Re: politics

On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 09:15:48 -0800, erik simpson
<eastside.erik@gmail.com> wrote:

On 12/9/24 9:02 AM, jillery wrote:

On Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:34:40 +0000, Martin Harran
<martinharran@gmail.com> wrote:
 

On Mon, 09 Dec 2024 02:23:51 +0000, *Hemidactylus*
<ecphoric@allspamis.invalid> wrote:
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Martin Harran <martinharran@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:05:40 -0800, erik simpson
<eastside.erik@gmail.com> wrote:
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On 11/17/24 9:25 AM, Martin Harran wrote:

On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 08:13:43 -0800, erik simpson
<eastside.erik@gmail.com> wrote:
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I'd like to propose a moratorium on political posts, as they are
off-topic.  I see general agreement on the unsatisfactory state of
affairs here in the US, but for now there's little anybody can do about it.

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You'd prefer it to be essentially a Ron O blog?
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That's what it's pretty well been this last while :(
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Ron's been standing clear of electoral politics.  In fact, if he's the
most prolific poster, good for him.

 
Sorry, I meant to reply to this but it slipped by me.
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Just to be clear, I have no problem at all with Ron's posting on the
Dairy Flu - on the contrary, that is the sort of stuff that he excels
at and I find his contributions highly valuable even if focused mostly
on the USA as there will be an inevitable knock-on this side of the
Atlantic.
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My point was that recently, he has really been the only poster here …
unless you want to consider JTEM as a useful poster!
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Ron scares the shit out of me on a regular basis and for that I thank him.
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I don’t know if we’ve been able to rebound from the welcome demise of GG.
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I do miss more frequent input from Lawyer Daggett and Burkhard. I think
they had both used novaBBS as an alternative means.
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Ron Dean has returned. That’s gotta be better than JTEM, right?

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So has MarkE. Coincidence?
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One way or another, hopefully they will generate a bit more activity
than has been here since the end of GG.

 
 
You conflate smoke with substance.  Both MarkE and RDean are likely to
provide the latest rounds of deja vu all over again, where they repost
the same old arguments without acknowledging the answers they were
given before.  I suppose that's better than mindless trolls from J***
enablers, but not by much.
 

I concur.  MarkE is certainly recycling the same old.  Rdean has just
reappeared (and I'm glad to see his health issues are at least stable).
Given his past history he will probably repeat his arguments.  We'll see.

By activity, I don't mean just what *they* post, I include what is
posted by those who engage with them. I have learnt quite a bit over
the years from such engagements. YMMV