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Sure. As I said, there is gun crime that just started as a regular old disputes. There weren't necessarily any criminals involved. The existence of cr...
February 07, 2022 at 15:08
I agree there are factors other than availability, like gang activity. Intuitively, it just doesn't seem likely that availability is of no importance,...
February 07, 2022 at 14:29
They're from outer space.
February 07, 2022 at 13:57
I don't know. It's fairly common (in an emergency department) to see gun crime that started as a dispute and then escalated. Without the ridiculously ...
February 07, 2022 at 13:55
This article explains that 8% of the human genome is viral material, specifically from retro viruses. Mammals have the ability to have live births (in...
February 07, 2022 at 01:11
Just as you can't have freedom without a context of constraints, you can't have cooperation without a context of opposing interests. What I'm advocati...
February 06, 2022 at 22:35
The American concept of freedom is rooted in the need for unity in the face of diversity. The Bill of Rights provides a government divided against its...
February 06, 2022 at 21:08
They also say it's going to be a blood bath. Maybe it will be quick.
February 06, 2022 at 17:57
So the Ukrainian military is saying that Russia is getting close to invasion-ready. Looks like it's going to be a blood bath.
February 06, 2022 at 16:52
Odd. Maybe he was reading War and Peace and thought it would be fun to get out there and camp in the mud.
February 06, 2022 at 15:58
James Armistead Lafayette was born into slavery in the mid-1700s in Virginia. He joined the colonial army during the American revolution and was a dou...
February 06, 2022 at 15:52
One of the dangers of gross hyperbole is that you can end up tossing victory into your opponent's lap.
February 06, 2022 at 03:56
Sure. It was about defense, not economics.
February 06, 2022 at 03:42
You're saying that on the heels of a devastating depression and fighting two wars simultaneously, the US was worried about excess production, so they ...
February 06, 2022 at 02:51
Mark Blyth says it's the other way around: the world needed the US to buy its goods and establish stability after the war. There is no reason to doubt...
February 06, 2022 at 02:37
oops
February 06, 2022 at 02:31
I don't know if a member of the CIA has ever run for president. I would think such a president would prefer to back a coup rather than deploy the mili...
February 05, 2022 at 23:24
I don't think so. He seems to be viewed as only looking after Russia's interests in preparing for invasion, or at least that's what I think some were ...
February 05, 2022 at 21:31
Well for some strange reason American music has something to do with the invasion of Ukraine :lol: Thus Black History Month.
February 05, 2022 at 17:37
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February 05, 2022 at 14:52
I guess so.
February 05, 2022 at 14:50
Putin is a butthead. We'd elect him president if he was American.
February 05, 2022 at 13:58
“A people who don’t make provision for their own sick and suffering are not worthy of civilization.” – Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, founder of the first ...
February 05, 2022 at 13:57
This article says Russia suppressed economic activity in Ukraine and half the population has left. Why?
February 05, 2022 at 12:00
Do they have the will and the means for that? It's speculated that they don't have the means to fully occupy Ukraine, much less spread eastward. Altho...
February 05, 2022 at 11:45
I don't drink . :wink:
February 04, 2022 at 23:36
That's terrible! But I got you to stop whining about hip-hop you racist slob!
February 04, 2022 at 21:56
I don't think there is any guarantee of that. It improves confidence in the government.
February 04, 2022 at 17:47
Except they don't have a reputation for sexually assaulting children the way Christian clergymen do.
February 04, 2022 at 15:53
It's true that after all this time there is embedded resentment on both sides, mothers who have lost their children on both sides. But conservative Is...
February 04, 2022 at 15:51
It's from Fear and Trembling. :up:
February 03, 2022 at 23:13
Is that what Christian clergymen listen to when they're molesting boys?
February 03, 2022 at 22:56
Animals in the zoo are free, but animals in the wilderness are not. This is why zoo animals are so unhygienic. It's their little protest to pee and sh...
February 03, 2022 at 18:37
I hadn't thought of that, but yes, it is similar. Innate knowledge vs starting with a blank slate. :up:
February 03, 2022 at 16:07
The idea is that the Persians invented the idea of progress. As opposed to the Hebrew view where you're born ignorant and have to learn about good and...
February 03, 2022 at 15:51
I don't need to read this shit. Put it on reveal.
February 03, 2022 at 15:29
:up: But didnt the Persians see a grand cosmic choice set before the individual?
February 03, 2022 at 15:28
She specifically mentions a number of logical challenges to the idea of volition. Her approach is: this crap is taking place in the realm of philosoph...
February 03, 2022 at 15:23
I think it's pointed to here: "There was one who was great by virtue of his power, " and one who was great by virtue of his wisdom, "and one who was g...
February 03, 2022 at 14:42
:nerd:
February 03, 2022 at 14:16
SK is awesome. :up:
February 03, 2022 at 13:53
"It is the contention of the following considerations that the reason for this obscurity is that the phenomenon of freedom does not appearin the realm...
February 03, 2022 at 13:49
You guys do know Sotomayor is on the court, right? :roll:
February 03, 2022 at 07:39
She's pretty throughly wrong. The Greeks abhorred the idea of being free from a community, one assumes because it meant vulnerability. Therefore they ...
February 03, 2022 at 07:37
The SEP says Augustine's will is basically self control. He was reacting against Manichean fatalism. City of God appears to be anti-political, but it ...
February 03, 2022 at 06:09
Present something worth considering and we'll consider it.
February 02, 2022 at 22:12
I read that Russia probably won't do a full scale invasion because of logistical challenges. IOW they could overwhelm the Ukrainian defenses, but they...
February 02, 2022 at 21:56
:chin: Anxiety and despair are the result of one's sin. Recognizing your sin leads you to reject yourself. So the battle with anxiety and despair ends...
February 02, 2022 at 20:45
Woe. Kierkegaard wasn't saying that. Where did that idea come from?
February 02, 2022 at 16:36