If Gates really believes the population needs to be adjusted downward by k*****g people, and he would not mind dying for his cause, I wonder if he realizes that in death he loses all his power, wealth and no one cares what he thinks anymore-he has no influence or say. Dead people are just that-dead and they no longer have a life.

I suspect that these people have a totally different understanding of marriage and what that entails. Evidence is the notion that they could "no longer grow as a couple" and they "grew apart over the years". Elites have different views and expectations than most of us.

I wonder if Gates would be willing to be one of the 495 million to die!

To me it does not matter-when all is said and done in these investigations, has anyone other than some low level unknown actually gone to jail? At this time, Republicans, mainly, are waked in the middle of the night for an invasion via search warrant to seize every piece of paper ever handled by anyone in the household-surprised they do not take the drawings off the refrigerator, done by their children. It does not even matter if they make a report public-no one goes to jail, no one forfeits a dime of the ill gotten gains, and they all go on wielding power as before. People resign to collect their pensions, or they are found in contempt of Congress, yet do not lose a law license, nor must appear in court to answer for this. Blood is on their hands, and hard as they try, they cannot wipe it off, but they are comforted by the fact that they serve no time, and are not actually held accountable for the c***ting, lies, deaths, and theft from we the people. And make no mistake, when the Republicans take the Congress again, and they will at some point, payback will be the name of the game and they will do exactly the same thing. And what is worse, these same people are re elected and re elected again and again. So it seems it is what the American people want. Are we then not also complicit?

Taxpayers subsidize families in lots of ways-the tax code is pro family, and marriage, by the way. Families get breaks by having to pay less for some children at restaurants, movies, and so on. They get subsidies in order to choose where their children go to school. so which of these would you now repeal, or all of them?

Now that is a good question, one that may never be answered. Tis a mystery for sure. And if we do find out, the next thing is that this is proof positive that the dumbing down of America is complete.

True, and I lived through duck and cover, and frankly was not terribly afraid of the bomb. But now look at how many survivalists are getting ready for wh**ever, by stockpiling food, water, ammunition, and finding property they think will keep them safe from wh**ever happens. They might wish to try Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, CO. But they could be right, you know. It is the modern equivalent of bomb shelters in the back yard and duck and cover, not? Nothing new under the sun-just different names and forms.

I remember as a child having the chore of getting the cows from the pasture when it came time for milking. They usually had already started for the barn, but I would still sit on a fence post and yell, "Come, boss, come!" till the cows came home. There was a cow who would come to the post and allow me to climb on her back for the ride to the barn-very languid, slow moving critters. They know when it is time to get relief by milking-if the farmer is late in starting the milking, the cows will bellow like crazy. Once reason dairy farmers did not like daylight savings time.

It may be true, since it is really the only explanation for the Dems continued obsession with all things Trump-could be a distraction, though, so we do not notice the total bumbling "useful" i***t presently ensconced in the White House.

Interesting, but does not truly address the question of what is meant by "r****m" or "r****t" on this forum-if it is only white vs black, then what accounts for the other races and some of the hardships they endured from people of many countries? Personally, basing any decision as to the worth of an individual purely on their skin color is so totally ridiculous as to be worthy of all the ridicule heaped upon those of that bent. But, again, in most cases on this forum, you cannot possibly know the state of some one's mind as to race-sometimes you have no idea what race they are and it is even more foolish to yell "Race!" But it simply might be that these days, people are clamoring to be a victim, which is upside down from the norm. If you are a victim, it follows that you are weak and need to be led. Perhaps that is the whole idea though, huh?

When on earth are we going to grow up and stop accusing people of ideals we cannot possibly be sure they hold? Would some one please define "r****m" as used so often on this forum? Is it only White people discriminating against b****s? Or is it sometimes the other way around? Or how about white versus red? Or Brown, or Yellow, or wh**ever color of the rainbow you choose? What about mixed race? Accusing some one of being r****t is childish, silly, and shows absolutely that you have no real argument, and that is the last arrow in your quiver! I have not met, nor do I know well, many of the people from cultures and areas of the world I may or may not like as people, so I suppose I can be called r****t in the larger sense-I simply do not know. Right now, I do not care about the skin color of anyone, since I find most people to have some pretty reprehensible thoughts and ideas sometimes.

I am interested in learning where you got this information. I am not from nor live anywhere near California, nor am I a v**er there-just wondering how to check the veracity of the claims-because if true, that tells me a lot about how far Dems will go to retain power. If not, it tells me how desperate the others are to grab power.

I imagine you did, but I would not waste a lot of sympathy on the casino. I would not find it hard to do the same. Those places are usually very luxurious, and the food is excellent and plenty of it-I would see what entertainment they had. We have friends who love to go to the casinos - she to watch the shows, and he to use the penny slots. They have a great time for very little money.

I do not gamble either-or at least have not in years-last was at a casino here in WI. I did place some bets on some ponies when we were in Arkansas with my son and his wife-Hot Springs has a really neat track. Learned a lot about racing then. Exciting! Still cannot read a racing form readily, though.

Not sure there is any other side than humanity!

Which has -0- to do with the horses. But Baffert was a good trainer, for sure. Perhaps he got too full of himself and felt the rules were for others-sound familiar?-One c***ter as a trainer will not keep me from watching the races. Total corruption, or if the horses refuse to race or take a knee rather than stand for the National Anthem, that would be something else again. Most of the jockeys are from other countries originally, and I have not heard any of them say the US is r****t or awful or oppressive-I imagine they know what oppression looks like, and it is not here.