hollywood Studios’ WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 I become more and more convinced that Ferengi would feel at home in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Cygnia said: Hollywood Studios’ WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall "Second place is first loser." "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." Is there any aspect of American life, of its national culture, where this doesn't apply now? Damn the consequences, full speed ahead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted July 18, 2023 Report Share Posted July 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: I become more and more convinced that Ferengi would feel at home in America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 18, 2023 Report Share Posted July 18, 2023 23 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: I become more and more convinced that Ferengi would feel at home in America. You're assuming they haven't been here. I mean, Ferengi influence explains Reaganomics perfectly......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted July 18, 2023 Report Share Posted July 18, 2023 16 Fake Electors Charged In Michigan Logan D. Hurricanes, Pariah, Ternaugh and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 MUST READ. At least the opening paragraphs. Seriously. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/trump-plans-2025.html?unlocked_article_code=d36MVZ-xVcLLyCqXrQ1b-y1h98yQc0gZqNtMJjDFCKkpmkvoaYrbC0bwYa1CptT2vTr8jMYtM0Eo3Z8L5_SSQ7mSQ9iFppssT23Y2zRncsDMdRB_gRmbddsC_KVwU6SbdnO-XAV_AotdiWqHi7eCOvpg-iu9r2aWIU4H_PlzejtrxYyt0-FrnIh-8zUORF31nf1exEZKrbswVYSeHcd8fUnDSNeipFWXtaoSe13b_Ei2gD4HrwHz5tH7eeKKIgfy7DVMiRtCd1CKQtNkiETsrXxuDtPyrFYCYvXRl8CzUllUEA3CZ-90oExDTj6q-Y3u4j-kd2Qy0rHxS7lCLdM-&smid=url-share DShomshak and Cygnia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 And De$antis has promised to eliminate the Education, Commerce, and Energy departments as well as the IRS. These are the two GOP frontrunners, two men that vocally hate the US government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 They don't hate government per se. They hate government that hinders them from doing whatever they want. They and the GOP and their supporters in general, want government agencies to be organs of the exercise of their own power, in service to them rather than the American people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cowan Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Well, they would like to 'fix' regulations aimed at keeping the air and water clean and food, drugs and consumer products safe, but that cut into business profits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Just now, Tom Cowan said: Well, they would like to 'fix' regulations aimed at keeping the air and water clean and food, drugs and consumer products safe, but that cut into business profits. They go further than that. Texas has an example. Remember the cold snap of a few years ago? The utilities were caught off-guard. Nowhere near enough power and gas...so they jacked up rates to MASSIVE levels. https://www.npr.org/2021/07/14/1015895930/lawsuits-filed-in-texas-allege-price-gouging-during-recent-blackouts One paragraph from the story: Quote BUCHELE: Energy economist Ed Hirs at the University of Houston believes market manipulation actually happens a lot in Texas. It can be done by holding back the product itself, the gas or the electricity, or manipulating the contracts for those products on the financial markets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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