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Like I said, I don't think Trump will be the nominee, and I don't think he will win if he is. Trump is damaged goods. He will not bring in the Independents who I think have had enough of the circus. Trump as a person was probably responsible for 50% of the circus, but the D's in Congress and the media fomented the other 50%. Media wants him to run for sure, money in their pockets. But I don't think anyone will take him seriously as a candidate again, enough to have him win. I think he ran last time as a joke that catapulted him to the WH. Even Jesse Ventura didn't run for re-election as it just wasn't fun anymore. mspart

What specifically is this 30 percenters you speak of? mspart

I was too young to appreciate the Allmans when they were doing their thing with Duane. What work of Duane's I've heard, I would have to say he went away much too young and had so much more to offer. He was a brilliant guitar player. His work is so melodic and fits into whatever anyone else is playing. So my appreciation has grown over time. What awesome gigs to have gone to. mspart

Ah Maxwell's equations! mspart

It's only real if someone is willing to give you cold hard cash for it. Curious why he was arrested a day or two before he was to testify before Congress. He should be Madoff's cell mate. They could glory in the great times they had. mspart

Melts dirt!! mspart

Mike, Your suspicions are noted. My suspicion is they knew they could play Biden hard. It was not difficult to see this with his inability to communicate clearly, his visible frailness, and with who he surrounded himself with, lightweight lefties. Trump had actual sanctions on Russia that makes the statement they supported Trump a head scratcher. That's what the trade was, to come to end the sanctions in exchange for Whelan and Reed. Trump was playing hardball. Biden released the sanctions on Russia as one of the first things he did in office. What you are saying is they liked Trump because he placed hard sanctions on them. Makes no sense. mspart

Maybe. With over 30 years of IRS audits, I don't hold much hope for that. But I think public opinion won't allow his candidacy to move forward to completion. mspart

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