The NY Times is a liberal newspaper. They admit as much.
Complaining that they hire BLM-favorable reporters is like complaining that Fox hired Tucker Carlson or Steve Doocy!
OMG! Did you hear that BLACK BAPTIST CHURCH down the street hired a new BLACK pastor?
Like 90% of your diatribes, this is FAKE NEWS...
@raphjd said in House Republicans Accuse Rep. Adam Schiff of Allowing Colbert Staff Into Capitol:
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You git - you banned me because of a post - a NEW TOPIC - I posted... but you, on your high horse, are never wrong, so I guess that whole posting will likely be deleted now...
c'est lat vie!
I guess the war in Ukraine won't end tomorrow after all, because my post about Walmart being unfairly targeted for an attempted Juneteenth celebration product won't be read, so the Russians will continue the war!
Seem disconnected? yeah... look in the mirror...
@raphjd said in Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to 26 Voter Fraud Felonies:
Are you saying this is fake news?
FAKE NEWS? As-in the Trump definition of "fake news" (which is: it's not important enough to be "news") - then yes, this is fake news...
Not to be confused with wrong or invalid information...
Truthful, yes... fake news, also yes!
Regardless of the port of entry (Macedonia), the port of Origin is Putin & the Russian KGB.
This is par for the course.
As I pointed out: like most click-bait, the headline is somewhat misleading, if not entirely wrong. In this case:
You are arguing with a rock. @raphjd is the site administrator (not the site owner, but damn near as high up in this site's orgainzation)... I've been pointing out that his articles come from Russian-sponsored troll sites (you call them click farms - I like it) for years now... he just calls me names and ignores the obvious anti-American bias and divisiveness.
BTW: @raphjd does not live in the US - he is in the UK. His infatuation with US politics goes hand in hand with his adoration of all things Trump and belief that authoritarian rule (by someone he politically agrees with) is the best form of Government. "Off with their heads!"
Oh, and while he used to let the politics section run "fast and furious", he's decided lately to (ab)use the power he holds as Administrator to ban people who challenge him. Just so you're warned...
This one was a keeper for me... While I didn't like the 30-minute episode format, i really liked the story - and I think there's plenty of room for more exploration - like Tao (a straight? friend of lead character Charlie's) budding attraction to trans friend Elle...
Like the above poster, I also watched this series with a teary eye - because my own childhood awakening was NOTHING AT ALL like this! I was bullied, attacked - physically and verbally - and ostracized because I was "different" in High School, and even still in College! It wasn't until my first career job that I ever met anyone else "normal" like me! LOL
I've downloaded and kept a version of this - for one, I have a 16 y/o who is struggling with his sexual identity.
And I very much look forward to new seasons!
It kind of depends on the "state of things" after... if we were particularly "frisky", built up a sweat, and have bodily fluids all over the place, a shower after is necessary. If the only bodily fluids around are a few stray drops of cum - and it's pre-sleep sex, then maybe not.... I like falling asleep after sex (without a shower), and I don't mind waking up with a little dried cum on my chest - or elsewhere LOL.
Likewise, shower before sex also depends on other things... but if its evening, and I haven't showered since morning (or the night before), then yeah - I gotta get rid of the "stink" before I get going... I do NOT like the smell of my own body odor! (Of course, if I'm going to bottom, there has GOT to be a cleanse ahead of time... and for me, that means a shower).
What I find annoying though are guys (usually younger ones) who seem to have learned all about sex from porn videos... they cum and they jump up and head for the showers! Like in less than 30-seconds! No! An orgasm is not the hard & fast END to love-making, it's just the beginning of the end! Stick around and enjoy the "afterglow" of good sex!
Unless there is someone else there hollering "end scene", the orgasm is NOT the end of sex!
That's not true!
What he said was that there weren't sufficient numbers to draw ANY significant conclusions! That's not the same as "no evidence"... not by a long-shot!
Also, the shots have been shown to be SAFE in children over 6-mo in age.
So let's take a step back here... a LOT of children get COVID and have only mild symptoms (e.g.: cold/flu-like symptoms)... many have no symptoms. Are you proposing that - BEFORE we allow or support the distribution of the vaccine to children, we should intentionally expose test subjects (kids) to COVID to see how many get hospitalized or die?
The nut-job, conspiracy-theorists out there keep making the expectation that these vaccines (and the tests behind them) must be "miraculous" to be "worth it" - and that's just plain bullshit!
MOST children didn't die from chicken-pox (they were just scarred)... but many DID die... so we developed a vaccine... one that in the later days of the 1950's and early ones of the 1960's had plenty of instances of bad side-effects. But we still vaccinated nearly all of our children! The RISK from the vaccine was worth the REWARD of healthier, better-looking (non-scarred) kids!
We don't have sufficient NUMBERS yet to show whether the mRNA vaccines reduce hospitalizations or death of toddlers and infants... but we DO KNOW that they are shown to be safe, and that they generate the same immune response seen in adults.
Rand Paul (an ophthalmologist, not an infectious disease expert... hell, Paul hasn't practiced since 2010! I wouldn't even see him for an eye problem now! Do you think the science of eye care hasn't changed in 12 years? He's been OUT of practice longer than he was ever IN practice!) is well aware that the medical field WILL NOT "certify" that medical treatments that work in adults will work the same way in children until a lot of data is collected to make that conclusion. They are very protective of children, and what they will approve for their treatment - far more so than for adults! So he leverages the fact that Faucci (and other NIH and CDC doctors) will "couch" their statements about children - because there isn't sufficient evidence yet - and purposefully re-casts their comments as-if they're purposefully trying to harm kids.
Look, the Trump Administration's response to COVID-19 was a complete shit-show... and the Biden Administration hasn't been much (any at all?) of an improvement. So, what does that mean? It means the Presidency didn't have (and doesn't have) a lot to do with the Public Health Infrastructure's response to disease! (In other words: stop blaming Trump - or Biden - this is a Government Bureaucracy problem, not a Presidential one. Of course, that discounts the whole "inject bleach" comments Trump made, but that's a one-off...)
Look - we don't have ANY PROOF that atoms exist the way Neils Bohr, Albert Einstein, or other theoretical physicists say they do... but we DO know that when you force certain kinds of uranium together with an explosive force, you get a really REALLY big explosion - which FITS their theories, but doesn't PROVE them!
And we don't have any PROOF that these vaccines will protect kids from COVID-19, but we DO know that when we give them the shot, there are no new side effects, and their measurable immune responses are in-line with what we see in adults... so it FITS the theories that it will help them, but it doesn't PROVE them....
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Look! A dog peeing in grass!
This is not uncommon Governmental business... he hasn't issued any new orders, just proclaimed that he COULD! It's a "threat" to try to goad the airline industry to do more to address the problems EVERYONE has been facing (in the US) with airline staff shortages (esp. flight crews!).
Just an aside, so you don't think I'm anti-airline:
So, long story short: airlines don't have enough planes OR crew to maintain all of the routes they already have, much less add new ones... and 2022 is looking like a RECORD year for travel!
BTW: The Buttigieg statements are no better or worse than Trump's constant threats to sue people - before, during, and after his Presidency! In other words, this is a common tactic... in business, politics, government, even on the elementary school playground (if you don't do this, I won't sit with you at lunch today!) 
Just to be sure others understand: the "Senator" here is a MN State Senator, and the charges stem from his, and his family's involvement in running his campaign.
Most of the charges have to do with illegal use of campaign funds, and illegal attempts to get ballots to people (presumably who would vote for him)... the numbers are small - it wouldn't have affected the outcome of a state senate race! But the moral/ethical ramifications are large: he likely will lose his seat if all of the allegations are found to be true.
It is said that when Jesse James was asked why he robbed banks, his reply was "that's where the money is"...
Pedophiles are naturally drawn to jobs that put them in contact (preferably in control of) children! Priests & ministers, teachers & coaches, scout & other "youth group" leaders... even police! Any position that puts the adult in close proximity to, and esp. with authority over, children!
Parents must be ALWAYS vigilant when entrusting their children to the care of other adults...
I was a Boy Scout leader (several positions, including Scoutmaster of a Troop, and District Training Chair on a larger scale)... the former Boy Scouts of America went a long way towards eliminating child abuse in their organization with a very simple concept - one I taught my children for years AFTER I ended my affiliation with the BSA: two deep leadership
It comes down to this simple rule: There is never a good or reasonable time for 1 adult (not the parent) to be alone with 1 child. There must always be someone else within easy & direct view, if not earshot.
It's not a perfect rule - it didn't eliminate all abuses, but it eliminated most of the opportunities for abuse... no opportunity, no abuse (usually)...
And again, I taught my own children to follow this rule: never meet an adult alone "behind closed doors" - ask a 3rd person to join you, or decline to meet with them. And stand your ground! A person who does NOT wish to harm you will not object!
My views on the punishment of this teacher are pretty gruesome... most involve a very messy death (pedophilia is not really "treatable" much less "curable" - this guy will ALWAYS be a danger to children!). But as with my abortion views shared earlier in another thread, I don't expect my own personal views to be enforced on others.... prison (life * 3 - until his corpse degrades to ashes?) will have to do!
Assuming Roe v Wade is overturned later this summer, some 26 States will make abortion outright illegal - instantly!
I will re-iterate my beliefs on this topic:
You messed up the headline!
Stephen Colbert is a former (failed) Presidential candidate! He sent his film crew in (Schiff was only 1 of a handful of MoC who were filmed) to "test the waters"...
In reality, it seems the production crew had stayed behind AFTER the actual "filming with people" had wrapped up (and AFTER they were believed to have left the building)... they were getting "filler" shots from around the House office building... and they did NOT have permission to be where they were, so they were detained.
Mind you, it's not Republican House Leadership trying to publicize this - its the "back benchers" - and if you read most of their "tweets" - there's a definite aire of comedy to them... no one's breaking out laughing, well because these are MoC, not comedians!
However, I will mention this: IF the film crew HAD gained access (not just overstayed their access) to the US Capitol - they way some right-wing media is hyperbolating - then the Capitol Police are REALLY falling down on their jobs! There should be a follow-up to the Jan 6 Commission hearings... A June 16 Commission?
Seriously - if the talking heads on the far-right are right, questions about the safety of ALL of our representatives is at risk... If Adam Schiff can let in Colbert's film crew, what's to prevent Rep Matt Gaetz from letting in under-age prostitutes (oops, he's already done that!), or MTG from letting in members of The Proud boys (oops, done that too), or AOC from letting in actual ANTIFA members (oops, done that one too!)...
Wait - what if, and I'm just guessing here - what if MoC regularly allowed just regular people to come see them in their offices?? And what if some of of these visitors legit got lost (and some less legitimately)?
I'm pretty sure the Colbert crew had no weapons (save their recording devices - which can be politically deadly to some MoC who can't keep their mouths shut!). Likewise the Proud Boys MTG welcomed into her office were NOT ARMED, and the ANTIFA members AOC beckoned to her side were also unarmed...
Curious... once you think about it.... there's something different about this and the Jan 6, 2021 "tour"...
Quite honestly, most cases like this DO plead guilty. By the time they press charges, the evidence is usually overwhelming.
What's missing is that most of the remaining cases will be individuals who just messed up. Here in Fla, our courts are full of people being prosecuted because:
The cases like the one cited here are not numerically rare (there are plenty of them) - but they are statistically rare! What's the difference?
Where do I get this kind of data? The Florida Secretary of State (who oversees the Supervisors of Elections in each county) reports on things like this after every election cycle. They are not heavily publicized - usually because there is nothing exciting to see! - but they are Government Documents, so they are open to the public.
So many people (mostly younger - but I know that will come off as ageist) take "the easy way out" - they don't put in the "real" work, but expect to get the "real" results!
It's one thing to have a "lazy" reporter ... it's another thing entirely to have a reporter who just makes shit up!
This should have been caught earlier... as you mention, USA Today has an excellent reputation to protect... they did the right thing, taking down all of her stories that didn't check out 100%... but this should have been caught earlier!
This doesn't make the whole paper suspect... but it is a black-mark on an otherwise mostly-clean & generally trusted record... those black marks can be VERY HARD to get rid of!
Yeah - that is the sad thing... uh-huh...
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I see - so, it was ONCE TRUE, but - even though the entire situation has changed - it's still "news" to you that AOC said something stupid.
If your point was that AOC is a Leftist nut-job, I won't argue that point! She is! Undeniably so!
If your point, though, as most people would infer from your title, and the actual video, was that she was actually holding up legislation... that was false. Provably so.
This is so typical of you...
YOU: "I got hit in the head by a falling apple! The sky is falling!"
OTHERS: "No, that's just an apple, and you were just unlucky. The sky can't fall, it's actually an optical illusion. There is nothing really up there, but space."
YOU: "But there are apples, and the sky is really far up there, and there are apples!"
My "vacation" (you delude yourself there too?) was your autocratic response to a posting that was about the "cancel culture" gone awry - Walmart being punished for "not celebrating Juneteenth the "right way"...
Your response - because I made a point of how (again) leftist your "conservative" views align in practice - was to abuse your "power" and ban me from the site for a week.
Who is the one showing weakness there?
Who is the "cancel culture" activist there?
Who is the "leftist" in this picture?
Of course, you won't respond to these - you'll call me a name...
Coward. Leftist. Authoritarian. @Raphjd - all synonyms!
The SAD thing is that you weren't always this way... you used to let politics be politics, and you used to try to defend your views...