Husker_Du

again, not going round and round with you. you're more focused on personal barbs than you are about the topic at hand, which, in this thread is 'merit'. frankly, i have no idea what you're talking about. re-read the thread maybe.

i haven't banned anyone, and certainly not Mike. LJB was, to my understanding, given a temporary ban for posting something obscene. @BobDole knows more. i'm not a big fan of banning or censoring anyone or any topic but when it occurs, feel free to ask why.

this is a notable one, and immediately goes in to my lexicon

i have no idea what you are trying to say, lol. kids register via USAW. sure. Flo then took the reg list and posted it in an article, which is what i linked.

the answer to that question is 'the river'

want what here? speculation? rumors? who's hurt by it? i'm not suggesting wild and inaccurate crap runs rampant but... if it ain't true, it ain't true, and we'll find out. but i guarantee there's some truth here.

DC's mayor smoked crack the entire time he was in office. so there's that.

appreciate you Vak. and all of you for the debate and sharing ideas. i believe whether we agree or not, it makes us better people. i certainly understand my tone often comes off as if i'm angry, but i assure you i'm pretty calm and secure lol. anyway - i love all the conversations on here and am thankful for them.

Rasta, care to give the cliff notes? i honestly don't know much about him and don't know how i feel about him.

cry me a river. you've said several condescending things. i'm about the happiest person in the world. and now you're backpedalling

of course it's not about me. it's about politicizing a SC Judge. but you moved right past that, huh?

everyone that registered via USAW via Flo lol

a loss. in the dual next season, hater.

ffs, chill out. you're not interested in what the rumors are?

idk what this means

the more i think about it, i doubt it would be hunter's. 1) he wouldn't be that stupid and why wouldn't he just keep it on him? there's a clip of him literally doing a zoot while on the white house balcony. so he obviously did have it on him. 2) let's not act like coke use is rare. there was probably numerous people on the sauce that day.

i thought (i could be wrong) that he had a very legitimate claim that Twitter presented X number of users but that b/c of fake accounts/bots that number was a lot lower. seemed legit to me, but idk.

can you expand on this? not sure what you mean

he banned it? as in, you literally can't post it? also, do you know the origins of the word?

There's never been (in my lifetime) unbiased 'news'. there's people who are willing to filter and research the truth, and there are (many more) people who just lap up what their fed. it's cliche, but it's the simple fact

yeah, that's not an accurate picture. but whatever. they were haggling over a price and Musk did what any good businessman would do. that is not to say that the deal was a good investment, but if you're going to buy something you're gonna haggle. it should also be noted that whatever the 'value' of Twitter was and is now, it never made money. i love twitter, but as a product idk that i'd want to own it as there's not really a proven financial model behind it. alternatively, FB makes money hand over fist with paid advertising and selling your data.

uhh, i don't think so. The Elon hatefest occurred exactly at the time he was talking about buying Twitter b/c it was a corrupt leftist mouthpiece and they blocked and censored legit science and information. Elon: I believe in free speech The Left: this can't happen! twitter will become a haven for hate speech and misinformation Two months later: The White House is guilty of pushing and pulling messaging on Twitter don't get it twisted. The schadenfreud for Elon's Twitter had its genesis b/c the left wet their panties over a guy trying to make something less political and more open.

can you tell us what topics you think there is in-fighting regarding among citizens? and you think the problem is 'dopes like me' making a joke on a message board about Ketanji Brown not knowing what a woman is, but not the fact that we just put a Supreme Court Justice on the court that refuses to accept science. I'll say that again - a Supreme Court Justice, whose only job is to follow science and the law, refuses to accept a very basic concept because of the current cultural climate. it's the definition of politicizing a court. but yeah, dopes like me are the problem

i just don't get this at all. beyond all the theatrics and rhetoric, the ONLY thing that truly affects citizens is POLICY. it's quite frankly the only thing you should care about. saying 'it can change every four years' is flippant. tell that to the parents of dead kids of fentanyl. or an entire generation of kids whose development was retarded by absolutely ridiculous covid policy. or the permanent ramifications of both our funds and reputation for being in a grift of a war supporting a crooked govt in Ukraine.