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Neither. One is Trump, the other is Trump but far more capable of competently executing on what they want

You may be the only one

Charon didn’t need to question me bc Charon knows the data and recognizes my claim was entirely fair and valid, but since you asked so passive aggressively nicely https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/21/exclusive-trump-party-he-still-holds-loyalty-gop-voters/6765406002/ ‘Most Trump voters embrace a version of events on Jan. 6 that has been debunked by independent fact checkers and law enforcement agencies. Asked to describe what happened during the assault on the Capitol, 58% of Trump voters call it "mostly an antifa-inspired attack that only involved a few Trump supporters." That's more than double the 28% who call it "a rally of Trump supporters, some of whom attacked the Capitol."” And to your actual point about all those voters just holding their noses over Trump: So sure. Feel free to nitpick my choice of word, but the core and thrust of my comment was absolutely valid. Unlike your stance that the moderate never trumpers have any sway right now in the country or even their party. But where we do agree is, yes. This is totally off-topic. I’ll simply repeat my point that those dumb Russian people buying the lies you mentioned? They remind me of a group right here in the US.

In every single GOP primary thus far this year, about HALF of the candidates that Trump came out AGAINST have lost, and ALL of the candidates Trump came out FOR have won.

I don’t think you have a valid understanding of the population to whom I’m referring. At least not based on comments like these.

Sounds like the average Trump voter in the US who believes Antifa stormed the US capitol on Jan6 and that immigrants are the reason they don’t have healthcare.

It’s sad, but another part of me wonders if this is just another false flag operation conducted by Putin like he did in 1999 to help him rise to power in the first place https://news.yahoo.com/bloody-czar-did-false-flag-175812204.html

The answer depends on the goal being sought. Are schools and the teachers charged with progressing their mission there to educate children and help them learn to think through problems critically and explore solutions, or is it there to habituate kids and get them used to falling in line and acquiescing to commands from others?

Good question

Thx for clarifying. I follow now.

I don’t understand your post

It’s not a problem isolated to the US. Factions are forming globally

Time will tell. A federal judge has ordered the DOJ to release a redacted version of the affidavit used to seek the warrant

Apparently part of the reason the Judge signed off on the FBI warrant is because they were alerted to something alarming on the Marlaago surveillance camera footage.

They’re trying to convince millions of people that there is no truth unless approved cult leaders are the ones sharing it.

She's almost sure to run, but I'm skeptical she'd do so as an Independent (instead choosing to take the Fascist Autocratic Ridiculous Trump (aka: the FART) head-on in the GOP primary). Time will tell.

As swansont shared, this has nothing to do with being an american and everything to do with being an autocratic power hungry authoritarian with fascist tendencies. Liz Cheney is an American, she lost her primary the day before yesterday, and she admitted it before voting was even fully completed. Gosh and golly. You're so super clever. I guess I bit, too 🙄 It seems he's read and studied Hitler quite a bit, too. He also lamented "why can't my generals be more like Hitler's generals" to his White House Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff while still in office... asking why they weren't "totally loyal" and wouldn't do anything he asked regardless of legality and constitutionality.

I agree. In much the same way, NOT playing golf isn't a sport and NOT collecting stamps isn't a hobby.

Aligns with my initial thoughts last week, so our own personal radars are definitely detecting the same bogeys on this one

Nonsense. He’d show them off to Group A bc he’s an insecure narcissistic braggart then charge Group B money to see them minutes later without any qualms, compunctions, or second thoughts.

It does if you recall the extreme likelihood that he was inviting foreign nationals into his resort along with their phones and cameras to take pictures of it. This isn’t exactly a prospect that strains credulity. It almost certainly happened.

So it did. Please accept my apologies. I’ve obviously made the mistake of conflating this thread with several of your others. Here is the answer I shared:

It was just a question. Usually, starting discussions involves framing the topic and asking for the opinions of others. Or, asking for clarity on topics that aren’t opinion based. Basically, my ”problem” is that your approach doesn’t really lead to discussion since you’re just posting things we can already read elsewhere. That, too, is fine… but preferable if you ask a question or solicit input from others and not just treat it like a data dump, but mostly I asked bc I was curious. On some topics, like those on politics and not hard science, that’s exactly what I think (so long as those opinions are based on reason and evidence and a willingness to change one’s mind when faced with rational counter points). I hope it’s obvious that my view is different on subjects like math and physics. You should work harder to foster the discussion you seem to prize then, instead of copy/pasting definitions and leads from stories (since neither qualifies as investigation, an approach is heartily support were you to use it).

Toucana - You seem to post news snips like you’re trying to be an AP reporter, but rarely frame any discussion. Why?

Failing kidneys will influence just about everything in your life, but it’s a stretch to assume that ejaculating from self-touch leads to a failure in the way our body filters contaminants. You may as well be asking why eating spicy foods leads to volcanic eruptions. Oh, wait…