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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell brings notes to White House that suggest calling for ‘martial law if necessary’ Imagine Trump were stupid enough to listen t...
January 16, 2021 at 11:06
His real supporters are convinced. A Common Line Keeps Emerging From Capitol Rioters: Trump Asked Us To Be Here
January 16, 2021 at 10:57
This discussion was merged into Joe Biden
January 14, 2021 at 20:20
Looking into it more, as per Chief Justice Marshall’s ruling in 1807, technical language in the Constitution should be understood to mean what it mean...
January 14, 2021 at 19:37
They can only impeached and removed for “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” What is meant by “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” isn...
January 14, 2021 at 19:29
Good, because social democracy and left-wing politics are better than the alternative.
January 14, 2021 at 18:13
It does. Just as "I am almost certain to not have won the lottery" is true for everyone, even the person who has (unknowingly) won the lottery, "I am ...
January 14, 2021 at 01:19
The highest number to vote to impeach their own party’s President. Previous highest was 5.
January 13, 2021 at 22:35
Impeached, with 10 Republicans voting yes.
January 13, 2021 at 21:37
The hypothesis does apply to those running the simulation, but the hypothesis isn’t that we are living in a simulation, only that we are almost certai...
January 13, 2021 at 20:39
18% of Americans named Trump, 15% named Obama, 6% Biden and 3% Fauci. I think it’s likely that most of the 18% who named Obama or Fauci voted for Bide...
January 13, 2021 at 19:22
There was no wide spread electoral fraud, and "high treason" isn't a thing under U.S. law. There's the crime of "treason", which is defined as "levyin...
January 13, 2021 at 16:05
If there are disproportionately more poor black people than poor white people then inequality could be the explanation. For example if 90% of black pe...
January 13, 2021 at 15:56
What bearing does that have on the study cited? It shows that unarmed black people are 3.49 times more likely to be shot by police than unarmed white ...
January 13, 2021 at 15:47
It says exactly what it says: In other words, that the probability of being black, unarmed, and shot by police is 3.49 times the probability of being ...
January 13, 2021 at 14:30
Well that's surprising. Even Fox News is reporting it, adding:
January 12, 2021 at 22:43
In: Bannings  — view comment
I'll set my AI on the case.
January 12, 2021 at 21:49
In: Bannings  — view comment
You got me. I'm a self-programmed AI.
January 12, 2021 at 16:12
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I built an AI that analyses everyone's posts and determines the probability that two posters are the same person based on subject matter and writing s...
January 12, 2021 at 16:03
Deutsche Bank rules out future business with Trump How long till he goes broke?
January 12, 2021 at 14:55
I've never used the term "white privilege". Others talk about it because it's a fact of life. And it is wrong that there is white privilege, but that'...
January 12, 2021 at 13:58
Who said anything about misusing "racist"? I'm saying that if someone is a racist then it's acceptable to criticize them for being a racist, and that ...
January 12, 2021 at 13:46
Banno isn't a moderator, FYI. The list of moderators is here.
January 12, 2021 at 12:27
This was your comment that I responded to: It had nothing to do with what people call each other on a philosophy forum. You were asking about the poli...
January 12, 2021 at 12:16
Some of us are smart and Trump is stupid.
January 12, 2021 at 10:50
Same for Pence. Hopefully a disgruntled employee and not a hack, otherwise that's a concerning security issue.
January 11, 2021 at 20:04
https://www.state.gov/biographies/donald-j-trump/ /uploads/resized/files/3b/62hakkkyvwucovma.png
January 11, 2021 at 19:52
If someone is a racist then it's acceptable to call them a racist and criticize them for being a racist. If someone is black then it's not acceptable ...
January 11, 2021 at 12:14
I didn't say that only the KKK are racist or that all white people are part of the KKK, and nowhere did I suggest any guilt by association.
January 11, 2021 at 11:18
I don't know what you mean by this. I was just responding to your question "You think its ok to verbally abuse others you disagree with, but racism is...
January 11, 2021 at 11:18
Lots of people. The Ku Klux Klan, for example.
January 11, 2021 at 11:11
Not if there is an objective fact of the matter. Something either is or isn't acceptable, whatever any person believes, and none of us get to define i...
January 11, 2021 at 11:02
Man Armed With Assault Rifle Texted Plans To Shoot Nancy Pelosi, Officials Say
January 10, 2021 at 23:20
Nobody gets to define what is acceptable, but everyone gets to judge what is acceptable. But people who judge racism or sexism or homophobia to be acc...
January 10, 2021 at 13:41
You should read the paper before you make assumptions about what it does or doesn’t take into account.
January 09, 2021 at 23:16
A Multi-Level Bayesian Analysis of Racial Bias in Police Shootings at the County-Level in the United States, 2011–2014
January 09, 2021 at 23:02
I don’t understand your question. What I’m saying is that unlike an opinion such as so-and-so being the greatest musician, with a truth value determin...
January 09, 2021 at 19:06
I didn’t say that race is factually incorrect, I said that racism is factually incorrect.
January 09, 2021 at 18:55
Factually incorrect.
January 09, 2021 at 18:49
Parler is quite amusing. It says on the homepage 'Speak freely and express yourself openly, without fear of being “deplatformed” for your views', but ...
January 09, 2021 at 13:28
The difference is that it's acceptable to be black but not acceptable to be a racist, and so therefore it's acceptable to say bad things about racists...
January 09, 2021 at 13:07
Police found a pickup truck full of bombs and guns near Capitol, feds say US Capitol rioters with zip ties Also from the Snopes link, 'Jim Bourg, a Re...
January 09, 2021 at 10:28
How about more? Michael Cohen says he's cooperating with officials probing Trump and his family
January 09, 2021 at 02:16
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/08/us/draft-articles-of-impeachment.html
January 09, 2021 at 02:13
He tweeted from @POTUS but they've been deleted too. https://i.imgur.com/vobIFKu.png
January 09, 2021 at 01:43
http://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/727604522156228608
January 09, 2021 at 01:07
And Finn. Also Powell is being sued by Dominion.
January 09, 2021 at 01:02
Senior Trump Official: We Were Wrong, He’s a ‘Fascist’ Took your time.
January 09, 2021 at 00:51
Wonder if he’ll just switch to the POTUS account?
January 09, 2021 at 00:08
Trump’s been banned from Twitter.
January 08, 2021 at 23:28