zn wrote:

Toth, good tryout signing…see previous post.

I found this out:

…Toth, from Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory in Indianapolis…

That’s my alma mater.

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Jesuits? All i know about the Jesuits is what i learned on Shogun.

I’m not sure we can trust a Jesuit. Black Ships and all.

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zn wrote:

wv wrote:

zn wrote:

No evidence (at that point) of collusion.

But collusion is not the only animal in this hunt.

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Yes. And fwiw, I dont have any doubt the rooskies spent a ton of money
helping Donald, as well as other candidates in other nations.

And can almost guarantee that other powerful nations have taken notice and are working on their own versions of influencing modern elections. China, Israel, etc.

And of course the USA is the king of influencing elections the world over. And thats putting it mildly.

Meanwhile the mega-corpse just laugh at it all. Trump, Obama, Hillary, Russians, Chinese, it dont matter.

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I dunno WV, sometimes you gotta turn from all global history for all time, and just look at x topic in its time and place.

The issue is, were laws broken. Collusion aside, which is just one thing on a long list of things, did the Trump circle have contact with Russians officials and/or business people in ways that broke laws.

If the answer is yes, I am not going to be talked out of interest in that specific topic because Everything is Wrong Everywhere.

It’s like, I am the coach, and I go, do I punt here or go for it? And then think, what’s the point, human nature has not lessened its depravity since the dawn of time, and winning is a form of indefensible greed. That’s just out of proportion to the real issue.

I don’t excuse this administration breaking the law and then covering it up because Everything Else Everywhere Is Bad.

You fight wars a battle at a time.

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Well as you’ve noticed, I have changed over the last year or so. And its reflected in my posting. I used to take each issue “and just look at x topic in its time and place.” That used to be exactly what i did. But it doesn’t work anymore (for me).

That outlook (as opposed to actual ‘approach‘) only made sense to me when i thought the system could be reformed. I no longer think the system can be reformed, and i think the system under Clinton/Bush/Obama/Trump is now so hideous and growing so rapidly, that I see no hope in reforming it. I think its too late. For all the reasons I’ve yacked about for years.

So now, i find myself reacting to every single outrage-of-the-week with the same basic post — “yes, yes, the Dem-Rep-Corporotacracy-Deep-State is killing the biosphere and the masses brains have been colonized so there will be no resistence. Have a nice day”

Believe me, i ‘get’ how uninteresting and monotonous my posts are. They are monotonous to me, believe me. But then thats how i really see it. Its not just board-talk. I really think the system is beyond fixing now.

Now what I’ve just talked about is my ‘outlook’. That doesnt change the fact i actually have to LIVE in this world and DO things and make decisions about what to do with my life, etc. So I’ll continue to fight the good fight as i see it, and ‘do my best’ and ‘do what i can’ — but I now look at like I’m giving the heimlich maneuver to someone on the Titanic.

Oh, and I am going to try and discipline myself so that I dont reply to every outrage-of-the-week with “yes, yes, what do you expect from a Corporotacracy, we are all doomed”

I’ll think it, but I wont post it.

I am into hiking now, btw. I’m getting into better shape. I need some good hiking shoes.

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zn wrote:

No evidence (at that point) of collusion.

But collusion is not the only animal in this hunt.

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Yes. And fwiw, I dont have any doubt the rooskies spent a ton of money
helping Donald, as well as other candidates in other nations.

And can almost guarantee that other powerful nations have taken notice and are working on their own versions of influencing modern elections. China, Israel, etc.

And of course the USA is the king of influencing elections the world over. And thats putting it mildly.

Meanwhile the mega-corpse just laugh at it all. Trump, Obama, Hillary, Russians, Chinese, it dont matter.

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Zooey wrote:

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I think the country has changed since Watergate. A lot. I think if Watergate happened today, the president would get away with it. I think the majority of people just see all of this as noise, and lump it all together without distinguishing the seriousness of the various scandals.

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Well for some of us its hard to care about the ‘seriousness of the various scandals’ when the system itself is the single biggest scandal in human-history. I cant think of any other organization or entity that has threatened all life on the planet.

Where are the ‘good guys’ in this Zooey?

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Orca punter.

One political hack will now be replaced by a more obedient political hack.

This system is beyond fixing.

Just my opinion. I know, i know, I’m a ‘cynic’. Except I’m not.
The system is…beyond…fixing. Trump will be replaced in time. And
the system will go on as it was with Obama/Clinton. And the scientists will
stop marching, and the Clintonistas and Reaganistas will go back
to destroying the biosphere.

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• This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by wv.

joemad wrote:

Bills, Lions, Giants, Panthers, Miami and SF were all winnable and close games…. I think better game day management from the coaching staff could’ve won those games… Let’s hope that McVay can provide that guidance to win those close games….

They win those games, the Rams would’ve been 10-6.

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Seemed like there were two seasons last year. The 3-1 start, followed by a 1-5 record were all part of the same pattern really. The Rams fought hard, played close games, but just didnt have enough pop on offense. The defense always wilted and wasn’t good enough to carry them far enough to win.

And then in week 12 they started playing good offenses – Pats, Falcons, Saints — and the flawed-defense was just destroyed and the offense melted down.

I am not sure what kind of team will show up in 2017. I just dont know what to expect. My last memories of the Rams are all those blow out losses and the pathetic loss to the pathetic 49ers. Surely they are not really that bad.

1 September 12 at San Francisco 49ers L 0–28 …. 0–1
2 September 18 Seattle Seahawks W 9–3 …. 1–1
3 September 25 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 37–32 …. 2–1
4 October 2 at Arizona Cardinals W 17–13…. 3–1
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5 October 9 Buffalo Bills L 19–30 … 3–2
6 October 16 at Detroit Lions L 28–31 … 3–3
7 October 23 New York Giants L 10–17…. 3–4
8 Bye
9 November 6 Carolina Panthers L 10–13 ….3–5
10 November 13 at New York Jets W 9–6 … 4–5
11 November 20 Miami Dolphins L 10–14…. 4–6
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12 November 27 at New Orleans Saints L 21–49…. 4–7
13 December 4 at New England Patriots L 10–26…. 4–8
14 December 11 Atlanta Falcons L 14–42…. 4–9
15 December 15 at Seattle Seahawks L 3–24… 4–10
16 December 24 San Francisco 49ers L 21–22… 4–11
17 January 1 Arizona Cardinals L 6–44…. 4–12

“…The reason they (the Right) can screw so many people with relative impunity, is that they’ve invested decades in creating a mega-narrative that insulates them from consequences…”

“…The reason Republicans win as a minority party is because Democrats have embraced neoliberalism and rejected true progressivism…”

Well, we (board-leftists) have been saying those two things for well over a decade now. Meanwhile the biosphere continues to to be destroyed by the Obama-Hillary-Dems and the Trump-Reps.

I see zero reason to think the Dems are going to change. Just read Waterfield’s posts. They will turn to another ‘qualified’ candidate like Hillary/Obama.
We will lurch from Trump-nationalism-neoliberalism to Obama/hillary-neoliberalism.

For all the reason’s we’ve discussed for over a decade — ‘they’ outnumber ‘us’.
There simply are not that many ‘progressives’ in this country. There’s just not. If there were, the Senate would not look like it does.

The Neolibs (Rep-version and Dem-version) were better at selling their meta-narratives than the progressives/socialists.

We lost. They won. Have a nice day 🙂

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Zooey wrote:

You know what.

I am tired of Clinton apologists blaming the left for her loss.

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I’m tired of
Corporate-Capitalism,
Corporate-Media,
Corporate-Democrats,
Corporate-Republicans,
and Corporate-Personhood.

Hitler did not threaten to destroy the entire biosphere.
Corporations are well on their way to destroying the biosphere.

I’m tired of that.

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nittany ram wrote:

wv wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

http://www.popsci.com/deer-eating-human-remains?src=SOC&dom=tw

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I wanna know where they got the ‘body’ for that experiment? Something tells me it wasnt a former Rockefeller or Kennedy.

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They acquire the bodies in several ways. Unclaimed or unidentified bodies might be donated by a medical examiner’s office. Some of the bodies are donated by people who will their bodies to Science. Others are donated by family members. I think wvewe is planning to donate your body for an experiment to determine the effect that fire ants have on corpses placed on their nest mounds.

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I would prefer to be eaten by crows.

I’ll have to find some crow scientists, i see.

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And then we’d get Pence,
of course.

And then after that we’ll get
a neoliberal-dem.

It’s a madhouse.
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