Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Covid, masks. Date: 18 Sep 2025 21:49:26 GMT Lines: 63 Message-ID: References: <108kv17$73g4$5@dont-email.me> <20250827165330.81eb46a2f8f86d5efb83f0c7@127.0.0.1> <108nnmo$t297$1@dont-email.me> <108q123$1g1ph$1@dont-email.me> <108q9ne$1ieq4$1@dont-email.me> <10a3pjn$egqn$1@dont-email.me> <10a4el4$km8l$2@dont-email.me> <10a5s8v$1360o$5@dont-email.me> <10a60uc$148fh$1@dont-email.me> <10a6r88$1d082$1@dont-email.me> <10a8gq3$261sn$1@news1.tnib.de> <63tnplx3sm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10adunn$33sb9$7@dont-email.me> <10afaam$3fo5e$1@dont-email.me> <10afkrt$3hppa$4@dont-email.me> <10aggkf$3nvbq$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net TJOd802j42+VHbebjrtGEQeWRsab0mkpqUgz/yiz8hejU7I4jI Cancel-Lock: sha1:6phAsRIQSIVwzUG3eTg9CaJq/wA= sha256:RFmiz1WqiUFCE6xVGmivuVWB+fgCZDIYhnRT6bAvN8c= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74508 On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:41:51 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 18/09/2025 05:19, rbowman wrote: >> On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 01:47:57 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> No one said Trump was Jesus reincarnated. >>> The issue for intelligent people is why so many people voted *against* >>> the Democrats. >> >> You have a better grasp on US politics than Bobbie. Not only were >> people voting against the Democrats, with Trump they were also voting >> against the old school Republicans. I did not vote for Bush Sr., >> McCain, or Romney. I did vote for Bush Jr, mostly against Al Gore, but >> after he invaded the wrong country that was a one time affair. I would >> not have voted for Cruz, >> Rubio, Jeb, Huckleberry, Fiorina, etc. >> >> Except for Chase Oliver, a bridge too far, I usually 'throw my vote >> away' on the Libertarian not that I have any love for the LP. >> >> To make a vulgar analogy when you're offered a plate of horse shit and >> a plate of cow shit it's hard to make a choice. >> > It has been my observation that politicians are adept at identifying > what people care about and promising to fix it, but are totally > unwilling or incapable of actually fixing it, and if by chance they do, > they are thrown out by their own parties for making everybody have to > *create* new problems to solve. > > Back in the 1970s men in makeup and frocks hanging round nightclubs were > just men in makeup and frocks hanging round nightclubs. > > Not a political movement. > > And the same for men who hung out around public toilets. > > And women who lived with female 'companions' > > No one cared, as long as it wasn't compulsory. In '71 I moved to Springfield MA for a new job. One evening I was making the rounds of the bars downtown, not being familiar with the city. I walked into one and ordered a whiskey and water. I was thirsty so I next ordered a beer. The bartender said 'Oh, you''re AC/DC' with a wink. I looked around more closely at the 'girls' and realized where I was. I finished my beer, tipped the bartender, and left. No harm, no foul. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CzrYXcXweI The Kinks were explicit. I was in Omaha NE setting up machinery when Lola was near the top of the charts. A DJ taking call in requests wouldn't play it, but that was Omaha. They prefer livestock. Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side' didn't make it as high on the charts but it also was about a subculture. As you said, nobody really cared too much. > > But now its the New Problem We Have To Solve, and Charlie Kirk got > murdered for it.