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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st November 2019, 04:08 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 5,702
Posted By Eddie Dane
He started out as asking the dumb questions that...

He started out as asking the dumb questions that laymen ask professionals. So that was informative.

But after a while, I notice those long rambling sections of the interview where Joe just won't...
Forum: USA Politics 31st October 2019, 03:21 PM
Replies: 724
Views: 103,282
Posted By Eddie Dane
I know Muslims that are better Christians than...

I know Muslims that are better Christians than Trump.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th October 2019, 08:32 AM
Replies: 549
Views: 54,666
Posted By Eddie Dane
I've been immersed in penny stocks recently so my...

I've been immersed in penny stocks recently so my view of this is likely skewed.

In penny stocks:
Bad news: stock loses 70% of its value.
Good news: you get to live the best scenes from the Wolf...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th October 2019, 08:28 AM
Replies: 549
Views: 54,666
Posted By Eddie Dane
I don't recall where I read this, but apparently...

I don't recall where I read this, but apparently Boeing was facing a dilemma:
Either start a new series of modern planes or upgrade the old ones. Again.

Large airlines weren't exactly jumping for...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th October 2019, 08:20 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 5,702
Posted By Eddie Dane
EDIT: as opposed to tea-bagging. I'll get my...

EDIT: as opposed to tea-bagging.

I'll get my coat.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th October 2019, 05:22 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 5,702
Posted By Eddie Dane
That episode killed Milo's career. He is now...

That episode killed Milo's career.

He is now reduced to e-begging.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th October 2019, 01:52 PM
Replies: 360
Views: 17,362
Posted By Eddie Dane
No, I thought it was 4D chess.:rolleyes: I...

No, I thought it was 4D chess.:rolleyes:

I think he has some form of dementia.

In addition to that he has fired everybody who isn’t some kind of yes man.

So both these things started off bad...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th October 2019, 02:06 PM
Replies: 360
Views: 17,362
Posted By Eddie Dane
Donnie probably had a phonecall with Erdolf and...

Donnie probably had a phonecall with Erdolf and accepted his perspective of the situation. Then decided on the spot to pull out and everybody found out via Twitter.

Donnie may not have realised...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th October 2019, 10:24 AM
Replies: 360
Views: 17,362
Posted By Eddie Dane
How many lives could have been saved if Eleanor...

How many lives could have been saved if Eleanor Roosevelt had been half as hot as Eva Braun?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th October 2019, 04:44 AM
Replies: 360
Views: 17,362
Posted By Eddie Dane
I don't like Erdogan but I have to say; He takes...

I don't like Erdogan but I have to say; He takes inventory of a situation, plans his preferred outcomes and acts boldly.

Up to now, he has managed to destroy the old order, weaken institutions...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th October 2019, 04:37 AM
Replies: 549
Views: 54,666
Posted By Eddie Dane
VW tanked, though. I know someone who...

VW tanked, though.

I know someone who literally sold his apartment to invest it all plus his savings in VW at the bottom. He's a millionaire now.

The word 'diversify' is not in this dude's...
Forum: USA Politics 25th October 2019, 03:26 AM
Replies: 724
Views: 103,282
Posted By Eddie Dane
The Alt-Right has been bamboozled by Trump. ...

The Alt-Right has been bamboozled by Trump.

They thought they were getting a wall and a return to 1920's immigration policy.

The only promise he's somewhat kept is that he has not expanded...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th October 2019, 03:22 AM
Replies: 360
Views: 17,362
Posted By Eddie Dane
Caspian Report is one of my favourite Youtube...

Caspian Report is one of my favourite Youtube channels about Geopolitics.

Here's their take on Turkey's endgame in Syria:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0JEP15Zifk

-Push back PKK and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th October 2019, 12:35 AM
Replies: 549
Views: 54,666
Posted By Eddie Dane
What do you guys think of the impact of this...

What do you guys think of the impact of this whole affair on Boeing's stock price?

I'm a little shocked by how little impact it has.

Are large companies really this insulated from their...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd October 2019, 10:03 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,579
Posted By Eddie Dane
A Million People Are Jailed at China's Gulags.

A Million People Are Jailed at China's Gulags. I Managed to Escape. Here's What Really Goes on Inside

Link to full article.
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd October 2019, 07:14 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 3,665
Posted By Eddie Dane
I agree. We need to shrink our economy. ...

I agree.

We need to shrink our economy.
I'm just saying that we won't because of the next quarterly results and stuff.

Climate protesters are right. But as the reactions on even this forum...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th October 2019, 05:08 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 3,665
Posted By Eddie Dane
Its all for nothing anyway. To stop...

Its all for nothing anyway.

To stop environmental damage we'll have to shrink our economy. The voter will not allow that until the situation in his/her country is catastrophic. By that time it...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th October 2019, 01:02 PM
Replies: 360
Views: 17,362
Posted By Eddie Dane
It sounds a lot like the kind of thing that ends...

It sounds a lot like the kind of thing that ends up in the history books as 'imperial overstretch'. The kind of military hubris that happens before an empire begins to contract.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th October 2019, 09:38 AM
Replies: 360
Views: 17,362
Posted By Eddie Dane
I realise that Turkey has a very strong and old...

I realise that Turkey has a very strong and old instinct to destroy any tiny thing that eventually leads to Kurdish statehood.

But

Isn't there insufficient reason to do this invasion? Is there...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th October 2019, 06:15 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 8,064
Posted By Eddie Dane
Me too. But you never know. We had a...

Me too.

But you never know.

We had a case here in the Netherlands where two teenage girls got killed weeks apart in a small farming community.

Police threw a ton of manpower at the case,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th October 2019, 01:29 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 8,064
Posted By Eddie Dane
"Remember the Liberty!" "It's impossible to...

"Remember the Liberty!"

"It's impossible to make the shot from that angle"

"Steel beams can't melt Jet fuel"
Forum: USA Politics 7th October 2019, 12:28 AM
Replies: 724
Views: 103,282
Posted By Eddie Dane
Is an impeachment actually likely to get him out...

Is an impeachment actually likely to get him out of office?
Or is it just an inconvenient media/legal circus that ties down the accused during proceedings?

No presidency has ever been ended by...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th October 2019, 05:40 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 3,848
Posted By Eddie Dane
Cool. Is there a Gofundme where we can chip in...

Cool. Is there a Gofundme where we can chip in for the guillotine?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd October 2019, 12:33 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 3,848
Posted By Eddie Dane
I understand where you're coming from. But...

I understand where you're coming from.

But personally I've gone from 'Sir I disagree with you, but I will defend your right to say it' to wanting to press the accelerator on the Blues Brothers'...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd October 2019, 12:30 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 3,848
Posted By Eddie Dane
Let's hope they invested at the top of the...

Let's hope they invested at the top of the market.
Probably not though. They need alternatives to banking and probably were in crypto quite early.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd October 2019, 12:29 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 3,848
Posted By Eddie Dane
I've seen footage of Anglin in some seedy bar...

I've seen footage of Anglin in some seedy bar with a teenage prostitute in Cambodia.
That was several years ago. It's probably on youtube.

They might look for him there before he spends his last...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd September 2019, 03:33 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 8,156
Posted By Eddie Dane
i got 38% Great news. Apparently lots of...

i got 38%

Great news.
Apparently lots of people have access to electricity and live to be 70. During accelerating climate change and pollution.
And we've saved two cute animals in the middle of...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd September 2019, 12:26 AM
Replies: 238
Views: 30,415
Posted By Eddie Dane
-Not having a clue what he's doing -Firing...

-Not having a clue what he's doing
-Firing everybody who does have a clue
Forum: USA Politics 3rd September 2019, 12:24 AM
Replies: 238
Views: 30,415
Posted By Eddie Dane
And lots of pills. Totally legal pills,...

And lots of pills.

Totally legal pills, obviously. Bannon would never do illegal drugs. Those people should be in jail.
Forum: USA Politics 2nd September 2019, 03:27 AM
Replies: 238
Views: 30,415
Posted By Eddie Dane
Am I the only one who finds Breitbart terribly...

Am I the only one who finds Breitbart terribly boring?

It somehow fails to be informative and interesting.

It has that drab 'propaganda' feel. Like a Soviet publication. Serving up the talking...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th August 2019, 07:29 AM
Replies: 1,344
Views: 103,685
Posted By Eddie Dane
I think that 'I'm sorry I Tweeted that ten years...

I think that 'I'm sorry I Tweeted that ten years ago, I'm a different person now' is a lot easier to explain than 'I'm sorry, I don't even remember ordering an IA to make an edgy joke on social media...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th August 2019, 07:24 AM
Replies: 1,344
Views: 103,685
Posted By Eddie Dane
In literally every conversation I've read about...

In literally every conversation I've read about Epstein he is called a paedophile.

But paedophile refers to attraction tot prepubescent children if I'm not mistaken. I don't even know the correct...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th August 2019, 09:36 AM
Replies: 1,344
Views: 103,685
Posted By Eddie Dane
I'm a bit shocked at how ugly the house is. ...

I'm a bit shocked at how ugly the house is.

It looks like the kind of discount villa you get in the not-so-popular parts of Spain.

Was he timesharing?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th August 2019, 06:09 AM
Replies: 1,344
Views: 103,685
Posted By Eddie Dane
As a side note: I wonder if Victoria's Secret...

As a side note: I wonder if Victoria's Secret (owned by Wexner) brand will be affected by this involuntary co-branding with a notorious sexual exploiter of young women.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th August 2019, 03:27 AM
Replies: 1,344
Views: 103,685
Posted By Eddie Dane
It seems out of character for a billionaire...

It seems out of character for a billionaire business owner to give free rein over his affairs to another person, even a spouse.

I think Epstein also acquired his enormous house in NY for a...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th August 2019, 03:20 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 6,934
Posted By Eddie Dane
I think scammers will now often claim to be of a...

I think scammers will now often claim to be of a protected class/marginalised minority as it makes it less likely people will come after them.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th August 2019, 01:38 AM
Replies: 1,344
Views: 103,685
Posted By Eddie Dane
Imagine you're Prince Andrew and someone leaks...

Imagine you're Prince Andrew and someone leaks explicit photos of you shagging a seventeen-year-old.

I don't think exclaiming 'But Jeffery does that all the time, and he said it was OK!' is going...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th August 2019, 01:36 AM
Replies: 1,344
Views: 103,685
Posted By Eddie Dane
he seems to have gone from math teacher to...

he seems to have gone from math teacher to options trader to partner in a bank to hedgefund manager to probably spy and then some.

Epstein was obviously much more than a scammer and blackmailer. ...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th August 2019, 01:35 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,285
Posted By Eddie Dane
If you want to repeat the experience. For a...

If you want to repeat the experience.

For a mere $100 an hour, I'll wear an orange sheet and recite fortune cooky wisdom. I'll even giggle.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th August 2019, 12:46 AM
Replies: 549
Views: 54,666
Posted By Eddie Dane
I found this video interesting: ...

I found this video interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7OnNhEziYE

it claims that with the enormous growth in the number of flights (great for the environment!) we will eventually move...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th August 2019, 12:38 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,285
Posted By Eddie Dane
I'm afraid that China is the ultimate...

I'm afraid that China is the ultimate fascist-Orwellian Juggernaut. Complete with advanced nuclear weapons and delivery systems, an AI-driven surveillance state beyond anything imagined,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th July 2019, 08:14 AM
Replies: 1,344
Views: 103,685
Posted By Eddie Dane
Good point.

Good point.
Forum: USA Politics 17th July 2019, 02:26 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 4,400
Posted By Eddie Dane
I remain in favour of Kanye West. He's a...

I remain in favour of Kanye West.

He's a genius, he's likeable, he Tweets like a coked-up stripper at four in the morning.

The state of the union would be mostly spiritual gobbledygook.

He'd...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th July 2019, 02:16 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,776
Posted By Eddie Dane
According to Tripadvisor, the WIFI signal at...

According to Tripadvisor, the WIFI signal at Gitmo is quite bad.
That might explain it.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th July 2019, 02:12 AM
Replies: 1,344
Views: 103,685
Posted By Eddie Dane
If Epstein liked adults he'd be living a non-stop...

If Epstein liked adults he'd be living a non-stop sexual fantasy. His money and status ensure that many women would do all sorts of wild stuff with him. Even George Soros -who is basically a bag of...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th July 2019, 02:44 PM
Replies: 1,344
Views: 103,685
Posted By Eddie Dane
Big investors and fund managers advertise their...

Big investors and fund managers advertise their skill and polish their egos by going on current affairs programs, publishing books, giving talks at universities, we know their vision and their...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th July 2019, 03:14 PM
Replies: 1,344
Views: 103,685
Posted By Eddie Dane
I would suspect that trafficking victims end up...

I would suspect that trafficking victims end up in all sorts of prostitution. From the street to high-end clubs. Your text makes it sound like the women in the SAGE program all ended up in the upper...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2019, 07:56 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,829
Posted By Eddie Dane
I guess Micheal Moore is not going to run out of...

I guess Micheal Moore is not going to run out of material in our lifetimes.
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2019, 05:45 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,829
Posted By Eddie Dane
I see that Dick Cheney now identifies as a woman,...

I see that Dick Cheney now identifies as a woman, and as a functioning alcoholic.
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2019, 05:43 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,829
Posted By Eddie Dane
PNAC was heavily Jewish, yes. But whatever...

PNAC was heavily Jewish, yes.

But whatever think-tank mumbo-jumbo the Bush administration used as a fig-leaf for their invasions, the people who pulled the trigger on those policies were not...
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