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23 Mar 2017, 4:23 am

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(McCathyesque is an actual word for this sort of thing).

Then my word of the day is neophyte.

Does it not occur to you that Trump's having been caught in surveillance looks really bad for him, or are you still blinded by shiny objects?


Likewise my next word of the day is presumptuous.

Gee ugh, Trump being investigated for colluding with Russia looks bad for him? For reals Auntie Androbot? Picture me all wide eyed in awe at your astonishing levels of perception. The whole idea is for it to look bad for him. Since when did McCathyesque witch hunts look good for anyone?

Geez man. Why you two always at it?

I don't know the full story but it seems like this EraS you are being quite provocative. And Androbot maybe your being a little too hard.



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23 Mar 2017, 4:39 am

Shahunshah wrote:
EzraS wrote:
androbot01 wrote:
EzraS wrote:
(McCathyesque is an actual word for this sort of thing).

Then my word of the day is neophyte.

Does it not occur to you that Trump's having been caught in surveillance looks really bad for him, or are you still blinded by shiny objects?


Likewise my next word of the day is presumptuous.

Gee ugh, Trump being investigated for colluding with Russia looks bad for him? For reals Auntie Androbot? Picture me all wide eyed in awe at your astonishing levels of perception. The whole idea is for it to look bad for him. Since when did McCathyesque witch hunts look good for anyone?

Geez man. Why you two always at it?

I don't know the full story but it seems like this EraS you are being quite provocative. And Androbot maybe your being a little too hard.


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23 Mar 2017, 4:45 am

EzraS wrote:
Shahunshah wrote:
EzraS wrote:
androbot01 wrote:
EzraS wrote:
(McCathyesque is an actual word for this sort of thing).

Then my word of the day is neophyte.

Does it not occur to you that Trump's having been caught in surveillance looks really bad for him, or are you still blinded by shiny objects?


Likewise my next word of the day is presumptuous.

Gee ugh, Trump being investigated for colluding with Russia looks bad for him? For reals Auntie Androbot? Picture me all wide eyed in awe at your astonishing levels of perception. The whole idea is for it to look bad for him. Since when did McCathyesque witch hunts look good for anyone?

Geez man. Why you two always at it?

I don't know the full story but it seems like this EraS you are being quite provocative. And Androbot maybe your being a little too hard.


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No really though?



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23 Mar 2017, 5:02 am

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No really though?


On my end I'm just me being me. That's all it is and ever will be.



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23 Mar 2017, 5:09 am

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No really though?


On my end I'm just me being me. That's all it is and ever will be.
Is that a good thing?



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23 Mar 2017, 5:27 am

Shahunshah wrote:
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No really though?


On my end I'm just me being me. That's all it is and ever will be.
Is that a good thing?


As opposed to what? Being something I'm not? Or someone I'm not? Or something someone else wants me to be? Are you asking if me being me is a good thing based on the totality of me being me? Or are you limiting it to my discourse with Androbot01?



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23 Mar 2017, 5:53 am

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I don't know the full story but it seems like this EzraS you are being quite provocative. And Androbot maybe your being a little too hard.

Ezra is only defending himself. If someone told YOU to "Grow-up", and called YOU a newbie (to politics - seemingly being dismissive of your opinions), wouldn't YOU wanna come-out, swingin'?

Could Ezra be more mature, about it? Yes. But, then, I have more of a problem with a 40-something person, being so immature. If she, et al., would just leave him, alone (they start it, afterall), there wouldn't be any problem. There's plenty of people on here, to whom Ezra doesn't talk like that----when people treat HIM fairly / respect him, he respects THEM; it's quite simple, really.




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23 Mar 2017, 6:24 am

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The whole idea is for it to look bad for him.

Who's idea is that? Obama's, Hillary's, The Fake News? Everyone is out to get him.



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23 Mar 2017, 6:45 am

androbot01 wrote:
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The whole idea is for it to look bad for him.

Who's idea is that? Obama's, Hillary's, The Fake News? Everyone is out to get him.


I said the whole idea, not someone's idea. And I would say the number of people who are out to get him, is limited to those who are out to get him.



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23 Mar 2017, 7:06 am

EzraS wrote:
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The whole idea is for it to look bad for him.

Who's idea is that? Obama's, Hillary's, The Fake News? Everyone is out to get him.


I said the whole idea, not someone's idea.

So ideas just exist by themselves?

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And I would say the number of people who are out to get him, is limited to those who are out to get him.

You're funny.



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23 Mar 2017, 7:17 am

androbot01 wrote:
EzraS wrote:
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The whole idea is for it to look bad for him.

Who's idea is that? Obama's, Hillary's, The Fake News? Everyone is out to get him.


I said the whole idea, not someone's idea.

So ideas just exist by themselves?


Not necessarily, I just wasn't ascribing the whole idea to any particular entities at this time.

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And I would say the number of people who are out to get him, is limited to those who are out to get him.

You're funny.


My ambition is to become the next Stephen Colbert. Or maybe the next Louis CK. Or perhaps the next Jim Gaffigan. Are there any comedians who don't actually talk? Wait, maybe I can be a writer for SNL. Given my typing speed, if they pay me by the hour, I'll become a millionaire.



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23 Mar 2017, 12:28 pm

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Nunes showed his cards.


Good for him.

He can't lead the investigation, then.


I'd be fine with Peter King leading the investigation, then. 8)

I think someone credible might be more credible. If your side taints this investigation, you just destroy trust and create more Jacobys. ;-)


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23 Mar 2017, 4:12 pm

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I don't know the full story but it seems like this EzraS you are being quite provocative. And Androbot maybe your being a little too hard.

Ezra is only defending himself. If someone told YOU to "Grow-up", and called YOU a newbie (to politics - seemingly being dismissive of your opinions), wouldn't YOU wanna come-out, swingin'?

Could Ezra be more mature, about it? Yes. But, then, I have more of a problem with a 40-something person, being so immature. If she, et al., would just leave him, alone (they start it, afterall), there wouldn't be any problem. There's plenty of people on here, to whom Ezra doesn't talk like that----when people treat HIM fairly / respect him, he respects THEM; it's quite simple, really.

I think you might have it right on the essence of it. Either way it is not my thing to interfere I guess.

I don't think Eras is a newbie to politics. You do have actually in depth understanding I think. `



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23 Mar 2017, 7:52 pm

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I don't think Eras is a newbie to politics. You do have actually in depth understanding I think.


I didn't start taking an interest in politics until a year ago at the most. However, I have found time and time again that my ideas of things get expressed verbatim by those who have been into the subject or actually in politics for decades.



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23 Mar 2017, 8:16 pm

EzraS wrote:
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I don't think Eras is a newbie to politics. You do have actually in depth understanding I think.


I didn't start taking an interest in politics until a year ago at the most. However, I have found time and time again that my ideas of things get expressed verbatim by those who have been into the subject or actually in politics for decades.
Cool. I have been interested in politics well for basically 6 years. But I am impressed by how quickly you have learnt all that you did. Up until say early 2015, my political beliefs were mainly sprouting left wing talking points. You on the other hand have moved beyond that allot quickly. I think its impressive. Its really cool to have a somewhat objective viewpoint of these issues.



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23 Mar 2017, 9:14 pm

Shahunshah wrote:
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Shahunshah wrote:
I don't think Eras is a newbie to politics. You do have actually in depth understanding I think.


I didn't start taking an interest in politics until a year ago at the most. However, I have found time and time again that my ideas of things get expressed verbatim by those who have been into the subject or actually in politics for decades.
Cool. I have been interested in politics well for basically 6 years. But I am impressed by how quickly you have learnt all that you did. Up until say early 2015, my political beliefs were mainly sprouting left wing talking points. You on the other hand have moved beyond that allot quickly. I think its impressive. Its really cool to have a somewhat objective viewpoint of these issues.


Thank you. I'm sure over many years I have absorbed quite a bit with the news being on, what I've picked up in school and so forth. And l have always liked history quite a lot. It's probably really the historical aspect that intrigues me. This man probably most thought would never become President actually did. The reactions of those who didn't want him as president. The overtly desperate methods taken agaist him in various forms. It's all been quite interesting.

I think it's this incredible amount of desperation and anger I've seen, from commercials with celebrities pleading with electors to change their vote to people sending them death threats. All the protests/riots that took place before he was even sworn in. The proclamations of him already being the worst president in history and constant predictions of him being impeached before he even took office.

They already have him on trial over claims that have never been substantiated. Never substantiated because somehow any actual proof presented would supposedly have dire consequences against national security and the lives of intelligence personnel would be in great jeopardy etc. "We have concrete evidence, but if we divulge it, it will cause a disaster, so you will just have to take our word for it". And the number of citizens who go along with that. It's all quite remarkable.