The left wants to destroy the Greatest country on Earth.

[ronnie50]

14 hours ago, placeholder said:

I never had seen that one. But usually when I think I've come up with an  original bon mot and check it on the internet, it turns out that somebody or several somebodies, have gotten there before me. So discouraging.

[riclag]

SCOTUS  sided with the Trump Administration and blocked a Massachusetts judges order

 

Roberts sided with the left in a 5-4 vote! Roberts is anti Trump, go figure.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5233166-supreme-court-trump-teacher-grants/

 

[simple1]

4 hours ago, ronnie50 said:

 

My wife has had that said to her when speaking in Thai with a friend in public. I taught her to reply "when you go to me country speak Thai"

[simple1]

On 3/31/2025 at 3:56 AM, James65 said:

I guess terrorism is an American's problem then.  I hope the US doesn't ever need NATO allies again, like they did after 9-11.  I doubt Canada or Europe will come to America's defense anyone like they did back then.

 

Would have still supported USA for trade, now? perhaps not. Unfortunately the Allies stupidly also supported US invasion of Iraq.

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12 minutes ago, simple1 said:

 

Would have still supported USA for trade, now? perhaps not. Unfortunately the Allies stupidly also supported US invasion of Iraq.

I don't think most of the did. They supported the US invasion of Afghanistan. Or rather wanted to. Cheney and friends rather rudely dismissed their offers of support. But when the US decided to pivot to Iraq, most of them didn't go along. Oddly enough, they weren't convinced that Saddam Hussein was in league with Al Qaeda.

[simple1]

8 minutes ago, placeholder said:

I don't think most of the did. They supported the US invasion of Afghanistan. Or rather wanted to. Cheney and friends rather rudely dismissed their offers of support. But when the US decided to pivot to Iraq, most of them didn't go along. Oddly enough, they weren't convinced that Saddam Hussein was in league with Al Qaeda.

 

You're correct. Being on Oz and UK citizenship I mistakenly thought of the other NATO countries for supporting  2003 invasion

[riclag]

DOGE volunteer credits Trump for unprecedented effort to curb 'jaw-dropping' Social Security fraud, perpetrated by the lefts illegal migrant love affair.

 

GAO in 2024 laid the footprints , DOGE just followed them, with the help of a EO and a Trump appointed director .

"We found that there were just about five-plus million of them that came to the country as illegals, were given various forms of parole or allowing [in] the country, and they got through an automatic system, Social Security numbers, so they could get into our benefit systems," Gracias said

 

 

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-volunteer-credits-trump-unprecedented-151001424.html

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48 minutes ago, riclag said:

DOGE volunteer credits Trump for unprecedented effort to curb 'jaw-dropping' Social Security fraud, perpetrated by the lefts illegal migrant love affair.

 

GAO in 2024 laid the footprints , DOGE just followed them, with the help of a EO and a Trump appointed director .

"We found that there were just about five-plus million of them that came to the country as illegals, were given various forms of parole or allowing [in] the country, and they got through an automatic system, Social Security numbers, so they could get into our benefit systems," Gracias said

 

 

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-volunteer-credits-trump-unprecedented-151001424.html

 

 

Given the dubiousness of the claims that Musk continues to make, I'll wait and see what an independent analysis determines about these claims.

[jas007]

23 hours ago, Rob Browder said:

Well, if you mean how the virus came to be - yes, there is a lot on that.  For example, the "gain of function" spike-protein used was patented by Moderna in 2016 - a perfect gene-match - 1 in 3-trilliion odds that match could happen naturally.

 

It's trying to get into the heads of the people involved which is problematic.  "They were trying to use this research to save lives," is what they will claim - and, in many cases, that may be true.  For example, a virus used in gene-therapy for cancer would explain creating that spike-protein. 

 

The only way to restore trust, would be to return to a system where medical research is primarily conducted by non-profits and universities - and NOT universities with big corporate "grants" funding the medical-research.  A profit-motive system is great for consumer-electronics and such - but the incentives go sideways when "sick people are more profitable."

Follow the money.  And unfortunately, the people that control all this have money everywhere. Without "grant" money, who would pay for the research?  

[jas007]

23 hours ago, Rob Browder said:

Well, if you mean how the virus came to be - yes, there is a lot on that.  For example, the "gain of function" spike-protein used was patented by Moderna in 2016 - a perfect gene-match - 1 in 3-trilliion odds that match could happen naturally.

 

It's trying to get into the heads of the people involved which is problematic.  "They were trying to use this research to save lives," is what they will claim - and, in many cases, that may be true.  For example, a virus used in gene-therapy for cancer would explain creating that spike-protein. 

 

The only way to restore trust, would be to return to a system where medical research is primarily conducted by non-profits and universities - and NOT universities with big corporate "grants" funding the medical-research.  A profit-motive system is great for consumer-electronics and such - but the incentives go sideways when "sick people are more profitable."

Follow the money.  And unfortunately, the people that control all this have money everywhere. Without "grant" money, who would pay for the research?  The entire system seems to revolve around "grants." Scientists and medical researchers can be bought and paid for, just like politicians, so there's a problem.

 

[jas007]

23 hours ago, Rob Browder said:

Well, if you mean how the virus came to be - yes, there is a lot on that.  For example, the "gain of function" spike-protein used was patented by Moderna in 2016 - a perfect gene-match - 1 in 3-trilliion odds that match could happen naturally.

 

It's trying to get into the heads of the people involved which is problematic.  "They were trying to use this research to save lives," is what they will claim - and, in many cases, that may be true.  For example, a virus used in gene-therapy for cancer would explain creating that spike-protein. 

 

The only way to restore trust, would be to return to a system where medical research is primarily conducted by non-profits and universities - and NOT universities with big corporate "grants" funding the medical-research.  A profit-motive system is great for consumer-electronics and such - but the incentives go sideways when "sick people are more profitable."

Follow the money.  And unfortunately, the people that control all this have money everywhere. Without "grant" money, who would pay for the research?  The entire system seems to revolve around "grants." Scientists and medical researchers can be bought and paid for, just like politicians, so there's a problem.

 

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11 minutes ago, jas007 said:

Follow the money.  And unfortunately, the people that control all this have money everywhere. Without "grant" money, who would pay for the research?  The entire system seems to revolve around "grants." Scientists and medical researchers can be bought and paid for, just like politicians, so there's a problem.

 

Thanks for sharing with us something entirely new: a conspiracy theory.

[jas007]

Just now, placeholder said:

Thanks for sharing with us something entirely new: a conspiracy theory.

No problem.  It's my pleasure.  Have you ever talked to people who lived on grant money?  Money is a powerful motivator.  I've known world renowned professors. The tops in their field.  And yet there they are, applying for "grants." It's a lucrative business, by the way.  

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11 minutes ago, jas007 said:

No problem.  It's my pleasure.  Have you ever talked to people who lived on grant money?  Money is a powerful motivator.  I've known world renowned professors. The tops in their field.  And yet there they are, applying for "grants." It's a lucrative business, by the way.  

And are they sharing their ill-gotten gains with the peer reviewers at scientific journals? And if so, do you have evidence of this?