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One Flu over the Cuckoo's Nest (Conspiracy Theories)
Deranged Rhino replied to Foxx's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
He's just a miserable SOB who wishes death upon those who disagree with him. That would be understandable if Bob had ever been right (about anything) the past four years. But he hasn't been. He's done nothing but chose the wrong side, every time, and rather than admit his error, he doubles down on TDS and claims victory. -
Yeah. I proved you wrong yesterday, and you were so embarrassed you had to come back with a new name after getting bounced. You're still all the way wrong. People say that Trump was being deferential to Putin in even how he walks. Not serious people. Broken brain people like the above. The reality is, that one picture is while Trump is about to step up on the dais and was being careful not to trip.
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@BullBuchanan -- Time for you to show the whole board that you have this whole scandal down, and weren't fooled at all into believing a narrative concocted by the USIC, DNC, and 44's White House. We can do this with civility and we both might end up learning a thing or two -- that is if you got the stones for it. And I hope you do. You contend that the Russians and their proxies interfered in the 2016 election more than the USIC and previous administration. (please correct that if it's inaccurate). I contend that the USIC and its proxies (including 44's administration, the establishment media, and the DNC/HRC campaigns) interfered FAR more, with a more disastrous impact on the country and our civil discourse. That is not to say I'm arguing Russia did nothing, they did, just that what they did was comical (and ineffective) compared to what the USIC did. Only one of these positions can be correct. So let's dig in and see which one holds more merit based on evidence and fact, not opinion and supposition. We'll start with a few simple premises upon which I think we both can agree -- correct any you disagree with: 1)The United States Government, especially Langley, has a long history of meddling in the elections of sovereign powers. 2) Anything the Russian intelligence services can do, like meddle in an election, the US intelligence community can do with better funding/training/and efficiency. Those are two undeniable facts, backed by history, budgets, and their success rates. The major thrust of the Russian operation into the 2016 election, per three congressional studies and Mueller's own report, was to purchase around $100k of ad buys on Facebook. These ads largely were (sloppy) memes designed to cause division and chaos rather than favoring one party over the other. Ads like these: (spoiler tag added for space purposes) These ads were but a drop in the bucket compared to the almost $1 billion dollar campaign run by the Clinton machine, and an almost equally extravagant Trump campaign. Yet, we are to believe that $100k of (not even targeted) ad buys somehow drowned out close to a billion dollars worth of advertising from the DNC or GOP? To put this in perspective, Bloomberg just ran an all out assault on the digital media space, dropping close to a quarter of a billion dollars in less than three months into the marketplace and he wound up winning... American Samoa. How did Bloomberg's money do so much less than the Russian 100k? To underline this point even further, to show how ineffective the Russian campaign was, the Mueller prosecution team was just forced to drop its case against the only Russians Mueller indicted in his two year probe due to faulty evidence and specious legal arguments. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/us/politics/concord-case-russian-interference.html The only way you could argue that Russia interfered/meddled in the election more than our own government is if you were to take the position that they did more than just Facebook ads -- something not even Mueller, Congress, or the FBI ever could prove after several years. If you have something more they did, please share. If not -- then you have to see that your position is already weaker than you'd like to admit. Of course, proving Russia was ineffective in their attempts to interfere is only half the discussion. The other half lies in proving that the USIC and its proxies interfered in a more dastardly and demonstrable fashion. And I can do that, with reams of evidence to back it up. But it's best to start slow, and start at the very beginning of this whole scandal. With a primary source document I'm willing to bet you've never seen or even heard about: This is a declassified FISC Opinion memo from Justice Collyer. It was declassified in April of 2017 by DNI Coats, and was originally compiled in the fall of 2016 at the height of the campaign. It's a 99 page document I recommend reading in full, but for the sake of expediency and this conversation, pages 82-84 of the document itself cut to the heart of the matter and will, in time, show you where the whole "Russia narrative" actually began. https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/icotr/51117/2016_Cert_FISC_Memo_Opin_Order_Apr_2017.pdf This document discusses an audit of the FISC and multiple illegal intrusions into the 702 program from within the FBI and DOJ for at least four years prior to 2016. These intrusions and abuses of the 702 program paint a picture of gross criminal conduct which was routinely carried out by the highest levels of the FBI and DOJ under 44. This matter came to the FISC's attention in September of 2016 when then head of NSA, Admiral Rogers (an Obama appointee), noticed an alarming rise in the number of illegal 702 queries being conducted by private contractors (not FBI or DOJ personnel) without the proper warrant or oversight. (Page 82): "NSA examined all queries using identifiers for 'U.S. persons targeted pursuant to Sections 704 and 705(b) of FISA using the [REDACTED/Likely X-Keyscore] tool in [REDACTED]... from November 1, 2015 to May 1, 2016." Id. at 2-3 (footnote omitted). Based on that examination, "NSA estimates that approximately eighty-five percent of those queries, representing [REDACTED] queries conducted by approximately [REDACTED] targeted offices, were not compliant with the applicable minimization procedures." Id. at 3. Many of these non-compliant queries involved the use of the same identifiers over different date ranges. Id. Even so, a non-compliance rate of 85% raises substantial questions about the propriety of using of [REDACTED / likely X-Keyscore] to query FISA data. While the government reports that it is unable to provide a reliable estimate of the number of non-compliant queries since 2012, id., there is no apparent reason to believe the November 2015-April 2016 period coincided with an unusually high error rate." (Emphasis my own) In order to understand what this document is discussing, it's important to understand how the FISC works, what the 702 program is, and what powers the DOJ NSD and FBI CID hold in their respective agencies. It's also important to know what a Title I FISA warrant is, how it works, and how they're granted. Once you do understand these elements (and I'm happy to walk you through any of them that you may have questions about), this document becomes quite chilling. It's laying out how there were ROUTINE abuses in the most invasive, and powerful, surveillance tools within the USIC by unauthorized private contractors working for the FBI and DOJ -- so much so that 85 percent of the searches were deemed illegal by the FISC and NSA both. This is a MAJOR scandal for the Obama administration, breaking in the early spring (April) of 2016 when Rogers first told the DOJ/FBI that the NSA was doing an audit on their 702 queries. The type of scandal that would bring down his entire legacy if it were to come out, and detonate much of the party's leadership. Even bigger, there's every reason to believe these kinds of abuses were happening in 43's administration as well, meaning this scandal was a threat to not only Obama, but the entire establishment GOP and DNC as well. It quite literally was an existential crisis for the most powerful politicians and gov't employees in the country. And you, likely, never heard boo about it. The information and data contained within the 702 program, and available through tools like X-Keyscore, is the mother lode if one were ever inclined to apply pressure or to blackmail a political rival (or private citizen). Obama ran on a platform of reducing the security state, of stopping these sorts of abuses of our 4th amendment rights. I know this because it's why I voted for him twice. Yet, here is Admiral Rogers, in the spring of 2016, exposing that (once again) the Obama administration's word meant dick. They weren't only expanding the surveillance state (doubling its size in 8 years), they were routinely running illegal searches on private citizens for the purposes of blackmail and extortion. How it works is easy -- need to make sure a vote goes your way, or an appeals judge rules in your favor? Check his digital footprint, find his secrets, and exploit them to get him to comply with your wishes. This was so routine it was almost SOP from 2012-2016 at least. Admiral Rogers not only knew this, and had the evidence with this audit -- he was demanding the DOJ and FBI leadership (Comey, McCabe, and others) to explain all their illegal searches to the FISC. That put these powerful people in serious legal peril. These were egregious violations of the constitution and their oaths of office. Decades in prison awaited them all if they weren't able to adequately explain their illegal activity. And they knew they couldn't explain it without admitting to further crimes. They were, quite literally, fukkked. A massive scandal which threatened to take out all of establishment DC in one massive media explosion was hanging over their heads like the sword of Damocles. At the time this was breaking, early spring of 2016 (March/April), there was ZERO talk in the media about Trump/Russia. It was not a story. It wasn't even a blip on the radar. In fact, the only discussions about Russia at the time were coming from the Clinton campaign while discussing her platform on what to do in Syria. She was taking the position (with her neoliberal handlers) to implement No Fly zones in Syria. Which sounds great, until you understand that in order to enforce those No-Fly zones would require US pilots to drop bombs on Russian AA sites in the region and kill Russian troops along the way. In other words, the only Russia news peculating was HRC's desire to start a war against them over Syria. There was no talk of Trump and Putin. There was no dossier. There was nothing... just a massive scandal uncovered by Obama's own NSA director which threatened to not only expose the Obama administration for unparalleled civil liberty abuses, but threatened to take down Clinton and the Bushes in the crossfire. A change in the narrative was needed. That's why, just 24 hours after Rogers alerted the DOJ and FBI to his audit, President Obama met alone in the Oval Office with Mary Jacoby -- the wife of Glenn Simpson. Within 72 hours of that meeting, the DNC had hired Simpson's oppo-research shop, Fusion GPS, who then went and hired Christopher Steele. All within days of Roger's move. This isn't speculation, it's proven with White House visitor logs. ... Then, within about a month, the Russia narrative began to gestate. This is the starting point to a much larger conversation. It's not opinion. It's backed by years of research, first hand interviews, and primary source material.
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The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Things defeated people say when they lack the intellectual honesty and testicular fortitude to argue their position. Your ***** is showing now. -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
And no one reads you’re screed in either scenario — because you’ve been demonstrably wrong on every major story for the past several years. Every. Time. But details. -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Is that a way to say you’re not interested in having that discussion? I understand the need to cling to ones own ignorance. It’s painful to be made aware how badly you’ve been had. I get it. Just thought you had bigger balls. Guess not. -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Id be more than happy to have a nice conversation (not an argument) with you wherein you’re entire premise is shown to be bullschiff if you’d like. Just in the appropriate thread. After all, if you’re as aware of what happened as you think, a conversation should be painless and easy for you to refute the evidence I’ll present. -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Nope. I can and prove with evidence that you’re all the way wrong. Have already. Go back to sleep, pumpkin. You’re way lost. -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Thank you. Go back to sleep. Someone will wake you when it’s over. (talk about falling for gaslighting — goodness what a hilarious and ironic turn ) -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
That’s not an answer. It’s an either or choice. Go. -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Here’s a test to see if you’re as aware as you like to claim. Its a simple either or choice: In your opinion, who interfered more in the 2016 election: the Russians (and their proxies) or the US Intelligence community and prior administration? -
Yup. There’s also a compilation out there of Trump using that motion to mock many others (without disabilities) throughout his career. It’s undeniable when you see it. But like good little NPCs, people like that assclown don’t think for themselves. They are deeply broken and rather than be honest about that, they double down on what’s safe for their cognitive dissonance.
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We shouldn’t demonize the Chinese? Why not? Because they actively ***** up the containment response to the initial outbreak, knew they screwed the pooch, then lied to the world about it? Or maybe we shouldn’t demonize them for running active concentration camps right now, or participating in ethnic cleansing, or how they kept their factories open by forcing the ethnic minority they’re trying to eradicate to work as slaves in the factories which were shut down when the virus hit? You’re right! China isn’t an evil regime who harvests the organs of their most vulnerable population for profit. The Chinese communist party isn’t actively culling “undesirables”, riding roughshod over their citizens innate civil liberties and freedoms as humans. They’re just misunderstood... right?
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The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Figured. You’re still stuck in an old paradigm and haven’t learned that the right left split is not real — especially in the establishment news sources. (Or how to spot a cut out from a “journalist”) -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Curious what you consider the right wing media... -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
You’re still not getting this whole optimism vs pessimism thing, are you? Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. The more scared you are, the more likely you are to get sick. Remember to breathe. Mean that sincerely for the sake of your health as a fellow Bills fan. -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
My house jumped on the second isolation train earlier than most in CA, we are on day 19 here. So I might be in the same boat as you, but it sure feels that way. -
What have the Democrats done in the past Four years
Deranged Rhino replied to B-Man's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits