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Post by Gardening Grandma on Dec 31, 2019 18:24:47 GMT -5
Breaking story U.S. Embassy In Iraq Under Attack By Protestors “The New York Times says Protesters broke into the heavily guarded compound of the United States Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday and lit fires inside to express their anger:” The men did not enter the main embassy buildings and later withdrew from the compound, joining thousands of protesters and militia fighters outside who chanted “Death to America,” threw rocks, covered the walls with graffiti and demanded that the United States withdraw its forces from Iraq. The situation remained combustible, with protesters vowing to camp outside the compound indefinitely. www.newsandguts.com/video/u-s-embassy-in-iraq-under-attack-by-protestors/
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2019 19:14:47 GMT -5
That place is a GD fortress, I would be shocked if they could do more than graffiti the very external walls or mess with an external guard tower.
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Post by mroped on Dec 31, 2019 19:18:41 GMT -5
That place is a GD fortress, I would be shocked if they could do more than graffiti the very external walls or mess with an external guard tower. I wouldn’t underestimate them! We don’t need another Benghazi!
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Dec 31, 2019 20:08:58 GMT -5
That place is a GD fortress, I would be shocked if they could do more than graffiti the very external walls or mess with an external guard tower. I wouldn’t underestimate them! We don’t need another Benghazi! It’s a dangerous situation
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Post by billisonboard on Jan 1, 2020 0:07:32 GMT -5
That place is a GD fortress, I would be shocked if they could do more than graffiti the very external walls or mess with an external guard tower. I wouldn’t underestimate them! We don’t need another Benghazi! Benghazi was about CIA operations. This is something totally different.
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Post by Value Buy on Jan 2, 2020 11:08:26 GMT -5
I assume no one has ever seen "Death to America" staged demonstrations from Iraq or Iran over the years.
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Post by billisonboard on Jan 2, 2020 11:19:30 GMT -5
I assume no one has ever seen "Death to America" staged demonstrations from Iraq or Iran over the years. Nor a staged show of military muscle from the United States.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 13:35:33 GMT -5
I assume no one has ever seen "Death to America" staged demonstrations from Iraq or Iran over the years. They sit there doing nothing, bored to tears. Until a camera crew from a western media company shows up. Then it's chanting, dancing around, and burning the US flags. Please don't retire from this board by the way. We'll be down to about 2.6 conservatives if you do.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 13:42:52 GMT -5
That place is a GD fortress, I would be shocked if they could do more than graffiti the very external walls or mess with an external guard tower. Good call, looks like the little check in booth outside the wall had a little fire in it. They zoomed in close with the camera, but it still looked like someone threw a burning newspaper in there. Catastrophe !
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Post by Value Buy on Jan 2, 2020 13:52:16 GMT -5
I assume no one has ever seen "Death to America" staged demonstrations from Iraq or Iran over the years. They sit there doing nothing, bored to tears. Until a camera crew from a western media company shows up. Then it's chanting, dancing around, and burning the US flags. Please don't retire from this board by the way. We'll be down to about 2.6 conservatives if you do. I am not retiring from the board. I am retired already! I will be gone from the boards, but shall return. If all goes according to plan I will be back late fall, early winter.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 13:58:18 GMT -5
They sit there doing nothing, bored to tears. Until a camera crew from a western media company shows up. Then it's chanting, dancing around, and burning the US flags. Please don't retire from this board by the way. We'll be down to about 2.6 conservatives if you do. I am not retiring from the board. I am retired already! I will be gone from the boards, but shall return. If all goes according to plan I will be back late fall, early winter. Whew, you had me worried there.
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Post by billisonboard on Jan 2, 2020 14:11:30 GMT -5
They sit there doing nothing, bored to tears. Until a camera crew from a western media company shows up. Then it's chanting, dancing around, and burning the US flags. Please don't retire from this board by the way. We'll be down to about 2.6 conservatives if you do. I am not retiring from the board. I am retired already! I will be gone from the boards, but shall return. If all goes according to plan I will be back late fall, early winter. With your new official position, can't you still post if it isn't political?
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 2, 2020 16:56:56 GMT -5
I assume no one has ever seen "Death to America" staged demonstrations from Iraq or Iran over the years. They sit there doing nothing, bored to tears. Until a camera crew from a western media company shows up. Then it's chanting, dancing around, and burning the US flags. Please don't retire from this board by the way. We'll be down to about 2.6 conservatives if you do. is it time for another survey which shows (AGAIN) that conservatives and liberals are approximately equal in number here?
now, it is TRUE that liberals post more. that is because our eyesight is better and we are more talkative by nature.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jan 2, 2020 18:21:55 GMT -5
That place is a GD fortress, I would be shocked if they could do more than graffiti the very external walls or mess with an external guard tower. Good call, looks like the little check in booth outside the wall had a little fire in it. They zoomed in close with the camera, but it still looked like someone threw a burning newspaper in there. Catastrophe ! Nope, nothing to see here....just a burning newspaper!
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Post by mroped on Jan 2, 2020 18:36:06 GMT -5
I understand that thee was an withdrawal from the vicinity of the US embassy after word came down from some religious heads.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2020 14:13:48 GMT -5
They sit there doing nothing, bored to tears. Until a camera crew from a western media company shows up. Then it's chanting, dancing around, and burning the US flags. Please don't retire from this board by the way. We'll be down to about 2.6 conservatives if you do. is it time for another survey which shows (AGAIN) that conservatives and liberals are approximately equal in number here?
now, it is TRUE that liberals post more. that is because our eyesight is better and we are more talkative by nature.
OK, 2.8% Any more would be pure fantasy. I would go with "talkative" as an incorrect descriptor. There are others that apply much, much more accurately.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 3, 2020 22:18:23 GMT -5
OK, 2.8% Any more would be pure fantasy. I would go with "talkative" as an incorrect descriptor. There are others that apply much, much more accurately. none comes to mind. do you mind elaborating?
and I am going with a minimum of 40%
but just for sake of argument, let me do something which might actually undermine my argument. let's take the 15 most talkative posters, and see how they fall:
me: liberal. hardcore. unabashed. Jag: I would rate her a moderate, but you probably would say liberal. zib: conservative. unabashed. Tenn: liberal. but I don't know if he owns the term like I do. Scottish lassie: I have no idea swamp: same as Tenn NoMoreDrama: same as Tenn NancySummer: I have no idea thyme: I think she is a moderate. weltz: I don't know how to classify her. on immigration she is conservative. PalmBeachPaul: conservative bordering on bot mmhmm: same as Tenn bills: moderate. Beth: same as Tenn Virgil: conservative
the problem with your view of things is that you are not a very active poster. that is precisely the issue with most conservatives on this board. there are a LOT of you, but you don't say very much. but just from the above:
liberal/believed to be liberal: 7 conservative: 3 moderate: 3 unknown: 2
even if we were to take all of the moderates and unknowns and call them liberal, you are still off by a factor of 10x. if you count all the moderates and unknowns as conservative, it is 50/50.
and again: this is skewed liberal because the most talkative posters are liberal.
if you are going by POST VOLUME, it is probably 28% conservative by poster (post number). if you want to challenge the analysis post your own. otherwise, please admit that the volume is far larger than 2.8%
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Post by dondub on Jan 3, 2020 23:22:14 GMT -5
I am fiscally conservative...socially left...non interventionist...peacenik
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Post by weltschmerz on Jan 3, 2020 23:42:30 GMT -5
OK, 2.8% Any more would be pure fantasy. I would go with "talkative" as an incorrect descriptor. There are others that apply much, much more accurately. none comes to mind. do you mind elaborating?
and I am going with a minimum of 40%
but just for sake of argument, let me do something which might actually undermine my argument. let's take the 15 most talkative posters, and see how they fall:
me: liberal. hardcore. unabashed. Jag: I would rate her a moderate, but you probably would say liberal. zib: conservative. unabashed. Tenn: liberal. but I don't know if he owns the term like I do. Scottish lassie: I have no idea swamp: same as Tenn NoMoreDrama: same as Tenn NancySummer: I have no idea thyme: I think she is a moderate. weltz: I don't know how to classify her. on immigration she is conservative. PalmBeachPaul: conservative bordering on bot mmhmm: same as Tenn bills: moderate. Beth: same as Tenn Virgil: conservative
the problem with your view of things is that you are not a very active poster. that is precisely the issue with most conservatives on this board. there are a LOT of you, but you don't say very much. but just from the above:
liberal/believed to be liberal: 7 conservative: 3 moderate: 3 unknown: 2
even if we were to take all of the moderates and unknowns and call them liberal, you are still off by a factor of 10x. if you count all the moderates and unknowns as conservative, it is 50/50.
and again: this is skewed liberal because the most talkative posters are liberal.
if you are going by POST VOLUME, it is probably 28% conservative by poster (post number). if you want to challenge the analysis post your own. otherwise, please admit that the volume is far larger than 2.8%
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 4, 2020 10:16:29 GMT -5
Does Virgil still post a lot?
Did I block him? Lol.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2020 11:46:56 GMT -5
Does Virgil still post a lot? Did I block him? Lol. Virgil has moved on.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2020 11:47:50 GMT -5
OK, 2.8% Any more would be pure fantasy. I would go with "talkative" as an incorrect descriptor. There are others that apply much, much more accurately. none comes to mind. do you mind elaborating?
and I am going with a minimum of 40%
but just for sake of argument, let me do something which might actually undermine my argument. let's take the 15 most talkative posters, and see how they fall:
me: liberal. hardcore. unabashed. Jag: I would rate her a moderate, but you probably would say liberal. zib: conservative. unabashed. Tenn: liberal. but I don't know if he owns the term like I do. Scottish lassie: I have no idea swamp: same as Tenn NoMoreDrama: same as Tenn NancySummer: I have no idea thyme: I think she is a moderate. weltz: I don't know how to classify her. on immigration she is conservative. PalmBeachPaul: conservative bordering on bot mmhmm: same as Tenn bills: moderate. Beth: same as Tenn Virgil: conservative
the problem with your view of things is that you are not a very active poster. that is precisely the issue with most conservatives on this board. there are a LOT of you, but you don't say very much. but just from the above:
liberal/believed to be liberal: 7 conservative: 3 moderate: 3 unknown: 2
even if we were to take all of the moderates and unknowns and call them liberal, you are still off by a factor of 10x. if you count all the moderates and unknowns as conservative, it is 50/50.
and again: this is skewed liberal because the most talkative posters are liberal.
if you are going by POST VOLUME, it is probably 28% conservative by poster (post number). if you want to challenge the analysis post your own. otherwise, please admit that the volume is far larger than 2.8%
Not buying it. You are a liberal source.
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Post by Value Buy on Jan 4, 2020 11:55:32 GMT -5
OK, 2.8% Any more would be pure fantasy. I would go with "talkative" as an incorrect descriptor. There are others that apply much, much more accurately. none comes to mind. do you mind elaborating?
and I am going with a minimum of 40%
but just for sake of argument, let me do something which might actually undermine my argument. let's take the 15 most talkative posters, and see how they fall:
me: liberal. hardcore. unabashed. Jag: I would rate her a moderate, but you probably would say liberal. zib: conservative. unabashed. Tenn: liberal. but I don't know if he owns the term like I do. Scottish lassie: I have no idea swamp: same as Tenn NoMoreDrama: same as Tenn NancySummer: I have no idea thyme: I think she is a moderate. weltz: I don't know how to classify her. on immigration she is conservative. PalmBeachPaul: conservative bordering on bot mmhmm: same as Tenn bills: moderate. Beth: same as Tenn Virgil: conservative
the problem with your view of things is that you are not a very active poster. that is precisely the issue with most conservatives on this board. there are a LOT of you, but you don't say very much. but just from the above:
liberal/believed to be liberal: 7 conservative: 3 moderate: 3 unknown: 2
even if we were to take all of the moderates and unknowns and call them liberal, you are still off by a factor of 10x. if you count all the moderates and unknowns as conservative, it is 50/50.
and again: this is skewed liberal because the most talkative posters are liberal.
if you are going by POST VOLUME, it is probably 28% conservative by poster (post number). if you want to challenge the analysis post your own. otherwise, please admit that the volume is far larger than 2.8%
Posters I highlighted no longer post anything political, and some are gone from the board. Beth is liberal? Maybe....... PBP and Nancy summer rarily posts politically anymore... I am shocked that dezi does not come up as one of the most talkative posters
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Post by thyme4change on Jan 4, 2020 15:58:23 GMT -5
Does Virgil still post a lot? Did I block him? Lol. Virgil has moved on. That is what I thought. I can't back it up, but IMHO there are more than 2.8% of posters/posts that are conservative.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 4, 2020 16:51:16 GMT -5
none comes to mind. do you mind elaborating?
and I am going with a minimum of 40%
but just for sake of argument, let me do something which might actually undermine my argument. let's take the 15 most talkative posters, and see how they fall:
me: liberal. hardcore. unabashed. Jag: I would rate her a moderate, but you probably would say liberal. zib: conservative. unabashed. Tenn: liberal. but I don't know if he owns the term like I do. Scottish lassie: I have no idea swamp: same as Tenn NoMoreDrama: same as Tenn NancySummer: I have no idea thyme: I think she is a moderate. weltz: I don't know how to classify her. on immigration she is conservative. PalmBeachPaul: conservative bordering on bot mmhmm: same as Tenn bills: moderate. Beth: same as Tenn Virgil: conservative
the problem with your view of things is that you are not a very active poster. that is precisely the issue with most conservatives on this board. there are a LOT of you, but you don't say very much. but just from the above:
liberal/believed to be liberal: 7 conservative: 3 moderate: 3 unknown: 2
even if we were to take all of the moderates and unknowns and call them liberal, you are still off by a factor of 10x. if you count all the moderates and unknowns as conservative, it is 50/50.
and again: this is skewed liberal because the most talkative posters are liberal.
if you are going by POST VOLUME, it is probably 28% conservative by poster (post number). if you want to challenge the analysis post your own. otherwise, please admit that the volume is far larger than 2.8%
Posters I highlighted no longer post anything political, and some are gone from the board. Beth is liberal? Maybe....... PBP and Nancy summer rarily posts politically anymore... I am shocked that dezi does not come up as one of the most talkative posters wasn't aware that zib is off the boards. just checked. she checked out 3 weeks ago. that's too bad. but if you remember, I was off the politics board for SIX MONTHS. so, this kind of stuff happens, and people come back. no idea about Beth. just going by recollection. PBP is utterly unpredictable. he will go a month or so without posting, and then he will wallpaper the board for 2 weeks. I don't think it is fair to eliminate him from the discussion at all. I am shocked that oldcoyote didn't make the list. but he didn't. actually, the further you go down the list, the more conservatives you get, for reasons I suggested earlier.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 4, 2020 16:53:05 GMT -5
That is what I thought. I can't back it up, but IMHO there are more than 2.8% of posters/posts that are conservative. well, you CAN. but it is a waste of effort.
I guarantee it is more than 2.8%
edit: PBP, zib and virgil are responsible for 20% of the political posts all by themselves. if conservatives lose their top three posters here, that will definitely diminish the liveliness of the debate. the rest of the conservatives will just have to step it up.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 4, 2020 17:22:32 GMT -5
Zibazinski last posted December 23, 2019. Jaguar died last year. Scottish Lassie has not posted since August 17, 2017. Was having health issues. PBP will be back. He cannot help himself. As in the past, he talks AT us and trying to TEACH us. No one pays him any attention. Virgil? I have my own opinion why he is not posting. One would have to have followed his last 100 posts or so and interactions to figure out why he might no longer be posting.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 4, 2020 17:49:29 GMT -5
Zibazinski last posted December 23, 2019. Jaguar died last year. Scottish Lassie has not posted since August 17, 2017. Was having health issues. PBP will be back. He cannot help himself. As in the past, he talks AT us and trying to TEACH us. No one pays him any attention. Virgil? I have my own opinion why he is not posting. One would have to have followed his last 100 posts or so and interactions to figure out why he might no longer be posting. she last posted in politics prior to or on December 18th.
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Post by Value Buy on Jan 4, 2020 23:23:06 GMT -5
That is what I thought. I can't back it up, but IMHO there are more than 2.8% of posters/posts that are conservative. well, you CAN. but it is a waste of effort.
I guarantee it is more than 2.8%
edit: PBP, zib and virgil are responsible for 20% of the political posts all by themselves. if conservatives lose their top three posters here, that will definitely diminish the liveliness of the debate. the rest of the conservatives will just have to step it up.
2.8% of the posters would have to do a heck of a lot of the posts. I think you should use the last six months of posts as the decsion maker. Many posters, some liberal, but mostly conservative probably no longer bother posting on the politcal board.
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Post by dondub on Jan 5, 2020 0:12:25 GMT -5
well, you CAN. but it is a waste of effort.
I guarantee it is more than 2.8%
edit: PBP, zib and virgil are responsible for 20% of the political posts all by themselves. if conservatives lose their top three posters here, that will definitely diminish the liveliness of the debate. the rest of the conservatives will just have to step it up.
2.8% of the posters would have to do a heck of a lot of the posts. I think you should use the last six months of posts as the decsion maker. Many posters, some liberal, but mostly conservative probably no longer bother posting on the politcal board. . After those 8 years of trashing Obama, no way they had the cojones to deal with the fallout from Trump. Buck buck.🐣🐥🐔🐓
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