NFT: What have we learned this week?

that says that I learned this thread will disappear like the last two "what have I learned threads" -- sometime before the dinner hour

No offense intended Ronnie - and it's not your fault - this thread attracts the foment

I thought George Gaynes was dead




Anyway....I suppose if there's a personal interest, as was the case for you, but in general I'd rather watch tree sloths racing.

In comment 13049413 Greg from LI said:

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conventions. I honestly had no idea that people would have any interest in the kind of stage-managed bullshit that goes on there.

and I learned that there are Americans that think the Presidential election is not important enough to watch the real arguments of the Presidential candidates which each convention is presumably a thought out version of

You want to see the way your presidential candidate thinks and the people they surround themselves with -- you watch the convention -- I found both to be very illuminating this year

I said, GEORGE GAYNES

In comment 13049479 gidiefor said:

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and I learned that there are Americans that think the Presidential election is not important enough to watch the real arguments of the Presidential candidates which each convention is presumably a thought out version of You want to see the way your presidential candidate thinks and the people they surround themselves with -- you watch the convention -- I found both to be very illuminating this year

You want to know something about presidential candidates? Look at their actions rather than listening to the words someone else wrote for them in a carefully scripted and choreographed dog and pony show. And this year, in any case, features two vile human beings who have been in the public eye long enough to know plenty about just how rotten they are.

I like to soak it in myself -- candidates become caricatures of themselves if you just listen to pundits and the media

you may call it PR -- I call it watching exactly how philosophically an administration would work, what's on their minds, and what their arguments are

to me that's important

I learned that BBI doesn't appreciate our two well-qualified, intelligent, thoughtful, kind candidates for President.

I learned that Ronnie has friends. Need sources on that, though.

In comment 13049459 gidiefor said:

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that says that I learned this thread will disappear like the last two "what have I learned threads" -- sometime before the dinner hour No offense intended Ronnie - and it's not your fault - this thread attracts the foment

Not a big deal since this is just to pass the time on Friday when most of us are just thinking about the weekend.

At least no one has mentioned specific names.

I learned a great deal

In comment 13049503 BrettNYG10 said:

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I learned that BBI doesn't appreciate our two well-qualified, intelligent, thoughtful, kind candidates for President. I learned that Ronnie has friends. Need sources on that, though.

I never said she reciprocates my friendship, duh! I have no friends. I'm an island, Brett, an island of lonely despair.

could live up to the kind of lofty standards I require in a friend. So far, all examined have been found wanting.

If he had taken AP US History recently he WOULD have been taught those things.

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I'd consider having friends if I ever came across someone who Greg from LI : 12:18 pm : link : reply could live up to the kind of lofty standards I require in a friend. So far, all examined have been found wanting.

So you're saying they all came up............. short?

In comment 13049532 GiantFilthy said:

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Quote: I'd consider having friends if I ever came across someone who Greg from LI : 12:18 pm : link : reply could live up to the kind of lofty standards I require in a friend. So far, all examined have been found wanting. So you're saying they all came up............. short?

Dick.

In comment 13049532 GiantFilthy said:

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Quote: I'd consider having friends if I ever came across someone who Greg from LI : 12:18 pm : link : reply could live up to the kind of lofty standards I require in a friend. So far, all examined have been found wanting. So you're saying they all came up............. short?

In comment 13049413 Greg from LI said:

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conventions. I honestly had no idea that people would have any interest in the kind of stage-managed bullshit that goes on there.

and also -- if you are examining the candidates through the lens of history -- you are still examining them through the bullshit lens of whoever's perspective you are listening to

you don't have to want to be informed, but you opt to become a passive aggressive victim if you aren't

short people?

I said, look at their actions, the things they've actually done. Not their speeches, not anyone's analysis of them, their tangible actions.

there needs to be a mainstream, national voice for a 3rd party. Its absolutely comical that this is what we get to pick from.

In comment 13049568 Greg from LI said:

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I said, look at their actions, the things they've actually done. Not their speeches, not anyone's analysis of them, their tangible actions.

exactly how do you get to look at exactly what they've done Greg?

there are people in BBI who Greg can make short jokes about...

In comment 13049569 UConn4523 said:

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there needs to be a mainstream, national voice for a 3rd party. Its absolutely comical that this is what we get to pick from.

There is and they may make the 15% needed for the debates

In comment 13049641 AP in Halfmoon said:

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In comment 13049569 UConn4523 said: Quote: there needs to be a mainstream, national voice for a 3rd party. Its absolutely comical that this is what we get to pick from. There is and they may make the 15% needed for the debates

I know, but something tells me he falls just short, which is a shame. There shouldn't be a restriction, a 3rd party voice should be automatic. It makes zero sense.

The debate board will probably make it 20.

with both conventions over? Last I saw was 12% after the RNC.

It will be interesting to see.

In comment 13049630 Semipro Lineman said:

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there are people in BBI who Greg can make short jokes about...

Brett.

Curious....

UConn - From RCP, in polls from the past week, CBS had Johnson at 11%, CNN at 9%, YouGov at 5%.

The Redskins have some gorgeous women covering them at training camp. I don't know who they are or what channel/publication they're with, but when I went to lunch there were two stunning blondes in line with Redskins media badges.

In comment 13049674 Greg from LI said:

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Curious.... UConn - From RCP, in polls from the past week, CBS had Johnson at 11%, CNN at 9%, YouGov at 5%.

Wait...is it now ok to name candidates as long as they're not the big two? Because if it isn't, you just doomed this thread, Greg. Nice job, fucker.

Y'all hear that? We're usin' code names.

I see it used by anarchists not libertarians.

From his "Advice to a friend on Choosing a Mistress":

"The Face first grows lank and wrinkled; then the Neck; then the Breast and Arms; the lower Parts continuing to the last as plump as ever: So that covering all above with a Basket, and regarding only what is below the Girdle, it is impossible of two Women to know an old from a young one. And as in the dark all Cats are grey, the Pleasure of corporal Enjoyment with an old Woman is at least equal, and frequently superior, every Knack being by Practice capable of Improvement."

There are plenty of ancaps under that umbrella.

For another thing, yes, libertarians use the slur "statist" all the time. Trust me on that one.

I know and I despise it.

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That's much more entertaining than watching Tim fucking Kaine, the human Sominex.

The Pragmatic Libertarian and others. The ANCAPs are the worst. It's quasi intellectual masturbation from pipe dreaming douche bags.

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In November there will be five or six names on the ticket. It's amazing to me that one of these two assholes is going to be president just because they have the money to pay for more commercials. If that's the case than why don't we just make Flo the fucking President?

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She's more unlikable than the two we have running.

In comment 13049920 BrettNYG10 said:

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She's more unlikable than the two we have running.

Yeah but ad time seems to be all that's needed for votes. That's got to be the reason that one of the two most disliked people in America will win this election.

Well I just learned that some allegedly smart people know very little about our political system.

Btw, I don't like one of the candidates at all, but he/she hasn't run any ads. I won't mention who.

In comment 13049943 manh george said:

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Well I just learned that some allegedly smart people know very little about our political system. Btw, I don't like one of the candidates at all, but he/she hasn't run any ads. I won't mention who.

Will that person make commercials great again?

In comment 13049943 manh george said:

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Well I just learned that some allegedly smart people know very little about our political system. Btw, I don't like one of the candidates at all, but he/she hasn't run any ads. I won't mention who.

What a douche.

to Hardees/Carl Jr

In comment 13049943 manh george said:

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Well I just learned that some allegedly smart people know very little about our political system. Btw, I don't like one of the candidates at all, but he/she hasn't run any ads. I won't mention who.

I agree but google worst campaign ad in history. Guess who ran it. (it was web only)

Seems to have been a key guy from the beginning. Burr? Not so much. Near last words: "'Pendleton knows' (attempting to turn his head towards him) 'that I did not intend to fire at him.'" Sorry Burr did not think that way. Thanks be to the powers that rule us that Hamilton's still on the ten.