Michael Hardner

Does it? If the question is whether the CBC is putting a shine on Carney.. A lot of people only read the first paragraph or so...

I don't think it matters anymore. Greg has responded, it doesn't exactly match what black dog said. I encapsulated the latter's version in the OP. There are many people on this board who know each other on other boards, via email, or otherwise. That's all I will say. There's no point in pursuing this anymore as far as I can see. There are two accounts, and they're not aligned.

We will have to see.

Nothing is worse than death. Fight to live another day. No, I only read the first paragraph. As far as I could see, the thread was not about Carney, but about the CBC. I concurred with the poster based on that first paragraph.

That opening paragraph is a doozy, though. But CBC is going to pull out all the stops because the CPC is an existential threat. If this whole process was being done above board, I might be somewhat upset. But as it is, they're amping up the culture war from their end. Not much point in commenting, even.

I'm being dead serious. He insinuated I had access to some network, which one could reasonably assume was Mossad. Once we put search back I can find the post. The asexual guy who disappeared was Perspektiv... thanks CP.

taxme has some issues... he was, I believe, banned in an earlier incarnation... he uses a VPN to log in, which he accused me of being Mossad when I revealed that.... yes... marginal types...

Basically ACCUSED me of being a Jew, as if that's a crime. I did report that one, I think.

Wow. Good thread 🧵

Well sure, but it would also be interesting to be in a plane crash.

Yes, but this phenomenon IS a problem. It was pretty clear that he'd try to cut Medicare and likely implement Project 2025. People really didn't understand that connection.

Well, it's your story. Sri Lanka was definitely materially poor.

Sorry sir, I will do as you command.

1. I inferred that from the claim above. Ok, you didn't say that. 2. I can't search, so I don't remember his name.

1. I was speaking generally. Some discussions don't require experts, I agree. But if someone tries to enter a political discussion with a statement of "nonbinary people don't exist" ... is that policy or is it science they're talking about ? I'm not sure. Either way I don't have to engage... I don't ever have to engage, for that matter. 2. Analogies are tricky but I'll play... So, yes, the mask issue was politics, supply, and science. I suppose it's the same with transgender issues, you're right. For my part we're still in a meta-discussion here but maybe give a more specific example and I'll tell you how I would approach it from both science and politics. 3. I think the thing I can't get my head around is you saying that making a statement on physics vs social issues is analogous ? 4. But policy depends on medical, economic, climate experts because people don't understand these issues at all without them. 5. But how did it start ? It started with people who wanted to live in another gender. That's been in the public eye for decades. Eventually more people did this, and people started making a case (pushing, if you insist) for accommodating them. Right ? 6. Ok - but as we see, they didn't invent the idea - it came from the community. Now, I'm still trying to break down what "pushing" means. If people are telling them that they want this is it "pushing" the idea ? Maybe it is. And for full disclosure, some of those points you listed are fine by me and fine by people I know also. 7. Ok, so let's say "it" is happening. Medical cases are misdiagnosed, people regret their changes... That alone doesn't justify ceasing any medical help to people who justify as transgender. 8. Neither does yours. You don't have to agree to clarifying language, so I would have to ask you "what age" every time you use the term "child". Because medical care can and should differentiate between 17 year olds and 3 year olds. 9. There's a concept of 'mature minor' in Canada, not sure if they have it in the USA. They try to assess how much the under-18-person should be able to say about their own healthcare. I think that's a good idea.

So calling someone a 'pedo' is out of bounds. That's helpful. What did the asexual guy do ?

That asexual guy disappeared a few months back.... Maybe there's some line of insults you're not allowed to cross? I'd like to know what it is so I can report lots and lots of people who have wronged me! WRONGED ME!

BD is claiming he was banned for insulting someone? Comments?

You nailed it. They raised several generations of Americans who were fed jingoistic slogans instead of taught world history. And now you get comments like this. Does anyone realize that when these large international organizations were set up, the USA went out of their way to make sure they were at the middle of all of it? And now they're voluntarily going to give that up?

Except I saw a headline that said the FBI director instructed his employees to defy that order? This is the most disorganized and unprepared administration since Herbert Hoover, and I'm including 2016 to 2020.

Why was a rich woman taking the bus in a poor country?

1. Okay, tell us what you know then. I'm sure you understand that the rest of us understand the conventional knowledge of what goes on with foreign services. 2. Why can a business person get access to a federal minister when I can't? Do you know the answers to these questions? You pay for things. You get goods and services. The economy is an ecosystem, that evolves. The political economy - same thing... Instead of asking obtuse questions, tell us a better way. You're smart enough for that.

They provide in-person services for nationals and businesses in that nation?

But we don't know is how much it matters. Or how much we THINK IT MATTERS. Think about it. For decades, when something was important, we all watched it on the same few TV channels. And so things had an impact. Today, not so much. As I have read, we are in an epistemic crisis. No one knows for sure what facts are, no one knows what's important. No wonder there's chaos.

😂 So they say. They haven't earned trust, yet, to get broad acceptance of their claims. Meanwhile, Trump's dirty charity was dissolved by a COURT. 😂