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October 8, 2023 01:05 AM Forum: Politics

Totalitarian Madness

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


most of us trust Jim's judgment on character and leanings far more than yours.

I am sure you do.  

Liberals stick together.  That is the way you operate.  Does that mean anything other than you agree with him and he agrees with you?

The fact is that his powers of perception regarding the political leanings of a person he says he has known for 20 years, indicates that he is not very good at reading or understanding others' politics, and he is woefully lacking in that Department.

He told me several years back that you were a staunch conservative and I just had to laugh at that time when he stated that utter nonsense.

My guess is that you've been a pretty far left liberal your entire life.  

In fact when I pointed that fact out to Jim Brown, his response was to claim that you only recently moved left. 

That was a funny response on his part, however it was a very strong indication of just how out of touch with reality he truly was regarding your political ideology, and his powers of perception in reading people and their politics.

The reason that he was incorrect about your politics is most likely because Jim Brown is himself a very liberal Republican who like yourself is filled with Trump Derangement Syndrome.  

Here is a fact.  You attacked the NY Post, when they came out with the report that Hunter Biden's laptop was actually his. 

You impugned the reporting of that as "tabloid lies and drivel" and then you went on to attack them as being like the Weekly World News and the National Enquirer.  

They were subsequently proven to be correct about the laptop.

Therefore You turned out to be the one who was utterly wrong about his laptop, and the NY Post turned out to be correct in their reporting, which I am sure that you still stubbornly deny to this day. smile

So your attack on them and their reporting turned out to be wrong, and it just exposed you as a denier of truth.

Hopefully that clears up your confusion.   smile
You are exaggerating Rich.  Blah Blah - you are a waste of time.   

Meanwhile a war breaks out.  I definitely miss Rod's commentary on Israel.

October 8, 2023 02:11 AM Forum: Politics

Totalitarian Madness

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck
Those are some nice solar pics, Jim. Wish I could see that amount of detail visually in my Lunt.
Thanks!  The camera and the amazing free software that people have made available (FireCapture, AutoStakert, Registack) bring out so much more detail than it is possible to see visually.

October 8, 2023 02:19 AM Forum: Politics

Totalitarian Madness

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by James Brown

You are exaggerating Rich.  Blah Blah - you are a waste of time.   

Meanwhile a war breaks out.  I definitely miss Rod's commentary on Israel.
I accidentally deleted your exaggeration Rich, or lies as you would say.   James was a right-center moderate 20 years ago, same as me, but James was probably already trending left.   He was never a "staunch conservative" like Greg, and I never said he was.   I think James' drift to the left was exacerbated by Trump's right populism, but it had started long ago.

Back then Rod was way to the left of us, except on Israel.   Patrick Keafer was a bit more to the right, a solid conservative.   People like James Babcock were actual staunch conservatives and way to the right of James or me.  I think I drifted right for a while, but more recently I've drifted left, as you like to note.   At least it seems that way relative to the R party.  I'm less adamantly pro-life than I used to be for example.  Jim

October 8, 2023 04:00 PM Forum: Politics

Totalitarian Madness

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Is civility now the thought for the day?  Blah Blah Blah.
You are indeed a funny guy.   Of course me, Jim M., Brian, Maurice, Rod, and sometimes Russ are uncivil to you Richard.   Incivility is your modus operandi, and we all enjoy getting in the mud now and then, some of us more than others.   Gentleman James Lacey however, is never uncivil to anyone, at least not that I recall.   

But as usual, you miss the point.   James is unambiguously talking about a civil disagreement on a political topic.   (As opposed to us just being rude to each other for kicks)  James gave a great recent example.  James may or may not know the following fact, but it is true.   I learned from his point of view, and it broadened and enriched my understanding and point of view on the broad topic of the press treatment of Hunter's laptop.   

This is what you never do, politely consider someone else's opinion where it diverges from yours and then consider whether that other opinion might enhance your own understanding of complicated issues.   You. Never. Do. This. 

Never.

October 8, 2023 04:17 PM Forum: Politics

Totalitarian Madness

Posted By James Brown

These sort of conversations often bring Greg out, either to throw Rich a lifeline, or to properly accuse the whole forum of too much navel gazing.   Greg has been absent a lot since Rod lost the ability to log on.   I’m guessing Greg misses Rod at least as much as the rest of us!

October 9, 2023 12:48 AM Forum: Politics

Totalitarian Madness

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
Well guys, I think I'm back! My computer savy daughter helped me register so it looks like I'm good here! 
Missed ya all, too!

PS: Regarding the thread: Not justifying what Hillary said but a) She's not running for president and b) She's not advocating killing military chiefs of staff or imprisoning political opponents like Trump who is running for president..
Excellent!   Kudos to you daughter!

October 9, 2023 12:58 AM Forum: Politics

Totalitarian Madness

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
Well guys, I think I'm back! My computer savy daughter helped me register so it looks like I'm good here! 
Missed ya all, too!

PS: Regarding the thread: Not justifying what Hillary said but a) She's not running for president and b) She's not advocating killing military chiefs of staff or imprisoning political opponents like Trump who is running for president..
Maybe Herb can hire your daughter to fix the weird thing where quotes turn apostrophes into: "'" ??

October 10, 2023 03:07 AM Forum: Politics

Totalitarian Madness

Posted By James Brown

I love that London street sign!

October 11, 2023 07:06 PM Forum: Politics

RFK Jr. drops out of Dem primary

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by James Lacey


RJK Jr. is probably an equal-opportunity spoiler, but 538 says he will hurt Trump more than Biden.
I'm not sure I believe this.  I think there are a lot of young voters who hate the established parties.   These young voters might vote third party as a protest.   Most of them would vote Biden otherwise.   So, out of the young voter cohort Biden loses a few votes and Trump loses none.   

Also, older RINOs like me won't vote for Trump under any circumstance.  But what if RINOs in swing states refuse to vote for Biden too?

Just my gut here, I'll go read 538.   Their analysis is usually excellent.

October 11, 2023 07:07 PM Forum: Politics

RFK Jr. drops out of Dem primary

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll


He is more likely to pull votes from JFK Jr grin

(also stolen from somebody funny)
Wow, that is dark.  cool