Mad Mike

8 minutes ago, zoony said:

 

Well Im halfway kidding about the libtard thing, but make no mistake you were an ultra conservative and viewed me as a lib.  Amd gave me a lot of ****.  Your screen name was well earned.

 

But i digress who cares about any of that ****, just glad you are doing well

 

 

Seriously, your gonna report posts on how others respond to these posts?  If you cant take it dont dish it out.

 

That will be the end of it, any questions or comments feel free to PM.  Or dont, would prefer that actually

Halfway kidding? You just claimed I called you names. I'm frankly still stunned by that. It's a false accusation. PERIOD

In fact you misrepresented me twice.I haven't considered myself a conservative since the 80s. One of the things that turned me off about republicans was the use of the word libtard. I have always said I am an independent. My record here backs me up. I may come down strongly on one side or another of any subject but it is NEVER for party reasons. You want to know the first time I got banned? I cant remember his handle at the moment, One of the founders of the site before it was bought out... he was a surgeon I believe. Anyway the subject was Israel bulldozing the homes of terrorists families. Not just the terrorist themselves. but punitive damages on their families. It was cruel, inhumane and probably created more terrorists. BLADE... That was his name.... Blade thought it was just fine and when I took the "liberal" position and disagreed he called me an ant-semite. I went off on his ***. Yeah.... pure hard core conservative. That's me. 

In this thread alone there are dozens of examples of you-know-who plugging away with smart *** comments, doing things like working the "rules" by sarcastically a calling me a "genius" to suggest i'm stupid in an underhanded way. Flinging **** against the wall for no other reason than to crap all over a serious discussion. THAT is disrespectful too. But he second I say anything back, I'm the bad guy.

And we're back to my screen name.... Really? Enjoy the low hanging fruit.

Color me disappointed 

32 minutes ago, Morneblade said:

 

If it makes you feel any better, I'm working on my Masters in Marine Biology. And I will tell you that climate change is completely ****ing up the ocean. Watching corals reefs die is a horrible thing in my line of work. There are a @#$%ton of things I see that depress the hell out of me as a Marine Biologist that are our fault. You ain't wrong. Keep up the good fight.

I know. I follow it all.  

I said this to a scientist just the other day... These days everyone make a point of thanking military personnel for their service. Which is fine. I was doing it long before it was popular. But scientists like yourself deserve our thanks too. So thank YOU for fighting the good fight and advancing human knowledge, even if some are too corrupt or brainwashed to listen.

Meantine I'll continue to do what little I can with things like this... http://themadcentrist.com/2016/03/12/climate-change-and-the-fuel-of-denial/

BTW - love the handle. I read pretty much all of the Elric books back in HS. I bucked them up for the cool cover art and stuck around for the stories. 

Here is what I strongly suspect is happening. 

Mueler is prosecuting the low hanging fruit first to establish that there was in fact criminal activity. Once these criminal activities have been proven to have happened  it will make it that much harder for those at the center of the investigation (Trump) to say they did nothing wrong. 

I believe Mueller is building one hell of a case. The only question in my mind is whether the Trump loyalists will ignore the rule of law and commit open treason with an attempted coup. And for those who don't think it could happen... Have you ever seen Trump admit wrong doing or back down from anything?

I believe that is the point where we may actually have a second civil war. It won't be like the first. It will be house to house, neighbor against neighbor. I have seen and talked to a lot of crazy right wingers that want it to happen and believe they will slaughter liberals who they believe will be unarmed because "libtards don't like guns"

You may think I'm paranoid. Maybe I am. But if you are as outspoken as me and have pissed off as many crazy right wingers as I have, I recommend you get a little paranoid and prepare to defend yourself. 

1 minute ago, zoony said:

 

Im glad to hear you are still around and doing well

 

I also find the above post ironic because i can remember back to 2004 when you and Sarge routinely ganged up on me to call me a libtard

I'm doing OK. But I have never called you a libtard. EVER.

And if you can, go back and read a few posts from back then, me and Sarge often got into it big time. I probably have disagreed with you at some point over something. I may have even agreed with Sarge on a specific issue (maybe. he was pretty radical if I recall) but you must be thinking of someone else.

I'm not pointing fingers or naming names but a quick glance at the first dozen or so pages of this thread should make my point about this thread.  Here we are years later and the best hope we have right now is a bunch of kids doing exactly what I said should be done. I'm not looking for apologies or a pat on the back but I will stand up for myself and say that maybe my idea wasn't so crazy after all.

4 minutes ago, twa said:

 

My grandchildren will sing my praises.( I already have some btw)

The idiots wasting precious capital on feel good idiocy that only retards true alt energy development on the other hand will likely earn their scorn.

 

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How are those suits working for ya Jr?

Write the letter. 

 

Back to addressing adults.....

Remember way back when... Back when I started this thread? Does anyone remember how I was ridiculed?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-30/u-s-supreme-court-won-t-halt-teenagers-climate-change-lawsuit

1 minute ago, TheGreatBuzz said:

I don't have kids so I don't give a crap.  Can I write letters to you grandkids?

Oh good. another smart ***. YAWN




 

On August 1, 2014 at 11:14 PM, twa said:

I embrace climate change, you are welcome to another ice age if ya wish though.

 

I'd point out the models are having problems which illustrate some re-calibration is in order , but it would be a waste of time

 

care to explain how you know the oceans are heating when they were clueless about the amount in the meddies?.....what is your control?

Write a letter to your grandchildren and tell them that.  I'll sleep better at night knowing your grandchildren will curse your name.

6 hours ago, dfitzo53 said:

Yeah but possessing a stolen car isn't a crime dude. Also it's still better than whatever car Hillary drives. 

If you ask someone to kill Joe Blow and they do, You have committed a crime. ITS JUST THAT SIMPLE.
 

 

Interesting.... 

Sources: FBI investigation continues into 'odd' computer link between Russian bank and Trump Organization

https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/09/politics/fbi-investigation-continues-into-odd-computer-link-between-russian-bank-and-trump-organization/index.html

Here's where it gets REALLY strange....
 

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Robert Graham is a cybersecurity expert who wrote a widely circulated blog post in November that criticized computer scientists for premature conclusions connecting the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank. 

 

But he's still wondering why Alfa Bank and Spectrum Health alone dominated links to this Trump server.

 

"It's indicative of communication between Trump, the health organization and the bank outside these servers," he told CNN. "There is some sort of connection I can't explain, and only they are doing it. It could be completely innocent."

https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/07/24/dubious-conspiracy-theory-links-putins-daughter-russia-trump-collusion/

 

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The first person sentenced in Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was Alex Van Der Swan (who pled guilty to lying to the FBI). An attorney for ex-Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort, Van Der Swan is married to the daughter of the Russian oligarch who owns the Alfa banking conglomerate. Additionally, President Trump’s controversial appointee to run the Justice Department’s criminal division, Brian Benczkowski, once represented Alfa Bank.

Spectrum Health is run by current Secretary of Education Betsy Devos’ husband, a Michigan-based healthcare system that comprises 12 hospitals, 18 urgent care facilities, and 48 laboratory centers. Devos’ brother, private security firm Blackwater founder Erik Prince, has additionally come under scrutiny, in part for his alleged efforts to set up a backchannel of communication with Russian officials during a January 2017 meeting in Seychelles.

I am NOT trying to start a conspiracy theory... there just isn't enough evidence for that. But there are a lot of coincidences and it bears watching to see where this investigation leads.

 

Here in FL we have big *** wolf spiders. They are mildly venomous. Meaning the bite hurts like hell for days and is dangerous to small children, the sick, elderly and of course small pets. 

This guy popped out from behind my desk and ran straight up the wall over my head the other day. And when I say popped out, I mean right out from where my bare feet were. Follow the link for video. NSFW language when the thing took off running across the wall. Thankfully he paused where the video ended and I was able to swat him.  I thought for sure he was going to make another dash and disappear into another room.

NSFW language - https://www.facebook.com/johnmichael.washe/videos/2113611495338894/

21 minutes ago, twa said:

 

do you trust the judge overseeing it?

Big supporter of the legal system huh? I take it you trust the FBI? How about Robert Mueller?

 

On July 24, 2018 at 7:23 PM, Fresh8686 said:

 

 

And here in America, land of the free, she would have been forcibly dragged off the plane. 

Climate change what climate change?

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/japans-deadly-heat-wave-declared-a-natural-disaster-as-death-toll-continues-to-rise/70005571

On May 5, 2018 at 1:18 PM, tshile said:

 

Pretty much everyone on the left who thought she was a great option to be president. 

 

It’s not a tiny few, and assault weapons are not the only guns people are talking about. 

A great option? No. Better than Trump? HELL YES.

28 minutes ago, twa said:

you are boring me

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-temperature

I'm glad. 

From your link....

 

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To date, all 16 years of the 21^st century rank among the seventeen warmest on record (1998 is currently the eighth warmest.) The five warmest years have all occurred since 2010.

You are literally proving yourself wrong.

28 minutes ago, twa said:

 

I already linked events like this in my post

 

btw....what is the official rate it is actually  increasing?

 

I still piss myself occasionally, but that is kinda irrelevant  I can link you to the science of why  

From the article in question....

 

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“It’s never been this extreme,” Ruth Mottram, a climate scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute, told Reuters.

 

And if you actually cared about reading and learning rather than defending your flawed position you would have found this link in the article...

https://news.agu.org/press-release/warm-winter-events-in-the-arctic-are-becoming-more-frequent-lasting-longer/

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Since 1980, the number of winter warming events in the North Pole each year has more than doubled, from fewer than five events to more than 10 events, on average, and the average length of each event has grown from fewer than two days to nearly two and a half days. The total duration of winter warming events has increased from around 7 days per year to 21 days per year, on average

The future of humanity on planet earth is in real danger. funny stuff. 

On February 28, 2018 at 8:50 AM, twa said:

Why would they be stunned since it has certainly happened before?

 

(If you don't restrict the timeline.)

It has? Show me the proof of an event like this. If you cant, by your own logic I could say that you have certainly murdered someone before. By your argument I can make anything up. I can truthfully call you a bed wetter. You did did as a child I'm sure... if you extend the timeline. In continuing with your logic, since it happened in the past (even when you cant prove it), it must be happening again. Does that make sense?

 

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“It’s never been this extreme,” Ruth Mottram, a climate scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute, told Reuters.

On April 1, 2018 at 3:51 AM, thinwhiteduke said:

 

 

 

 

because there is none. It doesnt exist. There is no global warming. Therefore theres nothing to prove.

 

there is no scientific evidence. Only words that claim to be scientific evidence . theres a major difference between the two.

i'm not going to read any of the thread. its the same as asking me to read about a nuclear threat or what god or trump did. Its all fiction.

Are you saying you cant grasp that 100s of years of power and billions of dollars  can create its own science? all you have is faith in media. You dont actually know or understand any science. You only believe what they tell you, is science.

 

 I did no such thing, what so ever. I said I'm a good writer because I know how to get a reaction. People being negative is their inability to comprehend the different thought.

dont worry, I'll leave the thread now because I have successfully solved the problem. The truest answer has been given. If govt is funding a problem, it means the problem doesnt exist. Govt is the only thing allowing the fictional global warming argument to exist.

 

 

I'm not sure I've met someone more disconnected from reality and actual cognitive thought than you.

Perhaps you can explain how there is no warming when we are setting new record temperatures every year?

I'll skip past the mind bending lunacy of "there is no scientific evidence. Only words that claim to be scientific evidence" You can argue with the hundreds of thousands of ACTUAL scientists including the late great Stephen Hawking if you like. You are probably arrogant enough to try.

The claim of billions of dollars to "create" evidence for global warming is not only laughable, it is an assault on reality. SHOW ME THE MONEY. Who is supposed to be funding this "deception" and why. But the main thing is.. show me the cash flow. Where are all of these corrupt millionaire scientists driving Ferraris?

What I CAN show you is the flow of billions of dollars in cash from oil gas, and coal companies to republicans (GOVERNMENT) who deny climate change. 

When you can dispute the multiple arguments I've made here. When you can explain all of that traceable cash, get back to me. Otherwise you are just acting like a child with his fingers plugged in his ears repeating the classic argument... "Na Uh"

http://themadcentrist.com/2016/03/12/climate-change-and-the-fuel-of-denial/

Ironic that I ran across this meme just this morning...

Pence Political Stunt at NFL Game Cost Taxpayers Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

 

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It seems like we’ll never know exactly how much it cost taxpayers to have Vice President Mike Pence abruptly leave a football game Sunday between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers. But conservative estimates say it was at least $200,000—and that’s for the air travel alone. CNN did a back-of-the-envelope calculation and figured the flight from Las Vegas (where Pence attended a memorial service for the victims of the mass shooting) to Indianapolis and then to Los Angeles for a previously scheduled political event cost at least $242,500.

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Calculating flight cost alone though is incredibly simplistic and the real cost of the stunt was actually much higher. For one, the vice president travels with a huge staff and they all receive room and board, plus associated expenses like rental cars when they accompany the president. And that’s without counting the increased expenses to boost security at the stadium because of the vice president’s presence nor the additional expenses to have Pence and his team travel back and forth to the stadium.

On October 7, 2017 at 11:35 AM, skinny21 said:

On Pod Save America, they interviewed Ray Maybus - former Secretary of the Navy.  Talked about (among many other things) transitioning to alternative energy and why.  Very interesting.  

 

Seals now have roll out solar panels so they don't have to use generators (a beacon for enemies due to their volume), and marine units no longer need to carry hundreds of pounds of batteries.  

 

Points out that USS Cole was bombed while refueling, ships are often forced to refuel at (non-American) ports, and fueling costs have now been cut back.  

 

Really, really interesting conversation.  

Republicans have mindlessly attacked and tried to block everything the military has done to make the transition.

3 minutes ago, MartinC said:

 

No it’s not.

 

First of all I reject the false equivalency that people who want to legislate gun control to reduce the appalling death toll in this nation that results from mass ownership of firearms are as much of a problem as people who reject giving up their ‘freedom’ or ‘righs’ that result in this death toll. That both sides need to compromise. 

 

Second the NRA and a hard core of gun activists have zero interest in compromise. They resist any change and are actively trying (and succeeding) in either pushing back existing legislation or finding ways around it.

 

The majority who see this madness needs to, has to, end have to make their voices heard and impose that will on the minority. That’s how democracy is supposed to work.

 

Now if you read my other posts in this thread you will see I am not arguing for total bans and I accept there needs to be nuance. But for anyone saying “Your never taking my automatic weapons and magazines’ (which is what the poster I responded to said) - sorry I’m past trying to reason with that.

 

 

First. That is NOT what the poster said. YOU quoted...
 

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Because unlike most gun enthusiasts in this country, I AM willing to discuss the issue of gun ownership and attempt to somehow find middle ground and compromise. But if all the anti-gun crowd has is "nobody needs ARs, period," then consider me out of the convo.  

ARs are *not* automatic weapons. 

Bottom line...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/20/assault_rifle_stats_how_many_assault_rifles_are_there_in_america.html
 

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In 2009, in a declaration made as part of the court case Heller v. District of Columbia, which challenged D.C.’s assault weapons ban, NRA research coordinator Mark Overstreet reported that, from 1986 to 2007, at least 1,626,525 AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles were produced and not exported from the United States. Overstreet suggested that you could use trends in NICS background checks to project future sales of AR-15-style rifles. As of Nov. 30, 2012, the total number of NICS background checks increased by 50.4 percent since the end of 2007. If the number of AR-15 rifles increased similarly, then that means there are at least 2,446,294 AR-15 rifles currently available in the United States.

That's a conservative estimate of 2.5 million ARs in the US. That does not count AKs or other "assault weapons". It's probably not too farfetched to think there are 4-5 million "assault weapons" in the US.

Considering that most of the owners of such guns are the most die hard guns rights advocates. Realistically. How many people do you think will give them up? Because from what I've seen you would probably have to kill most of them first. It would literally start a civil war. Are you willing to pay that price?

If such a ban is so important to you that you are not going to compromise to get better background checks, close loopholes, and better regulate gun shows. Then right or wrong, you are the reason nothing will change.
 

6 hours ago, MartinC said:

 

Consider yourself excused.

And that is why we cant get anything done.

52 minutes ago, Destino said:

He had 23 guns with him?  OK that's weird and requires an explanation.  Even video games don't let you carry that many guns.  What was he doing with 23 guns?

Read my theory posted earlier. There is a big gun show next week. he was going to sell or trade them. I don't think he planned this. I think he came to vegas early for the gun show and something set him off.

2 minutes ago, skinsmarydu said:

I think your theory about the 19 guns makes sense, @Mad Mike.  Especially considering he killed himself, he didn't plan to go out all guns a-blazin'?

I don't know that any of it makes sense. I've got nothing but speculation for this, but I'd bet $20 he was at the concert and got kicked out on a previous night.