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GW Hayduke

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  1. Describing and understanding the situation isn't making excuses. Folks shouldn't conflate the two. But you should probably note that mental illness and insanity are actual legal defenses used in our legal system sometimes and are much more of an "excuse" (he is just off his meds!) than noting aspects that match an intentional performance. I'm pointing toward accountability in terms of likelihood of actual deliberation on how to amplify the antiemetic message. It is easy to accept "he is just off his meds" and then ignore what he is doing and how it fits with what else is going on in the world. Accepting intention and deliberation leads me to consider why he is doing this now. I imagine Kanye is mostly just a pawn but it I'm not convinced it is a coincidence that his episode is occurring at the same time as Trump's announcement to run again and Elon taking over twitter. It is very possible his messages and methods are resonating on the darker side of the right and with some in the black community. Antisemitism was a huge part of the America First movement in the 40s, and when combined with Christian nationalism (the Christian Front) and propaganda (Father Coughlin, senators Lundeen, Nye, etc.). I think antisemitism has potential to again be a powerful current within today's GOP base. A further step into the rabbit hole could also point out a more national intention to try and split groups that have traditionally been aligned politically in the US - blacks and jews. This could allow the right to carve off a slice. We know the right has been somewhat successful at carving off a piece of the hispanic vote to a certain extent, and I believe the potential exists that this may be part of an attempt to do the same with the black vote.
  2. I don’t know what you mean. Him being an antisemite doesn’t mean he isn’t performing. Him performing for clicks and attention isn’t an excuse for promoting antisemitism. You don’t put on a mask, hold a net, and go on Alex Jones if you aren’t performing. Maybe he is just insane, but I doubt it. I think his act is intentional.
  3. I’m leaning towards this being a performance. He is an entertainer. He knows how to manipulate an audience and put on a show. Similar to this.
  4. Rather than another country’s problem, immigrants are overwhelmingly positive members of society as workers, tax payers, and consumers. More immigrants = higher population = higher GDP = greater economic standing in the world. We should all be actively trying to drain the Russian population, while increasing our own and that our allies.
  5. This is an obvious coverup. I’ll tell you who opened the door. This is what the deep state libs are trying to hide. Hunter Biden opened the door. He was trying to get to his laptop that had Hillary’s emails about benganzi and proved Ukraine funds have been going to Sam Bankman-Fried
  6. So the expectation is that all of the morally flawed and corrupt individuals in our society are GOP donors? And when one is a Dem donor, it is newsworthy?
  7. Guo is an intriguing figure and is mixed up in all kinds of wild things. Fresh Air did a solid episode on him. https://www.npr.org/2022/10/29/1131916203/jemele-hill-evan-osnos-guo-wengui-alexandra-horowitz
  8. But the truth in that case wasn't slippery. There was the research and researchers, which were not censored, and then there was the misinformation surrounding that research, which hopefully was and is being censored.
  9. The research conducted by those two scientists did not show that Covid vaccines alter DNA. We should welcome their input, but we shouldn't welcome misinformation about their research. https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-vaccines/fact-check-controversial-mit-study-does-not-show-that-mrna-vaccines-alter-dna-idUSL1N2PK1DC Here is Jaenisch's institute's twitter account. https://twitter.com/WhiteheadInst Here is Young's twitter account. https://twitter.com/youngricka Those two scientists were not banned or censored on twitter.
  10. In 2020, 52% of Catholics voted for Biden. https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/324410/religious-group-voting-2020-election.aspx
  11. Maybe she knew about 9/11 before it happened! Lets string her up.
  12. The difference between an ex-president and a normal citizen is that a normal citizen can’t assert executive privilege over certain documents generated during their presidency. A main thrust of the special master is to determine which documents (if any) should be shielded from investigators due to executive privilege.
  13. This is clearly a tactic by team trump to try and stall the investigation and indictment. People can see that as the sky is falling I guess. But hopefully everyone can once and for all dispel the idea that this is somehow about returning classified documents back to trump.
  14. Yeah. And stealing, hiding, and not returning classified documents is a crime. That is why the FBI obtained a search warrant and took possession of the classified documents from Mar-a-Lago. That is why there is chatter that Trump is under threat of a criminal indictment.
  15. Personal and attorney-client privileged documents will be returned to Trump. Classified documents and presidential records will not be returned to Trump. Trump may get access to presidential records for things like a library or whatever, but he will not have ownership of them.
  16. Both parties gerrymander because those are the rules of the game. Only one party is actively trying to strengthen democracy and end gerrymandering. Imagine expecting the democrats to not use the existing rules to their advantage. If Dems would have gotten a couple extra seats in the Senate, For the Peoples Act would have passed ending gerrymandering nationwide for federal elections. The two-party system is broken because one of the two parties is broken.
  17. If true, his tantrum to get to the capital further connects him with the protest/riot that attempted to physically stop the certification process. His other connections are his prior Twitter statements leading up to Jan 6th and his statements to the crowd at the event. Other potential connections may be backroom correspondence with Stone, Flynn and others to coordinate actions by the oath keepers and proud boys on Jan 6th. The tantrum with secret service isn’t a big deal by itself but when considered in totality with everything else it points toward him trying to stop the election certification
  18. The game isn't about changing the minds of the bases. The game is to suppress turnout and contributions of the Rs and motivate turnout and contributions of the Ds with the rare occasional flip.
  19. The “not prosecuting the president” norm is a political cultural issue mostly unique to the US. The idea was that we don’t want to be a banana republic like Venzelua or wherever where the current ruling party constantly jails the prior ruler. We wanted to be too good for all of that. It seems we aren’t.
  20. Yep. That data indicates "the law (waiting periods) appears to reduce the outcomes (suicide/homicide)." Waiting periods obviously should be done - however, we would need a value system that values the lives of children and fellow citizens over the convenience of obtaining a firearm. We would need more folks to be less selfish - more folks to live by the bible and tenants of what it means to be Christian - or shit just be a normal good person. To address criminal access to guns from illicit sources we would need to IMO a licensing/registration system to curb the flow of new firearms into the population and give a means to remove a firearm once a person dies or allows the license to lapse - and actively remove firearms from the population through buyback programs. Again, we would need more folks willing to endure a tiny bit of sacrifice - more actual Christians (instead of fake ass hypocrites).
  21. That is exactly what Australia did, but it requires a mature political environment to do common sense things like that. Thanks GOP and irresponsible gun owners who value their convivence over the lives of children and fellow citizens. https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/133198/Licence_Categories_and_Firearm_Types_FACT_Sheet.pdf
  22. Restricting access to assault weapons (high velocity, high capacity semi auto rifles) would decrease the magnitude of mass shooter events. That seems rather obvious
  23. A mature society would handle the hog vs. dead kids dilemma the way Australia reformed their gun laws. They would provide access to various types of firearms based on established need. A landowner or property manager or hog eradication business is able to establish the need for a semi auto, large capacity, high velocity rifle, etc. to manage certain wildlife, then they would get a license for it. Once that license expires, when that company goes out of business, or the property manager retires to an old persons home, the firearm is returned/sold back to a dealer. To do all that though we would need to have a mature and responsible political environment to make laws. Muh freedom and anti-gov jack offs having weight in the GOP prevents that
  24. I've been talking about both. I don't think we should rely on small town cops to solve our mass shooter events problem - that is my entire point. I don't think refresher training will fix our small town cops. I also don't think major militarization reforms in small towns is the correct path either. Major militarization may have some effect at decreasing the magnitude of mass shooting events, but I don't believe that benefit would outweigh the other costs associated with a more militarized police state. Therefore, addressing your question of "how to reduce mass shooter events" is the appropriate one. IMO that answer obviously lies with gun reform and universal healthcare.
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