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Back on topic, the CIC today refused to release the Democratic response memo to the Nunes nothingburger. His reasoning was explained in a tweet (of course). Then redact it, Donald. All you need to do is apply the same standards to this one as you did to the Nunes memo...

NO, YOU!!! Etc ad infinitum. Last post, then I'm ignoring you because at this point I think you're just trolling, and I apologize to everyone else for dragging this out. In YOUR post, you're calling me a liberal and inferring that because of that I want you banned because of our political differences. You're provably wrong. As usual. If you're going to discuss things like a child then I don't think you have any place in the discussions of adults. If you were capable of having a discussion like an adult then we wouldn't be in this situation.

I've lectured at universities. All the students leave decent reviews, so I think I'll be OK. This post is an example of why I think you should be banned. You don't read and digest posts that other people make but instead go straight to the reply button and then make everything political. My post was personal - a critique of HOW you post, not the views you express. I don't think you should be banned because of your political views or if I disagree with them. I think you should be banned because your particular style of posting adds nothing to this type of discussion forum except noise, and this post is an example of that. Because of your posting we are now way of topic, further wasting everyone's time. Once again I can prove you wrong... just 4 posts up I state categorically that I find value in Ron's posts, despite disagreeing with most of the content. If you were right about me trying to get rid of people who disagree with me then I'd be calling for Ron's banning, and I'm not. Just yours; because you're a troll and a waste of everyone's time and bandwidth. Go away.

Regardless on whether I agree with him, I find Ron's posts valuable in this forum. They provide a perspective that I don't have from faith, age and military service. Marc's posts are utterly worthless and simply add to the noise in any thread, particularly as he seems to bait Bill in particular. I think he should have been banned a long time ago.

Now you iie No, you! LOL! etc etc. You bore me. Your posts are worthless, your communication meaningless, and your retorts are the stuff of kindergarten arguments. Your ineptitude at basic spelling and grammar, your inability to compose rational sentences and sheer incompetence in developing a single coherent thought of your own is breathtaking. How you struggle through everyday adult life is a genuine puzzle to me.

Don't worry that you've been proven wrong at every single turn where you've been asked for a source or rationalization. I'm sure you're right about this 'truth' thing. You got this.

You think that's bad, try building stuff when measurements switch back and forth between 64ths, 32nds and quarter, half and whole inch fractions, PLUS the use of decimals of a fraction. It melts my brain. I have a conversions table printed out on the wall of my garage.

This is the memo written by Nunes based on classified information people aren't allowed to see. But it supposedly supports your position, so you instantly believe it. You really are a caricature. This is going to be a fun thread in the not-too-distant future. Hey, he was right about this. The giant nothing that was the holy Nunes memo has turned this into a fun thread.

You have been wrong every single time. This is just getting farcical now. Would you take a $40,000 a month retainer? By the way, I'm being proved right every single time. At what point do we call Rush a troll and just ban him? Does anyone actually know the guy?

It doesn't look real, does it? Fantastic stuff.

it was a dig at rush.

That's how it should be. I couldn't disagree more. Everybody should have an equal say in the potential leaders of the country, regardless of political affiliations. With your method you will only strengthen the polarization of the two party system - parties only need to pander to their vocal base and can ignore the rest of the population. That's just an awful idea.

My guess is that it's the next nothingburger. Those who think Trump is a lying conman will probably have more proof that he's dodgy, but nothing substantial enough to LOCK HIM UP or impeach him, whereas Trump supporters simply won't believe the reports and will claim it's a conspiracy from within the deep-state-controlled FBI.

As a councellor you should know that there is a gap between how we perceive ourselves and how we actually behave. How large that gap is depends on the person. Your actions do not show you as staunchly anti-communist, no matter how much you want to believe that you are.

You’d lose that bet. I’ve totally called assholes on shit like that before.

In the event of an emergency, can your emotional support duck be used as a flotation device? No. But I know where I’d be looking for lunch if we washed up on a desert island...

Are you STILL bleating on about HC? She's not been relevant for over a year now. She will never be relevant again. Just move on... It doesn't work as a distraction.

This would never have happened if more people had more guns. Of all types. And could carry them everywhere at all times. There is nothing wrong with this. It can't be stopped. Cows are more dangerous. etc etc. You know what fucking SUCKS? I've got a 1 year old and I'm forced to play big-sky-theory with him in the HOPE that the statistically likely school killings happen in schools other than the ones he's going to go to. There is literally fuck all I can do about it. One single school shooting in the UK united the entire country to do something to prevent it ever happening again. 22 years on and there have been 0 school shootings since. How did the US ever get to the point where 14 mass murders happen in schools across the nation in a month and people just shrug and move on? It's sick.

The Fusion GPS dossier. Do your own damn research That's not the damn way discussion damn well works. I'll go back to damn well ignoring you. Damn you.

OK - let's start with the foundations. You keep saying 'that document is a lie'. Let's not have any misunderstanding - what document are you referring to and what sources are you using to make the decision that it's a lie? Please provide links to sources.

You got that right! Now you need to train yourself. child 1: No, you are! child 2: No you! child 1: No, YOU! child 2: NO you are! That's what you sound like. Seriously. I suggest everyone just ignore you from now on. You add nothing to the conversation in here - not even coherent, rational dissension. I'm certainly going to. Your retorts and responses are that of a 6 year old. Even Ron's posts, grounded as they are in a belief system that I cannot possibly understand, are more rational, meaningful and interesting to a discussion forum than yours.

Because I have nothing constructive to say on the topic of religion, devils, phantoms and their applicability to a rational world. I can, however, pass on what little knowledge i have that applies to your post out of a matter of interest. The quote you were using came from a 19C French philosopher. That's it... Just an interesting fact. it's not all about point scoring, at least for me. You base your viewpoints coming from a foundation in your belief. We have no common ground there. It's like me saying in a post that Trump is an alien... what could possibly be a constructive response to the intent of that message?

Watching the State of the Union address and there wasn't much of interest in the Presidents' speech for me. Small talking points maybe but one of the NBC commentators put it brilliantly - 'he'll tweet about something tomorrow and we'll forget whatever he just said.' I agree. But the response... It leaves me doing literal facepalms. The democrats lost the election in large part because the message of 'drain the swamp' resonates with HUGE swathes of America. Whether you like it or not a lot of voters don't like the idea of career politicians in Washington and you give the response speech to a Kennedy?? Seriously??? I can't imagine a bigger fuck-you to all those people... There isn't a more entrenched family that represents the status quo in American politics. At this point I honestly don't know if it's tactical of the Democratic party just doesn't give a shit. And if they're that careless and arrogant they'll lose the next election cycle too...

Caused by people in the back taking space from the front. Or taking on too many carry-on items as well... I've seen people unpack 1 carry-on into 3 once they're on board before now.

Again with the false equivalencies. A seatbelt or spare tyre CANNOT be used in any way that affects someone other than me. I can't use it for something other than its designed purpose.