So...How's it going?

[Pyrate Jim]

You seem to be awfully invested in these pretty lights in the sky. However, you fail to appreciate the humor.
I put up #18 because my sister was unpacking Xmas gifts for her grandkids. I heard an odd noise and asked "What was that?" and she answered she was testing a toy before gift wrapping.
Made as much sense as the first 17 on your list. The whole "alien invasion black flag scenario" conspiracy theory has been around for years. Germinated in Roswell and nurtured by Hollywood, it may be finally bearing fruit.
You know, testing it before giving it to the kids.

You just keep being distracted and ignore what's going on around the globe. Tornado in California, devasting cyclone in France, weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, unprecedented tectonic activity globally.
That last one could be important.
Local politics may have more immediate effects with Trump winning the Election.
Can you connect dots?

[Nobody]

You seem to be awfully invested in these pretty lights in the sky. However, you fail to appreciate the humor.
I put up #18 because my sister was unpacking Xmas gifts for her grandkids. I heard an odd noise and asked "What was that?" and she answered she was testing a toy before gift wrapping.
Made as much sense as the first 17 on your list. The whole "alien invasion black flag scenario" conspiracy theory has been around for years. Germinated in Roswell and nurtured by Hollywood, it may be finally bearing fruit.
You know, testing it before giving it to the kids.

You just keep being distracted and ignore what's going on around the globe. Tornado in California, devasting cyclone in France, weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, unprecedented tectonic activity globally.
That last one could be important.
Local politics may have more immediate effects with Trump winning the Election.
Can you connect dots?

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't bring up the topic, nor care to understand that you are trying to make a joke without the necessary emojis. But, when you start a topic about one thing, it is bad faith to then bring up something totally not related to that topic. You could call it flip flopping, as you are playing the bad town crier. Forums, or even topic threads generally are about one topic, so forgive me when don't get your tone, cannot see your smirk or even understand why you are bringing it up in a topic about politics, in general. But now you wish to go down the conspiracy rabbit hole about Roswell?

Now the weather, that is interesting, but global warming is just a myth brought up by liberals who wish to waste time, money and resources that ultimately doesn't effect anything. As Tuna loves to say, "man can't change the environment ". So the ongoing wildfires in California play no part in anything. Nor does the effects of over fishing and the ongoing death of the coral reefs. While these topics or topic as a whole is very progressive from someone of your political bent, the left has been well aware of these things for 30+ years.

Though all roads must or have to lead to trump, I don't see your unifying theory. The democrats lost the election on 3 fronts.
1) as it always has, it will always be: messaging. The message was fine, but not how they got it out there. They started on simple messaging early on, nailed that down and it stuck, but around the DNC, they shifted that messaging. They tried to cover all the bases and started to loose the people.
2) in the end of the campaign, they wanted to attract all those ex-republcans or disenfranchised reps, and forgot who and what the base was. Even though they wouldn't consciously leave there base, it looked like they were(even though most known dems in major politics are center left). So optics made it look like they were being abandoned.
3) and this ties together with the above 2, is that the campaign managers were listening to the looses, i.e. the people who ran Hilary's 2016 campaign and shifted the optics of where Harris' campaign was to were it ended up. They put Tim Walz in a suit and tie and took him away from his comfort zone, and made Harris, herself from a prosecutor to be the next coming of Obama. So they really shot themselves in the foot and lost.

4) and this one is iffy, the people who made the wrong decisions in the Harris/Walz campaign have not come to realize that they screwed up. This fact extends to the uninformed and uncaring about politics groups that didn't pay attention, that were left to their own devices to find them instead of the campaign going to them. So this lost them a huge majority of the voting base, which lost them that historic vote total by Biden in 2020, to a plurality loss in the popular vote to trump.

So it has no real effect of trump winning the Election from local politics, as incumbent globally took a hit if not lost. Trump is the effect, not the cause.

[Pyrate Jim]

Wow. You're funny.
It's correct you did not bring up this topic. Nor were you invited. You take part in this discussion under your own volition. I Thank you.
But to throw shade just because the format doesn't adhere to your notions of propriety? "Bad faith, flip-flopping, bad town crier"? Read the thread title and tell me any post that deviated from that topic description.
You don't get the joke and tell me to use emojis? You admit you didn't bring up this thread, but want to tell me, the OP, how it should be after 43 pages of responses? Nearly two years of discussion?
Yes, the whole thing could disappear with a keystroke. Is that what you want? Would that be fair to all the members that have watched and possibly enjoyed this thread?
This place is not about just you and your myopic beliefs. Although they are entertaining.

I never mentioned Roswell, nor used the term "global warming". I expressed concern particularly related to tectonics globally.
Your little bullet points defending the loss of the last election are mere finger-pointing, classic "someone else's fault" syndrome. Makes little difference after the fact.
That last "no real effect of trump winning the Election from local politics, as incumbent globally took a hit if not lost. Trump is the effect, not the cause" sentence really needs an emoji. A word salad worthy of a Harris interview.

But you say nothing about Trump's cabinet picks, nor the SEC investigations popping up against them. You're silent when the Russian Rouble is trading at $0.006 on the dollar, Chinese Yuan are collapsing, even the Japanese Yen is falling.
Not a peep out of you while both the National Debt and Deficit spiral up out of control.

Situations change, especially on a global platform. And can change rapidly, depending on your time scale.
So, if subjects change according to situational changes, who are you to complain?

Is this where I put an emogi?

[Nobody]

Wow. You're funny.
It's correct you did not bring up this topic. Nor were you invited. You take part in this discussion under your own volition. I Thank you.

I don't bring up politics, as that is a a frowned upon topic, but because the remain mods here allow it, it continues, with great bias.

But to throw shade just because the format doesn't adhere to your notions of propriety? "Bad faith, flip-flopping, bad town crier"? Read the thread title and tell me any post that deviated from that topic description.

It is not the title but how you continue within it. You change topics bringing up many things that no one asked for, and then when challenged, you change again. And when you yourself are inviting someone to bring up subjects that have no point to even the last post, how is that not flip-flopping? How can you go from even talking about US politics to global ones without even a connector to open up that discussion.

You don't get the joke and tell me to use emojis? You admit you didn't bring up this thread, but want to tell me, the OP, how it should be after 43 pages of responses? Nearly two years of discussion?

As one person who swims in the sea of sarcasm, yes. I don't get upset if someone gets the joke, unlike yourself. If you wish, send me your address, and I will get you some preparation H for your butthurt problems.

But also don't think that you or really anyone here likes this post. And just because it has lasted so long, doesn't mean that it has merit to the betterment of the public. Those are illusions of grandeur.

Yes, the whole thing could disappear with a keystroke. Is that what you want? Would that be fair to all the members that have watched and possibly enjoyed this thread?
This place is not about just you and your myopic beliefs. Although they are entertaining.

I would be immensely happy of this post was ended and all this political talk goes to where it should be held, facebook. As if it was enjoyed by anyone, then more people would actually join in. Again, don't confuse longevity with popularity.

I never mentioned Roswell, nor used the term "global warming". I expressed concern particularly related to tectonics globally.

You actually did mention Roswell.

Made as much sense as the first 17 on your list. The whole "alien invasion black flag scenario" conspiracy theory has been around for years. Germinated in Roswell and nurtured by Hollywood, it may be finally bearing fruit.

So maybe either review what you said or don't go flying off the handle there. You may hurt yourself, especially qt your age.

Your little bullet points defending the loss of the last election are mere finger-pointing, classic "someone else's fault" syndrome. Makes little difference after the fact.

My assessment is just an opinion. Though I believe that I am correct, I seemed to have lost the phone number of the DNC, so I can't tell them how to correct this. But also, I didn't run any of it, so all I can do is point a finger, and mostly it is to the people that don't wish to believe that they didn't do anything wrong. They made the decisions and they lost, so pointing the finger at them instead of anywhere else is exactly what I should do.

That last "no real effect of trump winning the Election from local politics, as incumbent globally took a hit if not lost. Trump is the effect, not the cause" sentence really needs an emoji. A word salad worthy of a Harris interview.

Seriously, how is that a word salad? I know you are bathed in foxnews rhetoric, so is this the fact that you cannot read a proper sentence anymore?

But you say nothing about Trump's cabinet picks, nor the SEC investigations popping up against them. You're silent when the Russian Rouble is trading at $0.006 on the dollar, Chinese Yuan are collapsing, even the Japanese Yen is falling.

Not a peep out of you while both the National Debt and Deficit spiral up out of control.

In just about every post, it is a reaction/correction to what someone else posts. Fixing what is wrong. I don't see this post as anything where I need to declare anything. As, when I do post up something factual, it gets mysteriously deleted. So it is far easier and better if I just stay here.

But here is the rub. Remember when you mentioned India's election and I answered? So that would indicate that just because I didn't post it, I was able to answer it. So it has no bearing on if I did or didn't post it. But if you want, all of trump's picks are laughable. He is literally picking them off the TV. There is no rhyme or reason and actual experience plays no part in this.

The national debt, well if the GOP would stop halting the democrats from actually governing and collecting money for the expenditures, then the debt would go down. Inflation is global, and though the US is better off than most of the world, that idea that we and the globe are not, so Inflation is still there. Economics and inflation are not something that you can see an immediate change. Hence why Trump during his 1st term road the economy of Obama right into Covid. Biden then turned it around but the effects of covid are still on the minds and to a point not been fixed, and it is still there, especially globally. Sprinkle in the longstanding effects of the Russia-Ukrainian war, and things are not normal, to say the least.

Situations change, especially on a global platform. And can change rapidly, depending on your time scale.
So, if subjects change according to situational changes, who are you to complain?

Is this where I put an emogi?

I have an opinion but I also know that my opinion is just that, another drop in the sea. If I am correct, I can assure others that a bad situation isn't and if I am wrong, just the opposite. In the end, all I can really do is place my hands on my arse and make sure it's covered.

[going_home]

Hi guys.

Everyone ok ?

[Pyrate Jim]

Hi guys.

Everyone ok ?

Just doing the best I can. Been a tough year.

[going_home]

Just doing the best I can. Been a tough year.

True, $20k to clean up the oak trees from the property after hurricane Milton, not to mention the $4800 to fix the well after the tree fell on it.

https://imgur.com/OOpnKit

[maniacmechanic]

True, $20k to clean up the oak trees from the property after hurricane Milton, not to mention the $4800 to fix the well after the tree fell on it.


https://imgur.com/OOpnKit

Get any of that FEMA help ( LOL ) ,, Glad it was just property damage
Have a Nice Christmas !!

[Tunaman]

Merry Christmas to all! Even you Doug!

[going_home]

Get any of that FEMA help ( LOL ) ,, Glad it was just property damage
Have a Nice Christmas !!

Not worth the hassle and government intrusion FOR $750 dollars....

Merry Christmas everyone !

[Pyrate Jim]

Merry Christmas and a happy hanukkah to you and those you love.

[going_home]

https://thehill.com/opinion/congress...squalification

What are the odds that they will try this ?

Nothing surprises me anymore.....

[Nobody]

https://thehill.com/opinion/congress...squalification

What are the odds that they will try this ?

Nothing surprises me anymore.....

Oh tell me about it. It's like someone would conjure up lies about how the election was stolen, and gin up everything but actual evidence supporting those claims, just because they were a sore loser. So anything is possible, and since this is part of the constitution, I guess it has merit. It would be even funnier if this came from the Jewish space laser lady.

[going_home]

Oh tell me about it. It's like someone would conjure up lies about how the election was stolen, and gin up everything but actual evidence supporting those claims, just because they were a sore loser. So anything is possible, and since this is part of the constitution, I guess it has merit. It would be even funnier if this came from the Jewish space laser lady.

The 2024 election results have proved that there is no way Biden got 80 million votes in 2020, and thus proves 2020 was rigged/stolen.

And another thing, when Bidens proxies started incarcerating, and going after the loudest of the 2020 stolen election proponents, with the full force of the the government, clear thinking Americans saw the truth of the bananna republic-esc 2020 rigged/stolen election.

It was pretty obvious what happened how in most all the lawsuits, plaintiffs werent even allowed to show evidence.

Americans were paying attention in 2020, and thats what brought on 2024.

[Pyrate Jim]

I hope some Americans are paying attention beyond our own borders.

I mean, impeach two Presidents in two weeks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pCl2xfUMDo

France just ousted their P.M.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cazzxXmNcL4

Germany dissolves lower Parliament.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPFEBeYtjQg

Obviously, we are reaching a global cusp. Hopefully, each County will achieve their own solution. The situation here in the US may be bad, but not insurmountable.
Time passes, things change, the pendulum swings.
Take a man from 1924 and transport him to 2024. I doubt he would recognize this Country.
100 years from now, I doubt you or I would recognize it. It's all relative.

Of course it's all relative to NOW.