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A space that says it is the market place of ideas (free speech) and runs it like that has full protection of US law against lawsuits. When they start moderating content, that's when the US law no longer applies, Section 230 that is. Essentially you are correct. But if you believed Twitter and were erased because your content did not fit with their ideology, you would think that Twitter abridged your free speech rights. Twitter quit being a marketplace of ideas years ago. mspart

Did you read the article? Here is what it says. Former President Trump’s ex-national security adviser said the Russians appeared committed to releasing Paul Whelan and another imprisoned American to improve relations between Washington and Moscow following a meeting in October 2020. Robert O’Brien, former national security adviser under Trump, told The Hill that the Russians reneged on the deal that would have freed Whelan and Trevor Reed after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election. “Once we lost the election, the Russians lost all interest” in talking with the Trump administration, O’Brien said. ...O’Brien said that he felt he secured a commitment from Russian National Security Adviser Nikolai Patrushev to release Whelan and Reed, a former U.S. Marine arrested in Russia about a half-year after Whelan, in exchange for scheduling summits between Washington and Moscow that the Kremlin sought. Patrushev had met with O’Brien in early October 2020 in Geneva, but O’Brien said there was no discussion of a prisoner swap or the release of Bout. Without getting into the details, there were further summit meetings the Russians wanted to have that would have required improvement in relations,” O’Brien said. “And my position was, if you want to improve relations with us, you cannot keep Whelan and Reed.” It doesn't sound like Trump was played. Trump was playing them and had them just about to release Whelan and Reed for no prisoner swap, just some meetings. Once Biden was elected, they only wanted to talk to Biden, why you wonder. Well they knew they could play Biden and make him look the fool, which they did. And they still have Whelan. mspart

Someone wrote somewhere that there is no containment issues. Yeah right. Radioactivity won't leak out but temperatures of the sun will. mspart

Nobody sounds like the Almans back when!! mspart

Back to the subject, I don't see a lot of excitement for Trump. I'm not excited about it. The D's should be overjoyed he is running. He's the foil they need. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/16/texas-republicans-donald-trump/ mspart

What he says. mspart

Where is the ad revenue in that? I'm sure there is some self serving uses for him but is it just possible that it will open up the site to more speech? We used to say something to the effect that I may not like what you say, but I will fight to keep your right to say it. Something like that. Is that what we see today? I don't think so. Twitter is a private company. They can regulate speech if they want like people have said here. But they also want to say they are a free marketplace of ideas which is protected by federal law. When they are no longer a free marketplace of ideas, that protection should likewise go away. mspart

My dad was in his thermodynamics class in college when nuclear energy was first happening. His teacher was distraught because that would mean steam would not long be in the equation. Well, he found out the heat from the fission reaction heated up the water and made steam and he was vindicated. Will fusion take the same path? Still use water to drive a turbine? Fusing two Hydrogen atoms together releases a heck of a lot of energy in the form of heat. It is carbon neutral but produces Helium. Will that be a new contaminate that we will have to mitigate? How to control the amount of heat produced will be the real turning point. In order to start off a fusion reaction, you have to introduce a lot of energy (hence the use of lasers), but once it gets going, how do you control it. Feed in a few hydrogen atoms at a time? They are pretty small and tough to meter out just so. I think this is a great advancement for us, but will it replace the energy source for trains, ships, and trucks? Certainly it can replace the sources of energy we use to make electricity, but electricity is not that efficient or effective for transportation of a truck or train. Unless we run electric in all the roads so we have endless driving, similar to trolleys and electric buses with the electric lines overhead. If we have Mr. Fusion, then that might just work. mspart

We've been here before. mspart

Steveson should finish his degree, but not necessarily wrestle for MN. He is with Pro Wrestling now and can make money and go to school. Or he could go to school and wrestle and get hurt and end up with no WWE career. I think he stays with WWE. But honestly, I don't see someone in wrestling aspiring to be in WWE. I just don't see it and yes I know about Angle. I was really surprised by Steveson's decision. I can see MMA, but WWE, I just don't understand the attraction. Money of course, but competition, not really. mspart

I'm happy to hear that Mike. The post was aimed at BB. mspart

And that has been debunked and is fake news. And you know it but insist on putting it out there. The facts have been provided to show that it was Hillary that spread that news with the Steele Dossier, which has been debunked a long time ago. Tough to let go of things. Yeah, you and your "real news" sources. The impeachment of Trump was weak and failed and the Mueller investigation found nothing, and the FBI knew the Dossier was fake and still used it as evidence that they needed a FISA warrant to spy on US citizens. Interesting that you are ok with spreading such fake news like it was real news and interesting that you apparently support illegally obtained FISA warrants to spy on US citizens. mspart

For some reason this can unlock my phone. mspart

I once saw a video of Zappa playing the bicycle on an old talk show. He was clean cut and odd. Stayed odd, that's for sure. I really liked his Apostrophe album. mspart

But those on the left don't see a problem with it? Remember the stunning silence on the left when this was brought to light? I guess they figured Hillary needed all the help she could get. And it still didn't work. mspart

Back in the 80's it was just getting real popular and now and was entertaining. Now I agree, it is but a clown show. Was then too but with more charisma. mspart

I think it would be great to have UW Huskies and WSU Cougars to have wrestling again. For UW, they dropped it in 1979 I believe. I was a junior in HS then and I remember not believing it. We had an older guy that graduated from my HS (and wrestled for UW) come back to the HS and be an asst coach. I thought he was pretty cool. I saw him a few years ago as his son was doing pretty well. But his son was a jerk on and off the mat. I went over to talk to his dad and it was apparent the apple did not fall far from the tree. Lost any respect I had for him. But that's another story. I'd love for WA to get some NCAA-1 wrestling going. mspart

Hi GWN, I'll be reasonable. 1. Inflation was probably coming based on the last bailout of the previous administration. Biden put gas on that fire by his reckless spending efforts and essentially telling petroleum companies their business was not going to be supported. He single handedly reduced oil production by his 1st day in office edict, his then declaration that there would be no more drilling, and his recent reiteration of no new drilling. 2. Afghanistan evacuation - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/28/top-generals-afghanistan-withdrawal-congress-hearing-514491 Top generals contradict Biden, say they urged him not to withdraw from Afghanistan Gen. Frank McKenzie said that he recommended maintaining a small force of 2,500 troops in Afghanistan earlier this year. Top generals told lawmakers under oath on Tuesday that they advised President Joe Biden early this year to keep several thousand troops in Afghanistan — directly contradicting the president’s comments in August that no one warned him not to withdraw troops from the country. The remarkable testimony pits top military brass against the commander-in-chief as the Biden administration continues to face tough questions about what critics are calling a botched withdrawal that directly led to the deaths of 13 American service members, scenes of chaos at the Kabul airport, and the abandonment of American citizens and at-risk Afghans in the war-torn country... Biden wanted to get troops out of Afghanistan so badly that he went against his military's recommendations. The military perhaps did the best they could in a crappy situation that Biden handed them. Hundreds of millions of dollars of munitions left and fell into Taliban hands. Thousands of people that did not get evacuated as they should have for helping the US effort there. 13 soldiers needlessly killed due to the frantic manner in which this was done. 100% on Biden. 3. Yes the border has been a problem for quite some time, since before Reagan. No one does anythign about it mostly because D's don't want anything changed. To Trump's credit, he did something about it. He slowed down the on rush dramatically. Compared to now, he had it in drip mode. Now it is in fireshose mode with more illegal immigration coming each month than we had in years past. And with the coming of Title 42 being ignored, it will open the floodgates even more. https://news.yahoo.com/bidens-title-42-revocation-borders-100109463.html Biden's Title 42 revocation borders on political malpractice W. James Antle III, Columnist April 14, 2022 The first migrants arrived in Washington, D.C., on buses sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to protest the Biden administration's handling of the southwest border. The stunt achieved this much: the Border Patrol is going to stop releasing migrants into the Texas community that called for Abbott's help — for now. But the agency has already reported encountering 1 million illegal border crossers in the first six months of the current fiscal year. That's on track to exceed the more than 1.7 million recorded the entire previous fiscal year. Now the administration is lifting former President Donald Trump's invocation of Title 42, which denied migrants entry on public health grounds during the pandemic. "We have every expectation that when [Title 42 is lifted], there will be an influx of people to the border," White House communications director Kate Bedingfield told reporters last month. Homeland Security officials are preparing for 18,000 encounters a day. The New York Times further noted, "Democrats do not want the southwest border to appear out of control in the months ahead of the midterm elections, which would fuel more Republican attacks on the Biden administration's border policies." That ship has sailed. The border has been a mess for the entirety of Joe Biden's presidency, even if the White House has sought to avoid the word "crisis." Some of Biden's lowest job approval ratings concern his handling of immigration. Voters overwhelmingly oppose this Title 42 change specifically. So with this, is it still not Biden's issue? You must say you see no daylight when outside at noon to be able to ignore this reality. On each of these, Biden poured gas on the situation to make a bad situation infinitely worse. That is fact via the legislation he has had pass, by the ignoring of officials in his administration who knew better than him, and by his order that the border be opened. Sure, the border is under control. There are no controls by design so the border is therefore under control. Tell that to the kids' parents whose loved ones died from fentanyl, tell that to the tots in coyote and drug smugglers hands who are sold into sexual slavery. If you won't listen to that, listen to the Border Patrol Chief. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-patrol-chief-says-border-crisis-caused-bidens-no-consequences-policies-illegal-migrants Border Patrol chief says border crisis a result of Biden's 'no consequences' policy for illegal migrants Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said under oath that President Biden's border policies have "no consequences" for illegal migrants traveling into the U.S. and are to blame for the unprecedented surge at the border and release of hundreds of thousands into the interior of the country. Fox News Digital first obtained a video of Ortiz's assertions, which came during a recorded deposition from July 28 as part of discovery in a lawsuit by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody against the Department of Homeland Security and other border agencies. Ortiz, who has more than 31 years of experience in law enforcement, told attorneys representing Florida that he believes migration will increase at an exponential rate at the southern border because there are no "consequences" in place to curb the tide of migrants flooding into the U.S. "So, if migrant populations believe that they're going … there are not going to be consequences, more of them will come to the border. Is that what you're saying?" questioned the attorney. Ortiz responded: "There is an assumption that if migrant populations are told that there is a potential that they may be released, that, yes, you can see increases." "So, it will increase at an exponential rate. Is that what is being suggested here?" continued the attorney. "Well, I do think it will increase, yeah," responded Ortiz. In addition, the attorney pressed Ortiz, asking, "Since President Biden was elected, does this document indicate that aliens illegally entering the United States perceive that they will be able to enter and remain in the United States?" "Yes," he told the lawyers while under oath. I think I am being quite reasonable here. Like I said, we all have our own opinions. But what are those opinions based on is the question. Facts and data? Political ideology? I have provided some facts and data. You might dispute them. But they are there on the record. mspart

It looks like PDIII needs to do some real basic training before he fights again. mspart

I got nothing here honestly. mspart

Thanks for the info Mike! mspart

Section 230 allows social media to not censor content, they cannot be sued. If they censor content, then they are a publisher of content and then are liable to those laws. Social media has shown they want to censor content and stay applicable to section 230. They want it both ways. Sooner or later that will end. They would do well not to censor content other than illegal stuff like child pornography etc. mspart

BB, you just want to put people in buckets. But there are no real buckets. All Black people do not think alike. All Asians do not think alike. All gays do not think alike. All whites do not think alike. All Ds do not think alike. All Rs do not think alike. All posters on a wrestling chat board don't think alike. The real racial antipathy is putting minorities in buckets and saying they are all the same and all need the same help. That is pure racism. Regarding equality, no one that I know is against equal opportunity. Very few people that I know are actually for equal results. If you are for equity, why aren't you for everyone being a congressperson that wants to be? Why are elections held? So we can hopefully discern who is best for that role. You practice inequity whenever you vote sir. You practice inequity whenever you buy this cereal over that cereal. You practice inequity whenever you have the plumber to fix something and not call some other plumber. You practice inequity all the time and probably never stop to think about it. mspart

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viktor-bout-capturing-the-merchant-of-death/ November 18, 2010 / 3:56 PM / CBS Rarely does the U.S. government want anyone more than it wanted Viktor Bout, known as the "Merchant of Death." U.S. government officials say Bout became the world's most notorious arms dealer by fueling civil wars around the world. Courted by drug lords and dictators, the U.S. saw him as a threat because of his ability to arm terrorists targeting the United States. A former Russian military officer, Bout has been protected by powerful friends, and long considered simply untouchable by law enforcement. But three years ago the DEA devised a bold undercover operation to capture him. This past week they brought him to New York to face terrorism charges. Now, those at the heart of "Operation Relentless" - a sting that spanned three continents - tell the story behind it for the first time. The result: Bout spent the last two and a half years in a Bangkok prison, before finally being extradited to New York. Now, those at the heart of the stunning sting - one that eventually spanned three continents - tell the story behind it for the first time. "Viktor Bout in my eyes is one of the most dangerous men on the face of the Earth," Michael Braun, the former chief of operations for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, told correspondent Armen Keteyian. Braun told "60 Minutes" Bout first "exploded" on the scene in war-torn West Africa in the late 1980s, elevating bloody conflicts from machetes and single shot rifles to military grade assault rifles. "AK-47s not by the thousands but by the tens of thousands," Braun explained. "So he weaponizes civil war in Africa," Keteyian remarked. "He transformed these young adolescent warriors into insidious, mindless, maniacally driven killing machines that operated with assembly line efficiencies," Braun said. Now 43, Bout, from Tajikistan (formerly a Soviet republic), is a mystery man who reportedly served in the Soviet Air Force and intelligence service. The U.S. has indicted him on four terror-related charges, including "conspiracy to kill Americans." Asked what makes Bout a threat to the United States, Braun said, "He is a shadow facilitator. He's arming not only designated terrorist groups, insurgent groups, but he's also arming very powerful drug trafficking cartels around the globe."... Seems a bit more than your garden variety arms dealer. mspart

At least you can trust that they are fake news. They are open and out front with it as opposed to other outlets. Plus they make some good funnies. mspart