~t.s. eliot

i repeat, i have so much sympathy for your situation, but watching it unfold in exactly the opposite manner you seem to intend is both funny and excruciating.

this reader experience firmly fits the definition of dramatic irony that directly precedes it.

-CW

I would wholeheartedly concur with that.

a literary device by which the audience’s or reader’s understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.
(e.g. In Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, for example, the audience knows that Oedipus’s acts are tragic mistakes long before he recognizes his own errors.)
~britannica

don, i have so much sympathy for your situation, but watching it unfold in exactly the opposite manner you seem to intend is both funny and excruciating.

JL

Yes. You are a troll. Deal with it.

As for your language, you are pushing me very very close to banning the first person ever from my site. You have been warned, and this is your final warning.

If ignoring you doesn't work, then banning you just might. Address the issues in the articles or the comments to those articles, and quit with your own monomania, because nobody's listening. Instead, you are just trolling.

And we're ALL way beyond getting tired of it.

Is that clear enough?

-CW

Only to you by you.

Wrong. You're on record admitting you're a troll.

As for turning troll, when I have asked CW nice many times since 2015 and not got an answer it seemed to be time try another approach. ~ Don Harris

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2017/11/10/ftp461/#comment-110353

As myself and others have already discussed with you, you're a troll. I also discussed with you that if you continued to troll this blog and the author that I would continue to echo what the author has already told you, which is quoted verbatim, as follows:

Look, you've got something to say. You want the focus solely to be on it. More power to you. So as I suggested, perhaps you should set up a blog and write about precisely what you want to? ~ CW

It really doesn't bother me when a fucktard little cunt refers to me as deranged.

(ignored....)

jack kevorkian died in 2011. while living, he didn't seem to have much of an opinion on pie, so i'm going to presume that he was a supporter.

After fasting in his jail cell for three days, Jack Kevorkian was bailed out by his attorney, Geoffrey Fieger, who brought him a piece of pie, to which he retorted:

This is full of fat and sugar. You tryin' to kill me?
~ Al Pacino as Jack Kevorkian, You Don't Know Jack

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132623/

an intriguing idea. how does one learn the sport of curling insults?

https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/sport-out_to_lunch_cartoon-popularity-ice_fishing-curling-winter_sport-rdln186_low.jpg

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70771866/jack-kevorkian

I am seeking the professional help I need.

You're an admitted troll.

CW is not providing it as I keep pointing out.

Yes, it is quite obvious you're trolling CW and therefore the entire forum with your with repetitive obsession. Enough already.

YOU, however, either need to see a shrink or do the world a favor and visit a Dr. Kevorkian.

I suffer from no ridiculous fantasy or utter asinine self-absorbed delusion wherein I've convinced myself that "the world" either is or should be paying attention to me personally; that's the difference between you and me.

People are dying.

And I am the only one here trying. ~ Don Harris

Oh, and nice touch and thank you ever so much for expressing to everyone reading this your "genuine" level of concern about "people dying." You seem perfectly fine with it if it would suit your agenda, you deranged little man.

A record 6.65 million people filed a new jobless claim the week ending March 28.

More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — a record — as political and public health leaders put the economy in a deep freeze, keeping people at home and trying to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/02/jobless-march-coronavirus/

Elizabeth Miller

Although I have from time contributed to the nastyness here, I agree: hurling insults when one disagrees really hurts OUR Comments section. However tempting from time to time it betrays intellectual weakness.

To continue on the Canadian theme, do you suppose it would be better if rather than hurling insults we instead were curling insults?

The only good thing about the vitriol is it shows how passionate war are about politics. I have trouble talking politics with Trump supporters because I get so angry with their gullibility that I want to grab them by the neck and throttle them. Sigh.

Glad you agree with me on something.

We don't agree. You claimed you "debunked" me when I said CW ignored you. I explained how we obviously know he ignored you, and now you're claiming he ignored you.

I win the point... while you obviously contradict yourself and prove you debunked bupkis.

I am not being unhinged , just no longer being nice for a valid reason- nice was ignored.

So we're in agreement that you've been ignored. So you've "debunked" nothing except for debunking your own argument. Good for you, Don. Thanks for the assist.

I am available and will participate in any rational discussion that does not involve the bullshit or avoiding issues.

Avoiding "issues"? You and your obsession are not "issues"... no matter how many times you hurl your expletives at the author or try to force your obsession down everyone else's throat.

But if the trolls come out they will be dealt with.

You are the troll.

People are dying.

The virus has absolutely nothing to do with you.

And I am the only one here trying.

Seek professional mental help and stop avoiding your "issues."

What makes you think repeating the original bullshit again that was debunked in my response is anything other than word turds?

You keep claiming to have "debunked" everyone. *laughs*

I said CW ignored you, and he did so and has done so repeatedly. There's nothing to "debunk." If CW hadn't ignored you repeatedly, there'd be no reason whatsoever for your being demonstrably unhinged for years upon years.

Chris Weigant wrote:

Don Harris [22] -

(ignored....)

can you pin this link somewhere for future reference?

You know it! The call word is "panda." You use it, and that link will appear when I see it.

I like #5. That plane going down in flames is a nice touch... the color of Hair Dick Tater's head. <--- Oops, almost did a #6. ;)

And if people are not pissed off enough yet or even by Easter to get up off their ass and fight by demanding two years of BMI and medicare for all for anyone that wants it, Emergency Political Contribution Vouchers right now for the 2020 elections and willing to tell the big money Dems they will vote for Nader if the Dems don't stop taking big money then they never will be.

Nice convictions you've got there.

Even though the big money politicians DESERVE to be carried off by a mob, tortured and killed we can't get together now to form a mob.

You lack the courage of your convictions, sir. Do it!
~ Louis de Pointe du Lac, Interview with the Vampire

I understand completely.

CW replies with bullshit snarky comments because he has no valid argument against my points.

So then, by your own calculation, CW has no valid argument; as such, isn't it the height of ignorance on your part to expect him to present an argument he doesn't have?

He will not defend his positions to legitimate criticism so he hides behind snarky comments just as you hide behind pretending to be stupid.

Oh, it has been quite obvious for a long time now that you sincerely believe that everyone here has a problem because they somehow don't recognize the brilliance behind you and your obsession or are simply "pretending" not to see it. You also believe that those same people refuse to recognize it -- get this -- because they live in fear that it would work and therefore simply must pretend not to acknowledge its genius. *laughs*

Question: Have you ever just once perchance considered that you're the problem?

But now the bodies are beginning to pile up and there is no place to hide from that.

Hide in your post office box; you are definitely a small enough little man to fit.

can you pin this link somewhere for future reference? i feel as though i'll especially be referencing numbers 9 and 12 today...

https://www.boredpanda.com/bad-argument-false-fallacies-dummies/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

[47] Chris Weigant wrote:

Don Harris [22] -

(ignored....)

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/03/31/can-democrats-flip-the-senate/#comment-156865

It is in no way whatsoever a difficult concept to grasp:

ig nore
/i??nôr/

verb
past tense: ignored; past participle: ignored

refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.

Similar:
disregard
take no notice of
pay no attention to
pay no heed to
pass over
shut one's eyes to
be oblivious to
turn a blind eye to
turn a deaf ear to
brush aside
shrug off
push aside
never mind
look the other way
snub
slight
spurn
shun
disdain
look right through
look past
turn one's back on
give someone the cold shoulder
cold-shoulder
freeze out
steer clear of
send to Coventry
give someone the brush-off
cut
cut dead
knock back
give someone the go-by
blank
set aside
take no account of
veto
break
contravene
fail to comply with
fail to observe
disobey
breach
defy
flout
fly in the face of
omit
leave out
bypass
overlook
neglect
exclude
skip

"Ignored" is the answer, Don, and it conveniently requires the word "no" to express it in written form.

They hate the verses because the verses expose the fault in themselves that they don't want to face.

that's one possible interpretation. another possible interpretation is that they find it intellectually limited and resent the manner in which it's being presented.

the irony of you using that quote from the princess bride is very meta.

"you keep using that word. i do not think it means what you think it means."
~inigo montoya, the princess bride

You keep using those words- but it is obvious form your word turds that you do not know or are pretending not to know what they mean.

Said the dipshit who can't grasp this concept:

[47] Chris Weigant wrote:

Don Harris [22] -

(ignored....)

What's the ugliest part of your body?

(ignored....)

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus#the-growth-rate-of-covid-19-deaths

The US estimate is 3 days. So how are things likely to look on Easter Morning? Here is the progression of predicted deaths leading up to Easter Morning:

Cumulative deaths 8 am, April 2: 5132

April 5:10264

April 8:20528

April 11:41056

This is not your typical seasonal flu.

Initial point from the Johns Hopkins COVID web tracker

And just like all the people that CW and others here laud for not taking no or no answer for an answer for their persistence in seeking an answer I am not taking no or no answer for an answer.

The way I see it, you've been taking "no" for an answer every single day because you're too damn ignorant to understand that "no answer" is the answer, and that daily answer is obviously: "No."

Wake up. Wise up. Rise up.

Put up. Shut up. Fuck off.

CW doesn't have to agree with me or push my idea.

Exactly. He could just keep de facto saying "no" every single day by ignoring you... oh, wait!

Dammit, that didn't work out. I'm doing all this on a cracked smartphone. Here's the link: https://youtu.be/mTbfxNoRDBU

Don Harris, I'm a huge Yes fan (and early Genesis, ELP, Moody Blues et al.) I agree that "Owner of a Lonely Heart"is cringe worthy.

[7]

"This is no time for blaming Trump and letting Perez and Biden and the rest of the big money Dems off the hook. "

I agree that this is some powerful writing and I gotta admit that the thought of Perez and Biden out of the picture almost makes my mouth water!

I generally agree with what you write and what needs to be done. I think most of us do. I take exception when you bag on CW for not pushing your agenda. Simply put, it's YOUR job not HIS.

Here's Bill Maher <a href="https://youtu.be/mTbfxNoRDBU" on this very subject.

Canuckistan? That's a funny one that I've never heard before. I've been calling it Canadia forever.

Note to Elizabeth Miller: No disrespect meant - Canada and I go back to my short pants days in Detroit. 'Tis an excellent country save for the black flies and the cold as bleep winters.

In many ways it's better than The States, and is easily my first choice if/when things get too cray-cray down here. Go RedWings!

@don,
That hook really is pretty good. You just need a catchy tune, verses people don't hate, and pie.

Heh.

You oughta take this show on the road, Don!

I have surrendered the me for the we, you know.

The good news, for you, is I saw a map and pretty much all states bordering Canuckistan have gone stay-at-home. I think North Dakota was the only outlier, but I only glimpsed the map (during a news broadcast)...

Stay safe up there.

-CW

There may be a silver lining in all of this. If the social distancing really makes a major impact, we will hopefully begin to see the effects of it in April.

That's pretty optimistic, considering that we just really got started with 'stay at home' orders which are still not nationwide with more than a handful of states not playing along or announcing the orders but exempting religious gatherings!?