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I hope this doesn't start a trend with people wanting to change their names to things like "I'm over there", "I'm next door", "I'm here in body but no...

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OK, I guess you didn't read what I wrote then. Not to worry.

OK, well I changed your name for you. If you change your mind, let us know.

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I'll help. Yes.

Oh, and according to the above index the world as a whole has become less not more democratic since 2006 when the index first reported. If capitalism ...

Just to put that point in some context, according to the Democracy Index the US is categorized as a "flawed democracy" well down the list of well-func...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VF5P7qLaEQ

Oh, here's the interview I referenced: (Is there a name for that thing where you make statements that presume the truth of the point you really want t...

Unfortunately, the little prick is Irish. (The inferior Molyneaux that is, of course).

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Christ...nutter.

Iran. :cheer: :100:

It's such an embarrassment to see the platform and respect he's given even in the mainstream media considering how irredeemably unintelligent he is (a...

I think at this point we're not much in disagreement over the basic facts but more over the likely outcome and therefore the justifiability of the rou...

That's just wrong. The commitment would be basic progress on what they've said before. What they said in the text they've been saying since 1992! It's...

I've been ambiguous about Trump from the start partly for that reason. Or to put it this way: First of all the admonishment 'bad' or 'evil' is pretty ...

It's an interesting angle because the whole presidential bid was, according to some commentators, just a promotional effort, and he never expected to ...

I anticipated this objection, so you really did do this for me, and as a favor to you, I'll elaborate :) : Claiming that you shouldn't give anything a...

And the article seems fair. I'd be a bit harsher on Trump but I don't have an editor to worry about.

I would agree with your general gist except for a few very important specifics: 1) A commitment (if not a timetable, which at this stage would have be...

Yes, which puts Trump haters between a rock and a hard place as rooting for a nuclear war is also virtually impossible. :) I wouldn't call myself a Tr...

Yes, which puts honest criticism in a difficult position. As I intimated in the Shoutbox earlier, just because the one who said said you failed doesn'...

Interesting dissection of the argumentative strategy of alt-right "intellectual" and purveyor of pseudo-scientific racism, Stefan Molyneaux. Interesti...

Ok, but there are levels, and Kim is well beyond Trump or any other democratic leader in the murder/cruelty stakes. I think the following video btw co...

There's no argument against overall rapprochement and no argument against easing hostilities as far as I know, Erik (not-unless it's entirely one-way ...

According to Trump, Kim is very talented. And he is at two things: 1) Mass murder and torture 2) Humiliating his adversaries

Again no analysis from you. Anyway, if we're going to look at outside commentary, here's another conservative voice that says it's a total failure (th...

Not on this issue you haven't. And you haven't responded to the substance of even one thing I said. Notice in my conversation with Hanover there were ...

Don't know, Posty. He is also missed though.

Message sent. If he's still at that address and responds will let you know by PM. :up:

I was actually. But I had been in contact with him through an old email address of mine that I can't access now. So, I let it slide forgetting that as...

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@"fishfry" It's disappointing that you can't defend your position despite being repeatedly invited to do so. It's a philosophy forum. Drive-by one lin...

I'm being critical but not unfair. This has nothing to do with not giving peace a chance, it has to do with the realities of the situation, what could...

Matter of fact, apart from a short contribution by Hanover, there's been no analysis at all from the opposing side to suggest this meeting was a succe...

@"fishfry" https://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/world/full-text-of-the-iran-nuclear-deal/1651/ Sorry not 110 pages, 160 pages. That's what an a...

There is no comparison. One is a comprehensive deal, the other is a joint statement of zero substance. Have you even read what's written above? Are yo...

If you are critical of someone for failing miserably and you also happen to dislike that person then they magically didn't fail at all and were a grea...

@"fishfry" This is what Trump got : 1) The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the...

The Iran deal is a 110 page document with a detailed process for verification in place. Are you seriously comparing that to the two page piece of pixi...

As an aside, I get the impression some of Trump's defenders here may not realize that even having this summit was a concession to the DPRK regime. It ...

I don't know (and don't much care) what effect it will have on the Democrats though I doubt that alone would cost them an election. Anyway, you agree ...

(Moved the summit stuff to the Donald Trump discussion.)

We all hope it will work out, and we all agree we need to keep trying, and we all agree the DPRK is dangerous, and war would be a disaster. The point ...

"But for now, this is only a historic breakthrough for the Kim dynasty, whose rule over an enslaved nation has been given a huge boost. They will be c...

Here's a conservative view which comes to about the same conclusion. Massive disappointment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv0jlL8Vbio "If Obama had...

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM_TwN56Qfc Send a boy to do a man's work... :fire:

Put it another way, you've got a bunch of amateurs led by your fool president playing with someone (Kim) who actually knows what he's doing. So, predi...