parker1865
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Post by parker1865 on Jan 20, 2021 7:40:05 GMT -8
long before potus reagan. very long before.
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Post by vintagecomics on Jan 20, 2021 8:35:21 GMT -8
I've always said there's something warm and wholesome about a hand written letter. I don't do it as much anymore as I used to but I still do once in a while.
It's a terrific practice, and not in a 'old man yells get off my lawn' or the 'good old days were better' type of way.
There's just something more personal that is lost in an email.
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Post by vintagecomics on Jan 20, 2021 8:45:04 GMT -8
I caught a little bit of the inauguration proceedings on CNN last night and it was just nauseating. 
It was like watching a bad, melodramatic soap opera it was so cringy.
And how many millions of viewers watch that carp and soak it up hook, line and sinker?
I'm not saying Fox is better (I haven't watched Fox since the election was over) but CNN was just an abomination that had nothing to do with news at all. It was more like watching a beauty pageant. Only the Lawrence Welk music was missing. 
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Post by barry on Jan 20, 2021 9:27:34 GMT -8
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Post by vintagecomics on Jan 20, 2021 10:23:34 GMT -8
Exactly. Complete garbage.
If he's such a small man, how did he get to be president while you people are still news anchors on a tabloid site?  |
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Post by vintagecomics on Jan 20, 2021 10:42:09 GMT -8
David and I have talked about this a lot.
China is without a doubt responsible for how the pandemic has affected us. They have and continue to withhold information about the virus and we definitely would not be in the same situation worldwide if they were more forthcoming. Even now, they are hindering investigations in Wuhan.
The Biden briefcase scandal was absolutely buried by the media. Why?
And Trump has been openly opposed to China during his entire tenure and especially during the pandemic. Why?
This is an opinion piece of John Ratcliffe. As director of national intelligence there is no single person with more intel other than the POTUS.
His opinion? China is enemy #1 and is targeting members of congress at a rate that is 12 times Iran and 6 times what Russia is doing. China is influencing public opinion, celebrities, movies - literally everything in an attempt to make USA more favorable to China.
IMO, that's why we are seeing movies now pandering and sympathizing with Chinese ideologies. Good luck finding a new blockbuster that makes China look bad every again.
Here's the article:
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Post by Stu on Jan 20, 2021 12:13:28 GMT -8
I caught a little bit of the inauguration proceedings on CNN last night and it was just nauseating. It was like watching a bad, melodramatic soap opera it was so cringy.
And how many millions of viewers watch that carp and soak it up hook, line and sinker? I'm not saying Fox is better (I haven't watched Fox since the election was over) but CNN was just an abomination that had nothing to do with news at all. It was more like watching a beauty pageant. Only the Lawrence Welk music was missing. One good thing about the pandemic, Biden won't be tempted to lie about how many people were at his inauguration like Trump did last time  |
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Post by Stu on Jan 20, 2021 12:14:48 GMT -8
One week down, one to go until we're rid of Roy  |
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parker1865
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Post by parker1865 on Jan 20, 2021 12:49:27 GMT -8
i enjoyed learning about the jan. lincoln speech in 1963.
i liked mr. brooks.
and i learned mr. brooks is a hugger and a handshaker and will not be admonished by anybody.
i especially enjoyed all the g.i. joe stuff. don't know why it was there, but i enjoyed it.
maybe they can help with opening the seat of government of the u.s., and end the military occupation of the most important city in the world, by taking down all those barriers keeping americans out.
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Post by barry on Jan 20, 2021 14:48:00 GMT -8
David and I have talked about this a lot.
China is without a doubt responsible for how the pandemic has affected us. They have and continue to withhold information about the virus and we definitely would not be in the same situation worldwide if they were more forthcoming. Even now, they are hindering investigations in Wuhan.
The Biden briefcase scandal was absolutely buried by the media. Why?
And Trump has been openly opposed to China during his entire tenure and especially during the pandemic. Why?
This is an opinion piece of John Ratcliffe. As director of national intelligence there is no single person with more intel other than the POTUS.
His opinion? China is enemy #1 and is targeting members of congress at a rate that is 12 times Iran and 6 times what Russia is doing. China is influencing public opinion, celebrities, movies - literally everything in an attempt to make USA more favorable to China.
IMO, that's why we are seeing movies now pandering and sympathizing with Chinese ideologies. Good luck finding a new blockbuster that makes China look bad every again.
Here's the article:
The number one enemy of the US is China. We made the mistake of assuming that a prosperous China would not be a threat and would act like a Western nation. We need to find and develop new manufacturing nations and divert our huge market to them and away from China. Maybe friendly nations in South America? |
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Post by vintagecomics on Jan 20, 2021 16:29:29 GMT -8
In light of the Capitol being stormed, why is the news not talking about the storming of the US Capitol in DC during the Kavanaugh appointment in 2018 and protests in major cities across the US?
More than 300 protesters arrested as Kavanaugh demonstrations pack Capitol Hill
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Post by steveinthecity on Jan 20, 2021 18:50:56 GMT -8
In light of the Capitol being stormed, why is the news not talking about the storming of the US Capitol in DC during the Kavanaugh appointment in 2018 and protests in major cities across the US?
More than 300 protesters arrested as Kavanaugh demonstrations pack Capitol Hill
What is it you want talked about? The links you provided weren’t some obscure news source, or are you suggesting there should have been more clamor(at the time) than what you’re finding online currently? I think the differences here are the location in the first instance was outside the Supreme Court building, and not the Capital itself. The police were able to effectively control the crowd and made arrests at the time. There was no breech of the building, and none of the destructive vandalism(that I recall). The second protest was at a Senate office building(I think there’s 3 or 4 at least) that contains Senate Committee offices, some random number of Senator’s DC offices(I don’t know how many, there’s a few buildings different Senators use), and the protestors were in an area inside the building that is open to the public. Again, the protestors were contained, and not storming through the halls potentially endangering those working inside. Maybe I’m misunderstanding your question, but I’m interested in your getting a reasonable answer. |
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Post by barry on Jan 21, 2021 6:04:14 GMT -8
In light of the Capitol being stormed, why is the news not talking about the storming of the US Capitol in DC during the Kavanaugh appointment in 2018 and protests in major cities across the US?
More than 300 protesters arrested as Kavanaugh demonstrations pack Capitol Hill
It's the double standard. Left wing activists are protestors, right wing activists are rioters. The Left controls the media so it propagandizes. nypost.com/2018/10/01/look-who-was-behind-the-jeff-flake-elevator-setup/Activists evade security, block a senators-only elevator, detain and verbally assault a scared US Senator while CNN cameras roll. The main stream media welcomed them as heroes and victims instead of criminals who need to be prosecuted. |
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Post by Stu on Jan 21, 2021 7:48:35 GMT -8
In light of the Capitol being stormed, why is the news not talking about the storming of the US Capitol in DC during the Kavanaugh appointment in 2018 and protests in major cities across the US? More than 300 protesters arrested as Kavanaugh demonstrations pack Capitol Hill It's the double standard. Left wing activists are protestors, right wing activists are rioters. The Left controls the media so it propagandizes. nypost.com/2018/10/01/look-who-was-behind-the-jeff-flake-elevator-setup/Activists evade security, block a senators-only elevator, detain and verbally assault a scared US Senator while CNN cameras roll. The main stream media welcomed them as heroes and victims instead of criminals who need to be prosecuted. Tell me again who you are Barry and why we should care about what you think? |
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Post by vintagecomics on Jan 21, 2021 7:52:31 GMT -8
In light of the Capitol being stormed, why is the news not talking about the storming of the US Capitol in DC during the Kavanaugh appointment in 2018 and protests in major cities across the US?
More than 300 protesters arrested as Kavanaugh demonstrations pack Capitol Hill
What is it you want talked about? The links you provided weren’t some obscure news source, or are you suggesting there should have been more clamor(at the time) than what you’re finding online currently? I think the differences here are the location in the first instance was outside the Supreme Court building, and not the Capital itself. The police were able to effectively control the crowd and made arrests at the time. There was no breech of the building, and none of the destructive vandalism(that I recall). The second protest was at a Senate office building(I think there’s 3 or 4 at least) that contains Senate Committee offices, some random number of Senator’s DC offices(I don’t know how many, there’s a few buildings different Senators use), and the protestors were in an area inside the building that is open to the public. Again, the protestors were contained, and not storming through the halls potentially endangering those working inside. Maybe I’m misunderstanding your question, but I’m interested in your getting a reasonable answer.
I think barry has sort of covered what I was leaning towards.
We've seen it throughout the entire pandemic, where activists (and apparently there were a record 27MIL people protesting during the Floyd protests) who were basically given a free pass to riot during a pandemic. As I said earlier, in the Watercooler thread people like namisgr were either downplaying the seriousness or Jaybuck were actually giving them a free pass while at the same time hypocritically speaking out against people who didn't follow social isolation measures.
I posted the Kavanaugh protests because these rioters also broke police barricades and while 300 people were arrested it's not even being mentioned in the news when the 'insurrection' is being talked about.
There is a very distinct double standard about protests and it seems that if they are in favor of the Democrats (and the media like CNN / Google / Facebook / Twitter) that they are either downplayed or given a pass.
But if they're Republican protests they over-covered and exaggerated.
Was the protest at the Capital an insurrection? I'm not so sure. Maybe.
But now the Republican protesters are being labelled as terrorists on CNN. This is a serious thing.
You have one side with all the media in their back pocket....this is fascist in the purest sense of the word...and now they are convincing the general public that the 'other party' is bad, terrorists, insurrectionists, etc.
This is not going in a very good direction and certainly not the direction of unity.
Especially when it's important to consider that one of the main reasons Trump ever even GOT into power was because Democrats created that vacuum after years of terrible leaders and lies.
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