Rants and Raves

[QUOTE=Androo75;6409785]Gents-.

Diverse group here, and as a senior member I'm calling in a favor for perspective and expertise.

Why?

I'm just questioning everything and heartbroken about the future.

1. Where are we as a country?

2. Have you lost faith in general?

3. Irrespective of the above questions, are you optimistic?

When you answer it would be helpful to know age / race for context, if you want.

Yeah yeah, I know take it all with a grain of salt. But guys, I need a lift.[/QUOTE]58 year old white dude.

I am a small business owner, despite everything going on, the last 2 years my business has been very strong.

Much of what we sell into, Biden pulled the plug on first 2 days in office. But somehow business continues.

My biggest problem is having a good pool of people to hire from- that has been that way for at least last 4 years.

Things that scare me on both fronts- Personal and Business: Higher Taxes, Cash going away- becoming all electronic money, Bank Failures, continuing to give money we don't have to other countries, continuing to print money for God knows what programs our President and constituents want to spend money on, and of course War with any other country.

Have I lost faith? Not yet.

I am unhappy in America today- but have been for a long while now, there are a lot of reasons for this unhappiness. Probably the biggest reason is how undivided America has gotten.

Planning my retirement is 7 years or less if I get lucky and win the lottery, I am planning on going to another country to live out my remaining days. There are several places that are not undivided like the US has gotten. There are plenty of places that live free and without fear of the government.

Am I optimistic? I am of my future- if I can just get there!

[QUOTE=HighPockets64;6412617]58 year old white dude.

I am a small business owner, despite everything going on, the last 2 years my business has been very strong.

Much of what we sell into, Biden pulled the plug on first 2 days in office. But somehow business continues.

My biggest problem is having a good pool of people to hire from- that has been that way for at least last 4 years.

Things that scare me on both fronts- Personal and Business: Higher Taxes, Cash going away- becoming all electronic money, Bank Failures, continuing to give money we don't have to other countries, continuing to print money for God knows what programs our President and constituents want to spend money on, and of course War with any other country.

Have I lost faith? Not yet.

I am unhappy in America today- but have been for a long while now, there are a lot of reasons for this unhappiness. Probably the biggest reason is how undivided America has gotten.[/QUOTE]Undivided? I assume that you meant to say divided. This country is irreparably divided today. I completely agree with you about getting out of here though. I can't. Hope you make it. Don't wait too long either.

[QUOTE=JadeEast69;6412684]Undivided? I assume that you meant to say divided. This country is irreparably divided today. I completely agree with you about getting out of here though. I can't. Hope you make it. Don't wait too long either.[/QUOTE]Thanks for setting that straight.

[QUOTE=ILuvEmall;6384583]Oh yes, that's so much more convincing then all the actual known evidence that makes it clear this was a lab leak. Let's see- racoon dogs were sold at the market, and supposedly Covid originated from this market (which is bullshit to begin with, since it's pretty clear Covid existed before their supposed identified date at the market). Yep, that's very convincing evidence. Nevermind that there's never been a racoon dog yet in nature that's been identified as having Covid. For that matter, they've yet to identify any animal from the Wuhan market that was infected with Covid.

Why are you so desperate to deny the obvious? Do you have a Fauci fetish or something? You're quick to dismiss all the known facts that are impossibly coincidental and point to the lab where they were were funded to do Covid research, in the city where the outbreak occurred, where several workers got mysteriously sick with Covid-like symptoms, and then were disappeared by the CCP. The Chinese refused to allow access and investigation to the lab, but we can just take their word that there was nothing to see there, and the Wuhan market was the cause of all this. All of this is known and documented, and not in doubt.

Even former CDC Director Redfield recently testitified about how Fauci locked him out of his machinations to construct the "natural origins" hoax, even though Redfield was on the investigating committee. Redfield testified to Congress that:

"In September 2019, three things happened in that lab. One, they deleted the sequences That is highly irregularresearchers don't usually like to do that. Second, they commanded the command and control of the lab from civilian control to military control. Highly unusual. And the third thing they did, which I think is really telling, is they let a contractor re-do the ventilation system in that laboratory. There is strong evidence there was a significant event in that laboratory in September 2019. ".

Nope, nothing to see there. There's a lot more, and I only listed a little of it below, but you didn't even bother to read that and put on your thinking cap, so there's really no point. You can't educate someone who doesn't want to be educated. Since you're such a believer in Fauci, are you still being a good boy and getting your Covid boosters every 2 months like he says you should?[/QUOTE]Just out of curiosity, is HIV a lab leak, too? I ask because there was never a monkey with HIV before people got it.

[QUOTE=RedneckStud;6443368]Just out of curiosity, is HIV a lab leak, too? I ask because there was never a monkey with HIV before people got it.[/QUOTE]It took you over 1. 5 months to come back with that? LOL. And it's still a desperate, pathetic attempt to draw an invalid conclusion from a strawman parallel (constructed similarly to the "Natural Origins" theory itself). Even your hero Fauci is now abandoing and distancing himself from the theory that he propagated in an attempt to cover up his complicity (with Dazak and EcoHealth being richly rewarded for their part in pushing the theory with a $7. 5 M grant from Fauci, despite never meeting NIH's demands to meet certain conditions before they could receive any more funding). No, that captain won't be the last to go down with the ship, it will be fools like you who continue to listen to the band as the ship sinks, while the captain rows away in the lifeboat.

[QUOTE=RedneckStud;6443368]Just out of curiosity, is HIV a lab leak, too? I ask because there was never a monkey with HIV before people got it.[/QUOTE]I would say hiv falls into the contamination category. HIV is not originated from people having sex. Yes it can be transmitted from somebody infected with hiv such as a drug user having sex with somebody and then getting infected after the drug user used contaminated needles.

[QUOTE=TooHotForYou;6445590]I would say hiv falls into the contamination category. HIV is not originated from people having sex. Yes it can be transmitted from somebody infected with hiv such as a drug user having sex with somebody and then getting infected after the drug user used contaminated needles.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=TooHotForYou;6445590]I would say hiv falls into the contamination category. HIV is not originated from people having sex. Yes it can be transmitted from somebody infected with hiv such as a drug user having sex with somebody and then getting infected after the drug user used contaminated needles.[/QUOTE]You didn't hear this from me, but the HIV epidemic can be directly traced back to the late 70's NBA. Hear me out.

In the mid 70's, NBA owners were petitioning the league to expand internationally. Anticipating the league to oblige, a handful of scouts were deployed to African countries like Nigeria, South Africa, Lagos, Congo, and others in an effort to find potential players who could be used to help grow popularity across the continent. A handful of recruits were brought to the US as developmental team players. When the young men came to the US, they were exposed to more women (who were rather accessible) than they had ever seen in their young lives. The NBA eventually opted to expand domestically instead of internationally, adding two more teams to the league, including in Seattle with a growing Asian population. By that time, the young recruits had astutely learned to enjoy the bounty of strange that was thrown at them in every US city they visited. And as one can imagine, the personal hygiene standards of young groupies in the late 70's was not what it is today. Unfortunately, what ensued was a virtual cornucopia of intercontinental STDs being passed around and mutating into the first of its kind superbug. First dubbed "Gonosyphiherpaids," it was eventually shortened to Advanced Immune Deficiency Syndrome, then AIDS.

Once unleashed on an unsuspecting populace in the early 80's, no Surgeon General's warning, telethon, or quilt could slow its devastation. That is, until one brave man they called "Magic" was sent to save humanity.

And that, dear reader, is the true story of the epidemic that came to define a generation. Along with Pepsi, Miami Vice, arcades, and some neo-disco synth music.

I always thought it was called Acquired immunodeficiency.

[QUOTE=HobbyistLobby;6446264]You didn't hear this from me, but the HIV epidemic can be directly traced back to the late 70's NBA. Hear me out.

In the mid 70's, NBA owners were petitioning the league to expand internationally. Anticipating the league to oblige, a handful of scouts were deployed to African countries like Nigeria, South Africa, Lagos, Congo, and others in an effort to find potential players who could be used to help grow popularity across the continent. A handful of recruits were brought to the US as developmental team players. When the young men came to the US, they were exposed to more women (who were rather accessible) than they had ever seen in their young lives. The NBA eventually opted to expand domestically instead of internationally, adding two more teams to the league, including in Seattle with a growing Asian population. By that time, the young recruits had astutely learned to enjoy the bounty of strange that was thrown at them in every US city they visited. And as one can imagine, the personal hygiene standards of young groupies in the late 70's was not what it is today. Unfortunately, what ensued was a virtual cornucopia of intercontinental STDs being passed around and mutating into the first of its kind superbug. First dubbed "Gonosyphiherpaids," it was eventually shortened to Advanced Immune Deficiency Syndrome, then AIDS.

Once unleashed on an unsuspecting populace in the early 80's, no Surgeon General's warning, telethon, or quilt could slow its devastation. That is, until one brave man they called "Magic" was sent to save humanity.

And that, dear reader, is the true story of the epidemic that came to define a generation. Along with Pepsi, Miami Vice, arcades, and some neo-disco synth music.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=JadeEast69;6410115]Yes, I have lost faith. Yes, heartbroken about the future. For the first time in American history we have an administration that actively works against its own people to make their lives harder and as miserable as possible. For the first time in our history we have a "president", the Great Unifier, who threatens his people with F15's. No president before this fraud ever came close to saying such a thing. Yes, we are fucked. Optimistic? Forget about it. Sorry but I cannot lift you here. I am a realist and I see what is coming. It is not good.[/QUOTE]MAGA scum destroyed America.

[QUOTE=HobbyistLobby;6446264]You didn't hear this from me, but the HIV epidemic can be directly traced back to the late 70's NBA. Hear me out.

In the mid 70's, NBA owners were petitioning the league to expand internationally. Anticipating the league to oblige, a handful of scouts were deployed to African countries like Nigeria, South Africa, Lagos, Congo, and others in an effort to find potential players who could be used to help grow popularity across the continent. A handful of recruits were brought to the US as developmental team players. When the young men came to the US, they were exposed to more women (who were rather accessible) than they had ever seen in their young lives. The NBA eventually opted to expand domestically instead of internationally, adding two more teams to the league, including in Seattle with a growing Asian population. By that time, the young recruits had astutely learned to enjoy the bounty of strange that was thrown at them in every US city they visited. And as one can imagine, the personal hygiene standards of young groupies in the late 70's was not what it is today. Unfortunately, what ensued was a virtual cornucopia of intercontinental STDs being passed around and mutating into the first of its kind superbug. First dubbed "Gonosyphiherpaids," it was eventually shortened to Advanced Immune Deficiency Syndrome, then AIDS..[/QUOTE]Can you provide a link to this story because most of us have never heard this version. Thanks.

[QUOTE=Ranken;6449153]MAGA scum destroyed America.[/QUOTE]What else to expect from a blind, ignorant Democrat. Believe whatever you must, Democrat, and remain clueless to the forces that are destroying your country around you. It ain't MAGA's that you should worry about. It's you. Bye bye.

[QUOTE=Ranken;6449153]MAGA scum destroyed America.[/QUOTE]Just for you.

[QUOTE=CrestWood87;6450161]Just for you.[/QUOTE]Dude. You're watching the destruction of America in real time right now. Trump left office with energy independence, operational control of the border, excellent employment numbers, and China, Korea, and Russia under control.

Biden has systematically brought us to the brink of freaking WW3. His energy policies are untenable, his border policies are disastrous. Quit watching CNN & MSNBC.

[QUOTE=Basser;6450461]Dude. You're watching the destruction of America in real time right now. Trump left office with energy independence, operational control of the border, excellent employment numbers, and China, Korea, and Russia under control.

Biden has systematically brought us to the brink of freaking WW3. His energy policies are untenable, his border policies are disastrous. Quit watching CNN & MSNBC.[/QUOTE]Dude I agree 100%. The Destruction of america is not an accident they are doing this by design.

[QUOTE=Basser;6450461]Dude. You're watching the destruction of America in real time right now. Trump left office with energy independence, operational control of the border, excellent employment numbers, and China, Korea, and Russia under control.

Biden has systematically brought us to the brink of freaking WW3. His energy policies are untenable, his border policies are disastrous. Quit watching CNN & MSNBC.[/QUOTE]All of Biden's policies are deliberate. What is happening now is no accident regardless of what the hate Trump howlers blather on about. Many of us warned many of those on this site about him and his monsters and what they were going to do to us three years ago. We were mocked. We were dismissed. We were ignored. And we were right. One need only look at the frantic efforts of the so-called Justice Dept. To protect him and his family and to prevent the American public from knowing the full extent of the truth about the criminal that they put into office in 2020. Now we all suffer, and this is only the beginning. I understand the aversion to Trump but continuing to support and elect people who work very hard every day to make our lives miserable is beyond rational understanding at this point. Will the collapse of our country like a World Trade Center building on 9/11 finally be convincing enough, when it is too late? Unfortunately, yes, that is what it will take, when it is too late, and it is too late now.