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James Riley

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November 04, 2021 at 15:16
I wonder if any studies have been done (sociology, history, poly sci?) that winnowed out those few (if any) cases where humanity saw a looming threat ...
November 04, 2021 at 14:10
Hi John. A word of advice: If you ever come across someone pretending to be non-partisan in regards to a two-party fight, and yet they claim one of th...
November 04, 2021 at 13:19
I didn't bother to read your post. I find your arguments too cowardly, selfish, inconsiderate, disrespectful and un-American. So I'll not waste my tim...
November 04, 2021 at 13:09
Got it. I was wondering how we would direct our activities in a way that will not hurt the environment. We should copyright/patent this idea, go on Sh...
November 04, 2021 at 02:57
What is the difference between: "Can theory of nothing challenge God?" and "Can nothing challenge God?"
November 03, 2021 at 22:56
Well, you admitted it yourself. You just don't want to be inconvenienced by your own choice. Nobody is violating your body. It's not impossible. You, ...
November 03, 2021 at 20:50
No, it is not. Your so-called principle is based on your desire to continue availing yourself of the privileges and benefits of society while not havi...
November 03, 2021 at 18:59
:100:
November 03, 2021 at 18:48
If it ever really was. People have long opined that the U.S. is an idea, an aspiration, a hope, a dream. Even those who fought (and some died) for it,...
November 03, 2021 at 18:04
I've no problem with that. Like I tried to teach you, though, no one is interfering with that right. No one is holding you down and giving you a shot....
November 03, 2021 at 17:52
You are afraid of a vaccine. But you are right to be afraid. Be very afraid! The evil people got together, rubbed their hands greedily and said "Let's...
November 03, 2021 at 17:38
That may be true when it comes to exercising rights. But rights must be distinguished from privilege. The courts long ago drew that distinction with d...
November 03, 2021 at 16:59
My friend wrote a paper that exposed me to the terms of universal pantheism and universal panentheisim. I understood the former to be like polytheism ...
November 03, 2021 at 15:24
Roger that. I should have just said "Let he without hypocracy cast the first allegation of hypocracy" and let it go. I doubt it would have been unders...
November 03, 2021 at 13:23
:100: We've been stalling for 40 years or more. https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/251461867_922197225094556_2839654174554706920_n.jpg...
November 03, 2021 at 04:10
Yes, you do. You own shit made in China. You steal labor and money from people. You are a communist aider and abetter. Yes, I do. Because I'm smarter ...
November 03, 2021 at 01:04
You are either a bald-faced liar, you are woefully ignorant about global markets, or you live in a cave. Guess what? You are on the internet so you do...
November 03, 2021 at 00:27
I want to talk about "common sense." As one with extraordinary sense, I understand what is meant by common sense. But really, folks, as we look around...
November 02, 2021 at 22:00
Agreed, but it pales in comparison to what we are doing to the Earth. Talk about disturbing. But we've become numb to it. https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.f...
November 02, 2021 at 21:58
That's because you are a hypocrite. No you don't. No one shops local. You shop China, Mexico and everywhere else your local shit is sourced. No, wait ...
November 02, 2021 at 21:56
A lot of the arguments I see remind me of abortion arguments, talking about sentience, viability, conception, when life starts, God, rape, incest, etc...
November 02, 2021 at 21:53
Okay. Same difference. Biden wants to reduce emissions and yet he flew an 85-car entourage across the ocean and road around Europe in it. Yet he wants...
November 02, 2021 at 21:41
Same reason Biden is a hypocrite. He wants to curb emissions, yet drives. You don't like big government but support the Chinese Communist government.
November 02, 2021 at 20:59
Ah, but they do apply to you, whether you want them to or not. You are a hypocrite and a communist because you said so. It is my fantasy that you be w...
November 02, 2021 at 20:02
It is the height of arrogance to think that our ability to imagine nothing somehow transmogrifies it into something. Like a quantum bit being where it...
November 02, 2021 at 19:56
I think this is an interesting subject you bring up, but I think it's veering off track from systemic racism to bullying in general. You might start a...
November 02, 2021 at 19:27
Sometimes chips get knocked off shoulders.
November 02, 2021 at 19:05
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Ha! Wait till you are an old man. I guess that's why Col. Colt came along. :wink:
November 02, 2021 at 18:05
How long since FDR? Carter? Clinton, Obama, Clinton? And the right still has their panties in a wad.
November 02, 2021 at 18:03
Says the commie Trumpster. Again, son, our answers would work, if the obstinate, petulant people would stand down for a nano-second. Indeed, look at t...
November 02, 2021 at 18:01
Thank God (the Christian God, of course). I thought we were doomed but Herr Trump will come to the rescue! Quick, let me find my brown shirt.
November 02, 2021 at 17:55
“A lie can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots.”—Mark Twain.
November 02, 2021 at 17:53
November 2nd, baby! https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/252749344_1263527474152290_4329687128240461482_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-5&_nc_si...
November 02, 2021 at 17:50
While all politicians might be dishonorable cowards and liars. Only one has set the bar in the basement. and it was not Biden. It would work out fine ...
November 02, 2021 at 17:48
Many understand the power of compounding interest on the way up. What they conveniently ignore is the power of compounding disadvantage on the way dow...
November 02, 2021 at 17:44
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As a former fishermen, that too was my perception at the beginning. Then I remembered the troll that hid under bridges and fucked with people. But "ba...
November 02, 2021 at 17:41
Not only that, but he supports Communist China. I think he's a commie.
November 02, 2021 at 17:28
But you aren't familiar with what it takes to move a national leader around. Your lack of familiarity stems from your living in your fantasy world of ...
November 02, 2021 at 17:17
Let me try this: It is not hypocrisy to do that which it would require all others to stop doing to be effective; especially when one is working to get...
November 02, 2021 at 16:37
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The way I always understood trolling is to say something you either don't really mean, or about which you don't really care, simply to get a rise out ...
November 02, 2021 at 16:07
With folks like you around, it wouldn't matter if he did.
November 02, 2021 at 14:58
Okay, for the umpteenth time: If I save a gallon of gas, I increase the supply, lowering the price, stimulating demand, so NOS can roll-coal for anoth...
November 02, 2021 at 14:56
Correction: I have taught you repeatedly. But you have not learned. So you answered my question: you actually believe this. When I think about it, it ...
November 02, 2021 at 14:41
Again, I taught you why that is the false and lazy charge of hypocrisy. The only thing up for debate is whether you know this, and only use it because...
November 02, 2021 at 14:33
I've taught you, several times, why that is an illogical and fundamentally stupid argument. I guess it comes with being you.
November 02, 2021 at 14:11
I don't know if this has been shared before, but I just re-read this again and thought it was good: https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6...
November 02, 2021 at 02:58
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November 01, 2021 at 22:44
:100: It's understandable. Maybe someday they can have a China complex, and America can put her boots up on the railing, crack a beer and yell "Git of...
November 01, 2021 at 19:57
I might agree with you 100% but it's strange to see those "few exceptions" get thrown under the bus with the rest. What is being done by anyone anywhe...
November 01, 2021 at 18:42