Baron...you're obviously not Ignoring my posts...can we now just confront each other face-to-face?
While not holding my breath as you continue to make false claims and assumptions, here are my answers to what you've just posted...I'll leave your words in the standard text, and put mine in Italics...
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He put quotation marks on the word "rejected" that I never used to imply that I used it in my post while then noting that the very word that he came up with out of thin air cannot even be found in the article that I linked.
I've already posted...which you can review...your spin of what the article documented wrt Ms. von der Layen's comments on Canada's possible status as an "associate member"...You said she exceeded her authority and made an Offer to Canada...she did not...as the article quotes her...she said the EU would "Consider" the possibility of such action...which of course would require consultation with all the other nations. Fact is you misquoted her, which is a falsehood.
As for the use of quotation marks around "Rejected"...it's the use of those marks as "Scare Quotes"...I'll leave it up to you and others to Google what that means. (i.e. I wasn't trying to 'Quote You'...
Ty wishes to discredit me first because he wants to keep the liberal posters here from having any doubts (that's what I suspect is his expected role here on the Open). Secondly, I badly bruised his ego. He is a Wannabe Expert with no actual expertise. It is sorely apparent, and he resents it when it is pointed out. Note how he chimes in as the expert on almost any topic after doing one of his ridiculous AI tutor sessions.
I can't stop you from fantasizing, Baron, but I don't reply to all of your posts...just ones that I find need correction...and ones that I feel I can provide substance for that backs up my alternative perspective...e.g. this one...where you mis-quote, and mis-characterize Ms. von der Leyen's words on an important issue...is one of them.
As for my 'Ego'...I'm satisfied with my ND Engineering degree as well as Masters degrees in Engineering and Business...along with my career performances in the Aerospace, Nuclear and Computer industries.
Ty is quite practiced at his art of deceit. Is it any wonder that I avoid him? I do not find him to be genuine. His thinking is rudimentary and far over-reliant on Google, and now AI. He thinks from his low perch that no one else understands that either of these tools can be turned to emphasize only the result that you want if you ask it properly, and if you omit certain results from your posts.
Fortunately, thanks to my education, I know how to get information that is outside my fields of expertise...i.e. how to seek out sources and ask the right questions of those who do have the needed expertise...for instance, when I first joined the OF and saw your misleading posts regarding COVID-19. As noted to you, I am fortunate to have extended family members who are true expert physicians in the Infectious Disease and Pulmonary/Critical Care (ICU) specialties...so I was/am able to get the very best information on all things COVID...both in fighting the disease, and in treating it. This has been helpful in counteracting your misleading statements regarding the value of Masking...to the point where I documented, with your own posts, your erroneous position, thus hopefully keeping others from making a wrong and harmful choice.
Thank you again. I expect that Tyrone feels the need to try to counter every post I make at this point given his insecurity and his job. It's too bad that he chooses to be dishonest. Now, like a true liberal, I expect him to accuse me of what he himself is - even when just caught in deceipt.
Again, I can't stop you from fantasizing and spreading falsehoods...I can only give my substantive input based on personal expertise, or that of others...and reputable sources...all for the purpose of getting to the Truth...and to that end I always invite and welcome different points of view...after all, that's what an Open Forum is for...so, if you truly believe in what you post, how about "Opening Up" and dialoguing Face-to-Face?
NB...apologies for multiple spelling edits