japhy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:43 pm
"Omar al-Bayoumi"....If you change the "m"s to "n"s and change the "O" to "H" and the "y" to a "t" and change the "l" to an "e" and arbitrarily add a "d" and then drop all of the "a"s; you get an anagram for "Hunter Biden".
Coincidence? If we are being intellectually honest, I think not.
I used to hang with a couple of brothers, pretty good friends. Went to high school together, they were in our wedding party. One was godfather to our daughter. Their dad was in the army during WWII. And because he spoke Polish, was one of the first into the camps when they were liberated. I can't imagine anyone telling him that it didn't happen.
I saw the worst minds of my generation empowered by madness, bloated farcical naked,
dragging themselves through the whitewashed streets at dawn looking for a grievance fix.
A rube and their money are soon parted, or something like that. Conspiracy theories and NFTs seem to have been tailor made for this process. So trumplethinskin and his satellites diving head first into both seems like a logical progression.
I appreciate a good questionable story was much as anyone. Whether it be that one might have dated another poster's wife before they married, or that one might have bought a town and been declared "sent by God". But it never occurred to me to monetize a good story like that by grifting off the critical thinking impaired. But to keep balance in the natural system there must be grifters to keep the rubes from overpopulating, culling the herd.
I saw the worst minds of my generation empowered by madness, bloated farcical naked,
dragging themselves through the whitewashed streets at dawn looking for a grievance fix.
japhy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:46 am
A rube and their money are soon parted, or something like that. Conspiracy theories and NFTs seem to have been tailor made for this process. So trumplethinskin and his satellites diving head first into both seems like a logical progression.
I appreciate a good questionable story was much as anyone. Whether it be that one might have dated another poster's wife before they married, or that one might have bought a town and been declared "sent by God". But it never occurred to me to monetize a good story like that by grifting off the critical thinking impaired. But to keep balance in the natural system there must be grifters to keep the rubes from overpopulating, culling the herd.
I can see that your tongue is planted firmly in your cheek, but it's actually sort of amazing that there is STILL plenty of room in the rubegrift space. It costs next to nothing to make any manner of non-infringing, MAGA-adjacent tchotchkes, and sell them at a 7,000% markup.
DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:31 pm
I heard the economy is actually great, but real people are being prevented from knowing that cuz pickup trucks.
Or something.
I think we have determined that the only person with the bonafides to speak for the "real people/folks" is Mich. You should just leave the splainin to him.
I saw the worst minds of my generation empowered by madness, bloated farcical naked,
dragging themselves through the whitewashed streets at dawn looking for a grievance fix.
DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:31 pm
I heard the economy is actually great, but real people are being prevented from knowing that cuz pickup trucks.
Or something.
I think we have determined that the only person with the bonafides to speak for the "real people/folks" is Mich. You should just leave the splainin to him.
The point is, the people bitching the most are driving trucks the cost of houses, eating regular meals, with clean water, and decent housing. They are bitching because others have stuff. The Russian adage: your wish is granted with the proviso your neighbor gets twice as much. Asks to lose one eye. Attends a MAGA rally in an eye patch. Blames democrats for his lack of depth perception.
Sparko wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:28 pm
The point is, the people bitching the most are driving trucks the cost of houses, eating regular meals, with clean water, and decent housing.
Did you poll people at the local mall to gather that data?
Sparko wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:28 pm
The point is, the people bitching the most are driving trucks the cost of houses, eating regular meals, with clean water, and decent housing. They are bitching because others have stuff. The Russian adage: your wish is granted with the proviso your neighbor gets twice as much. Asks to lose one eye. Attends a MAGA rally in an eye patch. Blames democrats for his lack of depth perception.
Sparko wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:28 pm
The point is, the people bitching the most are driving trucks the cost of houses, eating regular meals, with clean water, and decent housing. They are bitching because others have stuff. The Russian adage: your wish is granted with the proviso your neighbor gets twice as much. Asks to lose one eye. Attends a MAGA rally in an eye patch. Blames democrats for his lack of depth perception.