It's called misdirection. Seems to work more often than not.

Divide and conquer. The fissures are just beginning to show. It's going to get a whole lot worse before it's over. How to survive the ravages of insanity?

Yeah, absolutely. The President of the United States is a Kremlin plant. Happy now? Does that 'fix your grits'? Good old Vladimir Putin is pulling the strings in Washington, DC. And you're an idiotic moron.

It's hard to distinguish satire in print, unless it's expected or the indicators are clear. There's nothing wrong with being funny or kidding around, that happens a lot around here. When it does happen, it's generally either obvious or expected. Your comment was neither. Good. Now that's cleared up, did you click the 'funnyasduck' link?

Hitler was a socialist, numb-nuts. Those who espouse left- and right-wing political ideals never define their terms. A better model is to look at the political spectrum as having zero government at one end and total government at the other. Which end would you prefer to be on?

Ah, the joys of socialism. Government funding based on cost/benefit analyses. What could possibly go wrong?

My many friends might disagree with that statement. Of course, they're not offended by statements of fact or predictions based on those facts. Anyway, what are you doing here if you're looking for 'fun'? You'd find more 'fun' elsewhere, like here, for instance:

http://funnyasduck.net/

A contributor was wondering what impact a rise in interest rates would have on the US national debt...

"Imagine what the impact will be if rates returned to historic levels? E.H."

Good question, prompting the scary answer:

"Dear E.H. Not “if” rates returned to normal levels. It’s “when” they return to normal levels because that day will come."

Financial Armageddon, anyone?

https://nypost.com/2017/11/19/what-will-happen-to-us-debt-if-interest-rates-return-to-historic-levels/

Ah, beer. My second most favorite beverage. I've never tried Parkbrau, it sounds... German? Must be a lager then. I too have a rather exotic taste in beer. My all-time favorite is Boddington's Bitter, though I have also grown fond of Carlsberg Elephant Beer, the Danish version of heaven. What's my most favorite beverage? Glad you asked! I have a very special liking for dark rum. More specifically, Kraken dark rum. Served straight from a shot glass. Perfection. Of course, I don't mind a Kraken / Boddington's boilermaker either...

"The NAACP's Camden County East chapter and the South Jersey Women for Progressive Change have joined the movement to pressure the shooting club to take down the billboard — pressure which the range has thus far resisted. "We're talking about police murdering unarmed black people," said NAACP member Keith Benson Sr., The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Like Ragsdale, Benson urged people to call the club and urge them to take it down."

Oh, people, puhleeze! They're screaming 'racist' over this:

http://www.dailywire.com/news/23648/heres-gun-range-billboard-liberal-activists-are-james-barrett?utm_medium=email&utm_content=111917-news&utm_campaign=position5

Higher is better. I generally average around 2200.

I get a screenshot, copy it into an empty MS Paint window and save it as a JPG file. Of course, once in MS Paint, you can manipulate the image to save the relevant portion and discard the rest. You can also cover up the game number to prevent others from copying your answers and thus gaining a significant advantage. Let me know if you want it step-by-step...

NYT? Nah. I never felt the need to torture myself with their cryptic version of clues. I do, however, complete many crosswords both in ink and virtually every day. Seen this?

https://www.boatloadpuzzles.com/playcrossword

I issued a challenge months ago whereby I took a screenshot of my score and challenged OPPers to match it. As far as I know, none did. My current high score is 2956. Go ahead, try beating it.

Like when? Give me an example of those (expletive)s losing, count or otherwise.

Problem solved, then. Put a tax on pedophilia and watch it peter out to nothing! Gee, that was easy. No, really, no need to thank me, that's OK. Buy me a beer when you see me next, that'll be just fine.

Oh, Snap! I forgot all about the hammers! Yes, we need to ban all the nail guns making the hammers behave too. Thanks for reminding me.

Also, it's come to my attention that there has been a significant increase in the number of reports of monsters hiding under beds and in bedroom closets of late. Unfortunately, they are unseen because of their ability to hide the moment anyone looks in their direction, thus they are not being seen but their presence is being felt by many with heightened senses due to acute paranoia and/or fear of the dark. Experts have questioned whether increased firearm ownership among the afflicted would help repel this invasion but have failed to discover a definitive answer either way. One particularly affected local man claims to have eliminated 'literally thousands' in a matter of hours using an automatic version of the Thompson sub-machine gun fitted with a 200-round drum magazine. No bodies were recovered, leading to speculation that the monsters are evacuating their dead and wounded as they are hit.