• Put carbon taxes on volcanos!

    From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 3 13:40:26 2023
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

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  • From Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Tue Jan 3 16:49:53 2023
    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:ali9rht7j7200jm8rnep0tqiablkn0mojc@4ax.com:

    On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 13:40:26 -0800 (PST), StarDust
    <csoka01@gmail.com> wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    They don't release enough carbon to matter.

    According to USGS, volcanoes release less than one percent the CO2 as
    man. Mount St. Helens got into the same order of magnitude as
    humanity, but only for nine hours (releasing as much CO2 as humanity
    does in 2.5 hours).

    On the other hand, sulfate aerosols from large eruptions, which
    volcanoes can release quite a lot of, cause global cooling by as much
    as half a degree for one to three years (or more, for the really
    monumental eruptions like Pinatubo in 1978, which reduced global
    temps as much as 1.3 degree F for three years), so there's that.

    And on the gripping hand, you're arguing with an even bigger idiot
    than yourself.

    https://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/volcanoes-can-affect-climate

    --
    Terry Austin

    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 3 17:39:17 2023
    On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 13:40:26 -0800 (PST), StarDust <csoka01@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    They don't release enough carbon to matter.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Tue Jan 3 17:48:56 2023
    On Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 4:39:21 PM UTC-8, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 13:40:26 -0800 (PST),
    wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    They don't release enough carbon to matter.

    Video says, 1200 tons of sulfur output per day recorded!
    Is it a lot or what?

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to StarDust on Tue Jan 3 17:57:43 2023
    On Tuesday, 3 January 2023 at 16:40:28 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    Did you know the average N. American doesn't begin earning their own money until Sept of the year? All the money from the previous 7 months ends up going for taxes of one sort or another.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to RichA on Tue Jan 3 18:10:57 2023
    On Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 5:57:45 PM UTC-8, RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 3 January 2023 at 16:40:28 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    Did you know the average N. American doesn't begin earning their own money until Sept of the year? All the money from the previous 7 months ends up going for taxes of one sort or another.

    Yes, earned income is the worst form of making money.
    Taxes get deducted from employee's paycheck, before handed out.
    Of course, the employer doesn't have to pay out that collected tax money immediately, but quarterly or every 6 months etc... to big G.
    So, employer gets a nice lump sum for a while, which can be used for other things, like investments, buying equipment etc...!

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 4 06:59:44 2023
    On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 17:57:43 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 3 January 2023 at 16:40:28 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    Did you know the average N. American doesn't begin earning their own money until Sept of the year? All the money from the previous 7 months ends up going for taxes of one sort or another.

    The average American begins earning his own money on January 1. Taxes
    are your own money, as much as the money you spend on your food and
    housing and toys.

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to taustinca@gmail.com on Wed Jan 4 08:47:38 2023
    On Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:49:53 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:ali9rht7j7200jm8rnep0tqiablkn0mojc@4ax.com:

    On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 13:40:26 -0800 (PST), StarDust
    <csoka01@gmail.com> wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    They don't release enough carbon to matter.

    According to USGS, volcanoes release less than one percent the CO2 as
    man. Mount St. Helens got into the same order of magnitude as
    humanity, but only for nine hours (releasing as much CO2 as humanity
    does in 2.5 hours).

    On the other hand, sulfate aerosols from large eruptions, which
    volcanoes can release quite a lot of, cause global cooling by as much
    as half a degree for one to three years (or more, for the really
    monumental eruptions like Pinatubo in 1978, which reduced global
    temps as much as 1.3 degree F for three years), so there's that.

    And on the gripping hand, you're arguing with an even bigger idiot
    than yourself.

    https://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/volcanoes-can-affect-climate

    It's a bit marginal to refer to changes on the order of two or three
    years as "climate", though. More like impacting global weather
    patterns for a few years.

    The Earth has experienced periods of extreme volcanism that truly
    impacted climate. But we're not in any such period now.

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  • From Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Wed Jan 4 10:35:33 2023
    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:8h1brh9qpm65r4vn7m6hi5nlohpf07s0fl@4ax.com:

    On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 17:57:43 -0800 (PST), RichA
    <rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tuesday, 3 January 2023 at 16:40:28 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    Did you know the average N. American doesn't begin earning their
    own money until Sept of the year? All the money from the
    previous 7 months ends up going for taxes of one sort or
    another.

    The average American begins earning his own money on January 1.
    Taxes are your own money, as much as the money you spend on your
    food and housing and toys.

    And the traditional date for that idiotic meme is actually sometime
    in April. The *average* US worker doesn't pay 75% in taxes. This
    isn't Europe. (Aside from the inability to *count*, since there are 8
    months before September, not 7. And, of course, equating "North
    American" with "US worker," which is not only retarded, but bigoted
    as well.)

    --
    Terry Austin

    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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  • From Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Wed Jan 4 10:33:03 2023
    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:3q7brh10vnd5kuo6tcdob8hdkd8qealjlt@4ax.com:

    On Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:49:53 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
    Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>news:ali9rht7j7200jm8rnep0tqiablkn0mojc@4ax.com:

    On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 13:40:26 -0800 (PST), StarDust
    <csoka01@gmail.com> wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    They don't release enough carbon to matter.

    According to USGS, volcanoes release less than one percent the
    CO2 as man. Mount St. Helens got into the same order of
    magnitude as humanity, but only for nine hours (releasing as
    much CO2 as humanity does in 2.5 hours).

    On the other hand, sulfate aerosols from large eruptions, which
    volcanoes can release quite a lot of, cause global cooling by as
    much as half a degree for one to three years (or more, for the
    really monumental eruptions like Pinatubo in 1978, which reduced
    global temps as much as 1.3 degree F for three years), so
    there's that.

    And on the gripping hand, you're arguing with an even bigger
    idiot than yourself.

    https://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/volcanoes-can-affect-climate

    It's a bit marginal to refer to changes on the order of two or
    three years as "climate", though. More like impacting global
    weather patterns for a few years.

    The Earth has experienced periods of extreme volcanism that
    truly impacted climate. But we're not in any such period now.

    The real point there was that you were (for a change) right and
    StarDust was, as always, full of shit. It really takes a special
    kind of stupid make *you* the smart one.

    --
    Terry Austin

    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to StarDust on Wed Jan 4 12:02:30 2023
    On Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 6:48:57 PM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:

    Video says, 1200 tons of sulfur output per day recorded!
    Is it a lot or what?

    That depends. If I had to clean all that out of my front yard, it
    would be a lot. But as for pollution being released into the atmosphere,
    when considered on a global basis... well, the Earth is a pretty big place.

    That's why it came as a surprise that human activity could be large
    enough to have global impacts - first with the ozone hole, and now
    with global warming.

    John Savard

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Wed Jan 4 16:47:43 2023
    On Wednesday, 4 January 2023 at 08:59:49 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 17:57:43 -0800 (PST), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 3 January 2023 at 16:40:28 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    Did you know the average N. American doesn't begin earning their own money until Sept of the year? All the money from the previous 7 months ends up going for taxes of one sort or another.
    The average American begins earning his own money on January 1. Taxes
    are your own money, as much as the money you spend on your food and
    housing and toys.

    Tax Freedom Day is a significant date for taxpayers and lawmakers because it represents how long Americans as a whole have to work in order to pay the nation's tax burden. This year, Tax Freedom Day falls on April 16, or 105 days into the year.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Wed Jan 4 21:10:53 2023
    On Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 12:02:32 PM UTC-8, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 6:48:57 PM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:

    Video says, 1200 tons of sulfur output per day recorded!
    Is it a lot or what?
    That depends. If I had to clean all that out of my front yard, it
    would be a lot. But as for pollution being released into the atmosphere,
    when considered on a global basis... well, the Earth is a pretty big place.

    That's why it came as a surprise that human activity could be large
    enough to have global impacts - first with the ozone hole, and now
    with global warming.

    John Savard

    Global warming is real, it may be natural, but we don't know how much hooman activity contributing or speeding it up?
    That is the question!

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 5 07:39:54 2023
    On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 21:10:53 -0800 (PST), StarDust <csoka01@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 12:02:32 PM UTC-8, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 6:48:57 PM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:

    Video says, 1200 tons of sulfur output per day recorded!
    Is it a lot or what?
    That depends. If I had to clean all that out of my front yard, it
    would be a lot. But as for pollution being released into the atmosphere,
    when considered on a global basis... well, the Earth is a pretty big place. >>
    That's why it came as a surprise that human activity could be large
    enough to have global impacts - first with the ozone hole, and now
    with global warming.

    John Savard

    Global warming is real, it may be natural, but we don't know how much hooman activity contributing or speeding it up?
    That is the question!

    We know, beyond all reasonable doubt, that it is 100% human caused.

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 5 07:40:44 2023
    On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 16:47:43 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Wednesday, 4 January 2023 at 08:59:49 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 17:57:43 -0800 (PST), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Tuesday, 3 January 2023 at 16:40:28 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    Did you know the average N. American doesn't begin earning their own money until Sept of the year? All the money from the previous 7 months ends up going for taxes of one sort or another.
    The average American begins earning his own money on January 1. Taxes
    are your own money, as much as the money you spend on your food and
    housing and toys.

    Tax Freedom Day is a significant date for taxpayers and lawmakers because it represents how long Americans as a whole have to work in order to pay the nation's tax burden. This year, Tax Freedom Day falls on April 16, or 105 days into the year.

    It is part of the system to turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy. A system that is working.

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Thu Jan 5 17:02:11 2023
    On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 7:40:47 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 16:47:43 -0800 (PST), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    Tax Freedom Day is a significant date for taxpayers and lawmakers because it >represents how long Americans as a whole have to work in order to pay the >nation's tax burden. This year, Tax Freedom Day falls on April 16, or 105 days
    into the year.

    It is part of the system to turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy. A system that is working.

    The notion of "Tax Freedom Day" has been around _long_ before
    Donald Trump came along.

    I remembered hearing of it in Canada from about the 1970s. A
    search, however, shows that the responsible party was one
    Dallas Hostetler. He is described as an "American businessman".

    Obviously, the motive behind "Tax Freedom Day" _is_ to heighten
    public awareness - and resentment of - the burden of taxes. Since
    it's based on average taxes, which are higher than those paid by
    people with *median* incomes, as the Wikipedia article noted,
    it can also be criticized as inaccurate.

    The goal is, obviously, to promote the idea of "small government";
    less spending on social programs, so that rich businessmen can
    make more money. That's true enough. But since it long predates
    Trump, "turn Americans against each other and destroy our
    democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    And "divide the proletariat to ensure the survival of the capitalist
    system" just wouldn't have the right ring to it, at least not in the
    U.S., so that's not a good alternative either.

    John Savard

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 5 21:25:16 2023
    On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 17:02:11 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 7:40:47 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 16:47:43 -0800 (PST), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    Tax Freedom Day is a significant date for taxpayers and lawmakers because it
    represents how long Americans as a whole have to work in order to pay the >> >nation's tax burden. This year, Tax Freedom Day falls on April 16, or 105 days
    into the year.

    It is part of the system to turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy. A system that is working.

    The notion of "Tax Freedom Day" has been around _long_ before
    Donald Trump came along.

    I remembered hearing of it in Canada from about the 1970s. A
    search, however, shows that the responsible party was one
    Dallas Hostetler. He is described as an "American businessman".

    Obviously, the motive behind "Tax Freedom Day" _is_ to heighten
    public awareness - and resentment of - the burden of taxes. Since
    it's based on average taxes, which are higher than those paid by
    people with *median* incomes, as the Wikipedia article noted,
    it can also be criticized as inaccurate.

    The goal is, obviously, to promote the idea of "small government";
    less spending on social programs, so that rich businessmen can
    make more money. That's true enough. But since it long predates
    Trump, "turn Americans against each other and destroy our
    democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    And "divide the proletariat to ensure the survival of the capitalist
    system" just wouldn't have the right ring to it, at least not in the
    U.S., so that's not a good alternative either.

    John Savard

    The right wing effort to destroy democracy goes back at least to
    Reagan's terms. Trump didn't invent it.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Thu Jan 5 20:59:45 2023
    On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 8:25:19 PM UTC-8, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 17:02:11 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca>
    wrote:
    On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 7:40:47 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 16:47:43 -0800 (PST), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    Tax Freedom Day is a significant date for taxpayers and lawmakers because it
    represents how long Americans as a whole have to work in order to pay the >> >nation's tax burden. This year, Tax Freedom Day falls on April 16, or 105 days
    into the year.

    It is part of the system to turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy. A system that is working.

    The notion of "Tax Freedom Day" has been around _long_ before
    Donald Trump came along.

    I remembered hearing of it in Canada from about the 1970s. A
    search, however, shows that the responsible party was one
    Dallas Hostetler. He is described as an "American businessman".

    Obviously, the motive behind "Tax Freedom Day" _is_ to heighten
    public awareness - and resentment of - the burden of taxes. Since
    it's based on average taxes, which are higher than those paid by
    people with *median* incomes, as the Wikipedia article noted,
    it can also be criticized as inaccurate.

    The goal is, obviously, to promote the idea of "small government";
    less spending on social programs, so that rich businessmen can
    make more money. That's true enough. But since it long predates
    Trump, "turn Americans against each other and destroy our
    democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    And "divide the proletariat to ensure the survival of the capitalist >system" just wouldn't have the right ring to it, at least not in the
    U.S., so that's not a good alternative either.

    John Savard
    The right wing effort to destroy democracy goes back at least to
    Reagan's terms. Trump didn't invent it.

    The problem with democracy is, it can't build bridges!
    Why?
    Because, it would collapse!
    Why?
    If the bridge building was based on the mostly ignorant masses's vote, how it's built, it would collapse.
    Big corporations don't base their system on democracy, but control from the top!
    Worker have no saying in anything, how or by whom the company is run!
    Companies do anything to keep unions out!

    The Remains of the Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tm3AT543YE&list=PL3F47DCCCC2A8E4C3&index=55

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 6 08:57:19 2023
    On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 20:59:45 -0800 (PST), StarDust <csoka01@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 8:25:19 PM UTC-8, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 17:02:11 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca>
    wrote:
    On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 7:40:47 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote: >> >> On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 16:47:43 -0800 (PST), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    Tax Freedom Day is a significant date for taxpayers and lawmakers because it
    represents how long Americans as a whole have to work in order to pay the
    nation's tax burden. This year, Tax Freedom Day falls on April 16, or 105 days
    into the year.

    It is part of the system to turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy. A system that is working.

    The notion of "Tax Freedom Day" has been around _long_ before
    Donald Trump came along.

    I remembered hearing of it in Canada from about the 1970s. A
    search, however, shows that the responsible party was one
    Dallas Hostetler. He is described as an "American businessman".

    Obviously, the motive behind "Tax Freedom Day" _is_ to heighten
    public awareness - and resentment of - the burden of taxes. Since
    it's based on average taxes, which are higher than those paid by
    people with *median* incomes, as the Wikipedia article noted,
    it can also be criticized as inaccurate.

    The goal is, obviously, to promote the idea of "small government";
    less spending on social programs, so that rich businessmen can
    make more money. That's true enough. But since it long predates
    Trump, "turn Americans against each other and destroy our
    democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    And "divide the proletariat to ensure the survival of the capitalist
    system" just wouldn't have the right ring to it, at least not in the
    U.S., so that's not a good alternative either.

    John Savard
    The right wing effort to destroy democracy goes back at least to
    Reagan's terms. Trump didn't invent it.

    The problem with democracy is, it can't build bridges!
    Why?
    Because, it would collapse!
    Why?
    If the bridge building was based on the mostly ignorant masses's vote, how it's built, it would collapse.
    Big corporations don't base their system on democracy, but control from the top!
    Worker have no saying in anything, how or by whom the company is run! >Companies do anything to keep unions out!

    Which is why we have representative democracy... which removes from
    "the mostly ignorant masses" the responsibility of dealing directly
    with things they are not well equipped to deal with.

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  • From Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Fri Jan 6 11:06:00 2023
    Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2-b767-a534549d57d4n@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And they
    have made great strides in recent years.

    --
    Terry Austin

    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to taustinca@gmail.com on Sat Jan 7 07:41:20 2023
    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2-b767-a534549d57d4n@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And they
    have made great strides in recent years.

    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in any
    positions of political power.

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  • From Gerald Kelleher@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sat Jan 7 08:09:17 2023
    On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 2:41:24 PM UTC, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taus...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2...@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And they
    have made great strides in recent years.
    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in any
    positions of political power.


    The Left in American roughly represents the enlightenment subculture as an academic/political hybrid rather than a social conviction seen in Western Europe. This subculture is notable for ideologies based on modelling so that a person can be rich or poor,
    financially or materially and still be Left, at least in American terms.

    The Left draws its principles from the 'rules of reasoning', which attempts to narrow any perspective, especially solar system and Earth science research, to its notion that experimental observations and wishful thinking take precedence over
    interpretation. For instance, the idea that experimental observations in a common greenhouse scale up to the Earth's atmosphere is a property of this subculture and Rule III-

    http://strangebeautiful.com/other-texts/newton-principia-rules-reasoning.pdf

    Even those who don't think of themselves as 'Left' follow the same disruptive subculture, which is dismaying. The notable trait of the enlightenment subculture is to be dour by trying to sound authoritative so, even in a relatively technologically
    advanced era, anything inspirational is ignored through the need to be dictatorial.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Mike Collins@21:1/5 to kellehe...@gmail.com on Sat Jan 7 11:23:10 2023
    On Saturday, 7 January 2023 at 16:09:20 UTC, kellehe...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 2:41:24 PM UTC, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taus...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2...@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And they
    have made great strides in recent years.
    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in any
    positions of political power.
    The Left in American roughly represents the enlightenment subculture as an academic/political hybrid rather than a social conviction seen in Western Europe. This subculture is notable for ideologies based on modelling so that a person can be rich or
    poor, financially or materially and still be Left, at least in American terms.

    The Left draws its principles from the 'rules of reasoning', which attempts to narrow any perspective, especially solar system and Earth science research, to its notion that experimental observations and wishful thinking take precedence over
    interpretation. For instance, the idea that experimental observations in a common greenhouse scale up to the Earth's atmosphere is a property of this subculture and Rule III-

    http://strangebeautiful.com/other-texts/newton-principia-rules-reasoning.pdf

    Even those who don't think of themselves as 'Left' follow the same disruptive subculture, which is dismaying. The notable trait of the enlightenment subculture is to be dour by trying to sound authoritative so, even in a relatively technologically
    advanced era, anything inspirational is ignored through the need to be dictatorial.

    The Greenhouse Effect has nothing to do with Greenhouses. It merely indicates that the spectroscopic effect of certain molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere makes the Earth warmer just as Greenhouses make their interior warmer. However the heating effect
    of greenhouses is almost entirely due to convection and elimination of draughts prevent the heated air from escaping.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Ninapenda Jibini@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sat Jan 7 19:19:51 2023
    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:b31jrh5tum1m47h75e1m3nv2cmqntkbq3u@4ax.com:

    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
    Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >>news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2-b767-a534549d57d4n@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And
    they have made great strides in recent years.

    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in any
    positions of political power.

    Not in the true sense. The name has been coopted by fascists.

    --
    Terry Austin

    Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
    Lynn:
    https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration


    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to taustinca@gmail.com on Sat Jan 7 13:12:38 2023
    On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:19:51 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:b31jrh5tum1m47h75e1m3nv2cmqntkbq3u@4ax.com:

    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
    Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >>>news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2-b767-a534549d57d4n@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And
    they have made great strides in recent years.

    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in any
    positions of political power.

    Not in the true sense. The name has been coopted by fascists.

    Fascism is alive and well on the right. Nobody outside of that either
    uses the term or represents fascist thinking.

    In the U.S. the "right" is nationalist and fascist, and the "left" is moderately right of center.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Gerald Kelleher@21:1/5 to Mike Collins on Sat Jan 7 12:43:34 2023
    On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 7:23:12 PM UTC, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Saturday, 7 January 2023 at 16:09:20 UTC, kellehe...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 2:41:24 PM UTC, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taus...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2...@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And they
    have made great strides in recent years.
    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in any
    positions of political power.
    The Left in American roughly represents the enlightenment subculture as an academic/political hybrid rather than a social conviction seen in Western Europe. This subculture is notable for ideologies based on modelling so that a person can be rich or
    poor, financially or materially and still be Left, at least in American terms.

    The Left draws its principles from the 'rules of reasoning', which attempts to narrow any perspective, especially solar system and Earth science research, to its notion that experimental observations and wishful thinking take precedence over
    interpretation. For instance, the idea that experimental observations in a common greenhouse scale up to the Earth's atmosphere is a property of this subculture and Rule III-

    http://strangebeautiful.com/other-texts/newton-principia-rules-reasoning.pdf

    Even those who don't think of themselves as 'Left' follow the same disruptive subculture, which is dismaying. The notable trait of the enlightenment subculture is to be dour by trying to sound authoritative so, even in a relatively technologically
    advanced era, anything inspirational is ignored through the need to be dictatorial.
    The Greenhouse Effect has nothing to do with Greenhouses. It merely indicates that the spectroscopic effect of certain molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere makes the Earth warmer just as Greenhouses make their interior warmer. However the heating
    effect of greenhouses is almost entirely due to convection and elimination of draughts prevent the heated air from escaping.

    Academic Brits, like their political equivalent, have lost all credibility, so I shrug when I see you convince yourself that the insulative effects of a greenhouse don't scale up to the Earth's atmosphere as modellers would have it-

    https://climatekids.nasa.gov/greenhouse-effect/

    Orwell/Blair was writing about his Eton education and that desperate mental condition where you can force yourself to believe something and then forget it when necessary [Capitalisations are not mine]-

    “Oceanic society rests ultimately on the belief that Big Brother is omnipotent and that the Party is infallible. But since, in reality Big Brother is not omnipotent and the party is not infallible, there is a need for an unwearying, moment-to-moment
    flexibility in the treatment of facts. The keyword here is BLACKWHITE. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white in contradiction
    of the plain facts. Applied to a Party member, it means a loyal willingness to say that black is white when Party discipline demands this. But it also means the ability to BELIEVE that black is white, and more, to KNOW that black is white, and to forget
    that one has ever believed the contrary.” ― George Orwell, 1984

    Brexit was an exercise in doublethink or blackwhite and so is climate change modelling.

    Planetary climate is based on planetary dynamics in a Sun-centred system, so even if the entire world has been lost to academic boosters and all the hype, planetary climate remains intact and yet to make it into proper discussion and consideration.

    Your last comment before this one only affirms how dull and dour you pass through existence.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Gerald Kelleher@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sat Jan 7 12:57:36 2023
    On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 8:12:42 PM UTC, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:19:51 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taus...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <c...@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:b31jrh5tum1m47h75...@4ax.com:

    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
    Kujisalimisha <taus...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >>>news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2...@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And
    they have made great strides in recent years.

    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in any
    positions of political power.

    Not in the true sense. The name has been coopted by fascists.
    Fascism is alive and well on the right. Nobody outside of that either
    uses the term or represents fascist thinking.

    In the U.S. the "right" is nationalist and fascist, and the "left" is moderately right of center.

    America doesn't have a left/right problem; America has a NASA problem and that political/academic hybrid creature which you represent-

    http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36972

    https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210922.html

    Your discussion in that forum and the reheated one in 2021 is an example of what 'Left' is.

    As 'Left' is a subculture which ticks all the boxes for whatever harebrained conviction is presented, no matter how stupid, there is no contrary foundation for discussion or consideration with these unfortunate cheerleaders.

    The NASA explanation for the seasons is pure RA/Dec modelling, and the manipulation of imaging to follow clockwork modelling is absurd, if not obscene. However, no amount of explaining as to how the light/dark hemispheres pivot off the Earth's daily
    rotational Equator on a planet with a zero-degree inclination makes one iota of difference to the 'Left'.

    http://astro.dur.ac.uk/~ams/users/solar_year.gif

    With the political realm bound to the academic realm more than ever, society is seeing the results of that monstrosity.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Ninapenda Jibini@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sat Jan 7 21:49:37 2023
    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:hfkjrhlg3g2rh976aqqousmrckressbqe5@4ax.com:

    On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:19:51 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>news:b31jrh5tum1m47h75e1m3nv2cmqntkbq3u@4ax.com:

    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
    Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >>>>news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2-b767-a534549d57d4n@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other
    and destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an
    exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And
    they have made great strides in recent years.

    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in any
    positions of political power.

    Not in the true sense. The name has been coopted by fascists.

    Fascism is alive and well on the right.

    And at least as alive and well on the left. If not more so. It
    isn't the right that's using the history of the rise to power of
    the Nazi Party in the 20s as a manual.

    Nobody outside of that
    either uses the term or represents fascist thinking.

    In the U.S. the "right" is nationalist and fascist, and the
    "left" is moderately right of center.

    The left in the US these days are violent insurgents actively
    attacking the government.

    You know it's true, even if you're afraid to admit it.

    --
    Terry Austin

    Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
    Lynn:
    https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration


    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to taustinca@gmail.com on Sat Jan 7 16:11:31 2023
    On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 21:49:37 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:hfkjrhlg3g2rh976aqqousmrckressbqe5@4ax.com:

    On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:19:51 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>news:b31jrh5tum1m47h75e1m3nv2cmqntkbq3u@4ax.com:

    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
    Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >>>>>news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2-b767-a534549d57d4n@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other
    and destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an
    exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And
    they have made great strides in recent years.

    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in any
    positions of political power.

    Not in the true sense. The name has been coopted by fascists.

    Fascism is alive and well on the right.

    And at least as alive and well on the left. If not more so. It
    isn't the right that's using the history of the rise to power of
    the Nazi Party in the 20s as a manual.

    Nobody outside of that
    either uses the term or represents fascist thinking.

    In the U.S. the "right" is nationalist and fascist, and the
    "left" is moderately right of center.

    The left in the US these days are violent insurgents actively
    attacking the government.

    You know it's true, even if you're afraid to admit it.

    Again, there really is no left. And certainly not a violent one.
    Virtually all of the violence is coming from right wing nuts.
    Christian nationalists. Fascists.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Gerald Kelleher@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 7 15:13:45 2023
    The Nazis, through a fictional aryan 'race', would be from the 'Left' in terms of a political/academic vehicle.

    " Under proper guidance, in the course of the final solution, the Jews are to be allocated for appropriate labour in the East. Able-bodied Jews, separated according to sex, will be taken in large work columns to these areas for work on roads, in the
    course of which action doubtless a large portion will be eliminated by natural causes. The possible final remnant will, since it will undoubtedly consist of the most resistant portion, have to be treated accordingly because it is the product of natural
    selection and would, if released, act as the seed of a new Jewish revival" Wannsee Conference, 1942

    The Victorian natural selection doctrine was a colonial expansion excuse by misusing the Earth science of biology just as the cretins today misuse the Earth science of climate to create the type of hysteria that drives nations and even societies in havoc.

    The English in this forum will run a mile from natural selection as they receive what is effectively a fairy tale through people like the misguided Attenborough, while Americans appear to like the notion of the Human Race made up of favoured/less
    favoured 'races' by skin complexion.

    'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life' Charles Darwin, 1859

    A less favoured 'race' looks like this in case anyone would try to tinker with the word 'race' in the main title-

    " Or as Mr. Greg puts the case: "The careless, squalid, unaspiring Irishman multiplies like rabbits: the frugal, foreseeing, self-respecting, ambitious Scot, stern in his morality, spiritual in his faith, sagacious and disciplined in his intelligence,
    passes his best years in struggle and in celibacy, marries late, and leaves few behind him. Given a land originally peopled by a thousand Saxons and a thousand Celts—and in a dozen generations, five-sixths of the population would be Celts, but five-
    sixths of the property, of the power, of the intellect, would belong to the one-sixth of Saxons that remained. In the eternal 'struggle for existence,' it would be the inferior and less favoured race that had prevailed—and prevailed by virtue not of
    its good qualities but of its faults and narrower brain." Descent of Man, Darwin, 1871

    https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Descent_of_Man_(Darwin)/Chapter_V

    So, the Nazis were 'Left' as the term represents an academic conviction railroaded into Earth sciences.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Mike Collins@21:1/5 to kellehe...@gmail.com on Sat Jan 7 15:09:29 2023
    On Saturday, 7 January 2023 at 20:43:36 UTC, kellehe...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 7:23:12 PM UTC, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Saturday, 7 January 2023 at 16:09:20 UTC, kellehe...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 2:41:24 PM UTC, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taus...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2...@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And they >have made great strides in recent years.
    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in any positions of political power.
    The Left in American roughly represents the enlightenment subculture as an academic/political hybrid rather than a social conviction seen in Western Europe. This subculture is notable for ideologies based on modelling so that a person can be rich
    or poor, financially or materially and still be Left, at least in American terms.

    The Left draws its principles from the 'rules of reasoning', which attempts to narrow any perspective, especially solar system and Earth science research, to its notion that experimental observations and wishful thinking take precedence over
    interpretation. For instance, the idea that experimental observations in a common greenhouse scale up to the Earth's atmosphere is a property of this subculture and Rule III-

    http://strangebeautiful.com/other-texts/newton-principia-rules-reasoning.pdf

    Even those who don't think of themselves as 'Left' follow the same disruptive subculture, which is dismaying. The notable trait of the enlightenment subculture is to be dour by trying to sound authoritative so, even in a relatively technologically
    advanced era, anything inspirational is ignored through the need to be dictatorial.
    The Greenhouse Effect has nothing to do with Greenhouses. It merely indicates that the spectroscopic effect of certain molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere makes the Earth warmer just as Greenhouses make their interior warmer. However the heating
    effect of greenhouses is almost entirely due to convection and elimination of draughts prevent the heated air from escaping.
    Academic Brits, like their political equivalent, have lost all credibility, so I shrug when I see you convince yourself that the insulative effects of a greenhouse don't scale up to the Earth's atmosphere as modellers would have it-

    https://climatekids.nasa.gov/greenhouse-effect/


    Orwell/Blair was writing about his Eton education and that desperate mental condition where you can force yourself to believe something and then forget it when necessary [Capitalisations are not mine]-

    “Oceanic society rests ultimately on the belief that Big Brother is omnipotent and that the Party is infallible. But since, in reality Big Brother is not omnipotent and the party is not infallible, there is a need for an unwearying, moment-to-moment
    flexibility in the treatment of facts. The keyword here is BLACKWHITE. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white in contradiction
    of the plain facts. Applied to a Party member, it means a loyal willingness to say that black is white when Party discipline demands this. But it also means the ability to BELIEVE that black is white, and more, to KNOW that black is white, and to forget
    that one has ever believed the contrary.” ― George Orwell, 1984

    Brexit was an exercise in doublethink or blackwhite and so is climate change modelling.

    Planetary climate is based on planetary dynamics in a Sun-centred system, so even if the entire world has been lost to academic boosters and all the hype, planetary climate remains intact and yet to make it into proper discussion and consideration.

    Your last comment before this one only affirms how dull and dour you pass through existence.

    As usual You are unable to see in yourself what you ascribe to others. Double think is the basis of your life. Like the Red Queen you believe six impossible things before breakfast. When you finally decide which outdated explanation of the Solar System
    you “understand” facts won’t change you. It’s a pity Eric Blair is not alive. He would write a witty description of your warped mental processes. You know that the sidereal day is constant yet you insist that the variable solar day is the “
    correct” measure of rotation.
    And the way you try to use satellites and probes placed in orbit using Newton’s equations.
    And the way you use a satnav despite the fact that both general and special relativistic corrections need to be made before they can be used.
    Just as Galileo would put you as the fool in a discussion.

    And I’ll thank you for not assuming I supported the swivel eyed loons, political opportunists and selfish offshore financiers who pushed Brexit. You only have to look at my many posts on Quora and Facebook about the subject.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Gerald Kelleher@21:1/5 to Mike Collins on Sat Jan 7 15:22:48 2023
    On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 11:09:31 PM UTC, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Saturday, 7 January 2023 at 20:43:36 UTC, kellehe...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 7:23:12 PM UTC, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Saturday, 7 January 2023 at 16:09:20 UTC, kellehe...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 2:41:24 PM UTC, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha
    <taus...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2...@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And they >have made great strides in recent years.
    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in any positions of political power.
    The Left in American roughly represents the enlightenment subculture as an academic/political hybrid rather than a social conviction seen in Western Europe. This subculture is notable for ideologies based on modelling so that a person can be rich
    or poor, financially or materially and still be Left, at least in American terms.

    The Left draws its principles from the 'rules of reasoning', which attempts to narrow any perspective, especially solar system and Earth science research, to its notion that experimental observations and wishful thinking take precedence over
    interpretation. For instance, the idea that experimental observations in a common greenhouse scale up to the Earth's atmosphere is a property of this subculture and Rule III-

    http://strangebeautiful.com/other-texts/newton-principia-rules-reasoning.pdf

    Even those who don't think of themselves as 'Left' follow the same disruptive subculture, which is dismaying. The notable trait of the enlightenment subculture is to be dour by trying to sound authoritative so, even in a relatively
    technologically advanced era, anything inspirational is ignored through the need to be dictatorial.
    The Greenhouse Effect has nothing to do with Greenhouses. It merely indicates that the spectroscopic effect of certain molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere makes the Earth warmer just as Greenhouses make their interior warmer. However the heating
    effect of greenhouses is almost entirely due to convection and elimination of draughts prevent the heated air from escaping.
    Academic Brits, like their political equivalent, have lost all credibility, so I shrug when I see you convince yourself that the insulative effects of a greenhouse don't scale up to the Earth's atmosphere as modellers would have it-

    https://climatekids.nasa.gov/greenhouse-effect/


    Orwell/Blair was writing about his Eton education and that desperate mental condition where you can force yourself to believe something and then forget it when necessary [Capitalisations are not mine]-

    “Oceanic society rests ultimately on the belief that Big Brother is omnipotent and that the Party is infallible. But since, in reality Big Brother is not omnipotent and the party is not infallible, there is a need for an unwearying, moment-to-
    moment flexibility in the treatment of facts. The keyword here is BLACKWHITE. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white in
    contradiction of the plain facts. Applied to a Party member, it means a loyal willingness to say that black is white when Party discipline demands this. But it also means the ability to BELIEVE that black is white, and more, to KNOW that black is white,
    and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary.” ― George Orwell, 1984

    Brexit was an exercise in doublethink or blackwhite and so is climate change modelling.

    Planetary climate is based on planetary dynamics in a Sun-centred system, so even if the entire world has been lost to academic boosters and all the hype, planetary climate remains intact and yet to make it into proper discussion and consideration.

    Your last comment before this one only affirms how dull and dour you pass through existence.
    As usual You are unable to see in yourself what you ascribe to others. Double think is the basis of your life. Like the Red Queen you believe six impossible things before breakfast. When you finally decide which outdated explanation of the Solar System
    you “understand” facts won’t change you. It’s a pity Eric Blair is not alive. He would write a witty description of your warped mental processes. You know that the sidereal day is constant yet you insist that the variable solar day is the “
    correct” measure of rotation.
    And the way you try to use satellites and probes placed in orbit using Newton’s equations.
    And the way you use a satnav despite the fact that both general and special relativistic corrections need to be made before they can be used.
    Just as Galileo would put you as the fool in a discussion.

    And I’ll thank you for not assuming I supported the swivel eyed loons, political opportunists and selfish offshore financiers who pushed Brexit. You only have to look at my many posts on Quora and Facebook about the subject.

    You have been posting dull and dreary stuff for years without a single observation, image or graphic.

    Galileo didn't account for the direct/retrograde motions of the faster-moving Venus and Mercury as seen from a slower-moving Earth - I did.

    "Now what is said here of Jupiter is to be understood of Saturn and Mars also. In Saturn these retrogressions are somewhat more frequent than in Jupiter, because its motion is slower than Jupiter's, so that the Earth overtakes it in a shorter time. In
    Mars they are rarer, its motion being faster than that of Jupiter, so that the Earth spends more time in catching up with it. Next, as to Venus and Mercury, whose circles are included within that of the Earth, stoppings and retrograde motions appear in
    them also, due not to any motion that really exists in them, but to the annual motion of the Earth. This is acutely demonstrated by Copernicus" Galileo

    Your awful subculture can't even account for the direct/retrogrades of the slower moving Mars,Jupiter, Saturn and so on because Brits follow Sir Isaac who conjured up a false and idiosyncratic version-

    "For to the earth planetary motions appear sometimes direct, sometimes stationary, nay, and sometimes retrograde. But from the sun they are always seen direct,..." Newton

    https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap011220.html

    The Brits, at least those from your subculture, don't know how to apologise or admit a mistake so I will do it for you, at least in this matter.

    For everyone else, they can enjopy the retrograde motion of Mercury as it passes between the slower-moving Earth and a central Sun defined by the change in position of the stars from left to right as a result of the Earth's orbital motion. The fact that
    you recognised this 8 years ago but all it did was draw out a boiling hatred of astronomy that was always there anywhere.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Gerald Kelleher@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sat Jan 7 15:28:42 2023
    On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 11:11:35 PM UTC, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 21:49:37 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taus...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <c...@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:hfkjrhlg3g2rh976a...@4ax.com:

    On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:19:51 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taus...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <c...@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>news:b31jrh5tum1m47h75...@4ax.com:

    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
    Kujisalimisha <taus...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >>>>>news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2...@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other
    and destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an
    exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And
    they have made great strides in recent years.

    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in any
    positions of political power.

    Not in the true sense. The name has been coopted by fascists.

    Fascism is alive and well on the right.

    And at least as alive and well on the left. If not more so. It
    isn't the right that's using the history of the rise to power of
    the Nazi Party in the 20s as a manual.

    Nobody outside of that
    either uses the term or represents fascist thinking.

    In the U.S. the "right" is nationalist and fascist, and the
    "left" is moderately right of center.

    The left in the US these days are violent insurgents actively
    attacking the government.

    You know it's true, even if you're afraid to admit it.
    Again, there really is no left. And certainly not a violent one.
    Virtually all of the violence is coming from right wing nuts.
    Christian nationalists. Fascists.


    “I could show fight on natural selection having done and doing more for the progress of civilization than you seem inclined to admit. Remember what risk the nations of Europe ran, not so many centuries ago of being overwhelmed by the Turks, and how
    ridiculous such an idea now is! The more civilised so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turkish hollow in the struggle for existence. Looking to the world at no very distant date, what an endless number of the lower races will have been eliminated
    by the higher civilized races throughout the world.” ― Charles Darwin

    Natural selection is a vehicle from the academic 'Left' and long before the Nazis invented a fictional aryan 'race', the Brits had a violent Anglo-Saxon 'race' going with all its extermination imperatives-

    "It is very true what you say about the higher races of men, when high enough, replacing & clearing off the lower races. In 500 years how the Anglo-Saxon race will have spread & exterminated whole nations; & in consequence how much the Human race, viewed
    as a unit, will have risen in rank." Charles Darwin

    If the English are hopeless at admitting horrendous misadventures and judgments, many Americans appear hapless before the Royal Society monstrosities.

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  • From Ninapenda Jibini@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sun Jan 8 00:15:18 2023
    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:1vujrhtr0o365iisc4ub6m9rnl0v1lo4la@4ax.com:

    On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 21:49:37 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>news:hfkjrhlg3g2rh976aqqousmrckressbqe5@4ax.com:

    On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:19:51 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>>news:b31jrh5tum1m47h75e1m3nv2cmqntkbq3u@4ax.com:

    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
    Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >>>>>>news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2-b767-a534549d57d4n@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other
    and destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an
    exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And
    they have made great strides in recent years.

    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in
    any positions of political power.

    Not in the true sense. The name has been coopted by fascists.

    Fascism is alive and well on the right.

    And at least as alive and well on the left. If not more so. It
    isn't the right that's using the history of the rise to power of
    the Nazi Party in the 20s as a manual.

    Nobody outside of that
    either uses the term or represents fascist thinking.

    In the U.S. the "right" is nationalist and fascist, and the
    "left" is moderately right of center.

    The left in the US these days are violent insurgents actively
    attacking the government.

    You know it's true, even if you're afraid to admit it.

    Again, there really is no left.

    Including you. You're as fascist as any US lefty.

    Virtually all of the violence is coming from right wing nuts.
    Christian nationalists. Fascists.

    And BLM and Antifa, as five seconds on Google shows clearly. And
    those were the organized, armed uprisings that, as often as not,
    specifically targeted government facilities. Literal treason.

    But as long as the Democrats are in charge, it will all go
    unpunished because that's specifcally what they *want*.

    And you approve. You know you do.

    --
    Terry Austin

    Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
    Lynn: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration


    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to StarDust on Sat Jan 7 18:56:19 2023
    On Tuesday, 3 January 2023 at 16:40:28 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    A real trick is trying to find ANY references to "global warming" prior to around 1990. Considering they've know how CO2 functions since....the late 1800's, I find this REALLY odd.
    Until you realize this is a VAST post-communist fabrication designed to achieve what communism failed at: World government and mass re-distribution of wealth.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to taustinca@gmail.com on Sat Jan 7 20:19:39 2023
    On Sun, 08 Jan 2023 00:15:18 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:1vujrhtr0o365iisc4ub6m9rnl0v1lo4la@4ax.com:

    On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 21:49:37 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>news:hfkjrhlg3g2rh976aqqousmrckressbqe5@4ax.com:

    On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:19:51 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>>>>news:b31jrh5tum1m47h75e1m3nv2cmqntkbq3u@4ax.com:

    On Fri, 06 Jan 2023 11:06:00 -0700, Jibini Kula Tumbili
    Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in >>>>>>>news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2-b767-a534549d57d4n@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other
    and destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an
    exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And
    they have made great strides in recent years.

    There is no left to speak of in the U.S. At least, none in
    any positions of political power.

    Not in the true sense. The name has been coopted by fascists.

    Fascism is alive and well on the right.

    And at least as alive and well on the left. If not more so. It
    isn't the right that's using the history of the rise to power of
    the Nazi Party in the 20s as a manual.

    Nobody outside of that
    either uses the term or represents fascist thinking.

    In the U.S. the "right" is nationalist and fascist, and the
    "left" is moderately right of center.

    The left in the US these days are violent insurgents actively
    attacking the government.

    You know it's true, even if you're afraid to admit it.

    Again, there really is no left.

    Including you. You're as fascist as any US lefty.

    Virtually all of the violence is coming from right wing nuts.
    Christian nationalists. Fascists.

    And BLM and Antifa, as five seconds on Google shows clearly. And
    those were the organized, armed uprisings that, as often as not,
    specifically targeted government facilities. Literal treason.

    But as long as the Democrats are in charge, it will all go
    unpunished because that's specifcally what they *want*.

    And you approve. You know you do.

    So laughable when uneducated fools like you use words that are simply pejoratives to you, with no clue what they actually mean.

    The BLM and antifa marches were overwhelmingly peaceful. In the
    extremely rare cases where there was a bit of looting or minor
    violence, it was almost always instigated by the police or by right
    wing terrorists.

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  • From Ninapenda Jibini@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sun Jan 8 03:43:04 2023
    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:vedkrh9bikgg3abuejkdi35m4iq38aq09v@4ax.com:

    The BLM and antifa marches were overwhelmingly peaceful.

    You are literally hallucinating.

    Again.

    As you were programmed to.

    Seek professional help. You *need* it.

    --
    Terry Austin

    Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
    Lynn:
    https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration


    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to RichA on Sat Jan 7 19:18:07 2023
    On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 6:56:21 PM UTC-8, RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 3 January 2023 at 16:40:28 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU
    A real trick is trying to find ANY references to "global warming" prior to around 1990. Considering they've know how CO2 functions since....the late 1800's, I find this REALLY odd.
    Until you realize this is a VAST post-communist fabrication designed to achieve what communism failed at: World government and mass re-distribution of wealth.

    Eat this one!
    Timeline of global warming!
    https://history.aip.org/climate/timeline.htm

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 7 20:20:06 2023
    On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 18:56:19 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Tuesday, 3 January 2023 at 16:40:28 UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-LCmUlnGGU

    A real trick is trying to find ANY references to "global warming" prior to around 1990. Considering they've know how CO2 functions since....the late 1800's, I find this REALLY odd.
    Until you realize this is a VAST post-communist fabrication designed to achieve what communism failed at: World government and mass re-distribution of wealth.

    It's been discussed for 100 years or more.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Gerald Kelleher@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 7 23:53:36 2023
    Discussing anything significant in the solar system and Earth science research today is like discussing house building with people who only know how to play with lego blocks; even then, they are liable to swallow the lego blocks when things don't go
    their way. Raising the standard of consideration doesn't involve appealing to anyone in particular as individuals or even as academic organisations insofar as the bar is so abysmally poor as to be a pointless endeavour; however, this is an occasion to be
    open and courageous.

    Once again, America and many other Western nations do not have a left/right problem; they have an empirical problem which amounts to a subculture with a very narrow and disruptive doctrine when approaching natural and Universal phenomena.

    The direct/retrogrades insight of the faster-moving Mercury and Venus supersede that of Kepler (without diminishing the value of his modification of orbital geometry and speeds), so the insight approaches that of Copernicus in significance, and I have
    understood this all along-

    https://sol24.net/data/html/SOHO/C3/96H/VIDEO/

    From experience, the main trait of empirical cheerleaders is pettiness by various designs hence easier to go my own way and post what is relevant without the distraction of the hopeless or hapless.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Martin Brown@21:1/5 to Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha on Sun Jan 8 12:00:46 2023
    On 06/01/2023 18:06, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha wrote:
    Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2-b767-a534549d57d4n@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And they
    have made great strides in recent years.

    Only one US President, The Trump, has ever tried to prevent the smooth transition of power to the President elect by inciting an insurrection.

    Fortunately his brown shirts were nowhere near organised enough to pull
    it off or we would be looking at the Dictatorship of Trumpistan now.

    Two days ago was the anniversary of that infamous day.
    Does the US have a death penalty for Treason?

    --
    Regards,
    Martin Brown

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to taustinca@gmail.com on Sun Jan 8 07:26:44 2023
    On Sun, 08 Jan 2023 03:43:04 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >news:vedkrh9bikgg3abuejkdi35m4iq38aq09v@4ax.com:

    The BLM and antifa marches were overwhelmingly peaceful.

    You are literally hallucinating.

    Again.

    As you were programmed to.

    Seek professional help. You *need* it.

    As racist slime, this is what I'd expect from you.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Ninapenda Jibini@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sun Jan 8 19:04:22 2023
    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in news:jkklrhts883delfk9ijrff6eil73vmecf0@4ax.com:

    On Sun, 08 Jan 2023 03:43:04 GMT, Ninapenda Jibini
    <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:

    Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote in >>news:vedkrh9bikgg3abuejkdi35m4iq38aq09v@4ax.com:

    The BLM and antifa marches were overwhelmingly peaceful.

    You are literally hallucinating.

    Again.

    As you were programmed to.

    Seek professional help. You *need* it.

    As racist slime, this is what I'd expect from you.

    I know you are, but what am I?

    --
    Terry Austin

    Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
    Lynn:
    https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration


    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Martin Brown on Mon Jan 9 06:52:58 2023
    On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 5:00:49 AM UTC-7, Martin Brown wrote:

    Does the US have a death penalty for Treason?

    Yes, it does, but its laws give a narrow definition of treason,
    and so January 6th won't qualify even in the most optimistic
    scenario of Trump being made fully accountable.

    John Savard

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  • From Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha@21:1/5 to Martin Brown on Mon Jan 9 08:05:42 2023
    Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote in news:tpeb9e$caf$2@gioia.aioe.org:

    On 06/01/2023 18:06, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha wrote:
    Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in
    news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2-b767-a534549d57d4n@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And
    they have made great strides in recent years.

    Only one US President, The Trump, has ever tried to prevent the
    smooth transition of power to the President elect by inciting an insurrection.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome

    Get professional help. Seriously. You *need* it.

    --
    Terry Austin

    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Mon Jan 9 08:06:13 2023
    Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in news:e95cf89c-f0c2-4393-8a4c- e532b5144c72n@googlegroups.com:

    On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 5:00:49 AM UTC-7, Martin Brown wrote:

    Does the US have a death penalty for Treason?

    Yes, it does, but its laws give a narrow definition of treason,
    and so January 6th won't qualify even in the most optimistic
    scenario of Trump being made fully accountable.

    Admitting that is a major breakthrough in your treatment, John. Keep
    taking those meds!

    --
    Terry Austin

    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Martin Brown on Mon Jan 9 15:00:15 2023
    On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 4:00:49 AM UTC-8, Martin Brown wrote:
    On 06/01/2023 18:06, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha wrote:
    Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in news:f88921a9-0abb-48b2...@googlegroups.com:

    But since
    it long predates Trump, "turn Americans against each other and
    destroy our democracy" is, I think, a bit of an exaggeration.

    Since that has been a core goal of the left for decades. And they
    have made great strides in recent years.
    Only one US President, The Trump, has ever tried to prevent the smooth transition of power to the President elect by inciting an insurrection.

    Fortunately his brown shirts were nowhere near organised enough to pull
    it off or we would be looking at the Dictatorship of Trumpistan now.

    Two days ago was the anniversary of that infamous day.
    Does the US have a death penalty for Treason?

    --
    Regards,
    Martin Brown

    Of course!
    Quartering! https://cdn.britannica.com/03/185403-050-CCB82045/drawing-quartering-assassin-Francois-Ravaillac-Henry-IV-1610.jpg

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