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Trump's use of the Stalinist epithet, "enemy of the people" to describe the media is undeniably polarizing - so to whatever degree there is increased ...
February 08, 2020 at 19:59
Remember when Trump said Comey lied about Trump asking for his personal loyalty? Since then, Trump has repeatedly demonstrated how right Comey was.
February 08, 2020 at 16:53
Here's the highlights of your link: 13% trust the media "a great deal," and 28% "a fair amount" 69% of Democrats, 15% of Republicans, 36% of independe...
February 08, 2020 at 16:50
No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying this has no bearing on whether or not healthcare is manageable.
February 08, 2020 at 10:55
That's a silly, political slogan that appeals to the ignorant. I'm a retired project manager and software developer. There are robust ways to run proj...
February 08, 2020 at 05:55
Notice what you're doing: you're defining an extension to real numbers and real arithmetic. This doesn't magically transform infinity into something i...
February 08, 2020 at 05:40
I'm trying to understand what you're getting at, so I went back through some of your posts. This one seems relevant: I almost agree with this, except ...
February 08, 2020 at 05:17
But If the country isn't ready for it, is it fine to have another 4 years of Trump? Does the self-satisfaction of having tried make that OK? Our only ...
February 08, 2020 at 04:55
Sanders is doing better than I expected, but it looks to me like Biden is still the current best hope to beat Trump. Here's latest polling data for ba...
February 07, 2020 at 21:47
A Mormon could believe the Catholic god doesn't exist, but believe the Mormon god exists. These respective gods have some characteristics in common, b...
February 07, 2020 at 02:19
Of course you're not convinced. Faith is never defeated with facts. We previously discussed the evidence you considered exculpatory, and I showed how ...
February 07, 2020 at 00:09
1. "god" is not defined 2. How are you defining "knowledge"? The strict philosophical definintion is justifed belief that is true and (somehow) avoids...
February 06, 2020 at 23:52
You must have some concept of "god" in mind in order to make these statements. What are you referring to? This question pertains to my position, where...
February 06, 2020 at 23:04
Labeling the House's inferences "fantasies" demonstrates your pre-judgment. There was much more than one bit of testimony, so you obviously just didn'...
February 06, 2020 at 21:27
You identified no errors in reasoning nor false assumptions that I'd made. On the other hand, you didn't understand federal government ethics standard...
February 06, 2020 at 17:51
Falsely believed? You should at least pretend to exercise objectivity. I gave you good reasons to support the judgment that Trump did wrong, reasons w...
February 06, 2020 at 17:35
True. I was trying to convey that many people demonize vocal members of the alternative party, solely because they belong to, and advocate for, that a...
February 06, 2020 at 15:54
If I am asked to check a box, where the choices are a list of religions and "atheist", I check "atheist". On a philosophy forum, I describe my positio...
February 06, 2020 at 15:45
This "spectacle" that you so enjoy seems very much like a football game, for which you are rooting for your team. When team Trump says or does somethi...
February 06, 2020 at 01:53
0 P What would you call someone who believes it extremely unlikely that a God of religion exists? A "God of religion" is a being who intervenes in the...
February 06, 2020 at 01:29
Here's my thoughts. Over the years, I've seen many pointless debates about the meaning of the term "atheist". For example, I've encountered Christians...
February 05, 2020 at 22:06
I prefer to know the truth, and there's no better way than to see what both sides have to say. During Obama's presidency, I'd often listen to Hannity,...
February 05, 2020 at 18:57
I'm surprised you'd even watch, since you don't care what he says. Perhaps you're turning over a new leaf, in which case you should be interested in f...
February 05, 2020 at 03:35
So...you envision the House impeaching approximately 50 Senators, and then each of these would be tried in the Senate...and these Senators would then ...
February 03, 2020 at 15:07
Sure, and voters could, in theory, take that into account - but it can't be adjudicated.
February 03, 2020 at 15:01
They didn't do anything unconstitutional; that was the point I made earlier. They violated the oath they took, but the oath isn't enforceable. Senator...
February 03, 2020 at 03:32
My bad. I forgot about that oath (a Senate rule that is not required by the Constitution), but unfortunately - an oath is not enforceable
February 02, 2020 at 21:59
Donald Trump's impeachment trial was fully consistent with the Constitution. Article I Section 3 says this: The Senate shall have the sole Power to tr...
February 02, 2020 at 21:08
Then you haven't made an effort to understand what I've told you.
February 01, 2020 at 21:53
An investigation that accurately identifies a serious wrongdoing is not a "witch hunt." The irony is that the wrongdoing consisted of Trump asking Ukr...
February 01, 2020 at 17:08
In a criminal trial, a prosecutor would be derelict if he failed to obtain every significant bit of evidence possible. On the other hand, the only cre...
January 31, 2020 at 20:04
Yeah, it would be outrageous for the trial to be influenced by facts. Trump in 2016: "I love Wikileaks!". I know, that's different; the Wikileaks info...
January 31, 2020 at 19:56
Your quotes do not dispute what I asserted, which is that there was a tie to investigating the Democratic server. I agree this should not be conflated...
January 31, 2020 at 16:26
You're playing the partisan game, ignoring everything that was said on the call with Sondland, other than Trump stating "no quid pro quo. Trump said t...
January 30, 2020 at 21:43
The regulation calls for ethics investigators examining such situations on a case by case basis: "For situations that involve appearances of conflicts...
January 30, 2020 at 14:45
The conflict of interest laws apply specifically to government employees, their spouse, and minor children. It does not apply to Hunter Biden. Executi...
January 29, 2020 at 23:48
Faithful execution requires being consistent with due process and equal protection. Criminal investigations are predicated on there being crimes to in...
January 29, 2020 at 20:13
Yes, I know you've said that, but you're wrong. In no sense was this "required", and it was clearly wrong because it did real damage to Ukraine. We co...
January 29, 2020 at 18:31
And/or the Dershowitz defense that this does not constitute a "high crime". I've always felt this was the backstop that Republicans could use, but wou...
January 29, 2020 at 16:37
The fact that Parnas was passing along the spurious information about Yovanovotch tells us the smear campaign was already in progress. How else can yo...
January 28, 2020 at 17:19
So you're interpretation is that Trump was just kidding about dumping Yovanovitch, and it's a mere coincidence that he eventually did so. This much is...
January 28, 2020 at 16:29
Nearly a month before the July call, Ukranian officials expressed concern about the aid holdup and what to do about Giuliani, so a link was suspected ...
January 28, 2020 at 15:58
Other than quoting people saying it looked bad, what else did she have? What's the damning evidence you're referring to?
January 27, 2020 at 23:50
He took it seriously enough to react as he did ("get rid of her"). That doesn't seem like a reasonable reaction to a comment made by a casual acquaint...
January 27, 2020 at 21:53
Parnas isn't just anybody. Still, it's certainly possible Trump doesn't remember meeting him, but it's also possible he is lying about it. In support ...
January 27, 2020 at 21:44
Republicans struggle to get on message after Bolton rocks trial: “We’re going to have some new stuff coming out every day. That doesn’t really change ...
January 27, 2020 at 20:57
Why do we have taxes at all? We have it to pay for the things the government does. Everyone benefits from this, and I'd argue that the wealthy benefit...
January 27, 2020 at 20:44
Lev Parnas seems to be a very forgettable guy. Even Devin Nunes forgot he'd ever talked with him. Maybe Parnas is a Jedi. The pro-Trump view is that T...
January 27, 2020 at 20:35
Funny you should mention that, because some Republican Senators have argued that Trump's (stupid) belief in the Crowdstrike Conspiracy Theory constitu...
January 27, 2020 at 20:17
Would you care to place a small wager on whether or not Bolton's book, and or his testimony, will be consistent with this reporting? Be careful. They ...
January 27, 2020 at 05:55