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March 27, 2024 11:48 PM Forum: Politics

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Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by James Brown

Rod, you need to get out and meet some real republicans.   Do you really think 1/2 the voters in this country share Richard's point of view and rhetorical style?  I do not, although I am pretty sure that these are the only sort of republicans you will ever see on an MSNBC video clip.
Well, it may be more than that since the vast percentage of Republicans think the 2020 election was "stolen" so clearly you're out of touch with the majority's "thinking" these days...

Speaking of the fraudulent claims of the election being stolen:

"A California judge on Wednesday recommended disbarring a lawyer at the center of former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election."

"State Bar Judge Yvette Roland found John Eastman culpable on 10 of the 11 counts filed by the California State Bar last year. The state bar sought to strip Eastman’s license to practice law in the state over “false and misleading statements” about purported election fraud and his role in “provoking” the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot."

“It is recommended that John Charles Eastman, State Bar Number 193726, be disbarred from the practice of law in California and that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys,” Roland wrote.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4560409-judge-rules-john-eastman-should-be-disbarred-over-efforts-to-overturn-2020-election/

Time to activate Clarence and Samuel on their speed-dial...

March 28, 2024 03:53 PM Forum: Politics

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Posted By Rod Kaufman

"A bipartisan Senate report released Tuesday affirms the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election in a far-ranging influence campaign approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin and aimed at helping Donald Trump win the White House."

"The report rejects Trump’s claims that the intelligence community was biased against him when it concluded that Russia had interfered on his behalf in the election. It says instead that intelligence officials had specific information that Russia preferred Trump in the election, that it sought to denigrate Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton and that Putin had “approved and directed aspects” of the Kremlin’s influence campaign."


https://apnews.com/article/d094918c0421b872eac7dc4b16e613c7

March 28, 2024 06:08 PM Forum: Politics

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Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by James Brown

You are intentionally missing the point.   A majority of Democrats believe that Clinton would have won but for Russian collusion and interference.   Do you still believe that?   I imagine you did at one point.   No report, including the one you cite, supports the conclusion that Trump's victory was illegitimate.   The big lie was not about Russian meddling on the fringes.  Russian meddling always happens on the fringes and has never affected the outcome of any election.   The Democrat's big lie is that Russian interference (originally articulated as being in collusion with the Trump campaign) actually stole the election.   Do I need to post about a thousand articles from 2016-2018?

Similarly, there is always some background level of election fraud.  Does the factual existence of minor and insignificant election fraud support Trump's stolen 2020 election lie?   Hardly.
Frankly, I think you're missing the point. The belief that Russian interference deliberately influenced the outcome of the 2016 election is grounded in reality whereas the claims of Trump and the majority of Republicans that the 2020 election was stolen is not and never has been.
 
I, and I suspect most Democrats, believe the Russians illegitimately influenced the outcome of the 2016 election but that does not mean I or others think the election of Trump in 2016 was illegitimate and neither did Hillary Clinton who conceded so on the day after the election, unlike Trump who has never conceded his legitimate defeat.

March 28, 2024 08:50 PM Forum: Politics

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Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by James Brown

The polls I linked to asked whether the respondent believed Russian interference changed the outcome of the 2016 election.  As of 2022, a large majority (72%) of Ds do indeed believe Russian interference changed the outcome of the 2016 election.  

This was the central theme of the post election collusion lie.  That the outcome was changed and that Trump was an illegitimate president.   I personally think one has to engage in some serious revisionist history to see otherwise.  MSNBC ran with nothing else for three years!   Adam Schiff built his career on this big lie.  Clinton called Trump an illegitimate president many times.  Her sense of self is entirely predicated upon being screwed out of the presidency by nefarious means.

Bottom line, both Ds and Rs are equally susceptible to a big lie to explain why they lost an election they desperately wanted to win.  These 72% are otherwise normal people, very few of them are Jan 6 criminals.  Why do these majorities of otherwise relatively normal Ds and Rs believe unsupported conspiracy theories hatched by losing politicians in the wake of an electoral disappointment? I think the blame lies in some mix of human nature and tribalism, exacerbated by self-inflicted information bubbles, fed by a completely bifurcated and biased press,  and instigated by low-grade scum politicians that thrive in the muck our balkanized system has become.
Looked at the link on Jimmy Carter from the screamer's post and the same guy who supports the Putin caucus in congress and yet has the audacity to call me a "communist" and here's the part that's germaine to the discussion:

"Carter’s position is a matter of opinion. There is no hard evidence that Trump wouldn’t have prevailed without Russian help."

"But there’s no doubt that that help — which, according to the US intelligence community and special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, included digital propaganda and disinformation campaigns, the hacks of Democratic targets, and the ensuing WikiLeaks email dumps that were timed to do maximum damage to Hillary Clinton — helped Trump overcome a 3 million vote loss in the popular vote and win in the Electoral College."

That said, it seems to me Hillary Clinton meant the same thing but her actions, i.e. conceding on the day after the election, acknowledged Trump won the election. In stark contrast, Trump incited an insurrection on Jan 6th over his fraudulent claims of his election loss. The two scenarios are worlds apart from one another.

March 29, 2024 01:02 AM Forum: Politics

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Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Red Diaper Baby Communist in Cali stated:  

"here's the part that's germaine to the discussion:"

Well no, the germane part that is central to the discussion is that You lied flat out, as I indicated.

So now, since You lied and stated that No Democrat believe that Trump is an illegitimate President, and I proved you wrong you now want to try and spin what you said?  

The communist's written words:   "I, and I suspect most Democrats, believe the Russians illegitimately influenced the outcome of the 2016 election but that does not mean I or others think the election of Trump in 2016 was illegitimate and neither did Hillary Clinton"

It is almost comical just how STUPID you are, and the sad thing is that day after day, you put your stupidity on display for not only everyone in this forum, but for the entire world of Astromart to see, if they care to do so.

Then You actually wrote this bit of a completely moronic response:

"Carter’s position is a matter of opinion. There is no hard evidence that Trump wouldn’t have prevailed without Russian help"

LOL!   So how does that statement of yours above change the fact that you lied and said that No Democrats believe that Trump is an illegitimate President??  

Because it is Carter's Opinion, that somehow means that Carter doesn't believe what he said?  

Same with Hilary Clinton.  You lied when you claimed that No Democrat believes that Trump is an illegitmate President.

She may have conceded the next day, but months later and today she still claims that Trump is/was an illegitimate President.  

So her statement directly contradicts your lie where you said:  "but that does not mean I or others think the election of Trump in 2016 was illegitimate and neither did Hillary Clinton"

I have to now ask, it is imperative for me to ask you.

Are you mentally deranged or just plain Stupid??   tongue
So the supporter of the Putin caucus in congress is back with his usual and customary vitriol of name calling and derogatory statements that denotes his status of his inhabitation in the evangelical capital of the world on the day before Good Friday.

Hmm, how to respond? I know, let's start with FACTS and not opinion polls or cherry picked words or statements:

"But the reality is, while Democrats expressed disappointment at the 2016 election results, most of the party’s leadership in Congress, the White House and at the Democratic National Committee congratulated then-President-elect Trump."

"Emily W. Murphy, Trump’s head of the General Services Administration, has refused to recognize the incoming Biden administration. The GSA’s recognition would kick off the formal transition process, and by refusing to acknowledge Biden’s victory the agency is making clear that it won’t get ahead of the President."

"Yet the day after the 2016 election, then-President Barack Obama ordered the White House to ensure a smooth transition, including the GSA."

"Clinton delivered a speech the day after her election loss congratulating Trump."

“Last night, I congratulated Donald Trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country,” she said. “Our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power and we don’t just respect that, we cherish it.”

"n comparison with McConnell’s refusal to acknowledge Trump’s loss, Chuck Schumer of New York, the then-incoming Democratic minority leader in the Senate, took the opposite approach, and congratulated Trump.

“President-elect Trump called me this morning, and I congratulated him on his victory,” Schumer wrote in a Facebook post the day after the election. “Last night the American people exercised their sacred right to vote and made their voices known, electing Donald Trump to the Presidency,"

"Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California refused to acknowledge Trump’s loss on Thursday and declined to say if Biden should receive classified intelligence briefings.

“He’s not president right now,” McCarthy said. “I don’t know if he’ll be president on January 20th, but whoever is will get the information.”

"In 2016, Nancy Pelosi of California was House minority leader for the Democrats and acknowledged the election results the day Trump’s victory was called.

“The peaceful transfer of power is the cornerstone of our democracy,” Pelosi said. “After an election in which Donald Trump won the electoral college and Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, we have a responsibility to come together and find common ground.”

"Pelosi concluded her statement by saying: “I congratulate President-elect Trump and his family, and pray for his success.”

"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has refused to acknowledge Biden’s victory or work toward a smooth transition, saying on Tuesday that “there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration,” igniting a furor and roiling diplomats."

"On November 10, 2016, one day after the race was called, then-Secretary of State John Kerry took the opposite approach: congratulating Trump and pledging a peaceful transfer of power."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/13/politics/kfile-democrats-2016/index.html

It goes on and on with the actions of those involved at the highest levels of power and what a stark contrast indeed...

April 4, 2024 12:08 AM Forum: Politics

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Posted By Rod Kaufman

Trump could be convicted in the upcoming hush money case for a felony and likely will and Davis would say he'd still happily support him for president. After all, Rich is from the party of law and order. More specifically, he's from the party of Trump cultists. That's what, in part, is driving his behavior. You can't expect rational behavior from an irrational group of people.

April 5, 2024 01:36 AM Forum: Politics

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Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


DS in wherever the hell he's at (LOL) stated:   Discrimination, yes plenty of it because I am not american. And because I keep holy, God's sacred Sabbath day.

Could it be that you're simply a raging asshole as many of your students indicated back when I read the teacher reviews given by those students?   wink

Anyway let me just say Awww.... you poor baby.  Maybe you can reach to your Rod K. for some help in the area of your discrimination.  

I doubt he'd have any sympathy though because Unlike myself, he is utterly intolerant of any religion, other than the religion of Peace, Islam.

He pretty much has utter contempt for the Catholic church.  

Just ask him.  wink

P.S. Oh, and just some information for you, (A)merican should be always capitalized, and being such a self-purported genius as you are, I would have expected that you wouldn't have made such an egregious grammatical error as you did in your response.  LOL

Maybe we can just chalk it up your ignorance of the English language, eh?  smile

Now then, to address your other statement, this one:  Always wanted to make sawdust? Then why did you claim that you used your supposed degree in work for 10 years? More lies?

Even though you are confused, I'll give a quick synopsis. 

I designed and manufactured medical carts for Hitachi medical, their 405 Ultrasound system for about 6 or 7 years.  I did this of my own volition, and they sold very well.  I also sold upgrades to their other color flow doppler systems, the 450 and 505.  

The cart I designed and manufactured I sold all over the country and the dealers to whom I sold them, sent them overseas to other countries.

I also spent some time designing, manufacturing, selling and installing X-ray viewers in hospitals and veterinary clinics around Colorado.

During the time I was manufacturing the medical carts and viewers, I also designed manufactured carts and holders for the peripherals for Siemens Quantum Cat Scanners.  

For hospitals around the area, in Pueblo, and in Denver I designed and manufactured and sold catheter carts for different hospitals.   

I guess I could go on, but why would I need to?  To impress the likes of a You???   LOL!  

Tell me, what was your best and biggest invention or patent that you solely designed and manufactured?  

Impress us all!   smile
"Cart for portable ultrasonic diagnostic device and ultrasonic diagnostic unit" 
"InventorAtsushi NinomiyaMasaru YokoyamaKazuyuki YanaseMasaru IchimuraKatsumi UsamiCurrent Assignee Hitachi Ltd"
https://patents.google.com/patent/EP2762082A4/en

Looks like your work has been superseded...

April 5, 2024 03:39 PM Forum: Politics

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Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis



LOL!   You really did some research on a cart for one of Hitachi's carts for their ultrasound systems???

Now that's what I call deranged.   You went and checked on patents?  What insanity.

I designed a cart for Hitachi's 405 Portable ultrasound system, which I did in the mid 1990s.

Hitachi never built in a cart for the 405, aside from a complete pile of crap that their engineers put out, which was a joke. I had some people I knew and worked with, who were dealers and salespeople for Hitachi, who were selling the 405 system as well as other systems that I ended up designing peripheral attachments for, and they hated the high priced 405 cart.

So I got together with these guys and took in their thoughts on what the cart should be able to do.  They rec'd their input from doctors who were using the 405.  

Now then, I KNOW that You are SO incredibly interested in my entrepreneurial skills, and my career, and what I've designed over my career which spans now about 45 years so I'll give you the lowdown.

After I got this input, I then took those guys' needs and designed a 1st generation cart that tilted, telescoped up and down, and rotated which Hitachi's high priced cart did not do.

And guess what?  When I designed this cart, it outsold Hitachi's cart, so severely that Hitachi wanted me to go to Japan so they could speak with their bigwigs to lowball me on my cart so they could have ME produce it for them, at a cost that I couldn't afford to do.  

I told them thank you, but no thanks.  smile  And then I proceeded to grab up the market for MY cart, and it was THE cart for the dealers of Hitachi Ultrasound to purchase and sell.  

See, that's called CAPITALISM, an economic system which You and other communists DETEST.

I saw a need and I FILLED that need, with a product that was desired and I competed in that market and I beat everyone else IN that market.  

That was just one of other medical products that I designed and built for other companies.  

I did it all out of my shop and I didn't ask for anyone's help.  I'm very proud of that and all the products I've produced over the years to FILL A NEED of consumers.  

That's CAPITALISM.

Your Democrats DETEST Capitalism as they are economic socialists.

And why are they Economic Socialists?  Because they don't have the collective balls to create anything, and they are jealous of most very successful CAPITALISTS.   

They would rather create a gigantic gov't that STEALS money from those who invented things, and RISKED their PRIVATE capital to create and build things.

Then a certain percentage of those Americans who don't have the initiative to RISK their own money sit back and say "thank you gov't thieves for taking someone else's money and giving it to me"

And guess who is right there at the front of the line to cheer on the corrupt gov't stealing the private property of those Entrepreneurs?  

Yeah, YOU are right there with your pompoms and Your cheers when gov't goes after Private individuals to threaten them with jail or threats of taking them to court to steal their hard earned money.

And why are YOU the cheerleader for these tyrannical gov't officials.

Yep, you guessed it, its because you're a communist at heart.  

And BTW, I've been working on a new product that I hope will take the market by storm and I'll be hopefully finished with it in a few months.  It will offer something that no other product out there in this particular realm offers.   

That's how I live and that's how I operate. You can continue to hope for the gov't to support you for the rest of your life.

I'll be busy creating things and FILLING consumer needs.  smile
Talk about "Deranged", all one has to do is read your post(s) and it's obvious who is the deranged one here.
That said, it took about a minute on google to find the Hitachi patent for their ultrasound cart. And that's the one that actually matters...

April 5, 2024 10:37 PM Forum: Politics

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Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis



And you spent time looking this up for what particular reason?? smile
As noted in the post: "And that's the one that actually matters..."

April 5, 2024 10:41 PM Forum: Politics

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Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis



And the reason for the posting was to educate a communist about capitalism and how it works.  

Obviously, you haven't a clue.  Maybe now you'll understand how a free market works.  smile
Too bad you can't learn anything despite attempts by many to educate you in thread after thread in this forum.

But, that's expected from the supporter of that commie Putin's caucus in congress...