Posts made by cteavin

Actually, my b-day was a couple of days ago – this month is one long party.  :cheers:

TPBM has a gym membership.

Afro #NeverBeBald

IMAX3D or IMAX4D?

@royalcrown89:

Anyone without 20+ years of Republican-based smearing attached to their name could beat #45 in a landslide because 2016 was never about him; it was political apathy and fatigue (caused by two unpopular candidates) felt by the millions who sat it out that got him his 77,000 spread across 3 states win. A young, enthusiastic Democratic candidate can fix that problem easily. However, if the president and the Republicans get their massive tax cuts and reform the tax system I do believe the market will become more stable than it has ever been because of corporate greed and it will increase his chances of finally becoming a popular president. That possibility can only happen if the president stays on message and doesn't self-sabotage tax reform the way he's done other major issues this year.

Millions of people may have voted for a president based on entirely fake information provided to them by what seemed like (to them) legitimate sources on social media. That part is troubling but nothing can be done by that except to hold platforms like Facebook and Twitter accountable for their parts in it. Collusion is the crime…

Again, if Trump's base was 25% of the electorate, that's a significant number of people you're discounting. There were plenty of people who wanted Trump.

To the rest, you'd have to look at the numbers over time. 1) Democracies in developed countries have lower voter turnouts. 2) No one on either side has yet produced a clear opposing voice. 3) The left and right have not found a compromise point and until that happens there's no reason for people to vote for the same old same old (especially on immigration).

You blew your argument when you said, "collusion is a crime". Collusion is not a crime except you're talking about corporate antitrust laws. There might be criminality, what that would look like no one has clearly stated (that I've read), but running fake ads on a social media platform is also, not a crime.

About the points you've cited here, you're arguing that people didn't know what they were doing because they were misled. That attitude means that your party can not accept responsibility for its actions in losing the election. That attitude spills over into the left's politics creating a nanny state of needless regulations. Whatever candidate emerges on your side, if their message is, "It wasn't your fault", then you'll lose.

Call to mind Clinton's newest book so you can see the correct punctuation on the title.

What Happened: Hilary Rodham Clinton

What happened during the election is that your party was smug, self-satisfied, and pushing an agenda at odds with half the country. Fix that and your party stands a chance.

@raphjd:

Penis only is sexist, vag only is equality.

While women and their cucks are trying to end male only golf clubs in the UK, they forget to tell you that 2/3rds of the single sex golf clubs are women only and growing.   You will never hear feminists campaign for making ALL golf clubs gender neutral.   NOPE, they only want to end male only ones.

You didn't even mention how gay bars have become havens for women and the hypocrisy in how they (by today's definitions) sexually assault us and think it's funny. They can grab my ass and I should laugh; I grab their ass and I'm on the road to rape.

Yup. Except I do, on rare occasions, drink alcohol.

TPBM owns a film camera.

I think it's an onsen. Hot spring is okay in English but you're going to stay and relax, right? Eat dinner there? Unwind. Relax.

Me, I'm going to cook and go to the gym. Nothing quite so exciting.

Enjoy,

South Park (omg, did you see the North Korea episode the other week? I haven't laughed that hard in ages)

Crows or pigeons?

Nope. No bike for me but I do climb a wicked hill to get there.

TPBM owns some kind of gaming machine.

@aadam101:

Sick people are less likely to have the ability to pay.  Let's say little Charlie Gard was an American and he survived.  He will be sick his entire life and need lots of medical care.  Assuming ObamaCare is repealed the moment he turns 18 he will need to find his own insurance.  How will he afford it?  The poor kid will have spent 18 years fighting for his life only to die at age 18 because he doesn't have the ability to pay? That's silly…..

Those are outlier cases, Aadam. I believe such people can be taken care of through Medicare/Medicaid, no? (You work in healthcare, so I'm asking.)

Here in Japan, we all get a physical once a year – mandatory no matter your field. There's a fun word METABO which is a corruption of metabolism. If your waist is, gosh, I think it's 98cm or more you're considered overweight (aka METABO) and your company must pay more for that employee's health care. This is supposed to incentivize employers to make sure their employees take care of themselves. #TheMoreYouKnow

Being that so much of the US is overweight it's not a bad idea to make people who don't meet certain criteria to pay more, kind of a alternative sugar-tax.

@Frederick:

I expected the divisive attacks to END once the election was over, but if anything, they INTENSIFIED!

Then let it go.

Just because someone speaks to you in a way you don't like doesn't mean you have to respond in turn. You're a grown man. If you feel someone has disrespected you call them out respectfully – remind them that there is an actual flesh and blood human being on the other end of the screen -- or ignore the comment and be the better person.

@flozen:

And as long as we're having fun in this mosh pit of manners, I'd rather have people encouraged to engage in intelligent, respectful debate without an aside that denigrates the trans (whether "vestite" or "gender") communities.

Da fuqu?  :blond:

Where did this come from?

@royalcrown89:

I know a few black people who voted for #45, but that doesn't change the very real fact that his supporters represent a very small percentage of this country. They are a small minority of voters.… That's the point I was making to counter you saying he's coming out stronger.

To answer your question, yes, I would be this adamant to see them if there weren't anything incriminating in them. Did you not read my first few posts

Morning.

Working bottom up, I did read your posts. I get the feeling that you don't want Donald Trump to be twice elected, is that a fair assumption? To that, it'd be better for you if his tax returns proved wrongdoing. The way you write about Trump assumes that there is something in his tax returns that would incriminate him. Therefore, I find it hard to believe that you would be as adamant for him to release his tax returns if you knew in your heart of hearts that there was nothing in them and that his releasing them would bolster his chances in 2020. That's what I mean.

Now you might be the rare enlightened soul on the left who truly wants bipartisanship and a kumbaya, but that is not how I read the posts I've seen. Either way, the bulk of the left wants those returns released because they're looking for a Gotchya! moment.

Trump's base, from what I've read, is 24% of the electorate. Not so small if those numbers are correct.

I'm a Clinton voter – not a supporter (I held my nose and did my duty). The moment the pink hats came out you all lost me, and that attitude which has kept you all on the sidelines protesting has continued to push me farther right. I represent the undecided voter. I speak with and know far more people like me who see Trump being bullied than I do the Never Trumpers. We don't necessarily like Trump but we respect the Office of the President, something we see as being disrespected.

Since no candidate has come up for the left's 2020 bid, it is way to early to call but whoever that person is, they're going to have to work really hard to earn my vote. The more people push things like taxes and Russia, the harder it's going to be. In this way, you're empowering Trump.

You may not believe me but I caution your party in how fervently they're opposing. 2020 might not go as you expect, just ask Hilary about 2016 for proof.

@Hookum:

The only Flash characters who've turned me on are Eddie Thawne (Rick Cosnett), Mark Mardon the Weather Wizard (Liam McIntyre), Ronnie Raymond (Robbie Amell), Zoom (Teddy Sears) and Girder (Greg Finley).  There are probably others, but I can't think of any at the moment.

Same shit, different season, I guess.  Now she's just switching back and forth without any tacky, glowing blue jewelry.  I wish they'd just get around to the Killer Frost vs. Captain Cold fight I've been drooling for.

9.) EXACTLY what did Wells bequeath to Barry?  We know he got the Aircraft Hanger of Justice, and we suspect he got enough money to pay for a "bitchin'" apartment, but the writers are still being needlessly coy about Barry's assets.  And since Iris never married Barry, how does she have access to that money in order to make the rent?

10.) HOW THE HELL DOES "TEAM KID-FLASH/VIBE" MAKE A LIVING???  Are they working on military contracts during commercial breaks?  Is their income coming from H.R.'s S.T.A.R. Labs Museum?  Whatever they do must pay a lot if they can lure Iris away from her reporter job and hire her as….um......boss(y)??

For you, if you haven't seen it. Your fourth point reminded me. 
Youtube Video

:hero: Hookum

For a Captain Cold vs Killer Frost fight they'd have to bring Capt back from his future death. I've been hoping that the Legends "breaking time" might bring both Reverse Flash and Captain Cold back. You think either are coming back?

To your point five, the Speedforce exists out of space and time so it/they already knew, knows, and will know and it took Barry to help him, thus he came out of the Speedforce feeling "light" and reborn. I'm still kinda hoping that when they end The Flash that they'll create the Speedforce as they did in the comics: Barry Allen is the Speedforce.

As for finances, same is true of Green Arrow. Oliver became poor, Felicity ran Ray's company into the ground and yet they're able to afford that bunker with all the toys? One day it'll be revealed that Felicity and Cisco are taking criminal funds for the team – that would make me so happy.  ;D

I don't think Barry picked up anything an STD (speedforce transmitted disease). I'm guessing that he came back with future knowledge that Cisco's algorithms are too primitive to tackle. Remember that Barry built Gideon. It might have been his trip in the Speedforce that gave him knowledge of advanced mathematics to make Gideon a reality.

@Frederick:

It's not just that.. the POTUS was in the middle of an interview when he was interrupted by some idiot who played the "Retreat" recording.  That was no accident.

Possibly, but that's speculation.

One of my best friends from uni (now) believes in bigfoot. (sigh) We can mistake all kinds of things for causation and come to the wrong conclusions. Me? Just the facts. This kind of stuff is delicate and needs to stop.

@sutieday:

President Trump sat and talked through the nightly playing of "Retreat" as the American flag was lowered on a Pennsylvania Air National Guard base during his interview with Sean Hannity.

So the question is whether an NFL player kneeling in protest during the National Anthem is one and the same with POTUS speaking during Retreat.

Not the same.

The protests are a willing disregard of the custom meant to shine a light on a cause they believe in. The President either didn't know he was expected to stand, or as the President isn't expected to stand and there is no hidden meaning.

I get it. Some people hate Trump. Those that do will make false equivalencies. Unfortunately, all this does is pump up one side with faulty reasoning while making the other side come to Trump's defense. In other words, it's divisive.

@sutieday:

Donald Trump is to address the annual conference of an anti-LGBT group which has been classified as a hate group.

The US president will become the first sitting president to address social conservative activists and elected officials at the Value Voters Summit in Washington DC on Friday.

President Trump has addressed the event which is hosted by the Family Research Council three times in total and did so last year as the Republican presidential candidate.

The Family Research Council opposes and actively lobbies against equal rights for LGBT persons. The conservative Christian group campaigns against same-sex marriage, same-sex civil unions, LGBT adoption, abortion, embryonic stell-cell research, pornography and divorce.

I'll take a stab at this.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (TSPLC) is the organization that labeled this a hate group. They've also denounced Maajid Nawaz (personal hero) and put him on a hate list for speaking up against Jihadism, himself a former Jihadist, and in favor of a more moderate Islam. TSPLC is also being sued by several different individuals and organizations for these kinds of lists which label individuals and groups racist, sexist, Islamaphobic, etc. So maybe to be less inflammatory we could be discussing why Trump chose to speak at an uber-Christian organization.

Well, they are American. They represent a voice in the United States. That voice is one under a larger Christian tent.

Personally, I don't care if he goes. I think we as gay individuals would be wise to get a seat at the table with Trump rather than to sit on the sidelines in pink hats pissing him, and his administration, off. (I'm radical like that.)

@kenjysn1:

bathe in a spa pool with other males. most of the have a large beer belly

:blownose:

Over here we call it onsen 温泉 if the water is heated in the earth naturally, a hot spring or 銭湯 when it's normal water. What kind are you going to?

@royalcrown89:

What do you guys think of Sam Smith? I love his voice so much and the two new songs I've heard of him, with "Too Good at Goodbyes" being my favorite of the two.

(Googles Sam Smith)

hmmm, me thinks I've turned into an old man. Sam Smith's handsome and the songs are good but his voice doesn't move my soul quite like F-major does.  ;D

Internet? Naw, I'd have to look up from my phone but I'd eventually get used to the real world again.

TPBM is going on a date this weekend.

:afr: I had to Google both. Classical isn't an option, is it.
Well, 20 seconds from two random videos and I'll choose Lorde.

An evening at home with a glass of wine or a night out with friends and cocktails?