Notre Dame The Open Forum

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Watch Real Sports. They have a story on kids addicted to video games. It’s now a sickness. - PBHangingChad - 12:37pm 8/4/19 (28) [View All]
- And we didn't even have safe spaces... [NT] - eddie82 - 6:21pm 8/4/19
- My neighbors’ son was National Merit but dropped out his first year at Harvard.,. - Curly1918 - 5:42pm 8/4/19
- Gen X parents happened. One-parent families happened. Unparalleled luxury happened. - MAS - 1:33pm 8/4/19
  - Yep, great points. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 3:27pm 8/4/19
    - They really aren't. - LehighND - 10:16pm 8/4/19
      - Gosh, this stings, ally. - MAS - 11:34pm 8/4/19
        "Your honor, I object!" - iairishcheeks - 12:19am 8/5/19
        
        Oh goodness. You wouldn't understand. - LehighND - 11:44pm 8/4/19
        Right, ally. - MAS - 11:50pm 8/4/19
        I feel like you have my king surrounded with four rooks and three queens. - LehighND - 11:56pm 8/4/19
        You get an extra horsey man though. [NT] - Frank L - 10:35am 8/5/19
        I hate when men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go. - LehighND - 11:30am 8/5/19
        
        Everybody knows there are five, not four, rooks in chess. Gimme a break. [NT] - MAS - 11:57pm 8/4/19
  - Violent video games may not cause it but if you look at those who have committed these acts and - Frank L - 2:26pm 8/4/19
  - Well said. Let's make family the basic unit of America society again. [NT] - Eli - 2:02pm 8/4/19
  - I thank you for this but at the same time it leaves me with a sense of hopelessness. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 1:46pm 8/4/19
    - We live in a culture that teaches us that there are always solutions to problems. - MAS - 2:01pm 8/4/19
      - I think you already know that weed is the solution. - LehighND - 9:56pm 8/4/19
        Stop being an instigator and go back to the meth trailer. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 11:11pm 8/4/19
      - Agree 100% [NT] - NedoftheHill - 2:56pm 8/4/19
        Look at what we are willing to tolerate in our leaders so long as they bring us short term material - Frank L - 3:18pm 8/4/19
        Politics is R-rated adult show, not for kids. Pls don't make the thing unnecessary more complicated [NT] - Eli - 3:43pm 8/4/19
        Go away. You have nothing of note to add. - Frank L - 3:49pm 8/4/19
        Just read more if this immigrant's posts make you think more. [NT] - Eli - 4:02pm 8/4/19
        They make me realize the ignorance that is part of all cultures. [NT] - Frank L - 4:17pm 8/4/19
        * [NT] - Frank L - 4:33pm 8/4/19
        
        and realize how dumb yourself was before you knew this immigrant. [NT] - Eli - 4:27pm 8/4/19
        “how dumb yourself was” describes you perfectly both grammatically and substantively. [NT] - Frank L - 4:34pm 8/4/19
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. [NT] - Aragoto - 10:58am 8/4/19 (1) [View All]
- Same morons thought Obama was planning a coup in Texas [LINK] - Chris94 - 11:08am 8/4/19
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Where does this idea of an imminent race war come from? - iairishcheeks - 10:36am 8/4/19 (3) [View All]
- Our species evolved in the context of tribal warfare. - Curly1918 - 5:50pm 8/4/19
- The disenfranchised trying to blame others. They preach to like-minded losers [NT] - PBHangingChad - 12:20pm 8/4/19
  - Many are enfranchised and use it to try to remain so. It is a business. It is politics. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 3:02pm 8/4/19
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Please dear God give us a moderate Dem. - Curly1918 - 10:23am 8/4/19 (35) [View All]
- Sir, the only politics-linked shooting since 2017 is the shooting of congress baseball team. - Eli - 1:20pm 8/4/19
  - Hmmm... I don’t care if it was political or not. We have an atmosphere of hate in this country - Curly1918 - 5:55pm 8/4/19
    - The psychos conducting public massacres, El Paso, Christchurch, Norway 2011, Columbine... - Eli - 7:54pm 8/4/19
      - The psychos could not kill multiple victims with only hand guns - Curly1918 - 9:54pm 8/4/19
- Unfortunately our country is as deeply divided as 1860. Not sure how you put it back together. - PBHangingChad - 11:08am 8/4/19
  - Fact check: the county is nowhere near as deeply divided as 1860. [NT] - Chris94 - 2:17pm 8/4/19
    - True, but we are right up there with 1932 and 1968. [NT] - Frank L - 2:42pm 8/4/19
  - I guess I’m the hated RINO. But back in the day Reagan and O’Neill got shit done. - Frank L - 11:25am 8/4/19
    - Turns out my hero Reagan was a racist but the Bushes were the worse thing that happened to America - PBHangingChad - 11:31am 8/4/19
      - Ronnie was pretty country club himself. To the extent you are saying that Orange is a by product of - Frank L - 11:38am 8/4/19
        Ronnie grew up among the lower middle class - Curly1918 - 12:14pm 8/4/19
        Oh I know but he was well entrenched with the country club set after entering politics. [NT] - Frank L - 3:23pm 8/4/19
        
        Got his first major break at WHO radio in Des Moines, IA. - iairishcheeks - 12:41pm 8/4/19
        He was a great President. He, the Pope and Maggie brought down the soviets. Remarkable [NT] - PBHangingChad - 12:55pm 8/4/19
        I still remember that guy who wrote the book about it being the end of history as liberal democracy - Frank L - 3:13pm 8/4/19
        
        People are tired of the BS and being lied too. Trump is the result. The D debates more BS - PBHangingChad - 11:43am 8/4/19
        That is the failure of the elites. The so called solution is the problem here. This guy would tear - Frank L - 11:48am 8/4/19
        I don’t see a true leader out there. If I do, I’ll let you know. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 11:59am 8/4/19
  - Get rid of Trump. Vote for anyone else, if you are tired of the noise and division. - conorlarkin - 11:22am 8/4/19
    - Didn’t realize that the D’s are blameless. Rev Al, Farrakhan, Wright? - PBHangingChad - 11:39am 8/4/19
      - You support a guy who preaches fear and hate, and ran on it. Own your shit. [NT] - conorlarkin - 1:49pm 8/4/19
        You sound like Nancy Pelosi. She’s a whack job. [NT] - Aragoto - 3:29pm 8/4/19
        
        We all need to own our shit. He’s just the worst, inevitable manifestation of it. - Frank L - 2:08pm 8/4/19
        
        If you do the same. Otherwise the hatred continues to no good end. Right? [NT] - PBHangingChad - 2:03pm 8/4/19
        Of course, and will do if I ever support such a candidate. I have not done so to date. [NT] - conorlarkin - 4:43pm 8/4/19
        you go first... [NT] - Hank the Tank - 11:25pm 8/4/19
    - Then how do you explain the crazy lefty attack on Scalise. When have we had that since the 1850’s? - Frank L - 11:27am 8/4/19
      - The issue is not whether the crazy shooter supports the right or the left. - conorlarkin - 11:35am 8/4/19
        No argument. But leadership is also more than the class/race warfare, and anti cop rhetoric coming - Frank L - 11:41am 8/4/19
- It'll take far more than that. - iairishcheeks - 10:40am 8/4/19
  - the congress reflets its constiuents [NT] - Hank the Tank - 11:28pm 8/4/19
  - Agree. I’m also beginning to get to the opinion that these two parties need to be scrapped. But we - Frank L - 11:09am 8/4/19
- Thanks for joining up. I wish it were a centrist R, but the choice may well be awful again. - Frank L - 10:34am 8/4/19
  - Agreed [NT] - LehighND - 10:39am 8/4/19
    - Me too. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 11:37am 8/4/19
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We have a serious problem with our young people that must be addressed - PBHangingChad - 7:49am 8/4/19 (46) [View All]
- Well said. Also, I believe almost all of this kind of murderers grow up without family love. [NT] - Eli - 1:28pm 8/4/19
- There has always been senseless violence, but by and large was always more targeted at a personal... - NDavenue - 11:14am 8/4/19
- At my high school in the 70s we had Gun Club - Mark - 11:04am 8/4/19
  - No chance whatsoever. [NT] - jakers - 1:16pm 8/4/19
  - Nope. There would be protests and firings (no pun intended) [NT] - PBHangingChad - 11:10am 8/4/19
- I don’t pretend to know the cause or the solution. it likely is a combo of factors as said below. - Frank L - 10:29am 8/4/19
  - Wouldn’t you agree that the trigger mechanism is the internet? - PBHangingChad - 10:59am 8/4/19
    - It has a lot to do with it IMHO. We are also just becoming a radicalized, polarized society. - Frank L - 11:13am 8/4/19
    - No. The trigger mechanism is the trigger mechanism. - Chris94 - 11:10am 8/4/19
      - Did you forget Brussels and Paris and Germany? What about Australia? [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 1:29pm 8/4/19
        Some of that was terrorism. I assume you are familiar with the statistics. [NT] - Chris94 - 3:33pm 8/4/19
      - But we have always had those triggers. No one or almost no one would have thought to use them. - Frank L - 11:18am 8/4/19
        There is no short-term solution - Chris94 - 11:33am 8/4/19
        Look at this point If it would stop one of these things, I’m okay with the ban. - Frank L - 11:43am 8/4/19
        At the risk of offending some here... - iairishcheeks - 12:10pm 8/4/19
        I doubt you have offended anyone. Doesn't sound like you were talking about anyone who posts here. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 3:22pm 8/4/19
        
        My BIL use to be state police commissioner so we literally had a blast at their range shooting - Frank L - 12:21pm 8/4/19
        Yep, guessing that like me the thrill of lighting fireworks also wore off for you [NT] - iairishcheeks - 12:27pm 8/4/19
        Uh huh and it’s hard to put this politely as you said, but also agree you have a different group of - Frank L - 12:33pm 8/4/19
        Be careful you almost left the reservation there. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 12:39pm 8/4/19
      - Understand but explain NZ, Australia, Norway, Canada. Stabbing in China, Japan? [NT] - PBHangingChad - 11:14am 8/4/19
        Stabbing? Seriously? - Chris94 - 11:32am 8/4/19
        My point it’s not the weapon it’s the sickness. Gun control won’t solve that problem. - PBHangingChad - 11:51am 8/4/19
        Bringing down the casualty total is the goal - Chris94 - 11:56am 8/4/19
        Agreed. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 12:28pm 8/4/19
- The manifesto left by the shooter is baffling. - Aragoto - 10:25am 8/4/19
- Step one is leadership and "all hands on deck" to address the mass shootings on multiple fronts. [LINK] - conorlarkin - 9:47am 8/4/19
  - If we didn’t do it after a kindergarten was massacred what will do it? [NT] - Frank L - 10:31am 8/4/19
- It's most certainly a combination of factors. - iairishcheeks - 9:37am 8/4/19
  - A+ [NT] - jakers - 1:17pm 8/4/19
  - Good post - Chris94 - 9:45am 8/4/19
    - An important factor, IMO: loneliness and lack of community are releasing the sociopaths to act. - NedoftheHill - 11:46am 8/4/19
      - Indeed, I'd add lack of purpose and disaffection. - iairishcheeks - 12:19pm 8/4/19
      - You are so right. Watch a group of kids. Ten of them together not talking all on social media. - PBHangingChad - 11:55am 8/4/19
      - Are we the only country with loneliness and lack of community? Surely not. [NT] - Chris94 - 11:48am 8/4/19
        I think it is an important ingredient in the cocktail that cheeks' mentioned so I thought I'd add it - NedoftheHill - 12:01pm 8/4/19
    - Yeah, I think one barrier to solutions is trying to attribute the problem to one cause. - iairishcheeks - 10:05am 8/4/19
      - They (sociopaths) happen at the margins. - NedoftheHill - 12:14pm 8/4/19
        That is a great way to explain it, well done. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 12:26pm 8/4/19
      - Born...but society can shape their choices - Chris94 - 10:17am 8/4/19
        I agree. People are too quick to blame parents. Each individual is unique. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 12:18pm 8/4/19
        
        Ted Kaczynski would like a word. - iairishcheeks - 10:32am 8/4/19
        Ted had a brother who helped the authorities capture Ted. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 12:19pm 8/4/19
        Yep, I know all about Ted. - iairishcheeks - 12:22pm 8/4/19
        
        True, in healthy societies the percentage is lower - Chris94 - 10:43am 8/4/19
- How? Not trying to argue.... - Chris94 - 9:37am 8/4/19
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North Dallas Forty came out, well, forty years ago, today. - MAS - 10:46pm 8/3/19 (1) [View All]
- Pineapple Express is way better - LehighND - 10:53am 8/4/19
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If that shooter was a Muslim - or a Mexican - the right-wing would be going apeshit - Chris94 - 6:00pm 8/3/19 (71) [View All]
- Although Trump’s schtick fuels the hate, these shootings are always about lost souls. - conorlarkin - 8:45pm 8/3/19
  - Exactly, as unChristian it is to call someone a loser. It seems like it almost always is someone who - THEISMANCARR - 1:31pm 8/4/19
  - Pretty much. The demagogues stoke the fire.....but these guys conciously choose to murder innocents - Frank L - 9:13pm 8/3/19
  - True, but this guy is 100% terrorist - Chris94 - 9:02pm 8/3/19
    - By definition, yes. - conorlarkin - 9:26pm 8/3/19
    - "non-state actor" - MAS - 9:11pm 8/3/19
      - Standard terrorism definition. Let’s hear it in his words: [LINK] - Chris94 - 9:14pm 8/3/19
        No, I'm just chuckling over someone using the term "non-state actor" on this forum. [NT] - MAS - 9:24pm 8/3/19
  - So Trump is a Neo-Nazi sympathizer ? - Aragoto - 8:55pm 8/3/19
    - let them say it, more votes for our side. [NT] - Hank the Tank - 12:08am 8/4/19
    - A Neo Nazi tolerator. See Charlottesville. [NT] - conorlarkin - 10:06pm 8/3/19
      - It would be nice if maybe just once his supporters would say something like while I don’t blame him - Frank L - 11:04pm 8/3/19
      - Off and running with the Fine People Hoax again, eh. [NT] - jakers - 10:28pm 8/3/19
    - The neo-Nazis sure as hell think he is [NT] [LINK] - Chris94 - 9:00pm 8/3/19
      - Yes, they are delighted his daughter is Jewish and that he is Pro-Israel. [NT] - Aragoto - 9:12pm 8/3/19
      - Spiffy logic! [NT] - MAS - 9:11pm 8/3/19
- Agree that Radical Islam and MS-13 are insignificant compared to this nutjob Texan. [NT] - Aragoto - 8:37pm 8/3/19
  - . [NT] - Aragoto - 9:07pm 8/3/19
- Yes, The Trump supporters are slaughtering people every week in Chicago. - Aragoto - 8:31pm 8/3/19
  - Not the point. The nation deserves better than some wack job stoking divisiveness and fear from the - Frank L - 9:28pm 8/3/19
  - Yeah, terrorism and gang violence are exactly the same [NT] - Chris94 - 8:58pm 8/3/19
    - To the bodies lying on the ground they are. [NT] - Aragoto - 9:06pm 8/3/19
- I understand that you're pissed, disgusted, and hurt. I feel the same way, but... - Domer From Hell - 8:19pm 8/3/19
- One of your Antifa heroes tried to blow up a federal building. - jakers - 7:22pm 8/3/19
  - Unlike anti govt McVeigh who did so? You guys are the bestest. [NT] - Frank L - 7:30pm 8/3/19
  - I tried to pre-empt the antifa whataboutism. Failed. - Chris94 - 7:24pm 8/3/19
    - You were the one who brought up Antifa, not me. - jakers - 7:27pm 8/3/19
- eat your heart out--I love it [NT] - Hank the Tank - 7:01pm 8/3/19
  - Did not expect a “I love it” response, even from the king of the tards [NT] - Chris94 - 7:17pm 8/3/19
    - “I love it,” because you are agitated and claim that the person is white supremacist. - Hank the Tank - 11:32pm 8/3/19
    - You seem out of sorts and generally sore even after your vacation. - MAS - 7:26pm 8/3/19
- Since it was an AK-47, obviously the Russians were involved as well. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 6:32pm 8/3/19
  - Since there is mass [NT] - Tenacious_P - 12:25am 8/4/19
    - Well yah! Duh! [NT] - Tenacious_P - 12:27am 8/4/19
  - AK-47 is the new “Kleenex” term - CC72 - 6:58pm 8/3/19
    - This one really may have been a kalishnikov. [NT] - Frank L - 7:09pm 8/3/19
      - I think his “manifesto” said he planned on using a WASR 10 - CC72 - 7:14pm 8/3/19
        Could be. I guess it doesn’t matter that much. [NT] - Frank L - 7:29pm 8/3/19
        Nope. The victims of this pathetic nut job are just as dead and wounded - CC72 - 7:44pm 8/3/19
        Yep, at least Texas enforces the death penalty. Time for that guy to stop consuming oxygen. [NT] - Frank L - 7:56pm 8/3/19
        Absolutely [NT] - CC72 - 8:26pm 8/3/19
        
        100% correct. Dude needs to go in the most painful way. [NT] - Domer From Hell - 8:17pm 8/3/19
- No surprise at all that you would be - ColeyO - 6:09pm 8/3/19
  - Orange is no more responsible for this guy than Cummings is for the conditions in Baltimore. - Frank L - 7:08pm 8/3/19
    - Generally agree but only difference is Cummings has had 30 yrs to make a difference - PBHangingChad - 7:19pm 8/3/19
      - I'm sure you agree that this and all other mass shootings have nothing to do with marijuana, yes? [NT] - Domer From Hell - 10:07pm 8/3/19
    - I dunno - you rile up the rubes, you get violence - Chris94 - 7:16pm 8/3/19
      - I am sure you were consistent when BLM was terrorizing neighborhoods and shooting cops. - iairishcheeks - 7:41pm 8/3/19
        If we're going to do #3, then please also investigate the common denominator of marijuana use... - MAS - 8:21pm 8/3/19
        Hmm, you may have a point. That wackadoodle Do Fro is a frequent imbiber. - Frank L - 12:25am 8/4/19
        
        Dude, I was in mid drag when you brought up this BS. Quit harshing my buzz. [NT] - Domer From Hell - 9:18pm 8/3/19
        Yes, I knew this would raise your ire. - MAS - 9:23pm 8/3/19
        Nah. My ire is hardly raised. I'm just laughing at you, bro... - Domer From Hell - 9:29pm 8/3/19
        Of course you disagree. - MAS - 9:38pm 8/3/19
        You need a joint. In fact, I've got the best indica strain you could imagine. puff, puff, pass.... - Domer From Hell - 9:44pm 8/3/19
        "Your behavior" was an obvious reference to your drug use. - MAS - 9:54pm 8/3/19
        Sorry about the "behavior" quip. I honestly thought you were going to do one of your... - Domer From Hell - 10:03pm 8/3/19
        My work here is done. - MAS - 10:14pm 8/3/19
        Probably for the best... - Domer From Hell - 10:17pm 8/3/19
        I'm not mocking why you use it. I get that. [NT] - MAS - 10:39pm 8/3/19
        
        It’s the reefer! Reefer madness! - Chris94 - 9:04pm 8/3/19
        To wit... - MAS - 9:10pm 8/3/19
        It’s the reefer! [NT] - Chris94 - 9:15pm 8/3/19
        
        There is some smoke there. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 8:43pm 8/3/19
        Chris loves to connect mental illness to homicidal behavior. Guess which chemical hastens the... - MAS - 9:15pm 8/3/19
        Mental illness has nothing to do with it! It’s reefer! - Chris94 - 9:17pm 8/3/19
        I've repeatedly asked for science on your "mental illness causes homicidal behavior" position. - MAS - 9:20pm 8/3/19
        The reefer explanation for mass shootings is the single dumbest non-Hank thing on here in some time [LINK] - Chris94 - 9:26pm 8/3/19
        I will ask yet again: where is the science to reinforce your assertion? I'm begging you, bud! [NT] - MAS - 9:28pm 8/3/19
      - He has certainly done his best to divide America and demonize groups. - Frank L - 7:28pm 8/3/19
- Look up hypocrite in the dictionary and post your picture. Your post says everything about you. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 6:04pm 8/3/19
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I’ve had a conversion, Climate Change has destroyed my golf game. Fairways too wet I get no roll. We - PBHangingChad - 5:58pm 8/3/19 (2) [View All]
- Very, very funny PB. You have a great sense of humor sometimes. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 6:13pm 8/6/19
- Re: I’ve had a conversion, Climate Change has destroyed my golf game. Fairways too wet I get no roll. We - ColeyO - 6:46pm 8/3/19
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Man pries dog from jaws of gator. [LINK] - MAS - 4:35pm 8/3/19 (1) [View All]
- If Deputy Rob Gerkin had a TV show I would watch it. [NT] - LehighND - 10:39am 8/4/19
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remember when... - rhollis - 10:31am 8/3/19 (5) [View All]
- Just for you Oinks - jimbasil - 3:25pm 8/3/19
- ... - rhollis - 10:52am 8/3/19
- ... - rhollis - 10:49am 8/3/19
- ... - rhollis - 10:40am 8/3/19
  - The Dean Martin Roasts were some of the funniest shows on TV [NT] - PBHangingChad - 3:48pm 8/3/19
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Keep laughing about climate crisis, Baron and PBJ. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 11:16pm 8/2/19 (38) [View All]
- LOL. Play crisis card? We like it. Look at the losing streak of WA, one of the most liberal states, - Eli - 1:25pm 8/3/19
- I don’t know if you heard, but human actions have nothing to do with it - Chris94 - 9:10am 8/3/19
  - Always best to caricature the other side, and respond with ridicule when concessions are made. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 3:32pm 8/3/19
  - Funny though whenever we get extreme cold like we’ve had here the 4 or 5 winters, that’s just - Frank L - 1:25pm 8/3/19
    - This was one of the points of the podcast I linked last week. - iairishcheeks - 1:41pm 8/3/19
      - That sweet spot in the middle is called “geo-engineering” [NT] - Chris94 - 3:49pm 8/3/19
        Yep, the giant mirror. - MAS - 3:58pm 8/3/19
        Yeah, that’s what it is [NT] - Chris94 - 5:08pm 8/3/19
      - Spot on. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 3:36pm 8/3/19
      - There is also the economic opportunity lost if innovation not a bigger priority. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 2:33pm 8/3/19
      - Fearmongering works. Those that rip Orange’s crises crappy are happy to ferment their own. - Frank L - 1:52pm 8/3/19
        I don't think I've read anywhere that the planet will be destroyed. [NT] - jimbasil - 1:57pm 8/3/19
  - On record? How far do your records go back? Do you know about heat islands? - PBHangingChad - 10:15am 8/3/19
    - Then that makes sense, those runways, placed in each population center were set there by nature - jimbasil - 11:00am 8/3/19
      - So now that we developed a lifestyle, we tell the third world they can’t? Nice - PBHangingChad - 3:12pm 8/3/19
- https://skepticalscience.com/ice-age-predictions-in-1970s-intermediate.htm [NT] [LINK] - WestCoastIrishFan - 6:58am 8/3/19
  - Remember these days? [NT] [LINK] - BaronVonZemo - 9:20am 8/3/19
    - that’s why they’ve moved from global warming to climate change. that way - WestCoastIrishFan - 12:55pm 8/3/19
- Climate Crisis! Good job with the new lingo! Climageddon. If only you were smarter, you would - BaronVonZemo - 6:31am 8/3/19
  - “Weather anomaly.” Hottest years in history, all in a row. - Chris94 - 9:12am 8/3/19
    - Oh brother. I can see we need a world tax. Let's fly in our Jet Streams to Davos to talk about it. - BaronVonZemo - 9:15am 8/3/19
      - You think all the warming is a coincidence, do ya? Just an anomaly? - Chris94 - 9:31am 8/3/19
  - Hopefully, the GOP will appoint you to be their keynote speaker at GOP Convention. - conorlarkin - 6:59am 8/3/19
    - Not one meaningful point in rebuttal because you have nothing as I have outlined in my post. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:56am 8/3/19
      - I don't feed horses named Nonsense -- 90% of yours posts. [NT] - conorlarkin - 9:30am 8/3/19
        You have no feed, period. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 2:07am 8/4/19
    - I think the D’s should set an example by holding their convention in the dark - PBHangingChad - 7:52am 8/3/19
- Is this the same paper that had Hillary winning with a 90% assurance. Oh yeah I’m worried. - PBHangingChad - 12:17am 8/3/19
  - Love Trump’s lackadaisical perspective. - conorlarkin - 6:33am 8/3/19
    - In some ways the fact that he’s essentially a lazy turd is a good thing. - Frank L - 2:10pm 8/3/19
    - You've got nothing but race card and climageddon. But you were right about something the other day - - BaronVonZemo - 9:00am 8/3/19
    - I do [NT] - PBHangingChad - 7:44am 8/3/19
  - Out of curiosity a few questions - did you have HRC winning? [LINK] - jimbasil - 1:11am 8/3/19
    - Yes, no, no, no [NT] - PBHangingChad - 7:43am 8/3/19
      - And you believed at the time W, Cheney and wolfowitz were lying to justify an invasion? - jimbasil - 10:47am 8/3/19
        Like most Americans Colin Powell’s UN speech. Everyone believed but he was lied too. - PBHangingChad - 5:43pm 8/3/19
- Yeah, but this quote should also be worrisome to the far lefty green partyites. - Frank L - 11:43pm 8/2/19
  - Yep. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:44am 8/3/19
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i know where I am moving [NT] [LINK] - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:07pm 8/2/19 (10) [View All]
- The King And I, I. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 6:58am 8/3/19
- So, you really want two people telling you what to do? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:18am 8/3/19
  - absofuckin' lutely... - rhollis - 6:23am 8/3/19
- i am a king too !!! - rhollis - 6:17am 8/3/19
- Ugh! The honey do list would be murderous. [NT] - Curly1918 - 3:04am 8/3/19
- It’s good to be King. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 12:24am 8/3/19
- This is giving Trump ideas. [NT] - MAS - 9:44pm 8/2/19
  - I am not a doctor. - Iggle - 9:48pm 8/2/19
    - I just want to see Trump tweet that by executive order he is designating a Second Lady and that... - MAS - 10:39pm 8/2/19
      - I remember Mitterrand’s funeral, his wife and two mistresses attended. Got to love the French. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 12:26am 8/3/19
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Adults 1 Children 0 [LINK] - BaronVonZemo - 8:35pm 8/2/19 (0) [View All]
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Can promotion and relegation work in college football? - Eli - 6:28pm 8/2/19 (3) [View All]
- Lunacy [NT] - Iggle - 6:44pm 8/2/19
  - OK. I confess. This is my today's lunch talk. [NT] - Eli - 6:59pm 8/2/19
    - LOL - Iggle - 7:17pm 8/2/19
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Damn the Saudis are letting women drive and travel freely without men. There goes their society - PBHangingChad - 6:22pm 8/2/19 (0) [View All]
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In the market for new irons. - LehighND - 5:28pm 8/2/19 (12) [View All]
- Get the ones Brooks Koepka uses. They seem to work great... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 7:03am 8/3/19
- i love my old iron... best investment ever : ) - rhollis - 6:09am 8/3/19
- pxg - und67 - 11:07pm 8/2/19
  - Bougie. [NT] - LehighND - 2:06am 8/3/19
- TM Bubble Burners - Iggle - 7:23pm 8/2/19
  - That's what I am selling mine for. - LehighND - 1:56am 8/3/19
- Callaway Epics [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:20pm 8/2/19
- I play Scor/Ben Hogan's. - iairishcheeks - 5:51pm 8/2/19
  - Those seem to be in the blade category a 17 should not touch. - LehighND - 2:05am 8/3/19
    - I am an 18 at the moment. - iairishcheeks - 2:19pm 8/3/19
- Callaway Epic irons with stiff shafts. Make sure you have them fitted. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 5:44pm 8/2/19
  - They look great, but might be better for a lower handicap? - LehighND - 1:44am 8/3/19
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Elijah Cummings home burglarized [LINK] - Hank Scorpio - 11:34am 8/2/19 (38) [View All]
- Big rat? [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 7:06am 8/3/19
- Isn't he for open borders? [NT] - IrishMac - 4:49pm 8/2/19
- More black on black crime. [NT] - Aragoto - 1:28pm 8/2/19
  - It's actually burglar-on-house crime - Chris94 - 2:11pm 8/2/19
    - Then why would Cummings report such triviality to the police? [NT] - Aragoto - 3:30pm 8/2/19
      - His reparations payment will increase. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 6:23pm 8/2/19
      - Uh...huh? You don't report break-ins? - Chris94 - 3:40pm 8/2/19
        Just tampering with a lock as you stated. Seems like an overeaction. A possible cry for victimhood. - Aragoto - 3:56pm 8/2/19
        
        The DNC didn’t report a break in to their mainframe, so no, I guess that you don’t. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 3:43pm 8/2/19
    - You mean you don't assume the perp was black? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 2:36pm 8/2/19
      - Hmm. Liberals correlate rat infestations with blacks, but not burglaries. - NedoftheHill - 3:25pm 8/2/19
        If Trump had said that AIDS was not an epidemic, what might some have said? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 3:49pm 8/2/19
        
        Hmmmm. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 3:31pm 8/2/19
      - Are there no Italians in that neighborhood? [NT] - Chris94 - 2:50pm 8/2/19
      - Welp, there's a 62.8% chance that the perp is black. [NT] - Domer From Hell - 2:48pm 8/2/19
  - Or could be white on white stupidity. [NT] - jimbasil - 1:31pm 8/2/19
    - It’s obviously a gang of white nationalists running around Baltimore at night. - BaronVonZemo - 2:21pm 8/2/19
      - And you, making my point about white on white stupidity. [NT] - jimbasil - 3:14pm 8/2/19
    - White guilt [NT] - Domer From Hell - 2:21pm 8/2/19
    - Triggered! [NT] - Hank Scorpio - 1:46pm 8/2/19
- Does he need to gloat about it? - Chris94 - 12:46pm 8/2/19
  - Of course not - Hank Scorpio - 12:55pm 8/2/19
  - Gloat, or get word out that the MSM won’t that he is right? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 12:53pm 8/2/19
    - You are hopeless [NT] - Nigel Tufnel - 1:56pm 8/2/19
      - This is what fighting back looks like. Love it. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 2:17pm 8/2/19
        This is an important part of the psychology of the Trump supporter - Chris94 - 3:26pm 8/2/19
        Libs are just beside themselves since the Right stopped rolling over & began pushing back. - BaronVonZemo - 3:40pm 8/2/19
    - It's the lead story on CNN.com. He was gloating. Must you defend him all the time? [NT] - Chris94 - 1:09pm 8/2/19
      - Tweet without Left spin:”Really bad news. Baltimore house of EC robbed. Too bad” - BaronVonZemo - 2:16pm 8/2/19
        Can't you just admit it is a dick move? - Chris94 - 2:51pm 8/2/19
        No, because he fights back, and it’s just the kind of sweet irony that all should hear about. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 3:33pm 8/2/19
        
        Can you admit that Cummings has done nothing for his constituents? Trump's tweet was a bit dickish. [NT] - Domer From Hell - 2:54pm 8/2/19
        Members of the House don't have much power - Chris94 - 2:57pm 8/2/19
        He brought home a motherload of cash from the Stimulus Package which disappeared without a trace. - BaronVonZemo - 3:45pm 8/2/19
- This sounds like an act of God. - MAS - 12:17pm 8/2/19
  - Well done. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:35pm 8/2/19
    - Can you imagine the Left’s trumpet blaring should Trump ever be proven so embarrassingly wrong? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 2:23pm 8/2/19
- White Nationalist I’m sure. They are also responsible for the shootings and killings in Chicago [NT] - PBHangingChad - 11:37am 8/2/19
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Trump said last night he will end the Aids "epidemic" and cure childhood cancer. - AlbanyIRISH - 9:31am 8/2/19 (13) [View All]
- Win-win situation, I guess. Biden promised that if he is elected, he will cure cancer. [LINK] - NedoftheHill - 12:40pm 8/2/19
- The snarky media and some of you guys really suck sometimes, and this is a good example. [LINK] - Cole - 10:04am 8/2/19
  - How’s that Comey prosecution coming? [NT] - Frank L - 11:08pm 8/2/19
- Why would the bigoted Trump care about AIDS? - iairishcheeks - 9:49am 8/2/19
  - As I recall he said the HIV/AIDS epidemic was his personal Vietnam. - golfernot - 2:14am 8/3/19
  - Are you saying that anyone who wants to cure AIDS cannot, by definition, be bigoted? - LehighND - 9:56am 8/2/19
    - You said you think Trump is racist because too many people defend him against racist accusations. [LINK] - NedoftheHill - 12:43pm 8/2/19
      - Only partly. - LehighND - 1:24pm 8/2/19
        There is also a lot of basis for unjust accusations in politics. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:33pm 8/2/19
        And even more for just accusations. - LehighND - 1:56pm 8/2/19
    - Depends, of course, how they feel about open borders. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:27am 8/2/19
- Why did you put that in quotation marks? [NT] - jakers - 9:33am 8/2/19
  - Because no AIDS epidemic exists in this country. - AlbanyIRISH - 10:08am 8/2/19
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never mind that Greenland got its name from...you guessed it...being green. [NT] [LINK] - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:40am 8/2/19 (38) [View All]
- Climageddon. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 12:58pm 8/2/19
- You can look this stuff up, ya know! [LINK] - jimbasil - 9:18am 8/2/19
  - Imagine an ancient landscape in Greenland found under TWO MILES of ice. Gald I looked it up [NT] [LINK] - PBHangingChad - 9:33am 8/2/19
    - Lost in the fray - "never mind that Greenland got its name from...you guessed it...being green" - jimbasil - 9:36am 8/2/19
    - and then there is this...which no climatoligist wants to accept. There actually was a time when the [LINK] - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:35am 8/2/19
      - You're wishing for info to back your assertion climate science is goofy [LINK] - jimbasil - 9:41am 8/2/19
        What, isn’t science blaming man for Climate Change when it’s not proven [NT] - PBHangingChad - 9:43am 8/2/19
      - Which climatologists have refused to accept the notion that Greenland was once warmer than now? - LehighND - 9:40am 8/2/19
        I apologize, I should have said climate alarmists [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:46am 8/2/19
        You should ignore any climate alarmist who makes such assertions. - LehighND - 9:50am 8/2/19
        
        Why was Global Warming changed to Climate Change. One fact based the other political. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 9:42am 8/2/19
        I'm sorry, what does this have to do with my post? [NT] - LehighND - 9:49am 8/2/19
        Because global warming is a natural occurring event on Earth but there are many causes. - PBHangingChad - 9:56am 8/2/19
        My post was about whether climate scientists deny that Greenland has been warmer before. - LehighND - 9:57am 8/2/19
        Yes just ranting Climate Change alarmists are religious zealots makes my head explode - PBHangingChad - 10:08am 8/2/19
- 1000 year old forest and 700 year old village found under Alaska’s melting ice pack [NT] [LINK] - PBHangingChad - 9:13am 8/2/19
  - similarly, they've found fish skeletons in the middle of the sahara...humm, the world is an ever-cha - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:22am 8/2/19
    - There's natural climate change and also human induced climate change. - iairishcheeks - 9:39am 8/2/19
      - I have no problem with a lot of conservational asks, but to put a gun to my head and demand I change - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:54am 8/2/19
      - The best way to improve the planet is to band plastic. Why doesn’t that happen? [NT] - PBHangingChad - 9:45am 8/2/19
        Stop using it. - iairishcheeks - 9:53am 8/2/19
        It’s destroying the planet more than warming. And governments are involved in climate right? [NT] - PBHangingChad - 10:11am 8/2/19
        I would start with sustainable farming. - iairishcheeks - 10:36am 8/2/19
        Also infertility is due to estrogen hormones in our food supply and plastic is toxic [NT] - PBHangingChad - 10:50am 8/2/19
        Are you talking makes, females or both? - iairishcheeks - 2:13pm 8/2/19
- I don't think that's right [LINK] - Mark - 9:04am 8/2/19
- Incorrect. - iairishcheeks - 9:04am 8/2/19
  - true, yet, they’ve found remains of vegetation and other consistencies with a warmer climate [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:11am 8/2/19
    - Glaciers move. - iairishcheeks - 9:21am 8/2/19
      - as does the earth itself. [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:24am 8/2/19
        Re: as does the earth itself. [NT] [LINK] - jimbasil - 9:31am 8/2/19
        http://www.indiana.edu/~geol105/images/gaia_chapter_4/milankovitch.htm [NT] [LINK] - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:43am 8/2/19
        You're a gem! - jimbasil - 9:47am 8/2/19
  - What about the ancient villages that were discovered under the ice? [NT] - PBHangingChad - 9:09am 8/2/19
- With the ice melt they are finding ancient villages. Guess it was warmer back then. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 9:03am 8/2/19
  - And how many humans were around back then? [NT] - AlbanyIRISH - 9:30am 8/2/19
    - Yeah but they were all driving big SUV’s [NT] - PBHangingChad - 9:46am 8/2/19
      - Very true. - AlbanyIRISH - 10:17am 8/2/19
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trade wars...would you give up some corporate earnings, some stock gains and accept some inflation - WestCoastIrishFan - 7:41am 8/2/19 (16) [View All]
- . [NT] - LehighND - 10:13am 8/2/19
- Hey, at least it's a rational political position. - LehighND - 9:30am 8/2/19
  - So, assume we win trade war, doubling our export to China. You don't see this expend our employment? - Eli - 2:08pm 8/2/19
    - Is that your predicted outcome? - LehighND - 2:18pm 8/2/19
      - No, I haven't made presidtion. Just tried to understand your position. So, you agree an improved - Eli - 2:56pm 8/2/19
        As I said one of 2 reasons on this IP rights thing is strategic reason. Did you hear china 2025? - Eli - 6:13pm 8/2/19
        
        A lot to unpack there. We could use Ned's expertise here - LehighND - 5:04pm 8/2/19
  - Agree. We don't know if a T.W. will expand our employment base, but we know no T.W. will diminish it - NedoftheHill - 1:40pm 8/2/19
    - How do we know that no TW will diminish it? - LehighND - 1:58pm 8/2/19
- This economic war is long overdue. Fight it now or let China dominant the world. - PBHangingChad - 9:08am 8/2/19
  - Yeah, no. - LehighND - 9:31am 8/2/19
    - Bush could have done something. - NedoftheHill - 1:42pm 8/2/19
      - In your opinion, would TPP have helped a bit? - LehighND - 5:22pm 8/2/19
    - Punish China for intellectual theft and unfair trade practices. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 10:16am 8/2/19
      - We were in a recession. We were borrowing money from them to be able to eat. - LehighND - 10:37am 8/2/19
        Oh Auntie Em!! You do realize our farmers feed 25% of the world. So we need China to eat. - PBHangingChad - 10:45am 8/2/19
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Is this out there? - CT Irish - 9:42pm 8/1/19 (9) [View All]
- No. - AlbanyIRISH - 10:34am 8/2/19
- it would do wonders for pant suit sales. [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:28am 8/2/19
- Yes, you can write in Hillary, the Felon, or Mu-Mu Lady. Counts the same. [NT] - Cole - 6:52am 8/2/19
- Way out there, man...... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 1:33am 8/2/19
- It wasn’t until you let the cat out of the bag. Good to "no". [NT] - jimbasil - 12:18am 8/2/19
- I just want to know what will happen when Trump starts tweeting about what Kamala did... - MAS - 9:52pm 8/1/19
  - Willie endorsed her in “private” [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 6:26am 8/2/19
  - Re: Don't understand your post - CT Irish - 10:11pm 8/1/19
    - She's the likely nominee. - MAS - 10:16pm 8/1/19
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Best possible scenario for the Dems. - iairishcheeks - 8:54pm 8/1/19 (17) [View All]
- Chris has pronounced Gabbard a "kook." - MAS - 9:45pm 8/1/19
  - I'm curious if she has to declare ownership of Kamala Harris on her tax returns. [NT] - Cole - 7:11am 8/2/19
  - She’s a wide-eyed loon - Chris94 - 9:54pm 8/1/19
    - More of a blue-footed booby... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 1:41am 8/2/19
    - Well-reasoned, as usual. BTW, is your pick, Biden, "flaky?" - MAS - 10:02pm 8/1/19
  - Whoops, and I forgot about the giant mirror to solve global warming. [NT] - MAS - 9:49pm 8/1/19
    - Is this a reference to something? - Chris94 - 9:55pm 8/1/19
      - I look forward to your description of the less pie-in-the-sky description! - MAS - 10:08pm 8/1/19
- Yang and Gabbard won’t make the cut, although I like them both. - conorlarkin - 9:43pm 8/1/19
  - Yang should make the first cut. Who knws what happens after that... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 1:30am 8/2/19
    - Isn’t one circumcision enough for you? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 9:12am 8/2/19
      - The mohel, the better! [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 12:16pm 8/2/19
  - Beating Trump should be like a 240 yd par 4 on an executive course. - iairishcheeks - 10:50pm 8/1/19
    - So thought the Republican primary field in 2015-16. So thought Hillary. - conorlarkin - 11:10pm 8/1/19
      - Hillary was a deeply flawed candidate at a time when Trump's message resonated. - iairishcheeks - 11:14pm 8/1/19
  - From The wide variety you’d accept, it’s clear that you stand for nothing & that’s why you’ll lose. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 9:47pm 8/1/19
  - "Strong and bold and fearless." That sounds like one of Jim's movie reviews. - MAS - 9:47pm 8/1/19
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Can we all agree that the earths climate has changed through millennium? - PBHangingChad - 6:05pm 8/1/19 (8) [View All]
- Must have been all those volcanoes that erupted. [NT] - jimbasil - 12:19am 8/2/19
- No, disagreed. I won't call the state of the atmosphere at 100 year scale climate. - Eli - 7:44pm 8/1/19
- sun is stronger for sure... i loved the smell of hawaiian tropic tanning oil back in the day... [NT] - rhollis - 7:22pm 8/1/19
- no, it’s mans’ fault and only white men who are rich [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 6:20pm 8/1/19
- Geo-engineering is the only possible solution - Chris94 - 6:09pm 8/1/19
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New verbage roll out at debate: GW-ancient, ClimateChange-yesterday, now “Climate Crisis” - BaronVonZemo - 1:09pm 8/1/19 (30) [View All]
- Among other things, Trump has exposure on climate and diminishing the green wave movement. [LINK] - conorlarkin - 7:19pm 8/1/19
  - In other words, this issue plays to the gullible voter segment. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:00pm 8/1/19
    - Indeed. Climate change is a hoax. Another media driven spoof. Spot on. - conorlarkin - 11:15pm 8/1/19
  - of course [NT] - Hank the Tank - 9:50pm 8/1/19
  - Care to look where Climate Change comes in with voter polls. We don’t want cows but illegals are OK - PBHangingChad - 7:26pm 8/1/19
    - I genuinely hope GOP candidates adopt your sentiments. [NT] - conorlarkin - 8:49pm 8/1/19
- It is a crisis. [NT] - AlbanyIRISH - 3:56pm 8/1/19
  - Like 1936? [NT] [LINK] - Aragoto - 5:25pm 8/1/19
  - I like "Climate Calamity". [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 4:37pm 8/1/19
    - Climageddon. [NT] - Aragoto - 5:18pm 8/1/19
      - Winner. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:05pm 8/1/19
- I'm one of those rubes that a certain poster mocks... - eddie82 - 2:24pm 8/1/19
  - Very good! [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 5:45pm 8/1/19
  - At least one of the candidates last night mentioned global ramifications. While I give no credibili - WestCoastIrishFan - 3:51pm 8/1/19
- I'm beginning to love this Andrew Yang guy - Chris94 - 1:13pm 8/1/19
  - a 1%er [NT] - Hank the Tank - 9:53pm 8/1/19
  - What happens to the lower ground and does the higher ground become less high? [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 5:46pm 8/1/19
  - He's my write-in candidate. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 4:53pm 8/1/19
    - I am taking that as a dig. [NT] - LehighND - 5:03pm 8/1/19
  - Positive, solution orientated, has a plan. [NT] - Cole - 4:08pm 8/1/19
  - Close second behind Tulsi. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 3:33pm 8/1/19
  - As usual, it all about you, like - ColeyO - 2:40pm 8/1/19
    - Isn't that, umm, what people do here? Post their opinions about things? - LehighND - 2:58pm 8/1/19
      - Not sure there is much to scratch heads about. He's pretty simple. [NT] - Chris94 - 3:13pm 8/1/19
  - Good news then, he's apparently on the cusp of making the September Panderthons in Houston. [NT] [LINK] - TakethetrainKnute - 1:27pm 8/1/19
  - your the sobering ying to the raging Yang. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 1:17pm 8/1/19
    - Flanders to his Mr. Burns [NT] - Chris94 - 1:22pm 8/1/19
      - PS my friend-how does it feel to be the conservative in your party? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 3:56pm 8/1/19
        Like I have said, most Dems self-identify as "moderate" or "conservative" - Chris94 - 4:28pm 8/1/19
        The radicals are going to boot you with your “half measures”. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:01pm 8/1/19
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Still think I’m nuts for predicting this a long while back, Chris? [NT] [LINK] - BaronVonZemo - 10:01am 8/1/19 (8) [View All]
- Obama-Winfrey 2020 - AlbanyIRISH - 3:57pm 8/1/19
  - Well Ophrah was just about giving him a hummer on the stage when he was her guest in 1989 or so. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 5:48pm 8/1/19
  - And America wouldn't run after it. If we are trapped in perpetual American Idol presidencies... - TakethetrainKnute - 4:03pm 8/1/19
- ...and I'm calling Bellevue 'cause you're nuts... - TakethetrainKnute - 1:04pm 8/1/19
- As I posted recently, I think the eventual nominee will be none of the current 20 - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 12:51pm 8/1/19
- "Nuts" is strong. But it is still not happening. [NT] - Chris94 - 10:43am 8/1/19
  - You guys should make a bet. We need more $5000 bets around here. :-) [NT] - NedoftheHill - 12:01pm 8/1/19
- Time to rev up the Obama Machine politics, especially after last night. [NT] [LINK] - Cole - 10:04am 8/1/19
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only a matter of time before something more serious than water is dumped on a NYC police officer. M - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:49am 8/1/19 (2) [View All]
- Watch for Antifa, the basement dwelling arm of the Democratic Party, to be - ColeyO - 2:46pm 8/1/19
- Acid attacks have been seen in the UK, East Africa and South Asia. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:59am 8/1/19
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This is just bonkers. Wow. He's the moderate? What a moron. [LINK] [IMAGE] - Cole - 7:41am 8/1/19 (31) [View All]
- I see you've made a couple of edits here. Question for you. - LehighND - 8:58am 8/1/19
  - He said any fossil fuel, same as AOC's "no more airplanes". So dumb. No need to split hair, Lehigh. - Eli - 3:46pm 8/1/19
    - I guess Ohio and Pa are big fracking states, then? - LehighND - 3:54pm 8/1/19
      - PA is. Biden will be fine here. He doesn’t need Ohio to win but he will force Orange to defend it. [NT] - Frank L - 4:55pm 8/1/19
        I can't tell you how excited I am about the prospect of a President Joe Biden. [NT] - LehighND - 4:57pm 8/1/19
        Excited gots nuttin to do with it. He will govern normally. Are people excited about any - Frank L - 5:03pm 8/1/19
        I believe he's had "work"...and is starting to resemble the aliens from This Island Earth... - TakethetrainKnute - 5:35pm 8/1/19
        Uhm have you noticed the current freak in the Oval? - Frank L - 7:46pm 8/1/19
      - Politically? His dumbest talk that damages his midwest chance so far is this one: - Eli - 4:48pm 8/1/19
        If you say so. [NT] - LehighND - 4:59pm 8/1/19
      - Huge mother frackers! [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 4:11pm 8/1/19
  - It's the coal miners, their families, and their rural communities who live off of the severance - Cole - 9:14am 8/1/19
    - I'm sorry. Did I say something hostile towards white working class families? - LehighND - 9:21am 8/1/19
      - You don’t need to. You are arguing with a bot cultist. He’s like a Hari Krishna. [NT] - Frank L - 9:45am 8/1/19
        They all seem to have a problem staying on topic. [NT] - LehighND - 12:50pm 8/1/19
        
        I know I'm winning when you go ad hominen. Have a good day. [NT] - Cole - 9:57am 8/1/19
        So...pretty much every day? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:56am 8/1/19
        
        It’s just a fact. Orange has already insulted you cultists with his fifth ave comment. - Frank L - 10:01am 8/1/19
      - Dismissing coal miner votes because they represent a small subset of the population - Cole - 9:28am 8/1/19
        Not dismissing anything. - LehighND - 1:05pm 8/1/19
        I'm curious, did you watch the video? He said he wants to eliminate all fossil fuels during - Cole - 1:27pm 8/1/19
        Refuse to call him out? Trump tweets 5 stupid things a day that I let pass. - LehighND - 1:37pm 8/1/19
        Hey he won again.....pretty much every day. It’s a cult thing. Even Orange is laughing at them with - Frank L - 1:50pm 8/1/19
        * [NT] - Frank L - 5:00pm 8/1/19
        
        You can't stay on topic. The subject is Biden's idea to eliminate all fossil fuels during his Admin, - Cole - 1:42pm 8/1/19
        I thought the topic was how that strategy would work for the Dems in Ohio and PA. - LehighND - 1:52pm 8/1/19
        Another one of your Circular responses. Bravo [NT] - ColeyO - 2:52pm 8/1/19
        Responses to what, exactly? [NT] - LehighND - 2:56pm 8/1/19
        
        Coming from the cultist of he who does nothing but pander to his base, this is rich. [NT] - Frank L - 9:43am 8/1/19
  - And those that are there aren’t going to vote for a D over the Messiah anyways. Cole has cult TDS. [NT] - Frank L - 9:06am 8/1/19
    - Are you saying that Joe couldn't flip those 3000 votes by sacrificing our children's future? - LehighND - 9:15am 8/1/19
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Bad new for Dems: a majority believe Trump is racist. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 7:20am 8/1/19 (18) [View All]
- "Happy with the possibility" he's a racist? - jimbasil - 9:49am 8/1/19
  - JimmyB... long time, no see... name a politician who doesn't play the "us vs them" approach? [NT] - IrishMac - 9:32am 8/2/19
    - Name the politicians who use "Us vs Them" in racial divide. Them are the reasons you're not - jimbasil - 11:31am 8/2/19
  - I'm as content with Trump's racism as I am with that of virtue signalling crowd [NT] - Curly1918 - 6:15pm 8/1/19
    - Limitless inane speak. - jimbasil - 9:57pm 8/1/19
- Trump is the worst racist in the world by uplifting Blacks and Hispanics out of - Cole - 7:52am 8/1/19
  - . [NT] - Cole - 9:00am 8/1/19
  - Trump didn't lift anyone up. He was simply incapable of keeping them down. - LehighND - 8:54am 8/1/19
    - "They will only see what they want to see". [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 9:15am 8/1/19
    - Per the NY Times, "Minority Women Are Winning the Jobs Race in a Record Economic - Cole - 9:02am 8/1/19
      - I bet that bothers him as well. - LehighND - 9:03am 8/1/19
        what policies has he put forward you actually believe are racist? [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:15am 8/1/19
        Well let’s see what he has proposed. Muslim travel ban, nah not racist. Calling Mexicans rapists - Frank L - 9:53am 8/1/19
        well, let's see...the muslim ban only was for specific countries sponsoring terrorists, Haiti is a - WestCoastIrishFan - 10:06am 8/1/19
        Not originally it wasn’t, that was how Rudy modified it to pass muster. - Frank L - 10:12am 8/1/19
        
        Is this a new thread? [NT] - LehighND - 9:22am 8/1/19
        deflection alert! - und67 - 9:39am 8/1/19
        I know, right? - LehighND - 12:49pm 8/1/19
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The Peanut Butter & Pickle Sandwich [LINK] - NedoftheHill - 1:38am 8/1/19 (2) [View All]
- As kids ("the cardiac kids"), we made grilled peanut butter sandwiches. [NT] - conorlarkin - 9:32am 8/1/19
- My Mom has always eaten those things. - jakers - 9:28am 8/1/19
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You couldn't create a worse presidential candidate than Kirsten Gillibrand in a laboratory. - MAS - 12:04am 8/1/19 (14) [View All]
- I am going to guess that you do not like her. [NT] - LehighND - 5:05pm 8/1/19
- She needs to stay in NY and keep screwing that state up - CC72 - 11:03am 8/1/19
- She wants you to know that she is the most wokest. Her wokeness is off the woke meter... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 8:02am 8/1/19
  - what a ringing endorsement of the voters of NY [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:04am 8/1/19
    - Hey...I resemble that remark. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 8:20am 8/1/19
- She said her first act as a female president would be to clean the Oval Office. You can't make this - Cole - 7:59am 8/1/19
- She knows white privilege. - AlbanyIRISH - 7:02am 8/1/19
- She is at LEAST 15 points up on the Moron-In-Chief. - golfernot - 2:55am 8/1/19
  - it's interesting how you and others continue to claim Trump is a moron yet you have no issue believi - WestCoastIrishFan - 7:58am 8/1/19
    - Huh, elaborate plan? Russian intelligence hacked emails and fed disinformation to help him. - Frank L - 8:41am 8/1/19
      - I guess then he was smart enough to not have his servers hacked. [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:11am 8/1/19
        I will give you that. Dumbasses. [NT] - Frank L - 10:24am 8/1/19
- Amnesia appears to have set in - jimbasil - 2:17am 8/1/19
- desperate people do/say desperate things [NT] - Hank the Tank - 1:46am 8/1/19
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New Bureau of Economic Analysis: avg wages, income, wealth way up since Trump took office. [LINK] - BaronVonZemo - 11:35pm 7/31/19 (7) [View All]
- How's that deficit looking? Sorry, forgot, Obama not Prez anymore. [NT] - golfernot - 2:50am 8/1/19
- First time interest rates cut since Great Recession. - LehighND - 12:06am 8/1/19
  - What a ridiculous spin. Let's look at the facts......... [LINK] - BaronVonZemo - 9:14am 8/1/19
    - "Things are fine. Don't oversell it" is ridiculous spin? - LehighND - 1:03pm 8/1/19
      - There has to be a pull back, but many feel the fed bowed to Trump’political pressure with this cut - BaronVonZemo - 1:21pm 8/1/19
        There has to be a pullback because there is perceived weakness. - LehighND - 1:31pm 8/1/19
        We pretty much agree then. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 9:52pm 8/1/19
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LOL. Go to joe3030.com? He will never stop running for president, even in non-election year [NT] - Eli - 10:59pm 7/31/19 (0) [View All]
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Google hosted “wokerati” party highlights the falsehood of the Global Warming clarions [LINK] - BaronVonZemo - 10:03pm 7/31/19 (1) [View All]
- About a dozen of the celebs were set to fly there in Epstein's jet, but it's been grounded. - MAS - 10:27pm 7/31/19
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Tulsi Gabbard: sexiest presidential candidate ever? - Chris94 - 10:01pm 7/31/19 (25) [View All]
- How about the hippie chick running now? She reminds me of a high on sex Judy Collins from the late - THEISMANCARR - 5:31pm 8/1/19
- Yo, Gabbard Gabbard! [IMAGE] - TakethetrainKnute - 1:09pm 8/1/19
- Tulsi murdered Harris last night. Fun to see. Obama gonna be mad. [NT] [LINK] - Cole - 4:50am 8/1/19
- Yep. I also don't see why she is a screwball. Would love to hear why you think that. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:00am 8/1/19
  - Maybe someday I’ll be able to forgive this. Maybe not. [LINK] - Chris94 - 7:56am 8/1/19
    - Can you forgive Pelosi for doing the same thing under Bush? Or, is Pelosi a screwball as well? [NT] [IMAGE] - NedoftheHill - 10:10am 8/1/19
      - There was no war going on. But in general, members of the House should stay out of FP. [NT] - Chris94 - 4:29pm 8/1/19
    - Niether of those are "screwball", merely positions that you disagree with. AOC/Palin is "screwball" [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 9:17am 8/1/19
- Finally you post something I can get behind. Don’t know why she is a screwball. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 11:37pm 7/31/19
- you’re really not allowed to call a woman sexy anymore. [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 10:12pm 7/31/19
- She also boards like a champ. [NT] - Frank L - 10:08pm 7/31/19
- Either her or Nikki Haley. I think a swimsuit competition is going to be necessary to decide. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:06pm 7/31/19
  - It all depends on how she and Palin age by 2024. [NT] - Chris94 - 10:07pm 7/31/19
    - And let’s not forget Bob Dole. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:08pm 7/31/19
      - It just occurred to me that "Bob Dole" is Bob Dole's preferred pronoun. - NedoftheHill - 10:11am 8/1/19
- I know you have contacts - Iggle - 10:04pm 7/31/19
  - Of me or her? - Chris94 - 10:06pm 7/31/19
    - MAS has your pic. - Iggle - 10:22pm 7/31/19
      - It's a glamour shot. - MAS - 10:28pm 7/31/19
        A Dossier you say? Have you obtained a FISA warrant yet for some secret surveillance? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:37pm 7/31/19
        Oh, I've never seen the dossier, unfortunately. - MAS - 10:47pm 7/31/19
        Let’s just say that I have not destroyed my pee pee tapes [NT] - Chris94 - 10:49pm 7/31/19
        You have just piqued the interest of a Pennsylvanian lawyer. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 11:18pm 7/31/19
    - We already all have your pics, though I think 94 out of a 100 scale is an exaggeration. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:11pm 7/31/19
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a stage of looney tunes. [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:40pm 7/31/19 (3) [View All]
- This seems about right. [NT] - LehighND - 9:11am 8/1/19
- last comic standing. [NT] - und67 - 9:44pm 7/31/19
  - kamala has a little bit of dana carvey as katherine hepburn in her delivery [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:57pm 7/31/19
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I’m beginning to believe that Warren will win Iowa and New Hampshire ending Joe - PBHangingChad - 5:18pm 7/31/19 (14) [View All]
- She does appeal to the ideological base... but is a little too white to excite people of color [LINK] - Curly1918 - 6:59am 8/1/19
- Iowa was named after the Ioway Indians, part of the Ho-Chunk peoples. - iairishcheeks - 6:38pm 7/31/19
  - Iowa is the dirtiest four letter word in the dictionary. [NT] - Cole - 7:05pm 7/31/19
    - I.O.W.A. Idiots Out Walking Around - BaronVonZemo - 9:44pm 7/31/19
      - Most of 'em are on four wheelers these days. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:46pm 7/31/19
        ...Wheeling Around? [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 8:28am 8/1/19
- What I can't figure out is how come she escapes being blasted for faking the Native American thing - THEISMANCARR - 5:25pm 7/31/19
  - She's the most industrious among D candidates. I'm starting to respect her (as opponent). She offers - Eli - 5:39pm 7/31/19
  - Let the liberal MSM cover for her like they did Hillary. Trump is waiting for her. - PBHangingChad - 5:29pm 7/31/19
    - thank sweet baby Jesus for Fox News. [NT] - Frank L - 5:31pm 7/31/19
      - By the way did you watch the series on Roger Ailes? If true what a pig. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 5:36pm 7/31/19
        Didn’t see it but he had quite the piggery reputation. He did hire some hot women though to harass. [NT] - Frank L - 5:38pm 7/31/19
  - Really, like how did a certain somebody escape political death after bragging about grabbing women’s - Frank L - 5:29pm 7/31/19
    - Social situation, not on job. Easy answer. The women did not protest when he went after them. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 5:36pm 8/1/19
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This is stunning: Significant jump in wage and salary after BEA's upward revisions [NT] [LINK] - Eli - 5:16pm 7/31/19 (0) [View All]
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But this wouldn’t be racist under the Jakers/Jabi UHND rule. [LINK] - Frank L - 4:18pm 7/31/19 (14) [View All]
- I love the author's psychoanalysis of Nixon. What does Steven Pinker say about the issue? - MAS - 10:02pm 7/31/19
  - It’s both an interesting and taboo subject in this day. - Frank L - 10:33pm 7/31/19
- Should we discuss JFK, Bobby’s and LBJ comments about MLK? [NT] - PBHangingChad - 5:20pm 7/31/19
  - Whatabout JFK, RFK and LBJ re: MLK?!?! [NT] - Chris94 - 5:50pm 7/31/19
    - Hoover had wiretaps on MLK phones talking about their comments. Hoover leaked them to MLK. He hated - PBHangingChad - 7:15pm 7/31/19
      - I never heard of that. Link it if you can. [NT] - Frank L - 7:23pm 7/31/19
        I’ll try to post tomorrow on this Hoover had the goods on everyone that’s why he was never fired [NT] - PBHangingChad - 7:57pm 7/31/19
        You're right. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 5:38pm 8/1/19
  - Sure fair game. Quote them. [NT] - Frank L - 5:26pm 7/31/19
    - Oh you mean the transcripts of wiretaps Hoover put on MLK’s phone? - PBHangingChad - 5:34pm 7/31/19
      - No I mean the supposed racist comments by LBJ, JFK, and RFK that you referenced. - Frank L - 5:36pm 7/31/19
        That’s my point it came from MLK himself or maybe he was being dishonest [NT] - PBHangingChad - 5:38pm 7/31/19
        I honestly don’t know of any MLK recording accusing any of three of that. - Frank L - 5:41pm 7/31/19
        As posted above Hoover hated the Kennedys especially Bobby. He thought they - PBHangingChad - 7:19pm 7/31/19
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After 24/7. 365x2, CNN doesn’t ask even ONE debate Q about Mueller Report.....err.... [LINK] - BaronVonZemo - 3:53pm 7/31/19 (5) [View All]
- I am glad CNN gave Trump a pass. It would have been too easy... - LehighND - 4:35pm 7/31/19
  - “CNN gave Trump a pass”. Wait....wouldn’t that also be giving RUSSIA a pass? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:15pm 7/31/19
    - I think there are other ways to bring up Russian interference. - LehighND - 9:17am 8/2/19
  - you're a partisan dumpy [NT] - Hank the Tank - 4:42pm 7/31/19
    - I don't think that's possible. - LehighND - 9:14am 8/2/19
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Way to go Puig...goes after the head hunting Pirates even after traded to the American League. [NT] [LINK] - Frank L - 3:32pm 7/31/19 (12) [View All]
- Garrett needs to sit out the rest of 2019 - Chris94 - 5:23pm 7/31/19
  - Bell needs to be suspended along with several players - CC72 - 11:49pm 7/31/19
    - Pirates are renowned headhunters. They have no other distinction. - Frank L - 9:42am 8/1/19
  - So Ray Knight was wrong? Moron! [NT] - Cole - 5:59pm 7/31/19
    - Did Ray Knight charge a dugout? [NT] - Chris94 - 6:28pm 7/31/19
  - He will get at least 30 days, maybe the season from MLB. - Frank L - 5:47pm 7/31/19
    - To be fair, Pittsburgh is a horrible place. - Iggle - 7:29pm 7/31/19
      - Good point [NT] - Chris94 - 8:26pm 7/31/19
        Imagine how cranky a team from mosquito infested New Orleans would be. (Is it racist to say that?) [NT] - NedoftheHill - 12:49am 8/1/19
        You don’t need to imagine, they have a triple A team. [NT] - Frank L - 9:37am 8/1/19
- The Pirates are known for this so it was going to get heated, but Amir Garrett went all WWE - ShowMeIrish - 3:43pm 7/31/19
  - That was pure balls by Garrett. Puig didn’t care that he was no longer on the Reds. - Frank L - 3:48pm 7/31/19
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As a country, we've reduced our consumption of fatty foods but we've increased our consumption of - Cole - 3:22pm 7/31/19 (2) [View All]
- Probably need to do something. - LehighND - 4:32pm 7/31/19
  - I agree but farmers and food companies will never allow it [NT] - Cole - 5:32pm 7/31/19
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Farm aid- for the wealthy [LINK] - CC72 - 1:06pm 7/31/19 (0) [View All]
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RIP Nick Buoniconti [NT] - Aragoto - 12:22pm 7/31/19 (2) [View All]
- Did not see him play, but always enjoyed him on Inside the NFL on HBO, with Len Dawson [NT] - Chris94 - 12:29pm 7/31/19
  - One of ND’s All Time Greats. [NT] [LINK] - Aragoto - 8:45pm 7/31/19
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Since it is used in passing a lot, can someone define "open borders" for me? - LehighND - 10:56am 7/31/19 (70) [View All]
- Mechanically, it means decriminalizing entry into the country without permission - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 1:41pm 7/31/19
  - This seems like a non-controversial definition. Isn't this what the Dems are proposing? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 4:55pm 7/31/19
- Open borders = borders without wall. - Eli - 1:11pm 7/31/19
  - Way to hand it right to Lehigh and Chris on a silver platter. Good job, Slugger! [NT] - MAS - 2:20pm 7/31/19
  - So Trump and the most of the world are for open borders? - LehighND - 1:19pm 7/31/19
    - Like Joe Biden would say “Canadians are clean, well spoken people”. [NT] - Domer From Hell - 3:54pm 7/31/19
      - Articulate and bright! [NT] - Chris94 - 8:45pm 7/31/19
      - Joe Biden is for open borders as well, I guess. [NT] - LehighND - 4:21pm 7/31/19
        Yes, if half ass raising your finger - ColeyO - 6:49pm 7/31/19
        
        More for open blouses... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 4:29pm 7/31/19
    - It’s Eli. Logic and decipherable English hurt his head. [NT] - Frank L - 2:13pm 7/31/19
      - Yeah, lawyerly obfuscation always gives me a headache. I have a waffle brain, not a spaghetti brain [NT] - Eli - 2:30pm 7/31/19
    - You're asking for definition. You're not asking for solution. Solution has to be practical. - Eli - 1:38pm 7/31/19
      - But if I am to be afraid of [Some Dem] because they support open borders... - LehighND - 4:13pm 7/31/19
        Donald "Build that wall" Trump doesn't support open borders. At least you shouldn't be afraid of him [NT] - Eli - 5:22pm 7/31/19
- Do you think that this forum is inappropriately named? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 1:02pm 7/31/19
  - "The Schengen-like Forum" does have a certain ring to it... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 1:04pm 7/31/19
- Scare phrase for those who want a campaign issue rather than solving the issue. [NT] - Frank L - 11:41am 7/31/19
  - Scary because it is accurate? You aren't addressing the question. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 4:53pm 7/31/19
    - It’s not accurate to cast D’s as a group as being for “open borders”. - Frank L - 9:57pm 7/31/19
      - Which candidates are not for open borders? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 10:13am 8/1/19
        Dunno, haven’t watched any of it. [NT] - Frank L - 10:45am 8/1/19
  - Here is the typical Democrat “solution”. Sounds like open borders to me. - CC72 - 12:28pm 7/31/19
    - Yeah. That's not open borders. - LehighND - 1:12pm 7/31/19
      - "If he meant that, he would have said it." Can't argue with naivete like that! - MAS - 2:45pm 7/31/19
        I thought they were proud of it. - LehighND - 4:19pm 7/31/19
        I recall people arguing that they support de facto open borders. I don't recall anyone saying... - MAS - 7:18pm 7/31/19
        Why would prohibit any particular group, in reasonable numbers, immigrating here? [NT] - LehighND - 9:46pm 7/31/19
        You just answered, in so many words. - MAS - 10:05pm 7/31/19
        These candidates support open borders? - LehighND - 11:22pm 7/31/19
        How do you differentiate what the Dem candidates are proposing from open borders? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:02am 8/1/19
        The border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is an open border. - LehighND - 2:18pm 8/1/19
      - He would have said it if he were not a coward. [NT] - CC72 - 1:31pm 7/31/19
    - Okay CC, then why did Orange turn down an absolute secure the border deal last year with 25 bill for - Frank L - 12:48pm 7/31/19
      - Don’t know. Was he given a bill to sign or veto? [NT] - CC72 - 1:08pm 7/31/19
        He had agreed to terms with the D’s until Anne Coulter started yelling at him. - Frank L - 1:11pm 7/31/19
        So no, he never got a bill to sign. [LINK] - CC72 - 1:15pm 7/31/19
        Of course not. He ended up opposing it. If BORDER SECURITY was his concern he would have supported - Frank L - 2:05pm 7/31/19
- Its base definition means allowing people into the country with no documentation. - jakers - 11:34am 7/31/19
  - There is no restriction on who can enter the country? - LehighND - 1:22pm 7/31/19
    - Are you being serious? - jakers - 2:57pm 7/31/19
      - I am trying to get a handle on it. - LehighND - 4:11pm 7/31/19
        Ireland does have restrictions... - NedoftheHill - 5:43pm 7/31/19
        Unless you are bon vivant like Lehigh, Ireland is pretty strict. - Frank L - 8:27pm 7/31/19
        
        You're looking for an argument here and I'm not presenting one. - jakers - 4:35pm 7/31/19
        I don't necessary want to argue. - LehighND - 10:08pm 7/31/19
        Passively aggressive Lehigh... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 9:43am 8/1/19
        
        This is how I view it as well. - iairishcheeks - 5:15pm 7/31/19
        I am starting to see a pattern, but I don't agree. - LehighND - 10:01pm 7/31/19
        How many people attempt to illegally walk across the border to Ireland? - iairishcheeks - 12:56am 8/1/19
        In the olden days...this might have been a set-up for a Polish joke... - TakethetrainKnute - 12:58pm 8/1/19
        
        What if we just implement Ireland's rules for non-Shengan nations? - NedoftheHill - 12:53am 8/1/19
        Then Lehigh would use Iceland as his example. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 9:04am 8/1/19
        
        I agree with both of you. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 5:49pm 7/31/19
        
        I agree with you. This is one of my biggest concerns with nationalized H.C. - jakers - 5:31pm 7/31/19
        I am in favor of nationalized HC in principle. - iairishcheeks - 6:18pm 7/31/19
    - The only place I know of with no or few border checks is within the Schengen zone. - Frank L - 2:41pm 7/31/19
- "Open borders" = scare tactic that no one supports - Chris94 - 11:13am 7/31/19
  - Wrong. Elizabeth Warren espoused them last night in the debate. No wonder you vote Dem...... - BaronVonZemo - 3:42pm 7/31/19
  - any term is fine as long as the government refuses to address the situation. Taking liberties with - WestCoastIrishFan - 11:33am 7/31/19
    - Let's call Trump's border polity "Genocide". - LehighND - 1:05pm 7/31/19
      - Nazis killed with Zyklon B - Iggle - 1:13pm 7/31/19
      - And I was just getting used to "concentration camps"... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 1:08pm 7/31/19
        Exactly. Leave that crap to the BS politicians. - LehighND - 1:14pm 7/31/19
  - I will leave an old post here [NT] [LINK] - Hank Scorpio - 11:24am 7/31/19
    - So it is like the "War on Women". - LehighND - 1:03pm 7/31/19
    - Old posts never die. - TakethetrainKnute - 12:00pm 7/31/19
  - Explain who Warren and Sanders are trying to scare [NT] - ColeyO - 11:21am 7/31/19
    - Trying to scare up the ghosts of Lenin and Trotsky? [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 11:55am 7/31/19
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What percentage of African-Americans see through the reparations push as a way - IrishMac - 9:56am 7/31/19 (7) [View All]
- most would take the free money [NT] - Hank the Tank - 5:05pm 7/31/19
- I don't think reparations make any sense.... [LINK] - Chris94 - 11:23am 7/31/19
  - The article definitely sheds light on situations that I would say most of the U.S. population - IrishMac - 2:08pm 7/31/19
    - I think it was more a race issue than a party issue in the 20s and 30s - Chris94 - 3:01pm 7/31/19
      - If you look at the 2nd interactive map, it still appears to be an issue even through 2010. - IrishMac - 3:17pm 7/31/19
- Any of them with a half a brain. [NT] - Frank L - 9:57am 7/31/19
  - Do you think its the same percentage... - LehighND - 10:50am 7/31/19
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The impact of Medicare-for-all would be a transfer of wealth from caucasians to people of color - Curly1918 - 8:07am 7/31/19 (41) [View All]
- The race element has nothing to do with it. - Frank L - 10:03am 7/31/19
  - The race element has a lot to do with opposition to it - Chris94 - 11:14am 7/31/19
    - Nonsense - Iggle - 1:34pm 7/31/19
    - please share for me a few sources that race is the underlying critique of medicare for all other tha - WestCoastIrishFan - 11:35am 7/31/19
      - Curly merely stated what lots of people believe - Chris94 - 11:59am 7/31/19
        Until his post, I don't recall ever hearing anyone mention it being a race issue. All I've heard an - WestCoastIrishFan - 12:27pm 7/31/19
        Rarely are such things stated - Chris94 - 1:25pm 7/31/19
        you hear what you want to hear. Just show me some links to anyone other than curly calling it a rac - WestCoastIrishFan - 1:46pm 7/31/19
        This is not a new idea. [NT] [LINK] - Chris94 - 1:53pm 7/31/19
        
        Me neither honestly. [NT] - Frank L - 12:50pm 7/31/19
    - For some sure. For most center right R’s though the loss of their private option - Frank L - 11:33am 7/31/19
  - Fair enough... but is opposing Medicare-for-All racist? [NT] - Curly1918 - 10:21am 7/31/19
    - Of course not. The problem is everyone looks at issues through the prism of race. - Frank L - 10:30am 7/31/19
      - We evolved in congresses and then tribes (that's also the underlying genesis of football rivalries). - Curly1918 - 10:40am 7/31/19
- Holy shit, dude - Nigel Tufnel - 9:54am 7/31/19
  - There's not too much to unpack, actually. - Chris94 - 10:58am 7/31/19
  - Ok... go ahead... unwrap. Or are these issues that cause you anxiety|? [NT] - Curly1918 - 10:22am 7/31/19
    - When considering Medicare For All - Nigel Tufnel - 10:42am 7/31/19
- I think we all admire those who make up facts and then pontificate. - Chris94 - 9:27am 7/31/19
  - So do you disagree that Medicare-for-all would have a disparate negative impact on white folks? - Curly1918 - 10:31am 7/31/19
    - You continue to prove my point. Social policy, to rubes, is race policy. [NT] - Chris94 - 10:56am 7/31/19
  - Do you run a business with employees? If not you don’t know what you are talking about. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 9:55am 7/31/19
    - This is a great post. Thanks for educating me. [NT] - Chris94 - 10:56am 7/31/19
    - I have over 30. So what? - Frank L - 10:05am 7/31/19
      - Orange has no alternative but at least you admit that Obamacare screwed small business [NT] - PBHangingChad - 10:29am 7/31/19
        Of course it did. Where all the premium increases got dumped. Small group market. - Frank L - 10:32am 7/31/19
        Anecdotally, we saw the opposite. - LehighND - 11:03am 7/31/19
        Our old policy covered an employee with HIV now they won’t. What happened to your deductibles? - PBHangingChad - 4:01pm 7/31/19
        
        Dunno yer state’s market. Ours doubled when we were literally down to one writer for the state. - Frank L - 11:37am 7/31/19
- you mean medicare for all won't provide the same quality as your private insurance? [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:40am 7/31/19
  - In your world, does private insurance cover 100% of medical costs? - conorlarkin - 9:30am 7/31/19
    - no, it doesn't, nor should it. Everyone should have some skin in the game, and those with lifestyle - WestCoastIrishFan - 10:38am 7/31/19
- Very substantive debate last night. I do not watch CNN, but they did a good job with questions. - conorlarkin - 8:12am 7/31/19
  - Don Lemon came across as a buffoon, not surprising [NT] - ColeyO - 11:23am 7/31/19
    - Oog make fire. He is the Hannity of the lefty media. [NT] - Frank L - 4:24pm 7/31/19
  - The Pirates/Reds brawl was far more enthralling... and meaningful - Curly1918 - 10:42am 7/31/19
  - You're just a parody account at this point, right? - jakers - 9:39am 7/31/19
    - Here is the transcript — [LINK] - conorlarkin - 10:09am 7/31/19
      - As usual, a great response from you. [NT] - jakers - 11:11am 7/31/19
  - I was fascinated by all of the comments by Warren and others that green energy is going to lead to - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:44am 7/31/19
    - I pray for a Trump Warren debate. Must see TV. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 9:58am 7/31/19

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