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What would you say to someone who starts too many threads on a message board forum
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If you encounter someone who consistently starts too many threads on a message board forum, it's important to address the situation respectfully. Here are a few suggestions for approaching the issue:
Kindly point out the situation: Politely mention that you've noticed the person has been creating multiple threads and explain how it might be affecting the forum's organization or the ability of others to participate in discussions.
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Suggest consolidating topics: Encourage the individual to consolidate related topics into a single thread instead of starting multiple separate threads. This helps to keep the forum organized and makes it easier for others to follow and contribute to discussions.
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Private message: If possible, reach out to the person through a private message or direct message to discuss the issue privately and avoid any potential public confrontation or embarrassment.
Remember to maintain a polite and respectful tone throughout the conversation. Some people may not be aware of the impact of their behavior, and offering guidance can help improve their participation in the forum while maintaining a positive atmosphere for everyone.
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If you encounter someone who consistently starts too many threads on a message board forum, it's important to address the situation respectfully. Here are a few suggestions for approaching the issue:
Kindly point out the situation: Politely mention that you've noticed the person has been creating multiple threads and explain how it might be affecting the forum's organization or the ability of others to participate in discussions.
Refer to forum guidelines: If the message board has specific rules or guidelines regarding thread creation, you can kindly remind the person of those guidelines and how excessive thread creation might be against them.
Suggest consolidating topics: Encourage the individual to consolidate related topics into a single thread instead of starting multiple separate threads. This helps to keep the forum organized and makes it easier for others to follow and contribute to discussions.
Offer guidance: If the person seems unaware of the impact of their actions, you can provide guidance on how to use the forum effectively. Explain the importance of searching for existing threads on similar topics before creating new ones and encourage them to engage in existing discussions before starting new ones.
Private message: If possible, reach out to the person through a private message or direct message to discuss the issue privately and avoid any potential public confrontation or embarrassment.
Remember to maintain a polite and respectful tone throughout the conversation. Some people may not be aware of the impact of their behavior, and offering guidance can help improve their participation in the forum while maintaining a positive atmosphere for everyone.
sturg33
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he does his best to dilute the mountain of evidence of his stupidity
lol. You win the thread.
Tapate50
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Tapate50
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Don’t want this to get bumped down by too many useless threads
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
A month after his trial on federal corruption charges ended in November 2017 with a deadlocked jury, Sen. Robert Menendez settled into a booth at the International House of Pancakes in his New Jersey hometown of Union City.
In a quarter-zip sweater, the influential Democrat posed for a photograph next to a friend, who held up a small red sign bearing the words delivered by the senator outside federal district court: “To those who were digging my political grave so they could jump into my seat, I know who you are and I won’t forget you.”
The words were a declaration of Menendez’s political resurrection, a measure of how vindicated and empowered he felt after prosecutors failed to convince jurors that he helped a wealthy Florida doctor in exchange for lavish gifts. After beating back the government’s case, Menendez won reelection in 2018. And when Democrats captured control of the Senate in 2021, he regained the chairmanship of the Foreign Relations Committee, giving him influence over major foreign policy debates and cementing his place as one of the highest-ranking Hispanic leaders in the nation.
But now just six years later, Menendez is once again at the heart of a sprawling federal criminal investigation concentrating at least in part on the possibility that the senator received undisclosed gifts, according to people familiar with the probe who, like others interviewed for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.
The senator insists Menendez will be vindicated again. “It will amount to nothing,” he predicted to reporters earlier this year. Still, his advisers are facing the inquiry with a feeling of grim familiarity, according to people in touch with his team. Even as he has risen nationally, Menendez has remained intimately involved in local matters, weighing in on state assembly races and county leadership contests. Those dealings reflect his power in New Jersey but also have opened him up to accusations of improperly wielding his influence, according to Democratic officials, political consultants and former aides.
People familiar with the investigation say federal prosecutors based in Manhattan are examining both Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian, whom he said he met at the Union City pancake house, a frequent haunt, about a year after his mistrial. While the exact scope of the probe is unclear, these people said a raft of grand jury subpoenas issued over the past year sought information from a wide range of people and interests, including a New Jersey company that certifies food imports to Egypt, a New Jersey jeweler, and a state senator who sponsored stalled legislation that would have curtailed development near the Palisades cliffs along the Hudson River.
One connection through some of the seemingly disparate issues is a Menendez donor and New Jersey developer, Fred Daibes, who has transformed the Hudson riverfront communities near where the senator grew up from a blue-collar enclave into a ritzy home for Manhattan commuters. Daibes received a previously unreported subpoena last year, people familiar with the matter said. More recently, these people said, prosecutors have sought documents related to a London-based investment firm led by a member of the ruling family of Qatar that purchased an ownership interest in certain Daibes properties.
A lawyer for Daibes said the developer had been friends with Menendez for 25 years but otherwise declined to comment on the investigation. A Justice Department spokesman also declined to comment. Morrill, the Menendez spokeswoman, said the senator was “not distracted by these politically-motivated smear campaigns.”
Allies say the senator is being persecuted by a Justice Department embarrassed by its failure to convict him six years ago, while critics see the fresh inquiry as evidence of a politician who invites scrutiny by operating too close to the line. “If they are coming at him again, they better have it for real this time,” said Rudy Garcia, a lobbyist and former Democratic state lawmaker and mayor of Union City. “The government went after him once, and you saw how that turned out. I don’t know how this is any different.”
NBC 4 New York has reported that prosecutors are examining whether people involved with Hana’s halal meat certification company provided Menendez or his wife with a Washington apartment, a Mercedes-Benz and other gifts. Morrill, the Menendez spokeswoman, said, “We are not going to respond to every false allegation made by anonymous sources.” A spokesman for Hana denied that any such gifts changed hands.
“Any allegations about cars, apartments, cash, and jewelry being provided by anyone associated with IS EG Halal to Senator Menendez or his wife at all, let alone in exchange for any kind of favorable treatment, are totally without basis,” said the spokesman, Steven Goldberg, who also said Menendez played no role in the contract with the Egyptian government.
Authorities have sought information from a wide range of additional people, including a jeweler in Bergen County, Vasken Khorozian, who told The Post that he is friends with Menendez and his wife and spoke about a year ago to law enforcement. Khorozian said officials were interested in gifts that may have been given to the couple and that he told them he could not help them with their inquiry, he said. “I’m a poor guy,” Khorozian said in an interview. “I don’t give gifts.”
https://wapo.st/43ltM6G
This guy is very smart and very tough. But also a crook. Hopefully, the voters of New Jersey retire him. He may have beaten the charges at his trial, but the court of public opinion should have held him to a higher standard.
In a quarter-zip sweater, the influential Democrat posed for a photograph next to a friend, who held up a small red sign bearing the words delivered by the senator outside federal district court: “To those who were digging my political grave so they could jump into my seat, I know who you are and I won’t forget you.”
The words were a declaration of Menendez’s political resurrection, a measure of how vindicated and empowered he felt after prosecutors failed to convince jurors that he helped a wealthy Florida doctor in exchange for lavish gifts. After beating back the government’s case, Menendez won reelection in 2018. And when Democrats captured control of the Senate in 2021, he regained the chairmanship of the Foreign Relations Committee, giving him influence over major foreign policy debates and cementing his place as one of the highest-ranking Hispanic leaders in the nation.
But now just six years later, Menendez is once again at the heart of a sprawling federal criminal investigation concentrating at least in part on the possibility that the senator received undisclosed gifts, according to people familiar with the probe who, like others interviewed for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.
The senator insists Menendez will be vindicated again. “It will amount to nothing,” he predicted to reporters earlier this year. Still, his advisers are facing the inquiry with a feeling of grim familiarity, according to people in touch with his team. Even as he has risen nationally, Menendez has remained intimately involved in local matters, weighing in on state assembly races and county leadership contests. Those dealings reflect his power in New Jersey but also have opened him up to accusations of improperly wielding his influence, according to Democratic officials, political consultants and former aides.
People familiar with the investigation say federal prosecutors based in Manhattan are examining both Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian, whom he said he met at the Union City pancake house, a frequent haunt, about a year after his mistrial. While the exact scope of the probe is unclear, these people said a raft of grand jury subpoenas issued over the past year sought information from a wide range of people and interests, including a New Jersey company that certifies food imports to Egypt, a New Jersey jeweler, and a state senator who sponsored stalled legislation that would have curtailed development near the Palisades cliffs along the Hudson River.
One connection through some of the seemingly disparate issues is a Menendez donor and New Jersey developer, Fred Daibes, who has transformed the Hudson riverfront communities near where the senator grew up from a blue-collar enclave into a ritzy home for Manhattan commuters. Daibes received a previously unreported subpoena last year, people familiar with the matter said. More recently, these people said, prosecutors have sought documents related to a London-based investment firm led by a member of the ruling family of Qatar that purchased an ownership interest in certain Daibes properties.
A lawyer for Daibes said the developer had been friends with Menendez for 25 years but otherwise declined to comment on the investigation. A Justice Department spokesman also declined to comment. Morrill, the Menendez spokeswoman, said the senator was “not distracted by these politically-motivated smear campaigns.”
Allies say the senator is being persecuted by a Justice Department embarrassed by its failure to convict him six years ago, while critics see the fresh inquiry as evidence of a politician who invites scrutiny by operating too close to the line. “If they are coming at him again, they better have it for real this time,” said Rudy Garcia, a lobbyist and former Democratic state lawmaker and mayor of Union City. “The government went after him once, and you saw how that turned out. I don’t know how this is any different.”
NBC 4 New York has reported that prosecutors are examining whether people involved with Hana’s halal meat certification company provided Menendez or his wife with a Washington apartment, a Mercedes-Benz and other gifts. Morrill, the Menendez spokeswoman, said, “We are not going to respond to every false allegation made by anonymous sources.” A spokesman for Hana denied that any such gifts changed hands.
“Any allegations about cars, apartments, cash, and jewelry being provided by anyone associated with IS EG Halal to Senator Menendez or his wife at all, let alone in exchange for any kind of favorable treatment, are totally without basis,” said the spokesman, Steven Goldberg, who also said Menendez played no role in the contract with the Egyptian government.
Authorities have sought information from a wide range of additional people, including a jeweler in Bergen County, Vasken Khorozian, who told The Post that he is friends with Menendez and his wife and spoke about a year ago to law enforcement. Khorozian said officials were interested in gifts that may have been given to the couple and that he told them he could not help them with their inquiry, he said. “I’m a poor guy,” Khorozian said in an interview. “I don’t give gifts.”
https://wapo.st/43ltM6G
This guy is very smart and very tough. But also a crook. Hopefully, the voters of New Jersey retire him. He may have beaten the charges at his trial, but the court of public opinion should have held him to a higher standard.
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nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Early Friday evening, Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey, a close Democratic ally, called on Mr. Menendez to resign, an admonition that unleashed a torrent of similar messages from political leaders throughout the state.
Not long beforehand, Mr. Menendez sent a letter to Senator Chuck Schumer of New York informing him that he was stepping down as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, as required by rules the Senate Democrats adopted to govern themselves.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/...CyEE_s2njIa0WVqD3HIYsIIvJ_Wk1k&smid=url-share
Not long beforehand, Mr. Menendez sent a letter to Senator Chuck Schumer of New York informing him that he was stepping down as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, as required by rules the Senate Democrats adopted to govern themselves.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/...CyEE_s2njIa0WVqD3HIYsIIvJ_Wk1k&smid=url-share
