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richwicks says

Only reference I could find to this story is here:

https://www.pressreader.com/australia/geelong-advertiser/20201022/281749861842740

Thanks for doing the research @richwicks

Patrick says

richwicks says

Only reference I could find to this story is here:

https://www.pressreader.com/australia/geelong-advertiser/20201022/281749861842740

Thanks for doing the research @richwicks

If you have 6 or more words of ANYTHING, you can find it with a decent search engine.

I recommend www.yandex.com - Google isn't very useful now, no Western search engine is, at least to my knowledge.

6 words strung together is either a common phrase, a quote, or entirely unique. Make it 10, it's unique or a quote.

Try this on random "news" articles. See how many "reporters" repeat the same thing. Go to an article, pull out 10 words (deep into the story), dump it out in a search engine, and you'll find it's from Reuters or Associated Press. We do not have news, we only have propaganda, and just like the USSR - just two of them.

I go back and forth between https://search.brave.com/ and https://yandex.com/ now.

They both have plusses and minuses, but neither one seems very biased.

Yandex has better image search, but Brave search doesn't bother me with Russian-language links.

Anyone have a link to the (alleged) Biden laptop data? As I recall there was a data dump when the story first broke before it fell our of the news cycle.

richwicks says

Are you fucking kidding me? How is Hunter Biden, a CRACKHEAD WITH NO QUALIFICATIONS AT ALL, involved with exporting grain between Ukraine and China?

Exporting grain is some kind of rocket science? Anybody can do it. Experience-shmecsperience. The whole "OMG, he sold grain to Chyna" thing is a red herring to distract from something else...

richwicks says

This is as if I were importing stuff from China, and for some reason, Boris Johnson was involved.

Hunter-fucking-Biden is not Boris Johnson by a long shot. Not in the same zip code even. Choose a better analogy.

Eric Holder says

richwicks says

Are you fucking kidding me? How is Hunter Biden, a CRACKHEAD WITH NO QUALIFICATIONS AT ALL, involved with exporting grain between Ukraine and China?

Exporting grain is some kind of rocket science? Anybody can do it. Experience-shmecsperience.

Precisely - why would the president's SON be involved with it?

Jesus Christ we're corrupt. It's not just the blatant, OBVIUOS corruption that bothers me, it's people who are like "laa-de-dah, this isn't corruption!" I see nothing!!!

Eric Holder says

richwicks says

This is as if I were importing stuff from China, and for some reason, Boris Johnson was involved.

Hunter-fucking-Biden is not Boris Johnson by a long shot. Not in the same zip code even. Choose a better analogy.

But there would be no reason for anybody in all of England to be involved, much less somebody politically connected, unless it involved bribery and corruption.

richwicks says

Precisely - why would the president's SON be involved with it?

Why not? The guy is allegedly some kind of lawyer, isn't he? Why can't a president's son be involved in a legal trade? What exactly is the problem in this specific case: China is not under sanctions, Ukraine is not under sanctions, grain is not in any way illicit or "sensitive" goods. It's not weapons, drugs or nuclear material. So why can't a president's son be involved in selling Ukrainian grain to Chinese or, say, selling Miami condos to Russians? Wait, the latter is not kosher, because the Russia IS under sanctions, bwahahahaha. But if it wasn't it would be totally legal, isn't it?

PS. I can't believe I'm defending Hunter-fucking-Biden, but the stupidity of the whole thing is staggering.

Eric Holder says

richwicks says

Precisely - why would the president's SON be involved with it?

Why not? The guy is allegedly some kind of lawyer, isn't he?

Because:

Eric Holder says

Exporting grain is some kind of rocket science? Anybody can do it.

Anybody can do it, so why would they pick

1) An American
2) A crackhead
3) The president's son?

It's just another conduit for bribes. Hunter Biden isn't doing anything, other than taking money. It's a bribe.

richwicks says

Anybody can do it, so why would they pick

1) An American
2) A crackhead
3) The president's son?

It's just another conduit for bribes. Hunter Biden isn't doing anything, other than taking money. It's a bribe.

Why not? I know Americans working in Ukraine. I know Americans working in China. I even know Americans who used to work in Russia. The crackhead part might be not known (or the parties involved didn't care, like Russians certainly don't care if you're raging alcoholic). The president son part - is there a list of things president's sons can't do? If there is, why such an innocent thing as selling grain is on it? How about selling Belgian chocolate to Ghana or coding for Facebook - kosher/no kosher? Shall all president's children be limited to driving taxicabs in Omaha or flipping burgers in Troy?

Eric Holder says

richwicks says

Anybody can do it, so why would they pick

1) An American
2) A crackhead
3) The president's son?

It's just another conduit for bribes. Hunter Biden isn't doing anything, other than taking money. It's a bribe.

Why not? I know Americans working in Ukraine.

Look, I don't want to talk to somebody that I know isn't stupid, but insists on pretending to be stupid.

I hate this. You want to argue and for something I can't possibly think you actually have a true belief in.

Hunter Biden wasn't needed in order to export grain between Ukraine and China, yet he was hired for it and you pretend there's nothing suspicious or bizarre about this, that this is just a commercial transaction that Hunter Biden HAPPENED to get, although you've already pointed out there's ABSOLUTELY no need for an American to be needed for a transaction between Ukraine and China, much less the president's son.

When I talk to you, the only consistency you have, is you're consistently dishonest. That's poor moral character from my point of view. You just want an argument, you don't actually want a discussion.

richwicks says

Hunter Biden wasn't needed in order to export grain between Ukraine and China

Says who? Export/import companies don't work w/o lawyers and the guy is a holder of a law degree, isn't he? How do you think contracts are written/reviewed and disputes settled? Again, all you have is "but he's a president's son!" and nothing else.

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richwicks says

I'm not going to continue arguing this silliness.

Yes, because you have no argument, only feelings. So you're running for the hills.

richwicks says

personal

@Patrick - how is this "personal"?

I just don't believe Eric Holder is arguing in good faith. It's delusional logic.

"stop pretending you are stupid" sounds personal to me.

Patrick says

"stop pretending you are stupid" sounds personal to me.

Well, he is PRETENDING to be stupid. I don't think he is.

Look, is it reasonable in any world to think that Hunter Biden, a man with many drug issues, would be randomly hired to facilitate export of Ukrainian grain to China, and instead Hunter Biden wasn't simply hired for the sole reason that he's the son of a politician?

That's what Eric Holder is pretending. In what clown world would somebody that able to read and write really believe that? He's not stupid, but he's treating me like I'm stupid. Of course, other people are so dumb, they would believe that.

https://reclaimthenet.org/mark-zuckerberg-joe-rogan-fbi-hunter-biden/

August 26, 2022
FBI warned Facebook about a “dump” of “Russian disinfo” just before the Hunter Biden laptop story broke, Zuckerberg says
Zuckerberg appeared this week on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

The FBI is itself criminal.

richwicks says

richwicks says

personal

@Patrick - how is this "personal"?

I just don't believe Eric Holder is arguing in good faith. It's delusional logic.

I totally am. And the "richwicks" bot is not: he hasn't answered a single simple question he's been asked but instead started throwing around words like "stupid" and extensively using the word "you", which, as we know, is never a good sign when some idea is supposed to be discussed and not the person discussing it.

Let's stop talking about each other.

The ignore function works if you need it.

richwicks says

Patrick says

"stop pretending you are stupid" sounds personal to me.

Well, he is PRETENDING to be stupid. I don't think he is.

Look, is it reasonable in any world to think that Hunter Biden, a man with many drug issues, would be randomly hired to facilitate export of Ukrainian grain to China, and instead Hunter Biden wasn't simply hired for the sole reason that he's the son of a politician?

That's what Eric Holder is pretending. In what clown world would somebody that able to read and write really believe that? He's not stupid, but he's treating me like I'm stupid. Of course, other people are so dumb, they would believe that.

If you are so not stupid, answer the question: which law is violated when a person, who happens to be a president's son, is hired as lawyer to supposedly facilitate some export-import deal between two foreign companies? If the president's son is a RE developer, is it ok for him to sell condos to citizens of some foreign country which is NOT an ally of the US, or is it a hidden bribe to the President from said country? If the president's son is a SW developer, is it OK for him to work for Facebook (or SAP to throw some foreign into the mix), or this is again a hidden bribe? And if the President himself owns some hotels, is it OK for foreign delegations to stay there or this is a bribe? The latter was actually alleged by the demon rats, btw.

Eric Holder says

richwicks says

Hunter Biden wasn't needed in order to export grain between Ukraine and China

Says who? Export/import companies don't work w/o lawyers and the guy is a holder of a law degree, isn't he? How do you think contracts are written/reviewed and disputes settled? Again, all you have is "but he's a president's son!" and nothing else.

You don't think there are thousands of cheaper lawyers without conflict of interest available, many of them smarter and more experienced because they aren't constantly out partying doing coke and hookers? I mean that guy knows how to part I'll give that to him, but to insinuate he was hired for his skills is hardly convincing. Sure they may have hired hunter for his "business relationships" and "international network", but that's right where the corruption starts.

Eric Holder says

I can't believe I'm defending Hunter

Nor can I. Why are you defending Hunter?

The evidence I have seen is that he is a morally corrupt individual who has not only traded on his father's name but has used his father's power to enrich his self.

Eric Holder says

- is there a list of things president's sons can't do?

I'll start the list:
They can't break laws.

Eric Holder says

I totally am. And the "richwicks" bot is not: he hasn't answered a single simple question he's been asked but instead started throwing around words like "stupid" and extensively using the word "you

Look, compile a list of questions you want me to answer, and I'll answer them later tonight and in detail. I have to meet up with friends for dinner and a beer.

But if you seriously believe that Hunter Biden was hired by Ukraine and China to facilitate a transfer of grain from Ukraine to China, that it's just happenstance that it's the son of the president, and he's been hired for his competence because he's qualified (and needed) to do this, I'm just dumbfounded. If you're complete dead serious about this being a complete up and up deal, I'm afraid I can't respect your thinking at all.

It's like denying the the US overthrew Ukraine and I know somebody that seriously does, and not just on "the Internet". People who refuse to think outside of what they've heard from a propagandists, somebody they call a journalist, I simply don't want to talk with. They have no original thinking and as a result, they don't deserve any consideration.

mell says

Eric Holder says

richwicks says

Hunter Biden wasn't needed in order to export grain between Ukraine and China

Says who? Export/import companies don't work w/o lawyers and the guy is a holder of a law degree, isn't he? How do you think contracts are written/reviewed and disputes settled? Again, all you have is "but he's a president's son!" and nothing else.

You don't think there are thousands of cheaper lawyers without conflict of interest available, many of them smarter and more experienced because they aren't constantly out partying doing coke and hookers?

Maybe, maybe not. I've seen a big number of bad engineers (some with drug/alcohol problem) still being employed, so why is this different for lawyers/executives and such? It's not like any of these are drug-tested as a requirement for the job. Besides, he could've hidden his bad habits well or they didn't care or even participated. Chinese businessmen are known for partying with drugs, booze and whores pretty hard, and I don't think ex-USSR businesspeople are that far behind them.

Onvacation says

Eric Holder says

- is there a list of things president's sons can't do?

I'll start the list:
They can't break laws.

Good. Which law is broken by somebody participating in export-import deal from Ukraine to China? The goods is not of a "controlled" type and both countries are not under sanctions.

richwicks says

compile a list of questions you want me to answer

#85

Onvacation says

Eric Holder says

I can't believe I'm defending Hunter

Nor can I. Why are you defending Hunter?

Because I like logic and don't like feelz. The man is a POS, but the whole "he worked for a company exporting grain from Ukraine to China AND THIS IS A SMOKING GUN" is not logical. It's no different from "his son sold condos to Russians AND THIS IS A SMOKING GUN" or "Saudi delegation stayed at Trump hotel AND THIS IS A SMOKING GUN".

richwicks says

I'm afraid I can't respect your thinking at all.

Ignore really does work, and you don't need a button. The ignore button is for annoying people.

Eric Holder says

richwicks says

compile a list of questions you want me to answer

#85

Bueller?

richwicks says

People who refuse to think outside of what they've heard from a propagandists, somebody they call a journalist, I simply don't want to talk with. They have no original thinking and as a result, they don't deserve any consideration.

I listen to leftist propaganda all the time while commuting. It's just one little lie after another. But it's believable. If you only have one source of news and you have trusted it your entire life, anyone calling these "journalists" liars is a conspiracy theorist.

Eric Holder says

export-import deal from Ukraine to China

I'm sure his reputation of getting things done at Burisma was what got him the job.

Onvacation says

richwicks says

People who refuse to think outside of what they've heard from a propagandists, somebody they call a journalist, I simply don't want to talk with. They have no original thinking and as a result, they don't deserve any consideration.

I listen to leftist propaganda all the time while commuting. It's just one little lie after another. But it's believable. If you only have one source of news and you have trusted it your entire life, anyone calling these "journalists" liars is a conspiracy theorist.

What any of this has to do with anything? I asked a simple question: which law is violated when presiden'ts son works for a company exporting some perfectly legal goods from one foreign country to another? What leftist propaganda are you talking about here?

Eric Holder says

THIS IS A SMOKING GUN

Can't argue with that..

Eric Holder says

What leftist propaganda are you talking about here?

All of it!

Onvacation says

Eric Holder says

export-import deal from Ukraine to China

I'm sure his reputation of getting things done at Burisma was what got him the job.

Could be. But Burisma is problematic because of supposedly squashed investigation into the owner's wrongdoings, not because IT WAS A GAS EXPLORATION COMPANY DRILLING IN UKRAINE, is it? So if we drop the histerionic BECAUSE THEY WERE SELLING UKRAINIAN GRAIN TO CHINA, what's left? Was the owner of that company under investigation too? Was an AG fired on Biden's request too? I don't think any of this was alleged wrt grain exporting company. So why invoke it in the first place?