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Topic: OT-Politics Thread: please TRY to keep it civil, you damned dirty apes

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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #38136 on: October 18, 2024, 07:48:16 PM »
Neither Trump nor Kamala or any of their contemporaries have any plan for this either.  It's basically a non-issue with any party or candidate, even with the people. 

Me and my wife were in a restaurant yesterday, about 4ish PM, it wasn't very crowded.  I guess the lunch crowd had moved out and the dinner crowd hadn't arrived yet.  It was my wife's B-Day and we decided to have a nice quiet dinner. 

We get there, find a seat, and sit down.  We're minding our own business.  There's a man at a table about 20ish feet away, he's busy talking to somebody else.  We pay him no mind.  After about 20 minutes he loudly asks us if we knew the owner of this restaurant.  We replied that we did not, he then starts rambling about somebody wanting to buy it, I didn't really know WTF he was talking about.  He smiled and said something like oh, ok.  Maybe had some courtesy type words back, you know, how's the weather type shit.  We're not close to this man at all, we don't know him.  He then starts in on how the country is just going downhill, and people need to rise up, yada yada, 2nd amendment, government this and government that.  I mean he was getting really wound up.  By this point we don't look his way, we're just like mm hmm....but he doesn't seem to notice.  He just keeps on rambling, we're completely silent by this point.  We were having a nice time, our food had arrived, and he's talking at us from 20 feet away about how bad things are going to get if we don't elect Trump.  I finally told the man that we're going to enjoy our dinner now, that'll be all.  My wife gives me this look, and mouths I'M READY TO LEAVE.  NOW.  I already know she's not effin' around.  I scarfed down the rest of my food, she went and paid the bill and we rolled out. 

I have never in my life been sucked up into a political debate (we never conversed with him, just tried to mind our own business) with a complete stranger who felt like he needed to start babbling on about his preferred politics. 

I had an uneasy feeling when we left, because I started thinking about how polarized people are right now all over the country.  Heck, we've already seen two nut jobs try to take out Trump, and I'm sure somebody has plans for KH as well. 

Watch yourselves out there folks.  They're getting nuttier by the day. 
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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #38137 on: October 18, 2024, 07:56:32 PM »
Sorry, I did not know it was her birthday.  

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« Reply #38138 on: October 18, 2024, 08:02:23 PM »
The gov't has a Credit Card, it's called American People Express, and they're running up the tab.  It's time to figure something out, well past time for that, but it's almost like a non-issue to either party. 
It's like climate change. Doing anything about it is hard and painful, so all they can do is hope that the excrement doesn't hit the air circulation device until after they're out of office. 

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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #38139 on: October 18, 2024, 08:54:43 PM »
Awesome day at the track, weather is lovely, about to go head over for the Sting concert.  I've seen him several times, the first were on his two first solo albums, he had a large jazz orchestra backing him up, led by Branford Marsalis.  Both of those concerts were amazing, top 10 all time for me easy and I've seen hundreds of acts.  

The third was just him and a 5 piece band.  It was very... adult contemporary.  And that's what I'm expecting tonight.  It'll be nice, he's a talented musician, but he's never recaptured what he had with The Police or those first two solo albums.  Just my opinion of course.

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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #38140 on: October 19, 2024, 08:50:39 AM »
"Courage; Generosity; Fairness; Honor; In these are the true awards of manly sport."

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« Reply #38141 on: October 19, 2024, 08:59:35 AM »
I make about half of that and then a 3rd of that gets frozen
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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #38143 on: October 19, 2024, 10:03:42 AM »
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« Reply #38144 on: October 19, 2024, 10:05:37 AM »
story on msn.com

that's shocking
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« Reply #38145 on: October 19, 2024, 10:05:52 AM »
You mean the debate fact checkers were wrong?

why—that is shocking.  😂
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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #38146 on: October 19, 2024, 10:14:01 AM »
Trump Is Wrong. Crime Isn’t Just an Urban Problem. | US News Opinion


I would not agree that crime is "soaring".  The FBI figures wobble depending, up a bit, down a bit, it's not a significant shift.  It's also interesting that the adjustment was not reported in any media outlet not considered right wing.

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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #38147 on: October 19, 2024, 10:17:51 AM »
Trump is wrong a LOT - that's not news

the FBI revising stats might be news worthy
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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #38148 on: October 19, 2024, 10:19:05 AM »
Trump Is Wrong. Crime Isn’t Just an Urban Problem. | US News Opinion


I would not agree that crime is "soaring".  The FBI figures wobble depending, up a bit, down a bit, it's not a significant shift.  It's also interesting that the adjustment was not reported in any media outlet not considered right wing.
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« Reply #38149 on: October 19, 2024, 10:22:25 AM »
Trump Is Wrong. Crime Isn’t Just an Urban Problem. | US News Opinion


I would not agree that crime is "soaring".  The FBI figures wobble depending, up a bit, down a bit, it's not a significant shift.  It's also interesting that the adjustment was not reported in any media outlet not considered right wing.
??

The revision is a soaring 6.6 percent swing.

A 4.5 percent increase is soaring.

And that is only based on what is reported.

Do you think Chicago, New York, etc. report every crime to the FBI?
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