jross

What is the risk to the newspaper owner(s) for publishing defamation and/or false light? Did anyone at the newspaper get into trouble? Did the Biden family file a lawsuit?

I agree that we would not get the truth from Trump. However, I'll add that some theories seem probable and cannot be proven or disproven.

Is it acceptable for a particular group of people to suppress views they disagree with and amplify views they prefer? Many adults who believe that Twitter is a large digital public square are appalled by the one-sided bias of Twitter employees and the U.S. government. Twitter was a publicly owned company that lied about censorship and shadow-banning behavior in public blogs and congressional testimony. This rubs me the wrong way. The laptop story is probably a true narrative and another Biden embarrassment. Biden is a failed father (IMO), a seasoned pathological liar (fact), corrupt (fact), and handsy/creepy (IMO). Given what Tony Bobulinski and James Gilliar stated, in collaboration with Hunter's emails, it is probable that Joe Biden is the 'big guy' with the 10% payout. Conflict of interest? Here is the email in question - https://bidenlaptopemails.com/biden-emails/email.php?id=20170513-064828_477. Wasn't there enough time for at least one paper to vet before publishing the news? What had the FBI done with the laptop given to them before it was given to the press? What is the FBI doing with the laptop investigation now? Why did the FBI influence the larger media to lie in the laptop news before and after it was released? People like Sam Harris are on record as not caring if Biden was comatose, children kept in the basement, etc. Take any citizen in the U.S., and they would make a better president than Donald Trump. Get Trump out of office at all costs. Is it possible that Biden and Trump are dirty? Must it be an OR statement?

Yes, Trump bears responsibility. Trump lost the election. Whether he felt or was hypothetically cheated, he should have done everything he could to ensure a peaceful transfer. There was probably a lot more to the 2020 election and the events leading to the Jan 6th event than the public will ever know. I'd like to know the truth from more people than Trump.

Running deficits, increasing debt, and blindly approving a budget rubs me the wrong way. I am concerned about the U.S.A. government's fiscal future and how it will affect my kin. Excessive government spending is causing high inflation that has increased the costs of raising my family far faster than my wages have grown. Running an annual national federal deficit is the same as it almost always is; run without a balanced or surplus budget. How will future social services be paid? Will my children provide a better life for their families than I provided them? I want our elected leaders to put on their big boy/girl pants and take better responsibility and accountability for finance management.

Can you spot the abstractions in this? Someone trained in word semantics will recognize a bunch of blabs like this Which America are we talking about? Government? Citizens? What is meant by arsenal? What is the definition of democracy here? What is meant by Ukraine's survival? Who is the public, and how is the visit meant to be a rebuke? These are nonsense words that drive emotion. What objects/things/referents does each abstract concept apply to? How can the average reader understand what the author wants to say?

Follow up from candid comments. Dude roughly says yes the Biden censorship was an open conspiracy for the good of the mankind. Such nonsense.

Whiskey and some books The Tyranny of Words by Stuart Chase (1938) Range by David Epstein (2019) Funky by Ben Askren (2022)

The tyranny of words illustrates miscommunication across Primitives Pioneers Logicians Philosophers Economists Scientists Mathematicians Judges Statesmen One can find the book online at https://archive.org/stream/B-001-003-912/The-Tyranny-of-Words_djvu.txt

My wife asked yesterday what this book was about. Me: "The food we eat will rot our teeth." Her: "You are an idiot." Me: "What picture comes to mind when you think about food?" Her: "Turkey. Thanksgiving Smoked Turkey." Me: "You idiot. I was thinking about freshly baked German chocolate cake with pecan icing, cookies, and other desserts." Her: "Dessert is not food." Me: "That is a harmless example of The Tyranny of Words." Her: "Hey kids. What picture comes to mind when you think about food?" [trying to make the case against dessert as food ] We miscommunicate when using abstract words like "food." The audience and speaker have different interpretations and cannot understand each other. We should be on guard when marketing, news, and politics speak abstractly. The conversation is meaningless when we cannot identify the specific object referred to. We should select words for accurate, specific, complete, and readily understood communication. Another Tyranny of Words example can be found in the Monty Python "Holy Grail" film to determine "the lady is a witch!" So logically... therefore... a witch. We shall use the largest scales.

Given that our life experiences differ, our interpretations of words for high-order abstractions differ, and related discussion is meaningless. You will receive ten different answers from ten different people about what pictures come to mind when they hear the terms wokeism, fascism, capitalism, liberty, idealism, and so on. This explains why what we hear is what we prefer to hear, which is that the other is an imbecile, a malcontent, an enemy to the country, and otherwise no good person. Time is saved to reach meaningful conversations on high-order abstractions by starting with things to which one can point, simple things with simple words, ascending the abstraction ladder gingerly, and pausing for frequent checks. The Tyranny of Words was a Christmas present this year. I have read half the book and find it impressive how relevant the material is for discussion today. There are more than two movies playing simultaneously in the same theatre.

Merry Christmas to all in the style of @Wrestleknownothing /imagine santa clause wrestling elves in a swimming pool Navigate to Discord Midjourney - https://discord.com/invite/midjourney

The international and college forums are on my local hard drive currently (1GB). It will take more time and energy than desired to publish in navigational form. I'll see about posting zips on a cloud share after Christmas with notes on interacting with it. Will share the other forums if I have them.

Yes and we both think the other largely provides weak evidence.

It's Eddie Vedder's birthday, according to Twitter trends. I switched on the Vedder tunes and heard 'Man of the hour' from The Big Fish. Excellent movie, by the way. Listen to the song and be grateful for your parents.

LastPass users will want to read this security incident. An attacker was able to collect information about LP users but is unable to do much with it unless they crack your master password. If you are following best practices, your account should be safe. https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/12/notice-of-recent-security-incident/

If you missed it, the late senator posted content from my account. That was his work saying, 'hello jross!'

Scott Adams is a smart man that is left of Bernie and Libertarian on social issues. These are interesting takes.

...deflection You are smart. You have a successful daughter wrestler. My daughter is just getting into the sport as a sophomore in high school. We both love wrestling. I have a different perspective than you on non-wrestling topics. I am trying to talk with you so that I can understand and learn a different perspective on non-wrestling topics. I also wish to share my perspective and perhaps you would understand and learn as well. It is difficult to understand and learn in conversations like this one: JR: Statement "Biden lies" Responsible response: "Yes Biden lies" or "No Biden does not lie" or "Yes, but he has these good qualities" ... MP: Attack JR "Okay little buddy" MP: Divert attention from Biden to Trump "veracity statements article link."

That moron Moran from Kansas voted for the 1.7T.

I don't see these lawsuits going anywhere under the current law. The law will change.

Spit some fire! Five words. "Montreal Screwjob" (1997 wrestling event) 2009 St. Louis NCAA Meltdown Greco, more dignified than freestyle

Here are a few. https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/lbpggnrqqpq/trump-twitter-opening-brief-2022-11-14.pdf https://libertycenter.org/cases/ohandley-v-padilla/ https://vashiva.com/first-amendment-twitter-galvin-lawsuit/#Ayyadurai-v-Twitter-Et-Al https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/9/22661626/texas-social-media-law-hb-20-signed-greg-abbott There are more.

It is never too late to change that deflection behavior if you want to put in the effort.