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Big ChiefBig Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member
At least, Lindsey Graham said we need to hunt down the ISIS "Bastards" and kill them.
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  • Big Al1Big Al1 Posts: 8,742 Senior Member
    I've already had enough of this circus!! I'll be happy to just wait until I see my ballot!
  • Big ChiefBig Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member
    They are getting desperate.........................maybe Carly will pull a Jane Curtain like she (JC) did on a SNL skit to keep our interest up :tooth: :rotflmao::rotflmao:
    It's only true if it's on this forum where opinions are facts and facts are opinions
    Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
    I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
  • Big ChiefBig Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member
    It's only true if it's on this forum where opinions are facts and facts are opinions
    Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
    I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
  • NNNN Posts: 25,228 Senior Member
    So Chief, youz going to keep a running report on this tonight?

    We can just look here for the scoop, hey.
  • Big ChiefBig Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member
    If I can find my overshoes to wade to wade through the BS..........maybe a little!

    Huge earthquake in Chile too..............sounds bad 8 point something????
    It's only true if it's on this forum where opinions are facts and facts are opinions
    Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
    I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
  • Gene LGene L Posts: 12,776 Senior Member
    I'm watching it now. All are doing a pretty good job, no major fauxs pas. I think Trump not being the center of attention is not shining and so far, he's sounding a bit like the kid not called on in history class and resenting it. Not awful, but he's not got center stage. All in all, a pretty good field of people.
    Concealed carry is for protection, open carry is for attention.
  • BAMAAKBAMAAK Posts: 4,484 Senior Member
    It must be hot under those lights, everyone of them is sweating like a pig.
    "He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm."

    -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and politician
  • CHIRO1989CHIRO1989 Posts: 14,745 Senior Member
    BAMAAK wrote: »
    It must be hot under those lights, everyone of them is sweating like a pig.

    Three hours under hot lights in suits, see who is in good shape.
    I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn away from their ways and live. Eze 33:11
  • zorbazorba Posts: 25,248 Senior Member
    CHIRO1989 wrote: »
    Three hours under hot lights in suits, see who is in good shape.
    If they'd wear something sensible, they wouldn't be so hot!

    Unfortunately, I missed the whole thing - so I'll listen up and see what you guys are thinking. "PowerTalk Radio" was gushing over Fiorina.
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
    )O(
  • coolgunguycoolgunguy Posts: 6,637 Senior Member
    zorba wrote: »
    If they'd wear something sensible, they wouldn't be so hot!

    Unfortunately, I missed the whole thing - so I'll listen up and see what you guys are thinking. "PowerTalk Radio" was gushing over Fiorina.

    She did well, probably the best of the bunch last night. I thought Jindal had the line of the night, paraphrasing here, concerning The Donald: "He's not a conservative, he's not a liberal, he's not a republican, he's not a democrat...he's not even an independent...he is simply for and about himself."
    "Bipartisan" usually means that a bigger than normal deception is happening.
    George Carlin
  • breamfisherbreamfisher Posts: 14,060 Senior Member
    Trump's comments linking vaccines and autism are... troubling.

    "You take this little beautiful baby, and you pump— I mean, it looks just like it is meant for a horse, not for a child, and we had so many instances, people that work for me, just the other day, 2-years old, beautiful child went to have the vaccine and came back and a week later got a tremendous fever, got very, very sick, now is autistic."

    Ain't that what Jenny McCarthy alleges?
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  • breamfisherbreamfisher Posts: 14,060 Senior Member
    Yeah... when you got someone believing that I really doubt they're as smart as they think they are. And his back-pedalling that he was trying to comment on how quickly they happen shows that if he can't express himself any better than that, he's still got issues.
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  • Big ChiefBig Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member
    I think vaccines are a good thing and have saved millions of lives and prevented countless others from being infected with diseases.

    Then again the CDC says we shouldn't own guns for our own safety either. Some say it is the Mercury based solution it is mixed with as a filler or soluble agent that causes autism. One thing is for sure diagnosed cases have skyrocketed and many say their kids didn't develop autism until they were vaccinated.

    Small doses spread out may be one solution to ease parents fears, I dunno. We had them growing up as did my kids, mandatory and they wouldn't have been allowed in schools/to travel overseas without them.

    I think the jury is out on this. Maybe some other hereditary/environmental factors yet to be identified lay dormant until the vaccines cause the children to release some kinda enzyme causing autism. The vaccines don't cause autism of and by themselves and with the majority of kids are very safe.

    Dr Carson agreed small does may be the answer. I dunno I think more research is needed to what causes autism and if vaccines really trigger it for some unknown reason.

    I am not necessarily defending Trump's stance on this. Plenty of other otherwise intelligent people believe they cause health issues in children.

    I don't think they should be stopped and they do much more good than harm everywhere in the world. Gotta be an answer a way to find out why some children (very small amount) seem to develop bad side effects from being vaccinated. A Marker of some kind that can be detected must be there, but they just haven't found it yet.

    Millions of lives have been saved, especially in underdeveloped countries after they were vaccinated. Parents should not have the right to opt out if their choice endangers the health of other children in schools or the chance that diseases long since eradicated have a chance of coming back.
    It's only true if it's on this forum where opinions are facts and facts are opinions
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    I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
  • BAMAAKBAMAAK Posts: 4,484 Senior Member
    More autism cases are diagnosed now at least in part cause the have expanded the definition of autism. Kind of like ADD, ADHD ....
    "He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm."

    -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and politician
  • breamfisherbreamfisher Posts: 14,060 Senior Member
    BAMAAK wrote: »
    More autism cases are diagnosed now at least in part cause the have expanded the definition of autism. Kind of like ADD, ADHD ....


    Yep. Even Autism Speaks, an autism advocacy group will accept that.
    “Part of the change in prevalence over time is clearly associated with changes in diagnostic criteria,” says Michael Rosanoff, Autism Speaks’ director of public health research.

    https://www.autismspeaks.org/science/science-news/can-rise-autism-be-explained-broadened-diagnosis

    And the fact that kids are diagnosed with autism after vaccines is probably because you can't test for autism until the kid's already had some vaccines. Correlation does not necessarily denote causation. Again, Autism Speaks is pretty clear on the issue of vaccines and autism.

    Over the last two decades, extensive research has asked whether there is any link between childhood vaccinations and autism. The results of this research are clear: Vaccines do not cause autism. We urge that all children be fully vaccinated.

    https://www.autismspeaks.org/science/policy-statements/information-about-vaccines-and-autism
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  • Big ChiefBig Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member
    And some kids are just born slower than others, just a fact of life. Some kids have stupid parents and some smart parents have stupid kids.

    But I reckon when both parents and kids are stupid, life is really hard!
    It's only true if it's on this forum where opinions are facts and facts are opinions
    Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
    I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
  • JerryBobCoJerryBobCo Posts: 8,227 Senior Member
    There were a few moments that stood out for me. One was the slow pitch they threw Carly when asked about Trump's comments re. her "face". Her response was golden, but no doubt she was prepared for the question.

    Another was Trump stepping on his male member when he took a cheap shot at Bush 43. Jeb's "He kept us safe" retort was great.

    I also thought it was kind of stupid for Trump to argue with Dr. Carson about vaccines and autism. I'll defer to the good doctor's judgement on that one.
    Jerry

    Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
  • breamfisherbreamfisher Posts: 14,060 Senior Member
    I'm actually a little underwhelmed by Dr. Carson's response about vaccines. Rand Paul's, too. There's no data indicating that we've got them too clumped together, so why did he need to say that maybe we should space them out a little more? I know that when my son's been vaccinated the most he's had at one time was 3, maybe 4. And that's rare. Usually it's only one shot. Further the vaccines use ethylmercury, which doesn't bioaccumulate and therefore is much less likely to cause mercury poisoning. With that being said, I don't know how much "spacing the shots out" would really do.
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  • zorbazorba Posts: 25,248 Senior Member
    They were actually giving credence to the anti-vaccination whackoes in the presidential debate?!?

    What a n waste of time and bandwidth.
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
    )O(
  • breamfisherbreamfisher Posts: 14,060 Senior Member
    zorba wrote: »
    They were actually giving credence to the anti-vaccination whackoes in the presidential debate?!?

    What a n waste of time and bandwidth.
    Just Donald Trump. Carson and Paul (both doctors) soft-pedaled on the issue.
    I'm just here for snark.
  • shootbrownelkshootbrownelk Posts: 2,035 Senior Member
    coolgunguy wrote: »
    She did well, probably the best of the bunch last night. I thought Jindal had the line of the night, paraphrasing here, concerning The Donald: "He's not a conservative, he's not a liberal, he's not a republican, he's not a democrat...he's not even an independent...he is simply for and about himself."

    They all are CGG, they all are.
  • zorbazorba Posts: 25,248 Senior Member
    Just Donald Trump. Carson and Paul (both doctors) soft-pedaled on the issue.

    What was Trump's position?
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
    )O(
  • breamfisherbreamfisher Posts: 14,060 Senior Member
    As I said in post 12...

    "You take this little beautiful baby, and you pump— I mean, it looks just like it is meant for a horse, not for a child, and we had so many instances, people that work for me, just the other day, 2-years old, beautiful child went to have the vaccine and came back and a week later got a tremendous fever, got very, very sick, now is autistic."

    Vaccines may be linked to autism. He later claimed he's trying to advocate we space out the vaccines more, but even that isn't based on any real data.

    Full quote here:

    Autism has become an epidemic... Because you take a baby in, and I've seen it, and I've seen it, and I had my children taken care of, over a long period of time, over a two or three year period of time, same exact amount, but you take this little beautiful baby, and you pump -- I mean, it looks just like it's meant for a horse, not for a child, and we've had so many instances, people that work for me, just the other day, two-years-old, two-and-a-half-years-old, a child, a beautiful child went to have the vaccine, and came back, and a week later got a tremendous fever, got very, very sick, now is autistic. ...I'm in favor of vaccines [but] do them over a longer period of time, same amount, but just in little sections. I think you're going to have -- I think you're going to see a big impact on autism.

    The anti-vaxers are trumpeting an cheering this quote.
    I'm just here for snark.
  • tennmiketennmike Posts: 27,457 Senior Member
    I could only take about 30 minutes of that mess. The candidates constantly talking over each other made it impossible to hear what either/any of them were saying. When that happens it reminds me of a bunch of turkeys gobbling at the same time; nothing but incoherent noise. I watched something else.
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  • AntonioAntonio Posts: 2,986 Senior Member
    Trump's comments linking vaccines and autism are... troubling.

    "You take this little beautiful baby, and you pump— I mean, it looks just like it is meant for a horse, not for a child, and we had so many instances, people that work for me, just the other day, 2-years old, beautiful child went to have the vaccine and came back and a week later got a tremendous fever, got very, very sick, now is autistic."

    Ain't that what Jenny McCarthy alleges?

    Didn't saw it with all the Chilean quake hassle here (Wife is Chilean and has family over there); if Trump said THAT, he's an idiot for either believing it, or just using that argument as a political tool to round up some conservative groups, which would put him at the same level of the "traditional politics" he's so critic about.
  • Big ChiefBig Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member
    They were sweating so much because they were all on a scaffolding platform built especially for the debate by CNN (I heard on Fox) that put them up near the ceiling and about even with Ronnie's AF 1 windows and it was a hot afternoon there. Maybe not so smart an idy after all.

    Good fer them all to sweat a little, builds character!
    It's only true if it's on this forum where opinions are facts and facts are opinions
    Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
    I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
  • horselipshorselips Posts: 3,628 Senior Member
    The winners were Fiorina, Rubio and Christie (yes, Christie). The only potential losers were Huckabee and Carson. The rest, including Trump, held their own. The real loser, taking by far the biggest hit was CNN, for the worst possible orchestration of a presidential debate. Even the presence of the brilliant Hugh Hewitt couldn't overcome an overloaded stage and the gotcha, fight-inciting questioning.

    Will the polls change much? Actually, I think they will. I'm always right about these things, even though reality often gets it wrong.
  • sherwoodsherwood Posts: 1,223 Senior Member
    Trump makes me want to heave. Not for what he says but how he acts. His facial expressions make me want to barf. Carly did better then I thought she would. good for her. Ben Carson did very well also. I will wait a few more months before I make any decisions.
    I may be old but I ain't dead!
    DPRMD
  • breamfisherbreamfisher Posts: 14,060 Senior Member
    I'm really wondering if Trump's pulling some sort of grand prank on the voting public. Maybe a massive publicity stunt?
    I'm just here for snark.
  • Dr. dbDr. db Posts: 1,541 Senior Member
    Horselips, "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"
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