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by bird
Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:41 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Racist/Corrupt/Immoral Police Thread.
Replies: 695
Views: 130323

Re: Racist/Corrupt/Immoral Police Thread.

Los Angeles officer who shot and killed teen girl in dressing room won’t face charges A Los Angeles police officer who shot and killed a teenage girl with a stray bullet will not be charged over the incident, the California Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Officer William Dorsey Jones Jr....
by bird
Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:58 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Presidential ranking
Replies: 56
Views: 908

Re: Presidential ranking

Sort of like who would win a fight between Sugarman and Spider-Man. Fun to speculate about but we all know Superman would kick his ass. Just like we all know Reagan was a much better President than Carter or any of the president's since. But political bias prevents people from saying it out loud. W...
by bird
Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:22 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Boeing
Replies: 18
Views: 314

Re: Boeing

And the fine will be passed along to consumers Well, yes and no. Number of planes vs number of passengers would make any attempted cost increase to passengers pretty small. That being said you bring up a good point. During the Great Recession Eric Holder, iirc, penned a memo regarding collateral da...
by bird
Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:47 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Presidential ranking
Replies: 56
Views: 908

Re: Presidential ranking

I am guessing you were either not born or maybe just a child when RR was President. BTW the AIDS deal simply is false I hope to have more time later to show you the numbers. As for Lebanon would you have preferred he start a war in the Mideast? On that issue no matter what he did the left would cri...
by bird
Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:51 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Presidential ranking
Replies: 56
Views: 908

Re: Presidential ranking

Reagan is going wind up behind Obama but, in any legitimate poll he won't be less than 12th in any legitimate poll. While we all know this is a trolling thread. The poll does demonstrate the bias of the poll and that is not even close to being objective or legitimate. Once he leaves office Biden wi...
by bird
Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:42 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Labor/Economics
Replies: 1161
Views: 859641

Re: Labor/Economics

If unions were labor organizations instead of political organizations you might have a point. But unions want to force membership and make jobs like my 2 jobs literally illegal. Glenn, the last part of your second sentence is ridiculous. As for forcing things? Unions are forced to represent people ...
by bird
Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:09 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Presidential ranking
Replies: 56
Views: 908

Re: Presidential ranking

Yes but let's consider that Reagan won 44 states vs Carter and 49 vs Mondale. While we all agree that Trump is at or near the bottom of presidents all time. Yet inspite of that he barely defeated Trump the first time and is currently behind Trump according to polling. If Biden were actually better ...
by bird
Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:19 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Presidential ranking
Replies: 56
Views: 908

Re: Presidential ranking

Glennfs wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:58 pm And that is why we look to historians and presidential scholars.
Did you read the article?
by bird
Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:19 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Presidential ranking
Replies: 56
Views: 908

Re: Presidential ranking

JoeMemphis wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:35 pm Yep. I get that. That was my point. Glad you got it too. Everybody’s got an opinion.
True. And Reagan should be rated worse than he is which is my opinion.

Either way perhaps we will stop seeing these things here.
by bird
Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Presidential ranking
Replies: 56
Views: 908

Re: Presidential ranking

Ah, thanks. You don’t like the results.

Those things including the ones you love are opinions, period.
by bird
Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:44 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Presidential ranking
Replies: 56
Views: 908

Presidential ranking

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... biden-list

Huh, Biden ranked ahead of Reagan. How interesting.
by bird
Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Hamas fires 7000 rockets at Israel, starting major war
Replies: 606
Views: 901880

Re: Hamas fires 7000 rockets at Israel, starting major war

ZoWie wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:21 pm Netanyahu never wins the popular vote, but he's the best at gaming the arcane constitutional process, so he always manages to form the winning coalition. One has to wonder how he does it so consistently.
Cui bono.
by bird
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: EARTH....
Replies: 1334
Views: 680654

Re: EARTH....

Pollution too. As my cities arborist explained to me, conifer trees are more sensitive to pollution. That's why my pine tree's were thinning out and losing branches. And the beautiful blue spruce trees that are now gone were planted wrong. Apparently they grow along river bottoms and lakes. i didn'...
by bird
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:45 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Mysterious helicopter operations over LA
Replies: 7
Views: 192

Re: Mysterious helicopter operations over LA

Someone's renting helicopters to make mysterious passes over LA. They spend hours over one part of town, doing overlapping passes until a wide area is covered. The chopper that's above us right now, according to ADS-B tracking sites, is the same one that did this a few months ago over the San Ferna...
by bird
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:41 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Bye
Replies: 1545
Views: 782039

Re: Bye

I would imagine that gold was used to base currency because there would always be a limited supply of it, and governments could legislate the availability of this supply. The banks were obligated to keep it in vaults just like the government did, and it still didn't prevent runs on banks if people ...
by bird
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:38 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Bye
Replies: 1545
Views: 782039

Re: Bye

Glennfs wrote: Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:21 pm Some Nigerian prince is sending me about 30 million
Have gotten one of those in a while. Sadly, my sister-in-law’s now passed husband lost $5K in one. He had alcohol and other mental health problems.
by bird
Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Bye
Replies: 1545
Views: 782039

Re: Bye

bradman wrote: Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:05 pm And the faith in it.
Faith and confidence. Once these are attacked from without or within all bets are off.
by bird
Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:09 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Bye
Replies: 1545
Views: 782039

Re: Bye

How quickly we forget. Despite this debacle, crypto is still more like 19th century economics. A few weeks ago, the banks dumped a ton of money into crypto when Bitcoin was at $30,000, and suddenly in 24 hours or so the value was more like $60,000. This sort of thing is scary. I wouldn't touch cryp...
by bird
Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:19 pm
Forum: Entertainment
Topic: 60 Years Ago The Came and Conquered America
Replies: 5
Views: 668

Re: 60 Years Ago The Came and Conquered America

Like the Beatles and the original British Invasion.

Love The Who.
by bird
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:35 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: GOP House is a "complete failure"
Replies: 171
Views: 3030

Re: GOP House is a "complete failure"

Your last statement is nothing but a talking point and propaganda. Republicans may be opposed to certain policy initiatives but I don’t know of any that think highly of Putin. I agree with those that say we should be funding the war effort in Ukraine. It’s in our national interest to do so. I do no...
by bird
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:52 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: GOP House is a "complete failure"
Replies: 171
Views: 3030

Re: GOP House is a "complete failure"

Putin is not a hero to the GOP. Anyone who believes that is just plain fucking stupid. However that is a very good way to get the aid to the Ukraine which they need. Or 3 Republicans should vote for the democrat for speaker. It us time for the GOP to stand up to MTG. Factbis the only reason they do...
by bird
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: 2024 General Elections Thread
Replies: 183
Views: 49885

Re: 2024 General Elections Thread

Why wouldn't Sherrod Brown win in a walkover? He is a rock solid liberal incumbent running against a Trumper. If it us close or the Trumper wins it would show just how far out of the mainstream the views of progressives are. You haven’t lived in Ohio for how long? Republicans in Ohio engage in vote...
by bird
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: 2024 General Elections Thread
Replies: 183
Views: 49885

Re: 2024 General Elections Thread

Bernie Moreno won the Republican nomination for senator in Ohio https://www.ideastream.org/2024-03-19/trump-endorsed-senate-candidate-bernie-moreno-wins-ohios-gop-primary Moreno used to be a “normal” Republican but like the idiot, J.D.Vance, he attached himself to Trump like an ass remora. Now we co...
by bird
Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:45 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: 2024 General Elections Thread
Replies: 183
Views: 49885

Re: 2024 General Elections Thread

No you are just a low information person who does not have the mental capacity to interpret any thought that does not fit in your personal political template. So any person who disagrees with you politically is a Trumper Socially is racist or homophobic or transphobic. Unless it is a conservative A...
by bird
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:34 am
Forum: Politics and Current Events
Topic: Another democratic success story
Replies: 38
Views: 678

Re: Another democratic success story

https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2020-11-03/how-mayors-democrat-or-republican-can-address-a-recent-spike-in-violent-crime https://www.salon.com/2023/02/15/like-to-talk-tough-on--but-theyre-the-ones-with-a-real-problem/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/22/crime-murder-rates-...