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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: 19 Apr 2025 14:24:45 GMT
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Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
> On 19 Apr 2025 11:21:48 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
> 
>> Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>>> On 19 Apr 2025 09:01:43 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>> On 4/18/2025 11:25 AM, Zen Cycle wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 4/18/2025 3:44 AM, floriduh dumbass wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:23:27 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>>>>>>>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 4/17/2025 10:08 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 4/17/2025 9:01 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, and "speech" in the form of millionaire or corporate campaign
>>>>>>>>>>> contributions is an abomination.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> How so?
>>>>>>>>>> If I have an individual right to free speech (and I absolutely do), 
>>>>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>>>>> why may my right be curtailed when I join with others of like mind?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> It's a long standing feature of common law (well before USA) that
>>>>>>>>>> corporations are fictitious persons, entitled to rights of their
>>>>>>>>>> composite individuals when they act as one.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Common law or not, I think the idea of a corporation being a 
>>>>>>>>> "person" is
>>>>>>>>> nuts. But even if one accepts their "personhood," they should be 
>>>>>>>>> limited
>>>>>>>>> to the amount of speech that _one_ person can produce.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> And "speech" measured in dollars is an abomination.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The party that spent by far, the most money in the 2024 Presidential
>>>>>>>> campaign lost that election by a significant margin. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> dumbass still swallowing magatard spunk...
>>>>>> Trump 49.8%
>>>>>> Harris 48.3%
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 1.5 % is _not_ a significant margin. In terms of US Presidential 
>>>>>> elections it ranks as the 11th closest margin (out of 47).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gosh, math can be hard! (For some.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> And I see the excuses are being piled in heaps. But despite the 
>>>>> irrelevant squirming, the _margin_ was minuscule.
>>>>> 
>>>> Does seem to be a fairly low margin, as ever with politics and folks who
>>>> are true believers, they are fairly immune to facts!
>>>> 
>>>> In uk still have folks saying Jeremy Corbyn (US Bernie Saunders?) was
>>>> should have won, if X had happened!
>>>> 
>>>> Failing to remember that his vote or Labour rather was hugely helped by the
>>>> Tory party dismissing him as threat for all of his failures and faults he
>>>> is a campaigner, plus they did some staggering home goals!
>>>> 
>>>> Hence when Boris called a snap election and didn?t make those mistakes he
>>>> did get very healthy majority which he managed to fuckup which is him all
>>>> over really!
>>>> 
>>>> Roger Merriman
>>> 
>>> The significance was that every state vote count swung towards the
>>> GOP, and that the popular vote was also for the GOP. That was a
>>> significant swing towards the GOP in spite of the playing down by the
>>> Democrats. 
>>> 
>>> The left is making a big issue out of Bernie Sanders who is a self
>>> described socialist. As such, he has about the same chance of becoming
>>> President as do I. Socialism doesn't fly very high in the USA.
>> 
>> I don’t believe he wants to be president? Could be wrong I’m aware of him
>> but only loosely.
>> 
>> I suspect he’s rather less of socialist that you think, US politics is
>> fairly right wing ie the democrats even from a UK perspective look middling
>> rather and certainly not far left or any such kind of thing.
> 
> Sanders has always described himself as a socialist. 
> https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/14-things-bernie-sanders-has-said-about-socialism-120265
> 
>  
>>> Trump is not a very nice person, but I voted for him twice based on
>>> what I believed he could do for the country, and also because of the
>>> even more disgusting nature of his opposition.
>>> 
>> Considering the harm he appears to be causing that may have been an unwise
>> decision.
> 
> Ahhhh, Apparently, you've been listening to the same news media that
> spent four years claiming that Joe Biden was competent and managing
> Presidential duties properly. Why do listen to those dishonest
> Jackasses?

No far from it, media this side of the pond which ever way they leaned was
broadly he shouldn’t be running, he should retire and so on.

out of election time generally Americans politics aren’t that closely
followed unless it becomes newsworthy which generally isn’t a good thing! 
> 
> I applaud what Trump is doing. Closing the border, getting rid of
> illegals, eliminating wasteful spending, forcing other countries to
> reconsider their tariffs. It's what he said he was going to do and
> that's why he won.
> 
Might want to fact check what he’s actually done vs what he says!
>>> --
>>> C'est bon
>>> Soloman
>>> 
>> Roger Merriman
>> 
> 
> --
> C'est bon
> Soloman
> 
Roger Merriman