What did you do today?

[Spicoli43]

These are the sort of statements that are common place on the right wing radio programs. You and they speak in pure hyperbole. It always the same, all the leftists hate all the cops. The leftist all hate America and want to destroy it, the major news outlets only dispense lies under direction of the left and on and on. Flyover has pointed out the absurdity of people who believe that the only news source that isn't lying is the one they listen to, how nieve. We're still waiting on the proof of all the election fraud that the far right news outlets claimed and continued to suggest.

I would agree about the many people that have been shot by police because they tried to reach for a weapon or similar stupid move. But there have been numerous videos of police shooting people when it seemed excessive. That doesn't include incidents when they didn't shoot someone but just beat the hell out of them a la George Floyd. I appreciate the intensity and adrenalin of the situation but there are a lot of cops that have serious ego issues. I know many cops including my Dad and uncle and all you have to do is listen to some of them talk about bashing someone with a night stick or something. They like to brag about it almost. That doesn't apply to all cops, I think most would rather not get physical in a situation but some just seem to like it and will take every opportunity to intimidate a person. And like most things a few bad actors paint the picture that most people see. And for the record my Dad and uncle are dyed in the wool democrats so do they hate the cops too? I also have a first cousin who is way right and hates the cops. He once tried to tell me my Dad had a cushy job paid by the taxpayers and didn't deserve his pension.

Ok... Fair enough... I will take any examples of the Leftist MSM or Politicians praising Law Enforcement, not including their Capitol Police, who are nothing besides a Leftist organization.

The Leftists in the Big City Councils, the Mayors all want to defund the police, and all let their cities burn, which affected small business owners. The MSM barely ever showed the riots, with one reporter from CNN famously saying that they were "mostly peaceful protests", as the buildings behind him were engulfed in flames.

The Leftist news outlets take their marching orders from Nancy Pelosi. After the 2 year Mueller report was finalized and it didn't nail President Trump, tons of people ditched the Leftist media that had told them for 2 years that President Trump colluded with the Russians, but besides that, Pelosi said they should talk about Healthcare, and just like a light switch, that was the topic on all the MSM.

You don't need proof of election fraud if you are capable of observation. How did Joe "win" while hiding in his basement 95 percent of the time, show up at rallies with 15 people, and have a motorcade that attracted 3 people?

How did he "win" compared to President Trump that had 40,000 people at his rallies and probably more at his motorcades?

How did Joe secure MASSIVE votes of the Black population in Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh etc., numbers that FAR surpassed the numbers that Obama got? Massive amounts of Black people turned out to vote for the frail dementia patient compared to the charismatic Black man?

Why did the massive Black vote for Joe only apply to those cities in toss up States, and not in big cities on the West Coast that were guaranteed Blue States? Why was the Black vote in those states normal compared to previous years?

What about the ballots under the tables?

What about the ballots that were run through the voting machines 10 or more times on video?

What about the Conservative poll watchers that were banned from the polling locations?

What about the Thousands of ballots that were found to ONLY have votes for Joe, no other down ballot Democrats?

What about the Thousands of dead people that voted?

What about the people that showed up to vote, but were told they had already voted?

Cops that act like you say are the vast minority, and need to find a different line of work or be convicted and go to jail.

 

[BuzzLOL]

Toledo and OSU are rivals?

I do assume you hate Michigan by birth.

Toledo and Ohio State seldom play against each other...
Former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer and TTUN HC Jim Harbaugh both born in Toledo...
Toledo used to be in TSUN before the Great Ohio - TSUN War...
TSUN got the U P in exchange for losing Toledo...
Toledo beat Arkansas... and went into their Big House and beat TTUN last time they played each other...

 

[BuzzLOL]

Can't find it now, but somewhere Spicoli mentioned 50 cops murdered yearly while enforcing peace, law, and order... I believe that number was actually closer to 200 yearly... and since crime is up 50% more since Jomentia took over, it's prolly closer to 300 rate now... I doubt OSHA should approve of that level of job death... But likely Jomentia feels it's fine...

 

[Eddie_T]

I like the last line of this one · · ·

 

[BuzzLOL]

"Andrew Jackson made bridles for his horses out of Native American people's skin."

Tried to check that at Leftist Fact Checker site Snopes but, since the Founder of Snopes is now under investigation for tons of crimes, the site works differently now and all I could do was submit that claim and am now waiting on a response which will prolly take some time...

 

[Eddie_T]

Here's media report that on first glance seems unbiased · · ·
FactCheck: do black Americans commit more crime?

 

[Spicoli43]

"Andrew Jackson made bridles for his horses out of Native American people's skin."

Tried to check that at Leftist Fact Checker site Snopes but, since the Founder of Snopes is now under investigation for tons of crimes, the site works differently now and all I could do was submit that claim and am now waiting on a response which will prolly take some time...

I just tried to look that up at Snopes also, nothing found. They do have a banner "Save our Snopes"... Give us money... HAHAHAHA... Same thing as Wikipedia... "If everybody gave only $3"....

 

[Eddie_T]

Didn't Andrew Jackson found the Democrat party?

 

[68bucks]

Ok... Fair enough... I will take any examples of the Leftist MSM or Politicians praising Law Enforcement, not including their Capitol Police, who are nothing besides a Leftist organization.

The Leftists in the Big City Councils, the Mayors all want to defund the police, and all let their cities burn, which affected small business owners. The MSM barely ever showed the riots, with one reporter from CNN famously saying that they were "mostly peaceful protests", as the buildings behind him were engulfed in flames.

The Leftist news outlets take their marching orders from Nancy Pelosi. After the 2 year Mueller report was finalized and it didn't nail President Trump, tons of people ditched the Leftist media that had told them for 2 years that President Trump colluded with the Russians, but besides that, Pelosi said they should talk about Healthcare, and just like a light switch, that was the topic on all the MSM.

You don't need proof of election fraud if you are capable of observation. How did Joe "win" while hiding in his basement 95 percent of the time, show up at rallies with 15 people, and have a motorcade that attracted 3 people?

How did he "win" compared to President Trump that had 40,000 people at his rallies and probably more at his motorcades?

How did Joe secure MASSIVE votes of the Black population in Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh etc., numbers that FAR surpassed the numbers that Obama got? Massive amounts of Black people turned out to vote for the frail dementia patient compared to the charismatic Black man?

Why did the massive Black vote for Joe only apply to those cities in toss up States, and not in big cities on the West Coast that were guaranteed Blue States? Why was the Black vote in those states normal compared to previous years?

What about the ballots under the tables?

What about the ballots that were run through the voting machines 10 or more times on video?

What about the Conservative poll watchers that were banned from the polling locations?

What about the Thousands of ballots that were found to ONLY have votes for Joe, no other down ballot Democrats?

What about the Thousands of dead people that voted?

What about the people that showed up to vote, but were told they had already voted?

Cops that act like you say are the vast minority, and need to find a different line of work or be convicted and go to jail.

Still beating that horse I see, you and the pillow guy. When all that BS (and I'll call it that until someone, anyone shows actual evidence) started I could only come to a few conclusions. 1. The Trump administration claimed that in 2016 like they do in any election they loose. They had 4 years to find it and stop it from reoccurring and either didn't or couldn't.

Why is it the Republicans think that the Democrats are the only ones that could or would commit voter fraud?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...MQFnoECB4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2JksNahau_JdnGGgeeSnTr[/URL]
Or
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw24noVbAZNbQggdatmySUtT&ampcf=1[/URL]
3. If in decades of claiming election fraud it either doesn't exist anywhere near the scale the Republicans claim or the Democrats are just too smart for them to figure it out, for decades.
We all saw how the shame audit in Arizona turned out. Great for the Cyber Ninjas (seriously?) they made $5 million and in the end said oh, sorry you the count was right. Laughed all the way to the bank. You claimed somewhere on this thread you require video, proof and none exists for this election yet you still hang onto the big lie. Seems kind of hypocritical.

 

[BuzzLOL]

Didn't Andrew Jackson found the Democrat party?

Yes... should have expected that!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)

 

[BuzzLOL]

Leftist Snopes Founder not only plagiarist but also accused of rape...
Snopes Co-Founder David Mikkelson Accused of Rape by Wife
But, of course, nothing is a crime to Leftists...

 

[BuzzLOL]

Snopes: Give us money... HAHAHAHA... Same thing as Wikipedia... "If everybody gave only $3"....

I don't support the ENEMIES of all good decent Real Americans! Includes the Lame Stream Misleadia FAKE NEWS LIARS !!!

 

[Spicoli43]

Still beating that horse I see, you and the pillow guy. When all that BS (and I'll call it that until someone, anyone shows actual evidence) started I could only come to a few conclusions. 1. The Trump administration claimed that in 2016 like they do in any election they loose. They had 4 years to find it and stop it from reoccurring and either didn't or couldn't.

Why is it the Republicans think that the Democrats are the only ones that could or would commit voter fraud?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...MQFnoECB4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2JksNahau_JdnGGgeeSnTr[/URL]
Or
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw24noVbAZNbQggdatmySUtT&ampcf=1[/URL]
3. If in decades of claiming election fraud it either doesn't exist anywhere near the scale the Republicans claim or the Democrats are just too smart for them to figure it out, for decades.
We all saw how the shame audit in Arizona turned out. Great for the Cyber Ninjas (seriously?) they made $5 million and in the end said oh, sorry you the count was right. Laughed all the way to the bank. You claimed somewhere on this thread you require video, proof and none exists for this election yet you still hang onto the big lie. Seems kind of hypocritical.

There's voter fraud in every election on both sides, just not MILLIONS of votes one way like in the vote for Dementia Man... Why didn't you rip me apart for everything I said individually and provide proof to counter my claims? Is it because you can't provide any proof?

How about that Arizona audit, which was only one County? How about it? Please feel free to NOT comment on the following...

https://clarion.causeaction.com/2021/09/25/maricopa-county-audit-report-over-57k-votes-in-question/

 

[Flyover]

During the real cold times, the TV is on and I watch an hour of news, the rest is fun stuff like the Oceans / Pyramids / Archaeological stuff etc...

Huh. Here we are just at the start of fall, but I don't remember you mentioning anything about the oceans/pyramids/archeology all summer. You talked a lot about what the Left is doing though. Throughout the summer, when I'm guessing it wasn't -40 out. If that's only a small fraction of what you're watching, and during the summer you hardly watch any to begin with, I guess that stuff must stick in your brain way out of proportion to how much you take in. I wonder why that is. Is it healthy?

You in the same scenario... The TV will be on, you don't have a choice, or the kids will drive you up a wall. The problem for you would be how much TV time and how much video games to try to prevent them from turning out to be the exact opposite of you...

In the winter here my kids do watch an hour or two of cartoons per day. No news though. And we don't own any video games/consoles. Mostly in crappy weather the kids stay busy with creative stuff, games, crafts, gamified housecleaning, etc.

Now, all that said, you were on the interwebben a lot yesterday, unless you don't go to ANY news sites and your browser doesn't show any news headlines, what's the difference between that and TV?

I work from home 3 out of 5 days a week and my job is usually (but not always) pretty quiet; I will admit to getting restless from time to time and going looking for stimulating written exchanges, including here. But no, I do not go to any news sites, and my browser doesn't show any news headlines. If I'm not finding things to do away from the computer (house projects, working out, helping with the kids, practicing guitar, etc.), then I email with friends/pen-pals a lot, and there's another forum (science- and tech-related) where I lurk. So, pretty big difference from TV.

I saw a study from 3 years ago saying Americans watched about 3 hours of TV per day. That actually seems like less than the numbers I heard when I was a kid, but I'm not sure what the numbers would say if you count stuff like Youtube, or whatever videos they show on news websites.

 

[Flyover]

Yeah, without looking it up (so I could well be wrong) I recall Jackson founded the Democrat party.

 

[Eddie_T]

I only have OTA TV and mostly just watch the news. It certainly has a bias but gives me a rough (if inaccurate) view of what's happening. I can stream youtube videos to the TV which is connected to my sound system. TV has some weird game shows which I quickly turn off. I like Blue Bloods and that's about all. I had rather read a book and have read prolly more than 200 novels since the pandemic began. A good novel cannot be condensed into two hour TV movie with commercials. Reading novels is not a total waste as it keeps my reading skills sharpened. I have my own speed reading technique as I suspect do most good readers. I sight read sentences and paragraphs rather than words. I would rather read the news than have an overpaid commentator present it if that were possible.

 

[Flyover]

Personally, I discovered that knowing what's happening, in the sense of knowing what's in the news, is only ever important if you find yourself having to prove you know what's in the news to someone else. I then realized I do not need to prove such a thing to anyone and that there was plenty else to talk about sufficient to never discuss the news again. At that point kicking the news completely out of my information diet was trivial.

I do pay attention to new things in areas where I have a legitimate interest such as developments in my professional field, or in areas where I'm just kinda interested in learning something (like when I wanted to better understand home construction methods last winter) but I don't go to any kind of journalism for either of those things. There are plenty of experienced masters in those areas who talk or write about what they know. (This site included for sure!)

Maybe there are people out there with more urgent reasons to need to know what journalists are writing and talking about, but I can't think of any reasons offhand.

Today I cut some 2x8 into 14.5" lengths to cover up the insulation between the joists on the exterior wall side of the room that used to be old office, including jigsawing a U-shaped hole for a duct. There were 7 such gaps that needed covering but I ran out of wood after covering 4 of them, so I'll have to scrounge up some more 2x8 soon.

I think I'll try to stay offline more this coming month, it's good to do that once in a while.

 

[Eddie_T]

I was in Denver one winter complaining about the cold weather. A fellow engineer Darrell Bywater from Bozeman, MT (wife Rita Beth from Poison, MT) had been stationed in Florida for a short time before coming to Denver. Darrell liked cold weather saying "He could put on enough clothing to keep warm but could not take off enough to keep cool".

 

[Spicoli43]

Huh. Here we are just at the start of fall, but I don't remember you mentioning anything about the oceans/pyramids/archeology all summer. You talked a lot about what the Left is doing though. Throughout the summer, when I'm guessing it wasn't -40 out. If that's only a small fraction of what you're watching, and during the summer you hardly watch any to begin with, I guess that stuff must stick in your brain way out of proportion to how much you take in. I wonder why that is. Is it healthy?


In the winter here my kids do watch an hour or two of cartoons per day. No news though. And we don't own any video games/consoles. Mostly in crappy weather the kids stay busy with creative stuff, games, crafts, gamified housecleaning, etc.


I work from home 3 out of 5 days a week and my job is usually (but not always) pretty quiet; I will admit to getting restless from time to time and going looking for stimulating written exchanges, including here. But no, I do not go to any news sites, and my browser doesn't show any news headlines. If I'm not finding things to do away from the computer (house projects, working out, helping with the kids, practicing guitar, etc.), then I email with friends/pen-pals a lot, and there's another forum (science- and tech-related) where I lurk. So, pretty big difference from TV.

I saw a study from 3 years ago saying Americans watched about 3 hours of TV per day. That actually seems like less than the numbers I heard when I was a kid, but I'm not sure what the numbers would say if you count stuff like Youtube, or whatever videos they show on news websites.

Paragraph A... Because the Leftists are killing the Country in every way, shape and form... The Economy, Policing, Border, Covid, Jobs, Gas Prices, Availability of goods, Letting unvaccinated migrants in with no tests carrying measles and worse etc... That isn't mentioning the fake election.


Paragraph B... You better put them in Jiu-Jitsu or something if you're teaching them to be Martha Stewart.

 

[zannej]

Man, this thread blew up with the political stuff again. LOL. There was an interview (based on a book or article) awhile back with a guy who talked about how there used to be more than 2 political parties and you had more range of options/opinions but now it has become so polarized. Each side thinks the other is evil.

Fox news requires their employees to get vaccinated and any who refuse have to be Covid tested every day. They also practice social distancing and masking indoors. These rules were in place before any government mandates for vaccines. Yet they have their talking heads go on and say vaccines are bad. People who got vaccinated at the first opportunity and had no negative side effects are out telling people not to get vaccinated. I don't like Fox and I don't like CNN. They are both other ends of the horseshoe. Too extreme.

That is all I will say on that. My favorite cat is still missing. I'm still trying to hold out hope that he'll come home safely, but it's unlikely. Took my vehicle to the dealer yesterday for diagnostics and maintenance. They failed to do the all points inspection but charged $115 for it (I know they didn't do it because the inspection sheet was blank). They claimed my tailgate handle is broken but I could see they didn't remove the screws to take it apart to look. I'm now wondering if they actually drained and refilled my transmission fluid. They certainly ran the gas down though. Used 1/4 tank in the 4 hours we were waiting. I'm going to have my friend check the fluid later just in case. Another reason I know they didn't actually do the inspection is that I still have the check VSA, check emissions, & check ABS messages (plus check DRL and TPMS-- but I know the problem with the latter two). They didn't diagnose any of that. If they weren't the only Honda place within 100 miles I'd go somewhere else.

Mom for some reason blamed me for the dealership taking so long and for them not checking/fixing things they were supposed to. Got all pissy and said she didn't want to stop to eat and then later when I said I was hungry she asked why I hadn't said anything. I told her I had told her 5x but she didn't listen. We picked up mail (she still has some packages missing that were supposedly delivered but we never got them).

When I got home the cats had pulled my keyboard out from under its' cover and puked all in it. Saliva, hairball, plus cat food. It was a mess. I'd had it unplugged just in case. Flipped it upsidedown to try to get the liquid out. Cleaned it with a bristled tooth pick as best as possible. Left it face down so it could drain out. I was afraid to plug it if it might short out and mess up usb ports. So I didn't use it all night. Took it to my friend's the afternoon. He took it apart and it turns out it's "spill proof" and nothing got through. But my L key wasn't working. I had to take some of the keys off and clean it. Got half a shopping bag full of cat fur out. Need to take all the keys off during daylight in a room with no pets over a plastic bin so I can clean it better. I'm thinking if I get a tack cloth I can pick up hair and dust. The good news is that I have some games on my computer that only require mouse usage. So, I re-played Letters From Nowhere, Letters From Nowhere 2, Mysteryville, and started on Mysterville 2. They are object search and puzzle games. Letters from Nowhere is better. Mysteryville is ok but is unintentionally racist. It's still fun when I don't read the dialog. I don't think English is the first language of the developers & man, they butcher the way characters speak. It's all text so I don't have to hear it. I think it is slightly making fun of some of the racial stereotypes though. At least I hope it was intended as humor and not that they are that ignorant of cultures. I admit, I couldn't stop giggling about a character named Dong Li.

I forgot to mention that yesterday my phone just disappeared. No idea what happened to it. It's gone. I checked my pouch, on my bed, next to my bed, in the bathroom, in the hallway, in the truck, my desk, etc. Asked my friend to check his house for it. No luck. Tried calling it but it's off. Last I recall was setting it on my desk to charge. I will have to look around more and see if I'm just missing it somehow. I've asked my brother to help me look but he probably won't unless it somehow benefits him.