Paker must really be in a daze to trust the dozen and a half people who still post on this relic of an internet forum.

Thanks to Paker! Time will tell.

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Still hungover from his binge in the Bahamas with bimbos, blow and booze. Not thinking straight like most of the posters here. Not surprised.


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OK darkside is back, then I'm back as FishPrince.

The Darkside is back thanks to me winning my second term. I said I was going to make the Darkside Great Again but Obama, Clinton, Biden and Harris made Paker shut it down. Now that I'm here for my second term, I have nothing left to restrain me and I will Make the Darkside Great Again!

Go for it Donald! Can't wait to see you pull broadcast licenses from NBC and CBS for hurting your feelings. Maybe shut down Elon's Twitter and make the whole world use Truth Social. That should help your plummeting stock value.

How are you still alive

You really are full of dumb schit lately aren’t you? Social media is dying because of AI and bots as well as boomers like yourself that inundate the platforms with your bullschit. The stock isn’t dropping because Truth Social is bad. It’s actually a decent platform. The reason Facebook started to become obsolete is because everyone grew tired of boomers and their non-sense and wanted to get away from them. Social media is changing.


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Streamer,

Repeating Trump's statements about NBC and CBS having their broadcast licenses revoked because they hurt Trump's feelings is bullschit? Are you denying that Trump said those things? Cuz that would make my statements bullschit. But he really did say those things, although they may not have been reported in the far right wing nut media, if that's where you get your news. Trump was mad at NBC because they fact checked a few of his statements in his debate with Harris. Heck, if Trump weren't such a compulsive liar he wouldn't have to be fact checked all the time. Then he went after CBS because he didn't like their interview with Harris. It should be noted that Trump was also offered an interview spot and that he was the first presidential candidate in over 50 years to decline such interview. So what's so dumb schit about posting that information?

How about you tell us why Truth Social has dropped so much (although it did go up significantly immediately after the election). I can't say much about social media. I'm not a big consumer, a couple fishing forums and a cycling forum is it for me. From what I gather FB, Twitter, IG, SnapChat, etc. is making people less informed and possibly dumber.

What’s your snap salmon G ?

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Im going to be easy on you Salmo. What i said was not a laugh. The fact that you still spew the same bs that has been proven false time again is laughable. "But, but the whites have a problem with dei." What kind of idiotic, racist chit is that? A suggestion, that you do some better homework before you keep flappin your yap. You clown.

Trump syndrome on display here lately.
Biden and Harris are epic failures!!!

Don't mind me.

Just going to whip up a batch of popcorn and watch the show.... *grin*

Spoon,

Which BS is it that has been proven false?

Who is it that has a problem with DEI? I'm no expert, but I haven't heard that it's minorities that have a problem with it. That kinda' leaves whites, correct? If you know something that I don't, you can edjumacate me perhaps.

WDFW, if Biden and Harris are epic failures, please list them for me. I've only got southern border. What else?

Driftin', don't get your hopes up. Most PP members have drifted away, and I don't see this place coming back to full steam.

Lots of Asians are also against DEI.

In an example of how diversity works in thre real world, this years UW class is the most diverse yet. With all groups of minorities, except Asians, equaling or exceeding their percentage of representation in the state. Then we look at asians, which are represented at about 2.5 times their percentage. Whites are at around 43% of their representive place in the state. What that means that if you are white, you are being accepted at less than half the rate of any other race.

So of this 43% of white, what percentage of that is women, trans-women and homosexuals? In other words if you are a straight white cis-gender male, what are your odds of getting in exactly? Asking for a friend.

I’d like to add that the national average is closer to 40%. Also, people who identify as trans or homosexual are also overwhelmingly white. The straight, white, cis-gendered male really has the cards stacked against him. But hey, EQUITY!!!!

I was in a training today about suicide being “taught” by a trainer who identified as gay (pronouns he/him) and not that it matters on its own accord, but when discussing why the majority of suicides are by men, “toxic masculinity” was the reason given by this “woke” trainer who couldn’t be more shallow and wrong about the topic. This individual is a licensed mental health counselor. Absolutely disgusting and appalling. Let’s just say this was the first time I ever quoted research on a training survey.

Welcome to DIE.


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Krijack,

You raise an excellent point regarding Asians with regard to equity. Achieving equity would demand not accepting a large share of Asians who would be and are accepted on merit and qualification. That's a good example of why I'm not on board with equity. But diversity and inclusion work without employing reverse discrimination.

this is the bs i speak of salmo. Let me take you to school on dei. First, the folks that get upset about it. To them, it has nothing to do with race. Let me repeat. Nothing to do with race. Its about people getting an important position based 'only' on their race, sexual identity or political beliefs, instead of actually being qualified. It kind of chits on the people that put in the work. Very similar how legal migrants feel about illegals in this country. Kjp and Harris are great examples of this. Hired being an African american, lesbian, women. Absolutely terrible at their jobs. Ill list some more biden/Harris failures that you easily forgot. 40yr high inflation. Inflation reduction act that did not reduce inflation at all, the embarrassing Afghanistan withdrawal. The administration hiding bidens mental decline just to try to install another broken toilet in Harris. With no votes. Salmo has a tiny problem with actual facts.

Spoon,

Hiring someone based only on their race and in the absence of qualifications for the job is, IMO, stupid, but I'll take the high road and just call it counter-productive. IMO, the argument for diversity and inclusion is that qualified people are often not considered because of their race, gender, or sexual identity, etc. You will not find me recommending that an unqualified person be hired because they happen to be one of the under-represented minorities. I'm trying to be clear; does this help?

Ironic, isn't it, as Trump is appointing the least qualified candidates for AG, DNI, SecDef, and I just read also SecDOI. I guess Trump has his own special kind of DEI, huh?

We've already talked about illegal immigrants, but I'll reiterate my opinion that the preferred number of illegals in the country is zero. Deporting all illegals gets complicated when many of them have been in the US for years, decades, and have families (children who are US citizens) and established positions in their respective communities. I don't have an easy answer to that. Do you?

If the inflation reduction act hasn't reduced inflation, then please explain to me why inflation has dropped from around 9% 2 1/1 years ago to between 2 and 3% now.

We've already talked about the Afghan debacle withdrawal. You do realize don't you, that Trump negotiated that withdrawal directly with the Taliban and excluding the government of Afghanistan to be withdrawn by May 2022. Biden inherited that withdrawal obligation directly from Trump. Got that? Biden delayed the final withdrawal until August because the military leaders in charge of it said that it would be a disaster with heavy losses to do it by May. So Biden allowed the delay until August. Still a disaster, but a lesser one than would have occurred by sticking to Trump's timetable. Can we agree to allocate blame where it is deserved?

As for Biden's decline, he has demonstrated that he is capable as president. He just isn't capable of running for president, which the debate made clear. Choosing Harris instead of another Democrat is the Party's prerogative, legally. Since you don't like Democrats, why do you care?

Salmo has zero problem with facts, but he has zero tolerance for "alternative" facts which are not facts at all.

Inflation is still 20% higher than when trump left office. Anybody that buys groceries or puts fuel in their vehicle knows this. If you actually knew how to look for this information, you would find that from when biden took office til October '24 inflation is still at an overall 21%. And biden/Harris is solely responsible for the chit show Afghanistan withdrawal. Nobody else, salmo. More than half of america knows this, and elected the right person for the job. Biden also hasn't demonstrated anything but turning america into a socialist utopia and the laughing stock around the world. Looks like he now is going to allow Ukraine to use long range missiles to strike deep into Russia, hes pretty much provoking ww3. Right before trump takes office. Kind of like a 'warhawk' move a Cheney would make. And yes there is an easy answer on immigration. If you're illegal, you got to go. Families can go together. We have a legal process. Go the legal way and you wont have anything to worry about. These are 'facts.' so learn to cope bud.

Were done here salmo. Watch and learn how a real leader leads. (Aka your daddy trump)

if a can of Progresso soup was 1.30 in 2020, and is now 2.38 cents, how much inflation is that? if a T shirt was 5 dollars, and now its 9 dollars, how much inflation is that?

as far as being "qualified" for a position, at one point, everyone in politics started from scratch, everyone... give them their chance like a normal human being...

jeezus your TDS is poking out hardcore...

Salmo is definitely captured by TDS.



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lol at "qualified"

google image search Biden head of HHS


lmfao

I wonder if sleepy joe likes to tuck his too and play dress up

Spoon, apparently we're getting our information about inflation from different sources. I got mine from various news articles and news program reports. Where is your 21% overall report from? (You know, inflation is typically measured as an annual rate, but whatever.) I am fairly good at math, so if you have a source or sources I can look up and verify, that will help. I see that prices are still higher. That's what inflation does. Prices are unlikely to come down much. As for the causes, all the economists I read say it was Covid, the supply chain disruption, and increasing the money supply by both Trump and Biden. You apparently overlook any negative baggage associated with Trump. That's truly MAGA and blind adoration.

Looks like we agree to disagree about the Afghanistan withdrawal. How can it be soley Biden's fault when Trump made the agreement of a date certain, excluded the Afghan government, and released 5,000 Taliban prisoners, making them available to help fight the US as it withdrew? Ignoring all that requires willful ignorance. Just the facts.

Biden has made the US the laughing stock of the world? Please list the names of those who are laughing at the Biden administration. Facts please, not innuendo.

Ukraine: I guess you don't value democracy (obviously you don't care about democracy if you vote for Trump.), I do. If I were in Biden's shoes, I'd ship a healthy supply of tactical nukes to Ukraine for its ultimate defense if Putin threatens it. Maybe you forgot about the agreement to protect Ukraine in exchange for it giving up its nukes. Russia, via Putin, double-crossed on that deal. Kinda' makes sense to restore the nuke balance and see what Putin's move is then. This one is more about opinion than facts, except the nuke agreement is a fact.

Regarding the illegal immigrants, we aren't so dissimilar on principle. But I'm considering some of the direct issues, like it's cost, including the $90 billion that the immigrants pay in taxes that will be lost. Who's going to make that up when Trump is extending (and maybe increasing) tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations. You? Maybe thinking things through is not your strong suit. It certainly isn't Trump's.

Salmo,

Actual inflation is much more than what is being reported. But you are a CNN watching boomer so you will parrot whatever slant the media claims. Most Trump supporters here (myself included) don’t love Trump, simply see him as better than anything democrats have put forward. Most of America probably believes this too honestly.

So you claim that by not supporting Ukraine you don’t support Democracy? LMAO. Since when does providing aid to countries not in NATO that are encouraged to break agreements somehow not supporting Democracy? You really are a phuckin parrot and dumber than the shillster. LMAO.

You forget that the United States is more accurately described as a constitutional republic instead of a democratic nation. Power belongs to individuals and the people not to be infringed upon by the majority. But again, the overwhelming majority of Americans don’t want war or to be involved in Ukraine. The US needs to stay out where they belong. The US started this war with Russia long ago. My Ukrainian wife and her family actually agree as well. The only people who disagree are Democrats and war mongers like yourself.

You are actually embarrassingly stupid on a variety of things as you simply parrot whatever mainstream position or inaccurate ideas are floated around by the media or ill-informed, blue-pilled, popular belief.


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Speak for yourself. I love His Most Illustrious, Noble, August, Benevolent, and Legendary Celestial Majesty, the God-Emperor of Mankind, Donaldus Triumphus Magnus Astra, the First of His Name, the Lion of Midnight, may the Lord bless him and preserve him.

ALL HAIL THE GOD-EMPEROR!!!

I'm not at all concerned about anything Salmo posts. The God-Emperor Trump will solve all our problems and his Second Coming is going to create a new Golden Age thanks to his team of crack innovators and friends in Russia and China. I'm sure with all his Russian friends I've heard about on CNN that he will have this Ukraine thing wrapped up shortly.

My first thought of Biden's policy change was to be cynical. But looking at what is transpiring, I have to wonder if it came out the meeting with Trump from last week. Remember that Trump claimed he would end the war immediately. Supposedly he called Putin and advised him against escalating. Putin did and Biden immediately responded. Seeing is how I do not see any thing from Trump himself coming out against this, is it possible that Biden is doing as asked or advised? Or is this Biden trying to derail Trump. I suppose only time will tell.

It should be noted, that several European countries appear to agree with the decision to allow Ukraine to accelerate.

This all may put Trump in a position to better negotiate. My guess is that the end of this war is near.

Trump did confidently claim he would end the war as president-elect. I will hold him to that.


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with the US giving ATACMS to Ukraine, and then them immediately using them to hit deep inside Russia, the war is far from over, and likely will now explode...

Zelensky is a crook, and a damn good one at that....

of course the Europeans agree. They haven't given a dime to Ukraine. While we give them billions. This is the plan all along. Lets see how broke we can make america. While our enemies prosper. Trump was right, Europe isn't paying their fair share.

This will be a hand off to trump. Bought and paid for by us. How fuccin stupid are we? This is why we get laughed at.

Let's not forget that militaries all over the world have learned a great deal about what warfare looks like now. The Ukraine civil war (what it really is) has definitely been a great weapons testing and counters environment. Too bad the civilians and soldiers are the ones that have suffered from it. In the end, Russia will take what they want and gain a lot of economic benefit from their victory. Not sure if this is true but I read that 1/4 of the Ukrainian population is still out of the country. Putin's longing for the good old days of the Soviet Empire, and our encouragement of westernizing Ukraine has led to this.

That being said...F**ck Russia!!

Streamer,

If inflation is much more than is "being reported," then how on earth do you know? Do you have some special measuring device that none of the rest of us have? I read that it was around 9% in 2021, slightly lower in 2022, and way down in 23 and 24. So yeah, that's around 20% over the 4 years. That doesn't mean it isn't down between 2 and 3% now. I watch a little CNN, but not much. I generally like the WSJ for economic and finance information. Where do you get yours?

Who was "encouraged" to break an agreement? The agreement I was referring to was the one where Russia and the US (and maybe UK, don't remember for sure) agreed to protect Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine sending its nukes to Russia. I didn't see anyone "encourage" Russia to double cross and invade Ukraine. I only see one bad actor in this scenario, and it's Putin. Show me where I'm wrong; I'm highly coachable.

I'm very much aware that the US is a democratic republic and not a pure democracy. That is why we have elected representatives in government instead of the masses voting on every single thing. I thought most Americans both support democracy and are supportive of Ukraine. Where did you get your information to the contrary? (Besides your wife.) And just how did the US start this war long ago? I must have been fishing that day, as I don't seem to remember it that way.

Me, a war monger? If you actually knew me, you'd know I'm a boomer hippy peacenik. I get a lot of information from mainstream media, which only became "fake news" when Trump invented the term for anything he disagrees with. Regardless of information source, my positions are my own, which is likely why I'm not 100% aligned with hardly anyone. I've been called a lot of things, but honestly, you're the first to call me "embarrassingly stupid."

Spoon,

European nations have supplied massive amounts of weapons and a very large amount of civilian aid to Ukraine. Where'd you get the idea that they "haven't given a dime?" And BTW, what nations are laughing at the US, other than for electing Trump? That's the only criticism I've heard about.

Twister,

That's one thing here I do agree with, fvck Russia!

China, N. Korea, Russia and Iran have been having a great laugh with "weekend at brandons" in the white house. And salmo, we're a constitutional republic. Not a democratic one, you asshat. Every boomer should know this.

Regarding those nations laughing at the US, you know this how?

I'll reconsult the Federalist Papers regarding Constitutional Republic and Democratic Republic. I'm not sure there's a significant difference, but I'll check, just because it seems to be a point for you.

actually watch the news and pay attention to what's going on in the world salmo. We are clearly the laughing stock with biden/Harris at the helm. Thats why those dipchits didn't get elected. You can reconsult whoever you need to, but to the rest of the world we are known as a 'constitutional republic.' which means nothing close to what you meant. You tried to sound educated and failed. So no need to respond anymore. Thank you.

Spoon,

We must not hear or read the same news. Maybe you watch FOX, which you may know, went to the SCOTUS to obtain a decision that it does not have to tell its audience the truth. It is infotainment and made up of lies and whatever spin suits them. FOX also paid $867 million to settle a lawsuit with Dominion because they knowingly lied about the role of the voting machines in the 2020 election.

Turns out it's slightly more complex than just Constitutional Republic.

The definitions have drifted over time. Republic comes from ‘res publica’- public good - meaning a state governed in the interests of the general public, not simply directed at the whim and weal of a select few for their own interests. Democracy is of Greek origin called 'Ellenika Demokratia."

But republic has morphed into meaning today ‘a country without a monarchy’. More specifically, it means that the apparatus of state is public property rather than the private property of a monarch. Any organization of government in which the government isn't legally owned by a person is a republic. Republic is form of government where a country is governed by people (mostly through representatives) from which the power is formally derived. In contrast with monarchy where the country is "owned" by monarch from which all political power is formally derived, or theocracy where it is from god/clergy, and other forms.

Democracy is a system of government where the leaders/officials are chosen by election. (minimalistic definition). It is contrasted by authoritarian/totalitarian regimes where the leaders are not selected by election (or the election process is not respected). They are not exclusive and are often combined (US is both), republic doesn't have to be democratic (PRC, DPRK) and democracy doesn't have to be republic (UK).

Republic and democracy are different kinds of things. They are not mutually exclusive either. "Democracy" is a little more debated as a term, but generally it's defined as a system of government in which popular elections determine the organization of the government. Governments like the United States and most of the Western world are referred to by political scientists as "liberal democracies", which are representative democracies governed by the ideological tenets of liberalism (pluralism and freedom of expression and commerce). There are other forms of democracy such as council democracy and direct democracy.

There's a popular narrative that originated in the United States that "It's not a democracy, it's a republic", but that's because those who say it think that it means being a Republican is more legitimate than being a Democrat (yes, it's that stupid). The US is both a republic (the government is public property) and a liberal democracy (it's a representative democracy based on liberal ideals).

Uh, no thanks; I'll decide whether to respond or not.

Oh please salmo. You aren't teaching anybody here anything. Especially me. You thought you were being smart with you thinking 'democratic and constitutional' were the same thing and looked like a derp. But, but spoon, its more complex than that.... No its not salmo.... Later.

I agree with Spoonfed.




Things that nobody believes for $500, Alex…

I’ve literally heard of nobody say this… ever… and I’ve met some really dumb hillbilly Republicans. People say it’s a Republic because it’s actually what United States is, with “Democratic” as an adjective to describe the type of Republic.

Got damn Salmo has really been struggling here lately.


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