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Steely_D

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Posted: May 10, 2025 - 8:52pm

Can we get back to the idea that the President is in the middle of staging a coup?
Do a quick survey of what previous “strong men” have done and he’s following the same script. It really takes blinders to not be aware of it. 

From the book “Strongmen” - 

For ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountability while robbing their people of truth, treasure, and the protections of democracy. They promise law and order, then legitimize lawbreaking by financial, sexual, and other predators.

They use masculinity as a symbol of strength and a political weapon. Taking what you want, and getting away with it, becomes proof of male authority. They use propaganda, corruption, and violence to stay in power.

Vladimir Putin and Mobutu Sese Seko’s kleptocracies, Augusto Pinochet’s torture sites, Benito Mussolini and Muammar Gaddafi’s systems of sexual exploitation, and Silvio Berlusconi and Donald Trump’s relentless misinformation: all show how authoritarian rule, far from ensuring stability, is marked by destructive chaos.

No other type of leader is so transparent about prioritizing self-interest over the public good. As one country after another has discovered, the strongman is at his worst when true guidance is most needed by his country.


kurtster

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Posted: May 10, 2025 - 8:28pm

 buddy wrote:
This is the kind of nonsense that keeps me out of these so-called debates. 
 
You might consider evicting Dave & anybody else living rent free in your head & just post your opinions for yourself without attachment to anyone’s reactions.  Rip more vinyl, you’ll sleep better.

 
Two lines.

1) He has called me an attention whore in one way or another many times in the past as he defends himself regarding comments I've made about his posts. 

2) Projection ?

.

Edit:  I haven't stopped ripping vinyl.  I just don't post or mention it anymore as it has been made clear that no one wants to hear about it.
buddy

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Posted: May 10, 2025 - 8:04pm

 kurtster wrote:

Yeah, ok.

So I went and looked at his posting history 

4770 pages since 2003

20 posts per page using the old system = 95,400 posts

7,847 days since joining @ 21.5 years.

95,400 posts / 7,847 days = 12.16 posts per day, EVERY DAY  for over 21.5 years

That's an awful lot of "quality".  

You say he rates 100% quality ?  

So who again is the attention whore ?

just to be thorough, I put myself through the same process and I came up with 1.82 posts per day.  That makes me a real slacker when it comes to posting here.

So what….you win?  
 
You actually spend time auditing people’s posting history to…make what point exactly?

These are rhetorical questions, I don’t have the patience to read a response over about two lines. 

This is the kind of nonsense that keeps me out of these so-called debates. 
 
You might consider evicting Dave & anybody else living rent free in your head & just post your opinions for yourself without attachment to anyone’s reactions.  Rip more vinyl, you’ll sleep better.



kurtster

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Posted: May 10, 2025 - 7:25pm

 buddy wrote:
 kurtster wrote:
MAGA_dragon wrote:


Please to stfu. You bore me.
 


Says the one RPeep who has made more posts than everyone else here put together {#Rolleyes}

It’s not the quantity, it’s the quality dude.  Give it some thought. 
 
Yeah, ok.

So I went and looked at his posting history 

4770 pages since 2003

20 posts per page using the old system = 95,400 posts

7,847 days since joining @ 21.5 years.

95,400 posts / 7,847 days = 12.16 posts per day, EVERY DAY  for over 21.5 years

That's an awful lot of "quality".  

You say he rates 100% quality ?  

So who again is the attention whore ?

just to be thorough, I put myself through the same process and I came up with 1.82 posts per day.  That makes me a real slacker when it comes to posting here.
buddy

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Posted: May 10, 2025 - 6:40pm

 kurtster wrote:

Sure sounded like you don't know what it is.  U mus knot reed wot u right  ...

So if 10 million people does not qualify as an invasion, how many do?

 
Says the one RPeep who has made more posts than everyone else here put together 
{#Rolleyes}

It’s not the quantity, it’s the quality dude.  Give it some thought. 

kurtster

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Posted: May 10, 2025 - 6:04pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:

I know exactly what it is, you moron. The headline is evidence that a hell of a lot of people in this country don't.

There is no "invasion". Just paranoia on the part of you and your ilk.
 
Sure sounded like you don't know what it is.  U mus knot reed wot u right  ...

So if 10 million people does not qualify as an invasion, how many do?


Please to stfu. You bore me.
 
Says the one RPeep who has made more posts than everyone else here put together {#Rolleyes}
Red_Dragon

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Posted: May 10, 2025 - 5:39pm

 kurtster wrote:

It used to be taught in a class called Civics.  You know more about Nazis than this country. 

In retrospect, you are Putin's bitch.

In the Constitution, Habeas Corpus can be suspended for circumstances involving an invasion.  

We have had an invasion of at least 10 million illegals, so the suspension would be justified.

This will certainly end up in SCOTUS if contested.
.

OBTW, the new Pope is a Sox fan, not a Cubs fan and has a history of voting in republican primaries.
.

{#Nyah}


I know exactly what it is, you moron. The headline is evidence that a hell of a lot of people in this country don't.

There is no "invasion". Just paranoia on the part of you and your ilk.

I don't honestly give a shit about the pope. I posted a meme I thought was good for a chuckle; you took it seriously.

Please to stfu. You bore me.
kurtster

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Posted: May 10, 2025 - 5:35pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:
What is habeas corpus, the legal procedure Trump is considering suspending?
This is the lead story on CNN's website at the moment. It's terrifying.
 
It used to be taught in a class called Civics.  You know more about Nazis than this country. 

In retrospect, you are Putin's bitch.

In the Constitution, Habeas Corpus can be suspended for circumstances involving an invasion.  

We have had an invasion of at least 10 million illegals, so the suspension would be justified.

This will certainly end up in SCOTUS if contested.
.

OBTW, the new Pope is a Sox fan, not a Cubs fan and has a history of voting in republican primaries.
.

{#Nyah}
R_P

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Posted: May 10, 2025 - 3:46pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:

What is habeas corpus, the legal procedure Trump is considering suspending?

This is the lead story on CNN's website at the moment. It's terrifying.


Throwback to the Dubya era when it was also discussed w.r.t. renditions, black sites torture, and Guantanamo.
Red_Dragon

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Posted: May 10, 2025 - 3:25pm

What is habeas corpus, the legal procedure Trump is considering suspending?


This is the lead story on CNN's website at the moment. It's terrifying.
Red_Dragon

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Posted: May 9, 2025 - 1:14pm

New Jersey mayor arrested at US immigration detention center, prosecutor says
Steely_D

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Posted: May 9, 2025 - 9:29am

 islander wrote:
Something something camel, something something eye of needle. 


You rang? 

islander

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Posted: May 9, 2025 - 8:57am

 Isabeau wrote:

Geebus! 
 I knew the Post was going right, but ...this?


Something something camel, something something eye of needle. 
Isabeau

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Posted: May 9, 2025 - 8:38am

 R_P wrote:

The Bezos Post. Next up: The Vatican should be run like a business! More indulgences!


Geebus!  I knew the Post was going right, but ...this?
Proclivities

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Posted: May 9, 2025 - 5:07am

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
She's got an opinion so that means she acknowledges that he is god's representative on earth and so should probably shut up or she'll be meeting with lesser imps and demons.

I guess she assumes she needs to express her opinion and people need to know it, even though she's not Catholic, she's not even Christian.
islander

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Posted: May 8, 2025 - 7:06pm

 kurtster wrote:

So what. You hate religion more than you hate Nazis and you don't even believe in God.


Are you threatened by a pope with Christian values?
GeneP59

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Posted: May 8, 2025 - 5:29pm

Just wait until Musk DOGE’s the Vatican up to get them back in the Black since he saw too much Red.  
R_P

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Posted: May 8, 2025 - 5:07pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:

The Bezos Post. Next up: The Vatican should be run like a business! More indulgences!

Steely_D

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Posted: May 8, 2025 - 4:52pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:



“…and also wit youse…”

kurtster

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Posted: May 8, 2025 - 3:39pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:
 
So what. You hate religion more than you hate Nazis and you don't even believe in God.
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