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Theodoric
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Message 4224 of 5796 (870138)
01-12-2020 5:46 PM
Reply to: Message 4221 by marc9000
01-12-2020 5:39 PM


Re: Two Questions
actually I think it was a triple post
Edited by Theodoric, : No reason given.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4225 of 5796 (870139)
01-12-2020 5:46 PM
Reply to: Message 4221 by marc9000
01-12-2020 5:39 PM


Re: Two Questions
Double post.
Percy, happened when I was posting from my phone. Since there is lag on cell connection I hit post twice.
Edited by Theodoric, : No reason given.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4231 of 5796 (870145)
01-12-2020 8:26 PM
Reply to: Message 4230 by JonF
01-12-2020 6:56 PM


Re: LIBERAL FASCISM IS HERE: IGNORANT FAKE NEWS
Trolls never actually respond.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4233 of 5796 (870158)
01-13-2020 8:09 AM
Reply to: Message 4232 by Faith
01-13-2020 5:06 AM


Re: LIBERAL FASCISM IS HERE: IGNORANT FAKE NEWS
Posting is not responding. He rarely addresses what people actually post. He is the forum king of the Gish Gallop.
Gish Gallop - RationalWiki
I have no doubt he will respond, but he will not address the actual points.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4245 of 5796 (870180)
01-13-2020 10:02 PM
Reply to: Message 4226 by marc9000
01-12-2020 5:54 PM


Re: Lame claims
Capitalism is the ONLY THING that goes along with liberty and limited government, that is the basis of U.S. foundings.
You poor delusional man. What capitalism do you mean? The original capitalism of the Italian city states? Agrarian capitalism of England of the 1600's? Mercantile capitalism? Or modern capitalism? All of these capitalist systems are heavily dependent on state control. The US at it's founding is not a good example of capitalism as two central pillars of capitalism were left out because of the slave economy. Those pillars are wage labor and voluntary exchange. Neither are very important in a slave economy
THAT MESSAGE WASN'T DIRECTED AT YOU
Quit being an ass. How long have you been posting here? Anyone can reply to any post. You know the rules. Shut up and take your medicine like and adult.
so that he could destroy me.
I do not think of or care enough about you to even think about destroying you. Never said it. I did say I would destroy your argument depending on what you meant.
Your argument seems to be that since the founders did not call for a liberal democracy than to interpret the Constitution as supporting it is wrong. Is that your argument? If I misinterpreted your rantings please let me know and I will adjust my argument.
The counter to this is that the argument is irrelevant. US laws and Constitutional amendments have changed the text and the meaning of a lot of the Constitution. This was the intent of the founders. Are you trying to claim amendments are invalid?
Oh, if my response was so lacking. why no response?
There was no sputtering with rage. I made a clear concise argument. Little things like you do not enrage me. You are the one that started with the rude condescending language. You will not intimidate me. If you want to be treated with respect than you need to start being respectful to others. Until then I will treat you like the disrespectful ass you are.
Edited by Theodoric, : Cleanup of spelling, words etc.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4246 of 5796 (870181)
01-13-2020 10:15 PM
Reply to: Message 4242 by marc9000
01-13-2020 8:43 PM


Re: Lame claims
But one of the many advantages that gangs of posters have against one or two is to try to cover for another poster that they might feel sorry for.
Oh no!! Two people replied to you. Look at that gang. Grow up. You truly think we all conspire to make you look bad? Trust me you do it all on your own.
One of the obvious pastimes here, when it's a gang against one, is sometimes to post not so much to respond to the outnumbered one, but to post simply to amuse one's friends and helpers. We see that in gangs against Faith all the time. But a drive-by reader with your worldview might read through here without knowing exactly what was going on, and it's not completely honest to make it look like you were responding to a post to you, when it was to someone else. You could make it more clear with just one or two added names or references
Wow!!!
People don't gang up on you and Faith. The facts are no one else believes the crazy shit you two spew. If your arguments had any validity other people would support your arguments. If everyone else is against you, maybe it isn't them that is wrong, maybe it is you.
Edited by Theodoric, : For clarity, punctuation

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4273 of 5796 (870262)
01-15-2020 2:41 PM
Reply to: Message 4270 by Percy
01-15-2020 12:51 PM


Re: Two Questions
We were looking at a Volt, but passed for heat reasons. In our environment too much battery power will be spent heating the car. Electric cars are terrible at providing a comfortable experience when it is below zero. When range gets better and the percentage hit on the mileage is not as great we may consider electric.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4278 of 5796 (870273)
01-15-2020 4:23 PM
Reply to: Message 4276 by dwise1
01-15-2020 3:36 PM


Re: Two Questions
We had a hybrid Prius and it was great for heat. Now have Subaru Legacy because we really should have AWD. Prius has an AWD now, but brand new last year so leery. Also, on no trim level is satellite radio available on the AWD Prius. Seemed kinda dumb.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4587 of 5796 (870980)
01-27-2020 9:11 AM
Reply to: Message 4443 by Faith
01-23-2020 1:41 PM


Re: Trump's Tweet in Farsi Much "Liked" in Iran
I describe myself as a Puerto Rico watcher and of the US colonies in general, which suggests I do a lot of reading and following of whatever information is available for those places.
Does that mean you will give credibility for anything I have to say about Puerto Rico? I guarantee I am well informed on the subject. So if I start a thread on Puerto Rico and other US colonies you will support whatever I say?

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4588 of 5796 (870981)
01-27-2020 9:13 AM
Reply to: Message 4452 by Faith
01-23-2020 2:15 PM


Re: Trump's Tweet in Farsi Much "Liked" in Iran
Why NOT assassinate him now?
How christian of you.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4589 of 5796 (870982)
01-27-2020 9:14 AM
Reply to: Message 4402 by Faith
01-22-2020 10:32 AM


Re: Trump's Tweet in Farsi Much "Liked" in Iran
History shows that Terrorism is endemic to Christianity.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4591 of 5796 (870984)
01-27-2020 9:46 AM
Reply to: Message 4489 by Faith
01-24-2020 3:06 PM


Not foreign policy victories, but failures
Wow!!
First of all if those were all true it would be rather weak tea.
China purchasing crops from us.
quote:
Jon Driedger is vice-president of LeftField Commodity Research.
"From an ag perspective, there had been some pretty lofty numbers thrown around about the volumes of ag purchases that China would make from the U.S.," he said. "I think there was probably some headscratching about whether those volumes would be realistic, since they exceeded anything that China had been purchasing previously. The actual deal that was signed had volumes that would be maybe described a little bit more realistic in terms of the amount of purchases but pretty sparse on the details."
SteinbachOnline.com - Local news, Weather, Sports, Free Classifieds and Job Listings for Steinbach, Manitoba
quote:
China has pledged to buy $50 billion more in U.S. energy supplies, and will raise U.S. agriculture purchases by some $32 billion over two years above 2017’s $24 billion baseline, according to a source briefed on the deal to be signed on Wednesday. The deal also stipulates purchases of an additional $80 billion in manufactured goods.
Those totals would certainly trim the roughly $300 billion annual trade gap between the countries. However, analysts who study Chinese commodity flows remain skeptical that Beijing can absorb such quantities of U.S. goods without threatening trade ties with other suppliers, hurting its own domestic producers, and making substantial changes to import standards and quotas.
Reuters | Breaking International News & Views
Maybe it should be pointed out to you, donnie is the reason they stopped buying crops in the first place. So no this is not a foreign policy victory. Maybe in the future, but right now our agricultural sector is in ruins thanks to little donnie.
North Korea Stopping it's saber rattling.
News from yesteray.
quote:
Recent satellite imagery shows vehicle activity at a critical North Korean missile site that could potentially signal early preparations for a missile or missile engine test, according to one administration official and three defense officials familiar with the latest US assessment.
Page not found - MSN
or this
North Korea Is No Longer Bound by Nuclear Test Moratorium, Kim Says - The New York Times
Iran for the moment silent
Really? Really? Maybe the 34 Us military members with traumatic brain injury feel differently about that. Oh and yes, donnie himself created the current Iran crisis.
quote:
Thirty-four US soldiers have been diagnosed with concussion or traumatic brain injury from an 8 January Iranian missile attack on their base in Iraq, the Pentagon has revealed.
The Pentagon spokesman, Jonathan Hoffman, said on Friday that eight service members who had been previously transported to Germany had been moved to the United States.
Donald Trump had previously said that the US suffered no casualties from the attack, which was a reprisal for the US drone strike assassination of the Iranian general Qassem Suleimani.
Questioned later about reports of brain injury, Trump downplayed their severity: I heard that they had headaches. And a couple of other things. But I would say, and I can report, it is not very serious.
Pentagon says 34 US soldiers suffered traumatic brain injury in Iran strike | US military | The Guardian
Great reduction in illegals coming through our border thanks to a deal he made with Mexico.
Which has created a humanitarian crisis and is in violation of US laws and international treaties.
Care to try again?

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4592 of 5796 (870985)
01-27-2020 9:56 AM
Reply to: Message 4560 by Percy
01-26-2020 12:55 PM


Re: Trump Lies Yet Again
Faith is no different than most trolls on the internet.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4593 of 5796 (870986)
01-27-2020 10:04 AM
Reply to: Message 4561 by Faith
01-26-2020 3:48 PM


Re: Trump Lies Yet Again
At least I hate the right things.
Just like a good christian. Is that your new christian slogan?
quote:
We Hate The Right Things

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Theodoric
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Message 4594 of 5796 (870987)
01-27-2020 10:09 AM
Reply to: Message 4578 by Percy
01-26-2020 8:53 PM


Re: Y
My wife drove a Prius for 10 years. We are in the Lake Superior snow belt. It was quite good in snow with snow tires for a small front wheel drive vehicle. That being said we decided to upgrade to AWD. We considered the new AWD Prius, but it was a first year model with it in 2019 and XM radio is not available in any trim level for the AWD Prius. As we live in the country and near a small city(Duluth, MN), radio station selection is quite sparse, so satellite radio is a must have.
We went with a Subaru Legacy. Decent gas mileage, but no where near the Prius.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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