April 25, 20224 yr comment_1040627 You post right wing opinion pieces masquerading as news. That's completely different than current events. Here's a helpful website for you to ignore completely. https://www.mediabiasfactcheck.com also, maybe consider learning how to identify propaganda or misleading sources. Here's a tip, if what you're reading uses loaded language that elicits anger, it's probably not news you're reading.Trump colluding with Russia was a lie. Here is the current event. It's not my opinion.Hillary Clinton and her people did this.Durham issues trial subpoenas to Clinton campaign and DNC | Washington ExaminerHunter Biden laptop is real. It's not "Russian disinformation". Here is the current event. It's not my opinion.Democrats are jumping through hoops to keep it out of Congressional Record.Democrats Reject GOP Attempts to Upload Hunter Biden’s Laptop into Congressional Record: Report (yahoo.com)Nicholas Sandmann was wrongfully defamed by numerous media sources. It's not my opinion.Washington Post settles $250M suit with Covington teen Nick Sandmann (nypost.com)CNN settles lawsuit with Nick Sandmann stemming from viral video controversy | CNN BusinessNick Sandmann Reaches Settlement With NBC - American FaithJoe Rogan was prescribed Ivermectin by his doctor to treat Covid-19.It was reported that he was taking horse dewormer. It's not my opinion.Don Lemon denies CNN 'lied' about Joe Rogan's COVID treatment after claiming podcaster took 'horse dewormer' | Fox NewsWould you care to offer up a defense for Jussie Smollett? ........ I didn't think so. That's not my opinion either. Learn how to evaluate a source, these sites are ny post, americanfaith.com (Which merely cross posted from epoch times), fox news, washington examiner, national review, and CNN. None of these are good sources for news. For your education I've copied and pasted the NY Post article and highlighted what sort of language you should be on the lookout for when identifying news vs propaganda and other forms of misinformation.The Washington Post on Friday agreed to settle a monster $250 millionlawsuit filed by Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmannover its botched coverage of his 2019 encounter with a Native Americanelder.Sandmann declared the victory in a tweet on his 18th birthday. It’s unclear how much the newspaper settled for.“On 2/19/19, I filed $250M defamation lawsuit against Washington Post. Today, I turned 18 & WaPo settled my lawsuit,” he wrote.“Thanks to @ToddMcMurtry & @LLinWood for their advocacy. Thanksto my family & millions of you who have stood your ground bysupporting me. I still have more to do,” he continued.It’s the teen’s second win in a whopping $800 million defamationbattle against a number of news outlets including the Washington Post,CNN, ABC, CBS, The Guardian, The Hill and NBC.CNN agreed to settle with Sandmann in January this year as part of a separate $275 million claim.Sandmann and a group of his Covington classmates were vilified onsocial media after they were filmed wearing “Make America Great Again”hats after an anti-abortion rally while being yelled at bydemonstrators.Nicholas Sandmann (left) and activist Nathan Phillips during the infamous encounter.Kaya Taitano via StoryfulSandmann, then 16, was singled out after footage of his confrontationwith Native American activist Nathan Phillips was picked up by CNN andother outlets who claimed the incident was racially motivated.Footage released later showed it was the Covington students who were being harassed.In a subsequent tweet Friday, Sandmann fired a warning shot at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.“We have settled with WAPO and CNN. The fight isn’t over. 2 down. 6 to go. Don’t hold your breath @jack,” he wrote. Even though this is factual, the characterization of the lawsuit as a "monster" and claiming that Sandman was "vilified" give this article an emotional charge that weakens credibility. Since you think I'm a hardcore liberal, I'll just tell you now that I get the majority of my news from the Wall Street Journal and local newspapers. The free, clicks-for-money online "journalism" news culture has contributed greatly to the downfall of american society. Here's a non-news article from the atlantic you won't read, but someone else might. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/ Report
April 25, 20224 yr Author comment_1040629 Even though this is factual, the characterization of the lawsuit as a "monster" and claiming that Sandman was "vilified" give this article an emotional charge that weakens credibility. Nicholas Sandmann was relentlessly vilified by Progressive media, and the lawsuits that followed resulted in monster awards.I believe his case single handedly destroyed what little reputation was left of CNN and led to the sale of the network.It doesn't matter who reports the story... it all sounds pretty damn accurate to me. Report
April 25, 20224 yr comment_1040630 Even though this is factual, the characterization of the lawsuit as a "monster" and claiming that Sandman was "vilified" give this article an emotional charge that weakens credibility.Nicholas Sandmann was relentlessly vilified by Progressive media, and the lawsuits that followed resulted in monster awards.I believe his case single handedly destroyed what little reputation was left of CNN and led to the sale of the network.It doesn't matter who reports the story... it all sounds pretty damn accurate to me. You're missing the point. That's an opinion and not factually relevant. The story is "Sandmann settles suit". Additional narrative beyond the facts is the problem. Also, the details of the settlement aren't public, how do you know that it's a "monster"? I go to the news for facts, not opinion. My primary focus is "how do I make money based on this information?" Report
April 26, 20224 yr Author comment_1040631 I'm not missing the point. The story was not "Smollett files false police report"... the story was, Smollett concocted an elaborate scheme to fake a vicious attack on himself in order to damage and disparage all supporters of Donald Trump. That is the story. I'm pretty sure the news you pay attention to is casting Ron DeSantis as the next David Duke.I'm sorry you're so uninformed. Maybe stop watching Progressive opinion pieces masquerading as news? Report
April 26, 20224 yr comment_1040632 I'm not missing the point. The story was not "Smollett files false police report"... the story was, Smollett concocted an elaborate scheme to fake a vicious attack on himself in order to damage and disparage all supporters of Donald Trump. That is the story. I'm pretty sure the news you pay attention to is casting Ron DeSantis as the next David Duke.I'm sorry you're so uninformed. Maybe stop watching Progressive opinion pieces masquerading as news?Lol, the news I pay attention to is, "Russia invades Ukraine" so I can take a long position on natural gas futures. That response you just gave though is exactly why I don't have any respect for you. Report
April 26, 20224 yr Author comment_1040633 I'll still respect you as long as you don't support the "USA declares war on Russia" headline.Thanks for the debate. I was feeling a bit rusty Report
April 26, 20224 yr comment_1040635 The moment you can point at Republican shortcomings and bad news, we might be able to have an actual debate. Report
April 27, 20224 yr Author comment_1040638 I was reading this about Joe Manchin still not supporting that monstrous Build Better Socialists spending bill and I started thinking about how many bills Brandon will stamp his veto on this time next year since Democrats have made it so easy to pass legislation in the Senate. Six months to go and it's Obama's last two years all over again. Remember when he declared... "I have a pen and a phone!" Maybe an impeachment, or two. Maybe we'll stack the court. How about mandating unnecessary injections for Democrats?We can do us all a big favor and make them cover their entire face. It's gonna be fun!Manchin says he's not for reviving Biden's Build Back Better agenda | Fox Business Report
April 27, 20224 yr Author comment_1040639 The new owner of Twitter had something to say... on Twitter. "Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate" I'm waiting for the Shadow Ban algorithm to kick it and cancel his account. That would be hysterical.Vijaya Gadde will be the first idiot fired at Twitter. Report
April 27, 20224 yr comment_1040643 Maybe an impeachment, or two. Maybe we'll stack the court. How about mandating unnecessary injections for Democrats?We can do us all a big favor and make them cover their entire face. It's gonna be fun! And we once again have the revenge fetish. The new owner of Twitter had something to say... on Twitter. "Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate" I'm waiting for the Shadow Ban algorithm to kick it and cancel his account. That would be hysterical.Vijaya Gadde will be the first idiot fired at Twitter.He also thinks that twitter should follow the "free speech" clause of the government... The fellow is cruising for the $1B payout to twitter and getting zilch stock at this rate, mostly cause his garnishing of the $47B to finance the deal made his Tesla stock evaporate $126B tuesday. And lets not forget, trying to have Elon as your "knight in shining armour" seems less of a stretch then believing in Trump prowess as a President. Then again wanting yet another right echo-box with no substance isn't off-brand at all... Report
April 28, 20224 yr comment_1040647 The new owner of Twitter had something to say... on Twitter. "Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate" I'm waiting for the Shadow Ban algorithm to kick it and cancel his account. That would be hysterical.Vijaya Gadde will be the first idiot fired at Twitter.Clearly you don't understand the terms of the financing deal. As a true capitalist, I expect you hold stock in twitter and voted against the board members that police right wing shit flingers. If so, congrats, be less poor and maybe they'll care about your opinion. If not, let private companies manage their own business. Report
April 28, 20224 yr Author comment_1040650 Clearly you don't understand the terms of the financing deal. As a true capitalist, I expect you hold stock in twitter and voted against the board members that police right wing shit flingers. If so, congrats, be less poor and maybe they'll care about your opinion. If not, let private companies manage their own business. I do own Twitter stock, but not directly. We are heavy in Vanguard, and Vanguard holds over 10% of Twitter. I don't know yet how this sale will affect my holdings in Vanguard. The First Amendment was created to protect the speech of all shit flingers... and I must correct you here... Twitter was a publicly traded company, but now that Musk has bought Twitter, it will soon be a private company. I believe he will close the San Francisco office, move it to Texas, and fire everyone that is not working for his vision of what Twitter will be. Report
April 28, 20224 yr comment_1040651 Clearly you don't understand the terms of the financing deal. As a true capitalist, I expect you hold stock in twitter and voted against the board members that police right wing shit flingers. If so, congrats, be less poor and maybe they'll care about your opinion. If not, let private companies manage their own business.I do own Twitter stock, but not directly. We are heavy in Vanguard, and Vanguard holds over 10% of Twitter. I don't know yet how this sale will affect my holdings in Vanguard. The First Amendment was created to protect the speech of all shit flingers... and I must correct you here... Twitter was a publicly traded company, but now that Musk has bought Twitter, it will soon be a private company. I believe he will close the San Francisco office, move it to Texas, and fire everyone that is not working for his vision of what Twitter will be. No you don't own twitter stock, you own a fund which holds twitter stock and therefore derives value from twitter's market capitalization. You're not a twitter shareholder, vanguard is and you get no say in how twitter is run. Also, Elon's offer is still subject to regulatory approval. TWTR is still publicly traded at 48.64 as of today's close. That leaves $6 of upside if you believe the deal is complete. First amendment doesn't now, nor has it ever, applied to private companies. You sure don't know shit about the market for a self-proclaimed individual capitalist. Report
April 28, 20224 yr Author comment_1040652 Yeah okay, we are heavy in Vanguard... I told you that. I never said I had influence with Twitter.You're a very angry person. Try a bottle of Meiomi Pinot Noir or hit a vape pen, you need something to take the edge off. Report
April 28, 20224 yr Author comment_1040653 I'll make a prediction... after the midterms in November, I believe Democrats will move for impeachment of Brandon.The corruption with Hunter Biden is too deep and getting too loud to hide from it anymore.They won't want the Republicans to take Congress and do it in January... they will want to frame it themselves.I can be the first to say it... "It's worse than Watergate!" Report
April 28, 20224 yr comment_1040659 That's what us Americans call "Sour Grapes". We use prunes for that I'll make a prediction... after the midterms in November, I believe Democrats will move for impeachment of Brandon.The corruption with Hunter Biden is too deep and getting too loud to hide from it anymore.They won't want the Republicans to take Congress and do it in January... they will want to frame it themselves.I can be the first to say it... "It's worse than Watergate!" Even if all that is said about Hunter is right, all that has been floated around. It is peanuts compared to Trump's kids and assorted company. But lets all ignore that now cause they got an ® right there by their name on the ballot... Report
April 29, 20224 yr Author comment_1040660 Even if all that is said about Hunter is right, all that has been floated around. It is peanuts compared to Trump's kids and assorted company. Oh yeah... it's all real. If this was Eric or Don Jr... no one would be able to live a moment without hearing about it.But it's not Eric and Don Jr... am I right?Joe Biden has been using his elected office for 50 years to enrich himself and his family.Time to pay the piper... or is that old saying about chickens coming home the better choice?It matters not... but if we thought that things couldn't get any worse... we wake up to negative economic growth.Let's send another 100 billion to Ukraine, or maybe cancel Student Loans.If we're gonna waste our money and do stupid things, just go all in. It will be Republicans problem in January. Report
April 29, 20224 yr Author comment_1040662 The Brandon Administration, in an effort to counter losing their propaganda machine to Elon Musk, has created a Ministry of Censorship... and placed a lunatic in charge of it. This will hit the Supreme Court like a Led Zeppelin. Report
May 1, 20224 yr comment_1040680 Even if all that is said about Hunter is right, all that has been floated around. It is peanuts compared to Trump's kids and assorted company.Oh yeah... it's all real. If this was Eric or Don Jr... no one would be able to live a moment without hearing about it.But it's not Eric and Don Jr... am I right?Joe Biden has been using his elected office for 50 years to enrich himself and his family.Time to pay the piper... or is that old saying about chickens coming home the better choice?It matters not... but if we thought that things couldn't get any worse... we wake up to negative economic growth.Let's send another 100 billion to Ukraine, or maybe cancel Student Loans.If we're gonna waste our money and do stupid things, just go all in. It will be Republicans problem in January. If Joe Biden enriched himself or his family in all these 50 years, he did a piss poor job at it. I think the Biden's family wealth is easily dwarfed by the supposed $$ of a single Trump-y. And you not hearing it is just as much the issue of "the left" not hearing anything about Hunter's laptop. Stop being the sole victim of shoddy journalism and malignant opinion makers. Then again, you fellows put a crown on a fellow who bankrupted casino's. The Brandon Administration, in an effort to counter losing their propaganda machine to Elon Musk, has created a Ministry of Censorship... and placed a lunatic in charge of it. This will hit the Supreme Court like a Led Zeppelin.lol likening twitter as a propaganda machina for the left. Report
May 1, 20224 yr Author comment_1040683 If Joe Biden enriched himself or his family in all these 50 years, he did a piss poor job at it. I think the Biden's family wealth is easily dwarfed by the supposed $$ of a single Trump-y. Trump made his money in Real Estate, long before he was President. What exactly has Joe Biden ever done? I'll wait.... Just as I thought. Report
May 2, 20224 yr Author comment_1040690 This could explain some things...Whoa. Putin to undergo cancer surgery, transfer power – HotAirIs he really that ill? He might be trying to fill out his bucket list.I really believe Musk would seriously kick his ass now. Report
May 3, 20224 yr Author comment_1040706 Politico claims to have a leaked copy of Justice Sam Alito's written initial majority draft to overturn Roe v Wade. It's the 1973 SCOTUS decision that made abortion legal in all states. It's been fought over ever since. Now it appears, if this is true, the unconstitutional decision is finally going back where it belongs... with the states, or the people. As I have said before, abortion is not the business of the Federal Government.Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows - POLITICO Report
May 3, 20224 yr comment_1040715 If Joe Biden enriched himself or his family in all these 50 years, he did a piss poor job at it. I think the Biden's family wealth is easily dwarfed by the supposed $$ of a single Trump-y.Trump made his money in Real Estate, long before he was President. What exactly has Joe Biden ever done? I'll wait.... Just as I thought. Wait, so he should have made $$ to be a President? And lets ignore the $$ he first got from daddy, the many legal issues he faced and the supposed still negative equity his holdings have so his taxes are zero. Yeah, Trump prowess for $$ is a go to factor for political savyness. This could explain some things...Whoa. Putin to undergo cancer surgery, transfer power – HotAirIs he really that ill? He might be trying to fill out his bucket list.I really believe Musk would seriously kick his ass now. I will start believing Putin has medical issues when you start believing Trump has mental issues. Politico claims to have a leaked copy of Justice Sam Alito's written initial majority draft to overturn Roe v Wade. It's the 1973 SCOTUS decision that made abortion legal in all states. It's been fought over ever since. Now it appears, if this is true, the unconstitutional decision is finally going back where it belongs... with the states, or the people. As I have said before, abortion is not the business of the Federal Government.Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows - POLITICOYou'd be surprised how much of a slippery slope one beckons when fiddling with the 14th amendment, alot related to privacy for starters. Anyway, some rights for US citizens have been federal from the start, you wanna fiddle with any other while you are at it? Report
May 4, 20224 yr Author comment_1040720 Wait, so he should have made $$ to be a President? The President of the U. S. receives an annual salary of... I believe... $400,000.Trump never took his salary during his time in office... it was donated to charity.I believe Trump actually enjoyed doing the job... which is very rare. Report
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