What’s really rich (besides bezos) is that you don’t hear any of the bleeding heart, leftist environmentalists screaming about all the fuel burned by this joy ride. They want to regulate cow farts but it’s fine to expel all those dangerous carbon emissions as long as it’s by a billionaire who donates to their platform. Double standard much???……. |
@mikeydred Agreed. Don’t need to add insult to injury. |
mikeydred shows his ignorance touting Bezos as a member of the DNC because he gave $100 million to Jose Andres and Van Jones to give to charities they felt could help out with hunger, poverty and education, which doesn't make them the DNC. It was meant to completely side step such bureaucracies. Most likely, the recipients will be in dirt poor red states who rely on welfare from the rest of us. Bezos' first political donation was in 2018 when he gave $10 million to With Honor, a PAC for getting vets involved in politics. Right wing news sources are the poster child of gossiping fish wives. They never get it right. All the best, Nonoise |
I see what you did there.....cherry picked two of Bezos’ lesser political donations (van Jones....yeah, nothing political about that former Obama political advisor.......lol) and tried to make it seem as if those were Bezos’ only donations......sheesh. If I wasn’t mistaken, it’s almost as if you are mounting the "Otter defense" from Animal House ("I’m not gonna stand by and let you denigrate ’vets and apple pie’"). As predicted, when push came to shove and despite all your attempts at misdirection above, you eventually would default towards the owner of the DNC enabling Washington Post and his millions. |
well, what started out as a fun read soon ended up in the toilet, thanks to the usual suspects. From afar, it seems that anyone can still be the prez of the US. As long as you have billion dollar backing and no morals. You guys have Democrats and Republicans. We have Liberals and Labor. For both countries the choice comes down to - what do I want to suffer from for the next 3 years, ticks or fleas? The Bezos jaunt was all about, imo, getting a satellite up there for either an internet offer or drone delivery control. Or both. |
According to the numbers, (supposedly 81 million votes), Joe Biden is the single most popular human being who ever lived. Rotflmao. Let’s be real. Everyone knows that Joe simply doesn’t have the mental capacity to last another 3 1/2 years. His attempt to try to resemble a man with some degree of cognitive ability and mental acuity is embarrassing and quite frankly sad to watch. That leaves us cackling Kamela. The awkward laughs and verbal diarrhea coming out of her mouth every time she speaks makes her highly undesirable and very unpopular amongst the people. Even the Left know that it would be nearly impossible for them to pull off a theft in 2024 with her at the top of the ticket. |
It’s one thing to stand down to a 200lbs street fighter. It makes a lot of sense. Been there. Done that. To equate that with an online jerk and troll is kinda misleading. I’ve been here for years and just got sick and tired of all the BS that passed for wit and just simply answered back with some of my own. (A lot better by the way...ask around) Then it was break out the fainting couches and clutch your pearls! My god, he’s talking back! If you don’t feel comfortable confronting a troll online, maybe knitting is your next move. I had a Nazi biker (a Vago) move in next door to my dads and had a pushing contest with the creep. As a kid, the guy down the street that I used to play with grew up to be the president of the Lynchmen- 4 Corners, back in the San Fernando Valley. They’d drag victims to death with their cars. Students that transferred to my high school were stabbed in the main office while registering. When the coaches tried to stop a fight, the students would stuff them under the lunch tables and continue fighting. This was with all white dudes. You were either a surfer, a greaser or a lowrider. I was neither but happened to live down the street by some lowriders so they had my back. I’m not saying I’m a badass. Far from it. I’m small in stature and never really fought anyone but my brothers. But to put up with this juvenile crap is tiring. Tell you what, the next time some jerk post his crap, say something. You’ll feel a lot better for it and the more they hear it, the odds are they’ll shut up and stick to audio. And, by the way, if any of these jerks were to meet the people I described, they’d clam up, look down, and not say a word. All the best, Nonoise |
😏...well, consider that it took Jeff longer to 'get it up' than Elon... ...and SpaceX way bigger, too....;) Oh, pardon. Size doesn't matter.... Another great demonstration of 'money doesn't talk, it swears'... Nonoise, I can identify with your HS 'experience' except for my school was extremely lame. Had the 3 'social groups' mentioned plus the 'jocks' who'd swagger about but could only win one football game. And generally only in the start of the season.... 'Interesting trivia', discovered later: -Head cheerleader liked to do so on LSD -Quiet bookish guy that many disparaged was the school dealer of same. -In my drafting class, one idiot attacked another with a T-square. -Another (same class) managed to spill an entire gallon of ammonia while trying to refill the blueprint processor...took a week to kill the stench.. -One talented individual made a really nice aluminum battleax in metalshop...polished blade, knurled handle, all on the sly/discrete... Then was idiot enuff to show off the results on campus in broad daylight, when it was confiscated and he was expelled.... 'Course, this was in Long Beach vs. San Fran Valley....'Iowa by the Sea' had different smog levels so we could only see the 'mountains' betwixt only after a good rain... The principal chided the families during graduation for cheering their kids' name being called (thankful no doubt that Teddy actually got the rag before being sent off to 'Nam...perhaps to return 'schooled' in a real bloodsport and subject to nightscreams....) Luckily 4F by a fluke and a surgeon with 5 sons and allowed to seek a different path in life.... Any traumas, tribulations, trials, and any abject stupidity I've had to deal with have been my own and not by that of others... Had a work mate once comment that I was 'the sanest person he knew or known of...' "You don't know many people, do you?" (1st comment) On consideration, "Cancel that...you know enough already..." *sigh, chuckle* |
Some people never learn. They even go so far as to think this site is their safe place, where they can say the most ugly and ridiculous things and not account for the offense they give. Trembling little snowflakes who want to censor everyone who'd dare disagree with them and project those shortcomings onto others. This is not your safe place. It's shared by all. Let that sink in. All the best, Nonoise |
Just read the book 'Fantasyland' by Kurt Andersen....that should be required reading for Devilboy. Bezos is the poster-child for everything that's wrong with corporate power/influence, but there's no doubt he's brilliant. Amazon employees (all employees, actually) need to be treated as flesh and blood humans, not programmable automatons. Private space travel will have great appeal until the first fatal accident - if NASA wasn't immune to those, the private sector probably won't be either. |
Self-praise is no recommendation nonoise. Yeah, we get it. You're so tough you probably rust. A legend in your own mind. The older you get the better you were. This is not a safe place, I know that. Is any online forum a safe place from smug self-promoters? Sadly, no. I'd wager that there are far more people who have joined and left this site due to the smarmy snarking and sniping that goes on, than are still members. That's a shame. I'm here to learn and maybe contribute something worthwhile, which is rare as there are way more learned contributors than me on here. You're just not one of them. |
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@nonoise , Please stop the hate . I was the person that lived the life of turbulence . In the 80’s I was 6’1” and 230 lbs., took performance enhancing drugs and used stimulants and pain killers to help me go . I took a law enforcement job, and became an instructor. I taught baton, weaponless defense, chemical agents , taser. I am proficient in edged weapons and small arms , including class III. I’ve ridden Harleys since 74’ and I still ride . I’ve been in more fights than I can remember . Today I am 6 years retired having received multiple concussions, 4 fractured vertebrae, 2 ribs , torn tendons in my hand and foot . I had a total right hip replacement. Today I have 4 herniated discs and stenosis. I am in chronic pain , and have a PTSD diagnosis that is recognized by my former employer. Today I’ve done years of counseling, have 30 years clean and sober and employ a therapy dog . You continue to insult people with terms like “ Snowflake “,Idiot and “ Nazi “. You have made veiled accusations numerous times in other threads including hinting that someone behaved like a child molester . My joys in life today are my dog, my bicycle , and my stereo . Most days I can only stand for a few hours and walk no more than a few blocks . But I can ride my bicycle for hours and listen to my stereo . So this site is linked to one of my few pleasures and you and your kind fill it with politics and hate . All your discord is done via a computer. I’ve fought with people that are on death row at San Quinton and doing long stretches in CDC and Federal Prisons . I didn’t get this broken by watching others like you did . In prison there are people that talk smack through the bars. They’re called “ Window Warriors “. I did all the dirty stuff for “ The Good Guys “. But now I’m 64 years old , worn out , and just want to hear positive stuff . So please stop the Bravado and Hate . And what does “ All the Best “ mean after you blast someone? Mike B , |
@ianrodger, My god, you’re obtuse. Did you actually read what I wrote, or did the shame you felt compel you to be so stupid in your response? I’m no badass. Just grew up in a great part of the San Fernando Valley where posers need not apply. Practically 100% white boy on white boy crime. No minorities to blame, no lost cause to fight for. Conversations like these on this thread would never have happened. Our dads actually went to a real war (WWII) so we grew up with that mentality. Don't forget it was some jerk who said I wouldn't say what I say if face to face, implying cowardice. What I related is the fact that that's not the case. You are you generationally removed, with no appreciation for the past. Like I said, conversations like this wouldn’t last 5 seconds with all the winter soldiers we have here. We didn’t have Proud Butt Bois, 3% low IQ, or Oat Keepers doing their cosplay thing. We didn’t have posers. We didn’t try to "own" anyone, nor would have even tried. We wouldn’t have posted (if possible back then) the BS that passes for sport, here. Different breed. Higher standards. Funny how you can take exception to what I say which is only in response to the right wing BS thrown my way. I say funny, because I don’t see you assailing them for their sins, which leaves one to think where you stand. How’s that for noise, Capt. Fly by Night? @bullrder, Can you do me a favor and stop all the hate, yourself. You post seems to show that, like ianrodger and others, you're perfectly fine with all the hate from the right side of the aisle and only get upset when I respond. Why the double standard? This has been going on for years here on A'gon and it's strange how all the hate from those characters have never been challenged by you, as far as I can tell. If wrong, please point out to me where you've told them to pipe down and cool it. As for name calling, I'v been called a traitor, a commie, a socialist, an enemy of this country, evil, you name it. Surely you've noticed but yet remained silent. Thanks so much for that. Like you, I'm all for love, peace and harmony (like in that Smiths song) which is why I respond the way I do, or didn't you notice that? What I say or mention combats hate and violence, which should be fairly easy for anyone to see. All the best, Nonoise |
@nonoise , I registered as a Democrat in 1975 when I turned 18. I’m not “ On A Side “. I was a Union member at 16. I get a union pension , a law enforcement pension and social security. I’m living off Democratic provided money . I think California taxes are high , but I’m free to move away . You missed my point . But I guess I’m just wasting my time . Let’s try something constructive, I like classic Rock , what do you enjoy listening to ? Yes I’m being serious. I love you and you can’t do anything about it . ❤️ |
@buellrider97, I didn't miss anything and directly addressed you points, but so be it. As for classic rock, I'm not that big a fan anymore. Used to love some of it ( The Doors, The Who, Rolling Stones) but I was into ELP before I liked the Beatles. ELP, Yes and King Crimson led to Walter Carlos and that soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange, which led to classical. That led to jazz like Weather Report (saw them at the Roxy, right up front, in Jaco Pastorios' face), and then back to stuff like Gentle Giant, Genesis and others. Next thing you know it's The Cure, The Clash, the Punk scene and then mostly nothing. For the past decade, or so, it's been European jazz, world music and strangely, pop music like Billie Eilish (who I find very amusing and talented). Oh, and I can't forget a favorite fallback, movie soundtracks. I feel better now. Thanks for the diversion. All the best, Nonoise |
Thanks , I’ll have to check out your Jazz selections. I went to the origins of rock next . I listened to everything on the Aligator label . I grew up playing piano and enjoyed King Crimson and ELP . I really enjoyed John Lord in Deep Purple . My brother also grew up with classic rock playing guitar and drums . He gravitated towards drummers like Gene Krupa . So I get an ear full of his stuff . I had Coffee a few years back with the gentleman who founded Sound Stage , he was a tunnel rat in Vietnam. He shared a bunch of his experiences from SF in the 60’s , it was great . He told me music saved his life by keeping him grounded and restoring his sanity . That’s what music does for me . BTW I went to a high school in Fresno that was rough like yours . Those WW II people were the best America ever had . |
