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Oh, are they all the same then? They're in lockstep and every Muslim country reflects the thoughts, actions and desires of every Muslim outside of that country? You know that this is a definition of Anti-Semitism if you replace "Muslim" with "Jewish" right? This is why Islamaphobia is a cancer just like Anti-Semitism and should be opposed in every instance, it inevitably moves onto the next vulnerable group because bigots pretty much hate everyone who is not like them, just to varying degrees.

Just your regular reminder - every accusation is a confession with these guys. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

If you can solve my directional issues off the tee, then you're a miracle worker. Would enjoy hearing your ideas and I'd always give it a go on the off-chance it works. Heading to Scotland soon for some links golf so better get it under control fast or ill be catching up with ol' Uncle Fescue soon enough.

No, we think that fora that provide a platform for hateful and racist viewpoints without moderation should suffer consequences for it. The only real way for that to happen is for advertisers to decide to pull their revenue away unless they improve the management of the site. This is actually part of capitalism. The power of the market, the "unseen hand", the need for successful businesses to pay heed to their customers and ensure that they're happy with their product.

There you go, there are always possibilities for concurrence. Completely agree that the USA has been most remiss in their management on both sides of the aisle. Ultimately I trace this back to the Reagan revolution, a time when I was living in the USA. Slashing the taxes to starve the government of revenue has been very effective for the GOP, but not so great from a nation-building point of view. America still spends more on health care per capita than all the other G8 countries, but has the worst health outcomes. This is because, in my opinion, health care and education are best left to government to manage rather than the private sector. There's a fundamental contradiction to health care that runs directly counter to capitalist principles and practice, hence why every other social democracy chooses government-run universal health care and thereby achieve better outcomes at a lower cost. On education, I actually much prefer the US university system to my own in Canada, but I am very grateful I grew up where the public education through high school was great so that I could take advantage of it. There's room for private sector solutions to many things but it's pretty clear that public health ain't one. Thanks for the golf pointer offer - I am still hitting the ball very far even after my hip replacement. Problem is where I keep hitting the ball very far, tends to be woody or wet.

Congratulations on your youth and health! I'm over 60 but doing reasonably well I suppose, still can hit a golf ball okay. Just trying to be positive and helpful since you seem to be a bit sensitive. So you're not a Centrist but dislike all politicians on principle? That's kind of nihilist, I don't associate my political positions with particular politicians they're about policy and management. When a politician's views match more of mine, I look upon them favorably but they're unlikely to encompass the full range of my views, nor would I expect them to. One of my biggest issues with Trump is that he doesn't have any serious or consistent policy, he just continuously shoots from the hip, has no interest in detail or understanding of the nuance of most situations, and despite promising policy for years, it's never appeared. It can be effective in some situations, but is highly corrosive in most. So I would describe myself as a Liberal, but you seem to think I'm from the "extreme left". Do tell, what is it that I believe that makes me "extreme left"? I don't believe that communism is the way forward in any situation, I don't believe in confiscating the means of production and placing them in the hands of the proletariat. In fact, I'm a successful capitalist. I just believe in social democracy, that the government should take care of their people, starting first and foremost with the poor and vulnerable. That means an emphasis on health care, education, infrastructure and progressive taxation. I pay my taxes and don't oppose them being raised for the greater good of the society I live in.

"This behavior underscores a cynical strategy that only someone as unrestrained as Harris could pursue—shifting styles and messages to fit the crowd, often without consistency or sincerity." Which of the two candidates would best fit the adjective "unrestrained"? Of the two, whom would you say has a tendency to speak "without consistency or sincerity"? Sincerity means without lying for those who are so numbed by the last decade of drivel that you've lost all understanding of meaning. Cynical? Unlike the optimistic and hopeful campaign of Trump/Vance? Bit of a poor effort, shows how desperate Murdoch's becoming.

That's a relief. Don't know if we'd be able to carry on the highbrow debate without your cogent observations. However, don't ignore those early warning signs! One should always take care of one's physical and mental health first rather than sacrifice it for some absurd charade of pretending to be just a Centrist commenting on US politics.

What utter garbage. Ignoring the blatant anti-semitism and holocaust denial, you're such a maroon that you don't even understand what you're writing. Nobody speaks about the Holocaust in "reverential" terms, other than perhaps extremely racist and hateful people who approved of it. Oh, perhaps like yourself? The good ol' days! I'm quite sure your sort would turn on the Palestinians right after you got through with eliminating the Jews. With friends like you...

Oh dear, are you having a stroke? Perhaps you may need to cut down a bit.

Trump probably should seeing as he's free-falling, but doubt he would. Kamala and the Dems are playing it smart, keeping the message and contrast consistent, presenting positive and young as a contest to the old and cranky DJT. When you've got the lead, you play conservatively in most sports, like politics.

Okay, so just generalized dislike for progressives, which you perceive as being hypocritical. For reasons you haven't explained or provided examples of, but never mind, separate discussion. Like your hypocrisy in pretending your posts weren't saying negative things about Kamala?

Hate? No, just want these people who wish to take the USA back to the 1800's to lose badly in the coming election so we can bring the USA forward to the 2020's where the rest of the G7 have been living. You know, social democracy, or as you and your buddies would characterize it "communism". Posts where you were negative about Kamala? Okay, sure! You do understand that there's a function that allows us to search by poster, right? This literally took me all of ten seconds. In regard to the article about her doing an interview with Dana Bash you replied with: "probably one of the biggest mistakes in US political history.....and they were doing so well with the bait and switch. 10 bucks says it is pre recorded and heavily edited." You then posted "yes 100's of millions in organic donations to the lowest rated VP is US history....kinds of numbers." So was that positive about Kamala? Or are you going to pretend you were talking about someone else? You specifically asked me to point to posts of yours where you posted negatively about Kamala Harris, and I managed it in 10 seconds. So are you going to drop the pretense finally? It's okay to join the Right-Wing trolls, what's wrong with them that you are trying so hard to disassociate yourself even when you intensely dislike the Democrat ticket? You're no stoner, you're too wound up and too much of a liar.

She will - there's a debate on 10 September. Be patient! You'll get your chance to see her right up close and personal and next to Felonious. Can't wait. Should Trump go on Cenk Uygur's show? Of course he shouldn't, Cenk would tear him to pieces and it would be a setup.

You mean the "News"? The thing that journalists cover and write about? Go on then, tell us the rich source of truth that you use to come to your clear understanding of the world.

It was an absurd question that stems from your fantasy of having Kamala Harris subjected to a hectoring on live TV by a Right-Wing panel of nutters. Why on earth would she do that? There's no separating the base from Trump as they're willing to be separated from the basic day-to-day reality that surrounds them, so what's the point? And yes, of course you're not a Trumper, you just continuously posit negative stuff about Harris. But of course you're not voting Trump, you're a Cornell West supporter, right? Why pretend?

So if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bicycle. Why are you guys so set on making up hypothetical situations that are extremely unlikely to occur, then imagining what might happen, then pontificating as if it actually DID happen? Who does that kind of weird thing? Trying to think, something about sharks and electric boats...

Quackery is reserved for Thai people. Where's the "deport him" guy when we actually need him?

Answer: "No, I don't get it." Sorry, I am only going to make one attempt to explain things to you before I give up. This does provide however an opportunity to correct the fake news story about Walz. "Mr Walz served for 24 years in the Army National Guard, a military force which is usually deployed within the US to respond to events such as natural disasters, but is also part of the US Army’s reserve. In February 2005, while he was still in the National Guard, Mr Walz filed an application to run to be elected as a member of Congress from Minnesota. The following month it was announced that there would be “a possible partial mobilisation of roughly 2,000 troops from the Minnesota National Guard” to Iraq within the next two years, according to a 2005 press release from Mr Walz’s congressional campaign. In the statement, Mr Walz said: “I do not yet know if my artillery unit will be part of this mobilisation.” He added: “I don’t want to speculate on what shape my campaign will take if I am deployed, but I have no plans to drop out of the race." Mr Walz then retired from the National Guard in May 2005, which he later said was so he could focus fully on running for Congress. It’s unclear exactly when he submitted his resignation notice. We’ve asked both the National Guard and the Harris campaign when this was. His National Guard unit received orders to mobilise for Iraq in July 2005, and was sent there in March 2006, according to the battalion’s history page." Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze5gzr97ewo

This is yet another example of what I was referring to in regards to you having no understanding of "context" or, seemingly, an ability to remember what discussion points have already been made. Here is what I said initially when you commented back to me, you know, the post that started this particular discussion. "I think you're aware that the work of the Vice-President is to be behind the scenes and "in waiting" in the case of something happening to the President. Although one can never be too sure with you. Can you name any of Mike Pence's accomplishments during his time as VP other than not caving into the pressure to not certify the election results?" Do I really have to explain this to you?

In other words, your answer to "Can you name any of Mike Pence's accomplishments during his time as VP other than not caving into the pressure to not certify the election results?", is NO.

This is why it's exhausting to try discussing things with you. You seem to have a complete lack of understanding of context, so for you, each post exists in a separate universe uninfluenced by the previous discussion. I was responding to @Maesarieng's post accusing Tim Walz of being a coward with the implication that he avoided active combat (which is incorrect, but whatever). I pointed out that the person he supports for president received several deferments based on a dubious excuse, hence it is illogical and hypocritical to be attacking the Democratic VP candidate despite his serving for 24 years while his Presidential candidate never served. That's the context. Get it?

Absolutely! He's personable and very Midwestern, you know, like the average American voter. And a coward? Tell us about your service to your country. And I'm pretty sure you'd be lying if you did, because among actual military people there's a code about attacking other fellow soldiers. He served in the National Guard for 24 years. That's why he doesn't disparage JD Vance even though he was writing press releases in a Quonset hut rather than on the front lines. As to the actual presidential candidate you favor, perhaps this passage from the classic Hemingway novel "The Old Man and the Sea" would inspire some reflection: "But I must have confidence and I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio who does all things perfectly even with the pain of the bone spur in his heel."

Ooh! Me too! I've seldom seen a less likable politician. He'd lose in the largest landslide in electoral history.

Yes, we know what he was like - incompetent, mercurial, bombastic. He made bad policy and caused the deaths of over 500,000 Americans through his COVID-19 misinformation and helter-skelter mismanagement. He likely compromised the entire US intelligence network with his carelessness with classified information. I think you're aware that the work of the Vice-President is to be behind the scenes and "in waiting" in the case of something happening to the President. Although one can never be too sure with you. Can you name any of Mike Pence's accomplishments during his time as VP other than not caving into the pressure to not certify the election results?