Trump’s Evangelical Allies Are Upset About His Syria Policy

iThink comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Ricky you worry way too much about Christian "evangelicals" - maybe back in the 80s when Reagan was POTUS the followers of Jerry Fartwell, Jim Baker, Orel Roberts, Kenny Copeland...etc of the nation were a formidable voting bloc..but that is not the case today. I submit that White USA is now more ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@iThink To paraphrase Zizek where are the Muslims?

Trump’s Evangelical Allies Are Upset About His Syria Policy

iThink comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Ricky you worry way too much about Christian "evangelicals" - maybe back in the 80s when Reagan was POTUS the followers of Jerry Fartwell, Jim Baker, Orel Roberts, Kenny Copeland...etc of the nation were a formidable voting bloc..but that is not the case today. I submit that White USA is now more ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@iThink I know these people personally. They're in my family. Not a lot of evangelicals in the city.

Trump’s Evangelical Allies Are Upset About His Syria Policy

iThink comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Ricky you worry way too much about Christian "evangelicals" - maybe back in the 80s when Reagan was POTUS the followers of Jerry Fartwell, Jim Baker, Orel Roberts, Kenny Copeland...etc of the nation were a formidable voting bloc..but that is not the case today. I submit that White USA is now more ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@iThink The people who think I'm the devil are shilling for Trump all over social media and they believe it literally. They are very afraid.

Trump’s Evangelical Allies Are Upset About His Syria Policy

iThink comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Ricky you worry way too much about Christian "evangelicals" - maybe back in the 80s when Reagan was POTUS the followers of Jerry Fartwell, Jim Baker, Orel Roberts, Kenny Copeland...etc of the nation were a formidable voting bloc..but that is not the case today. I submit that White USA is now more ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@iThink Still working that Ahmadinejad mistranslation? https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jun/14/post155

Jesse Lee Peterson SLAMS Beta Male ColdfeetCrowder - YouTube

BobbyCesspool comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Seen no evidence of Crowder ignoring Sam's request. This is feeling like a made-up victory.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@BobbyCesspool Those tell the story of Politicon, but you'll have to watch the main video for the story about Gavin McInnes's show.

Jesse Lee Peterson SLAMS Beta Male ColdfeetCrowder - YouTube

BobbyCesspool comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Seen no evidence of Crowder ignoring Sam's request. This is feeling like a made-up victory.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@BobbyCesspool See this thread: https://twitter.com/MattLech/status/1179479330633719809 Part 1 and part 2.

The Mooch weighs in on "Cold Feet Crowder" [youtube.com]

BobbyCesspool comments on Oct 11, 2019:

So far, everything I've seen points to this being a fabricated thing. Crowder says he's trying to set up a date with this clown and he won't get back to him.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBCPSURzejU

Insightful Comments on Immigration by Alexander Cockburn in 2008 (Starts at 2:25:35)

Boardwine comments on Oct 11, 2019:

1) The US doesn't cause illegal immigration.We issue work visas. 2) The construction industry doesn't depend on illegal immigration. In fact it suppresses wages and hurts American workers to the benefit of only the wealthy 3) So it's fine if workers flow north but goods going south "destroy ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@Boardwine It's unfortunate that you must resort to projecting your inadequacies on me. It must be hard not to be the breadwinner in your family. You probably feel like no one gives you the respect you think your deserve--and your wife's profession is a stark juxtaposition. As a leftist, one thing I know for certain is that patronage--or perhaps I should say matronage--is no substitute for true agency, even if you rationalize your role as part of some sort of Christian dominionst project.

Insightful Comments on Immigration by Alexander Cockburn in 2008 (Starts at 2:25:35)

Boardwine comments on Oct 11, 2019:

1) The US doesn't cause illegal immigration.We issue work visas. 2) The construction industry doesn't depend on illegal immigration. In fact it suppresses wages and hurts American workers to the benefit of only the wealthy 3) So it's fine if workers flow north but goods going south "destroy ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@Boardwine I'm really not interested in having a conversation with you about immigration because you really don't have anything to say other than: "look at those other countries" and appeals to nature.

Insightful Comments on Immigration by Alexander Cockburn in 2008 (Starts at 2:25:35)

Boardwine comments on Oct 11, 2019:

1) The US doesn't cause illegal immigration.We issue work visas. 2) The construction industry doesn't depend on illegal immigration. In fact it suppresses wages and hurts American workers to the benefit of only the wealthy 3) So it's fine if workers flow north but goods going south "destroy ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@Boardwine The difference between me and you: I understand your politics because I have studied them, something I do whenever I encounter something new. You shriek "fake news" and "communism" whenever something tickles your brain in an unfamiliar way.

Insightful Comments on Immigration by Alexander Cockburn in 2008 (Starts at 2:25:35)

Boardwine comments on Oct 11, 2019:

1) The US doesn't cause illegal immigration.We issue work visas. 2) The construction industry doesn't depend on illegal immigration. In fact it suppresses wages and hurts American workers to the benefit of only the wealthy 3) So it's fine if workers flow north but goods going south "destroy ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@Boardwine dude, it would take a week to explain the problems with our sadistic immigration system.

Trump’s Evangelical Allies Are Upset About His Syria Policy

iThink comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Ricky you worry way too much about Christian "evangelicals" - maybe back in the 80s when Reagan was POTUS the followers of Jerry Fartwell, Jim Baker, Orel Roberts, Kenny Copeland...etc of the nation were a formidable voting bloc..but that is not the case today. I submit that White USA is now more ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@iThink One has an apocalyptic worldview, thinks cosmopolitan people who live in cities are literally Satan, blames the Jews for everything while supporting Israel to a fault, got its start fighting to preserve school segregation, and has been pushing for reactionary politics in the US for half a century, the other is barely present and to the extent they are, are ideological allies.

Jesse Lee Peterson SLAMS Beta Male ColdfeetCrowder - YouTube

BobbyCesspool comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Seen no evidence of Crowder ignoring Sam's request. This is feeling like a made-up victory.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

https://youtu.be/XBCPSURzejU

Insightful Comments on Immigration by Alexander Cockburn in 2008 (Starts at 2:25:35)

Boardwine comments on Oct 11, 2019:

1) The US doesn't cause illegal immigration.We issue work visas. 2) The construction industry doesn't depend on illegal immigration. In fact it suppresses wages and hurts American workers to the benefit of only the wealthy 3) So it's fine if workers flow north but goods going south "destroy ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

@Boardwine Just an example, fash!

Insightful Comments on Immigration by Alexander Cockburn in 2008 (Starts at 2:25:35)

Boardwine comments on Oct 11, 2019:

1) The US doesn't cause illegal immigration.We issue work visas. 2) The construction industry doesn't depend on illegal immigration. In fact it suppresses wages and hurts American workers to the benefit of only the wealthy 3) So it's fine if workers flow north but goods going south "destroy ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Mexico-s-corn-farmers-see-their-livelihoods-2515188.php

Insightful Comments on Immigration by Alexander Cockburn in 2008 (Starts at 2:25:35)

Boardwine comments on Oct 11, 2019:

1) The US doesn't cause illegal immigration.We issue work visas. 2) The construction industry doesn't depend on illegal immigration. In fact it suppresses wages and hurts American workers to the benefit of only the wealthy 3) So it's fine if workers flow north but goods going south "destroy ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

"5) The border wall keeps them from going back? OOOOk" It's not just the wall. Our harsh immigration laws mean that even people in those work visas you mention often can't risk traveling because they don't know what will happen on reentry. They're stuck here. Remember Trump's travel ban?

Insightful Comments on Immigration by Alexander Cockburn in 2008 (Starts at 2:25:35)

Boardwine comments on Oct 11, 2019:

1) The US doesn't cause illegal immigration.We issue work visas. 2) The construction industry doesn't depend on illegal immigration. In fact it suppresses wages and hurts American workers to the benefit of only the wealthy 3) So it's fine if workers flow north but goods going south "destroy ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

"3) So it's fine if workers flow north but goods going south "destroy Mexico"" The latter is a cause. The former an effect.

Trump’s Evangelical Allies Are Upset About His Syria Policy

iThink comments on Oct 10, 2019:

Ricky you worry way too much about Christian "evangelicals" - maybe back in the 80s when Reagan was POTUS the followers of Jerry Fartwell, Jim Baker, Orel Roberts, Kenny Copeland...etc of the nation were a formidable voting bloc..but that is not the case today. I submit that White USA is now more ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 11, 2019:

With Trump as President, they have never been more powerful. Hell, even the Catholics in my family are becoming culturally evangelical.

ISLAM CREATES PEOPLE WITH MENTAL & ETHICAL ISSUES!! Rep.

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Pam Geller is trash. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/04/why-a-woman-named-pamela-geller-organized-a-prophet-muhammad-cartoon-contest/

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 10, 2019:

@MaskedRiderChris Isn't it obvious Pam is lying, though? The article doesn't provide any evidence that Ilhan Omar blamed Republicans and Jews for her divorce.

For all of you outraged about untimely form changes

SpikeTalon comments on Oct 10, 2019:

I'm logged in via the app, so the link was leading nowhere. What were you linking to?

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 10, 2019:

aila . org / advo-media / press-releases /2019 / aila-files-lawsuit-to-halt-last-minute-form-change http://www.aila.org/advo-media/press-releases/2019/aila-files-lawsuit-to-halt-last-minute-form-change

Trump On Turkey: ‘I Have A Little Conflict Of Interest ... It’s Called Trump Towers’

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

"Trump made the comment in a Breitbart News interview in December 2015 during his presidential campaign.....". So he waited until 3 years after being elected to cut a deal with Turkey? And you do remember when he sanctioned Turkey harshly. But you're right it's all about $$. Tell me something, does ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@DanielEvans Erdogan could take his licensing agreement away. "He's already committed to being first POTUS to leave high political office poorer than when he entered." No he has not. Just because he's not taking a salary does not mean he has committed to losing money while President. Campaigning is even more expensive than being President and here's what he had to say on that: "It’s very possible that I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it." It's very easy to make money when you stay at your own properties whenever you travel using money from campaign donors, for example. Not to mention the foreign officials doing so to win favor with him.

Turkish Forces Launch Military Attack Against Kurds At Syrian Border : NPR

Biosphere comments on Oct 9, 2019:

If I gave a person a candy bar and they open it ,and throw the wrapper on the ground, I expect them to pick it up and clean up after their own trash. I'm only trying to chime in here after jimbob's comment

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

Amazing, the ease with which you all can rationalize whatever choices King Donald makes.

ISLAM CREATES PEOPLE WITH MENTAL & ETHICAL ISSUES!! Rep.

timon_phocas comments on Oct 9, 2019:

What a piece of work! She's lucky that Republicans and Jews don't believe in stoning adulteresses. We leave that to advocates of the "religion of peace."

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

But where in the article does she actually say what's in the headline?

ISLAM CREATES PEOPLE WITH MENTAL & ETHICAL ISSUES!! Rep.

MaskedRiderChris comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Psht. But of course it's the Republicans' and the Jews' fault. far be it from her or anybody on the Left to take responsibility for their own actions, eh? She cheated, it's on her as well as on him for being fool enough to get involved with her beyond a professional level, that's whose fault it is, ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

Can you point out where in the article she is quoted as blaming it on "the Republicans and the Jews?"

Trump On Turkey: ‘I Have A Little Conflict Of Interest ... It’s Called Trump Towers’

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

"Trump made the comment in a Breitbart News interview in December 2015 during his presidential campaign.....". So he waited until 3 years after being elected to cut a deal with Turkey? And you do remember when he sanctioned Turkey harshly. But you're right it's all about $$. Tell me something, does ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@DanielEvans Here's how that business model works: https://features.propublica.org/trump-inc-podcast/trump-family-business-panama-city-khafif

Trump On Turkey: ‘I Have A Little Conflict Of Interest ... It’s Called Trump Towers’

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

"Trump made the comment in a Breitbart News interview in December 2015 during his presidential campaign.....". So he waited until 3 years after being elected to cut a deal with Turkey? And you do remember when he sanctioned Turkey harshly. But you're right it's all about $$. Tell me something, does ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@DanielEvans It doesn't matter whether he owns them or not. He has an interest in them.

Trump On Turkey: ‘I Have A Little Conflict Of Interest ... It’s Called Trump Towers’

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

"Trump made the comment in a Breitbart News interview in December 2015 during his presidential campaign.....". So he waited until 3 years after being elected to cut a deal with Turkey? And you do remember when he sanctioned Turkey harshly. But you're right it's all about $$. Tell me something, does ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

"So he waited until 3 years after being elected to cut a deal with Turkey" The President makes decisions about our relations with other countries all the time. This happens to be one. Regardless of whether the conflict of interest had a bearing on his decision, it exists. Also, this reminds me of how Trump's former National Security Advisor, convicted felon, and undisclosed lobbyist for Turkey Michael Flynn was working on their behalf. This was particularly wild: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/business-associates-michael-flynn-charged-plot-centered-turkish/story?id=59865091

DOJ argues courts would decide famed Nixon Watergate case differently today

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Didn't we just have a 2&1/2 year investigation into all this? This is why Trump will win in 2020.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@Boardwine Later fash!

Turkish Forces Launch Military Attack Against Kurds At Syrian Border : NPR

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

I don't agree with Trump on this matter. But it was a campaign promise and there are many that just want our boys back home. I'll wait and see if the Turks actually start killing Kurds.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@Boardwine You're conflating the greater Syrian withdrawal with the border withdrawal.

Turkish Forces Launch Military Attack Against Kurds At Syrian Border : NPR

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

I don't agree with Trump on this matter. But it was a campaign promise and there are many that just want our boys back home. I'll wait and see if the Turks actually start killing Kurds.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@Boardwine Did he withdraw in a matter of days at the request of Iraq's enemies and without consulting our Iraqi partners? No.

DOJ argues courts would decide famed Nixon Watergate case differently today

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Didn't we just have a 2&1/2 year investigation into all this? This is why Trump will win in 2020.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@Boardwine Not surprising. The right has been fighting to make another Watergate investigation impossible and rehabilitate its perpetrators for decades.

Turkish Forces Launch Military Attack Against Kurds At Syrian Border : NPR

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

I don't agree with Trump on this matter. But it was a campaign promise and there are many that just want our boys back home. I'll wait and see if the Turks actually start killing Kurds.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

What better way to implement campaign promises than to blindside our partners in a matter of life and genocide?

DOJ argues courts would decide famed Nixon Watergate case differently today

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Didn't we just have a 2&1/2 year investigation into all this? This is why Trump will win in 2020.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@Boardwine Also, see the headline which appears at the top of this page.

DOJ argues courts would decide famed Nixon Watergate case differently today

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Didn't we just have a 2&1/2 year investigation into all this? This is why Trump will win in 2020.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@Boardwine The specific concern that led me to post this is the DOJ's take on Watergate.

DOJ argues courts would decide famed Nixon Watergate case differently today

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Didn't we just have a 2&1/2 year investigation into all this? This is why Trump will win in 2020.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@Boardwine "The Trump administration argued Tuesday that courts would make a different decision today than 45 years ago when a federal judge gave Congress a secret grand jury report on evidence in the Watergate scandal"

DOJ argues courts would decide famed Nixon Watergate case differently today

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Didn't we just have a 2&1/2 year investigation into all this? This is why Trump will win in 2020.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

@Boardwine DOJ's legal argument about Nixon was the subject of this post.

DOJ argues courts would decide famed Nixon Watergate case differently today

Boardwine comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Didn't we just have a 2&1/2 year investigation into all this? This is why Trump will win in 2020.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 9, 2019:

Into Nixon?

"Great and unmatched wisdom." He's just trolling us, right?

JimbobNE comments on Oct 7, 2019:

I don't think he gave Turkey permission, he just said, "this ain't our game". The Kurds may need some help and I truly fear for their future, but we don't have the money to protect them ad infinitum. I would love to see Germany, Britain or France step up. Unfortunately, we will probably get called ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@RafaelMspt Perhaps "hold people to their word" gets my point across better. Accountability--not naivety.

"Great and unmatched wisdom." He's just trolling us, right?

JimbobNE comments on Oct 7, 2019:

I don't think he gave Turkey permission, he just said, "this ain't our game". The Kurds may need some help and I truly fear for their future, but we don't have the money to protect them ad infinitum. I would love to see Germany, Britain or France step up. Unfortunately, we will probably get called ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@RafaelMspt How about taking people at their word?

"Great and unmatched wisdom." He's just trolling us, right?

JimbobNE comments on Oct 7, 2019:

I don't think he gave Turkey permission, he just said, "this ain't our game". The Kurds may need some help and I truly fear for their future, but we don't have the money to protect them ad infinitum. I would love to see Germany, Britain or France step up. Unfortunately, we will probably get called ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@RafaelMspt What kind of person says "in my great and unmatched wisdom," other than someone who fancies himself a king?

"Great and unmatched wisdom." He's just trolling us, right?

JimbobNE comments on Oct 7, 2019:

I don't think he gave Turkey permission, he just said, "this ain't our game". The Kurds may need some help and I truly fear for their future, but we don't have the money to protect them ad infinitum. I would love to see Germany, Britain or France step up. Unfortunately, we will probably get called ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@RafaelMspt Emphasis on king.

The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You [nytimes.com] [i.imgur.com]

Boardwine comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Taxation is theft. We are a "high income" household. How much of my money is it morally acceptable to steal?

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@Boardwine Do you issue your own currency?

The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You [nytimes.com] [i.imgur.com]

Boardwine comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Taxation is theft. We are a "high income" household. How much of my money is it morally acceptable to steal?

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@Boardwine Why did you even reply?

The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You [nytimes.com] [i.imgur.com]

Boardwine comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Taxation is theft. We are a "high income" household. How much of my money is it morally acceptable to steal?

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@Boardwine What I'd like to know now is why I am paying more to the government per dollar issued by the government, why the programs funded by payroll taxes are more dependent on lower income taxpayers, why wages have stagnated, why we are incentivizing massive intergenerational wealth transfers including to foundations, why we are incentivizing capital accumulation in foundations and corporations, why we are incentivizing the type of wealth that can only be used for power's sake, and why we are lowering wealthy taxes at a time when their expensive tastes are increasingly defining public life. These are people used to freebies and we're indulging them. Keeping elite universities small with expensive-to-maintain buildings and catering mostly to their descendants, for example, is the kind of thing we are encouraging.

Smartphone Data Show Voters in Black Neighborhoods Wait Longer - Scientific American

KeVince comments on Oct 7, 2019:

That's because people in black communities know each other, so when they go to the poles and meet people that they haven't seen in a while they tend to stand around and talk to each other, something that self consumed wight folks won't ever understand.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@KeVince I meant the states in question in the article.

Smartphone Data Show Voters in Black Neighborhoods Wait Longer - Scientific American

KeVince comments on Oct 7, 2019:

That's because people in black communities know each other, so when they go to the poles and meet people that they haven't seen in a while they tend to stand around and talk to each other, something that self consumed wight folks won't ever understand.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@KeVince I'm guessing the states in question aren't exactly innovating with easier voting options. Trying to find a more specific article I remember about Alabama.

"Great and unmatched wisdom." He's just trolling us, right?

JimbobNE comments on Oct 7, 2019:

I don't think he gave Turkey permission, he just said, "this ain't our game". The Kurds may need some help and I truly fear for their future, but we don't have the money to protect them ad infinitum. I would love to see Germany, Britain or France step up. Unfortunately, we will probably get called ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@RafaelMspt So I should give the benefit of the doubt to the would be clown king?

The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You [nytimes.com] [i.imgur.com]

Boardwine comments on Oct 8, 2019:

Taxation is theft. We are a "high income" household. How much of my money is it morally acceptable to steal?

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

Are you a billionaire, @Boardwine?

The left wing has gone so crazy they are now trying to make Bill Mayer, a proven liberal for ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Maher is an ass and he has a huge anti-Palestinian, anti-Muslim bias. That is the problem people on the left have with him. And he's getting crankier as he gets older. Don't get me started on Tim Pool.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@george Articles like this one are just pointing out that the media's label for him of "liberal" is a distortion, at least by the common US definition. No more, no less. It doesn't imply that he's a Nazi.

Federal deficit estimated at $984B, highest in seven years | TheHill

RMSPT comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Suddenly a Dem is a deficit hawk? 😂 I’m sure you were outraged when Obama doubled national debt.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@RafaelMspt /s

Federal deficit estimated at $984B, highest in seven years | TheHill

RMSPT comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Suddenly a Dem is a deficit hawk? 😂 I’m sure you were outraged when Obama doubled national debt.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@RafaelMspt The "evil rich people" you mentioned.

The left wing has gone so crazy they are now trying to make Bill Mayer, a proven liberal for ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Maher is an ass and he has a huge anti-Palestinian, anti-Muslim bias. That is the problem people on the left have with him. And he's getting crankier as he gets older. Don't get me started on Tim Pool.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@george The only reason people ever thought Maher was a liberal was because he was mostly socially liberal (but not so much on trans people) and he was against the Iraq war (he's not broadly anti-war though, especially when it comes to Israel) at a time when that was very politically polarizing. This tells you all you need to know: “I would be a Republican if they would. Which means that I like the Barry Goldwater Republican Party, even the Reagan Republican Party.”

The left wing has gone so crazy they are now trying to make Bill Mayer, a proven liberal for ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Maher is an ass and he has a huge anti-Palestinian, anti-Muslim bias. That is the problem people on the left have with him. And he's getting crankier as he gets older. Don't get me started on Tim Pool.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@george I don't think that's a fair criticism of FAIR, which has a decades-long track record criticizing liberal media's role in "manufacturing consent" for US imperialism. It happens to be Noam Chomsky's favorite media watchdog. Tim's extrapolations are off base.

Federal deficit estimated at $984B, highest in seven years | TheHill

RMSPT comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Suddenly a Dem is a deficit hawk? 😂 I’m sure you were outraged when Obama doubled national debt.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@RafaelMspt God willing Trump will send more of my tax dollars to them this year!

Intel Community IG Stonewalling Congress On Backdated Whistleblower Rule Changes Michael ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 7, 2019:

“The law was not changed. What happened was a form was changed. A form cannot change the law” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/fact-check-were-whistleblower-rules-changed-ukraine-complaint-n1060481

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@RafaelMspt Nope.

The left wing has gone so crazy they are now trying to make Bill Mayer, a proven liberal for ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Maher is an ass and he has a huge anti-Palestinian, anti-Muslim bias. That is the problem people on the left have with him. And he's getting crankier as he gets older. Don't get me started on Tim Pool.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 8, 2019:

@george It's not in the article. https://fair.org/home/the-phony-liberalism-of-bill-maher/ And I really would prefer to avoid watching Tim Pool's reaction to it.

The left wing has gone so crazy they are now trying to make Bill Mayer, a proven liberal for ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Maher is an ass and he has a huge anti-Palestinian, anti-Muslim bias. That is the problem people on the left have with him. And he's getting crankier as he gets older. Don't get me started on Tim Pool.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

@george Who called him alt right?

Smartphone Data Show Voters in Black Neighborhoods Wait Longer - Scientific American

KeVince comments on Oct 7, 2019:

That's because people in black communities know each other, so when they go to the poles and meet people that they haven't seen in a while they tend to stand around and talk to each other, something that self consumed wight folks won't ever understand.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

@iThink https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-locations/southern-us-states-have-closed-1200-polling-places-in-recent-years-rights-group-idUSKCN1VV09J

Smartphone Data Show Voters in Black Neighborhoods Wait Longer - Scientific American

KeVince comments on Oct 7, 2019:

That's because people in black communities know each other, so when they go to the poles and meet people that they haven't seen in a while they tend to stand around and talk to each other, something that self consumed wight folks won't ever understand.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

If that creates waiting times, and I doubt that's the only factor given the efforts by Republicans to close or consolidate polling places in black communities, those polling places should have more resources.

Federal deficit estimated at $984B, highest in seven years | TheHill

RMSPT comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Suddenly a Dem is a deficit hawk? 😂 I’m sure you were outraged when Obama doubled national debt.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

@iThink

Federal deficit estimated at $984B, highest in seven years | TheHill

RMSPT comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Suddenly a Dem is a deficit hawk? 😂 I’m sure you were outraged when Obama doubled national debt.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

@iThink His deficits had nothing to do with the ACA.

Federal deficit estimated at $984B, highest in seven years | TheHill

RMSPT comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Suddenly a Dem is a deficit hawk? 😂 I’m sure you were outraged when Obama doubled national debt.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

@RafaelMspt I think it helped, but not as much as it could if it were targeted at ordinary people. And where's my tax cut? Last year, for the first time since buying a house I could not itemize. We'll see if that changes this year since it's my first year self-employed for the entire year.

Federal deficit estimated at $984B, highest in seven years | TheHill

RMSPT comments on Oct 7, 2019:

Suddenly a Dem is a deficit hawk? 😂 I’m sure you were outraged when Obama doubled national debt.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

Note where I said: "Not that I think it's a problem, but it would be better if that money were going toward us..." And Obama was responding to the great recession.

Impeachment is broken. Impeach Trump, anyway. - YouTube

Zbacku comments on Oct 7, 2019:

LOL. To Wily guy.... because I can't respond..... EVERY thing you mentioned is what the Democrats did to destroy Trump......Immigration Policy??? You mean the one Clinton started and Obama followed by putting many more kids in cages than Trump? Politicizing the DOJ????? LOL............ ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

And at the end of the day, impeachment is a political process. The standard is "high crimes and misdemeanors." Trump committed a felony by cutting a check to Stormy Daniels alone. It's an open and shut case.

Impeachment is broken. Impeach Trump, anyway. - YouTube

Zbacku comments on Oct 7, 2019:

LOL. To Wily guy.... because I can't respond..... EVERY thing you mentioned is what the Democrats did to destroy Trump......Immigration Policy??? You mean the one Clinton started and Obama followed by putting many more kids in cages than Trump? Politicizing the DOJ????? LOL............ ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

Regarding Biden you have been gobbling up the propaganda the right is feeding you. Biden represented the openly communicated interests of the US and its allies by calling for the firing of a prosecutor who was blocking the investigation of Burisma, the company Hunter Biden was lobbying for. If you didn't catch that, that was against the interest of Hunter. Hunter got nothing but a salary out of it. Yes lobbying is bad, and we should put an end to it, and Joe's conflict of interest looked bad at the time, but you have the story exactly backward.

Impeachment is broken. Impeach Trump, anyway. - YouTube

Zbacku comments on Oct 7, 2019:

LOL. To Wily guy.... because I can't respond..... EVERY thing you mentioned is what the Democrats did to destroy Trump......Immigration Policy??? You mean the one Clinton started and Obama followed by putting many more kids in cages than Trump? Politicizing the DOJ????? LOL............ ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

You exaggerate with the allusion to antifa. A relative few antifascists who show up when Nazis raid their Berkeley and Portland hometowns is not quite the epidemic you describe, and has nothing to with any politician.

Impeachment is broken. Impeach Trump, anyway. - YouTube

Zbacku comments on Oct 7, 2019:

LOL. To Wily guy.... because I can't respond..... EVERY thing you mentioned is what the Democrats did to destroy Trump......Immigration Policy??? You mean the one Clinton started and Obama followed by putting many more kids in cages than Trump? Politicizing the DOJ????? LOL............ ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

Nice whataboutism on pardons. Criminal justice reform is quite different than pardoning Joe Arpaio and Conrad Black, but we can disagree on that.

Impeachment is broken. Impeach Trump, anyway. - YouTube

Zbacku comments on Oct 7, 2019:

LOL. To Wily guy.... because I can't respond..... EVERY thing you mentioned is what the Democrats did to destroy Trump......Immigration Policy??? You mean the one Clinton started and Obama followed by putting many more kids in cages than Trump? Politicizing the DOJ????? LOL............ ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

@Zbacku, re: the IRS: https://idw.community/post/53350/all-of-the-fake-scandals-brought-up-by-the-lefties?cid=1127746 https://idw.community/group/Libertarian/discussion/53764/irs-sorry-but-it-s-just-easier-and-cheaper-to-audit-the-poor-propublica

Impeachment is broken. Impeach Trump, anyway. - YouTube

Zbacku comments on Oct 7, 2019:

LOL. To Wily guy.... because I can't respond..... EVERY thing you mentioned is what the Democrats did to destroy Trump......Immigration Policy??? You mean the one Clinton started and Obama followed by putting many more kids in cages than Trump? Politicizing the DOJ????? LOL............ ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

@Zbacku, as I said then: Under Obama, older children were detained when they came here alone until they could make arrangements with an adult in the US (which they generally already had planned out). Under Trump, they started unnecessarily detaining asylees, requiring their young children, who aren't as capable of navigating the legal system and don't know other adults in the US, to be detained. This caused a huge spike in children detainees, overtaxing the system. They knew full well that would be the consequence and did so anyway, intending it to be a deterrent (it wasn't).

Impeachment is broken. Impeach Trump, anyway. - YouTube

Zbacku comments on Oct 7, 2019:

LOL. To Wily guy.... because I can't respond..... EVERY thing you mentioned is what the Democrats did to destroy Trump......Immigration Policy??? You mean the one Clinton started and Obama followed by putting many more kids in cages than Trump? Politicizing the DOJ????? LOL............ ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

@Zbacku, do you have another account on here? Because I could have sworn I had the same conversation with someone the other day.

Facebook verification of posts?? Apparently I spread fake news... thanks Facebook ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 7, 2019:

For once Facebook is doing something right.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

@Boardwine From my end, it looks like they are just giving you a heads up when something you post has been identified as false, satirical, or some kind of fabricated chain letter, rather than outright preventing you from posting. You've got to admit older Americans have a big problem with this sort of thing.

God I love Candace! It's a short video so be patient.

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 23, 2019:

What a joke. Has she figured out the problem with Hitler's nationalism yet?

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

@Bonez https://www.mediamatters.org/candace-owens/turning-point-usas-candace-owens-if-hitler-just-wanted-make-germany-great-and-have

Impeachment is broken. Impeach Trump, anyway. - YouTube

Zbacku comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Yep, that's the ticket... Impeach a President just because you don't like him.....

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 7, 2019:

Or you know: 8+ felony campaign finance violations including Giuliani's role with Ukraine. Soliciting foreign election interference from Ukraine. Potential quid pro quo with Ukraine aid. Emoluments. Obstruction of justice during the Mueller probe. Demagoguery. Immigration policy of family separation. Politicizing the Department of Justice. Abuse of pardon power. Electioneering by his campaign, donors, and Cambridge Analytica in 2016. Potential foreign collusion in 2016. Criminality of his 2016 campaign (e.g. Manafort, Flynn, and Cohen). Potential fraud, money laundering, threats of violence, bribery, and ties to organized crime during his business career.

Canada Election: Man tells Jagmeet Singh he should remove his turban to 'look like a Canadian' ...

pbuck0145 comments on Oct 5, 2019:

"Looking Canadian" is not an issue. The NDP purports to being secular. Its leader should not be flaunting non-secularism.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@pbuck0145 I mean, what's the point of secularism in the first place? Not to spread atheism but so that different different kinds of people can work together and coexist.

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WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@iThink It wasn't a joke. It was a cry for help by a cult member.

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WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@iThink I was characterizing YOUR generalization...

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DanMartinovich comments on Oct 6, 2019:

This is why. Because everything the Democrats have done with the "Russian" collusion probe was a total lie, a con job. They did it for two reasons. One was to tie up the whole country including the feds law enforcement agencies from looking at the corruption of the Obama administration which was ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

The fact that the Republicans are protecting Hillary at this point shows their hand. https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/07/republican-fec-commissioners-let-clinton-campaign-off

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DanMartinovich comments on Oct 6, 2019:

This is why. Because everything the Democrats have done with the "Russian" collusion probe was a total lie, a con job. They did it for two reasons. One was to tie up the whole country including the feds law enforcement agencies from looking at the corruption of the Obama administration which was ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

Clinton and Obama's violations were not at the same level as Trump's. These are John Edwards-level felony violations. https://www.citizensforethics.org/a-campaign-to-defraud-2/

Canada Election: Man tells Jagmeet Singh he should remove his turban to 'look like a Canadian' ...

pbuck0145 comments on Oct 5, 2019:

"Looking Canadian" is not an issue. The NDP purports to being secular. Its leader should not be flaunting non-secularism.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@pbuck0145 The only thing that is absurd here, is your claim that secularists shouldn't practice religion or participate in religious culture. sec·u·lar·ist /ˈsekyələrəst/ noun a person who advocates separation of the state from religious institutions.

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DanMartinovich comments on Oct 6, 2019:

This is why. Because everything the Democrats have done with the "Russian" collusion probe was a total lie, a con job. They did it for two reasons. One was to tie up the whole country including the feds law enforcement agencies from looking at the corruption of the Obama administration which was ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

The real corruption you refer to is of the legal lobbying sort--i.e. Hunter Biden. And I'd love if we lived in a world where that sort of thing were illegal and investigated. But Trump is not going after Hunter. He's going after Joe, inexplicably, for acting against Hunter's lobbying interest! Hunter got nothing but his paycheck and Joe got nothing out of the decision--he was acting in interest of the United States and its allies, as demonstrated by other officials at the time. Trump is using his office to try to twist the arms of foreign officials to lend credibility to an otherwise baseless propaganda narrative.

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WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@iThink I generally like Mel Brooks, but I watched The Producers a couple decades ago and didn't find it funny. Not sure if I got all the way through to the "springtime for Hitler" part. Perhaps I should give it another chance. I do not see humor of Kathy Griffith's severed Trump head, but I don't necessarily disapprove of it. I do think that it is probably more politically harmful that it is incisive. Here's the problem: it was the scientist's joke, not the LaRouchie's. And the right is laughing at the LaRouchie (while simultaneously taking her literally as a constituent) and taking the scientist literally (and representative of all climate change activists).

Canada Election: Man tells Jagmeet Singh he should remove his turban to 'look like a Canadian' ...

pbuck0145 comments on Oct 5, 2019:

"Looking Canadian" is not an issue. The NDP purports to being secular. Its leader should not be flaunting non-secularism.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@pbuck0145 I'm just working off what you gave me here: ""Looking Canadian" is not an issue. The NDP purports to being secular. Its leader should not be flaunting non-secularism."

Canada Election: Man tells Jagmeet Singh he should remove his turban to 'look like a Canadian' ...

pbuck0145 comments on Oct 5, 2019:

"Looking Canadian" is not an issue. The NDP purports to being secular. Its leader should not be flaunting non-secularism.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@pbuck0145 That's not what I'm doing. Your version of secularism, and I'm guessing you're not a secularist, restricts what people can do in their private lives, broadly speaking. Mine restricts what the government can do. And I'm guessing Jagmeet and the NDP, as well as most secularists, are closer to my definition. I mean don't just trust me because I'm a secularist, trust my definition because it's enshrined in the constitution of an important country. So your criticism is off the mark.

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WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@iThink Who exactly is "shutting down" comedians? I enjoyed seeing Dave Chapelle a few years ago, thank you very much, though it does does sound like his new jokes aren't fully baked, therefore seeming more malicious than part of a thoughtful comedic arc. It's kind of similar to the state the jokes I did see were in a year or so before when I saw him emcee a concert. Regardless, I believe in giving comedians a lot of leeway (my exception would be for comedians like Carlos Mencia who in his time basically just existed to give unsophisticated young white people an excuse to be racist). But again, I do not think you all know why you think this LaRouche's stunt is funny.

Canada Election: Man tells Jagmeet Singh he should remove his turban to 'look like a Canadian' ...

pbuck0145 comments on Oct 5, 2019:

"Looking Canadian" is not an issue. The NDP purports to being secular. Its leader should not be flaunting non-secularism.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@Facci That's kind of what I'm trying to say to @pbuck0145. Do whatever you want religiously but don't try to impose it through law or policy on others. In @pbuck0145's world, secularism extends even to what you wear.

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WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

If you can cheer on a LaRouchie, what's going to keep you from cheering on a Nazi "who makes a good point?"

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WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@iThink I don't think you all really know why you think it's funny. That would require actually understanding the beliefs of the LaRouchies, AOC, and the scientist who initially used the eating babies trope.

The left disrespects republican supporters and Trump supporters.

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

No to third positionism (Tulsi) and no to the Koch brothers' trojan horse (Yang). If Tulsi appeals to you and you're a nationalist, why not support Trump? If Tulsi appeals to you and you're an internationalist and a non-interventionist, why not support Bernie? If Yang appeals to you ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 6, 2019:

@Facci I think you're jumping to conclusions.

Jonathon Swift's A Modest Proposal revisited. I bet this lady had more fun though... [youtu.be]

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up on pranks with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@KCSantiago They're motivated by a conspiracy theory that the Queen of England (and probably the Jews) are using climate change activism for nefarious means.

Jonathon Swift's A Modest Proposal revisited. I bet this lady had more fun though... [youtu.be]

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up on pranks with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@KCSantiago I guess this was the inspiration for the content of their stunt: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swedish-scientist-cannibalism/

Jonathon Swift's A Modest Proposal revisited. I bet this lady had more fun though... [youtu.be]

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up on pranks with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@KCSantiago I mean the Trumpists do seem to have learned a lot from the LaRouchies' conspiracy theories. Here's the link to the above pictured tweet: https://twitter.com/larouchepac/status/1179936962817544192

Jonathon Swift's A Modest Proposal revisited. I bet this lady had more fun though... [youtu.be]

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up on pranks with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@KCSantiago Here. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/eat-babies-aoc-town-hall-pro-trump-troll-larouche

The left disrespects republican supporters and Trump supporters.

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

No to third positionism (Tulsi) and no to the Koch brothers' trojan horse (Yang). If Tulsi appeals to you and you're a nationalist, why not support Trump? If Tulsi appeals to you and you're an internationalist and a non-interventionist, why not support Bernie? If Yang appeals to you ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@JimbobNE If it's a woman, it's going to be Warren.

Canada Election: Man tells Jagmeet Singh he should remove his turban to 'look like a Canadian' ...

pbuck0145 comments on Oct 5, 2019:

"Looking Canadian" is not an issue. The NDP purports to being secular. Its leader should not be flaunting non-secularism.

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 5, 2019:

Maybe my bearings are off being from the US. As you're probably aware, our Constitution mandates a separation of church and state--meaning basically that you're free to do whatever you want privately as long as you don't try to impose your beliefs and practices on the public, e.g. in government (never mind that the Republicans pretend that it doesn't exist). So that's the frame through which I see this. A person's body and the clothing that it wears is pretty obviously a private matter. And I don't imagine the NDP is imposing religious beliefs and practices on the public.

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WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@iThink As I've said before, it's really disheartening to see the right further exploit this cult member for political gain.

A Disturbed LaRouchie Tries To Crash AOC Town Hall and the Right Cheers [youtube.com]

iThink comments on Oct 5, 2019:

nobody is "cheering" Lyndon LeRousche... we are laughing hilariously at how "eat the babies" pretty much paralyzed (at least momentarily) AOC...there was no where for her to go as far as responding to "we have to eat the babies!" ...it was epic...are you gnashing your teeth Ricky? LOL!!!!

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@iThink What does this "eating babies" thing refer to if not population control? Because you sure seem to be giving it a lot of thought.

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WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@iThink And finally, again, if you are concerned about the issue of climate change being used to impose population control, which I am, you should direct your ire at Buffet and Gates, not leftists who want to manage the inevitable in a humanitarian way.

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WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@iThink Again, why do you think some random scientist saying something provocative, never mind that it doesn't mean what you think it means, is representative of the entire left, never mind that we don't know his politics, yet insist that a LaRouche provocateur is neither representative of the LaRouche organization nor the right that lauds her?

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WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@iThink That "shocked look" is exactly the look one gets when they are confronted with someone going off the rails, who may be a risk to themselves and everyone around them.

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WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cool to see the right teaming up with the LaRouchies...

WilyRickWiles replies on Oct 5, 2019:

@iThink "Idiots in the audience"? That was just a subset of her constituents who showed up to her town hall, not some "followers" or activists. Where do you get off calling them "idiots?" For all you know, they could share your position on the issue of climate change. Your bias is showing.