Posts Made By: Jim Moscheck

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

You're just SO easy   LOL!    

Are you denying you are an asshole? Prove it. LOL.

Who gives a shit about this guy's opinion piece? 

I'll just stick with Donny's own words and agree with the jury's decision that took three whole hours to decide.

It ain't about the money, it's about the amount. Hunter's, even if he's proven to be a grifter, is basically chump change compared to Jared's grift of billion(s) from the Saudi's, while they were still in office in 2020, like Rod said.

My wife and I watched about 45 minutes of this before we wanted to throw up. If CNN thinks this kind of thing is going to increase ratings with conservatives I won't be watching anymore, as it is I watch very little of CNN to begin with. Ironically, this story is from CNN itself. 


https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/media/cnn-town-hall-donald-trump-reliable-sources/index.html

“The predictably disastrous [CNN] town hall was indeed disastrous,” television news vet Mark Lukasiewicz tweeted. “Proving again: Live lying works. A friendly MAGA crowd consistently laughs, claps at Trump’s punch lines - including re sex assault and Jan 6 - and the moderator cannot begin to keep up with the AR-15 pace of lies.” (Twitter)

“This thing was madness, total madness,” Bill Carter said. “Like giving a microphone to Drunk Uncle and saying: go for it!” (Twitter)

“This is CNN’s lowest moment as an organization,” James Fallows argued. (Twitter)

“THIS is the 2024 Republican presidential primary,” Brian Stelter wrote. “Look away if you choose, but this is what it’s going to be like. Should news outlets sanitize it or stare it in the face?” (Twitter)

To that point: “I have complaints, but I don’t really blame CNN for having a townhall with the GOP front runner,” Sarah Longwell argued. “It’s good to know what we’re facing. We can’t hide from the fight in front of us. Trump is probably going to be the nominee and we need to be clear-eyed about what we’re dealing with.” (Twitter)

“This was a preview of what American journalism can expect from a 2024 campaign featuring Mr. Trump, who despite his ubiquity in political life has rarely appeared on mainstream TV outside of Fox News since leaving office,” Michael Grynbaum wrote. (NYT)

Justin Baragona said CNN was walking away from the town hall “with a lot of egg” on its face. “At the same time, I feel like Kaitlan Collins is doing as good as she can in this situation,” he added. (Twitter)

“Chris Licht said he wouldn’t allow anyone on his network that said it’s raining when it’s not,” Alex Sherman pointed out. “But he’s let someone on now who says it’s raining when it’s not, and he added hundreds of people to applaud when he does it.” (Twitter)

“Trump seemed to have a significant home field advantage over Collins,” Jeremy Barr wrote. (WaPo)

“Props to [Collins] who was in an impossible position but did a heroic job of fact-checking Trump throughout the town hall,” Peter Baker tweeted. “No easy task given how many factually untrue things he said in such a short time.” (Twitter)

“Even in a world where [Collins] was correcting every Trump lie as they spewed forth — and we are pretty far from that world — the braying crowd would make Trump look like the victor,” contended Jonathan Chait. (Twitter)

“This was not Kaitlin Collins’ fault,” Charlie Sykes said. “The format was impossible and CNN’s bosses should have known that.” (Twitter)

“This format programmed her — and the country — for failure,” echoed Tom Nichols. (Twitter)

“This isn’t [Collins’] fault (she is doing the best one can), but this is a gushing geyser of disinformation that is cannot be fact-checked in real time,” added Dan Pfeiffer. (Twitter)"

Did you even watch it? Do you believe the bullshit that he vomited out to a partisan crowd? it was more like a MAGA rally than a town hall. 

If you do then your opinion means even less to me than it already does, but I'll let you answer the question before I write you off for good.

Btw- I wasn't criticizing CNN for airing it, I was criticizing the lies spewed out of his lying orange fat lips. 
I would go lie by lie though the whole thing, but I don't have the time to waste.

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/world-policy/article/2023/05/11/trump-digs-election-lies-cnn

Here is an excerpt from the above article. I'd post the whole thing but this gives the gist of it:

"During a contentious CNN town hall Wednesday night, former President Donald Trump dug in on his lies about the 2020 election, downplayed the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, and repeatedly insulted the woman whom a civil jury this week found him liable of sexually abusing and defaming.

Trump, returning to the network after years of acrimony, also refused to say whether he wants Ukraine to win the war against Russian aggression and said the U.S. "might as well" default on its debt obligation, despite the potentially devastating economic consequences.

The live, televised event -- held in early-voting New Hampshire -- underscored the challenges of fact-checking Trump in real time. The former president was cheered on and applauded by an audience of Republican and unaffiliated voters who plan to vote in the GOP primary, as moderator Kaitlan Collins sometimes struggled to correct the record as Trump steamrolled with untrue statements. "You are a nasty person," he snapped at one point.

The event also highlighted what is perhaps Trump's most fundamental challenge as he emerged as the undisputed frontrunner for the Republican nomination to take on President Joe Biden again. While Trump's tone and divisive statements often thrill Republican primary crowds, he has so far done little to expand his appeal among the moderates and independents who soured on him in 2020 and will be crucial to winning the general election.

Indeed, Trump on Wednesday repeatedly doubled down on his lies that the 2020 election had been "rigged," even though state and federal election officials, his own campaign and White House aides, and dozens of courts, including Republican judges, have said there is no evidence to support his claims.

He also displayed no remorse for what happened on Jan. 6, when a mob of his supporters violently stormed the Capitol in a bid to halt the certification of Biden's win. He excused his delayed response that day --- he was silent for more than three hours as the carnage unfolded --- pulling out a printout of his tweeted timeline as a form of defense.

Instead, he lashed out at the Black police officer who shot and killed rioter Ashli Babbitt, calling him a "thug," despite a Justice Department finding that the shooting was justified. And he said he is inclined to pardon "a large portion" of the rioters charged in the attack. More than 670 people have been convicted of crimes related to that day, including some found guilty of seditious conspiracy or assaulting police officers.

Trump also rejected a suggestion that he apologize to his former vice president, Mike Pence, who was targeted by the mob after Trump wrongly insisted that Pence had the power to overturn the election results.

"I don't feel he was in any danger," he said. In fact, Trump said, Pence was the one who "did something wrong."

He would not commit to accepting the results of the next election, either, saying he would do so only if he feels "it's an honest election" -- as he said before the 2020 election.

The primetime forum -- the first major television event of the 2024 presidential campaign and Trump's first interview appearance on CNN since before he was elected president in 2016 -- drew suspicion from both sides of the political divide as soon as it was announced.

Democrats questioned whether a man who continues to spread lies about his 2020 election loss should be given the airtime. Conservatives wondered why Trump would appear on -- and potentially give a ratings bump to -- a network he has continually disparaged.

The stakes were raised considerably Tuesday after jurors in New York found Trump had sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll nearly three decades ago, though they rejected her claim that he raped her. The jury awarded her $5 million in damages.

Trump, at Wednesday's event, called the case "fake news" and insisted he didn't know Carroll, even as he attacked her in deeply personal terms. "She's a whack job," he said, drawing laughs from the crowd."

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Jim - Just in case it's not clear, my posts were directed at some high placed D's who are apparently criticizing CNN for airing it, not at you.   

Yeah. Getting back to Davis gloating it didn't take long. This is a political forum where we talk politics. So he gets points for disparaging folks to post in a political forum about the story making most of the political news today?

What a Dick. And I say that in a most disparaging way.

Gee whiz, Rich. Why don't you tell him how you really feel?

Btw, since you brought it up. Okay, he didn't rape her, he grabbed her pussy, as you know stars have been able to do for the last million years and get away with it unfortunately, or fortunately.

But maybe he did rape her. As Stormy Daniels described, who is a professional in the field BTW, Trump's penis is like a little mushroom, so would she really be able to tell the difference between his little twinkie and his pinky?

Originally Posted by James Brown

Thanks!

More proof that Davis isn't a real amature astronomer. Everyone on this forum put political views aside for some banter and to enjoy some awesome pics of Sol, but not Rich. He's been busy writing a 1000+ word screed telling Jim B. what a bad person he is and why. He ought to look in the mirror if that's what he wants to see. 

If we were ever in the same bar I would not have a drink with him. No way, no how.

He sure knows how to nurture friendships, huh? 

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Now that's important!

If you had an ounce of empathy in your soul you might understand how it might be for a black officer or enlisted man to serve on a base named after a confederate general. 

Other than this forum which has maybe 8-10 contributors the astromart forums are dead. Wish it was still like it was 15 years ago around here, Cloudy Nights has taken over astronomy forums. Post the review there, maybe start a new thread in the eyepiece forum. You'll get a lot more interested readers there.

Interesting review. I settled on my set of eyepieces years ago. I still won't sell my 12.5mm or 18mm UO orthos, even though I rarely use them. I'm down to ten eyepieces that cover all of my needs for the telescopes I have.