Thanks. I just asked for a link to what you posted, not something else that you had to go look for, sheesh. I routinely make sure that anything I quote or image I use in a post has a link to it. You do not. And you get upset when one is requested. A double standard.
You're right... I could probably add a link, but honestly, since you can see the links in the HTML editor I generally forget.
I wouldn't say I get upset with your lack of links, I'm just constantly shocked that some of the stuff you say is actually written by people on the internet for others to see.
And besides, your list of acceptable sites is very small. You do not allow many legitimate sources as valid ones.
The NYT and WAPO are not the only places to find legitimate information. Even they have their own problems with honesty.
I refer to more sites than WaPo and NYT but they are generally reliable and do re-examine their articles when confronted with oversights, inaccuracies, etc.
Shine on you crazy diamond...
Kurt wrote: " I routinely make sure that anything I quote or image I use in a post has a link to it. " I really doubt this. It's hard enough to get you to provide evidence for Many of your claims.
Opinions are not quotes. There is a difference.
And besides, your list of acceptable sites is very small. You do not allow many legitimate sources as valid ones.
The NYT and WAPO are not the only places to find legitimate information. Even they have their own problems with honesty.
The "world" disagrees with me ? How about a link to this poll. Are the participants from all countries around the world or just Americans (being that it is Gallup) ? And how about the same poll going back say to Carter ?
So I'm tempted to respond with a "Kurt-esque" rebuttal like "I'm not your research monkey"... but the facts are on my side. https://news.gallup.com/poll/3... 116 countries. Who gives a shit about Carter?
Thanks. I just asked for a link to what you posted, not something else that you had to go look for, sheesh. I routinely make sure that anything I quote or image I use in a post has a link to it. You do not. And you get upset when one is requested. A double standard.
If so, please read the chain again. I was scurrilously accused of deliberately passing russian (sic) disinformation. I addressed that and then islander wanted me to address something else he brought up, something separate from what he accused me of. So I in so many words to him to eff off and find it himself.
How about a link to this poll. Are the participants from all countries around the world or just Americans (being that it is Gallup) ? And how about the same poll going back say to Carter ?
So I'm tempted to respond with a "Kurt-esque" rebuttal like "I'm not your research monkey"... but the facts are on my side.
Well, contrasting the state of the world with Trump in the WH and Biden, the world was generally calm and getting calmer with Trump. The world seems to be going to hell in a handbasket with Biden in charge.
The world disagrees with you. You'll note that the Obama years are marked by his being the highest globally-rated leader, followed by the Trump era when we mixed it up at Xi and Putin levels, while Angela Merkel becomes the true global leader. Biden returns, looks to restore alliances, and the trust in the US goes up significantly. It's important to note that the 45 below is 4 points lower than the high for the year, reflective of the Afghanistan pullout. You can respond with some sort of foolish "the world respected Trump and not Biden", that Joe's being played, etc, but that's just inaccurate. Trump was a disaster. He didn't get us into a war for 2 reasons: He's a typical bully who at a critical moment will flinch and run, but more importantly, he lost in 2020. If he'd have been in charge during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, who knows what would have happened? Any suggestion that Putin would have stayed away is misguided. He was planning the invasion for years (during Trump's administration).
The "world" disagrees with me ?
How about a link to this poll. Are the participants from all countries around the world or just Americans (being that it is Gallup) ? And how about the same poll going back say to Carter ?
Well, contrasting the state of the world with Trump in the WH and Biden, the world was generally calm and getting calmer with Trump. The world seems to be going to hell in a handbasket with Biden in charge.
The world disagrees with you. You'll note that the Obama years are marked by his being the highest globally-rated leader, followed by the Trump era when we mixed it up at Xi and Putin levels, while Angela Merkel becomes the true global leader. Biden returns, looks to restore alliances, and the trust in the US goes up significantly. It's important to note that the 45 below is 4 points lower than the high for the year, reflective of the Afghanistan pullout.
You can respond with some sort of foolish "the world respected Trump and not Biden", that Joe's being played, etc, but that's just inaccurate. Trump was a disaster.
He didn't get us into a war for 2 reasons: He's a typical bully who at a critical moment will flinch and run, but more importantly, he lost in 2020. If he'd have been in charge during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, who knows what would have happened? Any suggestion that Putin would have stayed away is misguided. He was planning the invasion for years (during Trump's administration).
And you don't see any dangers with Biden in charge with his present mental state I presume. Trump is the shiny object they dangle in front of you so you don't pay attention to Biden's obvious decline and the dangers it represents.
I won’t try to argue that Biden is still as sharp as his 40-yr-old self, but he’s surrounded by folks that work with him, respect him, and he cooperates with.
Contrasting that to a petulant poorly-informed serial bad-decisioner it’s obvious that we’re - globally - in a safer state than before when the failed real estate salesman, serial philanderer, reality TV host, never having been in public office, was holding the nuclear football in his sweaty little mitts while he stockpiled and refused to return our classified information in his bathroom at his golf club.
Well, contrasting the state of the world with Trump in the WH and Biden, the world was generally calm and getting calmer with Trump. The world seems to be going to hell in a handbasket with Biden in charge. Trump was the first POTUS in decades that did not get the US into any new wars. He accomplished new peace accords in the ME. Things were looking pretty good. Again, Trump is no longer in charge, Biden is. Yet while you worry about Trump's mental condition, you show no reservations about Biden's.
Remember how Sec Gates said that Biden has been on the wrong side of every foreign policy that he has taken a position on ? That is consistency and the string has remained unbroken with him as POTUS, starting with Afghanistan.
And you don't see any dangers with Biden in charge with his present mental state I presume.
Trump is the shiny object they dangle in front of you so you don't pay attention to Biden's obvious decline and the dangers it represents.
I wonât try to argue that Biden is still as sharp as his 40-yr-old self, but heâs surrounded by folks that work with him, respect him, and he cooperates with.
Contrasting that to a petulant poorly-informed serial bad-decisioner itâs obvious that weâre - globally - in a safer state than before when the failed real estate salesman, serial philanderer, reality TV host, never having been in public office, was holding the nuclear football in his sweaty little mitts while he stockpiled and refused to return our classified information in his bathroom at his golf club.
US President Joe Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator.
After Blinken came back from meeting Xi, more or less accomplishing little but, as he put it, at least starting dialogue towards a less adversarial and more cooperative relationship...and then the old man makes this comment? WTF?
I take it that you all didn't hear the one where he wants to build a choo choo train from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean ?
Y'all gotta stop pretending that he's all there. The light is on but no one is home.
US President Joe Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator.
After Blinken came back from meeting Xi, more or less accomplishing little but, as he put it, at least starting dialogue towards a less adversarial and more cooperative relationship...and then the old man makes this comment? WTF?
...In regards to continuing the sanctions against Venezuela, is Joe Biden a sadistic fuck who like an 11-year old boy takes great pleasure in pulling the wings off flies? Why does he want to prolong the Maduro regime and keep the Cuban communists in power?
So you support US-backed regime change?
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Will this characterization of the Chinese leader help solve deep US structural economic problems? Health problems? Opioid addiction and overdoses?
US President Joe Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator.
Strikes me that Biden wants to run for a second term.
So what is Joe Biden? An ethnic cleansing terrorist who takes great pleasure in killing innocents and destroying communities? Do democratic leaders always make the best terrorists?
In regards to continuing the sanctions against Venezuela, is Joe Biden a sadistic fuck who like an 11-year old boy takes great pleasure in pulling the wings off flies? Why does he want to prolong the Maduro regime and keep the Cuban communists in power?
Will this characterization of the Chinese leader help solve deep US structural economic problems? Health problems? Opioid addiction and overdoses?
Why do Americans continue to fall for and tolerate this absolute nonsense? Are Americans a self-loathing people?
I'm just hoping that by year-end the dems get their shit together and put together a decent alternative, and biden gracefully bows out...but I'm not convinced the old man is willing to give up the power.
