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I called you a liar because you lied. Is that clear? Should be.

I often wonder what the response would be if the Trump Administration actually reported to the American people the gross tariff and other trade disadvantages the American worker lived under prior to this ill presented tariff policy. We were abused. Getting to somewhere near a fair trade situation is desirable. I've spent a lot of time in Argentina, and I can't be more happy about their trajectory. But......There will be trouble ahead. That's almost a sure thing when you have decades of corruption and institutionalized cheating. Good luck to them.

I really don't know anyone I would judge as Maga, and that is the word I chose, purposefully. Your obsession is a gross distortion, and leads you to false conclusions about people you know nothing about. That is your issue, as well this apparent need to relay your travels. None of my business, but quite odd.

Nope. Wrong again, and the second sentence is pure idiocy. Anyway, nothing to admit. The claim is nonsense, and I have no need to transmit it, and my political views are not "non partisan." Can't stand the Dem party and never supported Trump. Don't care a bit about your view, and never have. Further, I really don't understand how someone of your age spends so much time caring about proving some false claim, but we all make choices about how to spend our time.

Ya it is.

First things first. I don't perform for you. You post absurd accusations in order to marginalize people who you don't agree with. That is stupid, dishonest, and cheapens your persona, but it's your choice. I am not going to respond to your request for me to address things I don't agree with or like about Trump, and there are plenty. I don't have the desire to spend time doing that. Didn't vote for the guy in any primary or general, and wouldn't. Regarding the folks who headed to Canada, I don't think negatively about those who avoided that draft, whether for medical or student deferments, getting married, becoming a father, conscientious objector or any other reason. That was a stupid war run by two idiots in DC that cost tens of thousands of lives, needlessly.

Not a Maga, and never have been, for the thousandth time. Kerry did it for personal, political reasons. John McCain was an Academy guy with a family history that included head of the Pacific Fleet. Despised as an officer, but respected as a POW. Not that that matters, but it is what it is. The point is that anybody who had no other motive avoided it, and it was easy.

John Kerry? Please. The guy who brought a video camera with him to record his "service" for political reasons. Absolute worst possible example.

I've met some of them, during events honoring them. Don't be stupid comparing what everybody who could did during those days with the people who were killed. It's an ignorant position.

Everybody who could dodged service during that time. Useless, senseless war run by moron politicians. Enjoy the Fourth and get over it.

Enough animus. Take a second to read the Declaration that Jefferson wrote. It changed human thinking which had established power in government. One of the best, and most influential documents in history. Where did we get such men, and why did we deserve them?

Bond market follower for years leads me to an Occam's razor view, because there is no single data point that argues against it. The Fed is more inclined to lower rates than otherwise. Neutral now, but certainly mort likely to lower than raise. That makes the $ less in demand.

Not the first time for CBS. Remember the fake Bush National Guard stuff that led to Dan Rather resigning?

Of the silly things that get posted here, economic snapshots, wherein one month data reports are judged, is among the most silly. Monthly reports have serious weaknesses and strengths. Use a six month moving average for more accurate trends. Still, always funny to watch both sides use one month data for political purposes.

Iran was in a different place in early June 2025 than they were during this stupid agreement that was to end this year. They still threatened Israel from Lebanon, (Hezbollah), Syria, Yemen with the Houthis and Hamas. Prior to Syria falling, and the demise of Hamas and Hezbollah, a case could be made that it was in Israel's self interest to follow a strategy of delay. Once those issues ended and they accelerated, there was no reason to delay ending the program. The sole reason the Islamic religious regime exists is to pursue the goal of ending the Israeli state. Their nuclear and ballistic missile programs are solely designed for that, and to suggest other motives, ie., domestic energy production is idiotic. The time was now and the results are better than anyone imagined a month ago. If they resuscitate it, which they undoubtedly will, it will be much easier to deal with.

Pure nonsense. The Iranian nuclear weapons program was never going to stop, and they have never abided by any agreement about it. Ever. The Israelis knew that and committed massive assets to prevent it.

It failed because it was an insane plan, ill researched and led from Washington. I am extremely familiar with the scheme and what was going to happen if things went poorly on day two, which they probably would have. I don't know anybody "romanticizing" anything about it.

Got any idea what probably would have happened during operation Eagle Claw if we didn't have that disaster at the "Desert 1" refueling site in April, 1980? I do, and it would have been something.

They have figured it out years ago. The reason why the US has to keep extending deployments is because they don't have the inventory nor the repair facilities to effectively support commitments.

Ask someone who cares what you think. There is no attack on UVA. Just stupid, and you are a liar as always.

You are a liar. Pure and simple. A liar who attempts to marginalize people who he does not agree with by assigning fake viewpoints to them. It is dishonest and an oft used strategy here by you and others. Nonetheless, a liar.

I get really annoyed when people lie, especially about me, and you sir, are a liar. I never "downplayed" anything related to that. I drove through their staging area that morning, saw that group and had to wait while the police stopped traffic as they crossed, and stated that very afternoon how insane they looked. For you to claim that I ever "downplayed" it is disgusting, without any substance, and a not unusual product of your bizarre imagination.

By the way, I cannot stand quoting stupid posts that have giant X crap in them. Often, people ask a question of someone here in a post that contains that stuff, and in order to acknowledge the question and answer it, you have to include the X thing. There's probably a way around it, but i haven't the interest in figuring that out. Anyway, without another stupid Rolling Stone thing, here is the question asked of me in that post. "What source do you have about Iran rushing to finish its nukes?" Here's the answer to that question, without Rolling Stone trash https://emetonline.org/resource/iran-violations-since-jcpoa/ Go to the 2:50 mark until about 4:00, though the entire thing is very good. He also intimates at the end that they have an idea on location re fissile material.

As long as we're doing Rolling Stone, a known neutral, (and credible), source of intl intel, can we revisit their "Rape on Campus" story? I ran into the woman who sued them over that in the produce section of our local Wegmans about a month after her suit was settled. Kind of an odd looking woman who is extremely identifiable. I told her that I had never wished for a larger settlement against a dirtbag group.