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I know, you complained about things being unfair to the incumbent, like it’s something new. Heavy lies the crown. Well, I suppose if your only standard is the 1/6 riot, with no consideration of violence, victimization and property damage on any day before or since, I can see how your point of view might be constricted. Respectfully, though, you may be confusing the events that occurred on 1/6–horrible thought it was on many levels, with the Channing Tatum movie “White House Down”. As for the left and intelligence, I think there are many intelligent people who vote democrat and ascribe to liberal policies. I know many personally. At the same time, more than a few liberal-minded folks aren’t particularly intelligent, or are of average intelligence, who get caught up in the victimization politics pitched by people much smarter than they are. I also think there are many liberal voters who are below average intelligence. For what it’s worth, the same applies to supporters of the right side of the aisle. I really just think that’s the math on this sort of thing, and a reflection on society as a whole. I also think it’s fairly obvious, when looking at higher education as a measure, there are many liberals who walk out educated (systemically, anyways) but are significantly lacking in common sense and some pretty basic math skills. I generally think you’re a pretty interesting poster, and probably a smart guy. However, I’m not sure you personally offer anything in this post that leads me to believe you’re particularly intelligent. Maybe this was your online 1/6 moment.

Suddenly, poli-speak about a President and inflation is “unfair”. 😂. Google Joe Biden and “they gonna put y’all back in chains”, or take a look at the recap of the dem approach to the Brett Kavanaugh hearing for additional thoughts on fairness. Biden is the face of the dem party, and represents the sum total of 50 years in power in Washington. Inflation running amok is going to land on his shoes, as surely as “blame the last guy!” will come from Team Biden. Finally, the amount of crazies on the left, and the amount of crazies on the right, is typically going to be about the same number. It’s simply human nature, and they basically represent the same type of person.

Thanks, good post and I certainly cannot disagree with much of what you said. However, I revert back to my most basic point. Newsome is THE Sh+t on the Street governor, and the criticism is directed at the guy who points it out. I say this understanding how silly it actually sounds—I’d think the political candidate who chooses not to press the “Gavin Newsome wants people to crap on your sidewalk” ” advantage is committing electoral malpractice.

Interesting take, and as I recall, you’re Canadian? I ask because it’s interesting that you found the “poop map” to be a cringeworthy moment, but the guy directly responsible for people NOT 💩 on the sidewalk isn’t cringeworthy at all. I have a very good friend who was born and raised in San Francisco. He told me many years ago it was the most beautiful city in the world, and it was impressive when I visited many years ago. He’s a liberal voter and was lamenting the condition of his city not that long ago—crime, squalor and sh-t. I don’t know that it would ever cause him to vote other than a liberal ticket, which I find interesting.

What a fascinating exchange. It’s your opinion that it’s a “fascist newspaper” because you feel that Newsome won the debate, and it suggested otherwise? If you like a blue car, and another person likes a red car…is that fascism? If you like Jimmy Kimmel, and someone else prefers Jimmy Fallon…fascism? If you’re a Wheat Thins guy, is the Triscuit guy a fascist? Metal v Classic Rock…fascism? Cheddar v Gouda? Where does it end for you, Johnny? Btw—is not telling the truth the same as lying? This was a very strange hot take by The Independent From Riverside.

Wrong guy, lad, from day one. But fools rush in, as you did here. It would seem so?

Seriously, John? Fascist? You live in a state where people are encouraged to defecate on the street, and your Governor just got his a&& handed to him on that issue. I don’t find that particular headline funny, but more often than not it’s pretty humorous and spot on, for the intended audience.

Philosophically, I’m against ceding the rights of parent(s) to the state. I can understand a child having a safe space to work through complex, anxiety-causing issues with a counselor, but there comes a point when this is a medical issue and a parent has a right (and an obligation) to be involved and look out for the best interest of the child.

I’m thinking Ozark and money laundering. Hide in plain sight.

“Rotary”? 🤫 I think Rotarians go to the INTERNATIONAL House of Pancakes two towns over for that sort of exposure. But Bolivia?

I think he’ll be expelled, John. If I had to guess I would say it will all shake out before 12/2/23.

Lose this number.

I acknowledge seeing nothing. I'll miss you, though.

Which foreign exchange cartel were you with, Muppalita? Ps: Remember I don’t know nothing and have never seen your face.

I thought when you introduced 1950s-era television casting decisions, I thought it was a very odd thing to do. Like, let's say I was at a football game and complained about the officiating, and you said "Hey, Rosa Parks seemed like a real nice lady, huh?". Now that you mention it, no, I don't think minorities were "written out" of those old shows, I think minorities were never written in. I think applying the standards of today to something that took place 60 years ago will almost lead to the same place, and that is this: It wasn't like that then. Chances are pretty high that if you, Tibsy himself, were part of the decision-making team back then, you would have made similar choices and not worried a lick about anyone or anything else. I didn't watch Barbie. I had no desire to watch Barbie. I don't think I was the intended audience when Barbie was produced. I think that's ok.

There is no conspiracy afoot to use the words you used to get ya. If you didn't want to use the words you used, you should have used other, better words. I think Seinfeld was a funny show, I still watch it. I don't think it was real. I think it was unrealistic, but only in the sense that it wasn't real people being filmed. I do believe that 4 people could live in NYC, interact with themselves and others and hilarity could ensue. Interestingly, you sound an awful lot like Seinfeld's Mr. Bookman, Library Cop, here. I have watched shows that pander. I have enjoyed movies and tv shows that suited my tastes, ideas and beliefs. If this fractures our relationship perhaps we were doomed from the start, like the guys in Sons of Anarchy (who are really just a couple guys who went to middle school in places like Council Bluffs, Iowa, or Sioux City Falls, SD). I don't complain because my wife won't listen. Thank you.

No, I didn't mean unrealistic. This is what you said: The amount of killings in that show, and more so in Gun Smoke, is unreal. I replied in kind. I don't ascribe to the theory you've shared in the rest of this post, but I can sort of understand the philosophical approach you've taken here in a movie setting. On the other hand, I think the sympathy aspect of a fictional Japanese woman in love with a fictional Japanese girl during WW2 is to a certain extent, pandering. By the way--I used to love going to the cinema. My wife and I enjoyed the escape, the suspension of reality and getting immersed in a good story. Over the past few years, that's faded. Could be because I'm older, of course, but listening to some of the actors/directors as 'activists' has tempered all that for me. We saw "Friends of the Hollow Moon" or whatever the Deniro/DeCaprio movie was called a few weeks back. Someone set off a fire alarm with about 15-20 minutes left and to be honest, fleeing the theater was probably the highlight of the movie for me. On the other hand, we saw "The Holdovers" and liked it very much.

TV shows then were mostly unreal. TV shows today are mostly unreal. It’s neither silly, nor extreme. Thanks for the explanation…that stuff doesn’t really do much for me, but I can see why it might be of interest to others.

Of course they were unreal, ya goober, you’re talking about television shows of the 1970s. Not much has changed, or are you still thinking Queen Latifah actually is a former CIA dark ops specialist on The Equalizer? I’ll regret asking this, but what got ya focused on the casting decisions of network television circa 1950s-1975? Btw—as far as I can recall, I first heard the term “sodbuster” on The Rifleman and was thinking of that show when I used it earlier.

You’re never a bother Muppinestro. I was reading the Vonn Miller story earlier this evening but tapped out. I’ll wait this one out and see what happens.

No, I didn’t. I certainly understood your feelings about Trump and his supporters generally, but you linked an article and I assumed you wanted feedback. Whether that’s true or not is not for me to say. When I provided it, you jumped from an article about Trump/Pence annd asked me about Liz Cheney and the 1/6 committee. Then you riffed about degrees of lying and lunacy, leaving me to wonder if that reference was about Trump, Pence, Cheney, members of the 1/6 committee, or me. We got there, but we wasted precious time Fergie. Tempus neminem manet.

Tibsy took a page out of German nationalism. “Deutschland über alles” is the national anthem of Germany. Probably more than a little distasteful to insert Israel into the sentence, but it goes a long way towards explaining his disdain for Israel. https://www.songfacts.com/facts/joseph-haydn/deutschland-uber-alles

That was it. Sometimes he goes with yada yada, but spell-check changes it to yoga yoga, and that’s gibberish. Thanks for this. Can you elaborate on “…very undesirable price paid”? Are you thinking exhausted, overworked people make mistakes?

The doors be opening, then?

I think the Irish scoundrel Callahan answered that for you above, ya tin horn sodbuster! Ironically, the show was considered a trailblazer as it was filmed in color at a time when most shows were exclusively offered in black and white. 🤯