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That's right. I forgot he said that.

I wonder what McConnell has to say about a Supreme Court nomination in an election year?

Exactly. Just provide them with a high minded excuse and they've got the whole package. Boy could this get out of hand.

Gibberish was a poor choice of words for your response, but it would appear that you are not opposed to using that term for responses you disapprove o...

This is exactly the kind of gibberish you have been complaining about others posting

You need to be educated, my friend. I'm not talking about changes in conditions, technological advancements, more and better data, I'm talking about s...

:up: Ask Sisyphus. When has it been different? Do you believe in Meliorism? You keep telling people they don't belong in the same room as the adults. ...

I'm doing well. I only had to look up three things in your answer. :smile:

Do you believe in meliorism?

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Eric Hoffer, in a book called True Believer, wrote ......extremist cultural movements, whether religious, social, or national, arise when large number...

I'll leave that right where it is. Go ahead and take the last word.

First of all If you have followed anything that NOS has posted on this forum you know that NOS can defend himself if he feels it's necessary. But of a...

"Many former democrats and independents who voted for Obama have voted for Trump, myself included." NOS How did he vote for Trump in 2016? No ad hom h...

So you lived in the US and then moved to Canada? I was just always surprised at your level of interest in US politics.

I live in the capital of British Columbia, Canada. The rules here are not as hard elsewhere in the country. — NOS4A2

I actually find it comforting to have it stated that way. So simple, so final.

Well, we don't teach critical thinking in our schools, such as they are; it's bad for capitalism

:up: I'm still waiting to hear that they are still pro life.

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Well my thoughts don't feel very welcome at the moment. 1. I said "We" because I presume there will be more joining this discussion than the two of us...

Alright, do you have an example or context to what this lovely man was talking about? Math? personal struggles? golf swing?

We would have to have a definition of both terms, which might be a lot of hair splitting

Yes. Most insurance requires it I believe. It does happen I agree. I've found people who have made it to the second floor and they weren't wearing sho...

Tim I read and respect a lot of what you post, but this is a doosey. I am a general contractor among other things and you have no basic right to enter...

Interesting, because the answer would be revealed in meliorism. Do you believe that the human experience, as a whole, has actually improved over human...

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"Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan took another step toward running for president on Tuesday, saying he has formed an exploratory committee to look into h...

And they love it.

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It's only use on this forum, up until now, was rather frequently by someone called Nobeernolife. He was banned last month I believe. Check that thread...

Of course you can address someone's argument AND mock them, but they are two separate statements, separate claims. You can't make up some hybrid argum...

Which means it is an Ad Hom.

I think Baden said it better than I did.

When you ascribe TDS to someone or some group, you are dismissing their argument about Trump as the result of a accepted medical condition that their ...

Unless you can quote an authority it's another adhom

You two are talking teleology now. I don't think Darwin or Spenser could support that.

Okay. Wrong spot in the conversation.

Right. So when there is smoke there is not necessarily fire. It could be something else. Or perhaps there is no smoke that you can see. Or maybe there...

Also, you two know, you obviously know, that the majority of people here do not believe that he was remotely qualified to even be the president from t...

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He may have learned it from our president.

I have been on this forum for four years and have only 135 posts. That means I read. Nobody knows me, I don't parrot, I don't watch CNN. And the only ...

If we are all sick, and ignorant of it, then why engage with us? It can't be the challenge because we are all so stupid, it's too easy. Neither side i...

We depend on you to tell us what to believe in. Or Scott Adams.

I have never understood this automatic presupposition, that the default position, the null hypothesis, on anything Trump does has to be without regard...

I know, it's so selfish.

But it is not a real medical situation and you know it. And who cares what Scott Adams says? Is he your authority? What it is, is your go-to rebuttal ...

That was weak.