[PhilosophicalM] Friday Five January 31
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`1. Do you think Reagan National Airport in Washington DC should be closed to commercial aircraft as a result of the midair collision yesterday? It would be the easy solution and therefore what is most likely th happen - whether or not it makes any sense. 2. Do you think RFK will be confirmed for Secretary of HHS? I hope so but would give him even odds. 3. Will Trump be i mpeached again - if so what for? For being unpopular with the party that controls the House - remember all it takes is a majoirty vote of either a quorum or the entire membrshio - no particular reason is necessary. 4. US destroyrers were targeted by Houthi drones this week - is this another Tonkin Gulf incident leading to a larger war? Probably not but I hope we do something besides bomb an aspirin factory 5. Do you think the overall media does a good job of exposing what is going on? No really - I think they do what they can to sell advertzements.
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Friday Five January 31
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`1. Do you think Reagan National Airport in Washington DC should be closed to commercial aircraft as a result of the midair collision yesterday? 2. Do you think RFK will be confirmed for Secretary of HHS? 3. Will Trump be i mpeached again - if so what for? 4. US destroyrers were targeted by Houthi drones this week - is this another Tonkin Gulf incident leading to a larger war? 5. Do you think the overall media does a good job of exposing what is going on?
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Friday Five January 24
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, 1. Will the ceasefire in Gaza solve anything? 2. Would you buy a goid bar from Costco? 3. Should birthright citizenship be abolished? 4. Do you support Trump's order than illegal immigrant felons be doported? 5. Do you think all of Trumps cabinet appointees witl be confirmed?
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[PhilosophicalM] Friday Five January 24
1. Will the ceasefire in Gaza solve anything? Only that terroruism pays 2. Would you buy a goid bar from Costco? If I had enough money left after paying bills 3. Should birthright citizenship be abolished? It certaihly needs to be revisited - the idea that every persoh born in the US not only gets instant citizenship but also gets to qualify all their relatives and friends attracts people who don't want to contribute. 4. Are you glad that the files on the JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations are going to be released? Emphatically yes - too many secrets and too much overclassificiation 5. Do you think all of Trumps cabinet appointees witl be confirmed? Unfortunately not - some if te opposition is having fun opposing them.
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Friday Five January 17
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Unlikely Probably No. That would likely lead to another similar catastrophe. No. I don't think that anyone in Trump's regime knows enough about that. That's quite the vague question. People already do post anonymously on various internet platforms. I don't pay any attention to them, though. Aloha, Celeste Rogers
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Friday Five January 10
So far. Probably very little. There are always a few arsonists "helping" to spread those fires. Trump and his ilk certainly haven't. Donald J. Trump It's looking pretty good! Aloha, Celeste Rogers
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[M-Positive} Re: Friday Five December 20
5. What do you see at the most dangerous political situation in the world today? It has not changed. The steady march of Islam toward taking over the world, and creating a worldwide caliphate of hate and slaughter. That is what our future holds, unless we smarten up a whole lot, very fast, and get every aspect of Islam out of all western countries. And keep it out. Pat *** It has not changed, The steady march of Marxism toward taking over the world..... TBill I agree, TBill, the Marxists/Socialists/Communists/Woke/Progressives are certainly trying. They have managed to ensnare very large numbers of people into their cult/mind virus, and they have done tremendous harm to all western countries. And they may very well be successful in destroying the fabric of western civilization, which they must do to replace it with their ideology. But they will never get to finish their longed-for Marxist revolution. Because the Islamists are lying in wait. They are allies for now, both groups determined to destroy civilization, and working together at times to do so. Note all the lunatic protesters in the streets and on college campuses, marching around in their cos-play keffiyeh scarves. The ringleaders and organizers and funders are Islamists, and all the rest are leftists who imagine they are part of some great movement. But as soon as civilization breaks and the revolution begins, the Islamists will take control. They will slaughter all the leftists that helped them get there, and they will turn western countries into Islamist hellholes just like their own countries. That is how they took over Iran in 1979, and many other countries before it. Unless we stop both groups, it will happen here too. In Europe first, but Canada is very close behind, and then the USA. They already have control of most of the UK; it may be too late for them to survive. Pat
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Friday Five December 20
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1. Will Biden resign before January 20? 2. If he resigns - will Harris give him a blanket pardon? 3. Who is the most significant politician in the world today? 4. Who is the most insignificant politician in the world today? 5. What do you see at the most dangerous political situation in the world today? .
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Friday Five Dec 27
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1. Are you making New Years resolutions? 2. Are you looking forward to the new year? 3. 2021 was characterized by Jan 6 "insurrection". Has a political group presiously tried to overturn a presidential election? 4. Elon Musk is advocating unlimited visas for technologically tanlented individuals - is this a good idea/ 5. Did you travel more than fifty miles this holiday season?
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Friday Five Jan 3
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1. Will the reputation of Jimmy Carter change now that he has died? 2. Should obesity treating drugs that cost substantial amounts be covered by insurance? 3. What was the biggest oops of the last year? 4. What was the biggest lie of the year? 5. Do you thinnk the Las Vegas incident was related to the New Orleans incident?
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[Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] [m-scholars-and-scribes] Re: Friday Five Jan 3
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Friday Five December 13
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: 1. Were you surprised by the deposal of Assad in Syria? 2. Which world leader do you think will be the next to be deposed? 3. Should drugs be decriminalized / and or sold over the counter - especailly opiate pain relievers? 4. Were you surprised that Trump was named Person of the Year by Time Magazine? 5. Unidentified drones have been flying over New Jersey and New York. What should the governments response to this be and which part of which government should have the atuhority to intervene?
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Friday Five December 6
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1. Hunter Biden pardon ? 2. Did it surprise you? 3. Was it ethical? 4. Who else will he pardon? 5. Should the power to pardon be removed from presidents who are lame duck?
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[m-scholars-and-scribes] Re: Friday Five December 13
1. Were you surprised by the deposal of Assad in Syria? Very much so - even more surprising than the collapse of the South Vietnamese in 1975. 2. Which world leader do you think will be the next to be deposed? Two hopeful candidaates are Putin and the Ayatolla of Iran - but I think the most likely to leave is Biden - get Harris in long enough to give him a pardon for everything he has done in the last thirty years - though child abuse is not a federal crime. 3. Should drugs be decriminalized / and or sold over the counter - especially opiate pain relievers? I think so - I have friends who hare in chronic long term pain who can't get even low level opiates. 4. Were you surprised that Trump was named Person of the Year by Time Magazine? Absolutely - though after everything else I don't know who else they could have hamed. 5. Unidentified drones have been flying over New Jersey and New York. What should the government's response to this be and which part of which government should have the authority to intervene? The federal government should give states and local jurisdictions the right to defend their own airspace. And letting private individuals shoot down the low flying ones would be a good idea. The worst thing the federal government can do is sent a 30 million dollar airplane and a 2 million dollar missile after a one thousand dollar drone - a policemen in a traffic helicopter using a 12 gauge shotgun at close range would work just as well. For the bigger ones - a proximity rounded 20 mm can be used as well. --
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Friday Five November 29
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1. Thanksgiving dinner - turkey or ham? 2. Side dish yams or mashed potatoes" 3. Cranberry - sauce or relish? 4. Salad - green or fruit? 5. Pie - pumpkin or mince?
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Friday7 Five November 22
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1. Do you think Trumps cabinet appointees will be confirmed? 2. Are you scared Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to use long rang tactical misslles on targets within Russia endangers the start of a largere conflict? 3. What should the DNC staffers who have not been paid do to get their money: 4. Should Ukraine negotiate with Russia - given the Russian prerequisites? 5. Are you concerned by the launghing of an IRBM toward a Ukrainian city yesterday?
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Firday FIve November 14
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1. Does Putin's comment about Trumps behavior after beomig shot impress you? 2. Do you think Biden will resign so Harris can be an interim president? 3. Do you think the RNC should help pay off the DNC's campaign debt 4. Should Trump be allowed to appoint who he wants to his cabinet 5. LIberal women are threatening a sex strike - is this a good thing?
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[M-Positive} Re: Firday FIve November 14
// The first woman president will be a big deal // Oh, I don't know, Pat. I grew up in a female world, but the focused grievances of those days are gone, replaced by eternal media anger about everything. Women presidents and prime ministers are no longer even novelties. Celebrity is greatly overrated. Let it go. ? People who are intellectually two-dimensional see the world in two-dimensional terms: not as a rich and complex whole with which one tinkers at risk of unintended consequences, but as a pattern or schema that can be understood through a cursory examination. And, when in government, they therefore fool themselves into believing that politics is a matter, basically, of flowcharts: if X, then do Y, and Z will follow. - David McGrogan
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[Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Firday FIve November 14
1. Does Putin's comment about Trump's behavior after becoming shot impress you?ti Don't know;I haven't heard Putin's comment. 2. Do you think Biden will resign so Harris can be an interim president? Not likely, but Biden has done similar things all in the name of virtue-signaling. 3. Do you think the RNC should help pay off the DNC's campaign debt Hell, no! The DNC spent almost three times as much as the RNC, and ended up spending more than they took in and lost miserably. Their commercials assumed that the voters were stupid, and they repeatedly played the same ones hundreds of times in quick succession. 4. Should Trump be allowed to appoint who he wants to his cabinet Subject to congressional approval, as all other presidents have. A few might get rejected, and I assume that Trump has sent a few out there to stir up the Democrats and liberal Republicans, and they might get rejected, but almost all the rest will be confirmed. 5. LIberal women are threatening a sex strike - is this a good thing? This is either Lysistrata or Thezmorphoriazusae, I'm not sure, but it's just an elitist ploy to dig at the uneducated masses who voted for Trump, not a serious movement. Ed
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Friday Five Novbember 8
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1. What is a fascist? 2. Should a new president be allowed to hire private entities to vet his appointees? 3. Were you surprised by the apparent outcome of the presidential election - remembering that the actual election doesn't occur until the electoral college votes? 4. What is the strangest rumor you have heard this election season? 5. Do you expect major unrest after the election?
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