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QUOTE: Michelle Obama Charged $750,000 For a Single One-Hour Speech Not unusual for a celebrity. George Clooney charges up to a million bucks. Of course, that's George f*@king Clooney. The article points out that Michelle Obama typically receives $200,000. Do that a few times, and it does start to add up. That's what happens when you buy your bullshxt retail. We can get it cheaper wholesale, for the price of an internet connection.
It's not like it's a bribe for past favors or something.
-- Quibble-DickZ -- It is way smarter than accepting your bribes and payola in gold, diamonds or cash. It is even smarter than creating fake LLC's to get your fraudulent payoffs. Almost as smart as the way the Clintons get their payouts from foreign sources and our enemies for selling out the country.
But Menendez is to be presumed innocent according to Cory Booker.
Not like that guilty Trump criminal guy. OneGuy: That's what happens when you buy your bullshxt retail. We can get it cheaper wholesale, for the price of an internet connection.
Ha! Good point. Though the primary purpose of a celebrity speaker is to attract attention to a business or other concern. People will pay a couple of hundred dollars per head to hear and possibly meet a celebrity. ($200 * 5000 people = a million bucks) Taylor Swift grossed nearly $200 million for the U.S. leg of her recent tour. OneGuy: It is way smarter than accepting your bribes and payola in gold, diamonds or cash. And legal for those out of government. OneGuy: Almost as smart as the way the Clintons get their payouts from foreign sources and our enemies for selling out the country. The Clintons' wealth came from books and speaking fees, just like Biden's. You will note they have publicly released their tax returns—unlike Trump. I'm betting no one has ever seen the financial filings of the Clinton Foundation. In it's heyday, it was a thing of beauty. My son (a lawyer) told me he always wanted to meet the people who set it up because it was a 'work of legal art'. And a friend of mine in the Pentagon provided me with a list of financial donations to it from governments or related entities that correlated perfectly (I know - not causation) with State Department approval of weapons sales to said countries during Hillary's tenure as Secretary of State.
John Fisher: I'm betting no one has ever seen the financial filings of the Clinton Foundation.
Documents from the crowd that is smart enough to have at least 2 sets of books and probably more. Unlike the Bidens...
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John Fisher
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2023-09-28 12:51
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Clinton Clobal Foundation gets to audit itself.
So there's problem. --Quibble-DickZ --
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Zachinoff
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2023-09-28 12:55
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John Fisher: Documents from the crowd that is smart enough to have at least 2 sets of books and probably more.
John Fisher (after): Squirrel! Meanwhile, Trump was found liable for fraud for using "2 sets of books", one with low property values for tax purposes and the other with high property values for business purposes—just so you know how it works.
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Zachriel
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2023-09-28 13:00
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"There is no evidence the Clinton Foundation has "2 sets of books"
Well, DUH! That's the whole purpose of having two sets of books so that there is no evidence.
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OneGuy
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2023-09-28 13:14
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Quibble-DickZ argument:
But Truuump!!!
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Zachinoff
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2023-09-28 13:15
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OneGuy: That's the whole purpose of having two sets of books so that there is no evidence.
Making stuff up is not an argument. It's a claim without evidence, nor even a reasonable theory as to how it would work, especially considering the financials were independently audited. The Trump case shows you how it can work.
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Zachriel
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2023-09-28 13:50
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Quibble-DickZ: Except for Truuuump!
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Zachinoff
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2023-09-28 15:33
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"Making stuff up is not an argument."
You're laboring under the false impression anyone is taking you seriously.
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eeyore
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2023-09-29 08:24
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Some of us might take the fact that a black woman of such marginal skill, with such an unpleasant disposition and a huge sense of entitlement can make more in a few hours than millions of hardworking white people will make in 30 years is evidence that the country is not the horrible racist hellhole she and you insist it is.
I'm sure you think you know better. BTW, you have evidence that the hosts weren't just Obama boot lickers wanting an opportunity to worship their idol? James: Some of us might take the fact that a black woman of such marginal skill, with such an unpleasant disposition and a huge sense of entitlement
Apparently, many people reject your characterization and admire Michelle Obama. As a celebrity and best-selling author, people are happy to pay to hear her speak. Nice work—if you can get it. James: the country is not the horrible racist hellhole she and you insist it is. We have never made that claim. There are guys who insist they're women, and progs who play along. There are Trump boot lickers who insist he's always playing 3D chess. Not only am I neither legally or morally obligated to play along, doing so is harmful both to society and the delusional individuals. Michal is a thoughly mediocre person and people who defend her or lick her boot are fools.
That aside, I'll explain the bind you've put yourself in again. Once one claims to accept as true the premises that the country is systematically racist and that racism is the exclusive or predominate cause of the disparate social and economic outcomes blacks experience in the USA, either you have to acknowledge that the country is a racist hell hole, or implicitly acknowledge a horrible moral defect that renders you unsympathetic to at least some victims of racism. It doesn't matter how many words of diarrhea you type to try to find a way in which that binary isn't true. All the words of BS and of no consequence to a reasonable person. Much like one can't complain about illegals being bused to NYC and claim they care about illegals. James: that binary isn't true.
You are so close. Let’s consider a simple example, the United States in 1791. They just ratified the Bill of Rights, just two years after establishing a constitutional republic. But the United States also countenanced race-based chattel slavery. Is it fair then to characterize the United States in 1791 as a “hellhole” or as representing a great stride forward in freedom? You are engaging in black-and-white thinking. It turns out a country, even one as great as the United States, can simultaneously exhibit both great hope and great despair. Indeed, the struggle to “secure the Blessings of Liberty” is at the very heart of the American story.
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Zachriel
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2023-09-30 21:23
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Really? That's a lot of irony. Not once have I seen you give a single thought to the possibility that disparate outcomes between blacks and white could be primarily because anything other than racism. I've never seen you condemn, or even recognize the widespread progressive "paternalistic" racism. Never seen you acknowledge or condemn the widespread anti-white and anti-Asian racism of many blacks.
Quite the contrary, your progressive cohorts insist that bringing up those subjects is racist, a position which I've never seen you disagree with or condemn. All of which makes your thinking on race "black and white." In both senses. On the other hand, I've explicitly asked you to prove that disparate outcomes between blacks and whites are the result of systematic racism. I've condemned racists comments and attitudes by other commenters. I've condemned your antisemitism. I've bemoaned the harm progressive rhetoric has inflicted on black people. Exactly how is that "black and whitethinking?
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James4HJ
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2023-10-02 17:39
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James4HJ: Not once have I seen you give a single thought to the possibility that disparate outcomes between blacks and white could be primarily because anything other than racism.
There are many reasons why there are disparities in outcomes, including cultural affinities and family history. But that doesn’t negate disparities due to racism or the legacy of racism. Notably, you ignored our previous comment pointing out your false dichotomy and the misrepresentation of out views.
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Zachriel
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2023-10-02 21:11
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"Why 'the penis question' matters - How can anyone trust a politician who doesn't know what a woman is?"
It's not so much a question of not knowing but rather of being afraid to say anything for the sake of a political career. We can't trust politicians like that either. QUOTE: How can anyone trust a politician who doesn't know what a woman is? Where does Inverse Cowgirl fit into your philosophy? She has XY chromosomes, was born with female genitalia but with testicles, and presents as female. I saw a picture of a two headed calf. My first thought was NOT that there were 100 cow genders. A birth defect is not a gender. That's why it is called a defect!
Finally, a post worth reading. It's always nice to find posts like this one.
OneGuy: I saw a picture of a two headed calf.
Alicia Roth Weigel is as much a human being as any other person. Nor is she unique. About one a few thousand births are intersex. That means that even in a small town such as Topeka, Kansas or Springfield, Oregon there are likely to be people who were born intersex. Quibble-DickZ: That means... there are likely to be people who were born intersex.
Um, no. It doesn't mean that at all. Keep trying moronZ. Team Z:
QUOTE: Making things up isn’t an argument. Talk about making things up. NIH: QUOTE: If the term intersex is to retain any meaning, the term should be restricted to those conditions in which chromosomal sex is inconsistent with phenotypic sex, or in which the phenotype is not classifiable as either male or female. Applying this more precise definition, the true prevalence of intersex is seen to be about 0.018%, almost 100 times lower than Fausto-Sterling s estimate of 1.7%. B. Hammer: 0.018%
Not everyone would agree with the claim, but that would be about 1 in 5600 and consistent with "a few thousand," from our previous statement.
Topeka, Kansas: 22 Springfield, Oregon: 11
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Zachriel
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2023-09-28 16:43
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Quibble-DickZ: "expected" number intersex... blah, blah, blah...
Again it doesn't mean that at all. Cry harder, moronZ.
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Zachinoff
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2023-09-28 17:13
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Its NIH data, Zac. And still overstates the frequency. Probably because it includes young children who disambiguate with age or with puberty and includes some self reporting.
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James
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2023-09-28 19:40
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James: Probably because it includes young children who disambiguate with age or with puberty and includes some self reporting.
No. The conditions included are very specific, such as Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia.
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Zachriel
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2023-09-28 20:46
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It doesn't change the meaning your incorrect analogy, moronZ.
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Zachinoff
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2023-09-28 21:36
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The % of the population with any mutation on the xy chromosome that creates morphological, anatomical, or functional ambiguity or is thus for reasons related to the prenatal environment) is less than .001%. [XXYs are male and don't count] The % of the population claiming to be trans or something other than male or female with such a mutation is probably less than 1%.
Your comment is irrelevant to the conversation because the people mocking people for refusing to use binary gender terms and the people refusing to use binary gender terms are not doing so in reference to that tiny population. The people refusing to use the binary are doing so as propaganda. Your argument is the same species of fallacy as you linking to a video from Ireland (when the conversation is about the USA), sans context, of the young black girl being denied a medal. The statical anomaly that represents a tiny fraction of a sample is never the basis for a general argument. It is, however, an obvious tell that you don't have a real argument for your claim. James: The % of the population with any mutation on the xy chromosome that creates morphological, anatomical, or functional ambiguity or is thus for reasons related to the prenatal environment) is less than .001%.
B. Hammer cited Sax 2002 above. Using the most restrictive definition, Sax found the rate of intersex as 0.018%. This doesn’t include the much larger number of people who may exhibit some physical traits associated with the opposite sex, but don’t meet Sax’s more restrictive definition.
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Zachriel
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2023-09-28 20:41
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Just to be clear, it doesn't matter if .5% of the population has a discernable XY mutation or .0001% does. If it were only those people involved, the left could have had a near universal consensus with the right on the subject ten years ago. Those people are clearly not who the right objects to accommodating.
The fact that you repeatedly pretend that is the case and inject those people into the conversation is another admission you can't defend your position. It is also another clear example of bad faith and deception on your part.
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James
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2023-09-30 19:21
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James: Those people are clearly not who the right objects to accommodating.
Just to be clear, Inverse Cowgirl is a real person, and not alone. And, yes. Intersex people do matter, as do people who are not dreamt of in your philosophy.
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Zachriel
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2023-09-30 21:30
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Europe is tangled up in green, in Nato, and in immigration. You might be able to afford one but not the spending buffet. We have the same problem... zero spending discipline.
And our stock market indexes topped out in Dec of 2021 through Jan 2022 while the economy continues to slide toward collapse. FBI refuses to release documents in probe into possible nationwide voter registration fraud
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fjustthenews.com%2Fpolitics-policy%2Felections%2Ffbi-denies-foia-request-docs-investigation-possible-nationwide-voter Ya know, to the best of my recollection, I have not once wondered how often anyone else views pornography. Something lacking in me I guess.
BATTERY BLAST Huge explosion ‘fuelled by EV batteries’ rips through airport killing boy, 15, & injuring 163 in blast felt for 20 miles
https://www.the-sun.com/news/9198363/explosion-ev-batteries-airport-uzbekistan/ QUOTE: A BOY of 15 has been killed in a giant explosion feared to have been triggered by detonating electric car batteries. At least 163 were also injured following the huge blast in a customs warehouse near Tashkent Airport in Uzbekistan in the early hours, which was felt up to 20 miles away. Will EV batteries explode like this or was there something else in the warehouse contributing to the explosion? QUOTE: What We Must Believe to Believe Biden Is Innocent . . . Is it plausible that the real rainmaker of Biden, Inc. was the only one who didn’t get paid? Yes, it is quite plausible. It's not unusual for family members to use their famous names for access. QUOTE: In order to believe that Biden is innocent of taking bribes for favorable foreign policy decisions, we must ignore his own words, his son’s text messages and emails, all the “spontaneous” meetings, all the whistleblowers and witnesses, and the need for more than 20 shell companies to launder and distribute loot among family members who have no demonstrable skills. There's nothing in the article that constitutes significant evidence of Joe Biden having broken the law. However, there are obvious conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest that should have been avoided. It's not that difficult to believe that Joe Biden is innocent of any wrong-doing, you just have to believe that he graduated near the top of his class with three degrees on a full scholarship, that he was appointed to the Naval Academy. that he was raised in the Greek/Puerto Rican/Jewish/Black/Truck Driving/Coal Mining/Oil Patch community, that his first wife was killed by a drunk driver, that his second wife nearly died in an inferno at his house, that his son died in Iraq, that he's close friends with an Amtrak employee that's been dead for years, that his Dad supported gay marriage before anyone had ever heard of gay marriage, that he engaged in civil rights marches in the 1960's, that he was arrested in South Africa trying to see Nelson Mandela, and on and on and on. In short, you simply have to believe that Joe Biden isn't a pathological liar and hasn't been a pathological liar his entire life.
In other words, he's a lying dog faced pony soldier.
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