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55 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:
Here it comes, the only guy that is electable is going to be torn to pieces.
And still win.
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9 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:
Do you even live in the USA? Do you even know what is happening here?
Even people living there don't know what's happening all over the country. They might have firsthand experience about what's happening to them and their immediate circle of friends and acquaintances. As for what's happening nationally, they find out the same way expats do: they watch town hall discussions, see people airing their grievances live and see the protest marches on the international news. Just because you might live in Podunk, PA does not mean you know what's going on all over the country.
Yours is a sad attempt to shut down the conversation by claiming others aren't speaking from firsthand experience.
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10 minutes ago, JungleBiker said:
Erm... cancer is a NCD!
The quoted statement says that diabetes and heart disease are now the top cause of death among Thais. Whether or not cancer is communicable is beside the point.
[edit] and now that I re-read, they used "cause" in the singular, so maybe they're lumping the stats for diabetes and heart disease together to get their "top cause".
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8 hours ago, robblok said:
Why don't they start with regular checks for pesticides on fruits and vegetables with high fines for sellers and producers. That would help a lot for for sure after that they can fine tune things but I would say the pesticide problem is far more important than what is mentioned in this article.
Your first sentence says they need to start checking for pesticide residues, presumably to see if there is a problem. Your next sentence says there is a problem. Which is it?
I don't disagree that chemical farm inputs need to be managed, monitored, regulated, etc. But I think there is already an agency responsible for this, isn't there?
8 hours ago, Changoverandout said:Banning deadly sprays would be a ‘healthy’ start “you beat me to it”
7 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:Start banning toxic chemicals to be sprayed on local vegetables.
Enough with the chemophobia. As long as residues aren't excessive at the point of sale, the only people at risk from farming chemicals are the farmers themselves. An outright ban of pesticides will result in more than 50% losses in crop yield. A lot less fresh fruits & veggies at the supermarket - what do you think THAT will to do the health of the general population? It'll be a lot worse that a few parts per million of atrazine on your veggies before you wash them.
The following post is more realistic:
4 hours ago, Oziex1 said:Banning pesticides isn't going to fly, like it or not they are necessary. The issue here is the correct and responsible use of those substances. Good luck with that.
Pesticides cost money. No farmer wants to spend the time and money applying pesticides unless they have a serious pest problem. As pointed out, pest pressure is much greater in tropical ecosystems. Applicators should be trained and licensed. Investments should be made in crop varieties and cultivars that are naturally pest resistant, so little or no pesticide needs to be applied at all. The right balance needs to be found between chemical defense levels and crop yield. I agree with the conclusion reached by that poster: good luck with that. I'm just dreading the day the whole "organic" food and "all natural" nonsense takes hold here.
Government needs to make capital investments in the farming sector, for both technology and educating the farmers.
As to the OP, consumers need to manage their intake of fats, oils, sugars (all types, not just granulated table sugar) and minerals. Most people should probably be eating less and moving around more. The mention of MSG is ridiculous because that substance appears in many food products naturally. Cooks may add a few grams more, but if somebody has a personal problem with it, that's not a national issue.
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42 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:
Joe is falling like a rock anyway.
Is this statement based on some polling data that you'd care to share with us?
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4 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:
If I was a foreign intelligence agency wanting to slip the Don some information, I would also do it through a private citizen working for an american registered company...seems hassle-free and should be real easy to set up.
You have just demonstrated why 52 USC 30121 exists and why it needs to be taken seriously. But to get back to the OP, you wouldn't even need to do that because Trump just said he has no problem committing the crime of soliciting election interference from a foreign national.
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58 minutes ago, Tug said:
Well looks like Donald is trying to backpedal as fast as he can guess an adult had a talk with him
Maybe he got an irate call from the Queen of Dolphins and the King of Porpoises.
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27 minutes ago, atyclb said:
what's the "reality" of the hatch act . ; how things work in an ideal world vs the real world, even in the usa
We are seeing how things work in the real world. This discussion is about events unfolding in reality. Nobody has brought up hypotheticals (except for you when you said "what politician or party wouldn't be interested in listening to possible / dirt?") or unrealistic expectations of how the Act should work.
27 minutes ago, atyclb said:# confusing us all? ; i responded to one ( a single) 1 poster thus confusing "us all" is not applicable.
Then feel free to frame your reply with respect to the poster whom you were responding to. That post cited your hypothetical as a raison d'etre for the Act. How is that response, or the person who made it, confused?
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17 minutes ago, atyclb said:
hatch act is nice at least in theory just as communism is nice at least in theory. then reality sets in
dont be confused!
So tell us - what's the "reality" of the hatch act that you think is confusing us all?
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2 hours ago, BobBKK said:
They all do it.
No, "they" don't all violate the Hatch Act.
2 hours ago, BobBKK said:They spend more time hurling insults and 'investigations' at each other than running the country.
"They", meaning the Office of Special Counsel, is not charged with running the country. The OSC was doing exactly what it's supposed to do.
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9 hours ago, Guitarzan said:Bernie isn’t just a socialist, (which is a nice sanitized word for communist) he’s a communist.
Socialism is a balance between collectivism and individualism, with the balance being managed by a democratically-elected government. In both true capitalism and true communism, the government is supposed to be hands-off. Neither of these systems are workable since too many people won't be willing to follow the rules or might show bias/favoritism. Clearly, some level of government involvement is required.
Since some of us seem to have very basic, fundamental misunderstandings about the various systems of government and markets, I recommend this explainer video.
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29 minutes ago, usviphotography said:Oh, I see, so it is perfectly acceptable to pay for a foreigner
I am going to stop reading right there because you still have not formed an accurate understanding of reality. No candidate "paid a foreigner" any more than you paid a foreigner when you bought coffee at Starbucks.
QuoteIf Trump Jr. had simply hired a law firm to listen to this woman's story
It still would have been wrong, because (in your hypothetical) he was aware of the foreigner's offer and hired a law firm specifically to act as cover for his desire to get information from a foreign national.
QuoteBTW- there is no law in America making any of this illegal.
Caution - reading the following may severely damage your ignorance:
A foreign national shall not, directly or indirectly, make a contribution or a donation of money or other thing of value, or expressly or impliedly promise to make a contribution or a donation, in connection with any Federal, State, or local election.
A solicitation is an oral or written communication that, construed as reasonably understood in the context in which it is made, contains a clear message asking, requesting, or recommending that another person make a contribution, donation, transfer of funds, or otherwise provide anything of value.
Were you really not aware of this statute, as much as it has been in the news over the past two years?
QuoteIf Piers Morgan went directly to Hillary Clinton herself and said, "I have damaging videos of Trump and I snorting coke off strippers asses" there is no law that would make that conversation illegal nor is there any law that would bar Clinton from paying him to get the tape.
That would be illegal under 52 U.S.C. 30121. Many legal experts have weighed in on this:
Can it be a crime to do opposition research by asking foreigners for information?
Say that, in Summer 2016, a top Hillary Clinton staffer gets a message: “A Miss Universe contestant — Miss Slovakia — says that Donald Trump had sexually harassed her. Would you like to get her story?” The staffer says, “I’d love to,” and indeed gets the information, which he then uses in the campaign. Did the staffer and the Miss Universe contestant just commit a crime?
If you want to find out the answer, click the link and read the legal analysis. If you prefer to stay blissfully ignorant, then just keep flapping your gums without reading anything that might challenge your beliefs.
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QuoteThe hypocrisy from the Left is simply mind boggling.
Only to be outdone by the ignorance on the right. To wit:
1 hour ago, usviphotography said:Please remind me again what country Christopher Steele is from?
From Wiki:
Fusion GPS is a commercial research and strategic intelligence firm based in Washington, D.C. The company conducts open-source investigations and provides research and strategic advice for businesses, law firms and investors, as well as for political inquiries, such as opposition research. The "GPS" initialism is derived from "Global research, Political analysis, Strategic insight".
The nationalities of the employees are not at issue here, as they were providing a service to their employer, not to the campaigns. By my reading of the law, it could have been a problem if either of the campaigns had directly solicited or enlisted the services of Steele or another foreign national. But they did not.
By your loony reading of the law, no campaign can use Intel computers or Microsoft software because these companies have foreigners working on their staff.
QuoteTheir candidate paid a foreigner for dirt on their opponent.
NO, THEY DIDN'T. You could have noodled this out for yourself simply by realizing that the FBI has not gone after either of the research firms (that hired Fusion) or any of the campaign staff for their actions.
34 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:All politicians would welcome such info. Difference is that Trump openly admits to it.
A history lesson on Al Gore's campaign would prove you wrong. But I'm not going to give it to you. I'm done teaching grade-school lessons today.
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10 minutes ago, Boon Mee said:Those with OTT TDS will have marginalized themselves to the point no one pays them the time of day.
I'm starting to wonder if you might actually be Trump when you say things like "no one pays them the time of day".
3 hours ago, Sujo said:So you dont agree with the head of the fbi and the attorney general.
Or the actual law. There is a law making this illegal. Trump has no problem breaking that law.
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3 hours ago, Cryingdick said:
I live in the USA and shop here everyday and prices have not gone up or at least not to the point anybody could notice it.
Have you really been shopping "everyday" for major appliances, furniture, bedding, floor coverings, auto parts and building materials? Because that's where the tariffs have been mostly targeted:
As we move into the late summer and fall, the impact of new tariffs is going to be felt on more of the average consumer goods like electronics and staples like peanuts, sugar, wheat, chicken & turkey.
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46 minutes ago, ezzra said:i just don't see how a socialist with dreams of sharing the wealth could ever succeed to be elected...
If people learn how their government works and realize that the president isn't all powerful and can't speak a new market system into existence, a socialist president shouldn't be a big problem any more than a republican president is a bIg problem or a democratic president is a big problem.
Economic systems can only change in a big way if congress sets up the requisite framework. Presently the USA operates in a midland between true capitalism and true communism.
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53 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:Trump is right, again.
I think you need to explain yourself. You think it's okay for foreign adversarial governments to influence our elections? You don't see any reason why this might be a bad idea?
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37 minutes ago, Boon Mee said:
Yeah, he sure caved on Mexico and Iran didn't he! 555
Yeah, he actually did. Why do you seem so happy about that?
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1 hour ago, riclag said:Neither have we seen the resistance unwilling to work for the American people on infrastructure, jobs and fixing loop holes in a disgraced southern border debacle!
Things were pretty calm under the Obama administration. I wonder what changed? Oh, that's right. The Orange Pustulence has been visited upon us and everything's gone to hell.
1 hour ago, riclag said:The russian investigation is over nadler!
Try to keep up with the news. Even Fox News is reporting on all the slime and corruption that needs to be investigated. I'd say it's about time for YOU to be moving along and stop pretending that everything is about Russia.
1 hour ago, riclag said:Your party lost the election and the witch hunt!
Maybe you should check the dictionary and find out what a "witch hunt" actually means. Because it seems like you don't know. When investigations turn up actual wrongdoing and dozens of people get indicted, jailed or surrender confessions, it's not a witch hunt. It's the legal system and congress doing what it's supposed to be doing.
1 hour ago, riclag said:The WH and the AG are winning.
While you've got that dictionary open, look up "win" also. What did the White House "win"? Barr just caved in to the threat of being held in criminal contempt of congress. He's giving up documents that he previously said he would not (although it looks like congress still wants to go after him).
1 hour ago, riclag said:If by some stretch Mc gets to sit in front of nadler it will be executive privilege on every question he answers
If McGahn's testimony is so sensitive, why wasn't executive privilege claimed the first time he testified? Once testimony is opened up to third parties, executive privilege can't be claimed. Also, just like attorney-client privilege, executive privilege can't be used to cover up criminal wrongdoing.
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52 minutes ago, mogandave said:
I do not believe what Congress is “investigating” actually falls under oversight.
As the judiciary continues to remind us, it doesn't matter what you believe. Congress is under no obligation to explain WHY they need certain information, except maybe to a judge if the information falls under secrecy or privacy protections, such as grand jury information. Even in those cases, judges almost always release said information to congress.
Congress is further mandated to collect information that might be useful in the crafting of new legislation. In that case they would be justified in subpoenaing confidential information about things that aren't even illegal. That would be an example of a "fishing expedition", albeit a perfectly legal one.
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What is the purpose of this? Is the water bill checked to see that the name matches the ID? Does the ID need to show an address where the water bill is delivered? If I pay my inlaws' water bill for them, do I need to carry their ID along with me to show the cashier? Did they make a photocopy of the ID?
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2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:The great thing about the US, is that anyone can become president
This is a double-edged sword, because the obverse is also true: The worst thing about the US, is that anyone can become president. Hopefully nobody here needs a "for example" to support this.
1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:BTW, the founding fathers included the electoral college to prevent states with large populations deciding the elections.
And thus we get the present situation where candidates spend most of their time campaigning in large, heavily populated swing-states and almost no time in the small states that the EC supposedly "helps".
1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:They specifically excluded a popular vote for president.
There is a bit more to the story. As Hamilton wrote in Federalist 68:
It was equally desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite to such complicated investigations. It was also peculiarly desirable to afford as little opportunity as possible to tumult and disorder. This evil was not least to be dreaded in the election of a magistrate, who was to have so important an agency in the administration of the government as the President of the United States. But the precautions which have been so happily concerted in the system under consideration, promise an effectual security against this mischief.
Hamilton was afraid a tyrant could manipulate public opinion and come to power. The EC was supposed to act as a check on a mislead/misinformed electorate, and ensure that only a qualified person could assume the presidency. Electors are supposed to exercise their independent judgement, not simply act as a mailman, mindlessly delivering the will public to the ballot box without further consideration. Fast-forward to today: the EC has clearly failed its intended purpose of preventing tyrants from coming to power.
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7 hours ago, riclag said:
I can honestly say I would support anybody who wasn't a politician
You support non-politicians to be elected into jobs that are inherently political? That's morbidly fascinating. Do you also support non-pilots flying airplanes and non-dentists drilling into teeth?
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13 minutes ago, Morch said:10 hours ago, elmrfudd said:
The election was decided by people voting their own choice, not by facebook ads.
People arrive at their decisions via all sort of ways. That's why politicians invest efforts and resources in elections campaigns. You wish to claim Facebook ads and other social media posts aren't part of that? Go right ahead.
Fudd doesn't seem to understand how marketing and targeted advertising work. In another recent discussion he was trying to argue that it doesn't matter how many people are reached by a campaign, what really matters is what you say to the few people you DO reach.
Sorry but in all advertising, it's quantity not quality that matters.
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Joe Biden under fire from rivals for remarks about civility with segregationists
in World News
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I want a president who knows how to deal with racists. Sure beats having a president who is an actual racist.
This is in reference to what? Here's what I can find in the OP about Biden and apologies:
"I’m disappointed that he hasn’t issued an immediate apology"
"Biden did not apologise for his remarks"