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Re: Gingrich: Zuckerberg ‘Corruption’ Raises ‘Enormous Questions About the Legitimacy of the Biden Potential Presidency’

raverill — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 10:02:51 -0000

"Lack of Standing" does have some meaning. If there exists some clear, hard evidence of fraud, it could easily have been presented by those who indeed have standing. But, because there is no evidence, anywhere, as stated by many who have every reason to wish there was, lawsuits were dismissed out of hand.
Keep drinking that MAGA Koolaid.
Come Jan. 21, your boy will be out and looking at multiple indictments, election tampering among them.

Re: Gingrich: Zuckerberg ‘Corruption’ Raises ‘Enormous Questions About the Legitimacy of the Biden Potential Presidency’

raverill — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:29:50 -0000

https://www.alternet.org/20...

Alternet citing WSJ (conservative/pro-Republican paper) editorial. There are literally hundreds more.

Re: Gingrich: Zuckerberg ‘Corruption’ Raises ‘Enormous Questions About the Legitimacy of the Biden Potential Presidency’

raverill — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:18:20 -0000

When you can't debate the point...
How like a Breitbart troll; ignore the substance and go on with a slobbery, meaningless personal putdown, just like your little boy in the White House.
Sixteen more days. Tic toc, tic toc....

Re: Gingrich: Zuckerberg ‘Corruption’ Raises ‘Enormous Questions About the Legitimacy of the Biden Potential Presidency’

raverill — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:06:24 -0000

"The real question is when is someone going to do something about it..."
They tried. 61 times. They were laughed out of court, including Trump's packed SCOTUS, 60 times.
If you have hard evidence, present it.
But you can't, because there isn't any evidence, because there was no voter fraud.
Trump lost, by a lot. Get over it.

Re: Blinded by the light

raverill — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 15:47:52 -0000

It is good for a reletive neophyte like myself to learn of past drivers who had the goods but for one reason or another couldn't carry it through. It makes one appreciate what an incredibly difficult accomplishment it is to get to the top in F!.

Re: U.S. Closes Chinese Consulate in Houston over Privacy, IP Theft Concerns

raverill — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:47:25 -0000

Every consulate is a massive spy center and everybody knows it, along with the usual processing visas and replacing lost passports.

Re: Thousands of Immigrants to Secure U.S. Citizenship to Vote in 2020 Election

raverill — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 08:17:27 -0000

Nope, a life of freedom to work hard.
I've known and worked along side of maybe 100 immigrants in my life, (69yrs) from every continent. Mostly, but not all, legal. Every one worked for their living, some at jobs that went begging until they came along, some at two or three jobs. Some took advantage of our schools and worked their way to a GED, AA, or bachelor's degree.
How many immigrants do you know personally that live on welfare? How many immigrants do you know at all?

Re: Thousands of Immigrants to Secure U.S. Citizenship to Vote in 2020 Election

raverill — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 04:49:33 -0000

First, when a foreigner becomes a citizen, he's no longer a foreigner, he's a citizen, equal before the law to any native-born citizen.
Second, if foreign-born citizens vote heavily Democratic, maybe it's because they better recognize the Republicans' growing oligarchic domination when they see it. After all, it's what most of them fled to get here.

Re: 1965 French Grand Prix race report: A hat-trick of wins for Clark

raverill — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 18:44:44 -0000

It seems in those days mechanical reliability was as big a factor as design and driver skill, the latter being as much about dealing with faltering equipment as much as pure driving ability.

Re: Honda’s paradigm shifter that flew in the face of convention

raverill — Mon, 11 May 2020 20:00:38 -0000

"Honda’s withdrawal at the end of 2008 meant [the new design] never saw action in anger."
'Tis a small thing, I know, but....
Wouldn't it be more accurate, and less wierdly emotional, if we replaced the phrase "in anger" with "in earnest"?

Re: MPH Grand Prix debuts: the sensational arrival of Mario Andretti

raverill — Mon, 04 May 2020 20:40:51 -0000

The life of Mario Andretti is an inspiring story, whether you're into racing or not.
It's too bad F1 didn't make Unser feel more at home. Another "What if.." that might have at the least gotten more Americans interested. Certainly he would have challenged F1's best.

Re: MPH: Pre-season test times are a mug’s game — but not meaningless

raverill — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 13:19:26 -0000

Had my high school math teacher used this article as a teaching tool, I might not have been such a miserable failure at the subject.
Thank you, Mark.

Re: MPH: How F1 teams come to dominate the grid — before their downfall

raverill — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:19:38 -0000

In retirement looking back, I remember a number of occasions when overbearing management resulted in the dissolution of some very productive teams of workers. When it all went to hell, it was, of course, the fault of the workers.
He who manages least, usually manages best.

Re: MPH: Ferrari veto would shatter F1's 2021 plans for closer racing

raverill — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:12:24 -0000

"Innovation is a core F1 value..."
One hopes that those doing the rule-making keep that uppermost in mind.
It would be terrible to see F1 devolve into the tedious technical monotony of INDY cars or NASCAR.

Re: 2019 Singapore Grand Prix qualifying report: Leclerc's star shines brighter with shock pole

raverill — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 23:44:55 -0000

It's good to be Italian right now. I wager it will be better after the race. LeClerc has had Hamilton on his tail before, and fought him off with diminishing tires. And that was without a Ferrari teammate in Hamilton's mirrors.
It's good to see a new driver emerge and it's good to see Ferrari rising from the doldrums.
F1, I love ya again.

Re: Mercedes and Red Bull set for another Singapore shoot-out

raverill — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:39:47 -0000

Ferrari is no longer a factor? Vettel has to be on his best behavior, whatever that is, but LeClerc won't be taking the day off.

Re: Saturation Point: That Sinking Feeling of Helplessness and Overload

raverill — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 23:07:06 -0000

Good advice. Something I learned dealing with a parent with Alzheimer's Desease; put you're oxygen mask on first.
When you fly in a plane you get the little safety speech about "water landings" (Hah!) and so on and in the part about using the oxygen mask they tell you to put your oxygen mask on first before you try to help someone else. To expand on that notion, you can't help yourself or a friend or change the world if your suffocating. The human spirit needs regular infusions of oxygen to stay healthy and useful. Find a way to get yours.

Re: Epstein’s Suicide? No Surprise. But Maybe Even Too Many Reasons to Consider

raverill — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 22:43:42 -0000

There are no doubt many people, men, who would sleep much better knowing Epstein was silenced. Many of these people, men, had the wherewithal to reach in and manipulate NYDC. Many believe Epstein's suicide was niether suicide nor accidental. Epstein should have been on a 24/7 watch for both suicide and assassination. There are cheap video cameras avaiable now that wirelessly stream to a computer that would have easily and cheaply allowed for 24 hr suicide watch.
I, for one, do not believe that the fact that Epstein was not monitored for hours the night he died was an accident or an oversight.
The only thing we can know for sure is that AG Barr's report will be a whitewash that keeps Trump well away from any scandal.

Re: 2019 German Grand Prix qualifying report

raverill — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 07:45:02 -0000

Lewis Hamilton seems to live a charmed life.
Ferrari’s mechanical failures at Hockenheim are inexcusable.

Re: In Wake Of Border Crisis, Democrats Insist Citizenship Means Nothing

raverill — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 07:24:40 -0000

"...to live off the welfare state (shown by many studies to be the norm for most illegal aliens)..."
Please, a link to those "studies".
My own "studies" working in the building and construction trades indicate that immigrants, legal or wetback, work their butts off at jobs natives won't take. A contractor in my town told me he won't hire local white people any more, period. He said they're lazy, unthinking, and have an unjustified sense of entitlement. (One teenager came in late and asked for a raise. Adios, amigo.)
Most immigrants I've met are better citizens than many natives I've known. But that's just me.

Re: dfads

raverill — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 06:40:51 -0000

Pay the bills? Blue states pay the bills. They pay out much more in federal taxes than they get back. Red states are in deficit as far as federal taxes are concerned. There are counties in West Virginia and eastern Kentucky where most of the citizens, all white, recieve a government handout of one kind or another. I don't knock it; if you need it, get it. Because we are a caring, civilized society. Mississippi would be a third world country without naval shipbuilding contracts.
But spare me the shiboleth that it is mostly working white people who pay the bills, and idle brown and black people who collect all the benefits.

Re: MPH: How Mercedes is leaving Ferrari behind

raverill — Sat, 25 May 2019 06:57:42 -0000

This was always a more civilized, courteous Comments page. Alas, I see Motor Sports has its trolls as well.
I do not respond to insults.

Re: Mark Hughes: how Niki Lauda shaped his destiny

raverill — Wed, 22 May 2019 07:55:16 -0000

"There was a time when giants walked the earth..."
To me, Niki Lauda's great inspiration is that he turned his back on his birthright inherited wealth. He made his own way to the top on his own pluck, did it repeatedly, and did it after a devastating setback.
As Mark Hughes said, Lauda did it sometimes with the ah... creativity, that we won't see in today's corporate world, and that's why we won't see the likes of Niki Lauda any time soon.

Re: MPH: How Mercedes is leaving Ferrari behind

raverill — Fri, 17 May 2019 07:58:57 -0000

A few years ago, when Vettel in his Rad Bull we’re walking away with almost every race, FIA changed the rules to enhance competition, (and not lose millions of fans.)
Well.....
If Mercedes walks away from the next race with another easy one/two victory, I’m probably gone for the season.
Suggestion; end the Pirelli tire monopoly and let tire makers compete.
Do something!

Re: 2019 Chinese Grand Prix report

raverill — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 19:45:59 -0000

If I had a roadster to brag about, I would have. Alas, it's only a not-so-humble hot rod Miata. I love it dearly, and it challenges my meager skills. I probably wouldn't buy a Porsche if I could afford one.
(I was sooooo tempted to post a pic from the Ferrari event I went to a couple of years ago, but my better angels icily stared me down.)