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James Riley

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No need. It wasn't really straw man, but rather, a natural extension of the Chief Justice Marshal reasoning you put up and with which I agree.
July 17, 2021 at 15:57
Yes, and thanks to the EPA and Nixon (?). (Not sure about the latter but I think he was behind some good anti-libertarian env. regs/statutes.) Anyway,...
July 17, 2021 at 15:54
I think so. A libertarian upstream can do whatever he wants with and on his own property, including dumping his shit in the stream. The libertarian do...
July 17, 2021 at 14:20
Yes. When is yelling "Vaccines aren't safe" when they are safe, the equivalent of yelling "Fire" in the theater when there is no fire? Hey, I've got a...
July 17, 2021 at 14:11
I find that to be as compelling as my own take on the matter, and even more comforting. Maybe a more objective view from 30k feet? I hope it is true. ...
July 17, 2021 at 13:21
I haven't read this whole thread, but how is that "forcing" anyone to do anything? I'd like to see fact-checkers engaged more aggressively and misinfo...
July 17, 2021 at 04:20
I'm hoping because they are just sitting back and watching the right melt down. Why would you want to take any oxygen away from that fire?
July 17, 2021 at 04:12
It is my opinion that there are two values: 1. Need; 2. Want. Free markets provide an incentive to locate that which is needed, free, and abundant, an...
July 16, 2021 at 20:50
I'd say that I have established it (I have) and you have not, but since you know what I'm thinking, then you must have established it too, right? But ...
July 16, 2021 at 20:29
Dogs used to be empowered. They were called wolves. They made a deal with the devil. Fuck them. :blush:
July 16, 2021 at 16:30
The funny thing is, your myopic, human-centered BS is precisely what put us the position we are in. Had our dumb asses conceived of nature as some rom...
July 16, 2021 at 16:26
And had you lead with that, I might have deigned to entertain you. But instead, you pretended to tell me what my position was. So, I figure if you kno...
July 16, 2021 at 15:47
So the answer is "no." You don't have the intellectual horsepower to come up with something other than murder. Instead, you put a qualifier of "time" ...
July 16, 2021 at 15:26
We all have a propensity to use "liberal" and "conservative" to denominate a person as opposed to a position. I just did it. But again, where racism a...
July 16, 2021 at 15:23
Speaking generally, their only recourse is government; either government action, or government forbearance. They have forfeited the credible alternati...
July 16, 2021 at 15:15
I don't know what a "true Scotsman" is. I've seen the reference twice today and have yet to look it up. Anyway, a conservative value is one that seeks...
July 16, 2021 at 14:54
:100: My "even if" argument is that, were there to actually be some "woe is me" whites getting put-upon, they should understand the natural phenomena ...
July 16, 2021 at 14:05
I love that quote. Thanks for sharing. Well there goes partisan political BS.
July 16, 2021 at 13:53
Yeah. :roll: You're an idiot. If someone with a brain wants to discuss it, I will. But it's been discussed before. Edited to add: I’m letting my frust...
July 16, 2021 at 12:46
It's funny how hard people will try to understand a given point of view when they are getting paid big money to win on it and when the other side will...
July 15, 2021 at 20:51
I thought you might be over my head (maybe you are) but my brain shut down reading your post. All I can say is homo sapiens is an animal and we share ...
July 15, 2021 at 20:44
It also helps "get down to the nut" and dispense with all the noise, spin, distraction and irrelevant "distinctions without a difference." Once you ar...
July 15, 2021 at 19:08
I had amended my post after finding it: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35370374 It was about 10k ya and involved hunter-gathers. Kennewick man ...
July 15, 2021 at 19:05
I know you guys are talking generalities and eschewing anecdote (as well you should) but whenever I dream about roaming the continent hunting, and min...
July 15, 2021 at 18:24
If I understand what you are saying, this has been around forever in law schools. I've never heard the term "steel man" though. One should always try ...
July 15, 2021 at 18:12
:100: I'd like to see it, but I've also learned from this man that no new low is low enough to turn his sycophants away from him. If it was two (or mo...
July 15, 2021 at 15:54
That's the way I see it. Encroachment on "my" hunting grounds, tit for tat, blood feuds, etc. Some was just dick-measuring raids/warfare. It's a real ...
July 15, 2021 at 15:12
:100: I did a quick overview with my buddy Wiki (on both Mondragon and Jackson). The only thing I see that would make race less of an issue in those c...
July 15, 2021 at 14:52
Sounds about right.
July 15, 2021 at 14:14
Okay, well I asked for it. Now I have to follow up and look into it. Thanks.
July 15, 2021 at 13:50
I know there was lot's of warfare between different tribes but I don't know if it was race-based. I think there was so much capture, slavery and breed...
July 15, 2021 at 13:41
I hope this question isn't too much of a digression from the OP, but my wife and I were talking the other day about the racial issues in the U.S. and ...
July 15, 2021 at 13:30
I'm beginning to see why people think you are flakey. I didn't say anything about murder. I didn't say you were unrealistic. I don't want to engage wi...
July 15, 2021 at 12:51
I'm seeing an article on bipolar disorder. Is my brain falling apart?
July 15, 2021 at 03:57
Interesting question. It brings to mind the people who charge others with appropriation. Whites charged with appropriating black culture, Indian cultu...
July 15, 2021 at 00:10
Over population is a real and horrible thing. It is morally repugnant and patently arrogant to think otherwise. All the clap-trap about what could be,...
July 15, 2021 at 00:02
You are wrong. Over-population is a thing. We are already (and have been for a long, long time) way past sustainability. Simple logic: We can no longe...
July 14, 2021 at 22:40
Oh. When you said "German Czechs" I was thinking of Germans in Czechoslovakia, like German Americans, not Czech Germans. Either way, that sounds like ...
July 14, 2021 at 20:55
Does subsumed mean disapeared? Became totally Czech and no longer have a German identity?
July 14, 2021 at 20:46
You'd have to dumb that down for me. I'm not understanding what you mean. Particularly the "subsumed" aspect. A cultural analogy would be, has Europea...
July 14, 2021 at 20:25
:100:
July 14, 2021 at 20:17
I read "race" is a human thing, and so I agree. But, while dogs are all the same species (canis lupus) and can interbreed, I think the many different ...
July 14, 2021 at 20:14
Yeah, it's a fallacy. Call it out when you see it. But be leery of going on a crusade. I get called out as a boomer, an old white man, blah blah blah....
July 14, 2021 at 20:03
:blush: :100:
July 14, 2021 at 19:51
I agree with you. It is strange, though, that a strong trend toward individualism is based upon making sure others perceive us as individuals. Back in...
July 14, 2021 at 18:47
I agree with that sentiment, but I can't even understand the desire for others to refer to me in a manner of my choosing. How other's talk about me is...
July 14, 2021 at 17:56
We judge people based not upon the objective act, but upon what we think lies in their heart when doing the act. Bugs, fish, whatever: Evil, sadistic ...
July 14, 2021 at 17:52
We should not gather it all up when nature is doing it for us for free. She's been doing exactly that for millions of years. All that sun gathered up ...
July 14, 2021 at 16:56
Society is changing, not collapsing. Man is a social beast (except me) and will always be, even if he's wandering a post-apocalyptical nuclear waste l...
July 14, 2021 at 16:45
:100: Ten ring! Every time I hear someone whining about the price of a gallon of gas I think about how shocked they'd be if true cost were charged. We...
July 14, 2021 at 15:18