Not been to Specsavers recently have you.

You didn't tell me to do research, nor did I suggest you did. I said I wasn't going to do yours! But yes, sometimes your replies are very reminiscent of the behaviour I used to see from the 3 to 4-year-olds in my Nursery.

You definitely need to go to Specsavers. I haven't "ignored" the Yemeni war at all. I have tried to add context. Why you think I am "prepared to put hundreds of millions at risk over but in increased death and lower living standards" is beyond me. I haven't invaded Ukraine. Nothing I could have done, or the west as a whole could have done, would have stopped it other than be tougher earlier. What has happened now is 100% Putin. This is a time for resolute resistance by us all, and not for any attempts at political point scoring.

Putin has often made veiled threats against former USSR states, and makes no secret of his wish to restore Russia to its former "glory". This war may well have taught him that he isn't as strong conventionally as he expected, but that knowledge carries its own dangers with it. The kind of complacency I sense from you is beyond stupid. It's dangerous.

Any petty sniping at Biden is an irrelevance. As I have said many times if Hunter Biden has committed crimes then let them be discovered and due process deal with them. If he needs help, then get him help. You are a father. If your child needs help, you try to help him. Kicking the father is not a very attractive thing to witness. That the scurrilous right in the USA do so without any hint of regret is a sign of how desperate they are, and how low politically they have fallen. To hear it parroted here is quite sad.

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Thanks for the laugh. Writing "inane crap" is the only area where I completely accept defeat to you. You are a grand master at it. I am not fit to be in the same room as you for "inane crap". Which I hope never to be.

I don't "love" Biden. I have no special regard for him at all. The ONLY things I have said is he is a relief after Trump and represents a return to normality. He is allowing the USA to do what it does best, but that doesn't mean I "love" him.

I love my wife and my children. I have some strong feelings for my friends, who I cherish and admire.

I don't love any politicians. Some I admire and support. Others I loath. Much like some crappy posters on the internet.

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In which case they would hardly be in the News & Politics Board, would they?

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

That's such a Joe Biden thing to type.

Did you have cue cards there to help you type it up.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

You can describe it as an obsession if you wish. I prefer to describe it as a passion.

It's neither with you, nor any other individual who posts here. Don't flatter yourself. You are merely the vehicle.

My passion is to call out untruths, misconceptions and misleading statements, along with policies which spring from the minds of the ridiculous right in the USA. As that is the source of a large part of the tosh you serve up, that's the reason your posts get attention. On the rare occasions that you have managed an original, and reasonable, thought, I have been known to agree with you.

The answer is, always has been and always will be, in your own hands. Don't parrot the ridiculous right stuff and then there won't be a reason to respond. So long as you do, expect it.

When someone seeks a divorce, it's normal for them to move out. If you want it that badly, there's your answer.

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I was never involved in advertising. I was involved primarily in sales management, moving on to general management and then to MD.

Anyone who believes that there is an inconsistency between believing in the truth, avoiding misconceptions and misleading statements and the role of sales and marketing has no genuine understanding of the profession. It's just the cynical view of the ignorant. Common enough, but still ignorant.

Ensuring people know the benefits of your product and how it could fit into your life is the primary role of the marketeer. You want satisfied customers, who tell others and return themselves. Del Boy, or Trump, aren't sales people. They are con merchants.

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