jerryskids

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Puerto Penasco (aka Rocky Point) is on the tip of the Sea of Cortez, and is the closest ocean to Phoenix (about 4 hour drive). As such it became a hooge vacation resort for our city. While there are guards patrolling it, I'd say they were more to protect against drunk teens/college kids getting into trouble. My understand was that, since the city made so much money on us, the authorities let the bad guys know that if they caused any trouble which risked the reputation of the place, they would not like the consequences (I'm not talking drug lords, just thieves etc.). I never felt at risk... ... that is, until my daughter's friend got stung by a stingray and I took her to the hospital, which was in the "local" part of town, much deeper than I had ever gone. Once we got into the waiting room, though, I must say: if you think there is white privilege in the US, you haven't seen anything until you see the priority white people have in a poor Mexican town which caters to white people. The stingray sting was more precaution than anything; if it were my own kid, I'd have had them rub some dirt on it. Meanwhile there were people in there bleeding all over the place, and looking like they were deathly ill. Didn't matter, the doc came out, saw us, and waved the girl right in (the scariest part was, although the doc spoke no English, she stopped me from going in and was quite insistent. I had to make the snap call that this was a legit hospital and they wouldn't take her kidney or something.) Which left me sitting there among the severely injured and sickly, appreciating my station in life. Afterward, kidney in tact, we went to the pharmacy where I learned first hand just how incredibly cheap drugs are there. I see why so many people go to Mexico for meds now. Seems they are doing something right there.

Same. Only lags a few minutes.

I'm calling you squissy because you are caught up in the "total," a semantic game squistion likes to play. Trump's message was that they were TOO reliant on Russia (saying it in typical Trumpian extremes), Germans laughed, Trump was right. As for coal, in your article: That's a big increase, unplanned. We're not going to agree on this, and it's getting tedious.

I live in an actual contentious state (AZ) so I don't have the luxury, like you in OR, to throw my vote away on a 3rd party candidate who has roughly 0.0% chance of winning. OR would elect Biden if he died tomorrow. Well, I could, but that would be irresponsible, and only give me the ability, no matter which of the 2wins, to go on low-rent FF message boreds and crow "well I didn't vote for him!"

Yes. So why the second paragraph?

You win, squissy. They were laughing only because Trump said "totally dependent," not because Trump thought they were too dependent. They knew they had those coal furnaces in their back pocket. Also, they didn't get the chance to become even more dependent because Putin shut them off, which caused them to panic-open the coal plants. Regarding Nato, as per my chart, all but a few either hit the goal or significantly increased their payments. You may not be aware, but most countries couldn't just rip up their budget and instantly hit the 2%. Most countries steadily increased over time with an end goal of 2%.

I know a little about AI, thanks. Also: Paragraph 1: He'll sound way different. Paragraph 2. He'll sound like he always does. Occam's Razor.

Graph 3 of the following link shows that, for 2020, 11 countries hit the 2% target, with 2 others just behind. It also compares to 2015 spending, and clearly it went up significantly for every country in that timeframe. https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2021/3/pdf/210316-pr-2020-30-en.pdf I would postulate that Covid caused many countries to back off spending, leading to your 2022 reduction. And of course, Russia's invasion slapped a lot of countries in the head, so I wouldn't attribute that to Biden. For Germany, now we're playing the "Trump said ALL"? Are you squistion? They were caught with their pants around the ankles and turned on coal plants as an emergency. Do you honestly think those smug Germans sitting there laughing were thinking "ah Herr Trump, he does not know about der awesome coal plants we can fire up!" ? They laughed, they were wrong.

Deep fakes could be made of any public speech Biden makes. What is different about this one? The answer is: should be nothing, and given that the transcript of the entire interview has been made public, you are wrong about Occam's Razor.

Do you even read your own links? The first one says nothing of 2022 targets. Further, it says: Started with Trump, continued with Biden. The second one is even worse; I should have posted it to prove my point. It is from 2023 and says Germany is NO LONGER dependent on Russian oil and gas. Then goes on to describe how they, among other things, re-opened coal plants to make up the difference. So now they are destroying the environment; climate change shlimate change, we need power now$#@! Cmon man...

It's 5, not 50 patents. Why are you allergic to accurate data? Does that help you with your job? And I only said it because you said something about hoping I didn't design anything. Ends up I did. Speaking of allergic to accuracy, yet another quote without a link, so we can't read the context or source. Regardless, that is nothing like how stupid Germany looks for laughing at Trump's statement. Otherwise, good post, good effort.

So, I destroyed you on the "world leaders laughing" statement, duly noted. It's a false question to say "what would Trump have done." Trump did whatever he did for 4 years, and Putin didn't invade. Russia, China, and Iran/Hamas have all acted as I said. These are facts, not useless speculation. The bolded is idiotic, beyond the possibility of intelligent discussion.

Trump established relationships with world leaders, who reciprocated out of respect. Biden talks about taking corn pop behind the shed. Meanwhile, Russia has been in Ukraine since just after Biden took over, China is massing it's navy in the China Sea, and Iran-backed Hamas brutally attacked Israel, with the help of our tax dollars. Facts not feelz; actions speak louder than words. Oh, and I do remember world leaders laughing and mocking at Trump. I remember them doing it when he said to NATO pay up or shut up... and many/most paid. I also remember Germans laughing at Trump when he said they were too dependent on Russian oil, in 2018. How did that age for Germany?

I'm not saying Trump is showing no signs of aging, I'm saying it's nowhere "same way Biden has." Biden can barely function. It is an attempt by you folks on the Left to nullify Bidens significant demise. "Well, it's the same for both." No. It isn't. It comes down to what you want: a president who calls Xi "Winnie the Pooh" to his face, or a president who stands in front of Xi glassy-eyed with drool running down his chin. I fear the latter more, because the Xis and the Putins and the Ayatollahs of the world smell weakness IMO.

Interesting, thanks. Did you just have all of those links on speed dial? Also, that first one, despite the lecturer's claims, seems quite partisan. No evidence of dementia with Joe, really? That's inane. Joe can't remember which way he walked on the stage a few minutes ago. Maybe get out of the classroom and meet some people. The disinhibition can be a sign as you pointed out, but having it doesn't prove dementia. He has used uncomplimentary nicknames for people since before the 2016 election. Maybe he's just an ass? I don't ever remember him being a model of decorum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump_about_other_people

You think that's cognitive decline? He's riffing a joke. You can argue it's not funny, or presidential, but doing stuff like that, like his Tic Tac shrinkflation riff, is a sign of strong cognitive function. When Biden goes off script it results in a few seconds of silence followed with "anyway..."

Did your dad beat the tar out of you? I'd have gotten my ass whupped but good.

The bolded is like poetry, bravo!

You're right, they are exactly the same. One of us is seeing what they want to see. Try not to sneeze from Biden's pubes tickling your nostrils. I'm done with this, troll. Have a good night.

Watched this and the others you just posted; nothing remotely close to Biden. Do you have zero ability to see this? I'm guessing you are just trolling at this point

I never said sharp as ever. I said nowhere near Biden. One of us is not a serious person.

The choice in this election is Trump with all of his baggage (and to some like you, being Satan who wants to destroy democracy) vs. Biden who is brain dead. To try to equate Trump's occasional gaffes with Biden's 24/7 loss of mental capacity is just silly, be better. Just listen to them/watch them speak, FFS. Also I don't love Trump; I have a ton of posts here saying as much, supporting other candidates, etc. But I prefer him over Biden who the bad guys in the world (Xi, Putin) have zero respect for, and who isn't actually running the country, and I don't know it is. Also, I don't think a highly partisan state should make up novel, obscure interpretations of laws to convict opposition candidates for president.

He means prosecuting democrats, not coming after Merchan (and squistion's drivel).