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36 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

 

Whatever happened to smaller government that stays out of our lives?

 

Oh, that's right....that's only when you don't agree with something.

With your comment, are you telling us that you believe parents should be allowed to force/cohere/allow minors into sex change  operations??????  To go against biological science because the parent didn’t get the gender they wanted at birth many times!!!!

my opinion is good for Abbott because it’s bat s#!t f#&%ing crazy to allow an under 18 ye old go through any of that.  No possible f#&%ing way they have the developed mental/emotional capability to go through that irrational process.  Good lord it’s amazing people are actually for allowing that.  

But Tom Cotton was ridiculed for being way ahead of the curve on this.   thanks for nothing Anthony. 
 

20 minutes ago, Born N Bled Red said:

 

Wackjobs on the far far left have said that about the dems elected as well. Hey- what did the near center- far right call Obama? 

I wasn’t actually talking about the far far left.  

1 hour ago, TGHusker said:

Seems to me that Russia has the goods on Trump and the cult members must support anything Russia asks.    

 

Reagan, Bushes, Dole,  McCain, Romney - good men regardless of their politics.  And the GOP has slipped into a position where character no longer matters.

Unspeakable  Ugliness.  

A far cry from Peggy Noonan's book  "When Character Was King".  

Everyone you cited was still called a racist, some were called xenophobic, some were called homophobic, all were called anti-female, and some were called granny killers by the tolerant left.  Every one of these people of character.   
 

27 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

The bolded is exactly what you did with the post I copied.  Which, is what you do all the time.  You imply something, then cry about people's response.

I’ve come to realize you can’t back up your claim with any actual relevant facts (LP must not have figured out their spin yet) and that’s why you keep making these odd reading comprehension mistakes.  No point in going any further with you.  

4 minutes ago, commando said:

yeah...obama made some mistakes for sure.   but he did place sanctions and cause some economic pain for russia.    trump waltzed in and forgave russia and sided with putin on Crimea.    so how was trump tougher on Russia?    stopping military aid to Ukraine?   easing the sanctions on Russia?    siding with Putin?   

Did Trump admin not do sanctions against Russia?  Did Ukrainian funding lapse?  Did Trump supply Javelins? (What does Zelensky think of those).  
what sanctions did Trump admin ease up on that you speak about? If there were some, what did that effect?  As a follow up, why did Dems filibuster a sanctions bill on Nord Stream? 

30 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

Yeah, this is how this works.  I'll copy your post so you don't have to go through the effort.  
 

This is implying that Putin is doing what he's doing because Biden is in office instead of Trump.

 

So, what is different now compared to between 2016 and 2020?

You hate Trump so much that you aren’t reading simple posts correctly.  You have a preconceived view of what someone says vs reading and comprehending what was actually said.   You constantly “imply” things to your slant or wish instead of taking comments at face value.   Get that Trump hatred out and you won’t have that problem going forward.  
 

Thanks for copying the post as it clearly shows I’m questioning why this didn’t happen during the 2016-2020 years and instead is happening now?   Someone here even still tries to make the claim that Trump admin tries to destroy NATO.  I’d that were actually true, 2016-2020 would have been an ideal time for this.   But here we are in 2022.  Why now?  (Hint, that’s a question because I don’t know the answer).  

31 minutes ago, commando said:

the territories were attacked under Obama.  Obama placed sanctions on Russia and started giving military aid to Ukraine.    Trump came in and eased sanctions, blocked military aide, and spread Russian propaganda about Ukraine and sided with Putin when telling the G-7 that Russia had a right to annex Crimea because much of the population there spoke Russian.  today the far right supports Russia because Biden is sending military aid to Ukraine and going to sanction Russia..   the dems pushed back on easing sanctions and cutting aid to Ukraine....a few republicans joined with the dems on that push back......but majority of republicans sided with trump and Russia against Ukraine.  

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/03/05/dont-rehabilitate-obama-on-russia/amp/
 

But not everything is relative; we should not slip into collective amnesia over the Obama administration’s weak and underwhelming response to Russian aggression. Throughout his presidency, Obama consistently underestimated the challenge posed by Putin’s regime. His foreign policy was firmly grounded in the premise that Russia was not a national security threat to the United States. In 2012, Obama disparaged Mitt Romney for exaggerating the Russian threat—“the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the Cold War’s been over for 20 years,” Obama quipped. This breezy attitude prevailed even as Russia annexed Crimea, invaded eastern Ukraine, intervened in Syria, and hacked the Clinton campaign and the DNC. Obama’s response during these critical moments was cautious at best, and deeply misguided at worst. Even the imposition of sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine was accompanied by so much propitiation and restraint elsewhere that it didn’t deter Russia from subsequent aggression, including the risky 2016 influence operation in the United States. Obama, confident that history was on America’s side, for the duration of his time in office underestimated the damaging impact Russia could achieve through asymmetric means.

France and Germany spearheaded the Minsk ceasefire process in 2014-2015, with U.S. support but without Washington at the table. The Obama administration did coordinate a far-ranging sanctions policy with the European Union—an important diplomatic achievement, to be sure. But to date, the sanctions have only had a middling effect on the Russian economy as a whole (oil and gas prices have hurt much more). And given that sanctions cut both ways—potential value is destroyed on both sides when economic activity is systematically prohibited—most of the sacrifice was (and continues to be) born by European economies, which have longstanding ties to Russia

40 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

So, what is Biden doing that Trump didn't do?  You're the first one that claimed Biden was causing the problems.  Let's see some specifics.  Or, your comments were nothing more than meaningless stupid attacks.  Some substance at this point would be on point.

That’s not how this works.  I didn’t say Biden was causing the problems.  I asked why Putin was doing this now?  Maybe you read someone else’s post and got confused

I can copy and paste mine for you if you want.   But since you actually did make some claims, the evidence or rational behind them would be awesome.   

12 hours ago, commando said:

how about the 4 years of peace part being false?   russia and ukraine have been shooting since something like 2014or so.    russia has taken territory from ukraine that has over 7,000,000 population.    just because trump was helping russia in that battle doesn't mean there were 4 years of peace.   

What territory did Russia take from Ukraine, and when did it happen?  How did Trump help with that? 

It’s Tcell immunity that provides the longer lasting body response 

1 hour ago, teachercd said:

No kidding...Davey HS Junior is making 16 dollars an hour a Home Depot now...last year he was making 9.  That s#!t adds up.

Foods getting so expensive I’m about ready to tell the kids it’s hot dogs, spaghetti, or PBJ for dinner now on.   Might treat them to a manwhich once a week though as a substitute to the old steak night 

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

Putin had no reason to build troops around Ukraine because Trump was doing everything for him.  

 

Sometimes your posts are so ridiculous that they shouldn't really need much explanation with a response.  They clearly are nothing but....Democrats bad so let's make up stuff to let everyone know how much I think they are bad.

What was Trump doing for him?   
 

Not arming Ukraine?  Nope

Less NATO funding?  Nope

Nord Stream approval? Nope

So what exactly did Trump do for Russia that they aren’t getting from Biden?   Specifics would be great.   your sound bites are cute and probably gives you lots of laughs but are meaningless stupid attacks.   Have some substance at point.  

50 minutes ago, teachercd said:

Russia about to make oil stocks go boom

USO options baby!!

35 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

Oh good god, that’s what the republican talking machine is spewing out?

Not sure as I don’t have a Republican talking machine.  If your asking if those are my thoughts, the answer would be yes.   If you would like to tell me what’s wrong with them instead of being, well, how are you being then great.   Otherwise, why do you even reply?   

1 hour ago, Dr. Strangelove said:

I truly wish I could conjure my own reality and live in it like this guy. 

 

It's kind of funny but also sad that your party - with no platform, devoid of policy, deranged with conspiracy - is what we're stuck with. 

What is factually incorrect about my post?   What is your definition of reality then?  Cause what I posted is what actually happened.  
 

nothing you stated in your second paragraph has a to do with the current Ukrainian/Russian issue our country currently faces?  It’s just another “hey look over here” when confronted with the Reality of a Joe Biden presidency and where it has taken us.  That way you don’t have to discuss the actual issues of the people actually in charge.  

49 minutes ago, ZRod said:

The other angle that no one has mentioned is resources. Ukraine is the largest country in Europe (outside of Russia). They have iron ore, titanium, and Uranium (some of the largest deposits in Europe). They also have a lot of coal, oil and natural gas. And I believe Ukraine is also the largest grain producer in Europe. 

 

Russia is already a major energy improper for the EU. Controlling minerals and food would be icing on the cake, and a good strategy to remain relevant with most of Europe having aggressive plans to phase out the use of fossil fuels.

There is a decent chance that phasing out fossil fuels could make us more energy reliant on bad actor countries unless we come up with a plan to acquire or mine rate earth minerals 

On 1/12/2022 at 6:59 PM, Decoy73 said:

The HB website “refreshes “ mid-post often for me, erasing everything I just typed.   Anyone else with this issue?   

I still have this issue pretty regularly.  Same for you? 

Good thing the adults are back in charge at the WH!  Those four years of peace were awful.   
 

Wonder why Putin is acting this way now?   We were all told he had his stooge in place from 2016-2020.  Why wouldn’t he have done all this then?  Maybe everyone was talking about the wrong stooge?  The one who, along with his Boss, told Romney to get out of the 80’s when talking Russia?  

On 2/16/2022 at 1:22 PM, BigRedBuster said:

But, if the Clinton people were behind this for nefarious reasons, wouldn't you think they would do a better job of hiding it?

Maybe that’s why we are all kinda just hearing about this many years later

29 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

It's the same s#!tty excuse they've had for not raising employee salaries in the wake of tremendous executive compensation.

You will never fix this problem by just raising employee salaries.   You couldn’t ever raise them enough because executives make most of their big money off options.  ESO’s are what has caused the biggest portion of the C-level/employee compensation divide to expand so quickly.  

This is the kind of petty stuff that I hate and will only hurt them in the end 

https://www.mediaite.com/news/cdc-under-new-scrutiny-for-collecting-wide-variety-of-covid-related-data-but-publishing-only-a-tiny-fraction/
 

more transparency should always be the answer, not less

On 2/12/2022 at 12:10 PM, Lorewarn said:

I saw Jurassic World in theaters and maybe once after, and I saw JW2 in theaters I think? Haven't seen it since, can't even explain how awful of a film it is.

 

But this one looks to potentially actually be decent.

Meh…these films  are designed to be Oscar winning performances.  I found them worthy of the entertainment dollars spent. 

https://www.henryford.com/news/2020/08/hydroxychloroquine-an-open-letter
 

As an early hotspot for the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen and lived its devastating effects alongside our patients and families. Perhaps that’s what makes us even more determined to rally our researchers, frontline care team members and leaders together in boldness, participating in scientific research, including clinical trials, to find the safest care and most effective treatments. While feeling the same sense of urgency everyone else does to recognize a simple, single remedy for COVID-19, we need to be realistic in the time it takes to fully understand the optimal therapy or combination of therapies required of a new virus we are all trying to contain.

The most well-accepted and definitive method to determine the efficacy of a treatment is a double-blind, randomized clinical trial. However, this type of study takes a long time to design, execute and analyze. Therefore, a whole scientific field exists in which scientists examine how a drug is working in the real world to get as best an answer as they can as soon as possible. These types of studies can be done much more rapidly with data that is already available, usually from medical records.

Like all observational research, these studies are very difficult to analyze and can never completely account for the biases inherent in how doctors make different decisions to treat different patients. Furthermore, it is not unusual that results from such studies vary in different populations and at different times, and no one study can ever be considered all by itself.