Quote from: Biggie Smiles on Today at 12:19:56 PMHere's my take

Leftist of the "blue no matter who" garden variety are cowards.

So of course they are going to seem like nice people with big hearts when you talk to them privately. that's just their cowardliness shining through because They don't have their mobs to reinforce and cheer them on. In such a circumstance they are forced to sink or swim on a personal level based on their own singular merits. So that jelly spine of theirs compels them to be amiable, agreeable .etc etc. Or whatever trait they have observed you find most impressive in a person. And like all narcissists they mirror that back to you. It's a facade. A hologram. A carefully constructed presentation.

You see the real them when they are circling en-mass  like hungry hyenas around some prey they feel lack any means to defend themselves against their hordes. Sure they'll cloak themselves in some fabricated idea that it's all just a troll when pressed, or when they find themselves deep behind enemy lines so to speak. Again, the coward's way out, but it's not a troll, it's the real person they are who is once again shifting because the time is not right to be their true self.


I don't buy it. In my world you cannot be a good person if you are willing to strip the rights of a young girls in sporting events in favor of placating the mental illness of another. While at the same time spouting the narrative that we should "believe all women" when doing so serves to silence the voices of dissent whenever convenient. But then mock a woman relentlessly when she says she feels uncomfortable with a grown ass man changing in her private spaces.  I'm sorry, a person capable of that is never good. In any circumstance. Period. And you are only fooling yourself if you choose to believe otherwise.

And there are literally thousands of other examples we both know exist.


one last example and then I'm done. Remember these are the very same people who will riot, justify anarchy and call down hatred and evil on innocent white people (many times despite being white themselves) in favor of racial justice when a black man is killed at the hands of a white police officer. NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE. But will have no qualms whatsoever, at the very same time, making derogatory racist slurs about any race whenever they are on the losing side of a debate. Is the definition of racism changed based on who is on the sending or receiving side? Based on the political affiliation? Is being racist against Chinese or Koreans any less lowbrow than being racist against blacks or Latinos? In the mind of the hypocritical intersectionalist it is apparently.

Blurt's racist handle and sewagemongers "blue Korean" repetitive hyperbole are proof positive examples of what I am talking about.

I'm sorry, but anyone who lacks the integrity and personal fortitude to call out wrong when they see no matter the appetite of the audience around them is NOT a good hearted person in my book. Period.

I don't know about any of that. I just know about our jovial conversation...

Quote from: Frood on Today at 10:51:45 AMI get that.

But the thing is... Blurt has a big heart once you speak with him. Same as anyone else on these forums (except Fat Lily).

She has an engorged heart but it's not big.

Here's my take

Leftist of the "blue no matter who" garden variety are cowards.

So of course they are going to seem like nice people with big hearts when you talk to them privately. that's just their cowardliness shining through because They don't have their mobs to reinforce and cheer them on. In such a circumstance they are forced to sink or swim on a personal level based on their own singular merits. So that jelly spine of theirs compels them to be amiable, agreeable .etc etc. Or whatever trait they have observed you find most impressive in a person. And like all narcissists they mirror that back to you. It's a facade. A hologram. A carefully constructed presentation.

You see the real them when they are circling en-mass  like hungry hyenas around some prey they feel lack any means to defend themselves against their hordes. Sure they'll cloak themselves in some fabricated idea that it's all just a troll when pressed, or when they find themselves deep behind enemy lines so to speak. Again, the coward's way out, but it's not a troll, it's the real person they are who is once again shifting because the time is not right to be their true self.


I don't buy it. In my world you cannot be a good person if you are willing to strip the rights of a young girls in sporting events in favor of placating the mental illness of another. While at the same time spouting the narrative that we should "believe all women" when doing so serves to silence the voices of dissent whenever convenient. But then mock a woman relentlessly when she says she feels uncomfortable with a grown ass man changing in her private spaces.  I'm sorry, a person capable of that is never good. In any circumstance. Period. And you are only fooling yourself if you choose to believe otherwise.

And there are literally thousands of other examples we both know exist.


one last example and then I'm done. Remember these are the very same people who will riot, justify anarchy and call down hatred and evil on innocent white people (many times despite being white themselves) in favor of racial justice when a black man is killed at the hands of a white police officer. NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE. But will have no qualms whatsoever, at the very same time, making derogatory racist slurs about any race whenever they are on the losing side of a debate. Is the definition of racism changed based on who is on the sending or receiving side? Based on the political affiliation? Is being racist against Chinese or Koreans any less lowbrow than being racist against blacks or Latinos? In the mind of the hypocritical intersectionalist it is apparently.

Blurt's racist handle and sewagemongers "blue Korean" repetitive hyperbole are proof positive examples of what I am talking about.

I'm sorry, but anyone who lacks the integrity and personal fortitude to call out wrong when they see no matter the appetite of the audience around them is NOT a good hearted person in my book. Period.

I should've preperared something for the barbeque.....we'll be having chicken soup tonight instead.

Quote from: DKG on May 10, 2024, 11:37:50 AMMost technology that would be knocked offline by an EMP is supplied by China
The effects of an electromagnetic pulse are far worse than most Americans can imagine, a leading space policy expert has warned.

With foreign adversaries like Russia and China officially classifying the EMPs outside of the purview of nuclear arms treaties, the infrastructure-shattering weapons could be used against Western nations with little to no direct casualties.

Space policy expert and former Trump administration advisor Greg Autry told Blaze News that EMP technology and its effects have been known for over 50 years.

"EMP is an electronic, magnetic pulse weapon and it's usually initiated with a large nuclear blast, typically at high altitude outside the atmosphere in space," Autry explained. "You basically detonate a nuclear bomb, it ionizes or charges atoms in the atmosphere and it creates a large electrical field on the ground that can basically destroy all the electronics in a city or a wider area."

"We know this works because the Russians and the United States both actually detonated a lot of nuclear weapons in space in the early 1960s, particularly during the Cuban Missile Crisis to kind of show each other we could."

The disturbing history of the EMPs included testing the nuclear arms off the southwest coast of Hawaii. This caused measurable effects in Honolulu such as auroras in the sky and the disabling of portions of the electric grid and radio systems in the city.

The real worry for a modern society is our vast reliance on electronics, Autry warned.

"If somebody did one of these today, your phone would be a brick. Anybody with a pacemaker would drop dead, instantly. Every piece of your electronics... your laptop computer, your internet router, would be gone, and most of the relays in our power grid would be gone so there would be no power."

What makes the threat even more dire is the likely inability to replace some of the serviceable parts that would be destroyed during such an attack.

"Guess what?" Autry asked rhetorically. "The people most likely to have sent that EMP to us are the Chinese, and they're not sending you any more iPhones or letting anybody ship them. Guess what? They make all of our electrical transformers, or if they don't, they make the steel that's required to make the electrical transformers. There's only one U.S. company left that can make that steel," Autry continued.

Electrical vehicles could be turned into "fireballs" the space expert noted, while "every internal combustion car on the road is going to be dead because they're all run by computers and electronic ignition system."

"We are instantly transported into the Stone Age," Autry described before laughing that in his book "Red Moon Rising," he joked that "Gen Z is gonna learn how to make a fire and sharpen spears" without the help of a YouTuber.

"It's going to be a really bad day."

Classification workaround and preparation
"The thing that scares me more," Autry piled on, was the way America's enemies have avoided classifying EMPs in the same category as nukes.

"Both Russia and China have classified these weapons not as strategic nuclear weapons but as cyber weapons, and they've made it clear that they consider the use of them not to impinge upon any obligations they may have made, or any treaties involving nuclear weapons. They can just use these things as cyber tools."

Autry revealed that he sees previous cyber attacks from the aforementioned nations as possible acts of war, but he prefers to focus on solutions rather than pontificate about past occurrences.

The policy expert said that the "Space Force is not unaware" of the possibilities of an attack and that the government agency's job is to "develop defensive systems against such an attack" that would defend assets on the ground.

"We could do a lot better at the state level, and the federal law could help mandate that our critical infrastructure be protected from EMPs. It's not actually super hard to do. You need to put these things inside what we call a faraday cage, which is a metal box or or even a mesh box."

Faraday boxes exist commercially, and while somewhat pricy for larger units, companies like Defender Shield and SLNT have popped up to sell products for a few hundred dollars. Phone sleeves, laptop carriers, backpacks, and duffle bags that block magnetic waves and RFID signals are suggested for the average consumer.

Another concern of Autry's was the United States being dragged into a conflict by another nation using an EMP. Providing examples like Russia against Ukraine or China against Taiwan, Autry said the countries could act as if it wasn't a real attack on the population because there would be limited casualties.

One thing he was certain of is that both the state and the individual could stand to be a lot more prepared.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/greg-autry-emp-threat-24?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Blaze%20PM%20Trending%202024-05-09&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%207%20Day%20Engagement&tpcc=email

My knowledge of EMP is limited. I do know China is the global leader in this type of warfare. I have read from multiple sources is this how they would force Taiwan to surrender.

This is a bigger concern for the Taiwanese military than a conventional war.

Quote from: DKG on Today at 10:16:05 AMI gave her a chance like I do everybody.

A long time ago when this forum had a lot more Asian members, progressive hypocrite Blurt created a blatantly racist handle to mock us. Particularly, the more fiscally conservative Asian posters. That man showed us how clever he is.

I spoke privately to Blurt about that character..

I asked him if he would create a blatantly racist handle to make fun of African-Americans and if he did do you think their general reaction would be positive......he replied no.....that's how we felt about the handle he created.

No Phones, No lights, No Motorcars,
Not a single luxury.
Like Robinson Crusoe
It's primitive as can be.


I call dibs on Mary Ann.

Quote from: DKG on Today at 10:38:12 AMI haven't. But, the online impression he gives is that he has a superiority complex.

I get that.

But the thing is... Blurt has a big heart once you speak with him. Same as anyone else on these forums (except Fat Lily).

She has an engorged heart but it's not big.

Quote from: Frood on Today at 10:36:16 AMMaybe, probably... but how do you explain that those they do it to have their mark on them?

The mark of the beast.

Middle East.
Hillary Clinton inspired outrage online after she criticized anti-Israel protesters for what she said was a lack of knowledge about history in the region — and all of h

istory altogether.

The former Democratic presidential candidate made the comments while being interviewed on MSNBC by Joe Scarborough on his show Thursday.

"I have had many conversations, as you have had, with a lot of young people over the last many months now, and you're right, they don't know very much at all about the history of the Middle East, or frankly, about history in many areas of the world, including in our own country," said Clinton.

"But with respect to the Middle East, they don't know that under the bringing together of the Israelis and the Palestinians by my husband, the then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, the head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and the Palestinian Authority, Yassar Arafat, an offer was made to the Palestinians for a state on 96% of the existing territory occupied by the Palestinians, with 4% to be given to Israel to reach 100% of the amount of territory that was hoped for," she continued.

"And this offer was made, and if Yassar Arafat had accepted it, there would have been a Palestinian state now for about 24 years," Clinton said.

A new voting reform bill in Georgia, just signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, would require all absentee ballots to be tabulated and the results reported on Election Night.

On Monday, Kemp signed SB 189, which makes several significant changes to Georgia's election procedures. The bill removed some possible conflicts of interest between the secretary of state, the state Board of Elections, and those involved with counting ballots; compels homeless residents to list their county register's office as their mailing address; prevents voters from using a P.O. box or private mailbox service as proof of residency; and requires individuals who have voted or registered to vote in another state or district to re-register in their original district before they will be allowed to cast a ballot there.

The bill also explicitly requires all absentee ballots to be counted and reported within one hour of the polls closing on Election Day.

This new rule is so noteworthy that Jeremiah Poff of the Washington Examiner claimed that it "will do wonders for election integrity in the Peach State" and that "every state should pass" a measure like it. "Public confidence in elections is paramount to keeping civil order and facilitating transfers of power from one party to another. Counting votes in a timely and accurate manner is essential to keeping that confidence," Poff wrote.