• The broken record

    From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to All on Sun Oct 6 21:49:02 2024
    Biden/Harris sure have broken a lot of records..

    Now I'm going to sound like a broken record:

    Pray for Trump's victory every day between now and Election Day!

    If you're not religious, and praying isn't something that you normally do, just try it for this purpose and your prayer can be this simple, just say this:

    "God and Jesus, please make sure Trump wins this year's election. Amen."

    Just say that every day at bedtime between now and election day.

    Also, try to give family/friends a ride to the polls. Call them and tell them that you're very worried about what 4 more years of Democrat control will do, and that you will sleep better if you know that they voted for Trump.

    Do everything we can guys! We need this so bad!!!

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Oct 7 15:33:32 2024
    Aaron Thomas -> All skrev 2024-10-07 05:49:
    Pray for Trump's victory every day between now and Election Day!

    What you really should pray for is that the US people do not make the same mistake that the German people did in 1933.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Björn Felten on Mon Oct 7 08:02:04 2024
    What you really should pray for is that the US people do not make the same mistake that the German people did in 1933.

    Trump's not going to exterminate the illegals, he just wants to deport them.

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to AARON THOMAS on Mon Oct 7 10:14:00 2024
    Biden/Harris sure have broken a lot of records..

    Which ones have they broken recently?


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Oct 7 18:49:41 2024
    Hello Aaron,

    Biden/Harris sure have broken a lot of records..

    Higher and higher. But I don't want to brag.

    Now I'm going to sound like a broken record:

    Wages outpacing inflation is always a good thing.
    And that is what we are having today under the Biden
    administration. We can continue by electing Kamala
    Harris for President, thus making workers very happy.

    Pray for Trump's victory every day between now and Election Day!

    We saw what he did last time. And that was a total disaster.
    So why would anybody in his/her right mind want to elect him
    again?

    If you're not religious, and praying isn't something that you normally do, just try it for this purpose and your prayer can be this simple, just say this:

    One does not have to say anything to understand your orange god
    was a flop as president. Nobody should want a return to that.

    "God and Jesus, please make sure Trump wins this year's election. Amen."

    Just say that every day at bedtime between now and election day.

    Indiana Jones also said a prayer along those same lines.
    Fortunately for him, a little kid saved his sorry butt, and
    we all know what happened next.

    Also, try to give family/friends a ride to the polls. Call them and tell them that you're very worried about what 4 more years of Democrat control will do, and that you will sleep better if you know that they voted for Trump.

    There is only one problem. Even with free photo ID being available
    in most states, it costs real money for those who are homeless, and
    elderly, and disabled, and otherwise penniless, to be able to obtain
    a photo ID (which is needed for voting purposes). So even if I could
    get them to the polls, it would do them no good. As such, all those
    would-be Trump voters have to stay home.

    Do everything we can guys! We need this so bad!!!

    All those would-be Trump voters need a cerfified birth certificate
    in order to get a free photo ID. Thank you for your willingness to pay
    the costs!

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Lee Lofaso on Mon Oct 7 13:39:16 2024
    Biden/Harris sure have broken a lot of records..

    Higher and higher. But I don't want to brag.

    Exactly, me neither.

    Wages outpacing inflation is always a good thing.
    And that is what we are having today under the Biden
    administration. We can continue by electing Kamala
    Harris for President, thus making workers very happy.

    Some are happy some are not.

    Pray for Trump's victory every day between now and Election Day!

    We saw what he did last time. And that was a total disaster.
    So why would anybody in his/her right mind want to elect him
    again?

    The covid disaster? It was actually Democrats fault.

    One does not have to say anything to understand your orange god
    was a flop as president. Nobody should want a return to that.

    We also need to pray that Trump will make the Superbowl halftime game an exciting one.

    Indiana Jones also said a prayer along those same lines.
    Fortunately for him, a little kid saved his sorry butt, and
    we all know what happened next.

    Harrison Ford made a pact with the devil so it doesn't count.

    There is only one problem. Even with free photo ID being available
    in most states, it costs real money for those who are homeless, and elderly, and disabled, and otherwise penniless, to be able to obtain
    a photo ID (which is needed for voting purposes). So even if I could
    get them to the polls, it would do them no good. As such, all those would-be Trump voters have to stay home.

    Is photo ID required for voting in your state?

    All those would-be Trump voters need a cerfified birth certificate
    in order to get a free photo ID. Thank you for your willingness to pay
    the costs!

    Just do stuff the Democrat way. Nobody needs an ID, they just need to know a registered voter's name and address.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Björn Felten on Mon Oct 7 23:13:35 2024
    Hello Bj”rn,

    Pray for Trump's victory every day between now and Election Day!

    What you really should pray for is that the US people do not make the same mistake that the German people did in 1933.

    Be careful. He might get his orange god to deport us to Sweden.
    Then what would you do?

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Lee Lofaso on Mon Oct 7 23:37:05 2024
    Lee Lofaso -> Bj”rn Felten skrev 2024-10-07 23:13:
    Be careful. He might get his orange god to deport us to Sweden.
    Then what would you do?

    We've always welcomed immigrants with open arms. After all, getting grown-up fully educated people for free (an MD costs society EUR300-400k, for instance -- "normal" educations in the range of EUR50-100k) who can start working and paying taxes from day one if we allow them.

    It's an offer we simply cannot refuse without being total xenophobic idiots like in the MAGA world and in Germany a century ago.


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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Oct 7 23:47:17 2024
    Aaron Thomas -> Bj”rn Felten skrev 2024-10-07 16:02:
    What you really should pray for is that the US people do not make the
    same mistake that the German people did in 1933.

    Trump's not going to exterminate the illegals, he just wants to deport them.

    I'm not surprised that this is the only thing your bad education has taught you about the rise and fall of the Third Reich.

    Don't feel bad about it. If your wish comes true, you can experience it firsthand. Maybe NATO will come to your rescue and liberate you from the evil dictator and all his fanatics, but don't count on it.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Björn Felten on Mon Oct 7 16:04:08 2024
    We've always welcomed immigrants with open arms. After all, getting grown-up fully educated people for free (an MD costs society
    EUR300-400k, for instance -- "normal" educations in the range of EUR50-100k) who can start working and paying taxes from day one if we allow them.

    It's an offer we simply cannot refuse without being total xenophobic idiots like in the MAGA world and in Germany a century ago.

    I will recommend it to my congressman. (Send em to Sweden.)

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Oct 8 03:16:56 2024
    Aaron Thomas -> Bj”rn Felten skrev 2024-10-08 00:04:
    It's an offer we simply cannot refuse without being total xenophobic
    idiots like in the MAGA world and in Germany a century ago.

    I will recommend it to my congressman. (Send em to Sweden.)

    You are welcome. When you start the path to Adolf's dreams about your new Reich, we'll be glad to pick up everything that once made the USA great that you now reject.

    And I'm sure there are many countries that would love to get your rejections. After all, those people actually DID "Make America Great," but you refuse to understand it.

    Stupid is as stupid does.


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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Lee Lofaso on Tue Oct 8 05:08:37 2024
    Lee Lofaso -> Bj”rn Felten skrev 2024-10-07 23:13:
    Be careful. He might get his orange god to deport us to Sweden.

    He is so totally brainwashed, not only political but also religious, that he's a lost cause.

    Remember that they say they are god-fearing. Yes, fear is the key word. Of all the many thousands of gods humans have worshipped ever since we started communicating with each other, the god of the three monotheistic religions (the same in Jewish, Christian and Muslim) is by far the worst violent and jealous god ever.

    So why is it a surprise that in the US, the most Christian fanatic country in the World, there is so much violence going on?

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Björn Felten on Tue Oct 8 06:03:00 2024
    And I'm sure there are many countries that would love to get your rejections. After all, those people actually DID "Make America Great,"
    but you refuse to understand it.

    Illegal immigrants made America great?

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  • From Randall Schad@1:226/44 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Oct 8 14:40:53 2024
    On 08 Oct 2024, Aaron Thomas said the following...

    Illegal immigrants made America great?

    LOL ... Maybe we ask the people who were already here when the Europeans arrived?

    Couldn't resist. :)

    RS

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Randall Schad on Tue Oct 8 13:38:32 2024
    Illegal immigrants made America great?

    LOL ... Maybe we ask the people who were already here when the Europeans arrived?

    I get what you're saying, but go ahead and ask natives if they want the border open.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Oct 8 22:05:53 2024
    Hello Aaron,

    And I'm sure there are many countries that would love to get your
    rejections. After all, those people actually DID "Make America Great,"
    but you refuse to understand it.

    Illegal immigrants made America great?

    Yep.

    Slaves from Africa were brought here against their will.
    This was legal for quite a while, until shortly after the
    Civil War when the US Constitution was finally amended to
    end the sordid practice. But remember, black folks were
    not even regarded as people in those times, so it didn't
    really matter.

    Your statement quoted above shows your own ignorance.
    What made America great was, in fact, illegal immigrants.
    Not slaves, or black folks, but honest to goodness folks
    who got here any which way they could, whether by hook
    or by crook.

    We called those people "indentured servants" - mostly
    folks from Europe - who hopped on board a ship and made
    their way here. Some of them snuck across the border
    from Canada, depending on where the ship arrived.

    How did these people pay the fare to get onto the ships?
    They had an employer. Sign a contract, work for a few years,
    then receive their just reward (new life in America).

    Worked out great for the longest time. Until FDR came
    around and ended the practice. Now everybody has to play
    by the same rules. 'Tis a shame. Now folks have to run
    and hide rather than be granted an amnesty every now and
    then.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Björn Felten on Tue Oct 8 22:06:16 2024
    Hello Bj”rn,

    Be careful. He might get his orange god to deport us to Sweden.

    He is so totally brainwashed, not only political but also religious, that he's a lost cause.

    He is not quite there yet. Almost, but not quite.

    Remember that they say they are god-fearing.

    Of course.

    Yes, fear is the key word.

    Walk into a church. Dressed to kill. And yell "Allah Akbar!"

    I guarantee the congregation will understand every word you say,
    and run screaming for the exits.

    Of all the many thousands of gods humans have worshipped ever since we started communicating with each other, the god of the three monotheistic religions (the same in Jewish, Christian and Muslim) is by far the worst violent and jealous god ever.

    "Onward Christian Soldiers" is a fine hymn and should be sung by all.

    So why is it a surprise that in the US, the most Christian fanatic country in the World, there is so much violence going on?

    WE LOVE OUR GUNS!

    For Life,
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  • From Randall Schad@1:226/44 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Oct 8 21:12:33 2024
    On 08 Oct 2024, Aaron Thomas said the following...

    Illegal immigrants made America great?

    LOL ... Maybe we ask the people who were already here when the Europe arrived?

    I get what you're saying, but go ahead and ask natives if they want the border open.

    My comment was for comedic effect only, but your point is valid.

    I also wonder, though... If you don't have a concept of land as a commodity, and you don't entertain the idea of land boundaries until the Europeans arrive, then maybe it's not as valid beyond the surface.

    *shrug*

    RS

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Lee Lofaso on Tue Oct 8 20:31:08 2024
    And I'm sure there are many countries that would love to get your
    rejections. After all, those people actually DID "Make America Great
    but you refuse to understand it.

    Illegal immigrants made America great?

    Yep.

    Slaves from Africa were brought here against their will.
    This was legal for quite a while, until shortly after the
    Civil War when the US Constitution was finally amended to
    end the sordid practice. But remember, black folks were
    not even regarded as people in those times, so it didn't
    really matter.

    Isn't it difficult to be an expert about something that you didn't see firsthand? Would you bet your life on the accuracy of a history book?

    Your statement quoted above shows your own ignorance.
    What made America great was, in fact, illegal immigrants.
    Not slaves, or black folks, but honest to goodness folks
    who got here any which way they could, whether by hook
    or by crook.

    The history books didn't say anything about slavery being illegal, at least not until Republicans made it illegal in the 1860s.

    We called those people "indentured servants" - mostly

    I've never called anyone that. I refer to people as "people" but Democrats refer to them by color.

    How did these people pay the fare to get onto the ships?
    They had an employer. Sign a contract, work for a few years,
    then receive their just reward (new life in America).

    That's a lot of conjecture to believe. Just show me the video evidence.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Randall Schad on Tue Oct 8 20:38:56 2024
    Illegal immigrants made America great?

    LOL ... Maybe we ask the people who were already here when the E arrived?

    I get what you're saying, but go ahead and ask natives if they want t border open.

    My comment was for comedic effect only, but your point is valid.

    I also wonder, though... If you don't have a concept of land as a commodity, and you don't entertain the idea of land boundaries until the Europeans arrive, then maybe it's not as valid beyond the surface.

    I believe that land is a commodity, and I believe that land boundaries existed prior to colonization, but I don't understand anything else.

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Randall Schad on Wed Oct 9 05:35:00 2024
    Randall Schad -> Aaron Thomas skrev 2024-10-09 03:12:
    I also wonder, though... If you don't have a concept of land as a commodity, and you don't entertain the idea of land boundaries until the Europeans arrive, then maybe it's not as valid beyond the surface.

    (Does the below sound familiar?)

    Millions and millions of illegals are invading our country.

    Countries all over the world are emptying their jails and mental institutions and sending them here.

    They're not sending us their finest. We're getting gang members. We're getting some very tough people, some of the worst.

    They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists.

    They are raping our women and killing our people. They will destroy all of the Americas.

    We must close the border and stop them now. Make America Great Again!

    -- Native American, 1689


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to RANDALL SCHAD on Wed Oct 9 08:26:00 2024
    My comment was for comedic effect only, but your point is valid.

    Understood.

    I also wonder, though... If you don't have a concept of land as a commodity, and you don't entertain the idea of land boundaries until the Europeans arrive
    then maybe it's not as valid beyond the surface.

    That might have been true in the past. However, if you search DuckDuckGo
    using the following:

    cartels drugs indian reservations

    You will get a lot of links that show that tribal leaders now have a very
    real concern about migrants from south of the US border.

    Here is a brief paragraph from one of the links, courtesy NewsNation via
    MSN:

    "Tribal leaders in Montana issued an urgent plea to Congress, saying they are overwhelmed and outmatched as Mexican drug cartels exploit jurisdictional loopholes to embed themselves on Native American reservations with devastating effects."

    The drug cartel people are getting onto reservations, either by passing themselves off as Native Americans or by marrying in, and then trafficing
    drugs into the reservation.


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  • From Randall Schad@1:226/44 to Björn Felten on Wed Oct 9 15:45:11 2024
    On 09 Oct 2024, Bj”rn Felten said the following...

    (Does the below sound familiar?)

    Millions and millions of illegals are invading our country.

    Countries all over the world are emptying their jails and mental institutions and sending them here.

    They're not sending us their finest. We're getting gang members. We're getting some very tough people, some of the worst.

    They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists.

    They are raping our women and killing our people. They will destroy
    all of the Americas.

    We must close the border and stop them now. Make America Great Again!

    -- Native American, 1689

    I could have sworn that was:
    -- Queen Boudicca, 61

    My history is rusty, and I can't find the newspaper from that year ANYWHERE around here.

    RS

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  • From Randall Schad@1:226/44 to Mike Powell on Wed Oct 9 17:57:19 2024
    On 09 Oct 2024, Mike Powell said the following...

    I also wonder, though... If you don't have a concept of land as a commod and you don't entertain the idea of land boundaries until the Europeans arrived, then maybe it's not as valid beyond the surface.

    That might have been true in the past.

    That's where I was headed. Again, semi-tongue-in-cheek, but based on my limited understanding of how things worked in pre-colonialist North America.

    I gather that there were regional/territorial disputes, but not necessarily over the physical land -- more along the lines of, "Hey, buddy... You're too close to my people. Time to go back over there."

    You will get a lot of links that show that tribal leaders now have a very real concern about migrants from south of the US border.

    "Tribal leaders in Montana issued an urgent plea to Congress, saying
    they are overwhelmed and outmatched as Mexican drug cartels exploit jurisdictional loopholes to embed themselves on Native American reservations with devastating effects."

    That's something I hadn't seen anything about. Might have to add a little of that topic to my late night reading.

    What a complicated worm of cans, though. I would NOT like to be part of the semi-protectorate slash pseudo-recognized city-nation-state that we've created for those folks, and then have to deal with that sort of crap.

    RS

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to Randall Schad on Wed Oct 9 17:24:00 2024
    I also wonder, though... If you don't have a concept of land as a commod and you don't entertain the idea of land boundaries until the Europeans arrived, then maybe it's not as valid beyond the surface.

    That might have been true in the past.

    That's where I was headed. Again, semi-tongue-in-cheek, but based on my limited understanding of how things worked in pre-colonialist North America.

    I gather that there were regional/territorial disputes, but not necessarily over the physical land -- more along the lines of, "Hey, buddy... You're too close to my people. Time to go back over there."

    That is my understanding, too, although part of that "understanding"
    probably comes from Hollywood. :0

    You will get a lot of links that show that tribal leaders now have a very real concern about migrants from south of the US border.

    That's something I hadn't seen anything about. Might have to add a
    little of that topic to my late night reading.

    What a complicated worm of cans, though. I would NOT like to be part of the semi-protectorate slash pseudo-recognized city-nation-state that
    we've created for those folks, and then have to deal with that sort of crap.

    Indeed. I am not sure if it was the same NewNation article I quoted or another, but a tribal leader was concerned because their reservation is geographically huge but they only have X number of tribal police... a
    number that was likely sufficient for their population until they had to
    start dealing with this issue.

    My thinking is if our larger nation did a better job of policing the
    border, their smaller nations wouldn't be having nearly the issue they are having now.



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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Randall Schad on Thu Oct 10 02:46:45 2024
    Randall Schad -> Bj”rn Felten skrev 2024-10-09 21:45:
    I could have sworn that was:
    -- Queen Boudicca, 61

    You really haven't kept up with what's happened recently? Everything was actual quotes from the MAGA cult leader and Hitler wannabe.

    If he had used red rather than orange spray tan, he would have made more sense three centuries ago.


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  • From Randall Schad@1:226/44 to Björn Felten on Wed Oct 9 22:30:10 2024
    On 10 Oct 2024, Bj”rn Felten said the following...

    Randall Schad -> Bj”rn Felten skrev 2024-10-09 21:45:
    I could have sworn that was:
    -- Queen Boudicca, 61

    You really haven't kept up with what's happened recently?

    Everything after Gutenberg has been pretty hard to read, what with all the character substitutions and all.

    Everything was actual quotes from the MAGA cult leader and
    Hitler wannabe.

    [For the passersby: I totally realize I'm rolling out the red carpet. Have fun.]

    It's interesting, really. I don't think he shares a lot of characteristics with Hitler. The motivations are entirely different. Trump's "expansionism" is based on immediate, personal financial gain -- that's where his version of respect comes from; money equals power. There's very little that indicates he cares about his nationality other than the fact that it's a tool for his own gain. Once he's gone, he doesn't care about what comes next for the American state.

    Hitler was much more interested in nationalism and his legacy as the catalyst for German expansionism, in that it was a state that he constructed. He absolutely wanted Germany to exist and continue to succeed beyond his lifetime, and he wanted to be revered for his role in making that happen.

    Also... (shhhhh) ... There's also a clear disparity in intellect.

    If he had used red rather than orange spray tan, he would have made more sense three centuries ago.

    My step-daughter put it best: when it comes to setting the bar, he's the limbo champion.

    RS

    ... The secret of getting ahead is mastering the guillotine.

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