Posts made by bi4smooth

@raphjd

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:

• To maintain your pilot status/rank for a specific aircraft type, you have to FLY that aircraft type a minimum number of hours per year. Failure to maintain the hours means you lose your "license" to pilot that aircraft until you re-certify (not a short, and not an inexpensive process).
• COVID-19 grounded a LOT of planes - some of them were "mothballed" (that is: sent to long-term storage facilities in the desert). You don't just trot out to the storage facility, gas up, and take off! There are a LOT of steps necessary to re-certify an aircraft before it can be put back into service! (not a short, and not an inexpensive process).
• Flight crews (pilots, co-pilots, flight attendants, etc.) are not generally staffed by stupid, untalented, UN-ambitious people! When they were furloughed by the airlines during COVID, they didn't go home and pout - they found other jobs! And a LOT of them actually found BETTER jobs!

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!

OOPS!

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!)

@raphjd

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.

@raphjd

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!

@raphjd

Assuming Roe v Wade is overturned later this summer, some 26 States will make abortion outright illegal - instantly!

• Some have "trigger laws" - laws that only take effect once Roe v Wade is overturned
• Some have already passed legislation that far exceeds the current SCOTUS rules, but are expected to be upheld.

I will re-iterate my beliefs on this topic:

• Abortion as birth-control is barbaric and an anathema to my moral compass...
• "Exceptions" for rape & incest are absurd - this would be the ONLY area of law where a living being (a fetus) can be punished (with a death sentence) for the crimes of their father!!
• Some (many) abortions are NOT for simple birth control - there are complications (malformations, changes in the fetal and/or mother's overall health. These kinds of abortions do not offend my moral being...
• I believe that my views on abortion are good for me and my life
• I do not believe that I have the right (moral or legal) to enforce my morals onto other people. Some MAJOR RELIGIONS believe that abortion prior to "survivability" is OK - by their moral compass - and who am I to enforce my morals onto them?
• If it is determined that it is OK for one group to enforce their morals on other groups, be prepared when you have to start chanting prayers and smoking weed every time you cook a chicken (Rastafarianism & Santeria)! (Oh, and ALL male children MUST now be circumcised! It's a moral/religious requirement)????? Absurd... The STRENGTH of your religious belief doesn't increase (or decrease) the limits of how much you can force others to believe as you do...

@raphjd

You messed up the headline!

It was an insurrection!

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"...

@raphjd

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:

• They are ex-felons who believed their rights to vote had been restored
• They were right! They had been restored, except that they were then taken away again...
• They were not aware that the "restoration" of their voting rights had been rescinded - so they voted
• In a very curious twist: many Supervisors of Elections were ALSO not aware of the re-loss of their rights, so their names were STILL ON the voter rolls - which is how they were allowed to vote to begin with!
• Most of THESE cases are on hold - awaiting a small number of "trial" cases - even prosecutors think the cases may be thrown out because of Governmental incompetence (that is: the Government's inability to tell the voter of a change in their status before they voted).

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?

• Every election cycle, the local (I live in Florida) Sheriff's charge a couple-dozen people in the area with voting charges... a few of these are people who voted twice (old people have a pattern of early-voting, forgetting that they voted, and then showing up at the poll on Election Day), some are for "ballot harvesting" (a neighbor got in trouble because her neighbor gave her her ballot to take to the early voting poll... she did, and that's illegal.)
• The total number of votes that these charges represent is almost always less than 1 in a thousand, sometimes less than 1 in 10,000. Except in rare instances of exceptionally close races (usually in our really small beach-towns, or for something like the Fire District Board). Regardless, the sum total of all of the cases is statistically insignificant.

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.

@raphjd

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!

@raphjd

Yeah - that is the sad thing... uh-huh...

@Chocoboi96

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@raphjd

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!"

@raphjd

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...

@raphjd

YOU are the one posting the "all cops are bad" bullshit!

Just because you don't like the LABEL alt-left doesn't mean you're not espousing THEIR views!

@raphjd

There ya go - once again... no rebuttal to the comparison of YOUR actions to Alger Hiss... only a touch of name-calling... as-if that made the argument any less valid!

If you haven't been watching the Jan 6 Committee hearings, you should...

These aren't DEMS or LIBERALS testifying that Trump attempted a coup!
These aren't DEMS or LIBERALS testifying that Trump asked for donations for his "defense fund" and to "challenge the election fraud" and then literally declined to pursue the very challenges he advertised he needed the money for and pocketed every dime!

No, nearly every person testifying was a Trump loyalist -- until Jan 6. Nearly every one voted for Trump, served in the Trump Administration, and still considers themselves a Conservative Republican. (Of course, they're all RINOs! Because to be a Republican now you have to believe all of Trump's lies & delusions!)

But, back to the STUPID video you linked to (what kind of person gets their "news" from a YouTube channel? Why one whose "sources" are so pathetic that they can't get a legitimate platform, that's who!).

Where's your rebuttal to the FACTS:

• At the time of your publication of this article, the US Senate had already PASSED the Legislation your video claims AOC was blocking
• PRIOR to your posting of this article - by just a few days - the HOUSE had held-up passage of the bill (I don't recall the reasons, but while I'm sure there was some stupid, political DEM reason for it, once there was a credible threat to Kavanaugh, the political risk for NOT passing it became too great, and the House passed it too!)
• By the time you published this delusional, incorrect propaganda piece, the actual legislation your video claims was being blocked by AOC had been passed by BOTH chambers and had even been signed into law by President Biden!

No... Alger Hiss wannabe @raphjd instead just calls me a name and runs away from the facts... as-if name-calling debunked the FACTS.

If you took a moment to look it up, you'd realize my comparison of you to Alger Hiss isn't a casual one... you REALLY DO have a great deal in common!

• you both were (knowingly or not - you both deny so) manipulated and used by the Russian (Soviet) regimes to influence people in the US by spreading their anti-US propaganda
• you both disclaimed any coordination with the Communists - claiming (incredulously) that you came up with your "views" independently - even though they track (sometimes point-by-point) with lied and fabrications of the Russian (Soviet) government's propaganda agencies!
• you both attempt to "wrap yourself in the US Flag" to cover up your outright collusion with the anti-US Russian (Soviet) governments...

So, yeah - I didn't pull just any name out of the history to describe you... if the shoe fits!

@raphjd

ROFL - you must have been looking in a mirror! YOU are the one who refuses to debate or discuss actual things - instead, you call me names (as-if doing so makes my arguments any less valid!)

But your self-delusional, power-hungry self couldn't POSSIBLY see that in yourself! Nope! Always someone ELSE's fault in your fantasyland world!

@raphjd

Antifa is anti-cop (or have you forgotten "defund the police"?

Oh, of COURSE you have! It doesn't fit in with your self-delusion, so it doesn't exist!

That doesn't mean it's not true!

Trump is PRO-cop! (He needs them for his autocratic, authoritarian rule!)

@raphjd said in Police safety comes before your constitutional/civil rights, public safety and your safety - admits cop:

@bi4smooth

Actually, there are thousands and thousands of videos like this on the internet.

Of course, not all cops are assholes, but enough of them are and the system is built to protect the dirty ones.

Dirty cops can't exist without the "good" cops turning a blind eye.

When cops stand by and watch 2 boys drown, the rest of the cops refuse to comment, but when cops save 2 boys, they won't shut about about it.

And how is your anti-co rhetoric in-line with Trumpist Conservative view?

RINO! Defective Conservative! Antifa wanna-be!

@raphjd said in Walmart latest victim of "political correctness" gone awry:

@bi4smooth

Did you enjoy your vacation in China, the land you and Dear Uncle love so much?

Ah, so sad to see China's whore rage quit.

blah blah blah - just suspend my account again, mein fuhrer

@raphjd
blah blah blah

You have all the credibility of Alger Hiss... and a lot MORE in common, to boot!

(Go look it up)

@raphjd

Once again - find one "bad actor" and paint EVERYONE to be JUST LIKE HIM!

Asshole move... cops are not bad people! MOST cops are GREAT people! But, there are bad apples... and they DO need to be weeded out!

Still, no cops (alt-left view) is NOT the answer! And more authoritarian ("stronger") cops (alt-right view) isn't either! This is a free, non-authoritarian society (in America)... we need to strike a balance... that "balance" will ALWAYS need to be adjusted, because our society changes over time...

Not every problem needs a "sea-change" to fix it!

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I'm sorry, but I'm not impressed when a guy with a huge cock posts his dick-pics online... it's mostly a plea for attention, and it takes almost no "courage" given the size of their dick!

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