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Fla2025
The Dick from the Internet Jason, admitted yesterday for the first time that tariffs don’t necessarily get passed on to consumers, just like I’ve been saying for weeks, and he incredulously claimed that “no one” ever said that they necessarily did, after repeatedly stating that the tariffs will impact prices. Here is the relevant part of his comment –
I said the tariffs don’t always get passed on to consumers.
He disagrees?
We can leave it at that
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Now Jason, the HHR self acknowledged Dick from the Internet, admits prices “don’t necessarily get passed on to consumers”, like I have said numerous times, exporters do at times “eat” tariffs when they don’t pass them on to consumers , and tariffs are not necessarily a tax on consumers because they don’t always get passed on. Wow. This is classic Dick from the Internet conduct. Way to go Jason! You are that guy in the comic strips! Everyone knows you! What a stupid Dick.
Bitter says…..”Washington and Churchill demanded and received more military aid than Zelensky but only Zelensky is a grifter.”
Bitter, my understanding is that Zelenskyy is called a grifter because some portion of the money ends up not being used for the war effort. I don’t recall the same being said of Washington and Churchill.
Chicon – LOl! Totally. As Jan mentioned previously though, it’s uncanny how closely our Dick resembles the Dick from the cartoon. I guess there are many classic Dicks out there on message boards doing the same things
That above poll has leftists heads exploding. They’ve thrown the kitchen sink at Trump and he’s still popular
LOl! Bitter is tweaked. I give it a 4 out of 10 as a Tina parody. Needs more creativity. Maybe throw in a few nicknames going forward bitter to improve your score
MS is dumping the peacock symbol because Zelenskyy took it over so he can prance into the WH and act important, probably wearing a suit of some sorts. I can’t believe, though, Trump would mire the US down in some kind of “guarantees” on behalf of Ukraine – something the EU alone should be doing.
Hi Tina. They’re out until September 1. However Thune is reconstituting it intermittently to prevent Trump from making recess appointments. The last time he reconvened was Thursday July 31st.
BTW, ahead of this meeting today Zelenskyy has given a “NO,” to ceding any land already occupied by Russia. He says it’s “against the Ukrainian constitution” to do so.
I wonder if Thune could backtrack and cancel the Senate schedule he created to prevent recess appointments? It would be great if he did this to assist the flow of nominees to become a part of the administration workforce.
Jan won’t be happy until Ukraine is fully occupied and Zelensky is dead. She should just say it.
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Bitter your post was in response to Jan merely posting that Zelensky is a “no” on ceding any land already occupied by Russia. How does this make anyone “unhappy until Zelensky is dead’? A bit extreme and absolutist, no?
Bitter, make your responses based on what people say not on your rearrangement of their words and meaning. No one here has been on Putin’s side – NO ONE! However, some, like me, no longer see Zelenskyy as a leader serving the people appropriately – rather he seems more self-serving in keeping his non-presidency as alive as possible. The Ukrainian people (69% of them) no longer approve of him.
Jan, I think Bitter may be turning into a mini Dick from the internet. He seems to regularly misinterpret what you write and draws extreme conclusions from your comments, in order to argue against those extreme misinterpreted conclusions. Very Dick like.
The war never started. Biden was demented and said a limited incursion by Pooty poot was ok. But before that, he stupidly encouraged Nato membership Those are facts. Sure, he tried to walk the limited incursion comment back, but he said what he said.
Tina wrote – I wonder if Thune could backtrack and cancel the Senate schedule he created to prevent recess appointments? It would be great if he did this to assist the flow of nominees to become a part of the administration workforce
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There is nothing in the Senate Rules preventing him from doing this. The fact that he doesn’t implies a lot .
Absurd lie from Jan. She has opposed US military aid to Ukraine since the first day of the invasion. She has opposed Zelensky since before the war. She has advocated for “deals” that are nothing more than Putin’s wish list.
LOL! Bitter is upset and angry now, LOl! So asking you a reasonable question concerning your extreme reaction to Jan’s factual post is Douche-like in Bitter world – got it. Don’t ask bitter a sincere question and definitely don’t use the word retar&ed on HHR phoenix according to Bitter Rules, LOL!
Fla, in Bitter’s mind…..not supporting endless US aid to Ukraine = supporting Putin. Of course, this is not true, so Bitter is either dumb or being disingenuous. I know he’s not dumb.
Bitter wrote – I let you post here. Save the comments on how much HHR sucks because of me.
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Seriously? Are you a legit lawyer? I’ve never seen one draw such incorrect inferences. Where does my comment remotely state or imply that “HHR Sucks”? Do you misinterpret issues and documents like this for your purported clients? You certainly wouldn’t have been able to work for me very long.
lol! More bullshit from Bitter. I never made a “lengthy list” of what you are doing wrong. I asked you a question, which you didn’t answer. How did Jan’s factual statement equate to wanting Zelensky dead? Moreover, nothing I said remotely equates to me stating or implying “HHR Sucks”.
Not having you as a lawyer is not avoid in my life because I would never let one who regularly draws such blatantly incorrect inferences and misinterprets written language work under me very long . You’d be very quickly dismissed. Sadly, your purported 34 years of successful and competent litigation experience is nowhere reflected in anything here that I’ve ever read. Hey, but maybe one day you’ll surprise me. Haven’t seen it yet.
1.2 million Ukrainians dead because fat flob boris Johnson blew up the peace deal for western intelligence at the last moment telling Z he could defeat Russia
bitter wrote – To be correct, it is 32 years as an attorney. I would not accept you as a client
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Well that works since you and your little firm wouldn’t even make it through the front door. The firms that I dealt with would never accept you , not even in your current “of counsel” role with you paying them for office space , LOL!
Bitter why don’t you address, or at least acknowledge, recent polling showing an enormous majority wanting a negotiated end to this war? Why can’t you recognize how fatigued the Ukrainian people are fighting? Is it only Zelenskyy’s interest you want protected, and no one else?
Why are you a pathological liar, Bitter? I’ve never said I “hated” Zelenskyy. I think, however, he is an incompetent president who has evolved into a dictator of sorts – similar to Putin in how he has imprisoned adversaries, banned the free press, arbitrarily kidnaps people to fight the war, banned some churches, and has overstayed his legitimate term as president.
Jan, don’t even bother. He said he thinks you have a “pathological hatred” of Zelensky. Of course, nothing you posted since I’ve been here remotely reflects that, but shitty local attorneys often draw incorrect inferences and misread things. Either that or he still has some weird bias against women like you and Tina. Who knows and who cares.
Jan seems to think that people being tired of war is unique to Ukraine. America 1775-1781 before Yorktown. War of 1812. Civil War, etc. Even the eventual winners were worn down.
Not “stalking” anyone Bitter. Just pointing out that they wouldn’t associate with you in any capacity. But why beat a dead horse. You and I would never work together in any capacity , based on your response and mine. Works for me.
Bitter, 90+% of Republicans support Trump. Why would you be surprised that a message board largely populated by Republicans also largely supports Trump?
Jan seems to think that people being tired of war is unique to Ukraine.
When was that ever said or inferred by anyone here @ HHR? It’s ironic because you are offended when Tina posts her free passer comments. And, yet your retorts are far more off base than her’s. A little hypocritical Bitter! Furthermore, “war is Hell” is a well known description of war thru the ages, something Ukraine has been finding out for over three years, with the majority wanting it to end.
IT’S OFFICIAL: None of the European leaders today complained President Trump rolled out the “red carpet” for Putin. All they did was praise him. The media was wrong, again.
🚨 OMG…the Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni's reaction is *PRICELESS* as Germany Chancellor Merz is lecturing Trump that he needs to go to a ceasefire with Putin instead of a full peace deal.
She just keeps rolling her eyes 🤣😭 the plan was NOT to do a ceasefire. Trump… pic.twitter.com/9fF72oB0U4
After Bridge today (and then a stop by the dentist office for scheduled cleaning) I went to find my cigars. In buy them in boxes containing 25. I buy one box of Black and Mild original and one box of Black and Mild sweets. I was getting them for 89 cents each (special pre priced), but now I can find them for 99 cents each (special pre priced)–but REGULAR price of the originals is either $1.39 or higher.
Clerk at 7-11 gives me one box of sweets. I ask about the box of originals– I can clearly see an opened full box on the shelf (some people come in and buy one or 4 or 5 whatever.
Clerk says “we have a full box on the shelf there, but we cannot sell you the whole box, because that is all we have at that 99 cent price.” How many can I have? “How many you want” I said 15? and she gave me 15.
I HAVE NEVER heard of a customer NOT being allowed to buy any and all of what was offered by a store on the shelf.
I think I have a lawsuit….Any HHR lawyers want to handle my case?
At bridge today, I about caused the other 3 at the table to mess their drawers.
There are 13 tricks. When you bid (anywhere from bidding 1 to bring 7), you are saying you think you can take six tricks PLUS whatever you bid. If you bid 3, they you have to take 6 +3 tricks, total of 9 of the 13 tricks.
My partner opened with 1 club, next person passed and I bid 6 no trump. HIGHLY unusual jump shift.
I made the bid. Took all tricks but the last one. Got 500 bonus points for bidding and making a small slam (large slam is bidding 7 and saying you are going to take all 13 tricks.
Rest of the day at bridge was far from successful….
Wife comes home sometime around noor or 1 p.m. When I got home this afternoon…piddling around wife says she saw the cat out on the deck when she got home mid day and let it in. Asks me why I let the cat out this morning. I say I did not do that.
Come to find out, outside door to the finished basement was wide open all day. And the cat was again out in the yard..
WE checked valuables and determined we were not burglared.
Wife says she probably forgot to close the door when she went out this morning to empty the dehumidifier.
I am FOREVER closing doors (interior and exterior) and cabinet doors and drawers that wife leaves ajar and just does not close after she uses.
My (late) friend Don who suddenly took ill, was hospitalized, then to Hospice and died that day, back in January..
Now his WIFE is in the hospital.
Seems she fell twice at home in 2 days. She is unsteady on her feet. Has a cane. Has gone to stores but left cane in car and then has fallen.
Seems she also has not been taking her meds as prescribed–some in morning, some at noon and some in evening–she just decided to take all 12 pills before when goes to bed at night. College graduate. Dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to common sense and taking care of herself.
“How much money per point, Retlaw or is this just a social thing?”
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Fla,
Everybody (8 of us) puts a dollar in the pot at beginning of the day.
We keep tally of the individual bridge scores during the day.
We also have to put in 2 cents into a separate pot for each TRICK we go down and fail to make the bid. The two set pots for the two tables usually have anywhere from 75 cents to $l.50. For example, if you go down 3 tricks, that pair of players owe 6 cents each. If the bid was doubled, you have to put in 12 cents each.
Whoever has the best individual bridge score for the whole day gets $5 out of the $8 pot and whoever has the next best individual score gets $3.
Best score is usually around 4400 to 5600. Worst score can be only 1000 or so.
Usually, whoever has the WORST individual score gets the all the pennies in both set pots.
Walt – I am sorry to hear about your friend. Was she always like this or did she become more clumsy/forgetful since her husband died? What kind of medicine? Is it possible that the accidental taking of 12 pills was intentional?
retllaw, losing one’s life mate can make a person not too interested in life anymore. Common sense etc. just isn’t a priority anymore. I saw this type of syndrome when I worked in geriatrics for a short time.
Financial Times is reporting Zelenskyy wants Russia’s frozen assets and another $300 billion as compensation for the war. Then there is the matter of “security guarantees.” Zelenskyy also came with a hand out asking for more money from “the coalition of the willing” to pay for Ukrainian pensions and salaries. I guess he just wants the US to open up their bank accounts and give whatever is asked for.
Her husband was the VERY dominant spouse. HE made all the financial, investment, and other decisions, like buying part ownership in race horses, where and when to go on vacation, buy new cars, etc.
When he got suddenly sick, one thing that was of concern was his urine was dark brown. Now his widow’s urine is the same color. !!!! When she fell the most recent time at her time at town house, she put a dent in the drywall with her head.
She has been very angry with Don since his passing. She is mad he left her behind–alone– to have to now make all these financial and other decisions. She is mad at him for refusing to kiss her at the hospital when she left for the night, and mad at him for–when she called him honey–to NEVER EVER call him that again.
She says she just wants to die. Even talks of doing herself in. Her usually tidy home is now in disheveled state.
The good news is that when my wife visited her in the hosp. today, Cindy (the widow) was in better spirits, says she, as urged by medical people, IS going to use the walker at home now instead of just having it sitting off in a corner, and will TRY to drink more liquids and eat better. And maybe actually take her medication at the times of day when it was prescribed.
They say she is having some fluid on the brain and have scheduled various tests for tomorrow, including another MRI and draining fluid off her spine.
Yes the taking of all the 12 pills just before bedtime was intentional. She said she does not care when she takes them. Some have to be taken in a.m., and another dozen in p.m., etc.
.@SecRubio: “The whole thing was a big moment — unprecedented … After three years of deadlock and no talks and no change in circumstances, this is the first time where there seems to be some movement.”
Deepstate rigged South Carolina for McCain to steal the election after getting trounced in the early states and the entire party hating him.
They did the same thing w Jeo Boden who lost four primaries straight to Bernie but than miraculously takes over the party in South Carolina. Entire party hated this guy and he randomly becomes the nominee.
Z was drafting 65 and over 6 months ago and special needs people into the front lines.
He needs to agree to a deal or lose more land.
The US needs to kick most of these tiny countries on the russian border that the neocons conspired to integrate out of NATO. Actually best to get rid of NATO if possible
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The Dick from the Internet Jason, admitted yesterday for the first time that tariffs don’t necessarily get passed on to consumers, just like I’ve been saying for weeks, and he incredulously claimed that “no one” ever said that they necessarily did, after repeatedly stating that the tariffs will impact prices. Here is the relevant part of his comment –
jason yupanqui
August 17, 2025 at 4:23 pm
“Tariffs are never absorbed, they always get passed on entirely to consumers”
Zzzzz…. imbecilic moron tries goal post moving, epic fail.
No, no one here said it necessarily gets passed on to consumers.
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For shits and giggles, to highlight what an incredibly lying Dick from the Internet Jason is, I randomly picked a thread and found this –
jason yupanqui
July 29, 2025 at 2:35 pm
Vic, you need to understand the new FLA2025 economic theory.
Faced with higher costs, companies do NOT pass them [Tariffs] on to customers, they “eat them”.
Here is another from Jason the Dick from the Internet on another randomly selected, prior thread –
jason yupanqui
July 30, 2025 at 3:27 pm
“What a pathetic liar. Sorry, the Internet is forever.
All your posts trying to justify your protectionist isolationist dogmas have the same memes.
Tariffs have no effect on prices.
Tariffs get “eaten” by exporters so they are irrelevant.
Tariffs are not a tax on consumers.”
Here was my response down thread –
Fla2025
July 30, 2025 at 5:48 pm
Jason, the HHR village idiot is making sh-t up?
I said the tariffs don’t always get passed on to consumers.
He disagrees?
We can leave it at that
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Now Jason, the HHR self acknowledged Dick from the Internet, admits prices “don’t necessarily get passed on to consumers”, like I have said numerous times, exporters do at times “eat” tariffs when they don’t pass them on to consumers , and tariffs are not necessarily a tax on consumers because they don’t always get passed on. Wow. This is classic Dick from the Internet conduct. Way to go Jason! You are that guy in the comic strips! Everyone knows you! What a stupid Dick.
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Is the wh China and silverware accounted for?
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Washington and Churchill demanded and received more military aid than Zelensky but only Zelensky is a grifter.
– Cult Member
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Putin is literally stealing Ukraine and killing its citizens but Putina only criticizes Zelensky.
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Bitter says…..”Washington and Churchill demanded and received more military aid than Zelensky but only Zelensky is a grifter.”
Bitter, my understanding is that Zelenskyy is called a grifter because some portion of the money ends up not being used for the war effort. I don’t recall the same being said of Washington and Churchill.
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It looks to me that Dick is being exposed….
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Chicon – LOl! Totally. As Jan mentioned previously though, it’s uncanny how closely our Dick resembles the Dick from the cartoon. I guess there are many classic Dicks out there on message boards doing the same things
That above poll has leftists heads exploding. They’ve thrown the kitchen sink at Trump and he’s still popular
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What is the over/under that Vance again says:
Frankly Zelinsky, you are ungrateful….
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Tina, what’s the over/under on Z wearing a suit this time?
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So comedy is a swiftie.
The more he speaks, I don’t know how he even became fib director.
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Putin is a brutal killer but he wears a suit so everything is ok.
-Cult Member
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LOl! Bitter is tweaked. I give it a 4 out of 10 as a Tina parody. Needs more creativity. Maybe throw in a few nicknames going forward bitter to improve your score
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What is the over and under that the grifter brings cocaine into the WH?
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Bitter and Jason have even lost Joey Scarborough….
“Let’s underline two things here. Just again, to set expectations, to be realistic.”
He even admitted that EVERYONE in the Biden administration agreed with Trump on this hard reality of war:
“Even during the Biden administration, EVERY Biden official, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, says they’re going to have to give up land.”
“They’re not going to like giving up land, but they’re going to have to give up land—number one.”
“Number two, they’re NOT going to become members of NATO.”
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Well there goes that talking point, Chicon. Thanks for posting that.
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Tina, no coke for Zelenskyy or Macron; Trump won’t go for that.
The silverware is at great risk, however!
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I will continue to say they will give up more land now than the original agreement that the then British pm blew up.
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Demented caused the war. He advocated for nato, which set off pooty poor.
he also greenlighted the “incursion”
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The demand was for Ukraine to surrender its sovereignty as a nation. I will correct Tina every time about this lie.
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Putin alone caused the war despite Putina’s lies.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-15010739/MSNBC-new-ms-peacock-nbc-news.html
Tina will have to come up with a new stupid nickname.
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Ms now = more sheot now.
The freepassers love ms lsd
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LOl! Love it Tina ! Well done. You have a great sense of humor, which Bitter sadly lacks.
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I’ve seen MS Now called BS Now.
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Zzzzzzzzz.
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Are Buffune and the Senate back in session?
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MS is dumping the peacock symbol because Zelenskyy took it over so he can prance into the WH and act important, probably wearing a suit of some sorts. I can’t believe, though, Trump would mire the US down in some kind of “guarantees” on behalf of Ukraine – something the EU alone should be doing.
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Hi Tina. They’re out until September 1. However Thune is reconstituting it intermittently to prevent Trump from making recess appointments. The last time he reconvened was Thursday July 31st.
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BTW, ahead of this meeting today Zelenskyy has given a “NO,” to ceding any land already occupied by Russia. He says it’s “against the Ukrainian constitution” to do so.
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Jan won’t be happy until Ukraine is fully occupied and Zelensky is dead. She should just say it.
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I wonder if Thune could backtrack and cancel the Senate schedule he created to prevent recess appointments? It would be great if he did this to assist the flow of nominees to become a part of the administration workforce.
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I will be relieved when Zelenskyy has been pushed aside, allowing another leader with the Ukrainian people’s interest more out in front.
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IMO Zelenskyy has become intoxicated with power and money.
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How many yachts does he own? Is it 2 or 3? You lost all credibility when you fell for that.
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allowing another leader with the Ukrainian people’s interest more out in front.
When did that ever matter to you? You supported Putin since the invasion began.
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Bitter wrote –
Jan won’t be happy until Ukraine is fully occupied and Zelensky is dead. She should just say it.
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Bitter your post was in response to Jan merely posting that Zelensky is a “no” on ceding any land already occupied by Russia. How does this make anyone “unhappy until Zelensky is dead’? A bit extreme and absolutist, no?
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Bitter, make your responses based on what people say not on your rearrangement of their words and meaning. No one here has been on Putin’s side – NO ONE! However, some, like me, no longer see Zelenskyy as a leader serving the people appropriately – rather he seems more self-serving in keeping his non-presidency as alive as possible. The Ukrainian people (69% of them) no longer approve of him.
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Unpopular war and an unpopular grifter:
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Jan, I think Bitter may be turning into a mini Dick from the internet. He seems to regularly misinterpret what you write and draws extreme conclusions from your comments, in order to argue against those extreme misinterpreted conclusions. Very Dick like.
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The war never started. Biden was demented and said a limited incursion by Pooty poot was ok. But before that, he stupidly encouraged Nato membership Those are facts. Sure, he tried to walk the limited incursion comment back, but he said what he said.
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Tina wrote – I wonder if Thune could backtrack and cancel the Senate schedule he created to prevent recess appointments? It would be great if he did this to assist the flow of nominees to become a part of the administration workforce
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There is nothing in the Senate Rules preventing him from doing this. The fact that he doesn’t implies a lot .
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Got to love these kids and their AI. Nice to see our side pushing back and reaching out to the young masses –
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The war never started.
Did you tell that to all of the dead Ukrainians?
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No one here has been on Putin’s side – NO ONE!
Absurd lie from Jan. She has opposed US military aid to Ukraine since the first day of the invasion. She has opposed Zelensky since before the war. She has advocated for “deals” that are nothing more than Putin’s wish list.
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Fla – I don’t recall when you became a douche. What was your prior handle?
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LOL! Bitter is upset and angry now, LOl! So asking you a reasonable question concerning your extreme reaction to Jan’s factual post is Douche-like in Bitter world – got it. Don’t ask bitter a sincere question and definitely don’t use the word retar&ed on HHR phoenix according to Bitter Rules, LOL!
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Has anyone seen Jason?
Jack Poso 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
A group of pro-Ukraine protesters is demonstrating outside of the White House this morning
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Fla, in Bitter’s mind…..not supporting endless US aid to Ukraine = supporting Putin. Of course, this is not true, so Bitter is either dumb or being disingenuous. I know he’s not dumb.
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Chicon used to support military aid to Ukraine. Then he abandoned that to join the Cult.
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I let you post here. Save the comments on how much HHR sucks because of me.
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Test
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Grifter is late.
will he no show? Too much blow?
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Zelenskyy is late to the show. Maybe he’s trying to get a tailor for his suit….
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Bitter wrote – I let you post here. Save the comments on how much HHR sucks because of me.
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Seriously? Are you a legit lawyer? I’ve never seen one draw such incorrect inferences. Where does my comment remotely state or imply that “HHR Sucks”? Do you misinterpret issues and documents like this for your purported clients? You certainly wouldn’t have been able to work for me very long.
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Fla, another of Bitter’s traits is that he likes to personally attack other posters, while also getting very offended when it happens to him.
It is part of the furniture at HHR.
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You make a lengthy list of what I am doing wrong and why I am a Dick. Your intention is clear.
I have 34 years of litigation experience. Not having you as a client is not a void in my life.
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lol! More bullshit from Bitter. I never made a “lengthy list” of what you are doing wrong. I asked you a question, which you didn’t answer. How did Jan’s factual statement equate to wanting Zelensky dead? Moreover, nothing I said remotely equates to me stating or implying “HHR Sucks”.
Not having you as a lawyer is not avoid in my life because I would never let one who regularly draws such blatantly incorrect inferences and misinterprets written language work under me very long . You’d be very quickly dismissed. Sadly, your purported 34 years of successful and competent litigation experience is nowhere reflected in anything here that I’ve ever read. Hey, but maybe one day you’ll surprise me. Haven’t seen it yet.
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1.2 million Ukrainians dead because fat flob boris Johnson blew up the peace deal for western intelligence at the last moment telling Z he could defeat Russia
https://x.com/Alex_Oloyede2/status/1957444178742280699
It’s no wonder the UK is in such bad shame with this failure was the “conservative” party’s greatest hope
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Jan has a pathological hatred towards Zelensky. I made my conclusion based on that.
To be correct, it is 32 years as an attorney. I would not accept you as a client.
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bitter wrote – To be correct, it is 32 years as an attorney. I would not accept you as a client
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Well that works since you and your little firm wouldn’t even make it through the front door. The firms that I dealt with would never accept you , not even in your current “of counsel” role with you paying them for office space , LOL!
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Bitter why don’t you address, or at least acknowledge, recent polling showing an enormous majority wanting a negotiated end to this war? Why can’t you recognize how fatigued the Ukrainian people are fighting? Is it only Zelenskyy’s interest you want protected, and no one else?
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Lol!
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Jan has a pathological hatred towards Zelensky.
Why are you a pathological liar, Bitter? I’ve never said I “hated” Zelenskyy. I think, however, he is an incompetent president who has evolved into a dictator of sorts – similar to Putin in how he has imprisoned adversaries, banned the free press, arbitrarily kidnaps people to fight the war, banned some churches, and has overstayed his legitimate term as president.
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BTW, Zelenskyy came to the WH in a black suit.
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Jan, don’t even bother. He said he thinks you have a “pathological hatred” of Zelensky. Of course, nothing you posted since I’ve been here remotely reflects that, but shitty local attorneys often draw incorrect inferences and misread things. Either that or he still has some weird bias against women like you and Tina. Who knows and who cares.
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The firms that I dealt with would never accept you , not even in your current “of counsel” role with you paying them for office space , LOL!
You are stalking the wrong attorney. I am not “of counsel.”
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Jan seems to think that people being tired of war is unique to Ukraine. America 1775-1781 before Yorktown. War of 1812. Civil War, etc. Even the eventual winners were worn down.
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Not “stalking” anyone Bitter. Just pointing out that they wouldn’t associate with you in any capacity. But why beat a dead horse. You and I would never work together in any capacity , based on your response and mine. Works for me.
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Fla won’t even admit what he does for a living but tells us he is great at it.
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The Cult should be happy. Putin is going to get what he wants and a treaty he will break as soon as he feels like it.
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More bullshit from bitter . I’ve never said that I was “great at it”. However, now that you mention it, I was pretty f’ing great at what I did.
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HHR is a Cult Blog now with a few holdouts.
DW will be back when he finds somewhere GF hasn’t visited. Vic actually runs real international businesses. I don’t know where Jason goes.
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Ukraine either gives up some of its territory in a deal or loses more territory.
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Bitter, 90+% of Republicans support Trump. Why would you be surprised that a message board largely populated by Republicans also largely supports Trump?
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I will have a thread tomorrow for somewhere GF has never been
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President Zelenskyy did his job in the news availability. Kudos to him.
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DW, if it is a place where GF has never been, I’ll preemptively guess Antarctica.
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Antarctica is neither a state or country, so no, not Antarctica.
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We actually have international treaties that prevent people from even going to antarctica. You get arrested if you do assuming you live.
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Jan seems to think that people being tired of war is unique to Ukraine.
When was that ever said or inferred by anyone here @ HHR? It’s ironic because you are offended when Tina posts her free passer comments. And, yet your retorts are far more off base than her’s. A little hypocritical Bitter! Furthermore, “war is Hell” is a well known description of war thru the ages, something Ukraine has been finding out for over three years, with the majority wanting it to end.
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Boris turned Ukraine into a wasteland of death just like he tried to do to his home country the UK
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Eric Daugherty
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Zzzzzzzz Jan always focuses on Ukrainians being tired of the war but never blames Putin, only Zelensky.
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Why would you be surprised that a message board largely populated by Republicans also largely supports Trump?
I largely support Trump. I do not belong to the Cult. Both can be true.
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Bitter wrote – largely support Trump. I do not belong to the Cult. Both can be true.
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And that’s the same for everyone here. All can be true.
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After Bridge today (and then a stop by the dentist office for scheduled cleaning) I went to find my cigars. In buy them in boxes containing 25. I buy one box of Black and Mild original and one box of Black and Mild sweets. I was getting them for 89 cents each (special pre priced), but now I can find them for 99 cents each (special pre priced)–but REGULAR price of the originals is either $1.39 or higher.
Clerk at 7-11 gives me one box of sweets. I ask about the box of originals– I can clearly see an opened full box on the shelf (some people come in and buy one or 4 or 5 whatever.
Clerk says “we have a full box on the shelf there, but we cannot sell you the whole box, because that is all we have at that 99 cent price.” How many can I have? “How many you want” I said 15? and she gave me 15.
I HAVE NEVER heard of a customer NOT being allowed to buy any and all of what was offered by a store on the shelf.
I think I have a lawsuit….Any HHR lawyers want to handle my case?
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Too funny, Retlaw. That’s definitely a job for Bitter.
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At bridge today, I about caused the other 3 at the table to mess their drawers.
There are 13 tricks. When you bid (anywhere from bidding 1 to bring 7), you are saying you think you can take six tricks PLUS whatever you bid. If you bid 3, they you have to take 6 +3 tricks, total of 9 of the 13 tricks.
My partner opened with 1 club, next person passed and I bid 6 no trump. HIGHLY unusual jump shift.
I made the bid. Took all tricks but the last one. Got 500 bonus points for bidding and making a small slam (large slam is bidding 7 and saying you are going to take all 13 tricks.
Rest of the day at bridge was far from successful….
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How much money per point, Retlaw or is this just a social thing?
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Wife left house before me this morning.
I went to play bridge.
Wife comes home sometime around noor or 1 p.m. When I got home this afternoon…piddling around wife says she saw the cat out on the deck when she got home mid day and let it in. Asks me why I let the cat out this morning. I say I did not do that.
Come to find out, outside door to the finished basement was wide open all day. And the cat was again out in the yard..
WE checked valuables and determined we were not burglared.
Wife says she probably forgot to close the door when she went out this morning to empty the dehumidifier.
I am FOREVER closing doors (interior and exterior) and cabinet doors and drawers that wife leaves ajar and just does not close after she uses.
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My (late) friend Don who suddenly took ill, was hospitalized, then to Hospice and died that day, back in January..
Now his WIFE is in the hospital.
Seems she fell twice at home in 2 days. She is unsteady on her feet. Has a cane. Has gone to stores but left cane in car and then has fallen.
Seems she also has not been taking her meds as prescribed–some in morning, some at noon and some in evening–she just decided to take all 12 pills before when goes to bed at night. College graduate. Dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to common sense and taking care of herself.
Jeesh.
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“How much money per point, Retlaw or is this just a social thing?”
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Fla,
Everybody (8 of us) puts a dollar in the pot at beginning of the day.
We keep tally of the individual bridge scores during the day.
We also have to put in 2 cents into a separate pot for each TRICK we go down and fail to make the bid. The two set pots for the two tables usually have anywhere from 75 cents to $l.50. For example, if you go down 3 tricks, that pair of players owe 6 cents each. If the bid was doubled, you have to put in 12 cents each.
Whoever has the best individual bridge score for the whole day gets $5 out of the $8 pot and whoever has the next best individual score gets $3.
Best score is usually around 4400 to 5600. Worst score can be only 1000 or so.
Usually, whoever has the WORST individual score gets the all the pennies in both set pots.
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Walt – I am sorry to hear about your friend. Was she always like this or did she become more clumsy/forgetful since her husband died? What kind of medicine? Is it possible that the accidental taking of 12 pills was intentional?
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DW
August 18, 2025 at 3:28 pm
I will have a thread tomorrow for somewhere GF has never been
DW, did you take my advice on Central Asia, Western China, etc.?
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retllaw, losing one’s life mate can make a person not too interested in life anymore. Common sense etc. just isn’t a priority anymore. I saw this type of syndrome when I worked in geriatrics for a short time.
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Financial Times is reporting Zelenskyy wants Russia’s frozen assets and another $300 billion as compensation for the war. Then there is the matter of “security guarantees.” Zelenskyy also came with a hand out asking for more money from “the coalition of the willing” to pay for Ukrainian pensions and salaries. I guess he just wants the US to open up their bank accounts and give whatever is asked for.
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Russia started the war. Russia is 100% responsible for the war. It should pay.
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No, the USA started the Ukraine war specifically Jeo Boden, Obomber and the neocons when they engineered the Maidan coup in 2014.
Boden was always an imbecile
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GF, we did Mongolia last week but you were out
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The Putinistas are against security guarantees because they worry it would keep Putin from invading again.
I got it.
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I think I recall something about Ulon Bator when I was catching up on threads. Been on and off ships lately, I’ll try to check in tomorrow.
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Bitter, Janz et Al:
The widow of my friend who passed…
Her husband was the VERY dominant spouse. HE made all the financial, investment, and other decisions, like buying part ownership in race horses, where and when to go on vacation, buy new cars, etc.
When he got suddenly sick, one thing that was of concern was his urine was dark brown. Now his widow’s urine is the same color. !!!! When she fell the most recent time at her time at town house, she put a dent in the drywall with her head.
She has been very angry with Don since his passing. She is mad he left her behind–alone– to have to now make all these financial and other decisions. She is mad at him for refusing to kiss her at the hospital when she left for the night, and mad at him for–when she called him honey–to NEVER EVER call him that again.
She says she just wants to die. Even talks of doing herself in. Her usually tidy home is now in disheveled state.
The good news is that when my wife visited her in the hosp. today, Cindy (the widow) was in better spirits, says she, as urged by medical people, IS going to use the walker at home now instead of just having it sitting off in a corner, and will TRY to drink more liquids and eat better. And maybe actually take her medication at the times of day when it was prescribed.
They say she is having some fluid on the brain and have scheduled various tests for tomorrow, including another MRI and draining fluid off her spine.
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To make matters worse, after Don died, Cindy named MY WIFE as power of attorney–financial and medical.
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Don told Cindy to never ever call him that again.
Yes the taking of all the 12 pills just before bedtime was intentional. She said she does not care when she takes them. Some have to be taken in a.m., and another dozen in p.m., etc.
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look back: Fake conservative presidential candidate John McCain and Graham rally for war in Ukraine
https://x.com/ricwe123/status/1875179534431203656
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Bunu was gone for a few days. He was not missed. Both can be true.
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Rapid Response 47
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.@SecRubio: “The whole thing was a big moment — unprecedented … After three years of deadlock and no talks and no change in circumstances, this is the first time where there seems to be some movement.”
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Deepstate rigged South Carolina for McCain to steal the election after getting trounced in the early states and the entire party hating him.
They did the same thing w Jeo Boden who lost four primaries straight to Bernie but than miraculously takes over the party in South Carolina. Entire party hated this guy and he randomly becomes the nominee.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15012535/Moscow-REFUSES-commit-peace-talks.html
The Cult can hold out hope that Putin will keep attacking Ukraine and killing Ukrainians.
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The war is over.
Z was drafting 65 and over 6 months ago and special needs people into the front lines.
He needs to agree to a deal or lose more land.
The US needs to kick most of these tiny countries on the russian border that the neocons conspired to integrate out of NATO. Actually best to get rid of NATO if possible
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Bunu slides deeper into his absurd world.
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Get a crackin’ people!
Daylight is burning.
When space matter hits the upper hemisphere they call it an asteroid.
Why isn’t it called a hemiroid?
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NT
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