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Why? I think that case is quite strong due to political identity being a rather strong part of Americans' overall identity. I've got 20 political part...

Uh no. Through most of history we were organised in tribes.

Most directly related to tariffs, there are good reasons to foreclose domestic markets. Sometimes a protected industry is necessary to ensure national...

A stupid bet to make. The tariffs are going to be charged to customers which ostensibly increases GDP as prices go up. Here's some Adam Smith to hopef...

True but possibly immoral.

Full Time is an arbitrary concept. It used to be 60 hours. Thanks to progress that went down. As far as I am concerned 2 hours per day would be perfec...

Monogamy is as natural as polygamy.

I go there 2-3 times a week. It's about 15 minutes from where I live.

I think these types of reactions are reflexive not reflective. There's so many ways to play this other than how they did : "It's clear Michael is unde...

90 What about Giuliani's history makes you think he can think two moves ahead?

cool. I wasn't aware of those campaign financing rules.

also, you do know I'd be happy if he'd be successfully impeached right? I'm just trying to be realistic here.

So that requires proof Trump knew they were going to hack the DNC beforehand. It's not even certain this was discussed. Good luck with that one since ...

more witnesses. Placing everyone at the scene of the meeting Cohen references (the one where they discuss the Trump tower meeting to take place) witho...

and more generally: What if Mark Zuckerberg had walked up to Trump and said "I've got dirt on Clinton, do you want it?" and Trump had said yes, what c...

Not without corroborating evidence which we haven't seen at this point. Remind me though, did Trump jr. originally lie about the existence of that mee...

While I really like her, as a European I'm baffled at these political family dynasties. The Kennedys, clintons, bushes, Obamas (if Michelle would run)...

Great pianist. Uncritically supported the Iraqi war?

:vomit:

You mean an actual Conservative that holds truth, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in high regard? Not a chance. It's tribalism. Kind of like look...

Nice. Real nice.

There's a difference between me arguing and defending my morals and trying to illustrate what's wrong with yours. I don't assert stuff like But I will...

Thank you for not replying to my arguments and just giving me more opinion. Let's leave it at that shall we?

Yeah, and we should believe something Trump says because a) he's well informed and b) never lies. :rofl:

It's a fact prior intel of his proved to be reliable. Should we all add the following disclaimer: "Prior results are not a guarantee for future perfor...

We have a term for it in Dutch "plaatsvervangende schaamte" which translates closely to "vicarious shame" and means feeling shame on behalf of someone...

How does impeachment of the President work? Impeachment is basically a trial of any civil official, including the president, without a judge, a jury o...

If he can make money off of it in the States, he could here as well (Europe). Market isn't huge though. Any other skills? Is this the bmx'er?

The problem is people react to outlier events by clinging even harder to what they know. So my vote is for more same old same old.

what the hell are my baby pictures doing on the net?! :rage:

I don't consider my personal morals universal or something to enforce on others. You shouldn't project your view of universality on me. You can disagr...

First, there's an important difference between promiscuity and adultery. You have a problem with both and are seemingly using them interchangeably her...

According to republicans resulting from the Page hearing, right? Don't you think it's curious though that they are avoiding saying what the texts real...

for which crime?

Then you should say so instead of obfuscating your position especially if I highlight an issue that we would agree on. There's s lot we can philosophi...

You do realise this was an excellent opportunity to clarify your idea but you didn't say "I consider that the same as marriage"? I suppose I shouldn't...

uhuh, so we're not talking about legal marriage here and that's not a graph about legal marriage.

Just a method to avoid admitting he's wrong. He does it regularly. It's totally inconsistent with the discussions at the start of this thread.

Totally incomparable. McCarthyism had Truman sign into law screening of civil servants for loyalty and led to a stifling of freedom of speech of US ci...

The extremity of your position is found in your attitude to want to regulate these things.

No problem. There's a lot going on in this space as some governments are demanding it. It's then easier and cheaper just to meet the strictest rules i...

Social conservatism in practice : Adultery Cue no true scotchman...

Or you have an infected computer now. In any case, disobedient media is more conspirational nonsense with stories invented by William Craddick so I'm ...

Congratulations for getting your news from a site that contains malware. I couldn't read it as a result. Ah. The protection racket that first lets Tru...

He's the unknown person who started this whole theory about the download times, which apparently is being uncritically copied by all sorts of "experts...

Have you considered changing banks? You can utilise the DJSI and other sustainability indices to inform you and then to change banks and spend your mo...

Are any of these Forensicator? Let me help you with that: no they aren't. So it's irrelevant. Here's what happened: How Russian hackers stole informat...

and this When you copy a file, the access and create timestamp change. When you move a file, it changes the create timestamp only. So, to avoid a trac...

Michael, pray tell us. What's the speed of a leased line in the USA? :rofl: And let's not get into the ease with which metadata can be falisified or t...

Whatever tin-foiled shill. I might be replying to you but it's obviously for the benefit for other intelligent readers. You don't need to reply to me,...