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FlyingVProd

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Re: News in General
« Reply #10320 on: October 12, 2024, 04:56:13 PM »

Francisco Franco took control of Spain, and he put a Bourbon back on the Throne of Spain, King Juan Carlos, and Spain is a beautiful and wonderful Christian country.

We can do the same thing in Lebanon, we can have a Christian Crusader General go in and take over Lebanon and put the Christians in charge of Lebanon, they can do the Baptism Scene from "The Godfather" and put a Christian King in charge of Lebanon.

The Middle East has some evil people, what they did to Israel was horrible, and life is short, and we are getting old, this can be a final big way to improve the world before we die.

Australia can help.

They can discuss it at the Russian Tea Room in New York City.

The Pope can be in on it.

And Giorgia Meloni can help, etc.

Salute,

Tony V.
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« Reply #10321 on: October 12, 2024, 04:58:02 PM »

Do they have hurricanes, tornadoes, polar vortexes, wild snowstorm blizzards in Battle Mountain?
Because Florida doesn't look so inviting anymore.
The only truly safe place for you is an air tight concrete bunker buried 30 feet under the Kangaroo maternity ward of the Alice Springs Veterinary Hospital and Burger Stand. ("We Cook Our Mistakes"). Move there now.
Learn formatting. It will not change your fucking shit, but we will not have to spend the extra time figuring it out.

I quoted Lime replying to Bambu, applied a grin emoji atop that post, all formatted correctly.  I had no reply in that post beyond the grin emoji.  When you quoted me, that removed the grin emoji.  Hope that helps.  I found the Alice Springs scenario highly amusing. 

As for changing my shit, I usually just add extra chickpeas to rice dishes and that consistently changes my shit.  I can send you Before and After samples, if you're interested.  Might be kind of a coals-to-Newscastle situation though.
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« Reply #10322 on: October 12, 2024, 05:23:20 PM »

Tony,

He's the Monarch, not allowed to be "political'.
That said, he can make his wishes known by deeds, and discreet words in private.
A UK US...AUKUS Pact...to deliver Australia proper defences...nuke powered subs.
US seems to be reluctant to let its nuke sub technology out of its control...and I don't blame it one bit.
Anyway, any subs delivered in 2035 -2050 will be far too late, Australia will likely be invaded long before then, experts say.

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« Reply #10323 on: October 12, 2024, 05:57:56 PM »

Peter Santenello is the journalist who takes me to interesting parts of America

He's the one who took me to the Mexican border and did the interviews with the sheriffs.

Yesterday he took me "deep into rural appalachia".
Into the hollows.
Yes, coal mining is the supporter of 12,000 jobs.
The coal *mostly* exported to China.
Yes, part of America's export income
Being a coal miner in West Virginia?
No thank you.
5am until 5pm underground, in the dark damp blackness.
Horrible.
No wonder half of the young ones won't do it and get on drugs instead.

Peter explained that, back in the day when mining was booming and the towns were thriving, the mines paid the miners in 'scripts'...not greenbacks. The only places they could spend the scripts were in shops owned by the mining companies.
Couldn't "go over to the coast for a vacation", had no 'US dollars'.
Mrs bambu sat on the sofa towards the end of the Youtube video, asked what I was watching.
I told her about the scripts...she said "that was "slavery"".
The elderly couple being interviewed had lived there their whole lives.
Hot day, the lady asked Peter if he wanted a bottle of cold water, then went inside and returned with one for him.
Very nice people.
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« Reply #10324 on: October 12, 2024, 06:14:52 PM »

Wait coal mining has not come back in West Virginia? Trump promised it was going to be. Oh well, this time.
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« Reply #10325 on: October 12, 2024, 07:57:40 PM »

Still 12,000 coal jobs in West Virginia today.
The number is decreasing.

Coal jobs are horrible, but people do them out of necessity, gotta put food on the table somehow.
Coal is horrible, black dust turns whole towns dirty black.
Lots of people there get cheques from the govt.
Man said "people call them bludgers because they get money from the govt."
I said to mrs bambu "some people, mostly young people (flying high on good incomes) call us/pensioners bludgers because we get money from the govt".
She said "I know".
We then convinced each other that we are entitled to the money we receive from the govt. lol


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« Reply #10326 on: October 12, 2024, 08:40:02 PM »

11.10 am Sunday here now.
On my tv screen now there is an F-35 buzzing 'Bathurst'...Mt Panorama. (country town).
Biggest car race in the nation.
Up and over the mountain course.
26 cars, 52 drivers, 1,000kms.
161 laps.
Thru The Cutting, down thru the S's, around Hell Corner,
300kph down Conrod straight.
Race has been a tradition for 90 years.

Lovely sunny day.
7,500 campsites, the mountain packed to the rafters to watch 'The Great Race'.
The Ten Tenors just sang the national anthem at the startling line...the F-35 flying over just as they finished.
The F-35 flying upside down, sideways, vertically, showing off. lol
Great stuff.

All we need now...nuclear weapons...so we can protect our land and culture.
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« Reply #10327 on: October 13, 2024, 09:37:21 AM »

Republicans are showing us who they are.

Florida threatening free speech?  Where the fuck is Mr. Free Speech Elon Musk?

Musk and DeSantis are so full of shit the whites of their eyes are brown.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fcc-chair-denounces-threats-against-broadcaster-over-florida-abortion-referendum-2024-10-08/
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« Reply #10328 on: October 13, 2024, 05:52:27 PM »

Today, more than ever, money is gold.
Having money, savings, in case of misfortune, ... job loss, sickness, etc etc etc is more than ideal, it's necessary.
People in my world are not spending money like they used to pre-Covid.
Restaurants are closing, the rich are still dining out, but for *everyone* else 'McDonalds' is a luxury.
Small businesses are struggling.

'Affordability' will decide the 2025 federal election...so says the newspaper headline today.
If I were running for US President, I'd be helping voters decide to vote for me by being 'Santa Claus'....free stuff everywhere.
. Free school lunches for every student in America.
. Universal healthcare.
. Foreign investors banned from buying homes in America.
. Affordable flood/natural disaster insurance for every household, no matter the location as of now.
. Rent assistance for low income earners.
. Money for the homeless so they can buy food, clothing, etc, and rent showers etc.
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« Reply #10329 on: October 13, 2024, 09:01:06 PM »

Bambu, here in California then the foreign nations are all just buying our companies, etc. Our movie studios are being sold to the Japanese, etc. Japanese are investing in Real Estate in California, etc.

And then some people work people like slaves for minimum wage.

Luckily the Unions are there, and the Union workers are all winning and are getting good pay now.

I have been inviting Christian companies from the Philippines to come do Business here in America, and here in California, etc. And I invited French, and Italian companies to come to America, and I invited Architects from Greece to come design housing in Battle Mountain, Nevada, and in the USA. The San Miguel Corporation is a good Christian company from the Philippines which is doing business here in America, and they are altruistic.

I like the Chinese, and I love the people from the Philippines, and I like the people from Taiwan, etc. They are all welcome to come explore Route 66, and maybe they will find a home on Route 66.

On the issue of Kentucky, and Tennessee, etc, and Virginia, etc, we need to focus on EDUCATION. And we need for fresh new immigrants to come in and help to teach, etc.

Arkansas has Tyson Foods for the workers.

I also support making good movies, and good television shows, and by publishing good poetry, and good books, and by producing good music, etc, then we can make the world a better place.

Disney is investing a lot of money in Anaheim, and Universal is investing a lot of money into their theme parks in Hollywood and in Orlando.

And Richard Branson needs to sail ships between Marina Del Rey here in California and Acapulco in Mexico, and they can have gambling on the ships, and they can eat the best food, with the best drinks, with margaritas and 7&7s and San Miguel Beer, etc.

We must remember to focus on the beauty, and on creating beauty, and on goodness and love, and not become ruined by the evil in the world. We can have guards to protect us from the bad, but we must keep creating beauty.

Salute,

Tony V.

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« Reply #10330 on: October 13, 2024, 09:17:23 PM »

Sky News:
"China Launches Military Drills Around Taiwan"

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Wont't be long now!
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« Reply #10331 on: October 13, 2024, 09:32:18 PM »

If Trump is elected, he will tell them to go ahead.
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« Reply #10332 on: October 13, 2024, 10:34:34 PM »

I would go into China like Clint Eastwood in "An Outlaw Josie Wales" and I would tell them that my ability to create war is real, but so too is my ability to create peace, and I choose peace.

And Gloria Arroyo is still alive, and her family has a lot of power. I was invited to a charity ball in Catanduanes where they hoped I would find a bride from the Arroyo clan, I was to travel with Rose who was a cousin of Gloria Arroyo, but Rose developed complications from diabetes, so our trip was canceled.

Also, I had a roommate in Malibu who was the daughter of a Chinese General, and I made the peace with her.

Muzi, the daughter of the President of China, attended Harvard and can help with peace between China and the USA.

God is going to send me a strong wife as a helper.

Salute,

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« Reply #10333 on: October 13, 2024, 10:52:08 PM »

The way that the Christians can win over China is by helping the poor and the homeless and the widows and the orphans and the prisoners, etc, like God asks us in Mathew 25; 31-46.

If we send food to the poor in China, and if we work together with China to cure Cancer, and if we bring their homeless and poor to Route 66 to find homes, and if we help to employ their people with good jobs and if they are treated fairly, then we can preach to them at the same time and we can win them over for Christ. And I want for the Chinese to have good Labor Unions which are independent of their government for their workers in China who work for American companies, and we need to treat our immigrants fairly here in the USA as they come and we need to hook them up with Unions here, etc.

If we help the poor, and if we invite their poor and huddled masses to come explore Route 66, while we educate everyone, and work together to cure Cancer, etc, then good things can happen.

And Kiwanis International can help.

Kamala thinks that Iran is a great danger, and that is why we need to put Christians in charge of Lebanon, and we can put the Pahlavi Family in charge of Iran ( There is a movie in the works about Queen Farah Pahlavi ). We also have Mahlagha Jaberi here in California to help to lead a movement to change the leadership in Iran. So, we need for Christians to take over Lebanon, and we need for the Pahlavi family to take over Iran.

And we need to fully fund the Peace Corps, and Education, and Libraries, and Hospitals, etc.

Salute,

Tony V.
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« Reply #10334 on: October 14, 2024, 11:18:46 AM »



If we send food to the poor in China, and if we work together with China to cure Cancer, and if we bring their homeless and poor to Route 66 to find homes, and if we help to employ their people with good jobs and if they are treated fairly, then we can preach to them at the same time and we can win them over for Christ...

So that's three members now on Ignore, which makes me think the noise-to-signal ratio has passed that point where there can be little real discussion or exchange of ideas.  As often happens with the enshittification of the Net (to borrow Cory Doctorow's term), you end up with the most ignorant and the worst listeners and those temperamentally incapable of fairly considering a differing opinion, becoming the most vocal members and dominating all discussions until anything resembling conversation is drowned out. 

I admit I'm indecisive on whether to just pull the plug or stop by and chat with the local wits occasionally.  Those worthies have become, with that cyber alchemy the Net can still achieve, real people who offer a genuine sense of good fellowship, and can offer something beyond entrenched grievance and regurgitated propaganda. 

My hope for those worthies is they remain cognizant that Elba will never be some Manichean proving ground where good will conquer evil or reason triumph over unreason.  Eventually the bastards grind you down and the trolls simply wear you out with their same endless dishonest provocations.  Don't let them.

Cheers.
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