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  1. On 7/20/2021 at 2:41 PM, The Frankish Reich said:

    Enough already.

    Guess what? It's constitutional, and it has been for a century:

     

    https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/07/20/federal-judge-upholds-indiana-universitys-covid-19-vaccine-requirement

     

    The Indiana University case cites two early 20th century Supreme Court cases upholding vaccine mandates.

     

    Vaccine relucatance - or worse, outright anti-vaxxer sentiment - is about to turn an acute, time-limited problem into a never-ending problem. If the percent vaccinated doesn't uptick considerably in the next couple months, look forward to online education, mask mandates, maxed-out emergency rooms, travel bans, all that fun stuff all over again.

     

    We've heard you anti-vaxxers. Six months into mass vaccination and your irrational fears have been dispelled. For the obstinate "I won't get vaccinated just because they want us to" -- why they hell did Trump and Melania and family get vaccinated if it's some kind of radical lefty plot?

     

    There's still time. Start with simple things: let private businesses require proof of vaccination status. It's their damn business, it's just a continuation of that old "We Reserve Right to Refuse Service to Anyone" sign that I grew up with. If that isn't working, proceed to the next step: vaccine mandates for various higher-risk activities like colleges, in-person high school attendance, air travel. If that isn't working, then go full-on vaccine mandate. 

     

    When did we get to be a country of such whiners? It's there, it's free (at least to you, the recipient), it's working, it's the way out of this mess. Do. It. Now.

     

     

     

    hahahaha!  I am not laughing with you, I am laughing at you...!!!

     

     

  2. On 10/18/2020 at 6:14 AM, Thurmal34 said:

    Mike Lee said democracy is not the goal, liberty and freedom is the brass ring. Forget the verbatim but it’s bad. Authoritarian language, which we all know those on the right abhor. 
     

    We have seen the Republican Party (of which I am a member) recently pretend that democracy is a core value while openly discouraging people from voting, but this is the first sitting senator to say power is more important than structure and law. 
     

    Fortunately we will get back to some sense of normal on 11/4 but that does not mean that the people that sold out for power are off the hook. A guy like Mike Lee, willing to sacrifice  constitutional law and precedent for dear leader, will  be held to account. 


     

    ummm.....bro?  We don’t live in a democracy and the foundation for our constitutional republic is liberty and freedom. So you might want to rethink this stance. 
     

     

  3. 3 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

    See, we can all just get along after all.

    My pure suspicion/hunch: that initial email ("Thank you Hunter for introducing me to your dad ...") is authentic but obtained through other means (someone in Ukraine affiliated with Burisma, Russian operatives, who knows). Other things we may see will be more suspect.

     

    I have been saying that from the beginning though, something just seems off about it the origin of the information.  

     

    It could be number of things:

     

    1) Totally legit - Hunter is a crack head

    2) Someone stole the laptops and brought it in, hoping this would get discovered

    3) The information was planted on there and they "discovered"

     

    I have no idea, but it need to be thoroughly investigated, IMO.  

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  4. 2 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

    Correct. The "official" story of the provenance of the emails is simply not worthy of belief.

    So I'll be fair here: the question is now whether that is a cover story because Giuliani (unofficial surrogate for the Trump campaign) can't reveal their true provenance -- Russian hacking, etc. -- or whether it calls into question the authenticity of the emails themselves. 

    I suspect further reporting will answer that question.

     

    I can't believe I am saying this, but I agree with you here.

     

    The origin of the information is bizarre and it needs to be heavily scrutinized.  That being said, it should be investigated very thoroughly and there's a lot here that is corroborated by other facts.

     

    If there was an investigation and this was found to be fabricated, I can tell you with 100% confidence that Trump would be impeached and removed from office so fast that it would make Usain Bolt looks like a turtle. 

  5. I will only say this, these companies are private and at the end of the day, i do feel like it’s their prerogative. 
     

    the bigger issue is people need to start waking up and realizing that these platforms are not their friend. They are destructive tools and should be treated as such. Use only with extreme discretion. 
     

    In the meantime, all it takes are a few alternatives to really make a dent into this business model of clearly shilling for the communists. 

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  6. This game had every marker of being a disaster before KO.  I was even shocked to hear the Bills were favored, by 8 at one point then down to 3.5.

     

    Tennessee had every weird variable in their favor to be amped up for this and the Bills have every reason to be off.  Can you really blame the Bills for just not being mentally into this game when they had to go on the road to play a team that has Covid running through them, on a TUESDAY no less, and not even sure the game will happen until the morning of.

     

    Meanwhile, Tennessee is just resting and sitting around their homes and pissed because the entire NFL criticized them for breaking rules and putting multiple games and possibly more in jeopardy.  

     

    I don't know, just seemed to set up like one of those games to me.  Doesn't worry me in the slightest for this team over the rest of the season.

     

     

  7. Just to be accurate, here's the actual text of the email, so no one thinks I am being untruthful.  Obviously, relying on the reporting of the NY Post here.

     

    From: Vadym Pozharskyi <v.pozharskyi.ukraine@gmail.com>

    To: Hunter Biden <hbiden@rosemontseneca.com>

    Dear Hunter, thank you for inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spent some time together.  It's realty an honor and pleasure.  As we spoke yesterday evening, would be great to meet today for a quick coffee.  What do you think?  I could come to you office somewhere around noon or so, before or on my way to airport.

    Best,

    V

     

     

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  8. In a nutshell - here's the email summary:

     

    "Dear Hunter - Thanks for introducing me to your dad, Joe Biden.  Here's the first monthly salary for $85,000 US dollars, as promised.  Let's grab a coffee later.  - Vadym"

     

    In all fairness, the authenticity of this needs to be investigated.  The idea that Hunter Biden would bring in a laptop to get repaired with all this information on it and just forget about it is a little outrageous, then again he is a crack-addict, so who knows.

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  9. Just now, Agent 91 said:

    The only thing that burned me was that this was on national TV. I hate being in the public eye. Paper tiger speech is gonna bother me until we win again


    funny, I literally don’t care at all what anyone else thinks about this team. All I care about is W/L and where they end up when the season is over. Chuckleheads on TV, Radio, fan boards, and power rankings don’t mean anything at all. 

  10. I honestly felt like they would lose going in. 
     

    the change in schedule and uncertainty and having to go on the road is a lot. These guys aren’t robots and as much as you’d like them to just be able to turn it on, it doesn’t always work that way. They are human. 
     

    dont think there’s ever been a time in any of their careers where the morning of the game there was uncertainty if the game would even happen, and on a Tuesday?!?

     

     

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