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Rate the last 8 Presidents

    Biden: B
    Trump: F
    Obama: A
    Bush Jr: F
    Clinton: B
    Bush Sr: D
    Reagan: C
    Carter: B


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@Athias

" I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own — a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.“ —  Albert Einstein



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Geodesic Incompleteness
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@ebuc

You ought to think about joining http://www.sciforums.com/. I used to be a member .
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Democrats are no longer liberal nor progressive anymore.
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@Greyparrot
Well, at least democrats don't take bribes from foreign countries.
US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska(Republican) was convicted Thursday on charges that he lied to federal authorities about an illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign from a foreign billionaire at a 2016 Los Angeles fundraiser. A federal jury in LA deliberated about two hours before finding the nine-term Republican guilty of one count of falsifying and concealing material facts and two counts of making false statements. Each count carries a potential five-year prison sentence and fines. The judge set sentencing for June 28. Fortenberry was charged after sitting for two interviews with FBI agents who were investigating the donor, Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent, reports the AP.
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FDA loses legal bid to suppress Vaccine data for 75 years.

Russell Brand is basically the YouTube figure for the pseudo intellectual hippie left. The kind of people who are socially tolerant but painfully clueless when it comes to anything political or scientific, which is why they're easily fooled with antivax stuff.
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Orange Clarence Thomas and Wife

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that he will oppose Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination because she does not have a WHITE husband.
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Orange Clarence Thomas and Wife
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@ebuc

Well, that why the Republicans picked Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall—perhaps best known as the first African American Supreme Court justice. They knew he had a White wife.
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Extensive body tattooing looks a mess, especially on necks and faces and especially on women.
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@Lemming
As an example:

Deuteronomy 23:13

and you shall have a spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn to cover up your excrement.


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Extensive body tattooing looks a mess, especially on necks and faces and especially on women.
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@Lemming

I don't dislike it, it is just a book of myths that does have some logical reasoning.
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Are Christians bootlickers?
  God created a world to love and worship Him.  
Yes, but when he went on MASTERGOD and showed his work, he was voted off. That is when we stopped hearing from Him.
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TRUMP DUMPS MO BROOKS
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@oromagi

Maybe the KBG will come and get him when he is indicted
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Choose enlightenment

Nurse Ratched, we have got another one.
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Conscience

Nurse Ratched, would you please take away his iPad ?
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Extensive body tattooing looks a mess, especially on necks and faces and especially on women.

Jesus had tattoo's. Revelation 19:16 includes this description of Jesus: “On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords.” 
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Why I oppose Roe V Wade
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@Greyparrot

Clearly, life begins when you draw your first breath. That is when God places your soul in your body. Your soul enters your body with your first breath and it leaves with your last. The body is just a vessel — your being, your humanity, is your immortal soul. That's what the Bible says, and for the life of me I cannot understand why so many people, especially supposedly religious people, get this wrong. There is no question, no moral ambiguity. Abortion destroys an empty vessel, it does not kill a human being.
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TRUMP DUMPS MO BROOKS
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@oromagi

Well, I think that soon, Trump will be moving to his new Trump Towers Moscow.
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Why I oppose Roe V Wade
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@Greyparrot

Yes, that is why we need Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Supreme Court.
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Why I oppose Roe V Wade
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@TheUnderdog

I agree. What a great way to increase the Democratic base. 75% of women requesting abortion in the US are in poverty or in the low income bracket. The poorest 12% of women account for almost 50% of abortions and the poorest 30% for 75% of abortions.
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The term 'rat' for a traitor/snitch is unfair to rats.
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@RationalMadman

I agree, they should be called Judas. Take the aforementioned Judas. Without quoting chapter and verse, the CliffsNotes of Judas’ snitchery go like this: Judas was Jesus’ buddy, a disciple, and at the Last Supper with Jesus and the other disciples, Jesus predicted that someone there would betray him. After dinner, Judas ran to the Roman authorities, who wanted Jesus for religious fanaticism. The Romans gave Judas 30 silver coins in exchange for him telling them where Jesus would be tomorrow. The next day, Judas lead the Romans to Jesus, Jesus was arrested and — spoiler alert for a 2,000-year-old story — later crucified (don’t worry, he got better). 
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The opposite of a Progressive is not 'conservative' but 'regressive' :) scumbag Russia supporters.

Right-wing commentator Candace Owens blasted the U.S. response in a series of tweets, saying Americans should read a transcript of Putin's address to the UN Security Council “to know what’s *actually* going on,” and claiming that potential NATO membership for Ukraine serves as a threat to Russia and means “WE are at fault.”
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The opposite of a Progressive is not 'conservative' but 'regressive' :) scumbag Russia supporters.

On his TV show, Fox News host Tucker Carlson urged Americans to ask "Why do I hate Putin?" and has questioned why it would be "disloyal" for Americans to side with Russia if war breaks out.
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Conservatives: What are your arguments for not raising taxes on the rich to 93% of their income?
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@Greyparrot
People complained about paying taxes even in Jesus’ time. The Roman Empire, which had conquered Israel, imposed a heavy financial burden to pay for its army, road system, courts, temples to the Roman gods, and for the emperor’s personal wealth. Nevertheless, the Gospels leave no doubt that Jesus taught his followers not only in words but by example, to give to the government any taxes that are owed.

In Romans 13:1, Paul brings further clarification to this concept, along with an even broader responsibility to Christians:

"Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God." (NIV)

We can conclude from this verse that if we don't pay taxes, we are rebelling against the authorities established by God.

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"Sorry Witches ": Where Does This Nonsense Stop?

You all don't think Poly is Lori Shannon, do you?
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"Sorry Witches ": Where Does This Nonsense Stop?
From Christianity
to Witchcraft: A Spiritual
Journey
     by  LORRI SHANNON




When I was ready
to begin my spiritual journey anew, I started fresh. I opened myself to everything,
not just different denominations of Christianity. In reading, I stumbled
upon something called Wicca, an Earth-based nature religion that proclaims
itself to be the practice of modern day witchcraft.
Wicca is the fastest growing religion today. Followers of Wicca worship a
God as well as a Goddess. Its practitioners revere the Earth as an extension of the
Goddess herself and aspire to live in harmony with nature. Wiccans believe in
reincarnation, but not as the Hindus believe. Wiccans believe that humans come
back as humans.
Wiccans believe in magic. Chanting and meditation are used to achieve an
alternate state of consciousness to better commune with the Goddess and the
God. Spells are used in much the same way a prayer is, with one great difference:
whereas a prayer is most often a linguistic appeal to a higher power to grant a
request, in a spell the practitioner uses visualization to direct unseen energy to
achieve the desired effect.
There are eight holidays that make up what is called the Wheel of the Year,
and many customs from such holidays as Halloween, Christmas and Easter
actually come from the pagan holidays of Samhain, Yule and Ostara. These
holidays are often based on ancient harvest or fertility festivals celebrated in
Britain, when the people lived close to the land. Apart from the Wheel of the
Year are esbats, which are rituals that celebrate the different phases of the moon.
It was in learning about this Earth-based nature religion that I realized what
had been missing to me: anything feminine and positive. As a woman, I felt left
out of male-dominated Christianity, although I didn’t realize it at the time. I
simply didn’t feel completely satisfied, never understanding why.

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Conservatives: What are your arguments for not raising taxes on the rich to 93% of their income?

The national debt recently passed $30 trillion. The publicly held debt (minus Social Security lending to the Treasury Department) is $23.5 trillion, a bit over 100 percent of GDP. Within a few years, the U.S. will bust the record of 106 percent set in 1946 as World War II ended. Then, rapid economic growth reduced that ratio, which ran “only” 35 percent as recently as 2007, before the financial crash.  Putin got Trump elected to bankrupt the USA. This will happen when the Yuan becomes the World currency.
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Why democracy and what is competent leadership
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@ADreamOfLiberty

For the benefit of Intelligent Man and the elimination of Worm Man.
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@TheUnderdog

 Eisenhower 's top marginal income tax rate in 1953 was 92%. The 92% tax bracket applied to income over $400,000 in 1953. Trump dropped the top tax rate to 23% which saved him $1 billion.
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Why democracy and what is competent leadership
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@Discipulus_Didicit


Artificial Intelligence Capitalist Benovolent Dictator
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Why democracy and what is competent leadership

The 1993 Russian constitution declares Russia a democratic, federative, law-based state with a republican form of government. State power is divided among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

This is why the future of Man is Artificial Intelligence benovolent dictators.
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Are Christians bootlickers?
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@TheUnderdog

Remember that you can make a lot of money off bootlickers telling them that you will pray for them. Televangelist Kenneth Copeland has an estimated net worth of $750 million.
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How do you know wat's tru?
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@Outplayz

You weren't a member of  the Branch Davidians, Church Universal and Triumphant, the Church of Satan, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments, the Peoples Temple, Heaven's Gate, and the Unification Church , were you?
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How should the US handle the Ukraine War?

Invest in US Military Industrial complex stocks.
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Why democracy and what is competent leadership

The future of man is AI benevolent dictators.
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atheism is irrational


   Also Serial Killers
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Why democracy and what is competent leadership
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@Benjamin

    Well stated.
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@Athias


Pediatric cancer?
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Quantum mechanics and determinism
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@ebuc

In a movie, a person sits in the sun and then his skin turns red. That is how simulations work. We are in a 3D simulation instead of 2D. Remember at some point
your simulation ends.
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Bestiality
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@ADreamOfLiberty
1. Bestiality is not inherently immoral
That's true if you are a Christian.
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Welcome to DART: Introduce Yourself
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@badger

Remember that society is composed of Intelligent Man and Worm Man.
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Quantum mechanics and determinism
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@ebuc

It is a 3D simulation. Atoms are 3D simulations. They are not real solid objects.
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@Athias
Very uplifting. That's a good argument?
Yes, it shows that if there was a God, he was an incompetent drunk before he died.
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A good argument for Atheism:

“The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb of one among a hundred billion galaxies. We are so insignificant that I can't believe the whole universe exists for our benefit.” -Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking
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Are there people purposefully trying to make people not wear masks unironically?
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@sadolite
Your reference is based upon the “COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report - week 38” (here), published on Sept. 23 by PHE, which has since been renamed by the UK Health Security Agency.
The document contains information on COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths in England between Aug. 23 and Sept 19, 2021.
Indeed, of 1,521 over-80s who died from COVID-19 during this time, 1,272 were fully vaccinated, the data shows. Forty-three had received one vaccine dose, while 198 were unvaccinated. Meanwhile, 607 out of 801 70 to 79-year-olds who died from COVID-19 had received two vaccine doses (164 hadn’t been vaccinated) and of 411 60- to 69-year-olds, 258 were fully vaccinated (125 were unvaccinated).
However, the numbers alone miss the context necessary to understand the impact of COVID-19 vaccines. This data does not show that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are more likely to die from the virus.
When much of a population has been vaccinated, most infections and deaths are “expected to be among those vaccinated”, Dr Muge Cevik, a clinical lecturer in infectious diseases and medical virology at the University of St Andrews, previously told Reuters (here).
On Sept. 19, 64.9% of over-16s in England had received one vaccine dose, with 59.5% having also received the second, according to the document.
When adjusted proportionally to display the rate per 100,000 people in all age groups, the number of COVID-19 deaths is higher in the unvaccinated population than in the vaccinated population, the data shows.
For the over-80s, the rate of death per 100,000 unvaccinated was 156. For those vaccinated, it was 49.5.
For those aged 70-79, the rate of death was more than five times higher in those who are unvaccinated.

Meanwhile, the rate of death for unvaccinated 60- to 69-year-olds was 66.4 out of 100,000 in comparison to 13.1 for those who are vaccinated.
This shows that, proportionally, fewer people died from COVID-19 who had been fully vaccinated.

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@Discipulus_Didicit

It is because civilization is broken down into Worm Man and Intelligent Man.
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Very intelligent people can see patterns in large amounts of data. Stupid people cannot (Worm Man and Intelligent Man).

“The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb of one among a hundred billion galaxies. We are so insignificant that I can't believe the whole universe exists for our benefit.” -Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking


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@ebuc

Yes, the simulation hypothesis is a proposal regarding the nature of existence which posits that all of existence is an artificial simulation, such as a computer simulation.
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Are there people purposefully trying to make people not wear masks unironically?
Orange County Deputy District Attorney Kelly Ernby, a California Republican activist who opposed coronavirus vaccine mandates, has died at the age of 46 from COVID-19.

Her boss, District Attorney Todd Spitzer, announced Erby’s death on Facebook on Monday.

“The Orange County district attorney’s office is utterly heartbroken by the sudden and unexpected passing of Deputy Dist. Atty. Kelly Ernby,” wrote Spitzer. “Kelly was an incredibly vibrant and passionate attorney who cared deeply about the work that we do as prosecutors — and deeply about the community we all fight so hard to protect.”

California Republicans paid tribute to Ernby on Twitter.

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I'll bet Marcus wished that he had worn a mask.
Dec 2, 2021 — Christian television network founder and preacher Marcus Lamb, who discouraged vaccinations, dies after being hospitalized for Covid-19.
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The most toxic gas in the atmosphere.

But surprisingly, amongst all the toxic, corrosive, and otherwise nasty gases that exist in industry, the most deadly of them all is the one we breathe in the most - nitrogen. Nitrogen (N2) is an inert and invisible gas that makes up about 78% (by volume) of the air we breathe.
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The most toxic gas in the atmosphere.

FYI, a red blood cell takes oxygen from the lungs to the tissues in your body. Your cells use oxygen to produce energy.
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