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At this point the pretzels Trump's administration and partisan supporters are turning themselves into while denying, deflecting, and decrying it have made it a spectacle.

It seemed that way given your demand for names. OK, give us the names of all these people who saw and knew about his drunkenness. He most certainly did and I also provided you with a dictionary definition of the term corroborate to facilitate your understanding of the term and to corroborate my argument. In the meantime you're still here running around in circles like usual.

In case you hadn't noticed woke is even deader than you imagine climate change is. It was never really anything at all, just a fad right wingers made it a fad to whine about.

Society either relies on there being a free press or it doesn't, that's all there is too it. You either think so or you don't. It's still a choice but one that comes with a price in either case. Journalism cannot exist without someone paying the expenses of journalists. They provide a service that no longer has an economic model by which that cost can be reflected in the market for information and it's distribution. This imparts a clear aspect to journalism that moves it away from a private for profit enterprise and places it in the domain of a public service. I don't believe it myself but if the poor economic fundamentals of a free press is simply the market saying journalists provide no value then it is what it is I guess.

I couldn't make the process of progress sound any more natural if I tried. I must be getting thru to you.

Who exactly is orchestrating all this concerted effort from the MSM? How do you place an order for something like this and who do you send the invoice too?

Hah! $10 says you'd never say this is aloud in the same room as your mom, wife or mother in-law!

I've pointed out Israeli Palestinians and that Jews and Arabs even marry and have kids when people insist all Arabs and Palestinians want to do is exterminate Jews. Of course coexistence is possible but to say it's entirely rosy however for Palestinians in Israel is stretching things and probably unsustainable given most are marginalized 2nd class citizens facing; AI Overview Palestinians in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) experience significant disparities in their standard of living compared to Jewish Israelis, facing systemic discrimination and economic inequality, including higher poverty rates, limited access to resources, and restrictions on movement and basic services Here's a more detailed breakdown: Palestinians in Israel: Economic Inequality: A significant portion of Palestinian-Israeli citizens live below the poverty line, with rates much higher than those of Jewish citizens. Discrimination: Palestinians face discrimination in housing, education, and employment, with limited access to resources and opportunities. Land Confiscation: Israeli authorities have confiscated Palestinian land, further exacerbating economic inequality and restricting access to resources. Housing Shortages: Palestinians in Israel experience housing shortages due to Israeli authorities investing primarily in non-Palestinian neighborhoods, according to Adalah. Education: Poorly funded schools in Palestinian localities contribute to lower levels of education and reduced employment prospects compared to Israeli Jews.

Awwww. Sure kid. You go have a cookie and a good night's sleep and get to work on it in the morning.

The whole freaking planet is a mess and everyone knows it and what never changes is they usually blame the latest incumbent fill-in-blank-here party/leader/guru...whatever. It's kind of pathetic when you think about it.

What about the Pope's alter, isn't that even worse? You make the Pope sound like he was practically Beelzebub's right hand man some days.

It had to do with your assertion that without any names there were no sources. I simply pointed out there were, the whistleblowers that journalists interviewed. Whatever the number, Hegseth's corroboration is the clincher. No one is lying. It's simply your head going boom.

Says Hegseth... During his confirmation hearing, Hegseth acknowledged he was “not a perfect person”. He promised senators that he has stopped drinking and would not do so if confirmed as defense secretary. But he would not commit to resigning if he did drink on the job. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/pete-hegseth-what-we-know

Whatever they're standing on at the moment they're both playing ping pong with the same goodies. It'll be circumstances and time that tell what's really holding the platforms up.

He provided corroboration. Take blood type vs DNA for example. The same blood type may corroborate suspicion of murder where DNA proves it. According to Merriam-Webster, to "corroborate" means to support with evidence or authority; strengthen or make more certain. Corroboration is not the same as proof. Go tell it to Miriam Webster. I haven't seen anything whatsoever that corroborates or proves you have a clue what either term means.

I have a perfectly good understanding of what the word corroboration means. Hegseth provided strong evidence. Apparently you don't understand the difference between evidence and proof. Hegseth for example would need to blow regular breathalyzer tests to provide evidence that proves he's stopped drinking. See how it works?

It may not qualify as slam dunk forensic proof but it sure qualifies as solid corroboration, especially as it relates to past drinking. As you can see he's left his drinking in the future an open question.

They're whistleblowers various news reporters quoted on condition of anonymity. That's how media often works. In any case Hegseth's own words provide strong corroboration to the whistleblower's veracity. During his confirmation hearing, Hegseth acknowledged he was “not a perfect person”. He promised senators that he has stopped drinking and would not do so if confirmed as defense secretary. But he would not commit to resigning if he did drink on the job. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/pete-hegseth-what-we-know

It's not just China, Russia or America interfering in our political affairs. In the case of Indian interference... Even if PP didn't know his leadership victory may have been partly due to Indian interference he is essentially in possession of something that verges on being stolen if it was. You can't hold someone responsible for being in possession of something stolen if they didn't know it was. That doesn't mean they get to keep it though. And in Poilievre's case by refusing his security clearance he long ago verged into not wanting to know. That's even less excuse for keeping it.

I suspect more people are also beginning to wonder what a Russo-American alliance might look like. Dark and desperate for anyone who falls under its domination for the most part. I know what you mean. I can look out my window on a clear day and see a similarly inclined rogue eyeing us up.

I thought being a drinkin' fùckin' fightin' machine was a de rigueur qualification for military service.

You're sure your not a lefty still? Who's this we you're talking about? Are you completely oblivious to how supportive right wing conservatives were when the world was pushed in this direction? Now look at you. You tell me.

BTW the climate changes all the time, it's AGW people care about, whether it's actually doing something, like the Conservatives, or virtue signalling like...everyone else. It still matters a lot to Poilievre, especially since he'd like to switch the channel away from Trump.

Really? LMAO! A day doesn't go by when we're told Carney intends to sneak a new carbon tax on Canadian's. This is still very much a carbon tax election so again; given Conservatives are the only federal party who've successfully reduced CO2 emissions in Canada and did it not only without a carbon tax but with a GST tax cut aimed at emission reducing home improvements, it's downright weird that PP isn't falling over himself to highlight this Conservative achievement to Canadians. Or did Conservatives actually concede they were full of crap and I missed it?

Don't try telling that to the 170 or so Palestinians who were killed and hundreds more arrested in the months leading up to Oct 7. Palestinians are still being killed and thrown out of their homes at gunpoint in the Westbank - 500 have been killed since Oct 7. Good thing those 20 year old Israelis walking around with machine guns want peace or who knows how many more dead Palestinians there might be. Sure I am, I just don't believe we'll ever see it in our lifetime. Maybe in my grandkids lives but not without a massive international peacekeeping effort and enforced separation of the two sides for at least several decades. Otherwise there is simply way too much hate on both sides to ever expect them to settle their differences peacefully on their own. Further to that though and what'll likely blunt any talk of peacekeeping is the political fighting over the ME and worse, the picking of one side over the other.