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Re: Political tweets/quotes master thread
« Reply #480 on: August 18, 2024, 10:18:49 AM »
Especially when you know what a scam these adds are.

That was exactly my point. Years ago I fell for the scam. Called GEICO, had to spend about AN HOUR on the phone and got a quote that was higher than what I was paying Allstate at the time.
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Re: Political tweets/quotes master thread
« Reply #481 on: August 18, 2024, 11:14:06 AM »
That was exactly my point. Years ago I fell for the scam. Called GEICO, had to spend about AN HOUR on the phone and got a quote that was higher than what I was paying Allstate at the time.
wow this description is the diametric opposite of what I heard just a couple weeks ago from the CTO at work: he said he went online to switch to Geico, said the sign up process (which included their doing background checks on him) took him around 10 minutes and he got a lower quote than what he currently was paying. (His point was showing us what his vision is for our company but either way sounds like Geico then is not Geico now :o?)
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Re: Political tweets/quotes master thread
« Reply #483 on: August 18, 2024, 08:25:11 PM »
wow this description is the diametric opposite of what I heard just a couple weeks ago from the CTO at work: he said he went online to switch to Geico, said the sign up process (which included their doing background checks on him) took him around 10 minutes and he got a lower quote than what he currently was paying. (His point was showing us what his vision is for our company but either way sounds like Geico then is not Geico now :o?)
Had the exact same experience last month, bh.
Took about 10 minutes and was 40% (!) less that my existing State Farm policy.

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Re: Political tweets/quotes master thread
« Reply #485 on: August 18, 2024, 09:35:52 PM »
Trump spoke favorably of Walz at the time:
https://apnews.com/video/minnesota-timothy-walz-donald-trump-death-of-george-floyd-george-floyd-fd6f7bb85a824d948398ae4099f456f2

Fact check: Misleading and missing important context.

If they had not cut out Trump's previous sentence, you would have heard him criticize the early response (albeit without specifically naming Walz), which makes it clear that he was only offering praise to Walz for "the last few days" when he finally gave in to the pressure and call out the National Guard.

Meanwhile, in the first days of the riot, Walz's daughter was publicly reassuring rioters that the National Guard was not coming and they had nothing to worry about.

Walz himself justified not calling about the guard by explaining that they were just "19 year old cooks." (As an aside, I wonder how he would respond if someone was this dismissive of his service in the National Guard...)

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Re: Political tweets/quotes master thread
« Reply #486 on: August 18, 2024, 09:43:59 PM »
Fact check: Misleading and missing important context.
Fact check by who, MAGA?

Post the clip instead of your slant and we can all decide for ourselves.

Found this from FOX: Trump praised Walz's George Floyd riot response in 2020, audio shows: 'Very happy'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-praised-walz-george-floyd-riot-response-2020-audio-shows-very-happy?msockid=345457c6156c60560c29439114c461f0
« Last Edit: August 18, 2024, 09:48:13 PM by CountValentine »
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Re: Political tweets/quotes master thread
« Reply #487 on: August 18, 2024, 10:58:26 PM »
Fact check by who, MAGA?

Post the clip instead of your slant and we can all decide for ourselves.

Found this from FOX: Trump praised Walz's George Floyd riot response in 2020, audio shows: 'Very happy'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-praised-walz-george-floyd-riot-response-2020-audio-shows-very-happy?msockid=345457c6156c60560c29439114c461f0
Yeah, but everything Trump says is a lie, so if he said Walz was good, then Walz must really be bad.  :P

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Re: Political tweets/quotes master thread
« Reply #488 on: August 19, 2024, 08:23:36 AM »
Yeah, but everything Trump says is a lie, so if he said Walz was good, then Walz must really be bad.  :P
also racist. Walz must be a racist
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Re: Political tweets/quotes master thread
« Reply #490 on: August 19, 2024, 02:44:36 PM »
https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1825517648056127525



What's the issue? That it shows Harris/Walz going on fast, when a roller coaster goes up slowly? Or am I missing something bigger?

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Re: Political tweets/quotes master thread
« Reply #491 on: August 19, 2024, 02:54:48 PM »
What's the issue? That it shows Harris/Walz going on fast, when a roller coaster goes up slowly? Or am I missing something bigger?

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In simple terms:

When you go up on a roller coaster (like Harris/Walz), you're storing energy, but the roller coaster slows down because you're using up the energy to climb. When you go **down** (like Trump/Vance), you're using that stored energy to speed up.

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When you're on a roller coaster, going uphill means you're slowing down because you're gaining height (potential energy) but losing speed (kinetic energy). Going downhill is the opposite—you lose height but speed up. If one part of the roller coaster is going up while another part is going down

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it wouldn't be accurate to portray a team "soaring high" politically by showing them going up on a roller coaster. Going up on a roller coaster means you're slowing down and using energy to climb, not soaring or gaining speed.

If you want to accurately show a team rising or gaining momentum, they'd need to be going down the roller coaster, as that’s when the ride speeds up and gains energy. Even though "going up" might seem like a positive image, physics-wise, it suggests a loss of speed and momentum.
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Re: Political tweets/quotes master thread
« Reply #494 on: August 19, 2024, 06:36:56 PM »
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Re: Political tweets/quotes master thread
« Reply #496 on: August 20, 2024, 01:41:13 AM »
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Re: Political tweets/quotes master thread
« Reply #497 on: August 20, 2024, 02:11:20 AM »
‘Not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for Israel’s crimes’
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