Other discussions not related to the Permanent Portfolio
Moderator: Global Moderator
-
vnatale
- Executive Member

- Posts: 5404
- Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:56 pm
- Location: Massachusetts
-
Contact:
Post
by vnatale » Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:50 am
Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:47 am
vnatale wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:43 am
I've since read that this is from Russia and been debunked? I've asked for the source of that information.
Vinny
That's what the lamestream media always says when anything comes out that is unfavorable to their side (Democrat).
In fact, the emails come from a laptop left by Hunter Biden at a repair shop and never picked up.
It actually came from two people on Facebook who had responded to me putting the article on Facebook.
I just checked. No one has yet provided me the source for it being debunked.
I did, however, get this response from someone else: "There's a ton of misinformation on this... It hasn't been debunked, but it also hasn't been verified. Since the information is coming out of Russia, Twitter and Facebook are marking it as potentially harmful until it can be verified either way"
Vinny
"I only regret that I have but one lap to give to my cats."
-
vnatale
- Executive Member

- Posts: 5404
- Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:56 pm
- Location: Massachusetts
-
Contact:
Post
by vnatale » Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:56 am
Also, while something I recently put here said that the NY Post is slightly more conservative than the average American, I do not consider it to be a media that is reckless in what it reports. Plus, my observation is that it is solidly anti-Trump. Therefore, you could not make the bias argument with them. Guess my main conclusion is that they are going with whatever they think is creditable and which will help get them attention and, thereby, additional revenues.
Vinny
"I only regret that I have but one lap to give to my cats."
-
Libertarian666
- Executive Member

- Posts: 5995
- Joined: Wed Dec 31, 1969 6:00 pm
Post
by Libertarian666 » Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:12 am
vnatale wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:50 am
Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:47 am
vnatale wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:43 am
I've since read that this is from Russia and been debunked? I've asked for the source of that information.
Vinny
That's what the lamestream media always says when anything comes out that is unfavorable to their side (Democrat).
In fact, the emails come from a laptop left by Hunter Biden at a repair shop and never picked up.
It actually came from two people on Facebook who had responded to me putting the article on Facebook.
I just checked. No one has yet provided me the source for it being debunked.
I did, however, get this response from someone else: "There's a ton of misinformation on this... It hasn't been debunked, but it also hasn't been verified. Since the information is coming out of Russia, Twitter and Facebook are marking it as potentially harmful until it can be verified either way"
Vinny
It's not coming out of Russia. It's coming from that laptop, which was never in Russia unless Hunter Biden took it with him on a trip there.
-
GT
- Executive Member

- Posts: 156
- Joined: Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:54 pm
Post
by GT » Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:21 am
vnatale wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:50 am
Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:47 am
vnatale wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:43 am
I've since read that this is from Russia and been debunked? I've asked for the source of that information.
Vinny
That's what the lamestream media always says when anything comes out that is unfavorable to their side (Democrat).
In fact, the emails come from a laptop left by Hunter Biden at a repair shop and never picked up.
It actually came from two people on Facebook who had responded to me putting the article on Facebook.
I just checked. No one has yet provided me the source for it being debunked.
I did, however, get this response from someone else: "There's a ton of misinformation on this... It hasn't been debunked, but it also hasn't been verified. Since the information is coming out of Russia, Twitter and Facebook are marking it as potentially harmful until it can be verified either way"
Vinny
Vinny - Do you find it funny the MSM is not covering this 24x7 and using the phrases "If true" and "Potential Bombshell" to report on the info before it has been fully confirmed - I would think if this was a one of Trumps Son's reported laptops it would a 24x7 news -
-
pp4me
- Executive Member

- Posts: 656
- Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:12 pm
Post
by pp4me » Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:32 am
Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:32 am
pp4me wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:29 am
I have the feeling that the big tech and media's attempts to suppress this story are going to backfire big time. Twitter and Facebook can block links to the NY post story but are they going to block links to stories about them blocking the links to the story? Won't this just make the average person more curious?
They're going to try to block everything but, as you suggest, all that will do is make people who don't have stage 4 TDS wonder what is being covered up.
I see that Twitter just blocked Trump's account.
Now that everything's being done virtual because of Covid the CEOs won't even have to travel to D.C. to testify in person before congress again so I guess they figure they can get away with anything.
-
pugchief
- Executive Member

- Posts: 4264
- Joined: Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:41 pm
- Location: suburbs of Chicago, IL
Post
by pugchief » Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:42 am
vnatale wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:43 am
Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:33 am
So are you rethinking your vote?
Definitely not! I'm both a Never Trump and Never Biden!
Was going to vote Libertarian but reading some things here has made me question that. Definitely NOT Green Party. Maybe, then, a write-in for one of the four Democratic candidates I would have voted for. My conscience will do fine if I do that.
Vinny
A better question is would you consider voting for Trump if you lived in a swing state where your vote really mattered. You can be never T or B, but one of them is going to win, so you may as well pick the one you hate less.

-
vnatale
- Executive Member

- Posts: 5404
- Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:56 pm
- Location: Massachusetts
-
Contact:
Post
by vnatale » Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:03 am
pugchief wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:42 am
vnatale wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:43 am
Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:33 am
So are you rethinking your vote?
Definitely not! I'm both a Never Trump and Never Biden!
Was going to vote Libertarian but reading some things here has made me question that. Definitely NOT Green Party. Maybe, then, a write-in for one of the four Democratic candidates I would have voted for. My conscience will do fine if I do that.
Vinny
A better question is would you consider voting for Trump if you lived in a swing state where your vote really mattered. You can be never T or B, but one of them is going to win, so you may as well pick the one you hate less.
No. I could NEVER vote for either. Leave it in the hands of those who put us in this quandary.
I post tons of anti-Trump things on Facebook. When I post a few anti-Biden things I get pilloried by those who accuse me of being for Trump. I tell them it's their fault for supporting a Democratic party that allowed Biden to be its nominee. Therefore, it would be all their fault that Trump won and I accept zero responsibility. They were all complicit in providing me with an almost equally unacceptable candidate.
Vinny
"I only regret that I have but one lap to give to my cats."
-
vnatale
- Executive Member

- Posts: 5404
- Joined: Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:56 pm
- Location: Massachusetts
-
Contact:
Post
by vnatale » Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:04 am
I have received a source from my Facebook post requesting one.
Vinny
Giuliani and the New York Post Are Pushing Russian Disinformation. It’s a Big Test for the Media.
With its new Biden story, Murdoch’s tabloid is a useful idiot for Vladimir Putin.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... RQoTmABV3Q
"I only regret that I have but one lap to give to my cats."
-
pugchief
- Executive Member

- Posts: 4264
- Joined: Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:41 pm
- Location: suburbs of Chicago, IL
Post
by pugchief » Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:15 am
vnatale wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:04 am
I have received a source from my Facebook post requesting one.
Vinny
Giuliani and the New York Post Are Pushing Russian Disinformation. It’s a Big Test for the Media.
With its new Biden story, Murdoch’s tabloid is a useful idiot for Vladimir Putin.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... RQoTmABV3Q
LOL MotherJones? They are just to the left of the CCP
-
pp4me
- Executive Member

- Posts: 656
- Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:12 pm
Post
by pp4me » Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:52 am
Due to a pinched nerve in my neck I've spent the last few days binge-watching "Animal Kingdom". If you aren't familiar with it, it's an excellent series on TNT about a mother who calls herself "Smurf" and her four sons who make up a crime family in San Diego. Kind of Breaking-Bad-ish if you enjoyed that show.
So with the story I just read about how the Bidens were expected to kick 50% up to Joe it's like life imitating art.
Have to believe the Trump campaign hasn't been sitting on all of this for a long time just waiting until closer to election time so it doesn't get dropped down the memory hole.
Next up: Biden's counter-attack?
-
Libertarian666
- Executive Member

- Posts: 5995
- Joined: Wed Dec 31, 1969 6:00 pm
Post
by Libertarian666 » Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:41 pm
This is an example of the old saying, "If you're taking flak, you're over the target".