2020 Politics Thread - Enter At Your Own Risk - RULES IN OP

[discostu]

Originally Posted by gopherfan

I finally googled QANON. I am a Libertarian that leans right, and I had never heard of them. It seems weird that Heel and jdnadns are so into them.

If you're looking to join what amounts to be a cult...dive into the rabbithole. Hug your loved ones first... it's often a bridge burner.

A couple of relative nobodies making up false identities on 4chan then to YouTube...stringing together loose facts with absurd conclusions. Cryptic messaging to allow the believers to basically quest for more details and piece together a puzzle that simply never existed.

They've been successful not only in getting people to buy into it (including the president), but basically getting a seat at the table in the GOP noisy fringe.

Overall, conspiracy theories are really interesting to study, but the Q phenomenon is really pretty incredible and shocking, psychologically and politically speaking.

[RedSoxFan28]

Originally Posted by persona

Considering the fact that I’ve donated over $11k in last few weeks I hope I’m bringing home more than $75k annually or else I’m just bound to fail and be broke.

[chezball]

Originally Posted by Pete Schweddy

I still think it needs to be adjusted geographically. The median income in CA is just over $75,000. Maryland and New Jersey are over $80,000. Meanwhile West Virginia and Mississippi are under $45,000.

I don't disagree but you know it's not going to happen that way.

[jdandns]

Originally Posted by gopherfan

I finally googled QANON. I am a Libertarian that leans right, and I had never heard of them. It seems weird that Heel and jdnadns are so into them.

The Weekly World News tabloid had more credibility, so to see their illegitimate offspring known as Q's stuff posted here is simply astonishing.

[chezball]

Originally Posted by discostu

If you're looking to join what amounts to be a cult...dive into the rabbithole. Hug your loved ones first... it's often a bridge burner.

A couple of relative nobodies making up false identities on 4chan then to YouTube...stringing together loose facts with absurd conclusions. Cryptic messaging to allow the believers to basically quest for more details and piece together a puzzle that simply never existed.

They've been successful not only in getting people to buy into it (including the president), but basically getting a seat at the table in the GOP noisy fringe.

Overall, conspiracy theories are really interesting to study, but the Q phenomenon is really pretty incredible and shocking, psychologically and politically speaking.

The bold means you don't know what you're talking about. Look up Q+
If you're going to try and discredit something at least learn about it first.
I'm sure the above is what you heard from fake news.
Why are multi billion dollar companies even mentioning Q, if there the equivalent to the flat earthers. No one is wasting time on them.
People that use the CT term are sheep that listen to what the government want you to hear. Your government have been lying to you for over a hundred years. So keep on listening to them.

[jdandns]

Flat-earthers are learned scholars compared to Q-heads.
Google is not your friend, chez.

[Astros19]

Not every conservative voice follows or believes QAnon.
Not every liberal voice follows or agrees with Antifa.
You can switch any extreme organization name you want with those two and it stays the same.
Can we quit painting each other with such broad strokes?
We're supposed to be better than that.

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[Astros19]

Amazed this thread hasn't been shut down and completely understand why political threads typically aren't allowed.

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[chezball]

Originally Posted by Astros19

Amazed this thread hasn't been shut down and completely understand why political threads typically aren't allowed.

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Don't know why it was started five months earlier that the one in 2016.

[jdandns]

Originally Posted by Astros19

Not every conservative voice follows or believes QAnon.
Not every liberal voice follows or agrees with Antifa.
You can switch any extreme organization name you want with those two and it stays the same.
Can we quit painting each other with such broad strokes?
We're supposed to be better than that.

Millions of dudes regularly swap QAnon spit in the shower.
Antifa, and their violent tactics, which I condemn without exception, are a tiny fringe group whose numbers (and sympathizers) have been greatly exaggerated by those very same outlandish conspiracy theory-thumpers.
There is no equivalency between the two.

Originally Posted by Astros19

Amazed this thread hasn't been shut down and completely understand why political threads typically aren't allowed.

Those members regularly having their hats handed to them by simple logic and reason (you included) are certainly working on getting it vanished.

[Astros19]

Originally Posted by jdandns

Millions of dudes regularly swap QAnon spit in the shower.

Antifa, and their violent tactics, which I condemn without exception, are a tiny fringe group whose numbers (and sympathizers) have been greatly exaggerated by those very same outlandish conspiracy theory-thumpers.

There is no equivalency between the two.







Those members regularly having their hats handed to them by simple logic and reason (you included) are certainly working on getting it vanished.

Whatever. At one time you actually added substance to threads. That ship sailed weeks ago. Much longer since you've handed anyone their hat. Sorry, but not sorry.
Now you seem to be stuck in some kind of Hunter S. Thompson mode and it's just not a good look for you.
I enjoyed the conversation a while back, but now its turned into one big pissing match between a few wannabe comedian members.
I must admit one thing I'm curious about, the age of some of you.


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[jdandns]

Originally Posted by Astros19

Whatever. At one time you actually added substance to threads. That ship sailed weeks ago. Much longer since you've handed anyone their hat. Sorry, but not sorry.
Now you seem to be stuck in some kind of Hunter S. Thompson mode and it's just not a good look for you.
I enjoyed the conversation a while back, but now its turned into one big pissing match between a few wannabe comedian members.
I must admit one thing I'm curious about, the age of some of you.

Fair enough. I've said my piece anyway.

I'm in my 40's, born in the 1970's.

Best to you and yours.

'dandz out.

[Astros19]

Originally Posted by jdandns

Fair enough. I've said my piece anyway.

I'm in my 40's, born in the 1970's.

Best to you and yours.

'dandz out.

To be fair, I tend to believe both of us to be pretty damn sarcastic. I was being serious about your posting though. I didn't always agree with you but looked at you as being a voice of reason.
Thinking this virus has brought our the worst in ALL of us.
I'm really going to try and do better and avoid the trash talk.
Best to you and yours as well.
As different as we all seem, I think we all want to get through these times as safely and quickly as we can.

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[chezball]

[rcmb3220]

Originally Posted by trixstar

You can go through it here

https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/home/

It's not a long list

Most Senators have no stock sales at all in the last few months

Jim Inhofe
Ron Johnson
Burr
Loffler
Feinstein

They'll probably spin it that they had their personal financial advisors do it and they have broad authority to move money, blah, blah blah.

Not sure what the story is behind the other 3 but Burr and Loeffler's timing makes it unlikely it was anything other than nefarious. They should resign, but nobody does that anymore.

[TheHeel]

Originally Posted by gopherfan

I finally googled QANON. I am a Libertarian that leans right, and I had never heard of them. It seems weird that Heel and jdnadns are so into them.

If you would look back, you would see that we are on QAnon to debunk all the BS and to heckle the movement

You Libertarians are so silly.

Originally Posted by Pete Schweddy

I still think it needs to be adjusted geographically. The median income in CA is just over $75,000. Maryland and New Jersey are over $80,000. Meanwhile West Virginia and Mississippi are under $45,000.

Don’t forget about Kentucky, home of McConnell, which also probably hovers close to that 45k mark. The typical blue states who make and pay the most tax are the ones who give the typical red states welfare and pay much less tax. McConnell is such a sneaky bastard.

Originally Posted by Astros19

Whatever. At one time you actually added substance to threads. That ship sailed weeks ago. Much longer since you've handed anyone their hat. Sorry, but not sorry.
Now you seem to be stuck in some kind of Hunter S. Thompson mode and it's just not a good look for you.
I enjoyed the conversation a while back, but now its turned into one big pissing match between a few wannabe comedian members.
I must admit one thing I'm curious about, the age of some of you.


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When he tried being pleasant, holding to facts only, and still was bashed, I am not shocked the man set out and just embarrassed the other side over and over and over. Now, you don’t like it.

[Astros19]

Originally Posted by TheHeel

When he tried being pleasant, holding to facts only, and still was bashed, I am not shocked the man set out and just embarrassed the other side over and over and over. Now, you don’t like it.

All I get from that is that we obviously have different definitions of the word embarrassed.

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[TheHeel]

Originally Posted by Astros19

All I get from that is that we obviously have different definitions of the word embarrassed.

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[persona]

Originally Posted by rcmb3220

They'll probably spin it that they had their personal financial advisors do it and they have broad authority to move money, blah, blah blah.

Not sure what the story is behind the other 3 but Burr and Loeffler's timing makes it unlikely it was anything other than nefarious. They should resign, but nobody does that anymore.

Already claiming it’s their spouses, advisors and so on and I’m sure it’ll probably will brush away especially at current state we are in.

[persona]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...27c_story.html

Fauxnews - Coronavirus is a hoax! It’s okay to fly! I’m not worried about this virus
CNN - We are all going to die
MSNBC - We are just thankful that you’ve found us

[Siberian13]

Originally Posted by persona

Already claiming it’s their spouses, advisors and so on and I’m sure it’ll probably will brush away especially at current state we are in.

Dude made money, why should anyway care? If this is an issue, the politicians just shouldn’t be allowed to play the market. They are always in the know ahead of time.

[persona]

Originally Posted by Siberian13

Dude made money, why should anyway care? If this is an issue, the politicians just shouldn’t be allowed to play the market. They are always in the know ahead of time.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.was...outputType=amp

Well, considering the fact that Burr was one the three “Brave Souls” who voted against the congress insider trading and calling him self the “Brave Soul” we should care.

[rcmb3220]

Originally Posted by Siberian13

Dude made money, why should anyway care? If this is an issue, the politicians just shouldn’t be allowed to play the market. They are always in the know ahead of time.

you wrote this

[Siberian13]

Originally Posted by persona

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.was...outputType=amp

Well, considering the fact that Burr was one the three “Brave Souls” who voted against the congress insider trading and calling him self the “Brave Soul” we should care.

They are allowed to trade. Don’t like it. Don’t allow them to do it. They’ll still find ways around it though. I bet most people in the stock market would do it too. You can lose a ton of money or get out, yeah everyone’s going to take the hit.

[Siberian13]

Originally Posted by rcmb3220

you wrote this

Yes I did and the next post. You think he’s the only one who did this? If people were in the know here, they’d dump too