POTUS 45.65: I'm Just Here For The Lincoln Project Ads

[St. Clown]

You overestimate the value of your contributions to this thread, such as they are.

[Whalers]

Hey Kep, I thought a wicked smahht guy like you would tee this one right up. When are you going to answer the easy questions with your erudite wisdom so the rest of us knuckle draggers can be enlightened?

Rona Alert!

[Whalers]

Lets put this statement and your "Lack of Evidence" assertions together in a single test. Will make this simple so all can see if Kepler, the pride of Cornell, is able to reason or be driven by emotion.

1) ERIC TRUMP's laptop shows up a NY repair store and he doesnt retrieve it
2) The NY TIMES breaks the story of the laptops existence
3) On said laptop are emails, texts, pictures, dates/times and a whole host of other "data"
4) One email between ERIC and IVANKA states - 'Don't worry unlike Pop I won't make you give me half your salary,'
5) Bank records obtained by Jamie Raskin show that Erik, Don Jr, Ivanka, Tiffany, Mary and 4 "mystery" Trumps received over $ 31,000,000 from foreign countries, INCLUDING RUSSIA
6) This $ 31,000,000 is channeled thru multiple layers of shell corporations, and there is no exchange of goods or services for the payment

Is this evidence? Or lack of evidence?

Hey Kep, I thought a wicked smahht guy like you would tee this one right up. When are you going to answer the easy questions with your erudite wisdom so the rest of us knuckle draggers can be enlightened?

[Kepler]

Not quite how Vampire Weekend would put it...

Or Lynne Truss.

[Slap Shot]

Does the comma matter?

Not quite how Vampire Weekend would put it...

[MichVandal]

That's the thing about conspiracy theorists. They are aware of a truth: in our supposed democracy, the policies that favor and are favored by the majority are never enacted, while the policies that immiserate us at the hands of a few wealthy families are invariably passed, extended, and deepened.

So they know the fix is in. They have understood that far better than Moderates or Liberals.

But then they blame... black people, immigrants, women, gays, and the Left? All the people harmed even worse than they by the fix. That is what is so bizarre. These people are angry, whereas most people are pacified. But they vent that anger against fellow victims.

If we could just once find a way to cure that dysfunction and unite the sincere anger of people who have had their future ripped from them by the wealthy with people who are fully aware of the mechanisms of domination, we could actually remake America. It would not be an America that Moderates or Liberals would necessarily like. We would all have to give up a lot of comfort to finally bring everyone up into the warmth of the American dream. And most Centrists are selfish. Not as selfish as the very rich, but still, they are willing to let people go without health care to keep their insurance premiums down.

But it would be a much better world for everyone, on balance, except for about 10,000 families, who would just hate it, and who would have to adapt to living as only rich and not super rich.

Of all that, somehow they actually believe that tax cuts benefit them in some way. Even though they already barely pay any income tax. Or that tax cuts don't actually create jobs when given to corporations and the rich (jobs are created when demand of something is high enough to need more people to supply it). And then gang up with single item things like abortion, guns, etc- and you instantly get a cult of people that the leaders actually harm. And then blame everyone else- since that's the second hobby behind making people afraid.

[burd]

Those poor, poor people.

Does the comma matter?

[Chuck Murray]

There you are Kep. We have all been waiting for your Reason to show back up, but hadnt seen it yet. Thought maybe the newest strain of the Rona may have snagged you away from us.

Kep has taken a few standing eight counts so far, but his corner is looking for a towel to throw into the ring shortly ...

[Whalers]

Lets put this statement and your "Lack of Evidence" assertions together in a single test. Will make this simple so all can see if Kepler, the pride of Cornell, is able to reason or be driven by emotion.

1) ERIC TRUMP's laptop shows up a NY repair store and he doesnt retrieve it
2) The NY TIMES breaks the story of the laptops existence
3) On said laptop are emails, texts, pictures, dates/times and a whole host of other "data"
4) One email between ERIC and IVANKA states - 'Don't worry unlike Pop I won't make you give me half your salary,'
5) Bank records obtained by Jamie Raskin show that Erik, Don Jr, Ivanka, Tiffany, Mary and 4 "mystery" Trumps received over $ 31,000,000 from foreign countries, INCLUDING RUSSIA
6) This $ 31,000,000 is channeled thru multiple layers of shell corporations, and there is no exchange of goods or services for the payment

Is this evidence? Or lack of evidence?

There you are Kep. We have all been waiting for your Reason to show back up, but hadnt seen it yet. Thought maybe the newest strain of the Rona may have snagged you away from us.

[rufus]

But it would be a much better world for everyone, on balance, except for about 10,000 families, who would just hate it, and who would have to adapt to living as only rich and not super rich.

Those poor, poor people.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Her daughter is a nurse and is anti-vax. Sometimes you can't even breed or educate the objectivist Randian bullsh*t out of them.

[Kepler]

On the money grab argument, she may have a solid point.

That's the thing about conspiracy theorists. They are aware of a truth: in our supposed democracy, the policies that favor and are favored by the majority are never enacted, while the policies that immiserate us at the hands of a few wealthy families are invariably passed, extended, and deepened.

So they know the fix is in. They have understood that far better than Moderates or Liberals.

But then they blame... black people, immigrants, women, gays, and the Left? All the people harmed even worse than they by the fix. That is what is so bizarre. These people are angry, whereas most people are pacified. But they vent that anger against fellow victims.

If we could just once find a way to cure that dysfunction and unite the sincere anger of people who have had their future ripped from them by the wealthy with people who are fully aware of the mechanisms of domination, we could actually remake America. It would not be an America that Moderates or Liberals would necessarily like. We would all have to give up a lot of comfort to finally bring everyone up into the warmth of the American dream. And most Centrists are selfish. Not as selfish as the very rich, but still, they are willing to let people go without health care to keep their insurance premiums down.

But it would be a much better world for everyone, on balance, except for about 10,000 families, who would just hate it, and who would have to adapt to living as only rich and not super rich.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trum...g-jews-1827703

You know who else blamed liberal Jews for destroying a country?

I wish I could say I'm shocked, but I'm not. Going full Nazi will do wonders for his numbers in Knuckledraggerville and certain deep red suburban/urban areas (Ft. Worth *cough*cough*), but I don't see where delving deeper into antisemitism helps his sagging demographics. Considering only natural causes/age, far more of his 2016 and 2020 voters will die each day between now and November 2024. Maybe he can lurch further into antisemitism in hopes of capturing a few more Catholic Abuelas and Tias who still believe that the Jews killed Jesus? ;-)

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

I recall reading an article about conspiracy theorists, and especially those who buy into them. They tend to be less educated and have little hope for advancement in their careers, so they start grasping around for something that will help them make sense of their lousy lots in life. And the Q came along with Trump, two people coming together to co-prey on the same group of people. What a sad lot they are.

Like my neighbor, who works in purchasing at an auto supplier, but doesn't have a degree. According to her, the Elites are out to screw us all, and America is just a big money grab. Loves the flag though.

On the money grab argument, she may have a solid point.

[LynahFan]

Monkey Boy stepped in it.

If Dump can stumble baby into a war between the Thumpers from the MAGAts, he will have done more for America than any Republican since Eisenhower.

Castro doing his part:

A Favorite Republican Legal Strategy Gets Turned Against Trump (msn.com)

This would be great, except that I worry about laughing myself to death if a *Republican* succeeds in getting Dump kicked off a bunch of ballots....