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Your post suggests that 1) transwomen are men and that 2) it isn't violence to tell the truth. We're probably never going to agree about 1), so let's ...
January 18, 2018 at 13:15
This is the cognitive test the president passed
January 17, 2018 at 18:36
That's how much will be distributed. The cost of distributing it will add to the full amount.
January 17, 2018 at 17:21
I think the issue most people have with Trump's golfing is his hypocrisy.
January 17, 2018 at 17:14
You can just right click on the image, save to desktop, and then upload as a profile pic. No need for cropping and screenshots.
January 17, 2018 at 13:55
Your profile picture is a screenshot of an image in your browser? That is hilarious. Trying to see what the other tabs are. Best I can make out is "Sp...
January 17, 2018 at 13:05
Maybe not exactly as I've worded it (although I'm sure some would reject it just on that principle), but people certainly do reject it on some ideolog...
January 17, 2018 at 11:45
The principle of money being taken from those who have worked for it and given to those who haven't? Sometimes people care more about the means than t...
January 17, 2018 at 11:29
I believe the issue is with money being taken from those who have worked for it and given to those who haven't.
January 17, 2018 at 11:21
Get one of these: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41Sm0vyPQGL._SY450_.jpg
January 17, 2018 at 09:27
Spent 8 months living in Asia, eating lots of street food. Maybe I'm just terrible with them, even with all that practice.
January 17, 2018 at 09:23
She better stay away at the next election, like she said she would.
January 17, 2018 at 09:12
But they eat with chopsticks, which is far less efficient than a knife and fork. So even if they're great at strategy, they're still eating dinner whi...
January 17, 2018 at 09:11
Besides, we can say all sorts of things about God. We do it all the time. So you need to be clearer with what you actually mean by saying that we cann...
January 16, 2018 at 16:26
If we cannot say anything about God then we cannot say that God created the universe. Your argument refutes itself.
January 16, 2018 at 16:22
So we can't talk about there being a transcendent creator God?
January 16, 2018 at 16:17
If we can talk about God as being transcendent and the creator of the universe then why can't we talk about God as being all-powerful (whatever we mea...
January 16, 2018 at 16:15
Or maybe provide welfare via taxes so that they can buy fish which in turn provides for the fishermen and the shop owners and their employees and then...
January 16, 2018 at 16:11
So welfare is win-win (or win-draw?). The poor get to buy food and the rich get their taxes back.
January 16, 2018 at 15:01
A mistake, not hacked.
January 16, 2018 at 14:59
The US flag is a rectangle.
January 16, 2018 at 14:58
I used to play chess. The trick is to eat Fruit Gums while playing. It's a really loud chew that distracts the other player. Used to great effect duri...
January 16, 2018 at 14:08
Sorry if I wasn't clear. What I'm trying to say is that if God can will a universe into and out of existence, and if he can will it to behave however ...
January 16, 2018 at 12:19
This seems facetious. If God wants to create or destroy or rearrange a world in any conceivable way then he can. He can do anything. That he could cho...
January 16, 2018 at 11:40
At T1, before creating the stone, there's nothing he can't do. At T2, after creating the stone, there's something he can't do. Therefore, at T1 he's (...
January 16, 2018 at 10:55
It was, although Linger has grown on me recently.
January 15, 2018 at 19:22
No, I'm saying that if doing the logically impossible is incoherent then it isn't wrong to suggest that a God that can do everything that is logically...
January 15, 2018 at 19:06
There is no God who can do the logically impossible, as such a thing is incoherent. There is just (possibly) a God who can do the logically possible, ...
January 15, 2018 at 19:03
RIP Dolores O'Riordan :(
January 15, 2018 at 19:00
If defying logic is nonsense then to say that a God who can defy logic is more powerful than a God who can't is like saying that a four-sided triangle...
January 15, 2018 at 17:25
Doesn't follow. He might have had the power to create it but not have the power to do whatever he likes with the result.
January 15, 2018 at 17:20
I think it's more than just subjective preferences. Simply being eligible and elected aren't sufficient to be considered good for the job, and it's Tr...
January 15, 2018 at 17:09
I believe he was referring to cognitive dissonance, which is a real phenomenon.
January 15, 2018 at 16:07
I think there should be a distinction between essential and accidental omnipotence. Although the stone paradox is a problem for essential omnipotence,...
January 15, 2018 at 15:57
If movement is possible then there's a problem with Zeno's paradox. The issue we have is in figuring out what that problem is.
January 15, 2018 at 15:51
Probably because the accusations would have been invented by Hannity.
January 15, 2018 at 14:33
Didn't people go ballistic at Obama for wearing a tan suit and eating Dijon mustard and saluting with a coffee cup?
January 15, 2018 at 13:22
I don't think anything is surprising anymore. Take the recent accusations of hush money paid to porn stars. It wouldn't shock me if it were true. But ...
January 15, 2018 at 13:11
Did you hear about him suggesting that the "pretty Korean lady" should be the diplomat to North Korea?
January 15, 2018 at 13:06
I don't know the context of this, but presumably the Democrats were outraged that Trump would suggest that someone of Mexican descent wouldn't be a ca...
January 15, 2018 at 12:55
I think what you mean by "qualified" is not what others mean when they say that Trump isn't qualified. Trump is certainly eligible, given what you say...
January 15, 2018 at 10:45
Yeah, it's often said that Trump agrees with the last person he spoke to. I think that got him into a bit of a situation where he agreed to support a ...
January 14, 2018 at 13:54
I don't think so, but I think there are plans to place a cap on low skilled workers. Not sure if it includes refugees. It'll likely use the points-bas...
January 14, 2018 at 13:21
I spent a couple of nights in Kuala Lumpur before moving onto Cambodia. I agree with you. (Y)
January 14, 2018 at 12:31
In: #MeToo  — view comment
Well, yes. I didn't mean to suggest that I just walked up to someone and these were the first things I said.
January 14, 2018 at 12:29
I believe they're allowed in if either they can prove they can support themselves or if they come from a country it would be dangerous to send them ba...
January 14, 2018 at 12:28
No. Just that there doesn't seem a good justification for seemingly racist remarks like “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries co...
January 14, 2018 at 02:59
In: #MeToo  — view comment
The conversation went like this: My first comment was explaining to JustSomeGuy that waiting for consent to kiss someone doesn't have to take the form...
January 14, 2018 at 02:36
This might be a good (economic) reason if you actually did have to choose between Norwegians and Haitians. But is there really so much immigration (an...
January 14, 2018 at 02:28
In: #MeToo  — view comment
It isn't a pickup line. It's a flirty conversation. "Those" kind of girls? I think it telling that you seem to think less of women who respond well to...
January 14, 2018 at 02:20