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Reuters reported late on Friday night that their reporter who broke the story about Democrat Beto O'Rourke belonging to a hacker group had the story for two years and agreed to sit on it until after O'Rourke's Senate race against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Some of O'Rourke's old writings were discovered on an online discussion forum that he started called "TacoLand."

One particular piece of writing from O'Rourke was especially troubling as he described mowing down children in a car.

BackInTex wrote:Some of O'Rourke's old writings were discovered on an online discussion forum that he started called "TacoLand."

silverscreenselect wrote:O'Rourke granted the interview on the condition that the information remain confidential until after the election. That's not the same as Reuters making this decision on their own. Presumably, Reuters felt that whatever O'Rourke was willing to contribute outweighed what they would be able to publish based on the confirmation they had at the time.

As for his comments, they were bad. They were also written by a 15-year-old who was probably trying to impress other 15-year-olds who never became famous but were writing similar comments.

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

silverscreenselect wrote:O'Rourke granted the interview on the condition that the information remain confidential until after the election. That's not the same as Reuters making this decision on their own. Presumably, Reuters felt that whatever O'Rourke was willing to contribute outweighed what they would be able to publish based on the confirmation they had at the time.

As for his comments, they were bad. They were also written by a 15-year-old who was probably trying to impress other 15-year-olds who never became famous but were writing similar comments.

Tell that to Judge Kavanaugh and Nick Sandman.

normastitz9876 wrote:Supported Beto in the Senate race. This isn't offensive -- he also had a DUI plus alleged hit and run, which isn't disqualifying so much as he owned up to it and spoke on why it's a formative experience that's helped him grow. The CDC hacker group membership is somewhat similar to me: he was a part of a creative writing group where he thought he was anonymous and he made terrible hyperbolic writing. So what, he was young and dumb. Not a big deal.


ON THE OTHER HAND:

Just read today he voted for a law that gave the chair to cop killers in response to BLM protests. That's where I lose major steam for this guy. I'm for him if he's against Ted Cruz. I'm against him as long as there's far better alternatives out there.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... tter-bill/

Also: by the logic earlier in this thread, Dubya would've been disqualified for having paid for an abortion. He did. He wasn't. Everyone got over it.

I wouldn't worry - Beto won't be making it far. You can all simmer down.

normastitz9876 wrote:Supported Beto in the Senate race. This isn't offensive -- he also had a DUI plus alleged hit and run, which isn't disqualifying so much as he owned up to it and spoke on why it's a formative experience that's helped him grow. The CDC hacker group membership is somewhat similar to me: he was a part of a creative writing group where he thought he was anonymous and he made terrible hyperbolic writing. So what, he was young and dumb. Not a big deal.


ON THE OTHER HAND:

Just read today he voted for a law that gave the chair to cop killers in response to BLM protests. That's where I lose major steam for this guy. I'm for him if he's against Ted Cruz. I'm against him as long as there's far better alternatives out there.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... tter-bill/

Also: by the logic earlier in this thread, Dubya would've been disqualified for having paid for an abortion. He did. He wasn't. Everyone got over it.


I wouldn't worry - Beto won't be making it far. You can all simmer down.

Bob78164 wrote:Welcome aBored!

BackInTex wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:Welcome aBored!

LOL Mr Feminist.

I love the irony.

Bob78164 wrote:

BackInTex wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:Welcome aBored!

LOL Mr Feminist.

I love the irony.

I have no idea what you're talking about. I saw that this was her first post, used Moderator tools to confirm that she's not a Merry Man, and issued my traditional greeting to new members. --Bob

Annie Hawkins-Turner, better known by the stage name Norma Stitz, is a website entrepreneur and fetish model.[1] Her pseudonym is a word-play on "enormous tits". She holds the Guinness World Record for largest natural breasts

BackInTex wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:

BackInTex wrote:
LOL Mr Feminist.

I love the irony.

I have no idea what you're talking about. I saw that this was her first post, used Moderator tools to confirm that she's not a Merry Man, and issued my traditional greeting to new members. --Bob

normastitz9876 | Normas Titz | e Normas Titz

Annie Hawkins-Turner, better known by the stage name Norma Stitz, is a website entrepreneur and fetish model.[1] Her pseudonym is a word-play on "enormous tits". She holds the Guinness World Record for largest natural breasts

I doubt the troll is a her and even more, not Ms Hawkins-Turner. But it says things you like. You get to feed it.

Bob78164 wrote:

BackInTex wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:I have no idea what you're talking about. I saw that this was her first post, used Moderator tools to confirm that she's not a Merry Man, and issued my traditional greeting to new members. --Bob

normastitz9876 | Normas Titz | e Normas Titz

Annie Hawkins-Turner, better known by the stage name Norma Stitz, is a website entrepreneur and fetish model.[1] Her pseudonym is a word-play on "enormous tits". She holds the Guinness World Record for largest natural breasts

I doubt the troll is a her and even more, not Ms Hawkins-Turner. But it says things you like. You get to feed it.

Wouldn't have known that. I guess we run in different circles.

I don't see any basis for considering her a troll. I also doubt that we've been visited by the real Todd Rundgren or the real B.B. King. --Bob

silvercamaro wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:

BackInTex wrote:
normastitz9876 | Normas Titz | e Normas Titz



I doubt the troll is a her and even more, not Ms Hawkins-Turner. But it says things you like. You get to feed it.

Wouldn't have known that. I guess we run in different circles.

I don't see any basis for considering her a troll. I also doubt that we've been visited by the real Todd Rundgren or the real B.B. King. --Bob

So, you're saying that Ms. Norma's smarmy "nom de bored" was too subtle for you? Interesting.

For the record, the poster who was here as Todd Rungren was a genuine Texas lawyer right up to the day he was disbarred. The poster we call B.B. King named herself for her very real dog (now her late real dog), which she explained many times. So, perhaps I should give you partial credit for pondering the possibility of authenticity for, say, the first 60 to 120 seconds of their respective original appearances. Similarly, I am NOT actually the product of a General Motors assembly line. I don't want you to be confused about that, either.

Bob78164 wrote: My point is that I really don't understand why BiT felt it necessary to point out that this poster probably isn't the person who performs under that stage name. I wouldn't have thought that for the same reason I didn't think our "Todd Rundgren" was the musical performer and for the same reason I didn't think our "B.B. King" was the musical performer. Hell, even though I've enjoyed corresponding with Annie and her siblings, I don't actually think you have keyboards capable of accommodating a dog's paws. --Bob

silvercamaro wrote:

Bob78164 wrote: My point is that I really don't understand why BiT felt it necessary to point out that this poster probably isn't the person who performs under that stage name. I wouldn't have thought that for the same reason I didn't think our "Todd Rundgren" was the musical performer and for the same reason I didn't think our "B.B. King" was the musical performer. Hell, even though I've enjoyed corresponding with Annie and her siblings, I don't actually think you have keyboards capable of accommodating a dog's paws. --Bob

They are unusually determined girls who type one letter at a time with whatever claw is longest at the moment. They are not particularly fast typists, but their spelling has improved over the years. I don't think Wiki has tried to make a post yet, but Lizbit enjoys making contributions from time to time. In reading over her posts, I can guarantee that she offers her own interpretations of the world, not mine, and I think her observations often are insightful and accurate. I confess that I have liked her stories about being the Guardian of the Free Rangers the most of all, and I've been nudging her toward gathering them all up and writing a kid's book about her adventures with the previous neighbor's hens. I wish I could provide her with some new chickens of her own, but I suspect the home-owners association of my new neighborhood probably would object.

flockofseagulls104 wrote:Media Bias:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video ... acare.html

Oh, damn. It's from Faux News, so it is all made up. My bad.