No Trump "Truths" Has Consequences
I can't believe I'm about to do this, but this is a column offering some free and helpful advice to Donald Trump.
No, really -- it's not an extended April Fools joke, I swear!
What inspired me to write some political advice for the former president was watching how his fledgling social media platform Truth Social seems to be going down the tubes. Launched in February (on Presidents' Day) it soon became a very popular download -- but that's where the success story ended. Because downloading the app (onto your Apple phone, since there is still no version for the Android yet) didn't get you in. People were put on a wait list with hundreds of thousands of people in front of them. Which is where they'd stay for weeks and weeks. The waitlist is now reportedly up to over 1.4 million. When people finally did make it onto the platform, there wasn't much of anybody there to talk to.
Then came the news that not many people are even downloading the app anymore -- from the opening-day highpoint, new downloads are down over 90 percent (some put the figure as high as 95 percent). And now it seems that two of the actual technological brains behind the app just left the company, with no public announcement and no visible plans to replace them.
I don't blame them. The rollout has been the biggest tech disaster since the Obamacare marketplace website opened up -- Trump's failure truly is of that magnitude. Devin Nunes -- a man with zero tech experience and no experience leading a large company -- was recruited to run the operation and confidently announced (when it became evident how not-ready-for-primetime the app was, soon after its launch) that it would be "fully operational" by the end of March. It's now April, and that isn't even close to being true.
But the elephant in the room is that Trump followers probably would have put up with all the delays and the non-functioning parts of the app until now without complaining too much, except for one thing: Trump refuses to use it. Hence this friendly word of advice: If you want it to succeed, you've got to actually give the people what they came for, Mister Trump.
Trump's only "truth" to date (the app is a close copy of Twitter, except you don't "tweet," you "truth" instead) was posted on launch day, back in February. It said, in its entirety:
Get Ready! Your favorite President will see you soon!
Since then, nothing. Nada.
Now, I personally have no interest in Truth Social. I certainly haven't downloaded the app, and have no plans to do so at any time. Seeing Trump's personal brand become a miserable failure in the social media sphere brings a warm schadenfreude glow to me, in fact. But I still wonder why Trump is so spectacularly shooting himself in the foot in such a public way.
His is far and away the most popular account to follow on Truth Social, with over 800,000 followers. But all those people are getting nothing at all from him. And I hadn't seen a plausible explanation for this until I came across the following, in a Daily Beast article:
As The Daily Beast reported early last month, the twice-impeached former president has in the past several weeks privately fumed about the blisteringly negative media coverage of the app's rollout and number of users and visitors. "What the fuck is going on?" Trump was repeatedly heard snapping into his phone, demanding to know why Truth Social wasn't a runaway success.
The former president had wished the website, which was backed by big money and significant partnerships, would be another tool for bringing in revenue, and yet another way to help keep Trump relevant and constantly in the national conversation. Trump also hoped Truth Social would help him achieve his fully realized vengeance against his supposedly Trump-hating, Big Tech adversaries.
Instead, less than two months into the launch, Trump has all but given up on his own high-profile MAGA app, and has barely even touched his personal account on Truth Social. According to people familiar with the matter, Trump continued throughout the rest of March to sporadically complain about how poorly his website was performing.
. . .
Asked by The Daily Beast why the ex-president wasn't prolifically using the app himself these days, another source -- who has spoken to Trump about his floundering social-media company in the past few weeks -- simply replied, "He wants it to be a hit first."
It is not, currently, a hit by reasonable and objective metrics.
So Trump wants Truth Social to be a hit, but he refuses to use it -- which might be the only possible way for it to become "a hit" -- or, at the very least, not another miss (in a long line of Trump-branded companies and products that have failed). He is shooting Trump Social (and himself) in the foot, obviously.
Trump's greatest fear, of course, is to be thought of as a failure. Soon after leaving the White House he launched a blog that quickly failed, so this would be his second strike in the online communications realm. But this paralysis is the single biggest contributor to the failure of Truth Social, which Trump just doesn't quite seem to grasp.
If I were (shudder) a Trump loyalist who had downloaded a Trump social media platform that was promised to be better than Twitter -- and wouldn't ever kick people off for extreme political views -- then the one big thing I would be looking for would be the triumphant return of Trump himself to social media. Trump has been exiled from most social media platforms for over a year now, so I'd be eager to see what he has to say about everything without any sort of filter whatsoever. Trump's never going to kick himself off his own social media platform, so I would be expecting him to lead the pack in sending out outrageous messages skewering all and sundry. Let the liberal tears fall like rain! Instead, though, what his loyal followers have gotten has been... precisely nothing.
The implied draw of Truth Social was Trump. Without Trump, there's not a whole lot of reason to be there. Trump could even spin things to his advantage, even at this late a date: "We had some rollout problems due to sabotage from the Deep State, but now that I am speaking on Truth Social, the numbers are through the roof! Best numbers ever!" It's not that hard, really, knowing how Trump loves to claim credit. And the numbers would almost assuredly go up, since they are now so low as to barely be measurable.
Trump must have known there'd be a growth curve to any new project. He once commanded 80 million Twitter followers and now has one-one-hundredth of that on his own platform, so there's plenty of room to grow. But he could still build a media buzz around his new venture if it were the only place online where anyone could see his own communications. People would start using it a lot more, they'd start talking about Trump's "truths" more (one would expect lots of agreement and approval, of course, to be echoed back at him), and more and more people would want to sign up.
Of course, that would mean they would actually have to be able to sign up. If the wait list is up to 1.4 million now, imagine how high it might get if Trump was active on the platform. But whether it is his inherent fear of failure or something else, Trump refuses to even attempt to throw a lifesaver to his own platform -- which seems almost certain to be its death knell. The only thing Trump will have accomplished if Truth Social does go down in flames is to add a second online media venture to his list of failed enterprises.
Oh, wait... there is one other thing it will have successfully accomplished. Truth Social did get Devin Nunes to resign from Congress -- a fact most sane people will be eternally grateful for. Can't forget that one, now can we?
-- Chris Weigant
Follow Chris on Twitter: @ChrisWeigant
Whoops... looks like it's now up to THREE execs who have quit:
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/04/trump-social-media-staff-exodus-00022706
It's hard to keep track, I guess...
-CW
The power of twitter was not the ability to message his followers. Twitter's power is that the underfunded press decided it was acceptable to use for quotes. I'm not going to download some app or follow Trump on Twitter back in the day just to read what Trump has to say but I might read a NYT article that pulls a quote from twitter or said app. And there was the power that everyone feared. Trump bad mouthed someone and everyone knew about it. If Truth Social can get to functional it still has to get the press to use it for quotes. Otherwise it's just for fundraising/grift...
Yep, Nunez resigned Congress to take the CEO job.
Ergo, I'll be nominating TruthSocial for Most Underrated Failing Tech Startup come Mclaughlin Awards time.
This can't POSSIBLY be for real.
A bad rollout!? Are you freakin' kidding me? How about a bad name and idea and just leave it at that.
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Liz, the history buffs among us have to note the next big disastrous tech roll out since the Obamacare roll out.
Trump never was actually good at business, only at appearances, which is why so many of his ventures were just scams. This appears to be another.
MtnCaddy
63 FPC
Oh Kick,where art thou?
Been doing my sworn duty. :)
FUN FACT: Any month that starts on a Sunday contains a Friday the 13th, and there is at least one Friday the 13th in every calendar year.
May 2022 begins on a Sunday. :)
Liz
if that is what he thinks then he's dead wrong.
It is accepted as fact that Putin does not want to face NATO... There are absolutely NO FACTS to support the claim that this was not factually accurate BEFORE Putin invaded Ukraine..
Ergo, it's logical and rational to deduce that putting US Troops in Ukraine would have prevented Putin from invading..
Simple logic..
Russ,
Or it was because Democrats took the COVID-19 warnings seriously while the GOP base invaded each other’s personal space trying to prove that they were the most ignorant Trump supporter of them all.
It could also be that there were fewer GOP voters alive to request absentee ballots thanks to Trump rallies killing them off.
Any facts to support your claims??
No?? Of course not.. :D
Trump never was actually good at business, only at appearances...
Despite ALL the plethora of facts that prove otherwise.. :D
Democrats.. :D So big on hate and bigotry that they ignore the facts and ignore reality.. :D
Of course, when President Trump had a -D after his name, Democrats LOVED him...
Donald Trump was honored and respected and showered with praise by Democrats all up and down... His business acumen was marveled as a wonder of the universe by Democrats..
So, please... Don't give me that obviously false crap, Mezzo..
The facts and reality prove otherwise..
Liz,
Just do a fancy link - I know you know how to do them! - and write your own thoughts.
Otherwise, I have no time to respond.
You people are always getting on me that I have no facts to support my claims..
So if I cam going to make the claim, I need the facts to back it up..
'sides.. If you don't have the time to read the facts, then you are responding from a position of ignorance..
And I am SURE you don't want to do that.. :D
So, I help ya out a bit... :D
As far as the subject of the commentary??
Air America
:D
'nuff said... :D
'Silent majority' of Disney workers are speaking up against company's stance on Florida law, cast member says
There is 'pressure mounting within Disney' to reconsider opposition to Florida law, Jose Castillo says
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pressure-mounting-inside-disney-against-lgbt-stance
Disney's going to take a huge hit on this.. :D It's going to be fun to watch...
The Hunter Biden laptop story is simply NOT going to go away.. :D
And it's all playing out in the run-up to November.. :D
I swear, if Democrats didn't have bad luck they would have no luck at all.. :D
Speaking of staff quitting...
Using ya'all's reasoning, Horizontal Harris must be a complete and utter failure...
Hmmmmm Well, I guess ya'all's reasoning is sound, eh? :D
Democrats are freaking out!! :D
According to every economist with more than 2 brain cells to rub together, inflation is going to be with us for at least another year and it's going to get worse before it gets better..
Ergo, Biden and Democrat poll numbers have not found their bottom yet.. :D
Liz,
You will note that I am using less bold in my Block Quotes.. :D
Yer welcome.. :D
It's interesting to note that Biden is such a lousy leader, he can't even get his numbers up when there is a huge European war going on.. :D
Leave it to Biden to frak up the rally-round-the-flag concept.. :D
"Never underestimate Joe Biden's ability to fuck things up."
-Barack Hussein Odumbo
:D
Keep in mind that this is Mark Penn talking.. A Democrat's Democrat...
Democrats all over the country recognize how bad things are for the Democrat Party...
And what is so delicious is that Democrats haven't even found their bottom yet!!! :D
Isn't that a hoot!!?? :D
Why Jackson Brown should not be confirmed as a SCOTUS Justice..
And most notably... Jackson Brown was chosen from just *TWO PERCENT* of the available pool of candidates..
It's a virtual impossibility that a quality candidate could have been chosen from such a limited pool...
Sure, she may be the TOP choice of 2%...
But being at the top when you are only considering 2% of the candidates is not such a huge accomplishment, eh? :^/
Jackson Brown will be the first Affirmative Action SCOTUS Justice...
Sad....
I said at the beginning of all this, that a nominee with even a smidgen of integrity and self-respect would not even WANT to be an Affirmative Action nominee..
No integrity.. No self respect..
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Judge Jackson Brown...
What IS it about Democrats that they just can't help but whip out their wee-wees and stomp on them with metal cleats??
Democrats had Suburban Moms in 2020... And Democrats threw it all away when Democrats said with ONE VOICE, "Parents should not have any say in THEIR children's education"
Gotta hand it to Democrats..
When they frak up, they don't mess around..
:D
November is going to be DEMOCRAT MASSACRE MONTH...
I keep telling ya'all.. :D
The Hunter Biden laptop facts are simply NOT going to go away... Especially when it's DEMOCRAT Propaganda Media that is pushing the story.. :D
It will keep chipping away at Biden and the Democrats pushing their approval numbers lower and lower and lower... :D
Liz,
A bad rollout!? Are you freakin' kidding me? How about a bad name and idea and just leave it at that.
I have ta agree with ya there, Liz..
But then again, I have NEVER been a big fan of "truth"... "Truth" is subjective and is totally dependent on people's bigotry and biases...
“Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.”
-Obi Wan Kenobi
Me?? I am all about FACTS.. And FACT-BASED opinions...
"If it's 'truth' you are looking for, Professor Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall."
-Indiana Jones
So yea, Liz.. "Truth" was a pretty crappy name.. Full agree...
And for those who still believe Democrats will be OK in November?? :D
Democrat Water Carriers are sounding the alarm...
If Democrats won't even believe their own propaganda outlets... :D Democrats are in for a HUGE Gibbs' slap upside the head.. :D
Cheaters NEVER prosper.. :D
And Democrats are as far away from "prospering" as can possibly be... :D
Ain't Karma a bitch!?? :D
Just do a fancy link - I know you know how to do them! - and write your own thoughts.
Otherwise, I have no time to respond.
OK... I'll try it your way...
Professor Robert Kaufman: The China-Russia pact echoes the Nazi-Soviet pact
US can't allow Ukraine to overshadow, China, America's greatest threat, Pepperdine University professor says
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/professor-robert-kaufman-the-china-russia-pact-echoes-the-nazi-soviet-pact
Liz... JL... Anyone...
Thoughts???
there are certainly aspects of 1938 that resonate with today's situation in ukraine, but russia-china right now is not remotely like the nazi-soviet alliance. if that's really his assertion, kaufman is reaching for parallels that don't exist.
but there is one point on which i agree with him (and i think you as well). more military muscle earlier could potentially have prevented this situation, and tough talk doesn't do much without the might to back it up - against either russia or china.
Weakness breeds aggression. Strength deters it. This is not complicated.
kaufman really doesn't get china though.
Michale,
Some people wouldn't know factually accurate if factually accurate stepped up and slapped them upside their head, so...
Joshua,
more military muscle earlier could potentially have prevented this situation...
How so?
Me?? I am all about FACTS.. And FACT-BASED opinions...
Heh.
JL,
there are certainly aspects of 1938 that resonate with today's situation in ukraine, but russia-china right now is not remotely like the nazi-soviet alliance. if that's really his assertion, kaufman is reaching for parallels that don't exist.
Oh sure, there are differences.. History doesn't really repeat, but it certainly does rhyme..
I think "not remotely like" is a bold statement that doesn't have any factual basis..
But I am open to being convinced.. :D
more military muscle earlier could potentially have prevented this situation, and tough talk doesn't do much without the might to back it up - against either russia or china.
Weakness breeds aggression. Strength deters it. This is not complicated.
Completely and 1000% agree... Biden could have and SHOULD have made a HUGE show out of sending Ukraine TOP OF THE LINE planes and hardware while Putin was massing his troops.. I further state that along with the hardware should have been thousands of US "advisers" to train the Ukrainians in the use of that equipment..
You might disagree on the troops part.. But it's unequivocal that Biden did not do enough to prevent Putin's invasion...
You will note that I am using less bold in my Block Quotes.. :D
Great.
Now, cut out all of the cut and paste and you're on to something. We can read, you know.
Liz,
Some people wouldn't know factually accurate if factually accurate stepped up and slapped them upside their head, so...
Yes, there are people like that..
Fortunately, you, myself and JL are not.. :D
Simple logic.
No. What I see here is simpleton thinking.
Which I have no time for.
Now, cut out all of the cut and paste and you're on to something. We can read, you know.
Fine.. You get people to quit questioning my facts or claiming I have no facts and I'll be able to stop posting all the facts.. :D
Easy Peezy Lemon Squeezy... :D
No. What I see here is simpleton thinking.
You say Toe-MAY-toe and I say Poe-TAA-toe..
:D
Don't get mad at me because I have an uncanny knack of being able to distill complex arguments into simple facts..
In short, I am able to dumb things way down for ya'all..
Yer welcome.. :D
"If you dumb this down any more, I'm gonna punch you!!
-Lt Col John Shepard, STARGATE ATLANTIS
:D
I don't get mad.
Weakness breeds aggression. Strength deters it. This is not complicated.
PEACE. Thru superior firepower.
THAT is what would have kept the peace in Ukraine...
I bet Zelensky is kicking himself that Ukraine gave up their nukes in '94...
I don't get mad.
In other words, I gotta watch my back.. heheheheh J/K
kaufman really doesn't get china though.
And yet, his assessment of China's place in all of this is pretty spot on...
You just HAVE to know that China will make a move on Taiwan sooner, rather than later..
While there are good arguments for China to move BEFORE November, the better plan of attack is to wait til mid to late 2023..
With the GOP in control of Congress, political divisions between the GOP and the Democrat Party will be at their highest in mid to late 2023...
Biden will likely already have endured at least 3 impeachments by that time..
DH,
Are political system has been built up over a period of almost 250 years...
To massively change it is not going to happen overnight..
Nor anytime soon..
I can't dumb it down any further than that...
Looks like Elon Musk is making a move on Twitter... :D
Kewl..
Would like to see that Left Wing cesspool be taken down a couple notches.... :D
A perfect example of not showing strength yourself.
Not at all.
One of the biggest strengths one can have is acknowledging the facts and the reality of the here and now..
MIchale,
of the biggest strengths one can have is acknowledging the facts and the reality of the here and now..
Precisely. I'm still waiting for that to happen Re. Ukraine, among other issues.
PEACE. Thru superior firepower.THAT is what would have kept the peace in Ukraine...
That is often applicable but, not in every situation.
One must be able to discern one situation from another in order to acknowledge and understand the facts and the reality pertaining to any given situation, in the here and now and as the situation evolves.
And the facts and reality of the here and now are that big money is corrupting our political process and destroying our country.
Perhaps...
But it is the reality of the here and now..
So your excuse that it can't happen right away so we shouldn't start
No.. The FACTS are that there really isn't a path to change...
What you propose requires huge upheaval...
And it's just not in the cards..
Liz,
Precisely. I'm still waiting for that to happen Re. Ukraine, among other issues.
We're pretty much on the same page vis a vis Ukraine..
If Zelensky has truly given up on NATO membership, that is..
If he has, further fighting is pointless...
Zelensky was fighting for Ukraine's sovereignty.. Right or wrong, that was the goal..
If Zelensky is no longer willing to uphold Ukraine sovereignty, then Zelensky is simply wasting lives and treasure..
DH..
Tell me.. What can be done RIGHT NOW to achieve your goal...
Not in a week, not in a month.. But RIGHT NOW...
The floor is yours.. Go for it..
Nowhere have Democrats more scroo'ed da pooch than when they confused their activism with science..
Woke Medicine's Got a Tricky Operation Coming Up: Grafting 'Systemic Racism' Onto Hard Science
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/04/05/woke_medicines_got_a_tricky_operation_coming_up_grafting_systemic_racism_onto_hard_science_824726.html
Democrat "science" is nothing but very thinly disguised Democrat activism...
If that were true there would be no point in voting, paying attention to politics or commenting here.
No one actually believes that commenting here will change anything...
Weakness against the big money interests will breed aggression and that will make the change/problem worse.
How many times are you going to fold four aces because the big money interests are representing/pretending they have a royal flush?
In addition to not playing PC Games you apparently don't play poker much either.. :D
Big Money is not inherently evil..
It's like religion or a gun.. It's a tool...
It's how it's used that determines it's evil-ness or it's potential for good..
Citizens can demand that candidates run small donor campaigns and enforce that demand with our votes in 2022.
Fine.. Get citizens to demand that..
But a change like that won't happen voluntarily..
Personally, I would like to see a change in the election laws... THAT has a better chance of success..
Give each candidate the same allotment of funds and make all campaign media free.. Candidates are not allowed to run any campaign media beyond what is allotted to them..
The Democrat Party..
https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/04/1862/1048/Screenshot-513.jpg?ve=1&tl=1
The Do As I Say Not As I Do Party
The Hypocrisy Party
:^/
I think "not remotely like" is a bold statement that doesn't have any factual basis..
3 of the MANY major differences between russia-germany 1939 and russia-china right now:
1. Hitler was a nihilistic madman bent on global conquest. Putin and Xi are both relatively sane individuals acting in rational ways based on limited geopolitical goals.
2. China's concept of domination is not military or racial as with Stalin and Hitler respectively, it's cultural. They don't want Taiwan to expand their territory, they want it to stamp out ideological dissent. Their main motive for supporting Russia is to take Western culture down a peg.
3. Global economic interdependence means no great power has the means to actually conquer any other great power. They can win territory, gain influence, or blow up the planet. thus, the existential threat of a China-Russia alliance is MUCH more like cold war II than world war III.
JL
The Teen Girls Aren’t Going to Forget
‘It’s like a sci-fi show where people went to sleep and woke up two years later.’ Lockdown is over, but the scars of isolation aren't going away.
https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/the-teen-girls-arent-going-to-forget?s=r
Democrats have totally frak'ed over American kids...
And the sad thing is, it was ALL completely and totally un-necessary....
The SCIENCE (REAL science, not Democrat 'science') was completely against school shutdowns...
JL,
I'll get to yours when I get home, around 1330hrs... It requires more indepth than I can do here at work..
Stay Tuned.. :D
Something VERY relevant to today's Weigantia... :D
Twitter CEO tells users to 'vote carefully' in Elon Musk poll on edit button
Musk's Twitter poll has already garnered over 2.8M votes
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/twitter-ceo-consequences-elon-musk-twitter-poll-important
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God damn you, Don Harris!
I find myself more and more scrolling through you and Michale because there's no "there" there...no contribution to anything besides your respective egos.
AND THE you go and drop a funny one on me! Sure wish you'd focus on the political humor.*sigh*
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Let's add,
4- the 1939 German-Russian non aggression pact was struck to divy up Poland and (a) give Germany time to defeat the French/British while
(b) giving Russia space and time to prepare for the Nazi invasion everybody saw coming.
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Furthermore, nypoet22,
1. Hitler was a nihilistic madman bent on global conquest. Putin and Xi are both relatively sane individuals acting in rational ways based on limited geopolitical goals.
K, I'm not feeling "global domination" by anybody, even us Muricans. Also,
...there's the not inconsequential "how to invade America" impossibility.
"Yep, 2nd Amendment to our rescue!" said the white male Army Veteran non weapon owning Loud and Understandably Proud Libtard -- boo-yah!
Don't get me wrong, Michale. The moment either the Rooskies or your Republicans try to overthrow our Constitutional Republic, I take up arms and use my "Expert" Army Rifle skill set to good effect. You're probably safe, #FloridaMan, but if you were really USAF you should know better than to post anti-American crap.
Yep, you hate the America that is not WASP.
I get that, #FloridaMan. I'd be bummed if I were you, too.
Your guy Trump sucked so bad that he motivated 80 million Muricans to vote for Joe Fucking Biden.
Joe Fucking Biden.
Let that sink in, Einstein.
Sorry, Liz. Sorry that your personal hero Joe Biden has always been just another lying whore for the rich. Nevertheless it was that imperative that we beat Trump, so we settled for Joe.
MC
I find myself more and more scrolling through Michale because there's no "there" there...no contribution to anything besides your respective egos.
TRANSLATION: I am tired of not being able to address all your facts, so I am going back to "ignoring" Michale
So, since you aren't going to read what I post, does that mean you'll quit asking me to provide facts that you won't bother to ever read anyways?? Hmmmm?? :D
You're probably safe, #FloridaMan, but if you were really USAF you should know better than to post anti-American crap.
Actually I was USAF *AND* US Army EllTee (MI) during Desert Storm..
And the only one posting anti-America crap is ya'all...
Democrat = Anti-America
Just as your "Squad".. :^/
I get that, #FloridaMan. I'd be bummed if I were you, too.
Yea??
Let's compare notes on Wed, 9 Nov 2022, eh?? :D
We'll see who is bummed and who ain't.. :D
:D
Your guy Trump sucked so bad that he motivated 80 million Muricans to vote for Joe Fucking Biden.
Not factually accurate..
As has been proven beyond all doubt, Biden did not actually receive all those votes...
Between the election fraud that occurred both before and after the election, it's clear that Biden actually received less than 50 million votes..
More Americans voted for Donald Trump in 2020 than in 2016...
MILLIONS more hispanics and blacks voted for President Trump in 2020 than in 2016..
These are indisputable facts..
I have already listed all the good that President Trump did for this country.. FACTS that have yet to be refuted by anyone here...
Again, let's compare notes on Wed, 9 Nov 2022 and see who's factually accurate and who's not, eh? :D
Happy to compare notes come 9 November 2022.
Of course, you will beat feet away from this place (as you understandably did Nov. 2020)
once your Repug Fashi takeover fails once again.
Oh! You think Drumpf won in 2020?
Dude, this says everything that needs to be said about your point of view, Tovarisch.
JL,
1. Hitler was a nihilistic madman bent on global conquest. Putin and Xi are both relatively sane individuals acting in rational ways based on limited geopolitical goals.
Given the reports on the ground in Ukraine, I would dispute that Putin is sane, relatively or otherwise...
Further, I am certain that both Hitler and Stalin could rationally explain their actions...
You are pointing out distinctions.. Not actual differences..
2. China's concept of domination is not military or racial as with Stalin and Hitler respectively, it's cultural. They don't want Taiwan to expand their territory, they want it to stamp out ideological dissent. Their main motive for supporting Russia is to take Western culture down a peg.
Whatever the motives, the actions are similar between WWII and today...
thus, the existential threat of a China-Russia alliance is MUCH more like cold war II than world war III.
Not factually accurate.. Cold War, by definition, is a covert war with no battles....
What the world is experiencing in the here and now is similar to what Europe experienced in the run up to WWII....
There are more similarities than there are differences...
Especially for the 2 players involved in the comparison..
Oh! You think Drumpf won in 2020?
The facts clearly show that Biden did not win fair and square...
Between the Hunter Biden fraud perpetrated by Democrats, Big Tech and Big Media, the fact that Democrats purchased entire election boards and stocked them SOLELY with Democrats and the amount of fraudulent ballots that were "discovered" after poll watchers were sent home...???
It's clear that 2020 was not a fair or legal election..
Dude, this says everything that needs to be said about your point of view, Tovarisch.
I understand why you would think that.. But, as usual, I have the facts on my side.. :D
Happy to compare notes come 9 November 2022.
Of course, you will beat feet away from this place (as you understandably did Nov. 2020)
once your Repug Fashi takeover fails once again.
You STILL believe that Democrats are going to hold Congress eh??
BBBBWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
Hell, even VICK acknowledges that Democrats are going to lose.. :D
You stand alone in your belief, my friend.. :D
Just like you did with your PUTIN WILL NEVER INVADE prediction.. We all know how THAT worked out, eh?? :D
But yea.. Let's compare notes on 9 Nov 2022.. :D
We'll all know who called it right and who was wrong :D
Oh! You think Drumpf won in 2020?
I am also constrained to point out that, prior to all the poll workers being barred from watching the polls and the appearance of mystical pristine ballots, everyone here in Weigantia, yourself included, knew that President Trump had won..
So ya'all's own comments prove that I am factually accurate.. :D
DH
I have contributed a rational approach to getting the big money out of politics and an argument to back it up.
Yes, but like the typical Left Winger, your plan sounds good in theory...
But your plan fails to take into account human nature..
And you don't have any plan on how to convince the 10% of the country..
You are a liar, coward and a troll.
Aww, com'on.. You can disagree without name-calling.. If I can stop, so can you.. :D
Hell, even VICK acknowledges that Democrats are going to lose.. :D
Amend that to read:
Hell, even KICK acknowledges that Democrats are going to lose.. :D
Philadelphia gun violence: Boy, 13, shot while sitting in parked car, teen killed walking home from school
Separate shooting incidents in Philadelphia left a 13-year-old boy critically injured and a 15-year-old dead
https://www.foxnews.com/us/philadelphia-boy-targeted-shooting-teen-shot-dead-walking-home-school
Democrats are going to lose in November based on their DEFUND, DEMORALIZE, DEMONIZE THE POLICE polices alone..
Plus all the other stuff that Democrats have frak'ed up on...
Looks like Twitter's days of carrying water for Democrats and hiding all the Democrat misdeeds are coming to a close!! :D
Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors, teases ‘significant improvements’
Elon Musk will join Twitter’s board of directors after taking a 9.2% stake in the social media company, according to a release filed with the SEC.
Twitter shares were up in the afternoon.
“Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became
clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board,” CEO Parag Agrawal said in a tweet.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/05/elon-musk-to-join-twitters-board-of-directors.html
Democrats are losing a HUGE propaganda arm.. :D
“He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term.”
-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal
Hmmm.. Doesn't THAT sound familiar?? :D
The similarities between Musk and President Trump are eerie... : D
For those of ya'all who are wishcasting that the Hunter Biden saga will go away??
Hunter Biden sought to cash in with oligarchs during first Russian war on Ukraine, records show
"This is a good if not life changing deal if the Uk[raine] doesn't collapse in the meantime," Hunter Biden was told in spring 2014 email after Russia had invaded Ukraine the first time.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/hunter-biden-sought-cash-oligarchs-during-first-russian
Keep dreaming.. :D
And for those of you who think that Democrats will get away with their 2020 cheating...???
Court Reinstates Louisiana AG’s Lawsuit Against Zuckerberg’s Election-Meddling Group
Zuckbucks were used to achieve targeted disenfranchisement, with rural Louisianans treated less favorably than fellow citizens in cities.
Last week, a Louisiana appellate court reinstated Attorney General Jeff Landry’s lawsuit challenging Mark Zuckerberg’s infiltration of the state election system with private “Zuck Bucks” that flooded the country during the 2020 election.
The lawsuit, State of Louisiana v. Center for Tech and Civic Life, originated in October 2020. That’s when Louisiana, through Landry, sought a court order declaring that “private contributions to local election officials and the election system in general are unlawful and contrary to Louisiana law.” Landry’s lawsuit followed attempts by the Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life to dole out millions in targeted grants to election officials throughout the state.
https://thefederalist.com/2022/04/05/court-reinstates-louisiana-ags-lawsuit-against-zuckerbergs-election-meddling-group/
Again... Keep dreaming.. :D
Your knee jerk response of labeling me a liberal and using that to make a claim about theory is hilarious!
I never said you were a liberal..
But you are closer to a liberal than you are to a patriotic American..
You just make stupid statements to avoid addressing my arguments.
I have addressed your arguments..
You just don't like the facts..
Quit the bullshit of starting a discussion, responding with dodges, then disappearing only to reappear later repeating the same bullshit statements without rational argument to back it up.
Which argument am I making that is not rational and not backed up by facts.
Please be specific..
Man up.
I always do..
I'll await your explanation as to my arguments that are not rational and not backed up with facts.. Specifics...
So... No specifics.. :D
Funny how you act exactly like how you accuse MC of acting.. How you accuse me of acting.. :D
Maybe we're all not that different, eh? :D
Except I am the one that always has the facts to back up my claims.. :D
So many facts that it gets to the point where people BEG me to stop posting the facts.. :D
"I just find that funny.. But ya'all ain't laughing.."
-Agent J, MEN IN BLACK
:D
Durham releases former Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann's text message, says he put 'lie in writing'
Sussmann had claimed he was meeting with FBI official 'not on behalf of a client'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/durham-text-message-sussmann-lie-writing
Clinton's lawyer LIED to the FBI..
And it's NOT a process crime.. :D
Another FACT... :D
JL,
Putin and Xi are both relatively sane individuals acting in rational ways based on limited geopolitical goals.
You sure about that???
US calls out 'credible reports' of Putin's forces herding Ukrainians to 'filtration camps,' then into Russia
Tens of thousands of Ukrainians from Mariupol forced to relocate to Russia, US official says
https://www.foxnews.com/world/russia-forcing-ukrainians-filtration-camps-relocate-us-ambassador-united-nations
OK DH...
I'll look tomorrow for your specifics.. Tonight, I belong to my lovely wife! :D
Isn't this just the funnest place ever, Don!
Michale [10]
Any facts to support your claims??
Just all of your posts on here claiming that masks do nothing to prevent the spread of the virus and claiming the pandemic was nothing but a political hoax. The article you posted was trying suggest that the fact that more Democrat voters requested and voted by absentee ballot than Republican voters did in the 2020 election; something devious and sinister was afoot. The article doesn’t waste a second to question why the discrepancy in the two groups numbers of absentee votes… because it is easier to claim that cheating explains results that you do not like than accepting the reality that you lost!
Michale [96]
That’s when Louisiana, through Landry, sought a court order declaring that “private contributions to local election officials and the election system in general are unlawful and contrary to Louisiana law.” Landry’s lawsuit followed attempts by the Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life to dole out millions in targeted grants to election officials throughout the state.
Why would those gifts be considered “unlawful”? You sure seem to be supporting Don Harris’ suggestion that all large money donations result in corruption. Is there any proof that the non-profit’s gifts came with unlawful demands attached to them? Are you opposed to non-profits helping poor districts that do not have the resources needed to replace broken voting machines, or to hire much needed staff to assist election officials tasked with running our elections? Some of these grants help pay for more secure envelopes for absentee ballots that are mailed in. Is that a bad thing?
Democrats have totally frak'ed over American kids...
And the sad thing is, it was ALL completely and totally un-necessary....
The SCIENCE (REAL science, not Democrat 'science') was completely against school shutdowns...
Florida schools did not shut down at all during the pandemic? Did any Republican state force kids to attend school as if no pandemic existed? Trump supported his CDC’s guidelines some days that called for shutting down the schools. But those facts don’t support your FACTS, do they?
Why would those gifts be considered “unlawful”?
Because those "gifts" were meant to help ELECTIONS.. But the "gifts" were given SOLELY to Democrats and created entire county election boards that were staffed SOLELY with Democrats..
These weren't campaign donations, Russ.. There were ELECTION donations that were given SOLELY to Democrats..
That's illegal..