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Dec 3, 2020 10:47:24   #
straightUp Loc: California
 
Sicilianthing wrote:
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I know exactly what’s happened and who caused it and where we’re at today and how we got here...

Wanna take the OPP Challenge ?


Do YOU want me to take the OPP Challenge?

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Dec 3, 2020 12:07:12   #
Cherokee38 Loc: Atlanta
 
Your belief that the election was fair is absurd. We have the tech to set up elections so cgeating doesn't occur. When you talk about the progressives doing things for the country, we have had problems with immigration for over 40 years. No the Republicans are no better. Congress has lost sight of the job they were elected to do. We need the convention of states, where we can gain control of the government back to the people. Look at the amount of money spent for the congressional seats. Millions in advertising for a job that pays 174 thousand a year. Not real smart use of money. If the applicants can't control the spending we we as a public must put. A stop to it.

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Dec 3, 2020 16:17:10   #
Cuda2020
 
straightUp wrote:
Yes, We've all heard the story of massive election fraud in those six states, or "six pathways to victory" as the Trump campaign called them. We also know how unlikely that story is and we also know that people like you believe it anyway because of your political loyalty. This is precisely the point of my OP. You think you are describing massive election fraud but what you are actually doing is giving us a fine example of how dolchstosslegende actually works. As unbelievable as this story is you believe it nevertheless.

So what makes the story so unbelievable?

Well, the lack of evidence for one... I watched that whole presentation by Count Guliani. All he had was a handful of affidavits which he said he can't share and the rest was all speculation. That was possibly the weakest legal argument in history. Trump's team could not even find a single judge in all the land, not even among those conservative judges he appointed, that would even consider Trump's prosecution BECAUSE of a complete lack of evidence.

BTW, there are isolated incidents of voter fraud in EVERY election. I'm sure Clinton could have just as easily secured sworn affidavits on pro-Trump voter fraud in 2016. But she apparently wasn't so uptight about losing the EC vote that she was willing to disrupt the Republic for the sake of overturning the election. Trump lost by 5 million votes. For voter fraud to be significant, there would have to be 5 million sworn affidavits. You have 500. You're only short by 4,999,500.

This brings me to the second reason why the story is unbelievable. The history of lies. You just said "there are hundreds of not yet thousands of sworn affidavits on massive irregularities." But the fact is, not one sworn affidavit has been shown to describe "massive irregularities". The few that I watched Guliani present simply stated that Trump's requested observers were not close enough to read the ballots as they passed through the regular process of being counted, which already involves a cross-check of more than one person. This is just one example... Trump and his supporters have developed a history of unsubstantiated claims that compromise the believability factor of anything they say.

A third reason is the obvious desperation. When Trump started calling legislators, one state at a time, to the White House to discuss overturning the EC votes, I started to realize just how desperate he is. If a president is desperate enough to overtly propose corruption in the EC, we can certainly consider his desperation a motive for spawning ridiculous claims of massive voter fraud.

Bottom line... Get real evidence! Until that happens, dolchstosslegende it is.

One more thing... You said - "some of those votes are so radical that even statisticians are saying that the results are impossible."

So... I'm not sure how "radical" a vote can actually be. You have a ballot, you check off your choices. It's basically a multiple choice questionnaire and you are suggesting they can be so radical that statisticians say the answers would be impossible? I dunno, maybe you didn't mean it the way you wrote it...

Guliani made a similar comment in his presentation (right about when his hair dye started dripping down his face). He said that statisticians said it was impossible for Trump to be so far ahead at the end of election day and for Biden to pull so far ahead by the next morning.

The best I can do here is to suggest that maybe what the statisticians actually meant (if in fact Giuliani talked to any statisticians at all) is that it's not *normal*. 2020 was a little different because of the pandemic... (Or excuse me, the Democratic hoax, no wait... the Chinese viral attack on the world... Ugh - sorry, I can't keep up with the ever-shifting lies on the right, WHATEVER you think the pandemic is today...) The fact is, because Democrats were concerned about social distancing, they overwhelmingly opted to vote by mail-in ballots... which are counted AFTER the walk-in votes. That explains how Biden pulled ahead when the mail-in ballots were being counted. So yeah, it's not normal... but obviously it *is* possible.
Yes, We've all heard the story of massive election... (show quote)


Not only possible, highly probable.

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Dec 3, 2020 16:38:01   #
Sicilianthing
 
Cherokee38 wrote:
Your belief that the election was fair is absurd. We have the tech to set up elections so cgeating doesn't occur. When you talk about the progressives doing things for the country, we have had problems with immigration for over 40 years. No the Republicans are no better. Congress has lost sight of the job they were elected to do. We need the convention of states, where we can gain control of the government back to the people. Look at the amount of money spent for the congressional seats. Millions in advertising for a job that pays 174 thousand a year. Not real smart use of money. If the applicants can't control the spending we we as a public must put. A stop to it.
Your belief that the election was fair is absurd. ... (show quote)


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Yes Convention of States.com but I have not seen an email from Mark in a long time...

Wonder what happened to them ? Run out of money too ?

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Dec 3, 2020 18:56:03   #
jwrevagent
 
ImLogicallyRight wrote:
You have one problem with your theory. There is massive election fraud in the 2020 election. Mainly found in 6 states that were not considered settled as either Red or Blue. And some of those votes are so radical that even statisticians are saying that the results are impossible. And there are hundreds of not yet thousands of sworn affidavits on massive irregularities. The list goes on and so must the investigations and challenges.

LR


The fact that no judge has gone along simply says more about our non-justice system than it does about Trump or the claims. I am not saying that Trump is right, I AM saying that I cannot put faith in any judge, in our DOJ, in our FBI, or in Congress or any politician, whether he comes out and says he is a communist or not. That no Dem leader admits it is not exactly proof of anything, given all the lies and posturing that continues as we speak, or, more accurately, post.

For example, though I have not seen what is in the new COVID aid package that all of a sudden the Dems are on board with when before their demands were so outrageous as to be unbelievable, simply makes it more reasonable to think that they deemed the economic well being of the country not as important as not giving Trump even the appearance of a win, or that perhaps he did do something about this scourge.

So expect the same from the Republicans as they take their added seats in the House, and if they retain the Senate, again, nothing good or substantive will be done, and in 2022, we may have a totally different look to it all, it the country lasts that long. And so the beat goes on and the country spirals further and further into the abyss.

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Dec 3, 2020 19:37:35   #
Sicilianthing
 
jwrevagent wrote:
The fact that no judge has gone along simply says more about our non-justice system than it does about Trump or the claims. I am not saying that Trump is right, I AM saying that I cannot put faith in any judge, in our DOJ, in our FBI, or in Congress or any politician, whether he comes out and says he is a communist or not. That no Dem leader admits it is not exactly proof of anything, given all the lies and posturing that continues as we speak, or, more accurately, post.

For example, though I have not seen what is in the new COVID aid package that all of a sudden the Dems are on board with when before their demands were so outrageous as to be unbelievable, simply makes it more reasonable to think that they deemed the economic well being of the country not as important as not giving Trump even the appearance of a win, or that perhaps he did do something about this scourge.

So expect the same from the Republicans as they take their added seats in the House, and if they retain the Senate, again, nothing good or substantive will be done, and in 2022, we may have a totally different look to it all, it the country lasts that long. And so the beat goes on and the country spirals further and further into the abyss.
The fact that no judge has gone along simply says ... (show quote)


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Help activate Militias and quit with all that other crap that no longer matters...

Time is running out and you guys need to get serious and organize quickly !

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Dec 3, 2020 19:46:55   #
straightUp Loc: California
 
Barracuda2020 wrote:
Right on point straight. Similarly I've said the same thing about finding a true socialist on the left, it doesn't exist in our capitalistic society, you can't get there from where we are. We are a society that's constantly wants the latest, newest and best, we constantly try to have more and better. We were brought up to inspire to improve our own status.
Unfortunately this mostly seems to be materialistically, but there you have it, can't have socialism with that attitude, with that philosophy. True socialism, they way they're thinking of it, it's never gonna happen here, and the only place it has happened is under a suppressive dictatorship and not by the will of the people. Therefore, as long as we secure the standing and integrity of our government, we're safe, and secure and that should always be our first priority, and we just have, by ridding ourselves of Trump and his circle.
Right on point straight. Similarly I've said the s... (show quote)


Well... I was referring to the complete and utter lack of communists in the Democratic ranks. I'm not so sure I agree with the idea that we can't find any socialists among them though. Perhaps it all comes down to what we are actually calling socialism, which is why I appreciate you qualifying that when you said "True socialism, the way they're thinking of it". That's always the catch in the "socialist argument"... what are we actually calling socialism?

I'm just going to run with this bro… (and I'm probably not telling you anything you don't already know)… IMO, socialism is an economic philosophy that advocates public control over the means of production.

So, the question is… what does public control mean? I think that's the single-most important factor in differentiating between socialism that's good for America and socialism that's bad for America.

Yes, two kinds.

That's because socialism is an "economic" philosophy. We still need to implement an actual system and that's where we need a political philosophy, like democracy (so, pubic control = control by the democratic majority of citizens) or tyranny (public control = control by the asshole that thinks he can speak for the people.)

The Nazis implemented socialist economic policies but their political system for enforcement was tyrannical. That's what we Americans don't have any tolerance for. Bolshevism won't fly either because their political system was tyrannical too.

For the best example of socialism in a democratic system, honestly, I gotta go with the largest socialist system in the world - the American Republic, which includes the largest production of military might, funded by the public through government contracts that are themselves controlled by elected officers of the republic. Not even the private contractors change this because the private contractors ARE the means, not the control… the control in these cases would be the DoD… That's public control.

Socialism here, reaches deep down to the municipal levels, like first response systems, including police. If our police departments were not under public control we would not be hearing any citizens chanting to defund them. Private security companies like Pinkerton and Blackwater don't have that problem.

I think you're right on point when it comes to socialism the way they (assuming you mean conservative Americans) think of it. They view socialism as a Bolshevik regime and we certainly have no such advocates anywhere on the left so the term "socialism" in right-wing rhetoric usually only serves a derogatory purpose.

Personally, I like a mix… I think capitalism is better for things that people are willing to pay for and socialism is better for things people really don't want to pay for even though it may save lives.

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Dec 3, 2020 19:57:39   #
straightUp Loc: California
 
Cherokee38 wrote:
Your belief that the election was fair is absurd. We have the tech to set up elections so cgeating doesn't occur.

Are you saying that because we have the tech to set up elections so cheating doesn't occur, it's impossible for elections to be fair? ...'cause, that really doesn't make any sense.

Cherokee38 wrote:

When you talk about the progressives doing things for the country, we have had problems with immigration for over 40 years.

What specifically about immigration are you calling a problem? ...and what do progressives have to do with it?

Cherokee38 wrote:

No the Republicans are no better.

They're all the same.

Cherokee38 wrote:

Congress has lost sight of the job they were elected to do.

You mean making up the rules?

Cherokee38 wrote:

We need the convention of states, where we can gain control of the government back to the people. Look at the amount of money spent for the congressional seats. Millions in advertising for a job that pays 174 thousand a year. Not real smart use of money. If the applicants can't control the spending we we as a public must put. A stop to it.

Well, that's what elections are for, but I'm wondering if you're entertaining a much bigger question. What do you mean by a convention of states?

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Dec 3, 2020 19:59:05   #
straightUp Loc: California
 
Barracuda2020 wrote:
Not only possible, highly probable.



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Dec 3, 2020 20:31:40   #
straightUp Loc: California
 
jwrevagent wrote:
The fact that no judge has gone along simply says more about our non-justice system than it does about Trump or the claims.

I know you're still getting to your point but, I think the fact that no judge has gone along says everything about Trump and his claims that ever needs to be said.

jwrevagent wrote:

I am not saying that Trump is right, I AM saying that I cannot put faith in any judge, in our DOJ, in our FBI, or in Congress or any politician, whether he comes out and says he is a communist or not.

And that was exactly the point of dolchstosslegende, to undermine public confidence in the existing government. Thanks for the example.

jwrevagent wrote:

That no Dem leader admits it is not exactly proof of anything, given all the lies and posturing that continues as we speak, or, more accurately, post.

It's true that denial doesn't prove anything.

jwrevagent wrote:

For example, though I have not seen what is in the new COVID aid package that all of a sudden the Dems are on board with when before their demands were so outrageous as to be unbelievable, simply makes it more reasonable to think that they deemed the economic well being of the country not as important as not giving Trump even the appearance of a win, or that perhaps he did do something about this scourge.

Well, now your fabricating.

As for the demands being made by the Democrats, I don't think you quite understand what was going on there. The House Democrats have a stimulus bill. The Senate Republicans have a stimulus bill. McConnell put the brakes on both of them because he had his own stimulus bill. So it wasn't just Democrats making demands, it was everyone squabbling over which provisions from which bills.

The bill sponsored by the House Democrats was the most expensive. The Republicans don't want to spend that much and they justify their position on the media by suggesting the House bill is funding unnecessary pet projects, but that's a lie. The main difference is that the Democrats also want to fund the states because the states are the ones dealing with unemployment claims, medicaid, schools... investments that are going to become more important to people during the pandemic.

jwrevagent wrote:

So expect the same from the Republicans as they take their added seats in the House, and if they retain the Senate, again, nothing good or substantive will be done, and in 2022, we may have a totally different look to it all, it the country lasts that long. And so the beat goes on and the country spirals further and further into the abyss.

LOL - Try not to prophesize your own demise.

I still have faith that people will wake up and realize where they are. We have some great forward thinkers and in years to come more people will listen to them. More people will be looking for answers instead of just lashing out in anger.

At least, let's hope so.

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Dec 3, 2020 20:54:53   #
straightUp Loc: California
 
Sicilianthing wrote:
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Help activate Militias and quit with all that other crap that no longer matters...

Time is running out and you guys need to get serious and organize quickly !


LOL - activate militias? Is that like the Power Rangers... "Super Megaforce Power!! ACTIVATE!!!"

Time is running out until what? Is mom going to call you home for dinner?

Dude, you need to grow up. Militias will only lead you to prison.

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Dec 3, 2020 21:55:55   #
straightUp Loc: California
 
Sicilianthing wrote:
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Yes Convention of States.com but I have not seen an email from Mark in a long time...

Wonder what happened to them ? Run out of money too ?


So, I'm curious... aside from making a fuss over Article V, what exactly is the convention of states.com proposing? I get the part that Article V allows a convention of states to make amendments, but what amendments? Is there an actual strategy or is this just another political tantrum, like the Tea Party was?

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Dec 3, 2020 22:19:40   #
Sicilianthing
 
straightUp wrote:
LOL - activate militias? Is that like the Power Rangers... "Super Megaforce Power!! ACTIVATE!!!"

Time is running out until what? Is mom going to call you home for dinner?

Dude, you need to grow up. Militias will only lead you to prison.


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Uh no to all the above and you are flat out wrong.

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Dec 3, 2020 22:22:13   #
Sicilianthing
 
straightUp wrote:
So, I'm curious... aside from making a fuss over Article V, what exactly is the convention of states.com proposing? I get the part that Article V allows a convention of states to make amendments, but what amendments? Is there an actual strategy or is this just another political tantrum, like the Tea Party was?


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Known also as a redress of grievances and much more, you can inform yourself of the basic scope at their website:
ConventionOfStates.com

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Dec 4, 2020 08:11:33   #
straightUp Loc: California
 
Sicilianthing wrote:
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Known also as a redress of grievances and much more, you can inform yourself of the basic scope at their website:
ConventionOfStates.com


Yeah, I got that. And I know about Article V but Article V allows a convention of states to make changes... and I'm asking... what changes are you pushing for?

This is what I keep asking for when I converse with people who are biting their bit to take action. I see a lot of hype about taking it to the streets... kicking some ass... yada, yada, yada... but I never see any of you actually state what you are fighting for.

Do you even know?

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