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12 October 2020 at 08:13 AM
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by chillrob

I don't believe anything coming from government agencies anymore.

The Social Security Administration just sent out letters telling retirees that their payments will no longer be taxed, even though it's really just a temporary deduction of $6000.

So the letter was correct for approx 90% of recipients, and wrong for the other 10%


by checkraisdraw

oh yeah and I bet when people were claiming that FEMA was stealing people’s property as a result of a hurricane in NC I’m sure you called them monsters.

this is just absolutely pathetic.

yes i did i also got banned when i said people who fell for it didn't deserve my sympathy (with other, more colorful words)


In other news , i am old enough to remember people in this forum claiming Rufo was irrelevant.

Now it comes out the NYT had to publish Mamdani lies in his college application (he lied about being black), because otherwise Rufo would have published them soon

https://www.semafor.com/article/07/06/20...

The source of the lie in the college application was Cremieux, who had all the data from Columbia (which got hackd, with hackers sending the data to Cremieux, who among other things proved Columbia is still racially discriminating in applications).

We are discovering the receipts of a high level web of deception and subterfuge by leftist institutions, newspapers, colleges coordinating to attempt to hide crimes/irregularities (= racial discrimination in college applications, racial lies in college applications) which only saw the light of the day thanks to the incessant work of people like Cremieux and Rufo.


Are you suggesting that he tried to fool his father's employer into thinking he was Black?

He checked "Black or African American" and "Asian". He also put in "Optional Additional Information" that he was "Ugandan". Since he was born in Uganda and there was on "Indian" choice (and Colombia knew his father, a tenured professor), I don't see a problem.


It is actually pretty interesting how there are so few Indians in Africa, but they are generally so prominent and successful. They seem to fill the same niche (I have seen it described the "cleric" niche) that Jews have held in the West historically.

I kind of think the whole him putting "African American" on his college application is a nothing burger. I am a little older than Mamdani, but this was generally a time when everyone accepted and was perfectly ok with non whites gaming the system. I am not saying it was right or wrong, but it was an accepted norm.

I cant tell you how many of my non white friends did similar stuff, or just completely made up "persecuted minority" stories on their college essays. I actually helped write the essay of an Indian friend of mine, and completely made up some story of her over-coming racism and hardship.

As a general rule I kind of think it is bad taste to go back in time and be retroactively morally outraged about something that was at accepted norm at the time. If you want to criticize the culture of the time that is fine. But being morally outraged at individuals just seems bad faith to me.


As usual you’re completely misunderstanding the history of Indians in East Africa and why they were attracted to going there.


by corpus vile

But it's not a great quote, nor am I triggered. It's just that by quoting him, you highlight what an intolerant old bigot you are, and seeing as you're now admitting trolling- at your age- that makes you even more pathetic, if such a thing was even possible. No wonder you got permabanned. Anyway quote as many as ya like, I won't be reading them or bothering replying to you, as

1. You're clearly triggered, mate. (Which is fine; it makes your posts entertaining.)

2. Technically, I've only threatened to troll you with Buchanan quotes, mate.

Question for Mods: Can you guys change my undertitle to Pathetic Intolerant Addled Elderly Bigoted Troll? Thanks!


by Dunyain

It is actually pretty interesting how there are so few Indians in Africa, but they are generally so prominent and successful. They seem to fill the same niche (I have seen it described the "cleric" niche) that Jews have held in the West historically. I kind of think the whole him putting "African American" on his college application is a nothing burger. I am a little older t

Typical example of the Presentism Fallacy. That is, judging past actions by current standards of morality.


craving for attention much?




Damn grok going scorched earth


Why exactly does Luciom care so deeply about American politics? Honestly shocked to find out he lives in Italy.


by whatthejish

Why exactly does Luciom care so deeply about American politics? Honestly shocked to find out he lives in Italy.

Its one of the best reality shows on TV


by whatthejish

Why exactly does Luciom care so deeply about American politics? Honestly shocked to find out he lives in Italy.

Luciom hopes that the US going full white christonationalist will make his white nationalist views more plateable to the world. Or hes a fat larp living in his grandmothers basement in Pocatello Idaho

Housenuts says its because of bitcoin and the lols but he clearly yearns for a more authoritarian conservatism than he gets at home

I'm truly baffled by the UK lot. Weird bunch. Can't quite figure out why they care so much, but I think my Indian UK citizen pro trader friend believes in caste systems and secretly wants to be a US Elite

Many different flavorts of US politics enjoyoooors. I think the main motivation is wishing their country was the US


by geezerchess

Typical example of the Presentism Fallacy. That is, judging past actions by current standards of morality.

Presentism isn’t considered a fallacy. Some historians consider it a methodological error, others don’t.


by whatthejish

Why exactly does Luciom care so deeply about American politics? Honestly shocked to find out he lives in Italy.

USD is the global reserve currency and US is the greatest military might, what it does has major impacts on the rest of the world.


by whatthejish

Why exactly does Luciom care so deeply about American politics? Honestly shocked to find out he lives in Italy.

I’ll take what cordi said and be less nice about it

America is still the center of the universe though I imagine the sun is setting on that **** before trump is done with it. Lucy is a ****ing bum with no purpose in life other than advancing his manifesto for no reason I can tell other than thinking that since everything he has done in his life has been a complete failure maybe he can shoot the moon and exist as a far-right influencer. After all, if this is where Nate Silver got started

To the best of my recollection until 2 or 3 years ago he had like 1k posts in a decade, now he’s posting damn near 100 times a day ever. Single. ****ing. Day. And every last post is in this subforum

He will fail, because he is a failure, but to the best I can understand that piece of **** he posts ITT like it’s his job cuz he wants to be able to parlay this into something he can make money off of cuz being a far-right mouthpiece is the best career path going

But again, he’s a bottom feeder of zero charisma and he’s decided to invest his time and effort into a dying poker forum, so, you know, he’s crushing it


by Luciom

it could be possible which means it is something you investigate before claiming it.they are claiming it with the bodies still warm, because they never for a second in their miserable lives cared about factual reality in the slightest.they are probably partying that a tragedy they could attempt to blame on trump occurred. same as with that helicopter which crashed with a plane

« They eat the dogs, they eat the cats » shrug.

Yes should investigateur first , especially when the president uses it .
But then again, the vice president said lying was ok too and didn’t matter shrug.
Yeah lefty are so baddy….


by geezerchess

Typical example of the Presentism Fallacy. That is, judging past actions by current standards of morality.

I agree .
It’s bad.
Usually context should matters shrug.


**** like this takes us one step closer to them declaring martial law


by weeeez

craving for attention much

Always!


by checkraisdraw

Presentism isn’t considered a fallacy. Some historians consider it a methodological error, others don’t.

Excellent point! Thanks for clarifying the distinction.


by coordi

**** like this takes us one step closer to them declaring martial law

War in Iran within 3 months + Martial Law soon

your takes are amusing


by geezerchess

Excellent point! Thanks for clarifying the distinction.

Yeah I think it would be pretty weird to say you’re committing a fallacy by judging a past society for practicing infanticide or something


by housenuts

War in Iran within 3 months + Martial Law soon

your takes are amusing

I'm not 100% sure coordi's wrong.

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