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@WyIted
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Yes, pedophiles are about as bad as it gets, which is why this sketch is brilliant:
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@Greyparrot
I fear she won’t simply go away. Sarah Palin stuck around too long after defeat, you know. Dan Quayle had the good sense and class to walk away quietly…
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@FLRW
Tru-dat!
Your culturally appropriated phonics are problematic.
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@Double_R
My point is to counter your assessment here:
In other words her positions on [insert niche issues here] weren't clear and certainly weren't priorities she felt the need to address, but because someone on the left did or said something crazy it made sense for people to saddle her with it and then vote against her for it
I take this to mean: “Because Harris had unclear positions on certain issues, voters held her responsible for what other people on the left had to say on those issues.”
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@Greyparrot
Please, remember to tip your server!
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@Greyparrot
You do realize Kamala has been posting drunk videos on X today.
Quote of the day: “Was she a DEI hire or a DUI hire?”
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@Double_R
Harris was pro ceasefire pretty soon after Israel retaliated. A ceasefire would benefit Israel’s enemies but not Israel. But no way would she go so far as to honor the goals of the BDS movement. Biden/Harris have tried to keep a foot in both sides of that war (i.e. speaking out of both sides of their mouths). That just succeeds in pissing everyone off. That means she… sort of supports, doesn’t decidedly oppose a stance which you believe to be stupid.
Biden/Harris altered Title 9 to address people by gender identity instead of biological sex. That means she supports a stance which you believe to be stupid.
Harris assisted in bailing out people arrested during the BLM protests/riots, made an advertisement endorsing racial equity (as opposed to equality), basically accused Biden in 2020 of being racist in a certain legislative decision, and announced that fraudster Smollette was a victim of a “modern day lynching.” That means she supports a stance which you believe to be stupid.
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@Best.Korea
Do that which helps only Putin and Hitler and all other dictators and attackers and invaders. Smart long term.
Except for Hamas.
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@Double_R
Nice, but Harris never disavowed those things. She didn’t state any opinion on “Latinx” but generally implied support for the other positions.
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@Double_R
every stupid thing anyone on the left has ever done regardless of whether the candidate herself bought into any of it or whether the issue at hand even has anything at all to do with politics.
What are some things anyone on the left has done which you think are stupid?
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@Mall
That atheist hasn't proven no God exists. All atheists deciding to disbelieve, all atheists, something personally and emotionally has influenced them along with disagreeing with the tenets., things not clicking.
Your first claim is true but not profound because it is universally true. Your second claim is unproven.
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@Double_R
Elections are a popularity contest for the candidates, not an economics and civics exam for the voters. Much or maybe even most of the electorate are ignorant and always have been. That’s one of the problems with democracy. At least this fact both afflicts and benefits both parties.
Here’s a decent video on the president’s influence over the economy. Nothing really groundbreaking in it, although it does bring up the idea of perception influencing behavior which then influences the economy:
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“It’s the economy, stupid”
-James Carville
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@Mall
I came across a strong atheist once who claimed no gods existed because energy cannot be created nor destroyed.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Gender theory has coerced some experts to compromise their reputations. It is as sad as it is dangerous.
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@FLRW
Can’t say nobody saw this coming! Pam Bondi has just been announced instead. No resemblance to Butthead, thank god…
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@Hero1000
Would living according to Orthodox Judaism also be compatible with Muslim principles?
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At the beginning of the year, the DOJ blocked the acquisition of Spirit Airlines by JetBlue, resulting in the current bankruptcy announcement from Spirit. Now, the DOJ is ordering that Google spin off its Chrome browser into a separate company, which is also not a value add for anyone. This DOJ is OTL (out to lunch). Time to… “Turn the page!”
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@Stephen
You seem to have bumped right into what’s known as Poe’s Law…
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@Greyparrot
I like to say that solid investing is like poker, and speculative investing is like roulette.
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@Greyparrot
polymarket has a lot of foreign investors.
Correction: foreign gamblers
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@Greyparrot
Just more of the peace and prosperity for which Trump will conveniently take credit…
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@Greyparrot
Biden is against nuclear war, so don’t blame him.
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@Greyparrot
It’s like a priest shaking hands with the Devil himself.
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Well, remember that he used to keep a copy of Hitler's speeches on his nightstand.
Exactly. Trump doesn’t naturally speak like Hitler; he has to work at it.
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@Greyparrot
Hitler liked to jerk off two dudes at once?
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If he grows the mustache, then I will be very worried…
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@FLRW
Science: the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained:
Correct.
Not science: using the word “science” in order to assert that one’s ideas and authority should not be doubted or questioned and that one need not employ risk management nor consider any unintended consequences.
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@Greyparrot
Not exactly the "consensus of science" but the repeatability of the results.
From my understanding, repeatability/similarity of results is what establishes a consensus among scientists. What do you believe “consensus” to be?
We only found out many years later when comparing countries with different policies to see there was actually a negative effect with lockdowns as it caused physical stress which compromised natural immunity. While it did slow the spread, after 5 years about 99% were eventually exposed to some variant of Covid. As far as education went, all testing scores went down as educators were not able to communicate through virtual cameras and masks.
Exactly. While we were busy “listening to the science,” very few public people were bringing up all the salient questions that science didn’t have an answer to at the time. Meanwhile, the MSM took every opportunity to lambaste Florida’s and Sweden’s COVID policies under the presumed banner of “listening to the science.”
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@CatholicApologetics
1. The complete lack of evidence for its claims
2. Hell doctrine (Catholicism has purgatory doctrine also, which I sort of appreciate as it isn’t so “All or nothing”)
That said, I really appreciate that Christendom led up to The Enlightenment and never looked back for the most part, which is something that cannot be said for another Abrahamic religion…
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@Greyparrot
you trust the MSM
I think an important part of the issue is “listening to the science” as presented by news journalists. They are not known for their accurate representation and grasp of technical matters.
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@Greyparrot
Ah, nice. In that sense, you are listening to the scientists who compiled a given report, and when reading multiple reports, you are listening to a sort of consensus of scientists. So, one of the issues might be listening to scientists who are biased towards political correctness because of the size of their audience?
Here’s a question implying my issue with “listen to the science”: what did the science say about the effects of lockdowns on the development and education of children?
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@Greyparrot
Yes, but that still has opportunity for error and flawed conclusions. The methodology can be flawed, for example. One must then study what makes for a truly rigorous study and read counter studies and so on, and it quickly becomes very time consuming. In the case of a novel virus, almost everything about it is… novel and therefor unknown. One of the issues I have is with the very idea that there even were experts on a novel virus.
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@Greyparrot
Yes, but how does one “listen to the science” devoid of listening to what scientists say? Science is a method, a body of work at best. As I have already said, the phrase tends to get used as a substitute for actual leadership— “follow me because… I listen to the science!” (To the scientists, in other words, yes)
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@ADreamOfLiberty
“Inject this vaccine, or you lose your job— because I trust the experts. Having ordered that, I fully realize that the experts, and I, myself are fallible human beings, too,” said no one ever.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
It’s actually worse than that because the experts aren’t saying people’s jobs should be threatened, but the experts’ claims are still being used as an allegedly valid justification for the threat.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
“Inject this new vaccine, or you lose your job. Because I trust the experts.”
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@FLRW
Probably. I’ve flown with some pilots with some pretty cockamamie ideas, though…
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@ADreamOfLiberty
I guess it’s Dr. Paul’s science vs Dr. Fauci’s science!
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Indeed. I made a very similar topic/point a few years back:
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If Harris were a man, s/he would not have even made it this far…
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@Best.Korea
There are always merchants who deal in silver and other precious metals. If you want to keep the investment digitally, there are funds such as iShares Silver Trust (SLV).
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Gold, gold funds, silver, platinum, S&P 500 index fund such as VOO or SPY, Treasury Inflation Protected securities (TIPS)
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Nuclear warming is an even greater threat than global warming. It’s good to see that more people are realizing this.
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