On 10/17/24 2:10 PM, Scout wrote:
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> "Skeeter" <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote in message
> news:67113d28$1$3620715$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com...
>> In article <vere5c$2q4h9$2@dont-email.me>,
>> recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
>>>
>>> On 10/17/24 9:51 AM, Skeeter wrote:
>>> > In article <ver1fr$2ohqk$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> > recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
>>> >>
>>> >> On 10/16/24 8:27 PM, Skeeter wrote:
>>> >>> In article <veph2p$2ejus$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> >>> recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On 10/16/24 6:10 PM, Skeeter wrote:
>>> >>>>> In article <6710329b$1$2385545$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>,
>>> >>>>> brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com says...
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> On Oct 16, 2024 at 1:35:02 PM MST, "-hh" wrote >>>>>>
>>> <vep81m$28g54$1@dont-email.me>:
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> On 10/15/24 8:05 PM, pothead wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>> On 2024-10-15, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>> On 10/15/24 5:54 PM, pothead wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 2024-10-15, citizen winston smith <sss@example.de> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 10/15/2024 1:36 PM, -hh wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> You're now trying to claim that the "what has changed?"
>>> is >>>>>>>>>>>> that there's
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> adults now seeking to have genetically normal kids
>>> undergo >>>>>>>>>>>> sex change
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> operations.
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Were you "in the navy" Huntzy?
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> https://youtu.be/nmGuy0jievs
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Cuz you are as gay as a swabbie with no shore leave.
>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'll bet hh volunteered to take other sailors "night in
>>> the >>>>>>>>>> barrel", if you
>>> >>>>>>>>>> get my drift.
>>> >>>>>>>>>> Pun intended.
>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>> Oh, we certainly do:  you know that you're mad because you
>>> >>>>>>>>> can't dispute
>>> >>>>>>>>> facts on the topic, so you try to "Shoot the Messenger"
>>> >>>>>>>>> instead.  Lame.
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>> -hh
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>> Mad?
>>> >>>>>>>> Hardly.
>>> >>>>>>>> I stopped getting mad when I was about 12 yo.
>>> >>>>>>>> It's a waste of energy.
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> So if you're denying that it is due to anger, then what *was*
>>> >>>>>>> your
>>> >>>>>>> motivation to sling such a lame Ad Hominem?  After all, you
>>> did >>>>>>> choose
>>> >>>>>>> to post, so there must have been a reason.  So if its not you
>>> >>>>>>> being
>>> >>>>>>> upset & butthurt again, then just what was your motivation?
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> He seems unaware of his own emotional states... unless you
>>> have a >>>>>> signifiant
>>> >>>>>> issue pretty much all people experience anger from time to time.
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>> I prefer to look up from my spreadsheet and observe what the
>>> >>>>>>>> world is is
>>> >>>>>>>> saying.
>>> >>>>>>>> That's something you seem unable to do.
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> On the contrary:  I find that worldviews are expanded by
>>> using >>>>>>> objective
>>> >>>>>>> data, and helps to reveal my own potential personal biases.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Where Pothead makes things up, such as his recent claims that
>>> I am >>>>>> somehow
>>> >>>>>> responsible for Carroll's flood bot.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>> You can spin your numbers all day and night but the fact
>>> remains >>>>>>>> that
>>> >>>>>>>> the number 1 issue with voters is the economy/inflation and
>>> the >>>>>>>> polls
>>> >>>>>>>> show that people blame Biden/Harris for the mess.
>>> >>>>>>>> And that is a fact.
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> And people are _never_ deceived?  Or make a mountain out of a
>>> >>>>>>> mole hill?
>>> >>>>>>> Case in point:
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>> Initially Biden was trying to convince the people that
>>> >>>>>>>> Bidenomics was working.
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> So then, just what is the definition of "working" here?
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> Because if it is real wage increasing to catch up with
>>> inflation, >>>>>>> we
>>> >>>>>>> know that it is already 98% of the way there by one metric,
>>> and >>>>>>> is 102%
>>> >>>>>>> of the way there by another metric.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> We are still struggling based on Reagan and his absurd trickle
>>> >>>>>> down. Trump's
>>> >>>>>> work to redistribute money to the very rich did not help. Nor
>>> did >>>>>> the
>>> >>>>>> pandemic. Nor the war in Ukraine. Or Israel.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> I was better off when Trump was in office.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> By what measure?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>> He and his handlers found out rather quickly that people
>>> were >>>>>>>> not buying
>>> >>>>>>>> that message so he stopped promoting it.
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> Or...that was Biden's message and since he's no longer
>>> running, >>>>>>> Harris
>>> >>>>>>> has emphasized different top messaging points.
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>> The Biden/Harris administration will go down in history as
>>> the >>>>>>>> worst
>>> >>>>>>>> administration ever, even topping Jimmy Carter.
>>> >>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>> And why was Carter so bad in your eyes?  Inflation again, but
>>> >>>>>>> this time
>>> >>>>>>> from Nixon/Ford?  Are you old enough to remember the GOP's
>>> "WIN" >>>>>>> (Whip
>>> >>>>>>> Inflation Now) campaign and wage freezes?  How did those real
>>> >>>>>>> wages
>>> >>>>>>> catch up?
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Wages have not come close to keeping close with productivity.
>>> Used >>>>>> to be a CEO
>>> >>>>>> made 40x the average worker. Now it is several hundred times.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> So?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> The CEO:worker pay ratio shows the increasing wealth
>>> concentration >>>> at
>>> >>>> the top, which is decreasing the prosperity of the US middle
>>> class, >>>> for
>>> >>>> higher CEO pay means less for the rank & file, which is why more
>>> >>>> middle
>>> >>>> class households are failing instead of rising up.  It is the
>>> >>>> inevitable
>>> >>>> outcome of the GOP's "Trickle-Down" economics starting from Reagan.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> -hh
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I couls afford to do stuff.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> So what you're saying is that you lost your job due to CoVid?
>>> >>
>>> >> Or are you saying that you've not gotten raises, either because your
>>> >> employer has not been kept up with the national average for wage
>>> >> increases, or didn't think you were worth paying more?
>>> >>
>>> >> Or did you (or spouse) retire, so your income has dropped from that?
>>> >>
>>> >> Or are you just complaining that you're getting old and can't >>
>>> physically
>>> >> go out boozing every weekend?  /s
>>> >>
>>> >> YMMV, but my hourly rate has soared, such that I don't need to
>>> work >> long
>>> >> hours anymore.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>> Crime wasn't as bad.
>>> >>
>>> >> Interesting claim, because National crime statistics show that most
>>> >> crime rates have continued to go down, despite the public's false
>>> >> perception that things aren't getting better:
>>> >>
>>> >> "Using the FBI data, the violent crime rate fell 49% between 1993 and
>>> >> 2022, with large decreases in the rates of robbery (-74%), aggravated
>>> >> assault (-39%) and murder/nonnegligent manslaughter (-34%)."
>>> >>
>>> >> <https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24/what-the-data-
>>> says-about-crime-in-the-us/>
>>> >>
>>> >> TL;DR:  half as bad as it used to be.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thus said, there have been changes in opportunistic nonviolent >>
>>> property
>>> >> theft, such as stealing FedEx deliveries, washing checks stolen
>>> from >> the
>>> >> mail, etc, but property crime still been trending down over time:
>>> >>
>>> >> "The FBI data also shows a 59% reduction in the U.S. property
>>> >> crime rate between 1993 and 2022, with big declines in the rates
>>> >> of burglary (-75%), larceny/theft (-54%) & motor vehicle theft (-53%)."
>>> >>
>>> >> -Ibid
>>> >>
>>> >> So what evidence do you have of crime being "worse":  is it merely
>>> >> your
>>> >> personal perception?  Or true for just your highly localized region?
>>> >> Because on a National macro level, the claim does not ring true.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> -hh
>>> >
>>> > Moron.
>>>
>>> Translation:  Nailed It.
>>>
>>> So what was your career path before CoVid ruined it?
>>>
>>>
>>> -hh
>>
>> I was already retired. What does that have to do with you being a moron?
>
> It keeps him from having to admit it?
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>

Yes, we all noticed how Skeeter's diversion attempt also let him try to
dodge the crime topic too.

-hh