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by glennds
Fri Feb 10, 2023 4:50 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Fox News
Replies: 38
Views: 8911

Re: Fox News

I Shrugged wrote:
Fri Feb 10, 2023 3:15 pm
If FNC was a church, it would be called Our Lady of Perpetual Outrage.
It is unwatchable for me, and I agree with their positions.
If a news outlet has "positions" are they still a news outlet?
A question not limited to Fox, BTW.
by glennds
Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:15 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Dems Set Some of the Darnedest Precedents
Replies: 44
Views: 7748

Re: The Dems Set Some of the Darnedest Precedents

Aside from owing $2,000 in student loan debt after the last two years of undergraduate school followed by a year to get a masters I have never had any other debt - unpaid credit card, car loan, house mortgage. I have lived a super frugal life, way below my means. Quite un-American. Have you ever es...
by glennds
Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:41 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Dems Set Some of the Darnedest Precedents
Replies: 44
Views: 7748

Re: The Dems Set Some of the Darnedest Precedents

Aside from owing $2,000 in student loan debt after the last two years of undergraduate school followed by a year to get a masters I have never had any other debt - unpaid credit card, car loan, house mortgage. I have lived a super frugal life, way below my means. Quite un-American. Have you ever es...
by glennds
Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:54 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Dems Set Some of the Darnedest Precedents
Replies: 44
Views: 7748

Re: The Dems Set Some of the Darnedest Precedents

11 on the test. Back to the thread topic. Biden’s SOTU address: Way more self-aggrandizing and some lying on display from years past. Audience more lively than previous addresses. Seemed to be more calling him out than I remembered. It saddens me that so many of our politicians are so self-serving....
by glennds
Thu Feb 02, 2023 2:19 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
Replies: 845
Views: 426016

Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

If a corporation starts to achieve monopoly-like power, it's often because it's receiving subsidies or special privileges or protections from the government. That special treatment by the government makes it harder for other companies -- especially smaller ones -- to compete with it (higher barrier...
by glennds
Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:53 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Is Zelensky the George Washington of Ukraine?
Replies: 6
Views: 2104

Re: Is Zelensky the George Washington of Ukraine?

vnatale wrote:
Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:36 am
glennds wrote:
Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:47 am
ppnewbie wrote:
Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:05 pm
He is a puppet.
George Washington? My gawd man! :)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good one! (This time I did realize it was not literal.)
The emoji was insurance Vinny! :D
by glennds
Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Is Zelensky the George Washington of Ukraine?
Replies: 6
Views: 2104

Re: Is Zelensky the George Washington of Ukraine?

ppnewbie wrote:
Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:05 pm
He is a puppet.
George Washington? My gawd man! :)
by glennds
Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:35 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
Replies: 845
Views: 426016

Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

John Mackey has never been a 'leftist' Another head scratcher for me....why are natural and organic grocers and health food stores generally associated with left wing? Wouldn't conservative food practices look more organically Amish than Monsanto and syngenta? The natural foods movement was an outg...
by glennds
Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:57 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
Replies: 5196
Views: 1782774

Re: Coronavirus General Discussion

I dont necessarily object to gain of function research. But its interesting how this story was scrubbed for several days, and how most of family will never hear about it. People are living in different realities if they dont seek out contrarian news sources. When everyone had to read NYtimes, WSJ e...
by glennds
Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:49 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: What's the future for Conservatism?
Replies: 14
Views: 1383

Re: What's the future for Conservatism?

One of our country's strengths is how many immigrants we have had. All those people wanting to achieve the American Dream. Along those lines, one of my favorite non-tech immigrant stories in recent years is Chobani yogurt. A struggling Turkish immigrant takes over a sad, shuttered Kraft factory in ...
by glennds
Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:43 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Inflation
Replies: 39
Views: 8038

Re: Inflation

Of course I eat offal. Raw or cooked. Either way. Why would you think I don't? I make a mean kidney tartare. The trick is to dice the organs up nice and fine and then add some fat. Kidney is too lean to eat without fat. Personally, I prefer raw egg yolk, but olive oil is also an option. It doesn’t ...
by glennds
Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:40 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Inflation
Replies: 39
Views: 8038

Re: Inflation

What you've proposed isn't awful. But it's not offal. Come join us when you're ready to get serious, my sweet summer child. Amino acids await you Of course I eat offal. Raw or cooked. Either way. Why would you think I don't? I was thinking you were more of a grilled steak guy, but now I see you're ...
by glennds
Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:19 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The State of the Economy
Replies: 9
Views: 1036

Re: The State of the Economy

flyingpylon wrote:
Wed Jan 18, 2023 9:49 am
Cullen Roche has written some interesting articles regarding debt and the economy, etc:

The Biggest Myths in Economics

Be sure to check out the related posts he's listed for more details.
Excellent link. Thank you for sharing
#10 Fallacy of Composition is relevant here.
by glennds
Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Inflation
Replies: 39
Views: 8038

Re: Inflation

Mark Leavy wrote:
Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:51 pm
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What you've proposed isn't awful.
But it's not offal.
Come join us when you're ready to get serious, my sweet summer child. Amino acids await you
by glennds
Tue Jan 17, 2023 3:14 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: What's the future for Conservatism?
Replies: 14
Views: 1383

Re: What's the future for Conservatism?

Has there been a time in history when, in the course of a generation, a culture defined by moral relativism, lack personal responsibility and the glorification of degeneracy moves in the other direction? Or does it take the destruction of a civilization to bring about a social reset? I don't think ...
by glennds
Mon Jan 16, 2023 7:01 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: What's the future for Conservatism?
Replies: 14
Views: 1383

What's the future for Conservatism?

There was discussion in another thread about work ethic and general attitude of Millennials and Gen Z. This graphic comes from an article in Financial Times that talks about how convention has it that people in all age demographic cohorts tend to be more liberal in youth and shift toward conservatis...
by glennds
Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:55 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Mar A Lago documents
Replies: 114
Views: 15559

Re: Mar A Lago documents

Re your spinach concoction: Sounds great. When you say "the rest of the spinach tossed with garlic and olive oil first," do you mean whole-leaf (un-pureed)? Any cooking involved? Yes, the remaining spinach was whole leaf. So a spinach/ricotta base, then mozz, then whole leaf spinach thrown on raw (...
by glennds
Mon Jan 16, 2023 12:02 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Mar A Lago documents
Replies: 114
Views: 15559

Re: Mar A Lago documents

Re your spinach concoction: Sounds great. When you say "the rest of the spinach tossed with garlic and olive oil first," do you mean whole-leaf (un-pureed)? Any cooking involved? Yes, the remaining spinach was whole leaf. So a spinach/ricotta base, then mozz, then whole leaf spinach thrown on raw (...
by glennds
Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Mar A Lago documents
Replies: 114
Views: 15559

Re: Mar A Lago documents

Groceries have gone through the roof. Last week, I paid $6 for a bunch of organic celery and $10 for a 1.5-pound head of organic broccoli. Kinda surprised you trust organic labeling to be anything more than a license to charge more. I've had more than one farmer tell me it's a scam of bureaucracy. ...
by glennds
Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:02 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Mar A Lago documents
Replies: 114
Views: 15559

Re: Mar A Lago documents

Maddy wrote:
Sat Jan 14, 2023 7:48 pm
Now that the economy is in shambles, the financial system is on the verge of collapse, cities are overrun with crime, and increasing numbers of people are waking up to the fact that the DARPA-directed medicopharmaceutical cabal was trying to kill them, ......
by glennds
Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:02 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Mar A Lago documents
Replies: 114
Views: 15559

Re: Mar A Lago documents

Mark Leavy wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 1:27 pm
glennds wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:48 pm
So for us mortals, it can never be proven or demonstrated that the "red button" nuclear codes were really contained in them. So that claim has to be accepted on faith.
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by glennds
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: ChatGPT and what it means for our future
Replies: 135
Views: 44776

Re: ChatGPT and what it means for our future

Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865. I'm seeing dates in May, June 1865 as the day that The Civil War ended. Therefore how could he be criticized for: 1) His handling of Reconstruction -- which started after his death 2) "his failure to bring the nation together after the war" Vinny, maybe i...
by glennds
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:48 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Mar A Lago documents
Replies: 114
Views: 15559

Re: Mar A Lago documents

It was subsequently claimed, by way of embellishment, that the documents contained the "red button" nuclear codes (presumably the same ones that a certain military general previously claimed to have withheld from him). For what it may be worth. So the problem with the subsequent claim is the inform...
by glennds
Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:12 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Mar A Lago documents
Replies: 114
Views: 15559

Re: Mar A Lago documents

Was the reason for the raid that the former President was in possession of the documents?
Or was it that he allegedly refused to give them back?
Or was it something else?

I'm just looking for the official reason, whatever it may be worth.
by glennds
Thu Jan 12, 2023 3:41 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Mar A Lago documents
Replies: 114
Views: 15559

Re: Mar A Lago documents

Special Counsel appointed: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/appointment-special-counsel-1 House will be precluded from investigating. Ongoing investigation... nothing to see here... O0 I hadn't heard that congressional inquiries on this were precluded. Where did you hear that? At least the Special Co...