James Riley

It's somewhat like morbid curiosity: we are drawn to it, even though we probably shouldn't be. Where you see a wreck on the side of the road and you s...

:up: Yep. And in a true free-market, capitalist system, they would have to pay for their externalized costs. But no. They socialize their costs onto t...

Yes, and their pivot was anticipated before it even happened. No matter what their current argument is, it will morph to new ground. Because it has no...

:up: "His right to swing his Covid ends where my nose begins." Actually, that's battery. The definition of "assault" would actually have his right to ...

Add "another possible" to "consideration" and "cause for concern". Do you actually think you walk in the footsteps of Socrates? Are you just fulfillin...

:100: I don't think it would be unreasonable to divorce the alleged reason for the trafficking from the trafficking itself. The way we have it now, "s...

The purpose for which the analogy was offered flew right over your pointed little head. LOL! Car accidents are not the result of the vax. DOH! But a d...

LOL! Tell that to the guy's who got drafted shot and killed in Vietnam. Somewhere on this board there was an explanation of land ownership and the sov...

I bet we could find evidence that some people died in car accidents on the way home from getting the shot. Probably more than those who got clots. Hmm...

I learned that if I have a question about a mineral, plant or animal, I will ask them. And they will answer, in their own way. And if I don't understa...

Sure we can. In our version of "free-market capitalism" we make calculations of acceptable losses all the time. Since there will be losses, acceptable...

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Is there any case where you would change your position? For instance, I read some time ago that Covid is, quite literally, nothing compared to what co...

I'm not convinced that we had no option regarding birth. I can see souls sitting around, bored out of their minds with eternity and infinity. And, whi...

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Thank you water. I still don't understand what I am seeing when you move through. But you are good.

I know you would think that, but that's because you only think of yourself. Like I said, you are disrespectful, inconsiderate and selfish. I didn't va...

I'm reminded of two things: 1. The old liberal saying: "When someone gives you two choices, pick the third"; 2. When the Marines say "Lead, follow, or...

In a world of such causes and considerations, it's a wonder you aren't hiding under your bed. The electronical that you are using poses a threat, you ...

No, it does not cast doubt. It just shows what a child you are to think so. Go get your advance degree in the area, along with decades of experience. ...

Anyone with a modicum of analytic and critical thinking skills, and an understanding of nuance, knows that an analogy, by definition, is not the thing...

Because, like those who challenge Covid deaths based upon comorbidities, any death and debilitation that supposedly occurs within the former group hav...

That question has been answered. The allegations of death and debilitation that supposedly occurs within the former group are tenuous, at best, wherea...

No it wouldn't. No, you don't. No, you don't. No, we don't. Yes, you have. No, it's not. No, it's not. No, you don't. No, you're not. No, it's not. No...

Read the thread. There's not much else you could hang your hat on. To be honest, I didn't devote much time to reading what you had to say. I found my ...

More like, simply Q.

:100: I wanted to distinguish health care providers from climate scientists (you know, the guys in the pockets of big environmentalists :roll:) but th...

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That is the "reasoning" of a child. Either we have a right to falsely yell fire in a crowded theater, or we do not. When you develop the ability to un...

:up: When I first read the OP, and some subsequent posts, I felt there was a not-so-well executed effort to veil, or bury child pornography in with a ...

:100: I hope I have not contributed to the problem by giving oxygen to it. My natural inclination is to engage, but standing down might be the better ...

I agree, though as I said, I'm not trained up in psychoanalysis. I had written up a rather lengthy explanation of what I thought might be the motivati...

:100: Don't forget Ronald Raygun and "government is the problem" mentality.

:up: Snip psychoanalysis of those who provide aid and comfort to a virus. I remembered I'm not a psychologist, even if I could play one on the interne...

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The child porn discussion reminds me of snuff films. "Yeah, I'm just watching, so it's harmless, right?" But isn't it like torturing dogs and cats: *E...

PSA: Proof the SC is political will be found in their hearing of a case over legislation from a Blue State that is drafted using the same exact work-a...

Being from Colorado, a common carving on bathrooms walls: "Here I sit, buns a flexin'; givin' birth to another Texan."

:100: :up: I'm no big fan of religion but I find the guy's excuse to be disingenuous.

Thank you moon. Good to have you around.

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The only problem with "my way" is that it wasn't "my way." My way did not involve hanging around and trying to teach good parenting habits to an assho...

I submitted a piece on research to a friend of mine and he felt compelled to respond. I'll let him remain anonymous but I thought it was funny so I ha...

Yeah, that patriarchy can cause problems. I just hope that when you go over to the neighbor's house and politely ask them to please keep their teens i...

I like your analogy to a person's home. The other day I was thinking about that, and the fact that in many neighborhoods there is that family. The par...

Notwithstanding the law, the Constitution, rules, regulations, minority or majority of public opinion, I hereby reserve unto myself sovereign jurisdic...

Nothing I said runs afoul of that. All your longwinded Popper stuff does is point out the logic of not relying upon anecdote. Just because something i...