• Re: [Racist abuse] Was: Replacement for uBlock Origin?

    From Java Jive@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jul 14 21:50:00 2025
    On 2025-07-14 05:17, T wrote:
    On 7/13/25 7:31 PM, John Doe wrote:
    [racist abuse snipped]

    Thank you for helping me update my kill file.

    His server actually has an abuse address ...

    a b u s e @ n e w s g r o u p d i r e c t . c o m

    .... so perhaps if enough of us complain to it ...

    Of course it's possible that the server is actually being run by the
    abusive spammer him/her/itself, in which case there's always recourse to
    the IP provider, GoDaddy:

    Domain Name: newsgroupdirect.com
    Registry Domain ID: 104368608_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
    Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
    Registrar URL: https://www.godaddy.com
    Updated Date: 2023-09-18T09:05:47Z
    Creation Date: 2003-09-30T20:08:26Z
    Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2026-09-30T20:08:26Z
    Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
    Registrar IANA ID: 146
    Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
    Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
    Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
    Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
    Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
    Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
    Registry Registrant ID: Not Available From Registry
    Registrant Name: Registration Private
    Registrant Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
    Registrant Street: DomainsByProxy.com
    Registrant Street: 100 S. Mill Ave, Suite 1600
    Registrant City: Tempe
    Registrant State/Province: Arizona
    Registrant Postal Code: 85281
    Registrant Country: US
    Registrant Phone: +1.4806242599
    Registrant Phone Ext:
    Registrant Fax:
    Registrant Fax Ext:
    Registrant Email: https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=newsgroupdirect.com&action=contactDomainOwner
    Registry Tech ID: Not Available From Registry
    Tech Name: Registration Private
    Tech Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
    Tech Street: DomainsByProxy.com
    Tech Street: 100 S. Mill Ave, Suite 1600
    Tech City: Tempe
    Tech State/Province: Arizona
    Tech Postal Code: 85281
    Tech Country: US
    Tech Phone: +1.4806242599
    Tech Phone Ext:
    Tech Fax:
    Tech Fax Ext:
    Tech Email: https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=newsgroupdirect.com&action=contactDomainOwner
    Name Server: DIVA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
    Name Server: JERRY.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
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  • From sticks@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jul 14 21:59:05 2025
    On 7/14/2025 6:50 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 05:17, T wrote:
    On 7/13/25 7:31 PM, John Doe wrote:
    [racist abuse snipped]

    Thank you for helping me update my kill file.

    His server actually has an abuse address ...

    a b u s e @ n e w s g r o u p d i r e c t . c o m

    ... so perhaps if enough of us complain to it ...

    So what exactly are you going to complain about? He posted something
    you don't like? Good luck with that, and I hope people who don't like
    your thinking don't do the same to you.

    T had it right. Kill filing is the appropriate action.

    --
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  • From Java Jive@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jul 14 22:35:16 2025
    On 2025-07-14 12:59, sticks wrote:
    On 7/14/2025 6:50 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 05:17, T wrote:
    On 7/13/25 7:31 PM, John Doe wrote:
    [racist abuse snipped]

    Thank you for helping me update my kill file.

    His server actually has an abuse address ...

    a b u s e @ n e w s g r o u p d i r e c t . c o m

    ... so perhaps if enough of us complain to it ...

    So what exactly are you going to complain about? He posted something
    you don't like? Good luck with that, and I hope people who don't like
    your thinking don't do the same to you.

    He posted material that is illegal in many or most western democracies, including my own, so the organisation whose equipment was used would be well-advised to put a stop to it in order to comply with the law where
    they are based.

    T had it right. Kill filing is the appropriate action.

    Kill filing is fine, but does nothing to tackle the problem at source.

    --

    Fake news kills!

    I may be contacted via the contact address given on my website: www.macfh.co.uk


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  • From sticks@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jul 14 23:40:10 2025
    On 7/14/2025 7:35 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 12:59, sticks wrote:
    On 7/14/2025 6:50 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 05:17, T wrote:
    On 7/13/25 7:31 PM, John Doe wrote:
    [racist abuse snipped]

    Thank you for helping me update my kill file.

    His server actually has an abuse address ...

    a b u s e @ n e w s g r o u p d i r e c t . c o m

    ... so perhaps if enough of us complain to it ...

    So what exactly are you going to complain about? He posted something
    you don't like? Good luck with that, and I hope people who don't like
    your thinking don't do the same to you.

    He posted material that is illegal in many or most western democracies, including my own, so the organisation whose equipment was used would be well-advised to put a stop to it in order to comply with the law where
    they are based.

    In another group they were talking about the EU Digital Services Act,
    and the consensus was that it wouldn't affect usenet that much. Grant
    can explain further. But it is funny you bringing it up as you've
    essentially done exactly the kind of thing this Act is trying to protect
    from in another post in this group where you call the POTUS a rapist.
    That just cost George Stephanopoulos $15 million bucks. Libel, like
    you've done, is an account terminating offense on E-S. Ray's condition
    is that it must be proven in a court of law. Well a court of law found
    him not guilty, so I'm guessing if Ray wants to protect himself from a
    suit similar to the one Georgie got, he may want to tell you to find
    another place to post your drivel.

    T had it right. Kill filing is the appropriate action.

    Kill filing is fine, but does nothing to tackle the problem at source.

    The problem is you think you get to choose what is appropriate, and what isn't. The problem is that words scare you. Yet, when you do it, it's perfectly fine. I found your post totally offensive, outright bullshit,
    yet still worthy of reading since it informs me of what people like you
    think is real. Eventually, I might tire of it and take other
    appropriate measures to not have to read your bile. That action won't
    be trying to censor you, unlike how you act. I'll take the "T" route.

    HAND



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  • From Java Jive@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 15 02:59:40 2025
    On 2025-07-14 14:40, sticks wrote:
    On 7/14/2025 7:35 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 12:59, sticks wrote:
    On 7/14/2025 6:50 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 05:17, T wrote:
    On 7/13/25 7:31 PM, John Doe wrote:
    [racist abuse snipped]

    Thank you for helping me update my kill file.

    His server actually has an abuse address ...

    a b u s e @ n e w s g r o u p d i r e c t . c o m

    ... so perhaps if enough of us complain to it ...

    So what exactly are you going to complain about? He posted something
    you don't like? Good luck with that, and I hope people who don't
    like your thinking don't do the same to you.

    He posted material that is illegal in many or most western
    democracies, including my own, so the organisation whose equipment was
    used would be well-advised to put a stop to it in order to comply with
    the law where they are based.

    In another group they were talking about the EU Digital Services Act,
    and the consensus was that it wouldn't affect usenet that much. Grant
    can explain further. But it is funny you bringing it up as you've essentially done exactly the kind of thing this Act is trying to protect from in another post in this group where you call the POTUS a rapist.
    That just cost George Stephanopoulos $15 million bucks. Libel, like
    you've done, is an account terminating offense on E-S. Ray's condition
    is that it must be proven in a court of law. Well a court of law found
    him not guilty, so I'm guessing if Ray wants to protect himself from a
    suit similar to the one Georgie got, he may want to tell you to find
    another place to post your drivel.

    The jury in the Stormy Daniels case agreed that he raped her.

    T had it right. Kill filing is the appropriate action.

    Kill filing is fine, but does nothing to tackle the problem at source.

    The problem is you think you get to choose what is appropriate, and what isn't. The problem is that words scare you. Yet, when you do it, it's perfectly fine. I found your post totally offensive, outright bullshit,
    yet still worthy of reading since it informs me of what people like you think is real. Eventually, I might tire of it and take other
    appropriate measures to not have to read your bile. That action won't
    be trying to censor you, unlike how you act. I'll take the "T" route.

    Specifically the problem is that what was posted was illegal in many of countries in which it will be read, generally the problem is that
    freedom of speech doesn't mean the freedom to tell lies.

    --

    Fake news kills!

    I may be contacted via the contact address given on my website: www.macfh.co.uk


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  • From sticks@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 15 03:24:01 2025
    On 7/14/2025 11:59 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 14:40, sticks wrote:
    On 7/14/2025 7:35 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 12:59, sticks wrote:
    On 7/14/2025 6:50 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 05:17, T wrote:
    On 7/13/25 7:31 PM, John Doe wrote:
    [racist abuse snipped]

    Thank you for helping me update my kill file.

    His server actually has an abuse address ...

    a b u s e @ n e w s g r o u p d i r e c t . c o m

    ... so perhaps if enough of us complain to it ...

    So what exactly are you going to complain about? He posted
    something you don't like? Good luck with that, and I hope people
    who don't like your thinking don't do the same to you.

    He posted material that is illegal in many or most western
    democracies, including my own, so the organisation whose equipment
    was used would be well-advised to put a stop to it in order to comply
    with the law where they are based.

    In another group they were talking about the EU Digital Services Act,
    and the consensus was that it wouldn't affect usenet that much. Grant
    can explain further. But it is funny you bringing it up as you've
    essentially done exactly the kind of thing this Act is trying to
    protect from in another post in this group where you call the POTUS a
    rapist. That just cost George Stephanopoulos $15 million bucks.
    Libel, like you've done, is an account terminating offense on E-S.
    Ray's condition is that it must be proven in a court of law. Well a
    court of law found him not guilty, so I'm guessing if Ray wants to
    protect himself from a suit similar to the one Georgie got, he may
    want to tell you to find another place to post your drivel.

    The jury in the Stormy Daniels case agreed that he raped her.

    Once again, you're either mistaken or lying. Either way, you are guilty
    of defaming the POTUS. BTW, the whole Daniels case, and the Carrol case
    were ridiculous shams. But that's another discussion

    T had it right. Kill filing is the appropriate action.

    Kill filing is fine, but does nothing to tackle the problem at source.

    The problem is you think you get to choose what is appropriate, and
    what isn't. The problem is that words scare you. Yet, when you do
    it, it's perfectly fine. I found your post totally offensive,
    outright bullshit, yet still worthy of reading since it informs me of
    what people like you think is real. Eventually, I might tire of it
    and take other appropriate measures to not have to read your bile.
    That action won't be trying to censor you, unlike how you act. I'll
    take the "T" route.

    Specifically the problem is that what was posted was illegal in many of countries in which it will be read, generally the problem is that
    freedom of speech doesn't mean the freedom to tell lies.

    It does in the US, and most of the rest of the free world. Most people
    are not willing to let their government tell them what they can and
    can't hear. Most people can figure things out on their own. I had no
    idea Europeans were so weak minded. That's sad.
    You don't seem to have a problem telling lies, either.
    Personally, I find the Digital Services Act to be a ridiculous piece of lawfare. IANAL, and don't know if posting something about "Jews are
    Satan", or referencing Hitler somehow is illegal in your part of the
    world. I also don't know how this affects a usenet provider. If it
    does, it is an outrage IMO as lack of censorship is one of the
    fundamental values of usenet. It would be an outrage to you too, if it
    picked the topics to target that you think are OK. It's nanny state
    crap, that will be enforced against those the in-charge folks don't
    like. This crap will never take hold in America, though there are some Marxists like you who would like it to.



    --
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  • From Java Jive@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 15 04:42:39 2025
    On 2025-07-14 18:24, sticks wrote:
    On 7/14/2025 11:59 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 14:40, sticks wrote:
    On 7/14/2025 7:35 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 12:59, sticks wrote:
    On 7/14/2025 6:50 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 05:17, T wrote:
    On 7/13/25 7:31 PM, John Doe wrote:
    [racist abuse snipped]

    Thank you for helping me update my kill file.

    His server actually has an abuse address ...

    a b u s e @ n e w s g r o u p d i r e c t . c o m

    ... so perhaps if enough of us complain to it ...

    So what exactly are you going to complain about? He posted
    something you don't like? Good luck with that, and I hope people
    who don't like your thinking don't do the same to you.

    He posted material that is illegal in many or most western
    democracies, including my own, so the organisation whose equipment
    was used would be well-advised to put a stop to it in order to
    comply with the law where they are based.

    In another group they were talking about the EU Digital Services Act,
    and the consensus was that it wouldn't affect usenet that much.
    Grant can explain further. But it is funny you bringing it up as
    you've essentially done exactly the kind of thing this Act is trying
    to protect from in another post in this group where you call the
    POTUS a rapist. That just cost George Stephanopoulos $15 million
    bucks. Libel, like you've done, is an account terminating offense on
    E-S. Ray's condition is that it must be proven in a court of law.
    Well a court of law found him not guilty, so I'm guessing if Ray
    wants to protect himself from a suit similar to the one Georgie got,
    he may want to tell you to find another place to post your drivel.

    The jury in the Stormy Daniels case agreed that he raped her.

    Once again, you're either mistaken or lying. Either way, you are guilty
    of defaming the POTUS.

    Mistaken, they found him guilty of sexual abuse, but didn't actually go
    so far as rape:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations

    "In November 2022, Carroll filed a suit against Trump for battery under
    the Adult Survivors Act. On May 9, 2023, a New York jury in a civil case
    found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll, but
    found him not liable for rape. They awarded Carroll US$5 million in damages.[17] In July 2023, Judge Kaplan stated that the jury had found
    that Trump had raped Carroll according to the common definition of the
    word as they had ruled that Trump had forcibly and nonconsensually
    penetrated Carroll's vagina with his fingers.[18] New York state's
    definition at the time defined rape as solely nonconsensual penetration
    of the vagina by a penis.[19] A September 2023 partial summary judgment
    again found Trump liable for defaming Carroll. On January 26, 2024,
    Trump was ordered to pay Carroll an additional $83.3 million in
    damages.[20]"

    However, as an opening quote from the above shows, he's been accused by
    at least 25 women of rape and/or sexual misconduct, and it beggars
    belief that *none* of them are without foundation:

    "Since the 1970s, at least 25 women have publicly accused Donald Trump
    of rape, kissing and groping without consent; looking under women's
    skirts; and walking in on naked teenage pageant contestants. Trump has
    denied all of the allegations. He has a history of insulting and
    belittling women when speaking to the media and on social media,[1][2]
    and has made lewd comments about women, disparaged their physical
    appearance, and referred to them using derogatory epithets.[2][3][4]

    In October 2016, two days before the second presidential debate with
    Hillary Clinton, a 2005 "hot mic" recording surfaced in which Trump was
    heard saying that "when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy."[5] The incident's widespread media exposure led to Trump's first public apology during the campaign[6] and
    caused outrage across the political spectrum.[7]"

    Further ...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Daniels-Donald_Trump_scandal

    "Daniels testified that she thought they would be going to a restaurant,
    and eventually used the bathroom in Trump's hotel room, but upon
    re-emerging was surprised to find Trump stripped to his underwear
    sitting on the bed.[8] Daniels testified she said "I think we should go"
    and moved toward the door but Trump allegedly stood in her way saying in
    part, "This is the only way you're getting out of the trailer park."[8] Daniels could not remember how she ended up on the bed, but testified
    that they had sex in the missionary position and Trump chose not to use
    a condom.[8] Daniels insisted she was neither forced nor under the
    influence, but also said it wasn't something she wanted and that she
    "blacked out".[8]"

    .... which sounds pretty much like rape to me.

    I don't need to defame the POTUS on my own account, he has a history of
    doing so himself, as the hot-mike recording mentioned above famously demonstrated.

    BTW, the whole Daniels case, and the Carrol case
    were ridiculous shams. But that's another discussion

    Now you are defaming the US legal system on the basis of zero evidence.

    T had it right. Kill filing is the appropriate action.

    Kill filing is fine, but does nothing to tackle the problem at source.

    The problem is you think you get to choose what is appropriate, and
    what isn't. The problem is that words scare you. Yet, when you do
    it, it's perfectly fine. I found your post totally offensive,
    outright bullshit, yet still worthy of reading since it informs me of
    what people like you think is real. Eventually, I might tire of it
    and take other appropriate measures to not have to read your bile.
    That action won't be trying to censor you, unlike how you act. I'll
    take the "T" route.

    Specifically the problem is that what was posted was illegal in many
    of countries in which it will be read, generally the problem is that
    freedom of speech doesn't mean the freedom to tell lies.

    It does in the US, and most of the rest of the free world.

    No it doesn't as you yourself have implied in your previous posts, in
    that certain remarks that couldn't be proved true have led to criminal
    or civil prosecutions.

    Your further remarks are innuendo and not worthy of reply, especially
    given the bias you have exhibited in calling proper legal proceedings a
    sham - don't forget not one but two juries have convicted Trump independently on that same matter.

    --

    Fake news kills!

    I may be contacted via the contact address given on my website: www.macfh.co.uk


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  • From John Doe@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 15 06:03:41 2025
    Subject: Re: Heil Hitler! Send the Jews Back! www.goyimtv.com Replacement for uBlock Origin? (was: [Racist abuse] Was: Replacement for uBlock Origin?)

    Seig Heil you fucking kikes!


    Get in the Oven!

    Gas the Jews!

    www.goyimtv.com




    On Jul 14, 2025 at 7:59:05 AM EDT, "sticks" <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

    On 7/14/2025 6:50 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    On 2025-07-14 05:17, T wrote:
    On 7/13/25 7:31 PM, John Doe wrote:
    [racist abuse snipped]

    Thank you for helping me update my kill file.

    His server actually has an abuse address ...

    a b u s e @ n e w s g r o u p d i r e c t . c o m

    ... so perhaps if enough of us complain to it ...

    So what exactly are you going to complain about? He posted something
    you don't like? Good luck with that, and I hope people who don't like
    your thinking don't do the same to you.

    T had it right. Kill filing is the appropriate action.

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  • From Philip Herlihy@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 15 22:22:01 2025
    In article <1053efi$3clqr$2@dont-email.me>, wolverine01@charter.net
    says...


    Darwinism Is Junk Science!!



    That signature grates every time I see it. For the record, "Natural Selection" is right there at the very top of the list of scientific understanding best supported by overwhelming evidence.

    What Darwin did was see past the religion-based assumptions that had
    gone unexamined for centuries and simply figured out "what must have happened".

    Most people with any sort of education will accept the basic principles (though a true scientist is ever ready to consider a well-thought-out alternative and delights in learning they've been wrong about
    something), so having that in your signature very likely 'colours'
    anything you might be saying in your posts in the minds of others.

    That's it - duty done. No more from me on this.

    --
    Phil, London

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  • From Philip Herlihy@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 15 22:33:53 2025
    In article <MPG.42e0584864ecb5289896b1@news.eternal-september.org>, nothing@invalid.com says...

    In article <1053efi$3clqr$2@dont-email.me>, wolverine01@charter.net
    says...


    Darwinism Is Junk Science!!



    That signature grates every time I see it. For the record, "Natural >Selection" is right there at the very top of the list of scientific >understanding best supported by overwhelming evidence.

    What Darwin did was see past the religion-based assumptions that had
    gone unexamined for centuries and simply figured out "what must have >happened".

    Most people with any sort of education will accept the basic principles >(though a true scientist is ever ready to consider a well-thought-out >alternative and delights in learning they've been wrong about
    something), so having that in your signature very likely 'colours'
    anything you might be saying in your posts in the minds of others.

    That's it - duty done. No more from me on this.

    I lied. There is one further thing worth saying.

    If you put in your signature what you DO believe - presumably something
    like "I believe God created each living thing by His design" - there
    would be nothing to object to. That's about stating what you believe,
    rather than declaring what everyone else should believe, and that's
    easier to respect, even for those whose understanding of the universe is different.

    --
    --
    Phil, London

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  • From Java Jive@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 16 02:37:37 2025
    On 2025-07-15 14:49, T wrote:

    On 7/14/25 11:42 AM, Java Jive wrote:

    Mistaken, they found him guilty of sexual abuse, but didn't actually
    go so far as rape:

    Not to split hairs with you, but this was a "civil"
    case. There is no "guilt" in a civil case. He
    was found "liable".

    Fair enough (though it is splitting hairs which you claimed to eschew),
    but how does that make him any more or less a rapist?

    And please take this kind of stuff to an appropriate
    group, such as

    alt.politics.scorched-earth

    And leave this group to computers and Windows.

    Point taken, but these remarks would be better directed at those who
    first introduced the OT subthread.

    --

    Fake news kills!

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  • From Kerr-Mudd, John@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 16 03:54:44 2025
    :
    On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:22:01 +0100
    Philip Herlihy <nothing@invalid.com> wrote:

    In article <1053efi$3clqr$2@dont-email.me>, wolverine01@charter.net
    says...


    Darwinism Is Junk Science!!



    That signature grates every time I see it. For the record, "Natural Selection" is right there at the very top of the list of scientific understanding best supported by overwhelming evidence.

    What Darwin did was see past the religion-based assumptions that had
    gone unexamined for centuries and simply figured out "what must have happened".

    Most people with any sort of education will accept the basic principles (though a true scientist is ever ready to consider a well-thought-out alternative and delights in learning they've been wrong about
    something), so having that in your signature very likely 'colours'
    anything you might be saying in your posts in the minds of others.



    Indeed. That's why I prefer to let them keep alerting readers about
    their reasoning ability.


    That's it - duty done. No more from me on this.

    Me too.

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    Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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  • From Java Jive@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 16 05:12:47 2025
    On 2025-07-15 19:07, T wrote:
    On 7/15/25 9:37 AM, Java Jive wrote:
    Fair enough (though it is splitting hairs which you claimed to
    eschew), but how does that make him any more or less a rapist?

    He is not.

    The evidence says he is.

    The kangaroo court declared him liable. It
    will be thrown out in appeal.

    Another one defaming your own legal system on the basis of zilch
    evidence. In a democracy, no-one should be above the law. Your legal
    system is based on your constitution and has stood pretty well for
    multiple centuries, what makes you think that suddenly it is failing
    just because the accused happens to be a favourite politician? Isn't it
    far more probable that actually the problem is the favourite politician?
    Before you answer that, consider that Donald Trump has actually
    condemned himself multiple times out of his own mouth or by his own
    actions that prove his guilt on many of the various charges that were
    brought against him. His tendency to verbal diarrhoea is unhelpful to
    him in that respect. With respect to the E J C cases specifically, on
    being found guilty in the first prosecution, he repeated immediately the
    the same slurs that had landed him court in the first place, and so
    opened himself up to the second prosecution. After being found guilty a second time with a second jury with even more disastrous financial consequences, he did it a third time, only this time E J C didn't bother
    to sue him again - I guess she felt that she had made her point.

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  • From sticks@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 16 08:44:11 2025
    On 7/15/2025 7:33 AM, Philip Herlihy wrote:
    In article <MPG.42e0584864ecb5289896b1@news.eternal-september.org>, nothing@invalid.com says...

    In article <1053efi$3clqr$2@dont-email.me>, wolverine01@charter.net
    says...

    Darwinism Is Junk Science!!

    That signature grates every time I see it. For the record, "Natural
    Selection" is right there at the very top of the list of scientific
    understanding best supported by overwhelming evidence.

    Initially, I was surprised by the reaction to my sig file. But the more
    I thought about it, I'm not. It is exactly what has been happening in academia for quite some time now when anyone has ideas countering the establishment narrative. You speak of "overwhelming evidence," and I
    would love to see some of this evidence. I'm not talking about pretty pictures drawn by an artist showing the morphing of a monkey into a man.
    Of course, this is not the place for this discussion, unfortunately.
    But, I would debate you on this issue any time.

    What Darwin did was see past the religion-based assumptions that had
    gone unexamined for centuries and simply figured out "what must have
    happened".

    Darwin was not trained in this, though he was an able researcher, and
    for the first 10 years after writing his book was widely challenged by
    the real scientists of his day. His real interest was in making a name
    for himself and ultimately being accepted by his peers. It was only
    about 10 years after his work a friend salvaged his reputation.
    However, the Big Book he promised with all the "evidence" supporting his theory, never came to fruition. Still, his theory gained traction among
    the elites looking for a way to eliminate anything supernatural in
    explaining how life on Earth is possible. Centuries of abuse in the
    Catholic Church, countless European wars, and other new scientific
    discovery (initiated by the church ironically) led many to embrace this
    type of Naturalistic theory. Basically, they embraced nihilism.

    Most people with any sort of education will accept the basic principles
    (though a true scientist is ever ready to consider a well-thought-out
    alternative and delights in learning they've been wrong about
    something),

    This is where we will disagree. You think I must just be dumb and
    uneducated to not accept Darwinian evolution theory. However, I am not
    alone in thinking it simply does not work. The culture now is so anti-science, that anyone attempting to find or counter the Darwinian evolution paradigm in today's scientific circles will end up costing you
    your teaching job, your grant or funding money, and get you blacklisted
    from any serious income possibilities. I can give example after example
    of this happening in real life. However, here's a link of over 1000 PhD scientists in just about all the scientific fields who were willing to
    risk it and put their name on a document stating their belief that there
    is problems with the theory you say "Most people with any sort of
    education will accept." Either you are unaware of differing ideas, or
    you function with similar close minded bias on all this.

    <https://www.discovery.org/m/securepdfs/2023/05/Scientific-Dissent-List-05012023-2.pdf>


    I have always been interested in finding answers to some of the
    difficult questions these topics bring up, and I have been fortunate to
    be able to research quite a bit more than in my younger years since my retirement. I have spent the last 10 years reading and researching
    anything I could get my hands on in the matter. I almost certainly know
    more about this than you, as shown by your sophomoric statement above.
    I don't have the answers any more than Darwin (or you) did. You look for evidence. It's impossible to explain as fact how a one time event
    happened when no one was there to witness it. But I do have a basic
    knowledge of things that appear impossible and have not been answerable
    by the evolutionists. I have written a paper myself summarizing what I
    call "show stoppers" that the evolutionist would just say we don't know
    yet how that is possible. The problem wasn't finding the evidence once
    I figured out how to look, it was figuring out where to stop. Almost
    every branch of science has such show stoppers.

    At this point I assume you think I am trying to push some kind of
    religion onto people. I am not. I don't care what religion or doctrine anyone cares to have, if any. I don't care if you think little green
    men planted the seeds of life here. I don't care if you believe (like
    Max Tegmark from MIT) in the multiverse. I don't even care if anyone
    wants to know what I've learned. It just has become an amazing area of discovery for me to learn that things I've been taught my whole life are
    not quite as sure footed as everyone thinks. Hence, my horrible sig file.

    so having that in your signature very likely 'colours'
    anything you might be saying in your posts in the minds of others.

    So what do you think I should do? Change my sig file because people
    might disagree with it and think I'm just stupid? A four word signature
    file have got your attention in a way that is telling. Better get on
    the horn and tell all those PhD's how dumb they are I guess. Will you
    sleep better then?
    I don't wish to belittle you, like you've done to me by insinuating lack
    of education or intelligence. I do however think you are uninformed, or unwilling to even listen. That doesn't bother me. I'm not here to
    "save" you or anyone else.

    That's it - duty done. No more from me on this.

    I lied. There is one further thing worth saying.

    If you put in your signature what you DO believe - presumably something
    like "I believe God created each living thing by His design" - there
    would be nothing to object to. That's about stating what you believe,
    rather than declaring what everyone else should believe, and that's
    easier to respect, even for those whose understanding of the universe is different.

    Oh, why don't you just go ahead and write my sig for me please???
    FWIW, I state exactly what I believe, that Darwinism is junk science.
    They don't even call it Darwinism anymore. Now it's Neo-Darwinism.
    It's like putting lipstick on a pig. It's still junk science and
    there's plenty of evidence supporting my conclusion. I fail to see
    where I'm "declaring what everyone else should believe." It's simply MY opinion and I don't care if anyone believes it or respects it. That's
    your choice and has nothing to do with me or my sig file. Feel free to
    be grated all you want.

    Regarding your second part about what you think it is that I must
    believe and that you would prefer I say in my sig, that is exactly what
    I do NOT want to do. Of course I have come to some conclusions about
    creation and origin of life, but as I said earlier I don't care what
    anyone here would choose to believe. Neither does my sig file suggest anything of the kind. All I'm saying is Darwinism simply doesn't work.
    If anyone comes to that conclusion also, they can decide on their own
    why not and how all this works, and how to move on in life after
    acquiring that knowledge.

    The metaphysical questions first posed by Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates
    are all still relevant today. It cost Socrates his life for being
    unwilling to cave to societal pressure and disclaim his beliefs. Unfortunately, science and education has been on a similar path as the
    Ancient Greeks in a sincere search for answers. No dissent allowed.

    It's just a sig file, but I'll change it today. I suspect you won't
    like it any better, or have any idea what I'm talking about.

    --
    Biochemistry has shut the door on Darwinism!!

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  • From sticks@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 16 08:46:39 2025
    On 7/14/2025 1:42 PM, Java Jive wrote:

    Now you are defaming the US legal system on the basis of zero evidence.

    Heh, I'm done here.

    --
    Darwinism Is Junk Science!!

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  • From Java Jive@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 16 11:25:31 2025
    On 2025-07-15 23:44, sticks wrote:
    On 7/15/2025 7:33 AM, Philip Herlihy wrote:
    In article <MPG.42e0584864ecb5289896b1@news.eternal-september.org>,
    nothing@invalid.com says...

    In article <1053efi$3clqr$2@dont-email.me>, wolverine01@charter.net
    says...

    Darwinism Is Junk Science!!

    That signature grates every time I see it. For the record, "Natural
    Selection" is right there at the very top of the list of scientific
    understanding best supported by overwhelming evidence.

    Initially, I was surprised by the reaction to my sig file. But the more
    I thought about it, I'm not. It is exactly what has been happening in academia for quite some time now when anyone has ideas countering the establishment narrative.

    If you are going to challenge the establishment narrative, you have to
    provide *EVIDENCE* that is more convincing than the establishment
    narrative. I note that, like every other scientific denialist, you do not.

    You speak of "overwhelming evidence," and I
    would love to see some of this evidence. I'm not talking about pretty pictures drawn by an artist showing the morphing of a monkey into a man.
    Of course, this is not the place for this discussion, unfortunately.
    But, I would debate you on this issue any time.

    As above, you can only have meaningful debate when a challenger to the accepted science provides *EVIDENCE*.

    What Darwin did was see past the religion-based assumptions that had
    gone unexamined for centuries and simply figured out "what must have
    happened".

    Darwin was not trained in this, though he was an able researcher, and
    for the first 10 years after writing his book was widely challenged by
    the real scientists of his day. His real interest was in making a name
    for himself and ultimately being accepted by his peers. It was only
    about 10 years after his work a friend salvaged his reputation. However,
    the Big Book he promised with all the "evidence" supporting his theory, never came to fruition. Still, his theory gained traction among the
    elites looking for a way to eliminate anything supernatural in
    explaining how life on Earth is possible. Centuries of abuse in the Catholic Church, countless European wars, and other new scientific
    discovery (initiated by the church ironically) led many to embrace this
    type of Naturalistic theory. Basically, they embraced nihilism.

    OSAF

    Most people with any sort of education will accept the basic principles
    (though a true scientist is ever ready to consider a well-thought-out
    alternative and delights in learning they've been wrong about
    something),

    This is where we will disagree. You think I must just be dumb and uneducated to not accept Darwinian evolution theory. However, I am not alone in thinking it simply does not work. The culture now is so anti-science, that anyone attempting to find or counter the Darwinian evolution paradigm in today's scientific circles will end up costing you your teaching job, your grant or funding money, and get you blacklisted
    from any serious income possibilities. I can give example after example
    of this happening in real life. However, here's a link of over 1000 PhD scientists in just about all the scientific fields who were willing to
    risk it and put their name on a document stating their belief that there
    is problems with the theory you say "Most people with any sort of
    education will accept." Either you are unaware of differing ideas, or
    you function with similar close minded bias on all this.

    OSAF

    <https://www.discovery.org/m/securepdfs/2023/05/Scientific-Dissent-List-05012023-2.pdf>

    28 pages each of about 40 entries = around 1120 total, even worse, of
    the 1120 odd entries only about 240 have appearances of the syllable
    'bio' once or more in a reasonably relevant context. Even assuming that
    all these names represent people who actually believe the theory of
    evolution is false, which is very unlikely as it is far more likely that
    most of them merely might question one or more aspects of it - as the statistical and numerical BBC Radio program 'More Or Less' would ask -
    "Is this a big number?", the answer to which is, "No!"

    Consider a medieval village with, say, 100 inhabitants, one of whom is universally understood to be the village idiot, so, if this is typical
    and for this thought experiment we will assume that it is, that's 1% of
    the population are idiots. Now imagine that same village magically transported into the modern world where all the villages have internet contact, so now our village idiot can suddenly find hundreds of other
    village idiots. It will appear to him magically that now his situation
    is not so abnormal, it may even appear perfectly normal, but nonetheless village idiots will still only make up 1% of the population.

    Applying this principle, in ball-park terms, the number of biologists in
    the world is probably now around 90,000, while if we are to include life sciences more generally it's probably around 150,000, which means that
    the 240 relevant entries represent about 1/3% and 1/5% of the total
    numbers of relevant scientists respectively. So in this context 240 is
    a very small number.

    https://scienceoxygen.com/how-many-biologists-are-in-the-world/ https://scienceoxygen.com/how-many-life-scientists-are-there-in-the-world/ [Figures from a few years back]

    I have always been interested in finding answers to some of the
    difficult questions these topics bring up, and I have been fortunate to
    be able to research quite a bit more than in my younger years since my retirement. I have spent the last 10 years reading and researching
    anything I could get my hands on in the matter. I almost certainly know more about this than you, as shown by your sophomoric statement above. I don't have the answers any more than Darwin (or you) did. You look for evidence. It's impossible to explain as fact how a one time event
    happened when no one was there to witness it. But I do have a basic knowledge of things that appear impossible and have not been answerable
    by the evolutionists. I have written a paper myself summarizing what I
    call "show stoppers" that the evolutionist would just say we don't know
    yet how that is possible. The problem wasn't finding the evidence once
    I figured out how to look, it was figuring out where to stop. Almost
    every branch of science has such show stoppers.

    Yet, despite these claims, you don't supply any *EVIDENCE*.

    At this point I assume you think I am trying to push some kind of
    religion onto people. I am not. I don't care what religion or doctrine anyone cares to have, if any. I don't care if you think little green
    men planted the seeds of life here. I don't care if you believe (like
    Max Tegmark from MIT) in the multiverse. I don't even care if anyone
    wants to know what I've learned. It just has become an amazing area of discovery for me to learn that things I've been taught my whole life are
    not quite as sure footed as everyone thinks. Hence, my horrible sig file.

    By definition, someone who puts such a line in their sig file is trying
    to call attention to himself as someone holding 'different' or
    'alternative' beliefs, so all the above is just dishonest bluster.

    so having that in your signature very likely 'colours'
    anything you might be saying in your posts in the minds of others.

    So what do you think I should do? Change my sig file because people
    might disagree with it and think I'm just stupid?

    Change your sig file because it introduces OT arguments such as this and
    makes a statement that you don't and almost certainly can't support with *EVIDENCE*. And, yes, it also makes you look like a troll and an idiot.

    A four word signature
    file have got your attention in a way that is telling. Better get on
    the horn and tell all those PhD's how dumb they are I guess. Will you
    sleep better then?
    I don't wish to belittle you, like you've done to me by insinuating lack
    of education or intelligence. I do however think you are uninformed, or unwilling to even listen. That doesn't bother me. I'm not here to
    "save" you or anyone else.

    See above, in the modern connected world, the solace you seek in numbers
    is completely misleading.

    That's it - duty done. No more from me on this.

    I lied. There is one further thing worth saying.

    If you put in your signature what you DO believe - presumably something
    like "I believe God created each living thing by His design" - there
    would be nothing to object to. That's about stating what you believe,
    rather than declaring what everyone else should believe, and that's
    easier to respect, even for those whose understanding of the universe is
    different.

    Oh, why don't you just go ahead and write my sig for me please???
    FWIW, I state exactly what I believe, that Darwinism is junk science.
    They don't even call it Darwinism anymore. Now it's Neo-Darwinism. It's like putting lipstick on a pig. It's still junk science and there's
    plenty of evidence supporting my conclusion.

    Yet people like you never seem able to quote it.

    I fail to see where I'm
    "declaring what everyone else should believe." It's simply MY opinion
    and I don't care if anyone believes it or respects it. That's your
    choice and has nothing to do with me or my sig file. Feel free to be
    grated all you want.

    See above, it's basically the verbal equivalent of spoiling for a fight.

    Regarding your second part about what you think it is that I must
    believe and that you would prefer I say in my sig, that is exactly what
    I do NOT want to do. Of course I have come to some conclusions about creation and origin of life, but as I said earlier I don't care what
    anyone here would choose to believe. Neither does my sig file suggest anything of the kind. All I'm saying is Darwinism simply doesn't work.
    If anyone comes to that conclusion also, they can decide on their own
    why not and how all this works, and how to move on in life after
    acquiring that knowledge.

    If you genuinely didn't care you wouldn't be trying to preach to others
    with your sig.

    --

    Fake news kills!

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