praxis

Practically speaking, no new content is required for freshness, and indeed it may only be the habit of desiring new content that leads to the dissatis...

You wrote that EESA had nothing to do with it so if there's a lie it's your lie. What are the other lies? You appear to read about as well as Trump.

And that alone resulted in the economy that Obama left office with. Is that what they teach you to say in troll school? Trump will probably spend half...

Well, besides rescuing the economy from the great recession, passing health care reform where over 20 million Americans gained coverage, and so on. On...

There you have it, Tim. It's exhausting in Trump's case. Just a little graphical comparison for you: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?s...

How about a practical test. Does this stuff ever get old, @"NOS4A2"?

There are studies that claim the US spends twice as much on healthcare and performs less well in medical outcomes compared to countries such as the Ne...

That wouldn’t be a good test because everyone knows that socialists eat their children.

Devils advocacy aside for a moment, would you prefer the current American model, all things being equal? The tax rate would be about half of wherever ...

Funny question for someone who lives in Ojai.

This also helps to stabilize the economy and reduce the severity of downturns.

Now you're suggesting that Trump did not claim that criticisms to his administration’s actions surrounding the coronavirus issue (cuts to CDC funding ...

Nonsense, it’s immoral to bet on sweet tooshes.

How about DDS (Democrat Derangement Syndrome)? How does one seemingly hope for millions to die, btw? I suppose that delusions may seem real. Maybe tha...

It was fake but it's true? Lol. So Bloomberg and Biden engaged in a little harmless hyperbole. Isn't that what you say when Trump lies? Pretty dumb to...

I've pointed out that in the posted video there's a clip of Trump saying “and this is their new hoax.” Granted that it's not always easy to decipher h...

Just to be clear, I believe Trump is claiming that criticisms to his administration’s actions surrounding the issue (cuts to CDC funding etc.) is a ho...

Lol

In the posted video, Trump says “and this is their new hoax.” If you’re too brainwashed to believe that he wasn’t referring to Democrats and the coron...

The title reads: “Donald Trump: Coronavirus is Democrats' 'new hoax'” I image that most Trump supporters have poor reading comprehension, or just tend...

Where exactly did they say that?

While in the process of politicizing the Coronavirus, Trump claims that the Democrats are politicizing it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G5TZ6fTYrsE J...

With freedom comes responsibility, as Roosevelt said, but unfortunately there is mountains of evidence that proves the fact that many industries, in e...

As I said from the start, branding is a form of promotion. Promotion isn’t necessarily commercial, obviously.

Of course you are. Your personal logo, for instance, gives the impression (to me at least) that you value nature, and in effect promotes that value. Y...

Utilizing a logo is an aspect of branding, which is a form of promotion. So the question appears to be: Should I promote my book or myself on this for...

This mobilization of countrymen would require some sort of organizing administration or, as some might call it, government. Hey wait a tick, we alread...

I can’t help thinking that a society that could elect, and in all likelihood re-elect, Trump, may not be sufficient developed for increased socialism.

He’s not confused, this is just how he plays his game.

Any one that dangles the “enlightenment” carrot, I suppose.

I would say that the Western concept of enlightenment is quite different from that of the Eastern. The Eastern is based on emptiness, which may posses...

Do you still contend that “Denmark and Sweden (among others) are failed states”?

Last week on a shuttle ride to LAX we were talking to a couple of government health agents (CDC? I don’t recall exactly) deployed there and they confi...

Such as???

No, I said just for starters. Here's Trump curtseying like a bitch... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo8UGiMVeys Or how about his 'fire and fury' mom...

You defend him as though he’s your cult leader.

For starters, someone who’s willing to fight for their country rather than whine about bone spurs. Someone who is actually self-made and didn’t inheri...

Your unrelenting defense of Trump proves this to be false.

Someone who whines about bone spurs, being treated unfairly by the fake news media, etc etc, doesn’t ring macho to me.

On the ground, or anywhere else for that matter, we may derive the benefit (primarily meaning) of religion and/or manipulate ourselves into a state of...

They claim that everything is empty. The body or mind makes no difference.

I saw the 30 Americans exhibition yesterday. Very powerful, I thought. https://ab976f528c498801423d-2376439231beb5d718e8f49fe25fed31.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.c...

Roger that.

They claim that ignorance (of our true nature: emptiness) is the cause. You can’t suffer if there’s no you.

I’m not sure how to interpret this. You could be talking about religious or non-religious people. Also, meaning, of the sort we’re discussing, is nece...

No trade deal can compensate for ever-increasing manufacturing efficiency (automation). That's a Trumpian fantasy that his followers apparently indulg...

The manufacturing industry is still in a recession, which hurts many of Trumps supporters. More broadly though, regulations and government assistance ...

I think a major misconception is that people are somehow unable to feel or find meaning for themselves and that it must be administered by an authorit...

Things like abortion are kinda private. :grimace: Speaking of meddling, Trumps trade war hasn't panned out well for American farmers. https://thumbor....

A common refrain, that atheism leads to nihilism or whatever but how true is this? I don’t believe there’s any evidence that atheists are less moral o...