jerryskids

OK. I will start with discussing this blog post, which is very relevant IMO to the OP. It is about "luxury beliefs," and I am a big believer in this phenomenon with the rich elite. The text intersperses with graphics too much for me to copy/paste it here, so I'll just provide the link. https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/status-symbols-and-the-struggle-for Thoughts?

I'd like a conversation. I find the data in the OP disconcerting, but not surprising. I'm an honorary member of the Ivy League alumni association. Although technically my school wasn't an Ivy, they let folks like me hang with them. I can tell you with no reservations: in the model of Brave New World, they consider themselves the Alphas, and people like myself and folks from other private (read: exclusive, expensive, come from rich stock) institutions the Betas. The rest of you mooks are Gammas or below. They hold you in disdain, and think you are incapable of tying your own shoes without their guidance. They view their role as saving the world from your (not you personally, the collective Gamma "you") idiocy. If you are interested in this conversation, let me know and I'll continue.

Born in NE PA, in the area of the Office. Coal mining and manufacturing area, until it wasn't. Four years in college in the Bawstahn area. Phoenix area since graduation. It occurs to me that next year I'll have been here 36 years, twice as long as PA. Yet I still feel I'm "from" PA in a way.

Yeah, I think they figure (probably correctly) that they can make us a non-signature and we'll still have the most attendees, who will all have a great time. It may eventually come back to bite them, but for now they'll milk it. This tourney really should be a bucket list item for golf fans. It's unlike any other. Basically there is a big party and a golf tourney breaks out.

Again, nuance is your mortal enemy. I believe that somewhere between one extreme (the Feds were completely uninvolved) and the other (the Feds coordinated the whole thing) is the truth. I'd like to judge Trump based on the actual truth, not the kangaroo court that it has been to date. I realize that these words are lost on you, but I'm not a fan of Trump, and I'd rather the Repubs push other candidates. But I also don't these shenanigans on a former POTUS and presumptive candidate. You seem peachy with them; you do you, I guess.

Sure, I'll do it. I definitely want to do the WM as well. Figuring out my schedule/days attending right now.

Not at all. This was all hashed out back at the time, and you weren't around, so I won't bother to go back and reconstruct all the details. My personal objection with the 1/6 committee was that it wasn't a "truth seeking" committee, it was a one-way kangaroo court. They carefully culled the most damning of video, conveniently leaving out video of, say, guards at one entrance pulling up a bar to allow in a well-behaved crowd, then turning their backs on the crowd with no fear for their safety (left-leaning posters like @Fnord, I believe, agreed that this was troubling and should be investigated). So basically, I entered today thinking that we have not been given the entire story on what happened that day. And learning that the committee Hillary'd a bunch of data just before the transition, well, that goes to support my belief, wouldn't you say?

Apparently English is not your first (or any) language, as my entire final sentence is in opposition to this post. Then again, you consistently successfully defend your crown as the King of No Nuance, and this is no exception.

What, you too? A total inability to fathom something? I can fathom evidence of feds in the crowd. I'm not even saying they were stirring the pot (although I could fathom it), but just that they were there.

And then all of the career military leaders side with Trump and take over the country, amirite? It's hilarious that you Lefties call the right the conspiracy theorists. If you actually sat back and thought about this dictator fantasy, you'd realize how dumb it sounds. But, the MSM has you whipped into a froth, so you won't.

Really? Can't even fathom it? I can fathom that a pangolin and a bat had wild sex just outside of the Wuhan Coronavirus Lab and created Covid. I mean, it sounds idiotic saying it, but I can fathom it. If you try again really hard, can you fathom what might be in the deleted material that could exonerate Trump?

Between this and your inability to see Biden's cognitive decline, I weep for your own cognition. The dictator comment was clearly in the context of Day 1 executive orders, which he immediately discussed. I swear I wonder how you function in everyday life.

Could be an opossum. If so, @OldMaidcan teach you how to turn it into a pet.

Feel free to assign phrases like delusion of grandeur, or narcissism, to Trump. He is certainly narcissistic. But his mental capabilities have not diminished anywhere near Biden, that is obvious.

Feel free to post anything from Trump's presidency that shows mental decline like the videos I posted about Biden. Covfefe! Haley! Equivalency!

Don't be lazier than usual, read my posts, troll. Hint: covfefe! Haley! And I'll raise your troll level:

You need help with the definition of "proof".

Well, nothing I listed has to do with "poor public speaking." Otherwise, good post, good effort. I sure hope you are trolling, for your sake.

Sorry, but if you interpret a compete inability to orient oneself, follow directions, focus when a world leader is talking, or speak coherent words as "poor public speaking," you are some combination of troll, idiot, and a sycophant who has swallowed so many blue pills that you look like a smurf. I thought only @squistionwas this hopeless, apparently he isn't the only one.

Either you or your step daughter don't understand the definition of "vegetarian"

phillybear?

I wouldn't say "upset," more surprised that you lack any ability whatsoever to recognize his steep mental decline. Anyway, it's noted, carry on. Covfefe! Haley!

Are you a bot programmed to post like a special needs person? Anyway, you clearly can't have an intelligent discussion on this, so carry on comrade. Covfefe! Nikki Haley! Equivalency!

For each vid you post, I could post 100 or more on Biden. Biden is a walking dementia case; he literally can't even get off of a stage without Dr. Jill coming out to pull him off. And I, and others, have been saying it since before the 2020 election. The signs were clear then, for anyone with a modicum of observation skills. Frankly I'm amazed he made it this long. But thanks for proving my point with the false equivalency. Covfefe!