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Old 08-11-2022, 12:14 PM
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Why did they carry it out in the middle of the night, when he wasn't there, with guns drawn? assassination attempt?

The most investigated man in history, and they still have nothing. Years from now we will learn the warrant was issued in bad-faith and no one will care...
Underrated comment. Like Trump or hate him, it is hard to argue that there hasn't been a witch hunt for the last 6yrs with full torches and pitchforks. EVERY time, they find a hoax or a Democrat at the epicenter.

This raid is completely unprecedented and unwarranted. It does allow the Left to continue to smear Trump. "He was frantically trying to flush the documents into a toilet", "he was belligerent with agents", "He is so dangerous and unscrupulous the FBI raided his hideout".
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Except the left hasn't been too thrilled about it either:




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Old 08-11-2022, 03:21 PM
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And this employee was only giving the customer a hand...

https://twitter.com/HollyBockTV/stat...48365886877696
Wow, my (formerly sleepy and rural) little town in the news...

Hadn't heard about this until now, but I've driven by that Wendy's twice this morning. Still trying to get the lowdown on this, but at this point it appears the 'perp' has prior felony convictions, and is still in custody. The 'victim' is reported to be a local ne'er do well with alcohol and verbal diarrhea issues. At least one report has the 'victim' suffering a cardiac episode as a result of the assault. Another report is that the 'victim' bought and paid for the punch with the aforementioned verbal diarrhea.

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The 'victim' is reported to be a local ne'er do well with alcohol and verbal diarrhea issues.
It seems to be quite rare that the 'victim' in such situations didn't more or less ask for what they received.


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The video below is from one of the channels which I always have open in a tab in the other browser. The one on the smaller monitor to the right of the main monitor, where I stream Laura Kampf, This Old Tony, Practical Engineering, The 8-bit Guy, Xyla Foxlin, Defunctland, Backyard Scientist, Mentour Pilot, and other such youtubers who do interesting stuff. Generally in the background, with me semi-paying-attention to them as I solder things, or put together project budgets, or disassemble brake calipers, or any of the other things that normal humans ordinarily do while sitting at desks.

Moon, in particular, is one of those guys who mostly does videos about why things are bad / why he hates things. Not just "things" in general, each video is a hit-piece on one specific thing.

I thought @Braineack might enjoy his recent piece on what he describes as the Downfall of CNN:





From the perspective of a media-insider, he's not wrong. It's actually a very insightful and well-researched piece. CNN was once a mighty empire. We now employ several refugees who jumped from that particular ship.


Maybe put it on in the background while you're scraping patriots.win for tomorrow's meme-dump.

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Originally Posted by cordycord
This bears repeating:




Not that it actually matters, of course. The democrats and republicans have a sufficiently large number of people convinced that their narrative is the Holy Gospel that they will both willingly endure any amount of hardship and infringement so long as they perceive it as necessary along the path to a utopia in which all those who dissent are un-personed.
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Prediction:

No matter what the outcome of the recent FBI raid on the Mar-a-Lago resort turns out to be, two things are certain:
1: The rightists are going to defend Trump, and continue preaching the "witch-hunt" narrative.

2: The lefties are going to proclaim victory, and continue preaching the "get him out no matter what" narrative.


What really troubles me is the fact that over 60% of Americans self-identify as belonging to one of the two aforementioned camps.

That's the thing that really needs to change, before any significant progress can occur towards healing the wounds which political binaryism have caused in our nation. Stop putting politicians on pedestals, and start questioning why we created the pedestals in the first place.
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Old 08-12-2022, 02:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Prediction:

No matter what the outcome of the recent FBI raid on the Mar-a-Lago resort turns out to be, two things are certain:
1: The rightists are going to defend Trump, and continue preaching the "witch-hunt" narrative.

2: The lefties are going to proclaim victory, and continue preaching the "get him out no matter what" narrative.


What really troubles me is the fact that over 60% of Americans self-identify as belonging to one of the two aforementioned camps.

That's the thing that really needs to change, before any significant progress can occur towards healing the wounds which political binaryism have caused in our nation. Stop putting politicians on pedestals, and start questioning why we created the pedestals in the first place.



The latest scuttlebutt is that the FBI was looking for NUCLEAR WEAPONS information at Mar a Lago. Ridiculous. I'm sure Trump was going to continue his love affair with Kim.
Also there's pretty good speculation that there's already at least one grand jury out on Trump over the lead-up to January 6th. If you're tired of this **** now, buckle up. Merrick Garland will continue, forevah.
And of course turnaround is fair play, and Hunter and his hookers will get their day in the sun with another House investigation. My prediction--Swalwell and Schiff will both be tossed from any committees that review any sort of confidential information.

But your larger point--the mushy middle is paying attention. That's why you've seen such a shift to R's from Hispanics and mothers. They see what's going on, first-hand. Every time you get gas or go to the grocery store, it's like a negative ad against the libs.
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Originally Posted by cordycord
The latest scuttlebutt is that the FBI was looking for NUCLEAR WEAPONS information at Mar a Lago. Ridiculous.



also if the FBI waited 18 months to seize "nuclear documents" from a country club, everyone at the agency should be fired.

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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
That's the thing that really needs to change, before any significant progress can occur towards healing the wounds which political binaryism have caused in our nation. Stop putting politicians on pedestals, and start questioning why we created the pedestals in the first place.
money. wealth. power.

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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Maybe put it on in the background while you're scraping patriots.win for tomorrow's meme-dump.
I did you one better


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Originally Posted by Braineack
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So, I finally went and visited that site, out of curiosity.

It hurts my brain.

Some of those folks make you look sane, by comparison.




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So, I finally went and visited that site, out of curiosity.

It hurts my brain.

Some of those folks make you look sane, by comparison.


there are a lot of religious zealots that will make your head spin. I just prefer it for breaking new over traditional sources, they are typical a day or two or months faster -- if reported at all.

literally was in an argument last night with someone who called Ayn Rand a leftist/communist for: 1. talking bad about Reagan. 2. being pro-choice. 3. being atheist.

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Originally Posted by Braineack
there are a lot of religious zealots that will make your head spin.
There is a lot of stuff in there which makes my head spin.



I would honestly advise you to reconsider the wisdom of getting your news primarily from a site which hosts "buffalo on Mars" theories.
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There is a lot of stuff in there which makes my head spin.



I would honestly advise you to reconsider the wisdom of getting your news primarily from a site which hosts "buffalo on Mars" theories.
where are you seeing these? I've never seen anything like the two you just posted.

pretty much everything i post here are the most recent posts there...

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(Something about Harry Potter)
I got nuthin'.



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Boy, if this "personal responsibility" stuff catches on, we just might be able to fire 90% of the government.
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this area is still too full of mask breathers.

I'm sure LA will institute new social distance guidelines and a mask policy just in spite. cause you know, they aren't anti-science like the CDC.
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