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In reply to the discussion: "I hope she agrees to them" (debates) September 4, 10 and 25 so says the con. [View all]usonian
(13,545 posts)16. I wouldn't debate except in a military base, with CIA, FBI and Secret Service on board. Why? My one conspiracy theory.
Read this.
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/08/in-world-first-russian-chess-player-poisons-rivals-board-with-mercury/
In world first, Russian chess player poisons rivals board with mercury
Tell me that something Joe touched in that infamous debate wasn't poisoned.
Of course, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of the matter.
"It was jet lag"
AND I'M THE EASTER BUNNY. OK?
excerpt:
Russia is no stranger to unique poisonings. State agents have been known to use everything from polonium-laced tea to the deadly nerve agent "novichok" when making assassination attempts against both defectors in the UK and internal political rivals like Alexei Navalny. But a new "first" in the long history of poisonings was opened this month in the Russian republic of Dagestan, where a 40-something chess player named Amina Abakarova attempted to poison a rival by depositing liquid mercury on and around her chess board.
Malcolm Pein, the English Chess Federation's director of international chess, told the UK's Telegraph that he had never seen anything like this before... This is the first recorded case of somebody using a toxic substance, to my knowledge, in the history of the game of chess." Usually, he said, chess rivals confine themselves to "psychological" tactics.
Oliver Carroll, a Ukraine war correspondent for The Economist, summed up the situation with some social media snark: "I know that on the standards of Russian doping it's perhaps only a 7 out of 10. But still..."
Malcolm Pein, the English Chess Federation's director of international chess, told the UK's Telegraph that he had never seen anything like this before... This is the first recorded case of somebody using a toxic substance, to my knowledge, in the history of the game of chess." Usually, he said, chess rivals confine themselves to "psychological" tactics.
Oliver Carroll, a Ukraine war correspondent for The Economist, summed up the situation with some social media snark: "I know that on the standards of Russian doping it's perhaps only a 7 out of 10. But still..."
But still .....
OK, that's my one and only conspiracy theory.
Based on some long histories:
1. Russians poisoning people, Vlad the most notorious, and
2. A long and tight affiliation of the GOP with Russian agents, Trump the most notorious.
3. Don't forget, he skipped the covid test in a previous debate, in order to infect Joe.
And have a great Thursday.
Avoid Republicans like deadly poison
Because they are
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"I hope she agrees to them" (debates) September 4, 10 and 25 so says the con. [View all]
rogerballard
Aug 2024
OP
I hope his supporters know the real election is on (their choice) November 10th or November 25th.
3Hotdogs
Aug 2024
#12
That's true, but dejoy has also made arrangements for republican mail-in ballots to be picked up...
Think. Again.
Aug 2024
#15
I don't see why she would agreement to any debate without simultaneous fact checking
Stargleamer
Aug 2024
#9
I wouldn't debate except in a military base, with CIA, FBI and Secret Service on board. Why? My one conspiracy theory.
usonian
Aug 2024
#16
He's posturing to attack her for not agreeing to anything except the September 10th ABC
GoodRaisin
Aug 2024
#20
I don't think she should do any more debates, only the one previously agreed to.
mucholderthandirt
Aug 2024
#24
No Fox debates. He wants to pick the moderators, live audience and no fact checking. Nope.
33taw
Aug 13
#27
Kamala - Let's do one....and if you don't tell any factual lies, we can plan more.
OAITW r.2.0
Aug 13
#28