Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Zen Cycle Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Job Offer Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:28:58 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 70 Message-ID: References: <910ltj9jgvhvl3bes771hlvsp44d8pkj7s@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 21:28:59 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2ca80596f5ce51e6d63e317999a71577"; logging-data="2424049"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1//mHhQC1fGIcFz+1OP+eyziQ13WV70KyM=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:wIe8ckHmwhrvHgZlnCqfAY/SzcY= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4437 On 3/21/2025 3:28 PM, AMuzi wrote: > On 3/21/2025 2:23 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote: >> On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:20:01 -0400, Frank Krygowski >> wrote: >> >>> On 3/21/2025 8:40 AM, AMuzi wrote: >>>> On 3/20/2025 11:33 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Apparently the far right still maintains its world view by ignoring >>>>> all relevant facts it dislikes. >>>>> >>>> >>>> An universal trait, across all ideologies. >>> >>> I strongly disagree. "Univeral" seems to imply "everybody" of "all >>> ideologies." I think complete dismissal of facts is far, far more common >>> on the right. >>> >>> What's more common universally is to disagree on the relative importance >>> of various bits of data. And there were long periods in U.S. history >>> when that was the main subject of disputes - which data set is more >>> significant? Which facts should get more attention? Which issues are >>> more important? >>> >>> We're far beyond that now, at least with the right wing. Once a Trump >>> administration invented "alternative facts" verifiable data went out the >>> window. The right now has a strong tendency to blatantly invent "facts" >>> to justify its ideas. Vance essentially confessed to that, regarding >>> small town Ohio pets being eaten by immigrants, claiming it was OK to >>> "create stories" - IOW, outright lie. Musk is "finding" billions and >>> billions of dollars of fraud that regularly disappears whenever anyone >>> else looks into the details. >>> >>> Your efforts today are less blatant, but related: "Here's _one_ glacier >>> that grew, so we should ignore the immense worldwide shrinking of almost >>> all glaciers." And "Land here is slowly sinking, so we should ignore >>> worldwide satellite measurements showing oceans rising." >> >> I recall hearing that Joe Biden is so sharp that his staff can't keep >> up with him.  That Trump went to Russia and had women pee on him. That >> there was choice but to pack up and leave Afghanistan the way it was >> done.  That there was no way to close the border without Congressional >> action. That Hunter Biden would not be pardoned. (etc) >> >> Both sides lie. Both sides make up "Facts." Both sides fund their pet >> projects. Both sides are crooks. >> >> -- >> Speaker Pelosi to Congress >> "We need to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it." Leave it to the dumbass to intentionally conflate politics with science. > > > Dishonesty may be among our smaller problems. > > Ms Pelosi also said (clearly and correctly) that Mr Biden could not > waive student loans without an Act of Congress. > > Merely being truthful and correct had no affect on what actually > happened, as Mr Biden bragged about subsequently defying the direct > Supreme Court ruling. > No, he didn't. He said "we'll have to find another way to do it". -- Add xx to reply