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Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration

« on: Today at 03:54:08 PM »

Both parties scrapped the Commission, because the debate schedule had the debates after a significant number of voters had already voted. And Biden was always going to agree to debates, even if he were ahead in the polls.
For reasons that would be obvious if you had the wit to imagine what the reaction in the right wing media you get all your opinions from would be if he didn't.

Bill Maher represents  right wing media?

Well, generally speaking he represents idiots. There is just a significant overlap in the Venn diagram.

And I like your tacit admission that Biben's people out maneuvered the Trump campaign in setting the debate rules. Though you might not understand what you are actually saying because as a Trump lover you cannot credit Biden with anything.

If Trump objected to the Biden rules he kept quiet.

I take it you do not follow the news closely. Your idol and his campaign are already bitching about the format, the news organizations sponsoring the debates, and the moderators.

What I feel about Biden ... has no credibility.

FIFY.

Thanks.  That is what I said.

ok

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Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration

« on: Today at 02:26:11 PM »

Both parties scrapped the Commission, because the debate schedule had the debates after a significant number of voters had already voted. And Biden was always going to agree to debates, even if he were ahead in the polls.
For reasons that would be obvious if you had the wit to imagine what the reaction in the right wing media you get all your opinions from would be if he didn't.

Bill Maher represents  right wing media?

Well, generally speaking he represents idiots. There is just a significant overlap in the Venn diagram.

And I like your tacit admission that Biben's people out maneuvered the Trump campaign in setting the debate rules. Though you might not understand what you are actually saying because as a Trump lover you cannot credit Biden with anything.

If Trump objected to the Biden rules he kept quiet.

I take it you do not follow the news closely. Your idol and his campaign are already bitching about the format, the news organizations sponsoring the debates, and the moderators.

What I feel about Biden ... has no credibility.

FIFY.

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Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration

« on: Today at 01:30:17 PM »

Bill Maher recognizes the Emperors clothing

T o me it says Biden knows he is losing because otherwise he would not have agreed to a debate. Only the loser wants to debate.

Trump wanted to debate too, and had been speaking about it for months. So what conclusion would you draw from that?

The challenger always wants to debate the incumbent.

So an incumbent agreeing to a debate knows he is losing? Like...

Joe Biden

If you want to change the subject, as you usually do, have at it.
But you suck at history and research.

2020 Trump, the incumbent, was the clear underdog in a pandemic year. Still, he picked up 7 million votes
from his 2016 Count.

Obama in 2012 was in a statistical tie with Romney, the challenger

Bush in 2004  was tied with Gore

Clinton in 1996 had a huge lead over Dole but it was a three way race with Perot.
No incumbent would leave the debate stage to two opponents

Bush in 1992 also three way.


Reagan in 1984 landslide in the polls and the voting but Reagan was fighting back from high inflation in his first term.

So to be clear: every incumbent since Ford has agreed to debates with their major party opponent. Every. One.

Every one.
What that has to do with my previous statement is known only to you.
the challenger always wants to debate the incumbent.

It has to do with this bit of ignorant foolishness you subscribed to: "Biden knows he is losing because otherwise he would not have agreed to a debate". Your typically dishonest attempt to lie about the point notwithstanding.

Well,he is losing in the polls.
He refused to discuss the debates for weeks.
He finally agreed after demanding the debate commission be scrapped, the elimination of a live audience, and the elimination of a third party candidate.  And he limited the debates to two, with just one when voting has started.
And he simply refuses to talk about calls for more debates.

I agree with Maher that despite being the incumbent Biden is acting as the challenger.
That conclusion is not an outlier in the media.

Both parties scrapped the Commission, because the debate schedule had the debates after a significant number of voters had already voted. And Biden was always going to agree to debates, even if he were ahead in the polls. For reasons that would be obvious if you had the wit to imagine what the reaction in the right wing media you get all your opinions from would be if he didn't.

And I like your tacit admission that Biben's people out maneuvered the Trump campaign in setting the debate rules. Though you might not understand what you are actually saying because as a Trump lover you cannot credit Biden with anything.

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Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration

« on: Today at 12:44:42 PM »

Bill Maher recognizes the Emperors clothing

T o me it says Biden knows he is losing because otherwise he would not have agreed to a debate. Only the loser wants to debate.

Trump wanted to debate too, and had been speaking about it for months. So what conclusion would you draw from that?

The challenger always wants to debate the incumbent.

So an incumbent agreeing to a debate knows he is losing? Like...

Joe Biden

If you want to change the subject, as you usually do, have at it.
But you suck at history and research.

2020 Trump, the incumbent, was the clear underdog in a pandemic year. Still, he picked up 7 million votes
from his 2016 Count.

Obama in 2012 was in a statistical tie with Romney, the challenger

Bush in 2004  was tied with Gore

Clinton in 1996 had a huge lead over Dole but it was a three way race with Perot.
No incumbent would leave the debate stage to two opponents

Bush in 1992 also three way.


Reagan in 1984 landslide in the polls and the voting but Reagan was fighting back from high inflation in his first term.

So to be clear: every incumbent since Ford has agreed to debates with their major party opponent. Every. One.

Every one.
What that has to do with my previous statement is known only to you.
the challenger always wants to debate the incumbent.

It has to do with this bit of ignorant foolishness you subscribed to: "Biden knows he is losing because otherwise he would not have agreed to a debate". Your typically dishonest attempt to lie about the point notwithstanding.

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Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration

« on: Today at 12:14:35 PM »

Bill Maher recognizes the Emperors clothing

T o me it says Biden knows he is losing because otherwise he would not have agreed to a debate. Only the loser wants to debate.

Trump wanted to debate too, and had been speaking about it for months. So what conclusion would you draw from that?

The challenger always wants to debate the incumbent.

So an incumbent agreeing to a debate knows he is losing? Like...

Joe Biden

If you want to change the subject, as you usually do, have at it.
But you suck at history and research.

2020 Trump, the incumbent, was the clear underdog in a pandemic year. Still, he picked up 7 million votes
from his 2016 Count.

Obama in 2012 was in a statistical tie with Romney, the challenger

Bush in 2004  was tied with Gore

Clinton in 1996 had a huge lead over Dole but it was a three way race with Perot.
No incumbent would leave the debate stage to two opponents

Bush in 1992 also three way.


Reagan in 1984 landslide in the polls and the voting but Reagan was fighting back from high inflation in his first term.

So to be clear: every incumbent since Ford has agreed to debates with their major party opponent. Every. One.

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Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration

« on: Today at 08:16:10 AM »

Bill Maher recognizes the Emperors clothing

T o me it says Biden knows he is losing because otherwise he would not have agreed to a debate. Only the loser wants to debate.

Trump wanted to debate too, and had been speaking about it for months. So what conclusion would you draw from that?

The challenger always wants to debate the incumbent.

So an incumbent agreeing to a debate knows he is losing? Like...

Trump in 2020.
Obama in 2012.
Bush in 2004
Clinton in 1996.
Bush in 1992
Reagan in 1984

Or, and hear me out on this, Presidential debates have become an expected and ingrained part of the process to the extent that not debating, as the incumbent, is seen as a sign of weakness and fear. And you and Maher are a couple of intellectually dishonest hacks who just made that conclusion up for this case. And had Biden not agreed, you would be deriding him as not doing so because he is not mentally fit for the job. You intellectually dishonest PROVEN LIAR.

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Biden Administration / Re: News in General

« on: Today at 08:08:08 AM »

Sounds great, Tony.

I on the other hand am cruising the kitchen looking for something to eat, but the cupboards are almost bare...10 days to go until next payment [the dog has plenty of food]. :-)    ...had to get the car fixed this pension fn.
Luckily there's a new jar of Vegemite in the pantry. 
Can't go to the food bank..."what is this amount here debited to your bank account reading "Foxtel"?  "You shouldn't be having all that internet, movies, sport in HD etc instead of buying food"!  They would have a good point.
No worries, I'll just skip a bill payment of some sort...team bambu will survive. YouTube videos have taught me how to live on less.

Bringing two cars into the retirement village would've been ideal, ...one needs fixing, you drive the other one.
but, nowhere to park it but on the driveway...with the other one in the garage.
Defeats the purpose of drive up, depress the remote, garage door opens, drive car in and close door...don't get wet when it rains and don't ever have to get out of car to open garage door.

Wise us made sure there was a "govt transportation bus stop at gate "...good service, 'old people' can travel on the bus cheaply.

I will pray for you Bambu, I will pray for God to bless you. And I had the same thing happen, I had an unplanned emergency take my savings away, I had to pay $110 for a ride home from a Colonoscopy, they found and removed 10 pre-cancerous polyps, they saved my life, I need to go back next year and get another colonoscopy as it was so bad, but they saved my life. Anyhow, the ride home took all of my money, and so I lived on oranges, and pasta. I can get oranges for 4 for $1, and the pasta is $1.50, so we have cheap food at the store.

And I ride the bus, I gave up my car, I cannot afford a car anymore with the cost of the car, plus gasoline, and insurance, etc, I sold my car and I ride the bus. If I was rich, I would buy the electric Volkswagen Bus, if my movie and my poetry book are successful then I will buy a VW Bus. ( I also gave up smoking cigarettes, they are $10 per pack now, plus they are very unhealthy. I would rather spend the money on food and clothes, etc. ) I also like to walk, like they do in Europe, I walk to the store to buy dinner, etc, I walk through the park to the Mexican Market, it is such a beautiful walk through the park, and our city motto is City of Kindness, and everyone is kind. And I am healthy from walking everyday and from carrying my groceries, etc.

I have lots to be grateful for, sitting here in a beautiful apartment with a nice cup of coffee, with perfect weather outside, and I am optimistic about the future. I want a wife and a family, and I want to produce movies and television shows and I want to publish my poetry book, etc. But, meanwhile, I have a nice apartment and food to eat, so I am grateful. I have an attitude of gratitude.

If you live on rice, then you need beans to make up the other half of the needed nutrients, people who live on rice need to eat beans to go with the rice. The Mexicans always have beans with their rice. And they eat the prickly pear cactus with scrambled eggs, with salsa, and tortillas. The Mexicans can feed a whole house full of people on a minimum wage job.

I have not tried Vegemite yet, but I have lived on Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches. I hope God blesses you with food. And that is good that the dog is well taken care of.

It will get better here when they start filming more movies and television shows here, now that Newsom has lowered taxes for producers.

Salute,

Tony V.

Oh, I didn't mean to have you concerned for my welfare. No way I would intentionally do that.
I should be the one concerned for you...and am.
Yes, cars are expensive, you're better off without one if you can ride the bus and walk.
Pack of 30 Winfield Blue cigarettes in Australia is $57.99 Aust.

Mrs bambu had a colonoscopy recently...all good. She had one 3 years ago, yes, pre-cancerous polyps removed.
Me? I always meant to have one, and also do a bowel cancer kit test and send the sample away...just never got around to it.

After age 74 it is written that there is an increased risk of 'tearing/bleeding' inside.
I'm closer to 80 than 75...so I've decided to let nature take its course. Whatever kills me kills me.
Prostate cancer, bowel cancer, stomach cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, brain cancer, heart attack, the list of possibles is very long. 10 people in my retirement village have passed away recently.
Here one day, gone the next.
I was shocked.
Mrs bambu said to me "It's a retirement village, full of 'old people'"!!!

You do not need a colonoscopy. Just have your picture taken.

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Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration

« on: May 19, 2024, 11:15:24 AM »

Bill Maher recognizes the Emperors clothing

T o me it says Biden knows he is losing because otherwise he would not have agreed to a debate. Only the loser wants to debate.

Trump wanted to debate too, and had been speaking about it for months. So what conclusion would you draw from that?

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Movies / Re: Movies

« on: May 17, 2024, 04:37:13 PM »

Though I do like the scene where Jude Law joins the Basterds in a tavern and gives away their identity by...

Fuck me. Again.

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Movies / Re: Movies

« on: May 17, 2024, 04:29:05 PM »

Wasting time on YouTube yesterday, I watched the opening scene from Inglourius Basterds again, and was again struck with how nearly perfect the scene was. The writing, the acting, the reveal of the hiding family, the build up of tension, the homage to The Searchers near the end - except while Ethan Edwards turns his back on the civilized world to live forever as an outsider, Shoshanna runs from it in fucking terror. All first rate. And then Landa pulls out that ridiculous pipe and I am reminded that this great scene is appended to a fucking revenge fantasy cartoon. The scene deserves a movie that takes it seriously, not some hipster film buff jacking off. It is a great scene, jarring sudden comic relief inserted when the movie should keep building tension aside, but FUCK THAT MOVIE.

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Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration

« on: May 17, 2024, 04:22:14 PM »

So what is worse? That Justice Alito, who has routinely given the middle finger to the idea the SCOTUS judges should avoid even the appearance of bias, flew his flag upside down in support of Trump's claim the election was stolen at the same time he was advocating that the court take up election cases or that, having been caught out, he threw his wife under the bus?

LOL.
You copy that from a DNC news release.

No response on the merits I see. Because it is indefensible.

LOL!

No response on the merits I see. Because it is indefensible.

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Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration

« on: May 17, 2024, 03:41:36 PM »

So what is worse? That Justice Alito, who has routinely given the middle finger to the idea the SCOTUS judges should avoid even the appearance of bias, flew his flag upside down in support of Trump's claim the election was stolen at the same time he was advocating that the court take up election cases or that, having been caught out, he threw his wife under the bus?

LOL.
You copy that from a DNC news release.

No response on the merits I see. Because it is indefensible.

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Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration

« on: May 17, 2024, 03:04:25 PM »

So what is worse? That Justice Alito, who has routinely given the middle finger to the idea the SCOTUS judges should avoid even the appearance of bias, flew his flag upside down in support of Trump's claim the election was stolen at the same time he was advocating that the court take up election cases or that, having been caught out, he threw his wife under the bus?

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Biden Administration / Re: News in General

« on: May 17, 2024, 02:50:23 PM »

Going back in time to strangle Gavrillo Princip in his crib. Which is more workable than yours.

A laughable redirection of the argument.

Only if you want to ignore history and the historical context of what is happening in Israel and Palestine. Which is convenient for you.

Hardly. Your selective use of historical facts cannot make the Arabs the good guys, if you will.
The partition of Palestine was a political decision by world leaders after World War Two.
The Arabs have bitterly disagreed but by choosing violence to protest have made Israel into a world power out of its  need to survive.
Now as more Arab nations seek more peaceful solutions comes Hamas, with no allies, save Iran.
Their tactics have guaranteed the deaths of its own citizens, many of which are deliberately used as targets  so as to engender world sympathy.
Hamas is evil. Arabs shun it. Israel, as it has done for 75 years, will  do what it needs to survive.

I am not arguing anyone is a good guy. Not after 76 years of eye for eye.

A complete distortion of history.  Israel has always been willing to coexist with people who agree not to live in peace.

Yes, provided they leave like you advocate and let Israel control all of Palestine from the river to the sea, just like Ben Gurion envisioned.

I don

Your gay apparel?

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Biden Administration / Re: Biden Administration

« on: May 17, 2024, 02:49:41 PM »

He is fat and his name is Albert. And I first called him that after the Bodega affair.
As did many others.

Alvin.  Not Albert. 

Funny how quick you are to loftily lament name-calling by other  members here and yet so proud of yourself when you do it.

And your point is what?

That you are quick to loftily lament name-calling by other  members here and yet so proud of yourself when you do it. Because you do not really object to the name calling you just find it convenient to raise when you are cornered.