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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 04:35
Originally posted by npjnpj npjnpj wrote:

I've just seen the latest infection numbers in the US and seeing the Republican response across the red states being: open everything up, combined with unprotected indoor rallies by the president, I can't help but wonder if this isn't some revenge plot along the lines of: We know we'll lose the election, so we're going to make you infidels die. Like some sort of gigantic White House led culling of the unfaithful and faithful alike.

Chances are their supporters are more likely to die if they're the ones who are happier to dismiss any kind of rule and restraint.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 05:03
I get what you mean.

Even so, the republican governors are in possession of all facts, figures, and analases, and they still say COVID is on its way out, harmless, and it'll be down to zero soon, what conclusion is there left except that killing thousands of people regardless of their political leaning is intentional?

Using the economy as an excuse doesn't really cut it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 06:36
Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:


I saw a joke for this on-line...the "Settle for Biden" t-shirts.  Sadly, there really is way too much truth to that.  Out of 300 million people, how are these two individuals seriously the best we have to choose from for what is arguably the most important job in the world.  On one side you have a rabid fan base and on the other you have a rabid settling for someone else base.  

oh, you get it wrong. these t-shirts were planned to be used in Seattle and should have read "SEATTLE FOR BIDEN", but there is a typo in them. no-one noticed it when the t-shirt was created.

this is a well-known phenomenon called typoglycemia; you know what something written is supposed to mean, so you read it although it is spelled wrong.

there is a very famous example for this. there was some award to be given for the best poster for a theatrical production, and the committee gave it to the poster for a production of a play called "Spring Season". what no-one noticed was the fact that there was a mistake, and the poster did not read "SPRING SEASON" but "SRING SEASON"


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 07:24
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:


I saw a joke for this on-line...the "Settle for Biden" t-shirts.  Sadly, there really is way too much truth to that.  Out of 300 million people, how are these two individuals seriously the best we have to choose from for what is arguably the most important job in the world.  On one side you have a rabid fan base and on the other you have a rabid settling for someone else base.  

oh, you get it wrong. these t-shirts were planned to be used in Seattle and should have read "SEATTLE FOR BIDEN", but there is a typo in them. no-one noticed it when the t-shirt was created.

this is a well-known phenomenon called typoglycemia; you know what something written is supposed to mean, so you read it although it is spelled wrong.

there is a very famous example for this. there was some award to be given for the best poster for a theatrical production, and the committee gave it to the poster for a production of a play called "Spring Season". what no-one noticed was the fact that there was a mistake, and the poster did not read "SPRING SEASON" but "SRING SEASON"
This is my favorite:




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 08:00
^ LOL Yeah, only in America!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 10:44
Originally posted by npjnpj npjnpj wrote:

I've just seen the latest infection numbers in the US and seeing the Republican response across the red states being: open everything up, combined with unprotected indoor rallies by the president, I can't help but wonder if this isn't some revenge plot along the lines of: We know we'll lose the election, so we're going to make you infidels die. Like some sort of gigantic White House led culling of the unfaithful and faithful alike.
Have you seen the beaches in California, one of the biggest blue states in the country...Wide open.....Bring your kids, towels, sand buckets and stay awhile.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 11:30
Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by npjnpj npjnpj wrote:

I've just seen the latest infection numbers in the US and seeing the Republican response across the red states being: open everything up, combined with unprotected indoor rallies by the president, I can't help but wonder if this isn't some revenge plot along the lines of: We know we'll lose the election, so we're going to make you infidels die. Like some sort of gigantic White House led culling of the unfaithful and faithful alike.
Have you seen the beaches in California, one of the biggest blue states in the country...Wide open.....Bring your kids, towels, sand buckets and stay awhile.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 12:13
Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by npjnpj npjnpj wrote:

I've just seen the latest infection numbers in the US and seeing the Republican response across the red states being: open everything up, combined with unprotected indoor rallies by the president, I can't help but wonder if this isn't some revenge plot along the lines of: We know we'll lose the election, so we're going to make you infidels die. Like some sort of gigantic White House led culling of the unfaithful and faithful alike.


Have you seen the beaches in California, one of the biggest blue states in the country...Wide open.....Bring your kids, towels, sand buckets and stay awhile.
Gotta agree with Jose on this one, blaming the spread of corona on republicans is stretching things a bit. Trump's response has not been good, but he hardly represents the mindset of all republicans, particularly the moms.
Help the victims of the russian invasion:
http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28523&PID=130446&title=various-ways-you-can-help-ukraine#130446
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 13:40
Here's your daily Trump from my country. LOL

Ta-LOOk-J410u-Apw-Pup-U3zi-Q
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 13:52
Maybe that picture should be spread around the US, so his base will leave the US to go on a pilgrimage, and they can sit around the rock and idolize it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 13:58
Noooo, we have enough problems. I relate to Elrond, while he was saying:  "This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves. We do not have the strength to fight both Mordor and Isengard!"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 15:02
Originally posted by Shadowyzard Shadowyzard wrote:

Here's your daily Trump from my country. LOL

Ta-LOOk-J410u-Apw-Pup-U3zi-Q

there hardly is any similarity to Trump. nose, chin and lips are totally different. and the hair of the stone face makes me think of the wig of a judge


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 15:24
There is an obvious similarity there. Were you looking for identicality, instead?

How can the lips be "totally different", in the first place? The positioning of the lips are different, but I'm sure Trump can make his lips like that. LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 15:59
Originally posted by Shadowyzard Shadowyzard wrote:

There is an obvious similarity there. Were you looking for identicality, instead?

How can the lips be "totally different", in the first place? The positioning of the lips are different, but I'm sure Trump can make his lips like that. LOL

honestly, I don't see any other resemblance but the eyebrows


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 16:22
Pretty sure that's a generated or doctored image, but this looks real if not completely natural --

Moss Covered Natural Rock Face Shape Donald Trump — Stock Photo
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 16:52
One sees almost no resemblence while another thinks it is not "natural". Star

I don't think the image from Turkey is edited, as it is widely said that people go there to take selfies. Might the rock be shaped like that? Perhaps.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 17:35
pareidolia, a special type of apophenia, is a common phenomenon - the perception of a pattern in random images or sounds. this rock is generally seen as the image of Niobe whose many sons and daughters (the myth varies about their number, but most commonly there were 7 each) were killed by Apollo and Artemis because she (Niobe) said not Leto, who had only 2 children (Artemis and Apollo), should be worshiped but she instead. this angered the God and the Goddess, and so they killed her children one by one with arrows. Apollo killed the sons and Artemis the daughters. according to the myth Niobe turned to stone after this, with tears constantly running from her eyes




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2020 at 17:41
Originally posted by Shadowyzard Shadowyzard wrote:

One sees almost no resemblence while another thinks it is not "natural". Star

I don't think the image from Turkey is edited, as it is widely said that people go there to take selfies. Might the rock be shaped like that? Perhaps.

The green foliage perfectly imitating an eyebrow, the skin flaps around the eyes, Trump's bird nose, and Mussolini-like lower lip jutting out as Trump's often does.   I suspect it's fake, but hey at least it's funny.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 25 2020 at 07:07
Originally posted by Easy Money Easy Money wrote:

This is pretty damn funny too.
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