In article <vert51$2su5u$1@dont-email.me>,
recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
>
> On 10/17/24 2:10 PM, Scout wrote:
> >
> >
> > "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?
> >
> >
>
> Yes, we all noticed how Skeeter's diversion attempt also let him try to
> dodge the crime topic too.

Like Hillary said about the dead soldiers in Benghazi "at this point
what difference does it make?"
>
>
> -hh