leh-nerd skin-erd

He seemed precisely like a wild-eyed fanatic when he casting aspersions.

@Roundybout be like "Hey Boo..."

Rumor is Biden had an exclusive arrangement with UHaul to handle all his moves, and availed himself of the Extra Hands program offered for a few bucks more per move. He saved the taxpayer hundreds, though the occasional slippage of a massive trove of documents at his home, in his garage, his office, and unsecured warehouses was to be expected. It made him more approachable, even kindly maybe.

I’m not sure how I feel about this in particular, which seems pretty consistent with how most voters view political decisions. I wasn’t crazy when Obama interceded with GM to the detriment of bondholders, but certainly would have hated to see GM implode for many reasons. I wasn’t crazy about some of the rules and guidelines under TARP and W Bush, though understood that government chooses winners and losers at various times. I wasn’t crazy about the NYS government inserting itself in the landlord/tenant arrangement during COVID. I always felt Trump having a rally on 1/6 was a bad idea, I saw that as a time to move forward though I thought Biden was a bad choice to run the country (or have a driver license for that matter). I wasn’t a fan of stop the steal, but saw it as a natural and predictable byproduct of Dems and the Russia issue. Sometimes you hold your nose. An example for liberals might be Biden’s possession of classified/top secret documents over his career as a senator/vp/president. For context, most liberals were outraged over Trump’s handling of such material—-both possessing and his hesitancy to return material. As it turned out, a short time later they were faced with the reality that it was a pretty mainstream deal. Biden had all sorts of documents scattered and unsecured in a number of places….and those outraged by Trump became very comfortable with Biden because that’s what people do. I believe you called it special rules for electeds, which always sounded a lot like morphing the rules to fit the candidate.

I play chess at a level most human beings cannot even comprehend. You'll be stronger for it, I assure you.

I don’t know. My heart is a deep ocean, I guess.

I have to add to my list (that includes “Not an attorney” with the dopey bowl haircut, wired frame glasses that tuck behind the ears, and handlebar mustache with the smell of Aqua Velva seemingly all about): I have never had a security clearance. Interesting use of this phrase though….”fair game”. So on a national level, with the fate of free and fair elections on the line….it seems like fair game is pretty sh*tty standard and bottom of the barrel ethically. Anyone can start a rumor, of course, and in the case of thus absurd Russia matter, all the media seems to need is a whisper of the whiff of a rumor, coupled with a disfavored candidate to run a film flam racket on the electorate. I’m more and more convinced the Russians are not really the problem we’re up against. I recall seeing somewhere along the line that Obama/Brennan knew the Clinton campaign had their fingerprints all over the Steele propaganda. I guess I always knew that just about most anything was on the table to accuse the opponent of, I just really thought that the red scare type stuff was off the table after McCarthyism. How beneficial would it have been had Obama/ Brennan declared the relationship between Clinton/Steele in the aftermath of Trump’s election? So much anger and mistrust was created by that unholy alliance. But, it is what it is. Fair game now includes just about anything. Sad. Jesus, JD, are you older than Frank and @B-Man? It’s like a geezer fest up in this mutha.

Well la-dee-dah, after telling your grandchildren that your old pal Leh-nerd was a climate Neanderthal, you can tell them you were committed to the cause except when aspects of modern life were unavoidable, at which time you were down with the petro. Glad to hear your granola munchers figured that emissions thing out with the planes. The author of the article seemed to think that whole dealio was quite tricky. You had me at intrinsic value, Kay. I’m all ok here and besides, I’ve invested in Waste Management so a clean America is a great America! I’m never quite sure about offsetting pollutable behavior by buying/planting $&*t on an individual level, Kay. That always strikes me as a cheesey way to pollute, especially for wealth folk like you. Plant the tree. Eliminate the carbon creating activity. No need to fuss about certain aspects and such. The End. I’ve had two dogs during my adult life, and have planted 10+ trees and probably hundreds of plants and shrubs (you probably call it dinner). I think it’s time to acknowledge I’m on the right track here. Maybe some of my plantin covers some of your pollutin, huh Kay? That’s somethin! I’m nor everyone’s cup of tea, but I do all right. I’m a people person. No to vegan for now, but stay tuned. I don’t hate the idea completely. And yes, Politics, Polls and Pundits. Not Politics….Polls…Pundits and those with a dismemberment fetish. 🙄

Yet another example of authoritarian overreach, supported truly, fully, deeply by many, if not most, supporters of the Democrat party. The idea was a full-on assault to break him, emotionally, physically and financially. I really thought it might work—in spite of his ability to thrive under such circumstances, they were hitting him from all angles and he was 70something years old. Instead, he told them to kiss his @##, kept rolling and became President again. It’s a fascinating story.

I saw the Comrade in another thread carrying a virtual hatchet and menacing posters. It wasn’t as extreme as a guy in a 2020 Silverado yelling “Get A Life!” at a retired Physician Assistant from a mid-sized suburban dermatologist office at a rally against fascism, but still….chilling. Best watch your back for a bit.

You’re asking me to make sense of government decisions, I can’t tell you why some companies are chosen as winners and others as losers. Does the govt buy shares in every struggling company? I’d bet not.

I’ve been on the same track for a long time on this issue, and it’s that enough sensible and fair-minded people arrived at this conclusion without Kash Patel ever having to say this. It’s one of the reasons Trump returned to the White House. That’s not a legal opinion, not saying the Dems couldn’t work the system to give the illusion it made sense, clearly a lot of people supported that version of authoritarianism. It’s a common sense argument—distrust in government and government officials isn’t a partisan issue, it mostly depends on who is in office v the political leanings of the observer. Folks like ChiGoose talk about special rules for electeds, S3 talks about disregarding Barr’s review of Das Mueller’s boondoggle….and after a while, people smell a rat and react.

The security guard is awesome though, agitating without really saying all that much.

It’s not ironic, it’s government. https://www.nbcnews.com/businessmain/u-s-exits-gm-stake-taxpayers-lose-10-5-billion-2D11716261 The government received 912 million GM shares, or a 60.8 percent stake, in exchange for the bailout in 2008 and 2009. It began selling shares once GM went public again in November 2010, and the pace picked up this year as the stock rose more than 40 percent. Last month, the government said it expected to sell the remaining 2 percent stake by the end of the year.

https://apnews.com/article/climate-choices-impact-decisions-recycling-flying-meat-a85ef43fc63c666e16f29e8ca1e43beb I saw this article linked online. There’s some interesting stuff here. @ComradeKayAdams Do well-intentioned human-caused-climate-peoples really really not equate flying across country on an airplane part of the climate problem? Do you think that because they only fly on occasion that there is no impact on the environment from the airplane being loaded with jet fuel to get them from point A to point B? Not to mention booking air travel on a computer/laptop/driving to/from the airport, placing clothing made from petroleum byproducts into suitcases shipped via cargo vessel from Thailand? Do you think that they really think recycling the boxed wine box, or the plastic bag that held the Wonderbread is doing the heavy lifting on climate change just because it’s done on the regulars? And this climate lady, the one with the dog, why does she even have the dog? I feel like this is all dumbed down to an absurd level. I just threw a Snapple bottle on the sidewalk from the window of my Dodge Durango in protest. (jk-I recycle and don’t have a Durango. Total gas guzzler!)

Just an observation, Ms. Manson. Kind regards, Leh-nerd

I walk away for a bit and miss the fireworks. Yowza.

I wouldn’t necessarily characterize it as my best, I’m just having a conversation about historical events that seem to bother you. However, when my source is the Attorney General of the United States, citing review by the Office of General Counsel and the experts at the DOJ, while yours boils down to complaints about politics, the AG using the bathroom and now unfounded complaints that he only invested a “few minutes” in reading the report, it’s more than sufficient. Probably time to move on, each of us secure in the knowledge we are correct, but only one of us citing the sources that actually matter.

Agreed about the right to protest, and I respect that he took the time to go. However, beyond that one of the other great things about America is the absolute, inalienable right for one guy to bust the balls of another guy for any reason at any time. Besides, Fergie has directed some mockery my way, and I didn’t need some Amish school marm librarian to come up in here and chastise him on my account*. *More ball busting here, Andy, I don’t think you’re really an Amish school marm librarian.

He also said something that Fergs was unable to hear due to the crowd numbering in the tens to low twenties. It could have been “Wow, I’m really low on gas” or something sinister like “Get a grip.”. Best to assume it was more menacing dialogue. That one is pretty funny.

Oh boy, you've spun quite a tale here. You're a regular Robert Pudlum. Anyway, the record is clear. You chose fealty over common sense, weaponization over free and fair elections, and in the end, left the country weaker for your effort. The bright spot is that sensible and fair-minded people ultimately got wise to the game and pushed back. Had anyone in your camp paid attention to the masses, dialed down the Biden...Mueller...Smith...Willis...Brag coordination, chances are pretty good Trump isn't a player in 2025. Admittedly, he might still have had a shot when you simpletons hitched your wagon early to JB. Yikes.

“It will be different, next time.”

Is months misspelled as minutes?

There's nothing to acknowledge other than you see politics afoot when you don't like the result, and purity when you do. I used your standard--professionals with experience dealing with questions of obstruction reviewed the Mueller report in detail, considered the options and made a decision. No obstruction. No need for a grand jury. Time to move on. That you wanted more political theater is understandable, but the issue was resolved and that particular silliness was laid to rest.

You didn’t initially mention the menacing nature of the “Get a life” commentary, but in this retelling he sounds quite bloodthirsty and seems to be a regular scoundrel. It’s interesting that he was run off by a successful lady who blew him a kiss, but I guess that’s kryptonite to menacing pick up truck drivers. Don’t underestimate the impact of taking the timid and moderates out to the local Dairy Queen after a long day of protesting fascism. You get ‘em a choc/vanilla twist in cherry dip, they’re voting Kamala 2028.