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Marti van Lin

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Feb 6, 2017, 11:35:14 PM2/6/17
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Dilbert creator Scott Adams announced in a blog post that he will stop
donating to this alma mater, UC Berkeley, in the aftermath of the riots
that erupted on campus last week in response to a scheduled event
featuring Breitbart editor MILO.

dams, who earned an MBA degree at UC Berkeley, announced that he is
terminating his support of the public institution over concerns that he
wouldn’t “feel safe or welcome on campus.”

Speaking of Hitler, I’m ending my support of UC Berkeley, where I
got my MBA years ago. I have been a big supporter lately, with both my
time and money, but that ends today. I wish them well, but I wouldn’t
feel safe or welcome on the campus. A Berkeley professor made that clear
to me recently. He seems smart, so I’ll take his word for it.

I’ve decided to side with the Jewish gay immigrant who has an
African-American boyfriend, not the hypnotized zombie-boys in black
masks who were clubbing people who hold different points of view. I feel
that’s reasonable, but I know many will disagree, and possibly try to
club me to death if I walk on campus.

Adams writes that a Berkeley professor “made it clear” to him that he
wouldn’t be welcome on campus due to his political beliefs.

In July 2016, Adams regularly placed a disclaimer at the bottom of his
blog posts which claimed that his endorsement of Hillary Clinton was
made out of concern for his personal safety.

Note: I endorsed Hillary Clinton – for my personal safety – because
I live in California. It isn’t safe to be viewed as a Trump supporter
where I live. My politics don’t align with either candidate, but backing
Clinton reduces my odds of dying at the hands of my fellow citizens.
(And yes, I am 100% serious. It just happens to be funny by coincidence.)

Adams frequently praised President Trump during his run for the White
House and was one of the few public figures who predicted his victory.

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LOL, "Democrats" being "Democratic" again :-D

http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2017/02/06/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-stop-donating-alma-mater-uc-berkeley/

https://tinyurl.com/zzq6ex5

Chris Ahlstrom

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Feb 7, 2017, 5:54:56 AM2/7/17
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Breitbart is k00k site.

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William Poaster

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Feb 7, 2017, 6:55:05 AM2/7/17
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On 7/2/2017 10:48 in comp.os.linux.advocacy, Chris Ahlstrom posted:

> Marti van Lin wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
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> Breitbart is k00k site.

Yes. Extreme right-wing.

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Silver Slimer

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Feb 7, 2017, 8:50:57 AM2/7/17
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A friend of my wife's lives in California now (in San Francisco) and
she said the same thing. Despite the fact that she and her husband are
conservatives, admitting it in public is likely to get you killed.
That's Democrats being the Communists we all know them to be. Scott
Adams has my respect for being honest (and for joining Gab).

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Peter Köhlmann

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Feb 7, 2017, 9:03:28 AM2/7/17
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Silver Slimer babbled:
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> A friend of my wife's lives in California now (in San Francisco) and
> she said the same thing. Despite the fact that she and her husband are
> conservatives, admitting it in public is likely to get you killed.

Idiot. People aren't as stupid as you need them to be to believe such
nonsense. You truly are a Snit

RonB

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Feb 7, 2017, 10:23:07 AM2/7/17
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On 2017-02-07, Chris Ahlstrom <OFee...@teleworm.us> wrote:
> Marti van Lin wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
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> Breitbart is k00k site.

Kind of like the right wing version of the Huffington Post?

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Snit

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On 2/7/17, 7:03 AM, in article o7ck02$v2h$1...@dont-email.me, "Peter Köhlmann"
My .sig is right again!

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They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.


Snit

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On 2/7/17, 3:48 AM, in article o7c8uf$j4s$1...@dont-email.me, "Chris Ahlstrom"
<OFee...@teleworm.us> wrote:

> Marti van Lin wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
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> Breitbart is k00k site.

Absolutely.

F. Russell

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Feb 7, 2017, 10:59:23 AM2/7/17
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On Tue, 07 Feb 2017 05:35:11 +0100, Marti van Lin wrote:

>
> not the hypnotized zombie-boys in black
> masks who were clubbing people who hold different points of view.
>

The intellectual giants who forged American democracy over 250 years
ago did not realize that their wonderful and bold creation would be
eventually destroyed by the mentally inferior, emasculated faggots
of the 21st century. This has to be the most pitiful moment in modern
history.

But to keep this theme on topic, we see a similar thing happening
with GNU/Linux. The generation that first forged this wonderful
OS has been supplanted by a horde of fools, headed by RedHat, Poettering,
and freedesktop.org, who, due to their shallowness and corruption, cannot
uphold the original ideals of FOSS.

Fuck Berkeley and fuck RedHat.

Silver Slimer

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Feb 7, 2017, 12:24:40 PM2/7/17
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Eat excrement, Peter. Unlike you, I tell the truth.

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Snit

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Feb 7, 2017, 12:26:28 PM2/7/17
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On 2/7/17, 10:24 AM, in article o7cvpc$hmh$1...@dont-email.me, "Silver Slimer"
<.m@nsn.s> wrote:

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> On 2017-02-07 9:03 AM, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>> Silver Slimer babbled:
>>>
>>> A friend of my wife's lives in California now (in San Francisco)
>>> and she said the same thing. Despite the fact that she and her
>>> husband are conservatives, admitting it in public is likely to
>>> get you killed.
>>
>> Idiot. People aren't as stupid as you need them to be to believe
>> such nonsense. You truly are a Snit
>
> Eat excrement, Peter. Unlike you, I tell the truth.

There are many conservatives in CA. They are not being killed left and
right.

Face it, your claim is absurd.

Silver Slimer

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On 2017-02-07 10:21 AM, RonB wrote:
> On 2017-02-07, Chris Ahlstrom <OFee...@teleworm.us> wrote:
>> Marti van Lin wrote this copyrighted missive and expects
>> royalties:
>>
>>>
>>
>> Breitbart is k00k site.
>
> Kind of like the right wing version of the Huffington Post?

So far, Breitbart gets things right a lot more than the Huffington
Post and the other socialist rags do. Personally, there is no room for
socialist garbage in life. They lie so easily and so repeatedly that
their credibility is already dead, not compromised.

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Snit

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On 2/7/17, 10:26 AM, in article o7cvtg$ibc$1...@dont-email.me, "Silver Slimer"
<.m@nsn.s> wrote:

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> On 2017-02-07 10:21 AM, RonB wrote:
>> On 2017-02-07, Chris Ahlstrom <OFee...@teleworm.us> wrote:
>>> Marti van Lin wrote this copyrighted missive and expects
>>> royalties:
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Breitbart is k00k site.
>>
>> Kind of like the right wing version of the Huffington Post?
>
> So far, Breitbart gets things right a lot more than the Huffington
> Post and the other socialist rags do.

I asked you to find ANY article on Breitbart you thought was well sources,
researched, and written.

You have failed to do so. You cannot.

This is a pretty accurate view of sources, though there is of course room
for debate:

<https://ecoeconfuture.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/news-quality.jpg>

> Personally, there is no room for socialist garbage in life.

So no socialism for the rich? No special entitlements for white,
heterosexual Christians the rest of the population has to socialized the
payments of.

> They lie so easily
> and so repeatedly that their credibility is already dead, not compromised.

Yet you believe sources like Breitbart, InfoWars, the World Weekly News, the
Onion, and the like.

Face it, you have no clue what is true and what is not, or whom to trust and
whom not to.

GreyCloud

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Feb 7, 2017, 1:04:14 PM2/7/17
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On 02/07/2017 08:21 AM, RonB wrote:
> On 2017-02-07, Chris Ahlstrom <OFee...@teleworm.us> wrote:
>> Marti van Lin wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>
>>>
>>
>> Breitbart is k00k site.
>
> Kind of like the right wing version of the Huffington Post?
>

So, he still believes in the pap that the main stream news pumps out
everyday? Amazing.

I stopped listening to them back in the late 60s.

GreyCloud

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Feb 7, 2017, 1:05:28 PM2/7/17
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Erm... in California, it is very close to the truth. They don't call it
the land of fruits and nuts for nothing.

GreyCloud

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Feb 7, 2017, 1:06:36 PM2/7/17
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I'd say, fuck the NEA.
They're the ones that engineered stupidity.

Snit

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On 2/7/17, 11:05 AM, in article o7d25r$s59$2...@dont-email.me, "GreyCloud"
There are millions of people in CA. Yes, it very much leans liberal (as do
most states which give far more to the federal government than they take)
but this does not mean there is a higher percentage of crimes against
conservatives -- at least not that I know of.

Can you show there is? I suspect not. Nor will Slimer.

What you will do instead, if anything, is try to find a few anecdotes and
then fail to understand why this does not back the claim.

Snit

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Feb 7, 2017, 2:17:53 PM2/7/17
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On 2/7/17, 11:04 AM, in article o7d23h$s59$1...@dont-email.me, "GreyCloud"
Still waiting for you or Slimer to find a single article from Breitbart
which is well sourced, honest, and well written.

I doubt you guys will ever find one. There are two challenges to overcome --
they have few such articles and you two are VERY bad at recognizing such
articles.

owl

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Feb 7, 2017, 4:27:25 PM2/7/17
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Snit <use...@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 2/7/17, 11:05 AM, in article o7d25r$s59$2...@dont-email.me, "GreyCloud"
> <Cum...@mist.com> wrote:
>
>> On 02/07/2017 07:03 AM, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>> Silver Slimer babbled:
>>>>
>>>> A friend of my wife's lives in California now (in San Francisco) and
>>>> she said the same thing. Despite the fact that she and her husband are
>>>> conservatives, admitting it in public is likely to get you killed.
>>>
>>> Idiot. People aren't as stupid as you need them to be to believe such
>>> nonsense. You truly are a Snit
>>>
>>
>> Erm... in California, it is very close to the truth. They don't call it
>> the land of fruits and nuts for nothing.
>>
>
> There are millions of people in CA. Yes, it very much leans liberal (as do
> most states which give far more to the federal government than they take)
> but this does not mean there is a higher percentage of crimes against
> conservatives -- at least not that I know of.
>
> Can you show there is? I suspect not. Nor will Slimer.
>
> What you will do instead, if anything, is try to find a few anecdotes and
> then fail to understand why this does not back the claim.
>

Yeah, a few thousand anecdotes don't mean anything.

Me Sham

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Feb 7, 2017, 4:38:03 PM2/7/17
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Good for him. An establishment that seemingly endorses violence and doesn't respect free speech shouldn't be supported financially.

Silver Slimer

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The disgusting moron still believes that we owe him statistics and
evidence even though most of us have the guy binned. There is no need
to "prove" anything that was told to me over dinner a few weeks ago by
my wife's friend and her husband. They live in San Francisco (planning
to move to Quebec strangely), are fearful to admit their political
affiliations and it is because they are verbally attacked for
expressing them. In some situations, they noticed people being shunned
or even physically assaulted if any evidence of support for Trump
emerged. Will they record this evidence with their phones? No. Do I
want them to? No. Does Comrade Snot deserves such evidence? No.

Go to San Francisco yourself and see it with your own eyes.


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Snit

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On 2/7/17, 3:17 PM, in article o7dgv9$mg8$1...@dont-email.me, "Silver Slimer"
<.m@nsn.s> wrote:

>>> There are millions of people in CA. Yes, it very much leans
>>> liberal (as do most states which give far more to the federal
>>> government than they take) but this does not mean there is a
>>> higher percentage of crimes against conservatives -- at least not
>>> that I know of.
>>>
>>> Can you show there is? I suspect not. Nor will Slimer.
>>>
>>> What you will do instead, if anything, is try to find a few
>>> anecdotes and then fail to understand why this does not back the
>>> claim.
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, a few thousand anecdotes don't mean anything.
>
> The disgusting moron still believes that we owe him statistics and
> evidence even though most of us have the guy binned.

You owe YOURSELF to try to back your claims. You own YOURSELF to try to
educate yourself.

It is not about owing me ANYTHING.

Remember: the world is NOT about me. NOT. Stop focusing your life around
what you think I am or am not or what I am or am not owed. It is insane.

Got it?

> There is no need to "prove" anything that was told to me over dinner a few
> weeks ago by my wife's friend and her husband.

The claim is that being a conservative in CA is a death sentence or
whatever. OK, unlike Sandman and Owl I shall not hold that in a literal
sense and call you a liar, but if you wish to push the idea that
conservatives have a higher risk there than elsewhere then show it.

A hand-picked anecdote is NOT evidence of the claim.

> They live in San Francisco (planning to move to Quebec strangely), are fearful
> to admit their political affiliations and it is because they are verbally
> attacked for expressing them.

What opinions? Ones where they, like you, demand special entitlements and to
turn the world into their safe place because they see themselves as special
little snowflakes?

If so then their SHOULD be a push back from society on such absurd
immaturity.

> In some situations, they noticed people being shunned or even physically
> assaulted if any evidence of support for Trump emerged. Will they record this
> evidence with their phones? No. Do I want them to? No. Does Comrade Snot
> deserves such evidence? No.
>
> Go to San Francisco yourself and see it with your own eyes.

Ah, so you no longer say it is the norm there, just that you have some
friends who claim it and it may or may not be true.

OK. I am OK with that.

Snit

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Feb 7, 2017, 5:42:10 PM2/7/17
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On 2/7/17, 2:27 PM, in article ahjxvo...@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
Well, in a vacuum they do not back the point that the risk is greater in one
area than another. I see where Slimer backed away from his claim and no
longer claims that merely speaking of being conservative is "likely to get
you killed" and is merely saying he has some conservative friends in CA who
whined about it.

On that, fine. Conservatives TEND to focus more on fear anyway, so the idea
that conservatives he knows do so is not surprising.

owl

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Feb 7, 2017, 5:52:27 PM2/7/17
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So you didn't see the violent Berkeley anti-free-speech riot.
You libtards are pushing for a bloodbath. I can't wait to watch
it go down.

DFS

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Feb 7, 2017, 6:11:36 PM2/7/17
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Linux: now with binary journals.

https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/journal-files/


Hope you lose a month's sleep over this, Feeb.



Snit

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On 2/7/17, 3:52 PM, in article azvu3...@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<o...@rooftop.invalid> wrote:

>>>> There are millions of people in CA. Yes, it very much leans liberal (as do
>>>> most states which give far more to the federal government than they take)
>>>> but this does not mean there is a higher percentage of crimes against
>>>> conservatives -- at least not that I know of.
>>>>
>>>> Can you show there is? I suspect not. Nor will Slimer.
>>>>
>>>> What you will do instead, if anything, is try to find a few anecdotes and
>>>> then fail to understand why this does not back the claim.
>>>
>>> Yeah, a few thousand anecdotes don't mean anything.
>>
>> Well, in a vacuum they do not back the point that the risk is greater in one
>> area than another. I see where Slimer backed away from his claim and no
>> longer claims that merely speaking of being conservative is "likely to get
>> you killed" and is merely saying he has some conservative friends in CA who
>> whined about it.
>>
>> On that, fine. Conservatives TEND to focus more on fear anyway, so the idea
>> that conservatives he knows do so is not surprising.
>
> So you didn't see the violent Berkeley anti-free-speech riot.

I did. I have also seen the comments from those who go to the school that
those who were rioting were not familiar to any of them -- so possibly sent
in from elsewhere. But even if not it is not support for the claim that
merely noting you are conservative leads to a higher risk in CA than it does
elsewhere.

Note, I am not saying it is not true -- it might be. The minority is often
at more risk than the majority... hence why we have hate crime laws and
others which seek to balance this, even if not perfectly (and they are not
perfect and are understandably controversial).

> You libtards are pushing for a bloodbath. I can't wait to watch
> it go down.

There absolutely has been a poor response to the threats from Trump and
others on the right. Agreed. And I do not back them in any way.

owl

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Snit <use...@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 2/7/17, 3:52 PM, in article azvu3...@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <o...@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>
>>>>> There are millions of people in CA. Yes, it very much leans liberal (as do
>>>>> most states which give far more to the federal government than they take)
>>>>> but this does not mean there is a higher percentage of crimes against
>>>>> conservatives -- at least not that I know of.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you show there is? I suspect not. Nor will Slimer.
>>>>>
>>>>> What you will do instead, if anything, is try to find a few anecdotes and
>>>>> then fail to understand why this does not back the claim.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, a few thousand anecdotes don't mean anything.
>>>
>>> Well, in a vacuum they do not back the point that the risk is greater in one
>>> area than another. I see where Slimer backed away from his claim and no
>>> longer claims that merely speaking of being conservative is "likely to get
>>> you killed" and is merely saying he has some conservative friends in CA who
>>> whined about it.
>>>
>>> On that, fine. Conservatives TEND to focus more on fear anyway, so the idea
>>> that conservatives he knows do so is not surprising.
>>
>> So you didn't see the violent Berkeley anti-free-speech riot.
>
> I did. I have also seen the comments from those who go to the school that
> those who were rioting were not familiar to any of them -- so possibly sent
> in from elsewhere.


How would they even know? The tards with the bats were wearing masks.


> But even if not it is not support for the claim that
> merely noting you are conservative leads to a higher risk in CA than it does
> elsewhere.
>
> Note, I am not saying it is not true -- it might be. The minority is often
> at more risk than the majority... hence why we have hate crime laws and
> others which seek to balance this, even if not perfectly (and they are not
> perfect and are understandably controversial).
>
>> You libtards are pushing for a bloodbath. I can't wait to watch
>> it go down.
>
> There absolutely has been a poor response to the threats from Trump and
> others on the right. Agreed. And I do not back them in any way.
>

I want to see some dead rioters.

owl

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Relf should get a job there.

Snit

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On 2/7/17, 4:40 PM, in article aixv3....@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
There were, apparently, quite a few people pushing for violence. But, again,
I am not claiming to know for sure one way or the other. Could be liberals
not wanting to accept their own act like the "other side" -- but some do. It
is a shame and does weaken the message.

>> But even if not it is not support for the claim that
>> merely noting you are conservative leads to a higher risk in CA than it does
>> elsewhere.
>>
>> Note, I am not saying it is not true -- it might be. The minority is often
>> at more risk than the majority... hence why we have hate crime laws and
>> others which seek to balance this, even if not perfectly (and they are not
>> perfect and are understandably controversial).
>>
>>> You libtards are pushing for a bloodbath. I can't wait to watch
>>> it go down.
>>
>> There absolutely has been a poor response to the threats from Trump and
>> others on the right. Agreed. And I do not back them in any way.
>
> I want to see some dead rioters.

I am OK with protests -- but not rioters. They should be held accountable.

Chris Ahlstrom

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RonB wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On 2017-02-07, Chris Ahlstrom <OFee...@teleworm.us> wrote:
>> Marti van Lin wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>
>> Breitbart is k00k site.
>
> Kind of like the right wing version of the Huffington Post?

I dunno, it seems a lot k00kier. But I'm not going to claim
to be an expert... my main method is, if it sounds goofy,
I'll ignore it. Obviously I might have my own biases as to
what constitutes "goofy". If it sounds surprising, it might
be false.

--
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.

Jeff-Relf.Me

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Feb 7, 2017, 9:10:58 PM2/7/17
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owl wrote:
> I want to see some dead rioters. 

January 20th, 2017, at Kane Hall, Univ. of Washington, Seattle,
I witnessed the aftermath of a trump supporter shooting
a Social Justice Warrior PointBlank with a hollow point.

" A protester a shot a man he thought was a 'white supremacist'
  during a protest outside a speech by Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos "

The supposed 'white supremacist' was a Bernie Sanders Supporter,
an anti-fascist with the International Workers of the World,
"resisting" the appearance of Milo Yiannopoulos.

The IWW has setup a crowd funding page to raise money for his medical costs.

http://www.dailywire.com/news/12708/protester-shot-outside-milo-event-shooter-thought-james-barrett

The left has ZeroTolerance for tobacco and other "wrong ideas".

Fake "Tolerance".

Silver Slimer

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The thing about conservatives is that when faced with conflict, we'll
fight it out. Progressives will either insult their way out of
conflict or talk it out. If 50% of the United States is punching or
shooting and the other is talking, I'll bet that the side punching and
shooting ends up victorious.


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Snit

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On 2/7/17, 7:11 PM, in article o7dule$vbc$1...@dont-email.me, "Silver Slimer"
<.m@nsn.s> wrote:

>>> Well, in a vacuum they do not back the point that the risk is
>>> greater in one area than another. I see where Slimer backed away
>>> from his claim and no longer claims that merely speaking of being
>>> conservative is "likely to get you killed" and is merely saying
>>> he has some conservative friends in CA who whined about it.
>>>
>>> On that, fine. Conservatives TEND to focus more on fear anyway,
>>> so the idea that conservatives he knows do so is not surprising.
>>>
>>
>> So you didn't see the violent Berkeley anti-free-speech riot. You
>> libtards are pushing for a bloodbath. I can't wait to watch it go
>> down.
>
> The thing about conservatives is that when faced with conflict, we'll
> fight it out.

Violence does seem the go-to solution of many conservatives.

> Progressives will either insult their way out of conflict or talk it out.

Some will use insults -- look at all the mocking of Trump's looks -- but
mostly it is about reason and logic. Progressives tend to look at more
sources, be more educated, and be open to new ideas.

> If 50% of the United States is punching or shooting and the other is talking,
> I'll bet that the side punching and shooting ends up victorious.

Might makes right... yes, I can see where a conservative would accept that
way of thinking more than a progressive.

owl

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Feb 8, 2017, 12:39:59 AM2/8/17
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Jeff, you're not as insane as I thought you were.
Nice pic.

Snit

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On 2/7/17, 7:10 PM, in article Jeff-R...@Feb.7--6.10P.Seattle.2017,
"Jeff-Relf.Me" <@.> wrote:

...
> The left has ZeroTolerance for tobacco and other "wrong ideas".

I did not realize you had been made spokesperson for "the left." When did
you get that title?

Jeff-Relf.Me

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You ( Michael Glasser ) replied ( to me ):
> > The left has ZeroTolerance for tobacco and other "wrong ideas".
> 
> I did not realize you had been made spokesperson for "the left." 
> When did you get that title?

In _your world, Leftist Mac owners can do no wrong.
In the _real world, the left is insanely anti-tobacco.

This guy smokes 12 cigars a day, sometimes more:
"109-Year-Old Veteran and His Secrets to Life", Feb 5, 2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXyfCGDnuWs

This smoker is 146 years old:
"146-year-old Indonesian is world’s oldest?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhbY2e3zdiw

Jeanne Calment, a smoker, lived to 122:
"How To Live Past 100 - Secrets To Longevity From 5 Centenarians":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hxfr5Tg7jY

Steve Carroll

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Steve Carroll

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On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 9:52:55 AM UTC-7, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
And this:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwdOEQJyUr0>

benj

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> Fake "Tolerance".
>
>
Progies hate diversity but berate all others for not embracing it.

Snit

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On 2/8/17, 2:57 PM, in article
589b9449$0$43818$c3e8da3$5e5e...@news.astraweb.com, "benj"
I personally prefer to have friends who are different than I am.

benj

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On 2/8/2017 5:05 PM, Snit wrote:
> On 2/8/17, 2:57 PM, in article
> 589b9449$0$43818$c3e8da3$5e5e...@news.astraweb.com, "benj"
> <be...@nobody.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2/7/2017 9:10 PM, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
>>> owl wrote:
>>>> I want to see some dead rioters.
>>>
>>> January 20th, 2017, at Kane Hall, Univ. of Washington, Seattle,
>>> I witnessed the aftermath of a trump supporter shooting
>>> a Social Justice Warrior PointBlank with a hollow point.
>>>
>>> " A protester a shot a man he thought was a 'white supremacist'
>>> during a protest outside a speech by Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos "
>>>
>>> The supposed 'white supremacist' was a Bernie Sanders Supporter,
>>> an anti-fascist with the International Workers of the World,
>>> "resisting" the appearance of Milo Yiannopoulos.
>>>
>>> The IWW has setup a crowd funding page to raise money for his medical costs.
>>>
>>> http://www.dailywire.com/news/12708/protester-shot-outside-milo-event-shooter
>>> -thought-james-barrett
>>>
>>> The left has ZeroTolerance for tobacco and other "wrong ideas".
>>>
>>> Fake "Tolerance".
>>>
>>>
>> Progies hate diversity but berate all others for not embracing it.
>
> I personally prefer to have friends who are different than I am.
>
Doubtful.

Snit

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On 2/8/17, 3:40 PM, in article
589b9e61$0$42576$b1db1813$2411...@news.astraweb.com, "benj"
Well, I do tend to look for some similarities... I value honesty and
integrity, things of which I am, but I am Ashkenazi, atheist, male, and
fairly progressive... and I have friends (or at least friendly
acquaintances) who are black, Asian, Hispanic, mixed race, Jewish,
Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Wiccan, female, conservative, of
different ages, etc.

I also seek out "ethnic" foods I have not tried (not easy in a small town).
I love foods from Ethiopia, India, Israel, Japan, China, and more. I also
use Linux, macOS, Windows. Bottom line: I like diversity and choice.

benj

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Feb 8, 2017, 8:04:19 PM2/8/17
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Friendly acquaintances is the word. So do you know how to dance Manjani
or play a djembe? How many asian languages do you speak. Do you
celebrate all Christian, Muslim, Buddist, Hindu, and Wiccan holidays
with your "friends"? Bet you don't try to convert them form their fairy
tale stories they call religion either. Speak Spanish? Own guns? What is
your Lesbian name. How many scientists, billionairs, militia members?
Ah so. And what does your BEST FRIEND look like? Bet he looks and acts a
lot like you.

> I also seek out "ethnic" foods I have not tried (not easy in a small town).
> I love foods from Ethiopia, India, Israel, Japan, China, and more. I also
> use Linux, macOS, Windows. Bottom line: I like diversity and choice.

Diversity in food is great. Especially to try. To eat daily may be
another thing. Anyway Diversity in OS doesn't count. They ALL suck.


Snit

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On 2/8/17, 6:04 PM, in article
589bc010$0$10594$c3e8da3$5d8f...@news.astraweb.com, "benj"
<be...@nobody.net> wrote:

...
>>>>> Progies hate diversity but berate all others for not embracing it.
>>>>
>>>> I personally prefer to have friends who are different than I am.
>>>>
>>> Doubtful.
>>
>> Well, I do tend to look for some similarities... I value honesty and
>> integrity, things of which I am, but I am Ashkenazi, atheist, male, and
>> fairly progressive... and I have friends (or at least friendly
>> acquaintances) who are black, Asian, Hispanic, mixed race, Jewish,
>> Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Wiccan, female, conservative, of
>> different ages, etc.
>
> Friendly acquaintances is the word. So do you know how to dance Manjani
> or play a djembe? How many asian languages do you speak. Do you
> celebrate all Christian, Muslim, Buddist, Hindu, and Wiccan holidays
> with your "friends"?

I do not dance, but my kids are both in a dance class where they are
learning dance from a foreign country (not going to give details -- I have
people who contact anyone they can find in my life).

I have been to religion ceremonies from multiple groups, including most of
the religions I list above (and Hare Krishna when I lived in Tucson). I have
also helped celebrate Kwanzaa with friends and have a Jewish family member
who was married to a Muslim and they had a ceremony mixing the two
traditions (their are actually a lot of similarities -- the Muslims break
pottery, Jews break a glass... this couple broke both).

> Bet you don't try to convert them form their fairy tale stories they call
> religion either.

Why would I try to covert them? I used to work at a camp for kids with
cancer where the staff was mostly Jewish and Mormon -- we had some very
interesting discussions but nobody tried to convert anyone else.

> Speak Spanish? Own guns? What is your Lesbian name.

I have plenty of friends who are gay or bisexual, at least one whom is
transgender, and one who rejects the idea of having a gender at all. I am OK
with that. I do not completely understand all their views but they do not
harm me at all.

> How many scientists, billionairs, militia members? Ah so. And what does your
> BEST FRIEND look like? Bet he looks and acts a lot like you.

Not sure whom I would consider my best friend... but I do have friends who
are scientists (including one who is quite conservative and at least
strongly questions climate change... so we have very different views, but I
deeply respect him as a person and am in awe of his skill set), etc.

But if the point is most of my friends have European ancestry that is
true... or at least they have partial and even mostly European ancestry.
Have friends who are mixed European / Native American and other mixes.

>> I also seek out "ethnic" foods I have not tried (not easy in a small town).
>> I love foods from Ethiopia, India, Israel, Japan, China, and more. I also
>> use Linux, macOS, Windows. Bottom line: I like diversity and choice.
>
> Diversity in food is great. Especially to try. To eat daily may be
> another thing.

Well, using last night as an example I had, home made, a dish inspired by
Pad Thai that I made (I have done better -- it was not great... but edible)
and a much better Indian dish from my wife. Oh, and my 11 year old daughter
made an Egyptian dessert. First time she made it and it was pretty good.

I also had a BLT yesterday... and I think that is about as American as you
get, so it is not like all my food is "foreign," but we do often experiment
and try recipes from other places (or recipes inspired by them -- we do
fiddle and make them for our own tastes and with the ingredients we can
easily find in our area). Still working on a good injera recipe... we have
tried a number and are not happy with them -- few have come close to what
they have in restaurants we have gone to.

I do not often post videos or the like on recipes, but my wife did recently
try printing a babka recipe from Linux: <https://youtu.be/c8R9y-rsEEc>.
There were all sorts of issues... when I posted you can hear the frustration
in my voice over it. Others in COLA tried to print it from Linux and most
found various problems (some major, others minor... just poor kerning and
the like).

Printing from macOS and Windows worked very well.

And the recipe turned out reasonably well -- tastes somewhat like cinnamon
buns but with chocolate.

> Anyway Diversity in OS doesn't count. They ALL suck.

LOL! I can accept that. :)
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