(12-22-2020, 08:47 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(12-22-2020, 07:41 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: ** 22-Dec-2020 Spam

This forum is being flooded with spam.  I go to the trouble to keep
the Generational Dynamics forum free of spam.  Why isn't anyone doing
the same in this forum?  You aren't even bothering to take the simple
step of banning the spammers.  This forum is a mess.

We have no moderator or webmaster anymore.  I think Rags may be ill and unable to continue.  How we resolve that in internet-world is hard to say.

(12-22-2020, 09:06 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:

(12-22-2020, 08:47 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(12-22-2020, 07:41 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: ** 22-Dec-2020 Spam

This forum is being flooded with spam.  I go to the trouble to keep the Generational Dynamics forum free of spam.  Why isn't anyone doing the same in this forum?  You aren't even bothering to take the simple step of banning the spammers.  This forum is a mess.

We have no moderator or webmaster anymore.  I think Rags may be ill and unable to continue.  How we resolve that in internet-world is hard to say.

If you want to make me moderator for a few days, then I'll clean it up.

(12-22-2020, 10:08 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(12-22-2020, 09:06 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:

(12-22-2020, 08:47 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(12-22-2020, 07:41 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: ** 22-Dec-2020 Spam

This forum is being flooded with spam.  I go to the trouble to keep the Generational Dynamics forum free of spam.  Why isn't anyone doing the same in this forum?  You aren't even bothering to take the simple step of banning the spammers.  This forum is a mess.

We have no moderator or webmaster anymore.  I think Rags may be ill and unable to continue.  How we resolve that in internet-world is hard to say.

If you want to make me moderator for a few days, then I'll clean it up.

I could do the same, but how does that happen unless it's done by the webmaster.  That is one of the cardinal rules of all forums.

guest Wrote:> Read the History, Taiwan is part of China!

> China can win, it's just that there is one nuisance country that
> likes to get involved everywhere in the world!

> taiwan part of China. period!

(12-22-2020, 10:17 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:

(12-22-2020, 10:08 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(12-22-2020, 09:06 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:

(12-22-2020, 08:47 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(12-22-2020, 07:41 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: ** 22-Dec-2020 Spam

This forum is being flooded with spam.  I go to the trouble to keep the Generational Dynamics forum free of spam.  Why isn't anyone doing the same in this forum?  You aren't even bothering to take the simple step of banning the spammers.  This forum is a mess.

We have no moderator or webmaster anymore.  I think Rags may be ill and unable to continue.  How we resolve that in internet-world is hard to say.

If you want to make me moderator for a few days, then I'll clean it up.

I could do the same, but how does that happen unless it's done by the webmaster.  That is one of the cardinal rules of all forums.

Ask Rags for his password, log on to his account, and make your
account into a moderator.

I'm not sure what you mean by "webmaster," since being webmaster would
not give you moderator privileges in the forum (except by extreme
trickery with sql).

(12-22-2020, 12:04 PM)David Horn Wrote: > I've already tried to contact Rags to no avail. And Dan, the
> webmaster, is the one who made Rags a moderator. I doubt it can
> be done any other way.

(12-22-2020, 07:33 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:

Guest Wrote:All I know is there's going to have to be a revolt or this country will resemble the Soviet Union at the height of Stalin's tyrannical reign.

It really is astonishing to watch what's going on.

We have the news being censored by twitter, facebook, cnn, msnbc, nyt, wapost, and so forth, who are bragging about how they used censorship and deceit to manipulate the election and win it for Biden.  Now that they election is over, they haven't stopped.  After controlling the election outcome, they've tasted the erotic thrill of power, and
they're not going to give it up, and will extend their censorship in other directions.

We have president-elect Biden still hiding out in his basement, even though the election is over, and when he comes out of hiding for a brief statement, the signs of dementia are obvious.

We have an incoming cabinet determined entirely by ethnicity and gender.  There isn't even any pretense that these people know what they're doing.  Their only qualifications are skin color and breast size.  I saw one of them on tv yesterday bragging about how excited she was to have this job because she's going to going to bring about
the lunatic green new deal.  She obviously had no clue what she was talking about.

Trump always hires someone based on skills, and if he doesn't perform, then he hears, "You're fired!"  Skin color and breast size are irrelevant for him.  Trump's team is still managing the country, so everything is ok for now, but who knows what will happen a month from now, when the lunatics will be taking over?

How will this end?  I've answered that question many times.  It will end with an existential threat to America, such as a Chinese attack on American assets.  This will immediately unite the country behind the president who, we hope, will appoint a surrogate to run the country.  Perhaps Trump will come back in that role.

At any rate, the drift toward Stalinist Communism will be stopped at that point, and the country will unite to face the existential threat.

(12-22-2020, 07:33 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: At any rate, the drift toward Stalinist Communism will be stopped at
that point, and the country will unite to face the existential threat.

(12-23-2020, 01:17 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Eric has set up a new Facebook public group with a good number of people already joining.  It is at The Fourth Turning discussion group.

(12-23-2020, 03:14 PM)Snowflake1996 Wrote:

(12-23-2020, 01:17 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Eric has set up a new Facebook public group with a good number of people already joining.  It is at The Fourth Turning discussion group.

Could I get the group’s name? I’d like to join.

(12-23-2020, 07:27 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: What are you saying?  Is this forum dead?

I can set up a special "Fourth Turning" section of the Generational Dynamics forum if there's any interest.  I'm already hosting the "Fourth Turning Forum archive" from the last forum.

But is anyone trying to save this forum?  What happened when you tried to reach Sam, the original administrator?

I gave you the phone number of the web site host.  Did anyone call them?  Do you want me to call them?

Somebody is paying the monthly bill for hosting this web site.  Do you know who that person is?

That person might be able to give me cPanel access to the web site server.  If so, then I can go into the mysql database and solve this problem.

Does anyone care, or is this forum simply going to die?

(12-23-2020, 10:57 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: > I do prefer a forum format. If you set up a section of the
> Generational Dynamics site, I might visit and see how it takes
> off. But I'm not currently intending to fight to get the MyBB
> forum alive, but will keep half an eye out to see if anyone else
> does.

> I guess the question is if anyone is willing to get either a MyBB,
> Facebook or a Generational Dynamics forum set up and running, and
> which of the three takes off. So far Eric's is the only one
> started, and he has gone far enough that I am not tempted to
> compete with it.

John Wrote:> Are you sure? If the economist has the right skin color, he could
> get a job in Biden's cabinet.

Bob Butler" Wrote:> This is an example of your ideological bias. Biden has brought in
> experts in the field they are supposed to oversee, as opposed to
> Trump who appointed by nepotism and loyalty. If you don't make an
> honest attempt to understand the opposition, which generally has
> valid reasons why they believe as they do, you will convince only
> those who are already bought into your perspective.

Burner Prime" Wrote:> There is some validity to this. I watched the Biden press
> conference in its entirety, the one John referenced a few days
> ago. I was really shocked at how well he did. And further, I was
> surprised at how well he fended off the many media questions
> designed to attack Trump & Republicans on their way out.

> Time will tell if his Administration posts yield an effective
> team. Maybe Biden was just amped up on drugs and on his dementia
> upswing. Maybe it was a one-off. Time will tell, but that presser
> was a win for him.

(12-24-2020, 08:47 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: ** 24-Dec-2020 World View: Earning respect

John Wrote:>   Are you sure?  If the economist has the right skin color, he could
>   get a job in Biden's cabinet.

Bob Butler Wrote:>   This is an example of your ideological bias.  Biden has brought in
>   experts in the field they are supposed to oversee, as opposed to
>   Trump who appointed by nepotism and loyalty.  If you don't make an
>   honest attempt to understand the opposition, which generally has
>   valid reasons why they believe as they do, you will convince only
>   those who are already bought into your perspective.  

Burner Prime Wrote:>   There is some validity to this. I watched the Biden press
>   conference in its entirety, the one John referenced a few days
>   ago. I was really shocked at how well he did. And further, I was
>   surprised at how well he fended off the many media questions
>   designed to attack Trump & Republicans on their way out.

>   Time will tell if his Administration posts yield an effective
>   team. Maybe Biden was just amped up on drugs and on his dementia
>   upswing. Maybe it was a one-off. Time will tell, but that presser
>   was a win for him.

I'm sorry, but I have absolutely no respect for Biden, as he's spent
the last year hiding out in his basement, only answering pre-approved
questions by pre-approved reporters, and constantly showing signs of
dementia.  The contrast is enormous with Trump who, every day, several
times a day, vigorously answered tough questions by all reporters.

Quote:Biden has given one and only one press conference where he seemed
coherent and competent, and that was the one last week, which I
described as a relief to me.  But Biden will have to do a lot more to
earn my respect.  Given Biden's performance in the last year, the
people with ideological bias are not the ones who criticize Biden, but
are the ones who give him a pass for his pathetic, incompetent
performance in the last year.

Quote:The remark about the economist was a joke, but it's based on the
observation that while Trump always talked about the competence of his
staff, Biden only talks about their skin color and gender.  Once
again, Trump gets my respect for that and Biden does not.  I respect
people who are competent.  Skin color and gender are irrelevant to me
and apparently to Trump, but those are the only things that matter to
Biden.

Quote:As for loyalty, let's wait and see if how the thin-skinned Biden
treats anyone on his staff who disagrees with him.

Quote:As for nepotism, Trump's children went to the Mideast and negotiated
widely heralded peace agreements between Israel with UAE, Bahrain,
Sudan and Algeria.  Biden's children went to Ukraine and China and
traded and used influence-peddling to pocket millions of dollars.
Furthermore, Biden's son Hunter is deeply embroiled in a criminal
investigation for influence peddling, money laundering and tax
evasion.  That's a big contrast with Trump's children.

Quote:When Trump began running for president, I had no respect for him, and
I criticized him and mocked him.  Trump earned my respect.  Biden has
been cowering in his basement for a year and covering up his son's
crimes.  The only ideological bias is by people who give Biden a pass
no matter how pathetic and incompetent he appears.  Biden has not
earned my respect.  When he does, I'll let you know.