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       #Post#: 4631--------------------------------------------------
       Re: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Pr
       ocrastination
       By: trianglejohn Date: March 7, 2016, 7:06 am
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       I wish one day the countries will fight for who has better
       controlled global warming that day human being will be safe.
       #Post#: 5299--------------------------------------------------
       Re: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Pr
       ocrastination
       By: AGelbert Date: June 17, 2016, 8:07 pm
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       I just posted this at another forum called the Doomstead Diner.
       Since it related to the above thread, I am reposting it here.
       8)
       [quote author=RE link=topic=688.msg106037#msg106037
       date=1466205075]
       [quote]My hope is RE will see the light someday and restore the
       Diner to it's original form.[/quote]
       I have seen the light.  The light told me that as long as there
       are people out there like Futilitist, MKing and Karpatok who
       will disrupt a board with their own brand of Napalm, they will
       be moderated.  End of Story.
       RE
       [/quote]
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       BINGO!
       What too many people do not seem to be able to understand, in
       their zeal to claim freedom of speech is somehow abridged or
       curtailed by the admins here, is the fact that repetitious
       propaganda is not, and never should be, classified as a
       "contrarian" view.
       When someone appears to be off their rocker, like Alan, then
       they need to muzzled to ensure freedom of speech in this type of
       forum. Alan went to my forum and, within a single day, descended
       into repetition, rants, goal post moving and deliberate bold
       faced denial of statements he had previously made.
       I put up with that for about a week, warning him repeatedly to
       stop reposting. I began to delete repetitious posts and he went
       nuts trying to plaster his posts. So. I banned him for a year. I
       have better things to do than spar with a thread hogging one
       trick irrational pony.
       Also, anyone. like GO, who considers this a platform for corner
       bar BSing just for fun should certainly not get upset about
       whether or not some other member of the peanut gallery is given
       da bidness.
       If there was no real merit in the discussions here, I would NOT
       BE HERE. I resent any claim that we are just BSing here to pass
       the time of day.
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       MKing is, as Eddie surmises, a hired gun. He may have been
       "outed" two years ago, but I was never in the info loop and I
       never found out his NAME. If you know his name, Eddie, and it's
       no secret, then why don't you just print it here? I doubt MKing
       would sue you for doing that. Feel free to PM me with MKing's
       name, since it is no secret.  8)
       I agree that MKing is a hired gun. He is a hired gun for the
       fossil fuel industry in general and the frackers in particular.
       The term "hired gun", in regard to forum post activity, is a
       metaphor describing a serial liar peddling mendacious
       propaganda. How anybody can classify a person as a "hired gun",
       and still value his posts as a "contrarian view", defies basic
       logic and critical thinking, UNLESS one likes to stir up sh it.
       I am not here to "stir up sh it". I think that is stupid OR
       perfidious. I understand some people enjoy that sort of thing
       because it is an excellent rhetorical tool in  sophist
       ammunition. They deliberately foster arguments to prevent the
       discussion of solutions to a problem. MKing often has approached
       a problem like climate change by claiming there isn't one with a
       devious back door pseudo scientific allegation that the science
       is "not settled".
       He doesn't do that because he is crazy. He does that because he
       is a liar for hire. Tolerating that sort of thing is almost as
       irrational as tolerating Alan's rants.
       As to Ashvin, he was right there in my forum cheering Alan on.
       Ashvin is an expert at sophistry. He does not now, or ever did,
       walk the Christian talk. I know that is irrelevant to many here
       in the light of Ashvin's high intelligence and rhetorical
       skills.
       Well, integrity and honesty is far more important to me than
       intelligence or a quick wit.
       Ashvin comes to any argument completely devoid of objectivity
       and thoroughly prepared to challenge any attempt by anyone to
       alter his preconceived world view on anything and anybody. He
       vociferously claims to be objective and quite willing to alter
       his views if you can "prove your point". But as soon he cannot
       counter any argument you make (and let me tell you, THAT is a
       TALL ORDER!), he either goes away or  pulls out his plethora of
       sophist rhetoric and fallacious debating techniques. He is
       relentless.
       Bertrand Russell best described how Ashvin thinks.
       [quote][font=times new roman]"If a man is offered a fact which
       goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and
       unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe
       it.
       If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a
       reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept
       it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is
       explained in this way".-- Bertrand Russell[/font][/quote]
       For Ashvin, the evidence is NEVER (publicly) overwhelming. When
       I tore apart his ridiculous claim that beef production was the
       main cause of greenhouse gas air pollution, he said I "didn't
       understand human psychology".
       WTF!? I have to worry about ensuring some face saving clauses in
       my arguments to prevent the sin of  "offending" some high strung
       sophist with his nose so high in the air that he  drowns in a
       rainstorm?
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       RE is the only one that has ever pinned Ashvin to the wall in a
       debate. Ashvin isn't here because of THAT, not because of any
       alleged censorship by RE.
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       Re: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Pr
       ocrastination
       By: AGelbert Date: June 20, 2016, 5:14 pm
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       Agelbert NOTE: This is cross posted from another forum where
       Ashvin attempted to counter a post I made about what he had done
       here. As you can see in the thread above, Ashvin DID NOT bother
       to even address the September 18, 2105 post. It is blatantly
       obvious that he was only interested in supporting Alan's
       erroneous and disingenuous argument.
       [quote author=Ashvin link=topic=688.msg106209#msg106209
       date=1466420685]
       I think RE is correct in so far as my posts have not been
       censored or relegated to the Dungeon. At least I don't remember
       any instance of that.
       Although it's not surprising for me to come back and find AG is
       descending into ever more delusion and paranoia.
       [quote author=agelbert link=topic=688.msg106041#msg106041
       date=1466211179]
       As to Ashvin, he was right there in my forum cheering Alan on.
       Ashvin is an expert at sophistry. He does not now, or ever did,
       walk the Christian talk. I know that is irrelevant to many here
       in the light of Ashvin's high intelligence and rhetorical
       skills.
       Well, integrity and honesty is far more important to me than
       intelligence or a quick wit.[/quote]
       Anyone can see that AG is quick to call me a brother in Christ
       when I agree with him, but call into question my Christian
       character when I show signs of being critical of his
       perspective. All it takes to draw AG's wrath and delusional
       accusations is to have a CRITICAL THINKING mindset when
       confronted with his theories, even if you are not really
       disagreeing with him. Even if you simply say you don't have
       enough information to make up your mind, he will accuse you of
       being a shill or dishonest rhetorician. This indicates a
       psychological defense mechanism that is clearly unhealthy and
       unproductive.
       AG, you will never convince anyone of anything you are saying by
       being that much of a blowhard. As far as I remember, Alan was
       being entirely reasonable on your thread before you started in
       on your accusations and threats of censorship.
       [quote]Ashvin comes to any argument completely devoid of
       objectivity and thoroughly prepared to challenge any attempt by
       anyone to alter his preconceived world view on anything and
       anybody. He vociferously claims to be objective and quite
       willing to alter his views if you can "prove your point". But as
       soon he cannot counter any argument you make (and let me tell
       you, THAT is a TALL ORDER!), he either goes away or  pulls out
       his plethora of sophist rhetoric and fallacious debating
       techniques. He is relentless.
       Bertrand Russell best described how Ashvin thinks.
       [quote][font=times new roman]"If a man is offered a fact which
       goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and
       unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe
       it.
       If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a
       reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept
       it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is
       explained in this way".-- Bertrand Russell[/font][/quote]
       For Ashvin, the evidence is NEVER (publicly) overwhelming. When
       I tore apart his ridiculous claim that beef production was the
       main cause of greenhouse gas air pollution, he said I "didn't
       understand human psychology". [/quote]
       Yeah, a lot of projection going on in that comment...
       As for the meat production thing, WHY are you so damn reluctant
       to admit it a significant factor and talk about it? Is it
       because you ONLY want us to focus on the fossil fuel industry? I
       have always had the feeling that you want to subtly steer us
       towards your more extreme conspiracy theories about government
       coverups and ETs and alternative "free energy" sources. Although
       I have no idea when you became utterly convinced of such
       theories, to the point where anyone questions them you label
       them a complete ignoramus or a shill or a "hired gun".
       [quote]RE is the only one that has ever pinned Ashvin to the
       wall in a debate. Ashvin isn't here because of THAT, not because
       of any alleged censorship by RE.
       [/quote]
       I see that even RE doesn't claim to ever pinning me against a
       wall. I haven't been here for a variety of reasons, not least of
       which I have been very busy relocating to NOVA. Also I'm not
       eager to get into any online back and forth about something
       other than philosophy or spirituality, because I just don't see
       the value in it, especially when there are people like you
       present.
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       I realized, FINALLY, where you are coming from in that last bit
       of cheerleading for Alan's totally biased views that you engaged
       in.
       Your obtuse refusal to blame the police for all the brutality
       against African Americans before that made me question your
       objectivity (to put it mildly).
       Your evidence free assumption that meat production produced more
       pollution than fossil fuels was one of the last straws.
       Your predictable ridicule of anyone that brings up solid
       evidence that the USA is an OLIGARCHY, not a republic or a
       democracy, is evidence of your bias and lack of objectivity, not
       critical thinking skills. You will, NO DOUBT, claim the
       following is "blowhard conspiracy theory stuff".  ::)
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       As I said BEFORE, you are relentless in your prideful zeal to
       peddle your world class doubletalk. You can word parse and
       carefully and methodically take apart absolutely anything
       anybody says with your well practiced, context and ethics free
       sophistic modus operandi until the cows come home, for all I
       care. I just happened to spot this here and I will answer ONCE.
       I will not waste any more time on grappling with your lawyer
       grab bag of sophist skills.
       I will never, ever discuss Christianity with you again. You do
       not now, or ever did, have the remotest idea what Christianity
       is all about. You are a testament to that quote from the Bible
       about the "letter kills, but the Spirit gives life". YOU are ALL
       ABOUT interpreting the LETTER for your own self interest. The
       claim that the "Spirit gave YOU life" is now, and always has
       been, part of your TALK, but never part of your WALK.
       Of COURSE, you will now rush to 2 Corinthians 3:6 and yammer
       some more sophistic baloney about how I am the one that doesn't
       "understand" the bible, coupled with some crocodile tears about
       how "sad" it is that any person can be so "ignorant" of the
       "truth" (in true Calvinist pseudo Christian form). Perhaps you
       will even promise to "pray for me". That is, after you passive
       aggressively question my mental health and drag out every post
       where I lauded your prose as "evidence" that any credibility for
       my views must be questioned because I am "wishy washy".
       After all that, you will soberly counsel all, who are willing to
       listen, that my credibility has ALSO been severely compromised
       by these defamatory statements directed at you, a member in good
       standing of the "royal priesthood".
       As I said before, WORDS are your THING. YOU are relentless in
       the defense, not of truth, but of your PRIDE. You are WISE and
       PRUDENT in your own eyes. Have a nice day.
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       #Post#: 5341--------------------------------------------------
       Re: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Pr
       ocrastination
       By: AGelbert Date: June 21, 2016, 4:50 pm
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       Ashvin is a lawyer.  :P
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       Obviously, the above cartoonish representation of bats debating
       has nothing to do with bats. Bats, due to their fondness for
       fruit, do not engage in fruitless debates.  ;D
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       Lawyers NEVER give ANYONE the benefit of the doubt. Lawyers
       ALWAYS deny responsibility for deliberately attempting to
       position a debating opponent as one to be scorned, derided and
       dismissed by any intelligent, reasonable, prudent (etc. you get
       the idea  ;)) person.
       But that's what they are trained to do. And they LIKE doing it.
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       And of course, they question the mental health of anyone that
       claims they are trying to game the discourse with bullshit.
       Don't you know, only a madman or an irrational zealot would
       question the integrity and credibility of a lawyer...
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       George Orwell understood lawyerspeak quite well.
       #Post#: 5342--------------------------------------------------
       Re: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Pr
       ocrastination
       By: AGelbert Date: June 21, 2016, 6:03 pm
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       Agelbert NOTE: Az is short of Azozeo, a good man who has some
       beliefs that I do not agree with. I post this here because the
       pseudo Christian lawyer Ashvin is engaging in ridicule and
       dripping sarcasm that is totally unwarranted and highly
       unethical. The name "Ashvin" is not an internet handle, it's his
       real first name.  8)
       [quote author=jdwheeler42 link=topic=7144.msg106352#msg106352
       date=1466542979]
       [quote author=Ashvin link=topic=7144.msg106348#msg106348
       date=1466540251]
       Lawyers also know when someone is trying to avoid the
       substantive issues and distract from them because they have no
       arguments. Read the title of this thread, and then tell me how
       AZ has posted anything related to it, except his first statement
       that "there is only one set of rules - physics".
       Also, how about showing a little [I]intellectual honesty and
       backbone[/I] and telling your pal AZ that you completely
       disagree with his naturalist worldview. That is if you haven't
       already given up core Christian theology for ET conspiracy
       theories and Planet X annihilation any-day-now predictions.
       [/quote]
       LOL... was that this thread?  I don't read threads, as a rule I
       read messages in the "Most Recent 100" view, so I only respond
       to the parts of the thread that are quoted in a particular
       message.  Heck, I don't even know if this comment is directed at
       me, but I'll answer it anyway.
       I don't completely disagree with AZ's naturalistic worldview, I
       only fundamentally disagree with it.  Kind of like with how when
       once you understand and accept General Relativity, you realize
       that Newtonian Mechanics isn't exactly true anyplace in the
       universe -- but it's close enough most of the time.  Like with
       evolution: I believe in the fact of macroevolution, but from my
       perspective it is the tool God uses to create new species.  My
       worldview is big enough to encompass both Jesus and little green
       men.
       [/quote]
       Jd,
       I recommend you take a step back and analyze the nature of the
       post by learned counsel more closely. Since I am a "paranoid
       whacko" (and that post came RIGHT AFTER MY post), I suspect that
       it was directed at me in a clever goal post moving, attack the
       messenger type of fallacious debating technique, RATHER than
       addressing the issue of empathy deficit disordered sophistry.
       To those who will claim, no doubt, that sophistry is not germane
       to the debate here, I beg to differ.
       The POINT Az was trying to make was that he was rewarded with
       BILE. I explained, in my post, that attacking the validity of an
       opponent's allegations is what lawyers DO. But when they see
       that their methodology is being exposed, they then attack anyone
       trying to expose it by attempting to sidestep the attack the
       messenger bullshit they are engaging in with claims of the new
       poster's hypocrisy.
       This is most clever. It steers the thread away from the
       Machiavellian dismissal of Az's discussion of Hopi prophesies
       (etc.) to an attempt to silence anyone, like me, who disagrees
       with some of Az's beliefs, but agrees with the importance of
       taking seriously the validity of the scholarship on Hopi
       prophesies and anything else Az says.
       Any charge of using unethical debating sophistry can also be
       countered with sophistry. That is the "beauty" of being an
       accomplished goal post mover. The previous paragraph can be
       parsed into sections with witty remarks like "Projection here",
       "Paranoia over here", "hypersensitivity there", "I never said
       that" AND, "where do you get this stuff?". All those remarks are
       MORE attack the messenger type verbal guided missiles that
       continue to serve the main purpose of the sophist; that is, to
       avoid treating the opponent as a credible person, that whether
       they are right or wrong, must be given respect.
       The sophist will vociferously deny the above charge and claim
       they consistently provide all debating opponents with respect,
       as is their Christian duty. They will ask for a record of
       examples of their alleged "lack of respect". They claim these
       charges are ridiculous. When a detailed and irrefutable list is
       not quickly produced, they accuse the accusers of being out to
       lunch.
       If that doesn't work, a clever sophist, when faced with a group
       of people pointing out his sophistry, will claim he is being
       unfairly victimized and refuse to continue the discussion. He
       will pick up his marbles and go home because level verbal
       playing fields are not something sophists are fond of.
       The legal "profession" was founded on sophistry (lawyers will
       vociferously deny this and claim it's all about providing the
       wonderful legal system we "enjoy today" that evolved from
       "humble beginnings"
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       The Sophists
       claimed that any side of an argument could be won, if argued
       "effectively" (regardless of whether it is true or not). Lawyers
       are about wining arguments.
       Ashvin is a lawyer.
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       Obviously, the above cartoonish representation of bats debating
       has nothing to do with bats. Bats, due to their fondness for
       fruit, do not engage in fruitless debates.  ;D
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       Re: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Pr
       ocrastination
       By: AGelbert Date: June 23, 2016, 8:14 pm
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       [center] [img
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       [center]Survey Shows Strength of Climate Science[/center]
       One of the first peer-reviewed surveys of scientists used to
       determine the level of consensus on human-made climate change
       was undertaken by Dennis Bran and Hans von Storch in 1996. They
       used a standard survey response format known as the “Likert
       Scale,” where respondents answer questions based on a scale of 1
       to 7 to determine, for example, how confident they are that
       warming is happening or that it’s human-caused.
       They’ve repeated the survey a few times since 1996, and have
       recently released the 5th International Survey of Climate
       Scientists, for 2015/2016. Bart Verheggen helpfully goes over
       the key consensus findings as well as a couple of issues with
       the survey.
       Because of the Likert Scale response format, though, describing
       the findings in numbers isn’t as effective as just looking at
       the graphs of responses. In many cases, the responses are so
       lopsided that some very clear statements can be made.
       We can see that, as science has progressed, the level of risk
       associated with climate change has increased as has what’s at
       stake. In contrast to folks like Judith Curry who play up
       uncertainty as an excuse for inaction, the majority of
       scientists think that since 1996, climate science uncertainty
       has dropped.
       Meanwhile, if society were to listen to voices highlighting
       uncertainty, and fail to act because of them, the potential for
       catastrophe for some parts of the world is fairly great.
       To the point of the GOP AGs suggesting that Gore and others
       could be held responsible for exaggerating climate risks,
       scientists clearly think sea level rise will be just as bad as
       we thought five years ago, if not worse. The same can be said
       for other negative impacts. Over the last five years, the
       urgency to act on climate change has grown.
       As for the public, scientists clearly think they should be told
       to be worried as we are already starting to experience the
       impacts of climate change. For example, they agree that the
       frequency of extreme events is increasing, as well as the
       intensity of those events, and the probability that those
       extreme events occur. Scientists expect these extreme events to
       become more powerful, tropical storms to get more intense, and
       certainly not any less frequent. Heat waves over the last 20
       years are growing more intense as well as more frequent.
       Most importantly, an overwhelming majority of scientists are
       convinced that climate change poses a serious and dangerous
       threat to humanity, with only 2% responding that they’re not at
       all convinced. Again, with the Likert scale it’s a bit difficult
       to put simply. Assuming a 4 out of 7 is the midway point between
       “not at all” concerned and "very much" concerned, 8% of
       respondents fell between 1 and 3, 5.667% right in the middle at
       4, and 85.74% between 5 and 7.
       So, deniers claiming the science is still too uncertain to take
       action or that the public shouldn’t be worried need to take heed
       of this survey (like they have in the past, if even just to spin
       it) and accept that they’re a fringe minority at odds with an
       overwhelming consensus. That’s the facts, whether they Likert or
       not.
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       Agelbert NOTE: SAMPLE of DIRECT QUOTES from a fellow named Alan
       that Ashvin found "reasonable":
       [quote]I don't know enough about the climate issue. But I've
       been reading about it sporadically for 25+ years, and from
       everything I can gather, the scientists doing the analyses and
       projections are quite fallible, do not necessarily understand
       with such certainty the things they claim to understand, and
       cannot, in the end, be taken quite AS seriously as you seem to
       be taking them. [/quote]
       [quote]The environmental harm of something must be weighed
       against benefits or desirable effects.[/quote]
       [quote]the Doom overreactions and the propaganda spewing are two
       sides of a counterfeit coin. Neither one reflect reality and are
       counter-productive to real progress.[/quote]
       All the above represent denier methods of temporizing, creating
       false equivalences and ignoring the FACT that dirty energy
       ENVIRONMENTAL HARM is greater that the alleged benefits.
       Alan brought up a lot of the other denier happy talk about
       "greening the planet with more CO2" (which I countered and he
       ignored) while he refused to even consider the danger the sixth
       mass extinction represents to humanity and the biosphere as a
       cause for rejection of incremental reforms in favor of the
       drastic government funded action climate scientists advocate.
       In short, both Alan and Ashvin are world class foot draggers
       that ridicule, disdain and disparage the action recommended by
       97% of climate scientists as "extremist".
       IOW, from Alan or Ashvin, do not expect intellectual honesty.
       What you can expect is  verbal goal post moving and a barrage of
       ridicule, derision and defamatory 'attack the messenger' type
       invective, along with continuous mendacity filled attempts to
       undermine the seriousness of the validity of the climate change
       threat.
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       Re: You will have to pick a side. There is no longer Room for Pr
       ocrastination
       By: AGelbert Date: April 13, 2017, 1:03 pm
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       Voter Suppression, Republicans CanNot Win Honestly
       By: GWarnock Date: November 7, 2017, 12:28 pm
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       Re: Voter Suppression, Republicans CanNot Win Honestly
       By: AGelbert Date: November 7, 2017, 1:46 pm
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       And the genesis of voter suppression goes WAY, WAY back in our
       "representative republic" (lol!).
       But at present, the reason cretins like Ryan can continue to do
       absolutely anything for the elite crooks while totally ignoring
       the overwhelming majority of voters in this country is because
       of gerrymandering.
       [quote]Gerrrymander ger·ry·man·der
       NOUN
       1.U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into
       election districts so as to give one political party a majority
       in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the
       other party into as few districts as possible.
       VERB (USED WITH OBJECT)
       2.U.S. Politics. to subject (a state, county, etc.) to a
       gerrymander.[/quote]
       In a sane country that would be a crime against democratic
       government. But we do not live in a sane country.
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       America’s Very Violent President— Time for a morality check on t
       he US presidency! 
       By: Surly1 Date: August 6, 2019, 7:14 pm
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       America’s Very Violent President— Time for a morality check on
       the US presidency!
       When giving a speech in Florida this past May, Donald Trump
       asked his audience “how do we stop these people (immigrants)?”
       Someone shouted from the audience, “shoot them!”
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       [html]<p data-selectable-paragraph="">Donald Trump, when giving
       a speech in Florida this past May, asked his audience
       &ldquo;<em>how do we stop these people</em>
       (immigrants)?&rdquo;</p>&#13;<p
       data-selectable-paragraph="">Someone shouted from the audience,
       &ldquo;<em>shoot them</em>!&rdquo;</p>&#13;<p
       data-selectable-paragraph="">Trump, acknowledged this ignorant
       and insensitive remark with his own ignorant and insensitive
       laughter, quipping, &ldquo;<em>Only in the Panhandle! Only in
       the Panhandle can you get away with that!</em>&rdquo; The
       mesmerized audience broke into cheers, applause and even more
       ignorant and insensitive laughter.</p>&#13;<p
       data-selectable-paragraph="">Trump is also on record at a
       campaign rally in Iowa in 2016, stating &ldquo;<em>I could stand
       in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I
       wouldn&rsquo;t lose voters.</em>&rdquo;</p>&#13;<p
       data-selectable-paragraph="">Folks, we have a US president who
       easily could be rated R for violence.</p>&#13;<p
       data-selectable-paragraph="">But this is only if you discount
       the Triple X-rated proclivities of Trump&rsquo;s past behavior.
       It&rsquo;s no wonder Trump was once mentored by mobster and
       alleged pedophile lawyer Roy Cohn; he&rsquo;s more recently been
       associated with Blackwater mercenary soldier CEO Eric Prince and
       convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein; and considers himself
       buddy-buddy with murderous dictators Benjamin Netanyahu and
       Mohammed Bin
       Salman.</p>&#13;<div>&#13;<section>&#13;<div>&#13;<div>Trump to
       Panhandle crowd: 'How do we stop these people?' Shocking reply:
       'Shoot them.'</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<div>President Trump claimed
       immigrants are mounting an "invasion" at a Panhandle rally on
       May 8, 2019. He asked the
       crowd&hellip;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<div>www.miamiheral
       d.com</div>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div></div>&#13;</section>
       &#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<section>&#13;<div>&#13;<div>Governmen
       t
       by Blackmail: Jeffrey Epstein, Trump's Mentor and the Dark
       Secrets of the Reagan Era</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<div>Appalling for
       both the villainous abuse of children itself and the chilling
       implications of government by
       blackmail&hellip;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<div>www.mintpr
       essnews.com</div>&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div></div>&#13;</se
       ction>&#13;</div>&#13;<h2
       data-selectable-paragraph="">Sorry Gun-related
       Statistics</h2>&#13;<p data-selectable-paragraph="">Five of the
       top 10 deadliest shootings in U.S. history have occurred since
       2016 when the full-blown Trump came onto the national political
       stage. There have been 250 mass shooting in the United States
       this year alone, and we&rsquo;ve still got five months to
       complete the year!</p>&#13;<p data-selectable-paragraph="">Trump
       repeatedly deflects calls for gun control by blaming the problem
       on mental health. But, again, his actions do not match his
       words.</p>&#13;<p data-selectable-paragraph="">In Feb. 2017,
       Trump signed HJ Resolution 40 to end the Social Security
       Administration&rsquo;s requirement for entering the names of
       people receiving mental health benefits into the National
       Instant Criminal Background Check System, the database used by
       the FBI to determine who can purchase weapons.</p>&#13;<p
       data-selectable-paragraph="">CNN produced some very interesting
       charts showing exactly how dangerous it is for our president to
       become loose-tongued and fancy-free with wrestling ring styled
       language in public forums. Why would any <em>leader</em>use
       threatening language against the backdrop as shown from the
       below
       charts:</p>&#13;<div>&#13;<section>&#13;<div>&#13;<div>America's
       gun culture vs. the world in 5
       charts</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<div>The mass shooting at a Florida
       school has reignited the debate around gun rights in the US.
       Here's how America's
       gun&hellip;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div>&#13;<div>www.cnn.com</div
       >&#13;</div>&#13;</div>&#13;<div></div>&#13;</section>&#13;</div
       >&#13;<h2
       data-selectable-paragraph="">Trump Respects Only Money and
       Power</h2>&#13;<p data-selectable-paragraph="">Trump could care
       less that Saudi Arabia, since 2015, has daily and
       indiscriminately rained US-provided bombs upon innocent citizens
       in Yemen, he could care less that this combined with sanctions
       have killed 100,000 people and many are living under starvation
       conditions. He could care less the Saudis exploit impoverished
       Africans and private mercenary soldiers as a proxy army. Trump
       continues providing weapons to Saudi Arabia despite widespread
       worldwide opposition.</p>&#13;<p
       data-selectable-paragraph="">The median age (half older/half
       younger) of citizens of Yemen is 19.5, whereas the median age of
       Saudi Arabia is 31. 8 and it is 38.2 in the United States.
       Again, Trump could care less about the fate and well-being of
       people from Yemen.</p>&#13;<p
       data-selectable-paragraph=""><strong>Folks, I seriously think
       it&rsquo;s time to stop voting for Republicans! Only Progressive
       Democrats who appeal to Independents can cure this. Centrist
       Democrats are just as bad as Republicans. Since JFK got shot it
       has been right wing Republicans and centrist Democrats who have
       ruled our
       nation.</strong></p>&#13;<figure>&#13;<div></div>&#13;<img
       width="500" height="500"
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