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20 Jan 2021, 5:24 pm

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Out of curiosity, does anyone know if anything exciting happened today as was predicted about the inauguration today or was it pretty quiet?
The insinuations by Trump and his followers that "something bad" would happen today seem to have been as empty a Trump's claims of a stolen election.


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20 Jan 2021, 5:43 pm

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Also still waiting for the answer to this:

[b[What is a “China*s*” ? :? Who was put in their place?

Google doesn’t show any results for “China*s”.


Paging cyberdad. He’s Australian and can maybe translate this.


It's Chinese


:chin:

So the. Why didn’t he write “Chinese” ? :?

Somehow I don’t think “China*s” has an asterisk in it because it’s a respectful label for Chinese citizens. Seems like a derogatory name referencing Chinese people. Amiright?


Perhaps we should ask Retrogamer. He’s Australian and has a Chinese girlfriend/mother to his child. I bet he would be able to shed some light on this.


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20 Jan 2021, 6:05 pm

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So...did any craziness happen? If so, could someone point me to a YouTube video of said crazies being arrested so I can grab some popcorn and enjoy watching the scene unfold?
Sadly, no MAGAs were arrested in the process of this inauguration.  I think that either all of the stupid ones were arrested for the January 6th coup attempt, or all of the smart ones took the hint and stayed home.

Trump supporters threatened state Capitols but failed to show on Inauguration Day
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But the fury appeared to fizzle after Trump exited the White House and Biden took the oath of office and officially became the 46th president of the United States.

"The message that was sent by law enforcement ahead of the inauguration was very clear, that there would be thousands of police officers and troops guarding these buildings," said Brian Higgins, the former police chief in Bergen County, New Jersey. "I'm sure that is one reason why there haven't been many protesters."

Higgins, who teaches at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, said that as investigators sift through the online postings of extremist groups, it is often difficult to separate actual plots from postings that are meant "to stir us up."

"Intelligence is often a judgment call, because people post crazy stuff every day," Higgins said.

Another factor, law enforcement sources said, was the "shock and awe" of the swift arrests by the FBI and the Justice Department of the pro-Trump rioters who ransacked the Capitol.

There was exactly one pro-Trump protester outside the heavily fortified New York state Capitol in Albany.

Outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, NBC News spotted a single pro-Trump protester wearing a jacket emblazoned with the words "Impeach China Joe."

In California, a small group of protestors got past a police barrier and began chanting outside the heavily guarded and fenced-off state Capitol in Sacramento. But they appeared to be antifa activists and could be heard denouncing Trump.

So when a small group of armed Trump supporters showed up Sunday at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus to protest the election results, they were vastly outnumbered by law enforcement officers.

In Salem, Oregon, the few Trump backers were even more outnumbered by police officers and members of the National Guard.

And in Trump bastions like Oklahoma, the protesters simply failed to show.





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20 Jan 2021, 8:58 pm

Where’s Pepe? :?

I thought he wanted non-partisan impartial discussion of truth and facts. Wondering why he’s not replied to my post debunking all the conservative media lies about president trump’s record. Surely as a non partisan seeker of truth he appreciates my post correcting him, no? :chin:


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20 Jan 2021, 9:14 pm

goldfish21 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
Also still waiting for the answer to this:

[b[What is a “China*s*” ? :? Who was put in their place?

Google doesn’t show any results for “China*s”.


Paging cyberdad. He’s Australian and can maybe translate this.


It's Chinese


:chin:

So the. Why didn’t he write “Chinese” ? :?

Somehow I don’t think “China*s” has an asterisk in it because it’s a respectful label for Chinese citizens. Seems like a derogatory name referencing Chinese people. Amiright?


Perhaps we should ask Retrogamer. He’s Australian and has a Chinese girlfriend/mother to his child. I bet he would be able to shed some light on this.


There's no need. It's derogatory.



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21 Jan 2021, 12:52 am

I'm glad I live in Canada. Trudeau might be a blood thirsty pothead, but at least I live in Canada.


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21 Jan 2021, 1:16 am

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Good god, fishman, haven't you been productive!
You have really picked up your game!
It is almost as though you have had collaborative help, if I didn't know better! 8O
Well done!

Since I am not prepared to dedicate the next few days to research, (I am not a research hound like Brictoria, as I mentioned previously) I might do a hunt and peck when I have the energy.

Have a look at this graph.
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Enjoy. 8)

I might add to this when I have the energy. :wink:


Mate the downward trend started during Obama presidency, Trump inherited that like he inherited his father's millions.


Are you saying trump reversed the trend of prosperity! 8O
I guess I am bad at reading graphs. [facetiousness] :wink:


He didn't have to, The reduced poverty is due to heavy spending by Obama to stimulate the economy during a GFC. Despite enormous opposition by the GOP (and Trump) the stimulus worked and kick started the growth that Trump swooped down and claimed as his in 2016. He made a false claim that economy/stock market reacted to his leadership but the truth is his policies had nothing to do with the growth in economy, increase in employment and reduction in poverty.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones ... 50516868b7


You missed my point.
trump didn't reverse the trend.
The trump administration helped it along, based on the graph.
If they didn't, the graph would be heading up again.

I am simply stating the obvious.
Why are you arguing??? 8O



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21 Jan 2021, 1:17 am

Bravo5150 wrote:
Out of curiosity, does anyone know if anything exciting happened today as was predicted about the inauguration today or was it pretty quiet?


I think there was a coup. :scratch: :mrgreen:

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Bravo5150 wrote:
Out of curiosity, does anyone know if anything exciting happened today as was predicted about the inauguration today or was it pretty quiet?
The insinuations by Trump and his followers that "something bad" would happen today seem to have been as empty a Trump's claims of a stolen election.


Do you mean like your prediction of a coup? :mrgreen:



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21 Jan 2021, 1:33 am

cyberdad wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
Also still waiting for the answer to this:

[b[What is a “China*s*” ? :? Who was put in their place?

Google doesn’t show any results for “China*s”.


Paging cyberdad. He’s Australian and can maybe translate this.


It's Chinese


:chin:

So the. Why didn’t he write “Chinese” ? :?

Somehow I don’t think “China*s” has an asterisk in it because it’s a respectful label for Chinese citizens. Seems like a derogatory name referencing Chinese people. Amiright?


Perhaps we should ask Retrogamer. He’s Australian and has a Chinese girlfriend/mother to his child. I bet he would be able to shed some light on this.


There's no need. It's derogatory.


So you have forgotten about my post about the cee cee pee creating a list of people, Australians included, who criticises China*?

Mate. :shameonyou:

Seriously, are you trying to force me off this website, also, as happened with Tempus Fugit?
I'm not even a Liberal party voter.
I hate big business.
I have always thought trump was a narcissistic ninny. 8O

If all the conservatives and centrists are harassed out of WP, who will you guys hate against?
Serious question.

As long as there is an even playing field that allows me to match the tenor of people attacking me, I won't be leaving any time soon.

I can live without your friendship.
Shall we call it quits? :scratch: 8O



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21 Jan 2021, 1:39 am

CockneyRebel wrote:
I'm glad I live in Canada. Trudeau might be a blood thirsty pothead, but at least I live in Canada.


And I am glad I live in Australia. :mrgreen:



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21 Jan 2021, 1:45 am

Pepe wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
Also still waiting for the answer to this:

[b[What is a “China*s*” ? :? Who was put in their place?

Google doesn’t show any results for “China*s”.


Paging cyberdad. He’s Australian and can maybe translate this.


It's Chinese


:chin:

So the. Why didn’t he write “Chinese” ? :?

Somehow I don’t think “China*s” has an asterisk in it because it’s a respectful label for Chinese citizens. Seems like a derogatory name referencing Chinese people. Amiright?


Perhaps we should ask Retrogamer. He’s Australian and has a Chinese girlfriend/mother to his child. I bet he would be able to shed some light on this.


There's no need. It's derogatory.


So you have forgotten about my post about the cee cee pee creating a list of people, Australians included, who criticises China*?

Mate. :shameonyou:

Seriously, are you trying to force me off this website, also, as happened with Tempus Fugit?
I'm not even a Liberal party voter.
I hate big business.
I have always thought trump was a narcissistic ninny. 8O

If all the conservatives and centrists are harassed out of WP, who will you guys hate against?
Serious question.

As long as there is an even playing field that allows me to match the tenor of people attacking me, I won't be leaving any time soon.

I can live without your friendship.
Shall we call it quits? :scratch: 8O



How do you know Tempus's reason for leaving this forum? Did he tell you in PM?


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21 Jan 2021, 1:57 am

Pepe wrote:
If all the conservatives and centrists are harassed out of WP, who will you guys hate against?
Serious question.


Gee, I guess they will all have to hate on me or fnord, anyone who is a outcast on this forum. It's happened before before Trump took office and then everyone had forgotten about us and moved onto hating on the right wing. :wink:

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As long as there is an even playing field that allows me to match the tenor of people attacking me, I won't be leaving any time soon.


No one is forcing you to leave. Members choose to leave on their own because they can't handle the politics from the other party and can't stay out of the PPR section and threads that talk about these things that are triggering to them. Same goes for leftists and liberals too.

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I can live without your friendship.
Shall we call it quits? :scratch: 8O



You can simply ignore the haters and they might go away. Don't feed them. :D


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21 Jan 2021, 2:10 am

League_Girl wrote:
Pepe wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
Also still waiting for the answer to this:

[b[What is a “China*s*” ? :? Who was put in their place?

Google doesn’t show any results for “China*s”.


Paging cyberdad. He’s Australian and can maybe translate this.


It's Chinese


:chin:

So the. Why didn’t he write “Chinese” ? :?

Somehow I don’t think “China*s” has an asterisk in it because it’s a respectful label for Chinese citizens. Seems like a derogatory name referencing Chinese people. Amiright?


Perhaps we should ask Retrogamer. He’s Australian and has a Chinese girlfriend/mother to his child. I bet he would be able to shed some light on this.


There's no need. It's derogatory.


So you have forgotten about my post about the cee cee pee creating a list of people, Australians included, who criticises China*?

Mate. :shameonyou:

Seriously, are you trying to force me off this website, also, as happened with Tempus Fugit?
I'm not even a Liberal party voter.
I hate big business.
I have always thought trump was a narcissistic ninny. 8O

If all the conservatives and centrists are harassed out of WP, who will you guys hate against?
Serious question.

As long as there is an even playing field that allows me to match the tenor of people attacking me, I won't be leaving any time soon.

I can live without your friendship.
Shall we call it quits? :scratch: 8O



How do you know Tempus's reason for leaving this forum? Did he tell you in PM?


He has been unhappy for some time with the partisan/groupthink attacks on anyone considered conservative.
He commented many times how those, here, on the left, have made many conservative people leave because of the harassment.

He thought things had changed, so he came back, but even though things are significantly better, the harassment by some on the left continued.

I don't have a big problem with the mob mentality of some, but I am almost 3 times his age and have a few more calluses.
I am sorry that he has gone, but I can understand why he did.

C'est la vie. :wink:



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21 Jan 2021, 2:18 am

Pepe wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
Also still waiting for the answer to this:

[b[What is a “China*s*” ? :? Who was put in their place?

Google doesn’t show any results for “China*s”.


Paging cyberdad. He’s Australian and can maybe translate this.


It's Chinese


:chin:

So the. Why didn’t he write “Chinese” ? :?

Somehow I don’t think “China*s” has an asterisk in it because it’s a respectful label for Chinese citizens. Seems like a derogatory name referencing Chinese people. Amiright?


Perhaps we should ask Retrogamer. He’s Australian and has a Chinese girlfriend/mother to his child. I bet he would be able to shed some light on this.


There's no need. It's derogatory.


So you have forgotten about my post about the cee cee pee creating a list of people, Australians included, who criticises China*?

Mate. :shameonyou:

Seriously, are you trying to force me off this website, also, as happened with Tempus Fugit?
I'm not even a Liberal party voter.
I hate big business.
I have always thought trump was a narcissistic ninny. 8O

If all the conservatives and centrists are harassed out of WP, who will you guys hate against?
Serious question.

As long as there is an even playing field that allows me to match the tenor of people attacking me, I won't be leaving any time soon.

I can live without your friendship.
Shall we call it quits? :scratch: 8O


You reckon a Chinese person wouldn't think being called China isn't derogatory? I myself generally target the CCP as they are the bad guys but I do agree plenty of mainland Chinese are brainwashed so are apparatchiks.

As for your claims to force you off? got the wrong end of the stick, even Tempest is welcome back, I got no grudges and certainly not against you



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21 Jan 2021, 2:27 am

League_Girl wrote:
Pepe wrote:
If all the conservatives and centrists are harassed out of WP, who will you guys hate against?
Serious question.


Gee, I guess they will all have to hate on me or fnord, anyone who is a outcast on this forum. It's happened before before Trump took office and then everyone had forgotten about us and moved onto hating on the right wing. :wink:


Interesting.
You two look as though you have been out in the sun too long without sunscreen. 8O
Appearances can be deceiving. :wink:

League_Girl wrote:
No one is forcing you to leave. Members choose to leave on their own because they can't handle the politics from the other party and can't stay out of the PPR section and threads that talk about these things that are triggering to them. Same goes for leftists and liberals too.


As I have mentioned many times, I have no problem if there is an even playing field.
I have no trouble skipping peoples post if I am not interested in what they have to say.
I don't know why some have a problem doing the same. :?

League_Girl wrote:
You can simply ignore the haters and they might go away. Don't feed them. :D


I find the haters amusing bc their emotions get the better of them and they say such funny things. :mrgreen:
I am virtually bulletproof, emotionally, in most situations, these days. ;)

Haters aren't a problem for me.
They keep me on my toes. 8)



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21 Jan 2021, 2:59 am

Pepe wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
Pepe wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
Also still waiting for the answer to this:

[b[What is a “China*s*” ? :? Who was put in their place?

Google doesn’t show any results for “China*s”.


Paging cyberdad. He’s Australian and can maybe translate this.


It's Chinese


:chin:

So the. Why didn’t he write “Chinese” ? :?

Somehow I don’t think “China*s” has an asterisk in it because it’s a respectful label for Chinese citizens. Seems like a derogatory name referencing Chinese people. Amiright?


Perhaps we should ask Retrogamer. He’s Australian and has a Chinese girlfriend/mother to his child. I bet he would be able to shed some light on this.


There's no need. It's derogatory.


So you have forgotten about my post about the cee cee pee creating a list of people, Australians included, who criticises China*?

Mate. :shameonyou:

Seriously, are you trying to force me off this website, also, as happened with Tempus Fugit?
I'm not even a Liberal party voter.
I hate big business.
I have always thought trump was a narcissistic ninny. 8O

If all the conservatives and centrists are harassed out of WP, who will you guys hate against?
Serious question.

As long as there is an even playing field that allows me to match the tenor of people attacking me, I won't be leaving any time soon.

I can live without your friendship.
Shall we call it quits? :scratch: 8O



How do you know Tempus's reason for leaving this forum? Did he tell you in PM?


He has been unhappy for some time with the partisan/groupthink attacks on anyone considered conservative.
He commented many times how those, here, on the left, have made many conservative people leave because of the harassment.

He thought things had changed, so he came back, but even though things are significantly better, the harassment by some on the left continued.

I don't have a big problem with the mob mentality of some, but I am almost 3 times his age and have a few more calluses.
I am sorry that he has gone, but I can understand why he did.

C'est la vie. :wink:





I don't feel the same way he did. I didn't see any attacks on him. I suspected he was Ezra anyway because same humor and same lines of "why do people assume I am a Trump supporter" and he knew too much about him and this place and I recall Ezra saying the same thing about conservatives leaving this place, same thing Tempus said. Shame he left again. I miss when he was only posting in the GAD and other sections than politics. But he acted better here than he did before he was banned.

I have only seen criticism on Trump and right wing ideologies. But some will take that as an attack. Maybe because they have those same ideologies too. If I were to say how stupid people are to believe in conspiracy theories, I am sure one here would feel attacked if they held any of them. :?

Unless there had been users here sending him PMs calling him names and things they wouldn't post here on the forum. I would ask if he even bothered reporting those PMs to the mods.

What was that youtube video you posted, it's blocked in my country.


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