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[Rose640]

Not trying to trade a dictator groupie for true authoritarianism.

"I may be crazy, but I ain't stupid".

Pray he doesn't get in touch with our leaders. You'd see what a particracy really is.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Pray he doesn't get in touch with our leaders. You'd see what a particracy really is.

Who says he hasn't already tried?

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Yes, Bernie. Not saying he was ideal, but certainly better than Biden. Add sexual harassment allegations on top, doesn't paint a good picture.

Unfortunately, there's almost no centre where I come from. Vast majority of people alway vote right. And Balkan right wing is the same wing that provokes wars every 50 years or so. So yeah, we've got that going.

Also, any left wing that's left are pretty much all senior citizens used to the idea of communism. Again, it's not the idea they like, it's just what they're used to.

The thing people gloss over is that the accusations vs Biden in terms of both volume and proof of some shady happening are somehow "worse" than this?

https://youtu.be/fYqKx1GuZGg

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Sexual assault allegations are serious. We unfortunately live in post modern society that don't allow for survivors (which include ALL genders) to come forward and have due process.

Remember, in any moment that happens between two people is compromised of three elements - what actually happened and the viewpoint of what happened experienced by each person. What makes it harder for survivors to come forward is the burden of proof lies on them. I've seen the terror of the struggle of the trauma of a survivor with my own eyes. The unfortunate truth is that so much other stuff gets lumped into that moment of "this happened" that gets in the way of supporting that person.

People process and experience trauma differently. Until there are certain suppprtove frameworks that are put in place to vet acussations and support all connected appropriately, it will always be this retraumatizing ******* contest of "s/he said what s/he did."

 

[fatclue_98]

When the Wailers went their separate ways, the I-Threes (the female backing vocals) became even more prominent. All three are incredible talents and successful solo acts in their own right: Marcia Griffiths (my favorite of the three), Judy Mowatt (the most criminally underrated in the group - to me), and Rita Marley.

You can get into folks like Josey Wales, Freddie MacGregor, Maxi Priest and Garnett Silk. Lots of great music for the 80s and early 90s.

Love me some Maxi Priest. Thought he had sold out when he did the duet with Roberta Flack but came right back with Groovin In The Midnight. Order was restored.

 

[fatclue_98]

You're thinking of Bernie Sanders.

It's not that straightforward unfortunately in the USA.

Though more democrats are pushing for more left ideas. There's still a very large population of people who sit centre. A purely left candidate would lose a lot of voters.

So even though there's this idea that it's only left and right in the USA. Truth is most sit centre to varying degrees.

Most countries are like this as well.

Typically the older you get the more you lean conservative. Unfortunately conservative and right are mingled and don't necessarily mean the same thing.

Most people who are normal have a mix bag of conservative and social ideas.

But political commentary has muddy the waters so much and brainwashed so many people now that in a lot of USA states people just vote what they always vote regardless of the character of the person.

That's how the Republicans keep winning in those states and why people vote against their own interests. They don't really think about it. It's mindless obedience to certain ideas.

Yes this kind of thinking is spreading globally as well.

Actually, as I’ve gotten older I find myself getting more and more liberal. I guess having a child with special needs has opened my eyes a bit to the injustices you see in this world. Obama was actually the first Democrat I ever voted for. From a very young age I knew firsthand what racism felt like being an immigrant in ‘Murica but I thought (wrongly) it was just Gringos. The Tea Party and eventually Uncle Donny John made Whitey show his ***. How people can vote against their own interests is so mind-boggling to me. I suppose hate tops everything else.

 

[Rose640]

The thing people gloss over is that the accusations vs Biden in terms of both volume and proof of some shady happening are somehow "worse" than this?

https://youtu.be/fYqKx1GuZGg

I remember this one. It didn't bring him down. Neither will Biden's one bring him down.

It's not worse. But it's comparing two evils while you didn't really have to do it.

But again, I can't see who'd be a better fit (other than Bernie). All I can think of is Warren, but she lied about being a native, so yeah. Same old, same old.

 

[Rose640]

It turns out those respirators we've overpriced by 8 mil € or something, were actually a return from Ireland. They were a church donation to Dublin hospitals. After inspecting them, Irish doctors concluded they were, well trash, and returned them to China.

We basically got junk.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Love me some Maxi Priest. Thought he had sold out when he did the duet with Roberta Flack but came right back with Groovin In The Midnight. Order was restored.

Grooving in the midnight you put on to put in some serious "body work"!

 

[MSFTisMIA]

I remember this one. It didn't bring him down. Neither will Biden's one bring him down.

It's not worse. But it's comparing two evils while you didn't really have to do it.

But again, I can't see who'd be a better fit (other than Bernie). All I can think of is Warren, but she lied about being a native, so yeah. Same old, same old.

I wasn't comparing evils. Just putting out how Faux News is all over this story, slamming Biden while conveniently labeling this "locker room talk" when it happened.

Actually, you can tell that typically left leaning MSNBC is covering it but with a certain level of awkwardness that the situation does require (even if their motives are a bit different).

 

[Rose640]

I wasn't comparing evils. Just putting out how Faux News is all over this story, slamming Biden while conveniently labeling this "locker room talk" when it happened.

Actually, you can tell that typically left leaning MSNBC is covering it but with a certain level of awkwardness that the situation does require (even if their motives are a bit different).

I saw an episode of that show with Russell Crowe playing a Fox News CEO(?). Gives you a whole new perspective of how the media works these days.

It also felt somewhat over the top with some of the lines they had, but nothing that couldn't have happebed in a similar way.

 

[raycpl]

Love me some Maxi Priest. Thought he had sold out when he did the duet with Roberta Flack but came right back with Groovin In The Midnight. Order was restored.

There are some songs/artist I can't get into, whatever the genres. There a vague line between sounding good and selling out...

 

[Laura Knotek]

So made my second bread loaf in lockdown.

Today is a holiday here in France. There's two more this month.

This turned out really well.

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That looks delicious.

 

[Laura Knotek]

My new device just arrived.
It's the i5 with 8GB RAM and 128 GB of storage.

Cool! Enjoy it.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Mentioned this in the new purchases thread. It's been worth the wait - seriously. View attachment 142133

That looks really nice. Enjoy it.

 

[Laura Knotek]

I'm so looking forward to buying that Sennheiser headphones. I can buy them now, but am not rushing to do so.

I really should give the LG native music app a chance. I'm still lazy and prefer Sony's (Walkman) Music app though. Need to get back to spending some money on music. Doubt I'll be a full audiophile so I'll stick with mp3's for now. At least I have access to quite a few DACs.

I loved the LG music app on the V20. I never needed Poweramp, even though I bought it years before the V20.

 

[N_LaRUE]

Yes, Bernie. Not saying he was ideal, but certainly better than Biden. Add sexual harassment allegations on top, doesn't paint a good picture.

Unfortunately, there's almost no centre where I come from. Vast majority of people alway vote right. And Balkan right wing is the same wing that provokes wars every 50 years or so. So yeah, we've got that going.

Also, any left wing that's left are pretty much all senior citizens used to the idea of communism. Again, it's not the idea they like, it's just what they're used to.

Keep in mind when I say left I don't mean communism. Though what we've known as communism is not correct either.

I mean more socialist ideas.

Communism doesn't equal socialism. Pretty much every country has socialism of some sort in it. Unfortunately the two are often put together, purposely, to confuse people.

There has never been as pure socialist society.

I am more left leaning because I grew up in a time and a country that has strong socialist ideas. I don't agree with everything that is left and I try not to be fully left bias.

I don't agree with a lot of what is on the right and very little with the far right. That doesn't mean that some of their ideas are not good.

I believe in more socially based help and a more community minded society. A lot of what has happened over the course of just my lifetime has removed a lot of that thinking. We've become far too judgemental and self centred.

When I say that. I don't necessarily mean local based community (though important) but community as a whole society.

Without the nationalistic nonsense.

If we can create that life could be a bit better. We can never have a perfect society but we should strive to have a better one.

I should add environmental aspects are just as important in all this.

 

[N_LaRUE]

Actually, as I’ve gotten older I find myself getting more and more liberal. I guess having a child with special needs has opened my eyes a bit to the injustices you see in this world. Obama was actually the first Democrat I ever voted for. From a very young age I knew firsthand what racism felt like being an immigrant in ‘Murica but I thought (wrongly) it was just Gringos. The Tea Party and eventually Uncle Donny John made Whitey show his ***. How people can vote against their own interests is so mind-boggling to me. I suppose hate tops everything else.

I'm the same. I've definitely gotten more liberal as I've gotten older. Though I was always liberal in general anyway.

I've never voted conservative in my life.

I was speaking generally. If you look at statistics. Older populations generally vote for conservative parties.

It's possible the USA is a bit different as there's more divide in other areas. Political affiliations are almost robotic in USA.

That's not to say people don't change in the USA but it looks like it's very difficult to do so.

 

[N_LaRUE]

I wasn't comparing evils. Just putting out how Faux News is all over this story, slamming Biden while conveniently labeling this "locker room talk" when it happened.

Actually, you can tell that typically left leaning MSNBC is covering it but with a certain level of awkwardness that the situation does require (even if their motives are a bit different).

I'll say this.

Biden is a big mistake. Not because of this either. He was a mistake before this. This didn't help though timed rather conveniently... Not saying she's lying just seems she went out of her way to pick this time to do this.

He's not the right person for the job though. Never was.

This may cause enough problems for him though..

Possibly Bernie may get his chance after all.

Though Bernie isn't ideal either.

Democrats are as mess.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

I'll say this.

Biden is a big mistake. Not because of this either. He was a mistake before this. This didn't help though timed rather conveniently... Not saying she's lying just seems she went out of her way to pick this time to do this.

He's not the right person for the job though. Never was.

This may cause enough problems for him though..

Possibly Bernie may get his chance after all.

Though Bernie isn't ideal either.

Democrats are as mess.

Unfortunately, both parties in the US go through cycles of producing one good presidential candidates. I'd argue both parties are in a rut for the head of their tickets, but that's another issue for another day.

For the democrats, Obama has been incredibly hard to replace. Plus, we're in this odd spot in the US where the old folks don't trust the young people to step in place and get certain done and are clinging to power violently for as along as possible. No one expected the boomers to retire gracefully after having made the world in their image for so long. The middle generation between the boomers and the kids seems so fractured.

We're just screwed. Outside of that, everything else is fine.