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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Catrike Ryder Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Job Offer Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:54:53 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 126 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 23:54:55 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="27c4f5ac96ab9ed8d2ec024cbfbadb2e"; logging-data="2675262"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18AcD/qubguPLoFEjvikn5ZhvVbA3ykM4I=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:JYPAaO50K+Fb+nD6pHd3y/03Uqw= Bytes: 6842 On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:42:08 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: >On 3/21/2025 5:44 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote: >> On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:43:13 -0300, Shadow wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:11:10 -0400, Catrike Ryder >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:05:24 -0400, Zen Cycle >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 3/21/2025 4:49 PM, AMuzi wrote: >>>>>> On 3/21/2025 3:28 PM, Zen Cycle wrote: >>>>>>> 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". >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> And then continued anyway, misusing a 'special cases' provision for >>>>>> large classes of borrowers. >>>>>> >>>>>> People (me) who worked two jobs to pay tuition at retail in cash were >>>>>> miffed at least. >>>>> >>>>> Must have felt the same way my cousin did when the drinking age in >>>>> Massachusetts was lowered to 18 the day after he turned 21. >>>>> >>>>> That's not the way life turns sometimes - I learned to live with it. >>>>> >>>>> My loans were paid off long ago, but I thought student loan forgiveness >>>>> was a great idea, and still do. One of the reasons this country lags in >>>>> education is that we make it hard to get one. It's why Musk wants to >>>>> keep the H1B program going, and convinced trump to make it so - couple >>>>> that with this asinine thought that the government shouldn't be involved >>>>> in education, and it's no wonder American companies need to have foreign >>>>> students. >>>>> >>>>> It's smacks of cutting off your nose to spite your face. >>>> >>>> Plumbers, truck drivers, and construction workers paying off college >>>> graduates' loans. Well of course..... >>> >>> Charge it to people that have hundreds of billions of dollars. >>> They probably won't even notice. >>> []'s >> >> They already pay most of the income taxes... and also, most of the >> wages. > The poor dears! Is there anything we can do to lighten their load? /s They're not complaining. It's people like you who complain. -- C'est bon Soloman