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    #16
    I know that WTF will have a hard time believing this but on the Internet are several psychological analysis questionnaires that end up ranking you on the political spectrum using a graph, usually a circle or square divided into four quadrants.
    http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/pol...trum-quiz.html
    https://www.politicalcompass.org/
    http://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/
    http://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/

    Of course, the way such quizes are formed says as much about the quiz maker as the results say for the quiz taker. Questions like "Who would you rather kill, your mother or your father?" and there are only two boxes, Mother and Father. No option to say "Neither" if your real feelings are that you love and appreciate both of them.

    The X axis is usually labeled "Left-Right", with Far Left on the left end and Far Right on the right end. The Y axis is labeled "Authoritarian-Libertarian", with pro gov being at the top and anti-gov spenders being on the bottom. I usually rank somewhere in the middle, slightly left of center on politics and slightly below center on gov. In other words, I am all in favor of giving someone a helping hand, for a time, not a permanent handout. And, I prefer that government minimize its presence in the day to day affairs of people and stop creating laws that make felonies of what used to be considered misdemeanors or annoyances. Sending a SWAT team to examine beer licenses or collect overdue book fines is too much government.
    "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
    – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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      #17
      Originally posted by oshunluvr View Post
      Vinny, I think it's actually"Republicant", lol.

      JGlen - +1 same here on both counts. KDE lover but some of the apps totally are not worth the trouble. Politically I label myself independent - meaning I prefer to make my own decisions not follow some dogma spewed out by demagogues. As far as I can tell, the Executive Branch is almost all demagogues these days. I can count those that are not, IMO, on one one hand.
      How many fingers?

      For me, maybe one. But it would be the pointer, next to the thumb

      Just sayin' ... for clarity!
      The next brick house on the left
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        #18
        IMHO

        the "flaming at Ubuntu forums" was a "hothouse" of the same mindeset which lead to "flaming" elsewhere in society.

        To a large extent, IMHO it is somewhat the same as when a woman says " all I wanted was for him to nod and understand and give me a hug...but he had to try to FIX IT!'

        And...

        HILLBILLY...

        "Bigger the boys the bigger the toys"...only for people who sneer at "bassboats" ... their toy is shoving their thumbs in the eye of ANYBODY that they perceive as being "not me".

        We no longer have a society in which... as the Brits did it...debated "resolved... ( some thing ) "... and people debated and then shook hands and went to Fleet Street to stand at a stand bar and lift a glass of "Chateau Fleet Street".

        it is...

        all gone...

        woodsmoke

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          #19
          It has become impossible to have a discussion on almost any Internet forum without it degrading into ad hominem attacks and invocations of Hitler. People can no longer disagree without being disagreeable. That's why I've deleted my accounts on all social and political web sites. A Russian psychologist predicted that by 2010 the US would disintegrate into five or six regions.
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          He may have missed it by ten years.

          However, I'm an optimist and I think the extremes will lose in this current unrest.
          "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
          – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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            #20
            Well, at least I get to be European...

            Please Read Me

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              #21
              He's wrong. California will split into North California and South California. Washington and Oregon will form their own Socialist State and immediately declare war on fascists Central North America. See, it's easy to make wild predictions. Luckily, we don't live in Ancient Israel. They stoned false prophets!
              "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
              – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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                #22
                Originally posted by GreyGeek View Post
                He's wrong. California will split into North California and South California. Washington and Oregon will form their own Socialist State and immediately declare war on fascists Central North America. See, it's easy to make wild predictions. Luckily, we don't live in Ancient Israel. They stoned false prophets!
                I agree with that assessment on all points! 28 years in So Cal was enough. Nice to be in a small-ish town on the NC coast after life in Lost Angeles.
                Last edited by oshunluvr; Aug 23, 2017, 03:40 PM.

                Please Read Me

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                  #23
                  Originally posted by GreyGeek View Post
                  He's wrong. California will split into North California and South California. Washington and Oregon will form their own Socialist State and immediately declare war on fascists Central North America. See, it's easy to make wild predictions. Luckily, we don't live in Ancient Israel. They stoned false prophets!
                  I think maybe the false prophets are already stoned.
                  If you think Education is expensive, try ignorance.

                  The difference between genius and stupidity is genius has limits.

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                    #24
                    Originally posted by SpecialEd View Post
                    I think maybe the false prophets are already stoned.
                    Indeed! Especially in California and Colorado!

                    People are driving down I80 to Colorado to buy pot, and when they return the same way the Highway Patrol is waiting for them because Pot is illegal in Nebraska. The ones they catch are the ones too stoned to drive right or take care of their vehicle. A missing light, muddy license plate, broken glass, speeding, weaving in and out of traffic haphazardly, and about every other stupid way to drive you can think of. They literally have signs on their cars saying "we're smoking pot!" The pot gets confiscated. Their car is impounded and usually sold to pay fines. The money in their possession and in their debit accounts get confiscated (trafficking), etc...., because they usually buy enough to last them all year, or they are trafficking. All the evils of the "guilty money" justification in the RICO Law is applied.
                    "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
                    – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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                      #25
                      There is an unavoidable fact that unites this nation, and no "Russian" psychologist can possibly understand it. Every state is clearly inferior, except the one you live in!
                      The next brick house on the left
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                        #26
                        Originally posted by GreyGeek View Post
                        Indeed! Especially in California and Colorado!...
                        There used to be something like that near me but I don't think it's as much of a thing anymore. Back a decade or so ago when New Yorkers would drive to Miami, buy lots of coke then drive back to NY, they would pass through Delaware on I95, but when they crossed the Delaware Memorial Bridge, connecting Delaware with New Jersey, they would run into problems. Apparently once they crossed the river into NJ they must have felt as if they were just about home and relax their guard, maybe dipping into the stash or whatever. The Jersey State Troopers made so many arrests on a stretch of interstate just over the river and state line into Jersey that it was referred to as Cocaine Alley.
                        If you think Education is expensive, try ignorance.

                        The difference between genius and stupidity is genius has limits.

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                          #27
                          to try to pull this thread back onto the topic...

                          STILL NO DEVS have explained WHY IT IS that Kontact can't "do it" and Tbird can...

                          uh oh...

                          at least my girlfriends said I could do it.

                          before they ran off to chase the U.S. obsession on Clint Eastwood.

                          wood...



                          smoke

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                            #28
                            Too late, Woody!
                            "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
                            – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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                              #29
                              Originally posted by woodsmoke View Post
                              to try to pull this thread back onto the topic...

                              STILL NO DEVS have explained WHY IT IS that Kontact can't "do it" and Tbird can...

                              uh oh...

                              at least my girlfriends said I could do it.

                              before they ran off to chase the U.S. obsession on Clint Eastwood.

                              wood...

                              smoke
                              Topic? Topic? We don't need no stinkin' topic.

                              Stream of consciousness is cool ...
                              The next brick house on the left
                              Intel i7 11th Gen | 16GB | 1TB | KDE Plasma 5.27.11​| Kubuntu 24.04 | 6.8.0-31-generic



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