Chomsky said he’ll get to the questions when he can— apparently unexpected things turned up for him. Another member reached out and got no response, w...
Anyone see the CNN decades series? They did the 60s through 2000s back in 2014-2018. They just wrapped up “2010s.” I like these series— kind of fun. G...
Right. There is no territory being mapped by our brains. There’s no “out there” that begins where our skin and eyes end. There are things happening, t...
Both are constructs of a thinking mind— and not the ordinary kind of thinking. Dates back to Descartes and is adopted and further developed by Kant an...
True…no doubt it’ll tighten up as time goes by. Always does. Nominating Trump is probably a mistake, but I can’t underestimate the electorate’s abilit...
Cornel West is running as a Green Party candidate. I like Cornel West very much. I think more serious parties is a good idea and would be an improveme...
That’s nice. Unfortunately I prefer going by polling, not personal feelings. It’s also worth remembering about half of Americans have no access to pub...
Yeah, the same reason women film directors are so rare: just not talented enough. It’s all merit based. Remember: racism and sexism have been declared...
Really good OP, in my view. Kudos. To me it’s less about freedom to choose as it is about what’s presented for choices. We’re “free to choose” between...
Fair enough. Like I said, I myself am open to god faith arguments about it and don’t hold a staunch position. And incidentally, you don’t have to put ...
And then you go on to do the exact same thing. Pretty easy to ignore. does a good job explaining it though. Hi Bob. I see your point— it’s a reasonabl...
Teamsters, led by the excellent Sean O’Brien, are about to strike. This will be a big deal in the news shortly, if a contract isn’t reached with UPS. ...
So in summary: Unions can be sued if their strikes cause any problems. The EPA can’t regulate water that isn’t connected to other water somehow. Racis...
Massive wildfires in Canada still raging. Smoke blanketing the northern US. Extreme heat in Texas (upwards of 110-120 degrees) — hotter than 99% of th...
That was a partial joke— but only partial. Yes, they’re not going to outright say it. But we shouldn’t expect that. However, take a look at Shelby v H...
Looking forward to the decades to come and how much damage this court will do — and I can’t help but to still be a little annoyed by the people who en...
The tape just reaffirms what everyone with a brain already knew. But his supporters will come up with something — anything — to minimize or outright d...
He’s said that he’s working on it. Some unforeseen issues arose— like the death of his friend Dan Ellsberg, that has made it slow going. But we’ll pos...
“the action of provoking unlawful behavior or urging someone to behave unlawfully.“ Simple definition. Fits the bill. But no matter — I’m sure you thi...
I leave that to others. I mostly laugh. Which admittedly is rude to state explicitly— mea culpa. The evidence is pretty clear. It wasn’t only the rall...
I can’t speak for others, but I don’t engage you often. In all seriousness, it’s because there aren’t many Trump followers here to shit on. See, not b...
Nothing else? The fact that you think I should be defending Joe or Hunter Biden somehow by “refuting” what you say point by point is exactly why I’m l...
Interesting trial in Montana going on right now. A group of children have sued the state government for violating the state constitution by encouragin...
No. Hunter Biden should go to jail, along with Joe. For plenty of reasons. It’s just funny to watch the Trump cult’s split personality on these issues...
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