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Posts Made By: Brian McFarland

May 10, 2023 04:06 AM Forum: Politics

That Didn't Take Long...

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Lacey


He's that guy that thinks that Biden is a geriatric tottering old fool but that Trump mistakenly identifying E. Jean Carroll as his ex-wife in his testimony is perfectly normal and completely jives with Trump's insistence that E. Jean Carroll was "not his type."
Oh, that guy.  The one who thinks it's Biden's fault that an undocumented immigrant in Texas killed his five neighbors with an AR-15-style gun (see https://astromart.com/forums/commentary-careful-read-the-terms-of-service/politics/joe-biden-through-his-open-southern-border-policy-gets-5-people-killed-in-texas?page=1#post197755).

Just days later, again in Texas, 8 people were killed by a gunman with AR-15-style gun. This gunman was an angry right-wing guy, just like that guy.  I wonder whose fault that was.

May 10, 2023 05:40 AM Forum: Politics

That Didn't Take Long...

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Recent mass shootings were committed by transgenders, 2 of them that I know of, and an illegal alien, who is identified as a Mexican National who was deported no less than 4 times.

Just recently a homeless black man entered a library in Oklahoma, walked up to a white guy for no apparent reason, put a Handgun against his head, and then pulled the trigger. 

He then walked out of the library, saw another white person, pulled his gun and killed that person.  

Is that a hate crime in your opinion?  

I know you want to blame the type of gun, but maybe you and the rest of your radical leftist cohorts can blame the actual reason that these shootings occurred, which is the person behind the gun.  
 
However, don't let facts get in the way of your leftist agenda and obfuscation of the facts of the case, in order to blame the gun.  smile
In a previous thread you claimed it was Biden's fault.  You should try and keep your theories consistent from one day to the next.

May 10, 2023 05:59 AM Forum: Politics

That Didn't Take Long...

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I realize you're a pretty ignorant person, but maybe you should analyze what my point was in blaming Biden.

Tell me you aren't as clueless as you appear to be here.  

Wait... you can't??  

Shocking!   LOL  
What's to analyze?  You thought it was Biden's fault the other day, and today you claim it's the fault of the person behind the gun. Your logic is as clear as mud. You win!  LOL

May 10, 2023 09:55 PM Forum: Politics

WOW!! Breaking news and it is HUGE!

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

You are confused as usual.   

When did I say they signed a deal?  

Answer is that I didn't.  You need to be reading and understanding, rather than reading and confused.   smile

Is there anything else that I can provide clarity about which you are confused?
Huh. I wonder who said this:

"Tucker and Elon Musk have joined Forces.
Tucker is Back! 
He and Elon Musk have teamed up and my guess is that they will be changing twitter."

Ironically, the same guy who claimed in another recent post that "words matter". LOL

Suggestion: Just pretend it was all a joke.

May 10, 2023 10:04 PM Forum: Politics

My condolences to JB - Off Topic NCAA content

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Brian:  I've got my refurbished filter dialed in and I'm learning some processing tricks.  These photos are from yesterday, here in beautiful sunny Colorado!   Too bad I have to post highly compressed jpegs in the Politics forums, full res is pretty cool to zoom in, especially on the disk photo.   I'll upload the full res to Astromart and maybe get a picture of the day you can zoom in on.  Jim
I have to say, "dialed in" is an understatement.  Those are spectacular!!
I have a Daystar Quantum PE 0.5 that I've had for some time that I've always used just visually. I recently picked up a monochrome ZWO178 to try some imaging with. I might have to ask you for some pointers!

I'm a huge fan of the monochrome images of the sun taken through these filters.

Well done, and thanks for sharing!

May 10, 2023 10:12 PM Forum: Politics

WOW!! Breaking news and it is HUGE!

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Lacey


What he meant was your words matter when he thinks he can use them against you, but his words never matter. Trying to get Rich to take ownership of his words and behavior is like nailing jello to a wall.
I think all jello on earth just took exception to that.

May 10, 2023 10:59 PM Forum: Politics

WOW!! Breaking news and it is HUGE!

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Yes.

Tucker and Elon Musk have joined forces and they had meetings. 

They are changing Twitter to allow for Free Speech without Gov't Censorship which all communists like yourself hate with a passion, because Communists are wards of the state.

Tucker is Back.  

What is incorrect or false about what I stated?  

Can not only You, but can any other communist out there show what wasn't correct about what I stated?  

Feel free.  smile
That you believe that words matter.

May 11, 2023 08:13 AM Forum: Politics

My condolences to JB - Off Topic NCAA content

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Brown

Thanks guys.  I am really enjoying solar viewing and imaging.  Much less cold than nighttime astronomy, and it is neat how the sun changes every day!   I'll be back out there in the night soon enough.  Not tonight though, a cloudy windy cold front just rolled through... angry
What camera are you using?

May 11, 2023 10:10 PM Forum: Politics

My condolences to JB - Off Topic NCAA content

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Brown

ASI294MM(mono)

A bunch of free software too, it amazes me that guys can write such nice software and make it available for free!  

FireCapture (free) capture
AutoStackert 3 (free) alignment and stacking
Registax (free) wavelet processing of stacked image
Photoshop.  Not free, but man is it full featured!  I use this to blend a brighter prom photo with the dimmer disk photo, sharpen some more and generally mess around.
Yeah, the free S/W out there is pretty incredible. There are tons of really great apps out there just for your phone. For free!

May 11, 2023 10:13 PM Forum: Politics

How about that GOP frontrunner DJT on CNN last night!

Posted By Brian McFarland

Originally Posted by James Brown
Kudos to CNN for holding the town hall.  Trump is the R front runner.  It is not CNN's job (or any news agencies' job) to de-platform him.   I hope that Biden has a similar town hall.   

In other words, last night was not CNN or "the media" in general v. DJT.   This was (in my view) the media presenting a candidate to the public.  Let the public decide.  No doubt the opinion writers of the world will have a field day today and tomorrow dissecting Trump's lies and zingers.   No problem, we can all weight those opinions and make our own decisions.

All I am really saying is that AOC and her type are shaming CNN for the mortal sin of giving Trump air time.   They would prefer to de-platform opinion they disagree with, in their view "for the good of the country."  That is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!   News agencies should be proud to present the candidates "as is" and let the people decide.

Jim
100% agree.  If you want to hurt Trump in the polls, flood the airways with him talking.  He's a clown show.