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Rex Tillerson’s alleged comment that President Trump was “a moron” brings to reality the words of HL Mencken in the Baltimore Sun (26 July 1920): “As democracy is perfected, the office [of president] represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move towards a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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@Best.Korea
God chose number 1 too when Jesus was on the cross.
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
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@Best.Korea
It is usually best to skip those parts of the Bible that cannot be in any way justified by any sane individual.
True dat
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@IwantRooseveltagain
MAGA voters are not as smart as bugs.
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@Best.Korea
You need to talk to Jim Bakker to see how to set up a tv show that will take in contributions to Slifer so you can get rich.
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@zedvictor4
How come SETI hasn't come up with anything?
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From Trump's Jan 6 speech
"All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats, which is what they're doing. And stolen by the fake news media. That's what they've done and what they're doing. We will never give up, we will never concede. It doesn't happen. You don't concede when there's theft involved."
The Capitol riot on Jan. 6 was “a terror attack” that resulted in “almost 10 dead. This is why Trump will go to prison.
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@FishChaser
That is the opinion of a privileged being or one with a false sense of security.
That is why Humans made up religion (an opiate).
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@Stephen
Yes, even a casual reading of the Bible is enough to show that JHVH is surprisingly enthusiastic about rape, not to mention other crimes. How about throwing children to hungry bears because they thought you looked funny?
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I think only friends of ebuc will be going to the next level.
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@Best.Korea
1. Imagine the most perfect world you can think of, with all the desirable good qualities and without any undesirable qualities.
2. Take steps to move closer towards creating such a world. Do everything to make it happen without losing good faith.
OMG, you are a Scientologist ! Are you really Tom Cruise?
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@IwantRooseveltagain
That is an insult to stupid people. Stupid people are much smarter than Trump voters.
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@Greyparrot
Oh, sorry, I was just checking on your intelligence. You think Trump is smart, right?
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@Greyparrot
Gender Spectrum: A Scientist Explains Why Gender Isn’t Binary
June 1, 2023 By Cade Hildreth
June 1, 2023 By Cade Hildreth
The gender spectrum is an understanding that gender is not binary, but rather a spectrum of biological, mental and emotional traits that exist along a continuum.
In contrast, the gender binary—also called gender binarism or genderism—is a belief that gender is composed of two distinct and opposite genders (women/men) in which there is not overlap.
Unfortunately for those who believe in a gender binary, it is not scientifically or medically correct. Gender can’t be binary, because it is a personal identity and is socially constructed.
Sex, which refers to one’s biological characteristics, also exists as a spectrum, because intersex people exist. A person’s sex can be female, male, or intersex—which can present as an infinite number of biological combinations.
Today, numerous scientific fields, including biology, endocrinology, physiology, genetics, neuroscience, and reproductive science, have confirmed that both sex and gender exist as a spectrum.
This is true for humans and across the animal kingdom.
In contrast, the gender binary—also called gender binarism or genderism—is a belief that gender is composed of two distinct and opposite genders (women/men) in which there is not overlap.
Unfortunately for those who believe in a gender binary, it is not scientifically or medically correct. Gender can’t be binary, because it is a personal identity and is socially constructed.
Sex, which refers to one’s biological characteristics, also exists as a spectrum, because intersex people exist. A person’s sex can be female, male, or intersex—which can present as an infinite number of biological combinations.
Today, numerous scientific fields, including biology, endocrinology, physiology, genetics, neuroscience, and reproductive science, have confirmed that both sex and gender exist as a spectrum.
This is true for humans and across the animal kingdom.
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Yes, I am trying to detail the thread.
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@Greyparrot
After months of smearing election administrators in predominately African American cities, Trump took the mic at the rally just before the Capitol siege to issue a similar, if less articulate, plea to his disciples: “If we allow this group of people to illegally take over our country because it’s illegal, when the votes are illegal, when the way that they got there is illegal, when the states that vote are given false and fraudulent information.”
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@zedvictor4
@ebuc
Wow, you young kids are something. I'm as old as Trump and my wife is 2 years older than me.
However, we both feel like we are in our 20's. I attribute it to exercise, vitamins, eating small amounts of food and glucosamine-chondroitin gummies.
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@Critical-Tim
The armed forces of Nazi Germany, wore belt buckles emblazoned with the words “Gott mit Uns.” That is “God with Us” in English.
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@IlDiavolo
There are over 700 quintillion planets in the universe. One of the leading theories is that life emerged from chemical processes in Earth's early ocean. Simple chemical precursors, such as water, carbon, and hydrogen, mixed and mingled until they formed complex polymers like DNA, RNA, and proteins—the building blocks of life.
Since this all happened by accident with an infinitely small chance of happening, the Earth is the only planet in the Universe with life.
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You all know that Greyparrot is Putin, don't you?
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Lock him Up! Lock him Up! Lock him Up! Lock him Up! Lock him Up!
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@Greyparrot
President Donald J. Trump continued pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to go along with a plan to unilaterally overturn his election defeat even after he was told it was illegal, according to testimony laid out in extensive detail by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.
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@Greyparrot
An armed but limited rebellion is an insurrection.
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TWS's Klan Robe sales must be slumping.
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@IwantRooseveltagain
OMG, do you think TWS got $2 billion from the Saudi's like Jared?
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@Sidewalker
People have never been exposed to as many sensory stimuli as they are today. We do not, however, consciously perceive the majority of the sensory impressions that bombard us. Our brain processes these impressions without us noticing. But where does the brain decide which sensory information should reach our consciousness and which should not? Tests on the brains of macaques have shown that neurons in at least two regions of the brain, the temporal and frontal lobes, are responsible for this.
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute in Tübingen measured the activity of neurons in the brains of macaques while the animals observed images on a screen. The results show that neurons in one part of the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex are active when the monkeys are aware of what they have seen. Therefore, this region of the brain appears to play a role in deciding which impressions reach our consciousness.
Thus the content of consciousness is based in two different brain regions. The decision as to which sensory impressions will reach our consciousness is not made by a single region. Instead, neurons from different regions must cooperate for this purpose. With the help of the tests on the monkeys, it is possible to establish how consciousness arises. This knowledge could benefit people with impaired consciousness in the future.
Thus the content of consciousness is based in two different brain regions. The decision as to which sensory impressions will reach our consciousness is not made by a single region. Instead, neurons from different regions must cooperate for this purpose. With the help of the tests on the monkeys, it is possible to establish how consciousness arises. This knowledge could benefit people with impaired consciousness in the future.
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@zedvictor4
@Sidewalker
We can narrow down the seat of consciousness even further. Take, for example, experiments in which different stimuli are presented to the right and the left eyes. Suppose a picture of Donald Trump is visible only to your left eye and one of Greyparrot only to your right eye. We might imagine that you would see some weird superposition of Trump and Greyparrot. In reality, you will see Trump for a few seconds, after which he will disappear and Greyparrot will appear, after which he will go away and Trump will reappear. The two images will alternate in a never-ending dance because of what neuroscientists call binocular rivalry. Because your brain is getting an ambiguous input, it cannot decide: Is it Trump, or is it Greyparrot?
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Given everything we understand about consciousness, it seems pretty clear that the brain is required for any kind of conscious experience, and that once a brain that is not functioning, or has rotted away all together, there will be no other consciousness to speak off.
We already know that certain parts of the brain are responsible for certain functions, such as the cerebrum. If we were to cut out the cerebrum, we would either destroy the patient's ability to think, or we would destroy their consciousness.
Alternatively, if we were to remove the parts of the brain that interprets our senses, then we would lose those senses (sight, smell, etc). So we all agree that without the brain those senses evaporate, why would our consciousness, our being, or our person-hood be any different? Because if you have no sensation, no thinking, no mental/physical activity, what is the difference between that and someone who is 'gone?'
We agree that those who have not yet been born do not exist because they have none of the above criteria (thoughts, sensations). What possible reason is there to think those who have died are in any different kind of state?
So to sum up: Due to our understandings of the brain, the belief in the afterlife can be dismissed as a childish fancy borne our of fear and grief. It is just as baseless, perhaps even more so, than believing any of the following: That skin colors make certain people superior/inferior, that vaccines cause autism, that the earth is flat, that your astrological sign determines your personality, that Lord of the Rings is historical fact, or that Elvis is alive.
Granted due to the existential nightmare we find ourselves in the belief in an afterlife, while being even more unfounded and irrational than any of the above, is much, much more forgivable and understandable, due to the above mentioned fear and anxiety.
We already know that certain parts of the brain are responsible for certain functions, such as the cerebrum. If we were to cut out the cerebrum, we would either destroy the patient's ability to think, or we would destroy their consciousness.
Alternatively, if we were to remove the parts of the brain that interprets our senses, then we would lose those senses (sight, smell, etc). So we all agree that without the brain those senses evaporate, why would our consciousness, our being, or our person-hood be any different? Because if you have no sensation, no thinking, no mental/physical activity, what is the difference between that and someone who is 'gone?'
We agree that those who have not yet been born do not exist because they have none of the above criteria (thoughts, sensations). What possible reason is there to think those who have died are in any different kind of state?
So to sum up: Due to our understandings of the brain, the belief in the afterlife can be dismissed as a childish fancy borne our of fear and grief. It is just as baseless, perhaps even more so, than believing any of the following: That skin colors make certain people superior/inferior, that vaccines cause autism, that the earth is flat, that your astrological sign determines your personality, that Lord of the Rings is historical fact, or that Elvis is alive.
Granted due to the existential nightmare we find ourselves in the belief in an afterlife, while being even more unfounded and irrational than any of the above, is much, much more forgivable and understandable, due to the above mentioned fear and anxiety.
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Hang Fake Electors! Hang Fake Electors! Hang Fake Electors! Hang Fake Electors!
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Lawyers for Hormel Foods, drafted an early version of a 2020 executive order that Trump signed that allowed plants to continue operating during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Congressional report based on company emails shows. More than 800 meatpacking plant workers have died from the coronavirus. There have been at least 86,000 positive cases.
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@ebuc
From an early age, Biden had been afflicted by a severe stutter, which often brought teasing from other children and embarrassment with teachers.[ Excelling in sports was especially important to Biden as it gave him a way of gaining social acceptance despite his speech issue.
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@Greyparrot
Well, I am that real old Trump hater guy.
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@Best.Korea
Angel: God, someone from DebateArt is making fun of you again
God: Is it that real old Trump hater guy?
Angel: No, it's that young good looking guy.
God: Well, you know that there is nothing I can do about it since I'm in God prison.
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Fareed Zakaria: Trump is a B.S. artist
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Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria’s GPS,” ridiculed Trump for saying Russian President Vladimir Putin “is not going into Ukraine, you can mark it down,” despite the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. Trump later clarified that he meant Russia would not attempt such a move if he became president.
“There’s a pattern here,” Zakaria said. “Every time it is demonstrated that Donald Trump is plainly ignorant about some basic public policy issue, some well-known fact, he comes back with a certain bravado, and tries to explain it away with a tweet or a statement. … Usually he adds that the press hates him.”
It sounds like Zakaria knows that Trump is a moron.
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Ben shapiro is not an academic and does not submit anything to peer-review.
He is a conservative pundit that writes reactionary and inflammatory opinion pieces and very poorly researched books with unsubstantiated claims.
Also, his debates and arguments are cringey and childish, at best. He makes a lot of assumptions and employs a lot of fallacies and illogical arguments. He primarily seeks underhanded “gotcha!” moments in his debates so that he appears to come out on top; rather than actually engaging with intellectual rigor and honesty.
He might be intelligent, but he’s pretty f---ing dumb.
He is a conservative pundit that writes reactionary and inflammatory opinion pieces and very poorly researched books with unsubstantiated claims.
Also, his debates and arguments are cringey and childish, at best. He makes a lot of assumptions and employs a lot of fallacies and illogical arguments. He primarily seeks underhanded “gotcha!” moments in his debates so that he appears to come out on top; rather than actually engaging with intellectual rigor and honesty.
He might be intelligent, but he’s pretty f---ing dumb.
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@Best.Korea
Did you miss the "but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish." part?
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@Deb-8-a-bull
OMG, are you really Tom Cruise?
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@Deb-8-a-bull
You are a true Scientologist !
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@DavidAZ
Actually, Stephen Hawking said: “Before we understood science, it was natural to believe that God created the universe, but now science offers a more convincing explanation."
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Didn't this scientist disprove Him?
Albert Einstein said in 1954: “The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.”
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Trump's tax returns show that in the 2020 tax year, Donald and Melania Trump reported $78 million in gross income from 16 foreign countries — including the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland and St. Martin, where Trump has properties. The gross income also included a reported $1.2 million from “other countries” — abbreviated as “OC” — that were not specified.
In 2017, Trump's first year in office, he also made $6.5 million from China, the returns show. The source of the China payments is not clear from the returns. The payments were a surprise since Trump is an outspoken critic of the $5.8 million Hunter Biden made in business deals with Chinese interests while his father, now-President Joe Biden, was out of office.
In 2017, Trump's first year in office, he also made $6.5 million from China, the returns show. The source of the China payments is not clear from the returns. The payments were a surprise since Trump is an outspoken critic of the $5.8 million Hunter Biden made in business deals with Chinese interests while his father, now-President Joe Biden, was out of office.
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@IwantRooseveltagain
Is it legal for Greyparrot to advertise Hormel products on this website?
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