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    Dear #DeepState Coup Catchers Durham and Barr

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

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    38 minutes ago, BillStime said:

     

     

    So the Trump campaign didn’t meet with the Russians 140+ times? Coordinate campaign data and Wikileaks drops?

     

    Simple yes or no will suffice.

     

    Yes. It is all laid out in the Mueller report.

     

    Now here's the part that you don't care about -- but you should because it is important and gives the "so what" to your question.  Mueller had 140+ chances to find 2016 election meddling by the Trump campaign, and said there's no evidence of it.  It was his sole and specific job to look for it.  He reported that he found nothing.  On top of that, Pelosi had the ability to impeach Trump -- and she did so twice.  Neither impeachment had to do with collusion or 2016 election interference.

     

    The China Problem

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

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    46 minutes ago, B-Man said:

     

     

    Interesting.

     

     

    VIDEO: Is China Screwed?

     

     

    A few highlights:

     

    They were going shrink in half by 2100. “Then they realized that they had been overcounting people for some time.”

     

    Then new data moved the date moved up to 2070.

    And now they’re saying it will be 2050.

     

    “For that to be true, the Chinese would have overcounted the population by 100 million.” And all of those missing people are of childbearing age.

     

    Their population actually peaked 15 years ago.

     

    Much more at the link.

     

    https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=51172

     

     

     


    Their window is almost closed.

    And it isn’t like they’ve made friends the world over.  I’m sure there’s no influx of child-rearing immigrants flooding their shores.

    Oh well.  
     

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    The Masters 2022

    in Off the Wall

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    7 hours ago, Shake_My_Head said:

    Actually, they do a pretty good job IMO--but I've walked the course and can visualize everything I see on TV, so I guess I'm biased.    

     

    IMO, the hardest thing for TV to show is the variation in elevation from the 1st tee, up near the clubhouse, to the bottom of Amen Corner at #13.    It's a loooooong way down to the bottom of the course.   The other thing is the undulations of the turtle-back greens.  There's not a flat one on the course.   And with the pin placements, it's unique versus every other championship layout I've ever seen.   Just insane.

     

    The last thing that may not translate as well on TV is how imaculate the grounds are.    Like not a single piece of pine straw out of place, anywhere.   It's like science fiction--nothing in nature can be that well-groomed, right?    Nope, Augusta National is.   I've never seen the particular shade of green of Augusta National's grass anywhere else.  It's mindblowing.

     

    Attending the Masters is the highlight of my sports-viewing life, so far.   Better than the Super Bowl (although a Bills win would have--and will, change that).   

     

    The Masters.com website does some nice things to show the course, BTW.


    I’ve never been on the Masters.com website.  I’ll check it out. 
    As for the elevation and layout, I have to disagree.  

     

    The Masters 2022

    in Off the Wall

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    5 hours ago, Augie said:

    I promise, TV does not convey how difficult that terrain is.


    That’s my biggest gripe about the decades of Masters TV coverage.

    They have never successfully been able to present the course so that the viewer can understand it. 

     

     

    Thoughts on New York City?

    in Off the Wall

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    4 hours ago, Greg S said:

     

    Something has to change. It was a lot safer with stop and frisk. You can't deny that.

     

    That's not true in my experience.

    deBlasio ended stop & frisk 8 years ago.  Until COVID, there was no problem.

     

     

    1 hour ago, Just Jack said:

     

    I'll try to get it back on topic...

     

    The wife and I go 1-3 times a year for a weekend, typically December to see the Christmas sights, and maybe one other time in the year to either see a concert or some of her friends.  Even though we've been doing this since we met, almost 8 years ago, we still find things to check out that we have never done before each trip.  

     

    I think maybe people who don't like the City tend to see it as one giant, unmanageable mess.

    If they take the City and break it up into neighborhoods, or boroughs, or any smaller segment, then it is easier to deal with.  That's pretty much what the locals do.

     

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    Thoughts on New York City?

    in Off the Wall

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    I met a fellow Bills fan on the subway just this morning.

    We had a great talk about the Bills and the Sabres as we rode to wherever we were going. Left each other with a fist bump and a “go Bills”.

     

    Big city, small world. That’s what I call it. 

     

    2 hours ago, SinceThe70s said:

     

    It's not just what I hear on the news. I've heard from people that work in NYC that things took a turn for the worse during the pandemic. Rampant drug use in and around the Times Square area was one example given. Personally, I have no interest whatsoever in spending time in NYC right now. 


    It was very bad during the worst of the pandemic.

    It is much more “normal” now, but not what it was in early 2020. Not yet.

     

     

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    Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars

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    57 minutes ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:


     

    TBH 

    I don’t follow any of this garbage.  

     

    who in Hollywood hasn’t been caught up in some love twist. 

     

    It’s a very low #.  


    A whole industry of people with way too much time on their hands and way too much self-importance.


     

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    Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars

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    2 minutes ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:

    Until this I never knew she had alopecia

     

    offended?  If she was dying sure. 
     

    otherwise I’d have had no idea what the joke was.  Prly still don’t 

     

    GI Jane got haircuts 

     

    Until this thread, I never knew she cheated on him.

     

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    Democracy’s Fiery Ordeal: The War in Ukraine 🇺🇦

    in Politics, Polls, and Pundits

    Posted · Edited by snafu

    1 hour ago, sherpa said:

     

    I'll leave the nuance of what is and isn't a war as defined in a war clause, but I am reasonably certain that one sovereign country launching an invasion against a neighboring sovereign involving all its' military ex navy meets the definition.

     

    That aint 9/11

     

    I'd hate to be an insurance adjuster in Russia covering anything going on in Ukraine.

    Putin won't let anyone call it a war.  It is a "special military operation".  If you claim otherwise, then you go to jail.  Tough spot to be in.

     

    Democracy’s Fiery Ordeal: The War in Ukraine 🇺🇦

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    4 minutes ago, BillStime said:

     

    WAIT? Nothing? NONE of that happened? You or @snafu can't counter inconvenient facts?  Why?  Explain?  

     

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    Nope, I’ll just let your post lay there as a prime example of how you are an irreparably broken whack job. You should switch to heavy duty tinfoil for your hat.  That thin, cheap stuff it still letting the signals through.

     

    Putin loves you for your anger and divisiveness.

    You support him so much by being petty, shallow, and angry.


     

     

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    Democracy’s Fiery Ordeal: The War in Ukraine 🇺🇦

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    Posted

    15 hours ago, ThurmanThomasEnglishMuffin said:

     

    Largely agree.

     

    If the USA and Europe are actually waging economic warfare against Russia they would block oil and natural gas exports from Russia. They are not. Russian energy exports to the USA and Europe continue. Russia is not exporting energy on the 'good credit' of the EU/USA/NATO during a war, where those same countries 'condemn them' in the media.

     

    If a commodity is being exported, then a financial instrument remains in place to facilitate trade, despite what the Main Stream Media says.

    If a loophole exists for energy exports why isn't this being reported? Wouldn't the Russian oligarchs have access to these instruments of trade and banking too?

     

    It is naive and laughable that the Russian economy is being weakened, while energy exports, that fund 30-50% of the Russian Government budget continue.

     

    I don't think the US has a problem cutting off Russian oil imports.  I think our country should do that.

    But NATO is comprised of 30 countries.  I'm sure that there are a majority of member nations who can't realistically cut off Russian energy.  When you sanction, you generally don't want to hurt yourself (too much), and until the alternatives to Russian energy are put in place, there will be a lot of self-harm to European countries.

     

    I have heard that the Germans, as part of their about-face, have authorized two Liquid Natural Gas processing facilities to take in imports of replacement energy.  I'd wager that until those are online (and probably other measures) the Germans can't really make a change.

     

    About your last sentence:  I think the Russian economy is being hurt -- just not as much as it CAN be hurt.  Putin is afraid to open up the Russian stock market, and the currency has lost 30% of its value.  There will always be countries to buy Russian oil (China) and wheat (China), and other Russian exports (Brazil).

     

     

     

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