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Started by Barrister, November 03, 2020, 01:17:04 PM

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Habbaku

The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.

-J. R. R. Tolkien

Admiral Yi

It's an excellent Marv Albert impersonation.

Eddie Teach

Quote from: alfred russel on December 07, 2020, 01:22:37 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on December 07, 2020, 01:15:23 PM

In the UK the traditional response to someone not wanting to debate is for one of the newspapers to get a junior reporter to dress as a giant chicken to harass that politician at all of their public events :blush:

I can only assume the more dignified sounding Atlanta Press Club won't follow that example.

The debate was held with an empty podium and only one participant.

Now that's dignified.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Darth Wagtaros

Quote from: Eddie Teach on December 07, 2020, 02:59:01 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on December 07, 2020, 01:22:37 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on December 07, 2020, 01:15:23 PM

In the UK the traditional response to someone not wanting to debate is for one of the newspapers to get a junior reporter to dress as a giant chicken to harass that politician at all of their public events :blush:

I can only assume the more dignified sounding Atlanta Press Club won't follow that example.

The debate was held with an empty podium and only one participant.

Now that's dignified.
Well the premise worked for Clint Eastwood.
PDH!

The Minsky Moment

Quote from: alfred russel on December 07, 2020, 01:56:16 PM
Loeffler has even run an ad comparing herself to Attila the Hun--

Now there's a man who could make a war on Christmas.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

Sheilbh

V healthy and normal political party:
Let's bomb Russia!

Razgovory

Okay, Trump has had his fun.  Congress has humored him enough.  We need to wrap this up before someone gets hurt.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

alfred russel

This is awesome. I got a text urging me to support the republican senators in the run offs to stop socialism. I figured it was an automated message from some republican group, but decided to troll it anyway. So I responded:

QuoteYou're letting the presidency be stolen from Trump but you want me to vote for other republicans in Georgia? Fat chance. Work on revealing the stolen election first.

But it wasn't automated! They responded to me that we are working on revealing the stolen election but we need to keep the senate to keep the dems from having total control.

I've got to think of the best response here to demoralize whatever person is texting me.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

Razgovory

Tell'em you can't win a rigged game.  It doesn't matter how many quarters you put into broken slot machine, It will never pay out.  Voting in the election is an admission that the vote is not rigged.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Grey Fox

"Voting is for Communists, sissies & Democrats"
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Eddie Teach

Raz's suggestion is more subtle, less likely to tip the person off that Dorsey is messing with them.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

alfred russel

I went with Raz's suggestion. GF: that would imply I'm just a nonvoter, which just makes me a nonplayer in every election. The play is to make them think i'm a republican voter determined to sit this one out.

While I'm 100% trolling, maybe this will do some good. Maybe some republican activist is going to think that Trump is really undermining the GOP here. :D
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

Sheilbh

Yeah - I think the "fool me once" approach is most likely to work :lol:
Let's bomb Russia!

The Minsky Moment

Tell them it's the worst election fraud since Eric Crouch stole the Heisman in 2001.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson