I attended an anti/counter-terrorist quick reaction crisis mission course at the FBI Academy back in the 70s. World experts at the time could never gi...
I just read a headline about "Moon Wobble", to occur in 2030. This will be the new punching bag for the deniers: "Ocean levels aren't rising due to ho...
But if you are flying their flag, don't blame someone for figuring you are one of them, even if you have told them you are not. Likewise, don't go loo...
Right. If I seek something from someone who wants me to do something I don't want to do, I won't deal with them. I'll go elsewhere. If they come to me...
I know humans are capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time. Yes, we can probably try to execute more than one improvement. But some might t...
No, it would not. Trump is a narcissist. Trumpian would be doing what the person wants, not how the person appears. So, Trump may want to be seen as a...
The utter failure in your reasoning is interesting, but very typical. In the United States we call it "Butwhataboutism". It's a stupid, intentionally ...
It sounds cold, but unless I want something from you, I'd just avoid you. The burden is upon me if it is me seeking to engage. Otherwise, you can leav...
I guess I'm just lucky in that I am happily lacking in social intercourse. I live in the sticks and rarely go to town. When I do, I don't engage much,...
The reason I discount it is because I'm sick and tired of all the MAGAttes trying to act like they stopped slavery. They use it as a selling point to ...
Speaking for myself, I give a fuck about shit I don't understand, especially when I am, or might be held to account for it. I suppose someone imputing...
Okay, I went and read the rest of your post and no, it did not change my opinion. It's almost Trumpian, to me, for someone to assume they are importan...
I stopped there and did not read the rest of your post. My wife and son and I were just talking about this the other day. I'm sure you and they are ri...
I know, right? How am I supposed to work around that, all MLK and Gandhi and shit? I know very well what the alternative is and I'm trying to avoid th...
Yes, it is totally unimportant. You see, the United States Republican Party used to be liberal and the United States Democrat Party used to be conserv...
This is true. Even if he got a real cell, instead of a golf-course spa prison for rich people, he'd still have Secret Service guys standing outside hi...
If everyone were taught analytic and critical thinking, then we would welcome stupidity as a form of diversion, entertainment, humor. From Kremlin-pla...
No, it was not implied by my statement. It was implied in your mind. If I say X trumps Y if Z, then I have not said X trumps Y. Only a dummy would thi...
Not strange at all. The "I told you so" aspect of it refutes the open conspiracy of ignorance and forgiveness. I think it's important for future gener...
You are correct, and I would bet my bottom dollar on that. I wish "the other side" would bet their bottom dollar on their position. But they won't be ...
Meh. I try to focus on what was said and not who said it. That said, I will develop a sense, over time, of who is a waste of time. But I rarely care i...
You didn't read. I said we'd continue on our merry way, not "stop suddenly." But even if we did stop suddenly, that is a choice. History is replete wi...
I made the statement of "choice trumps life" in a simple, well-explained context of abortion. You then made the fundamental mistake of saying that I m...
:100: If I were fool, and were to use his illogical extrapolation arguments, I'd say that if the state can mandate a slave must carry her owner to ter...
The only trick is your foolish extrapolation from the case in point to a generalization about power and choice. Try to keep your eye on the ball. We a...
I do mind. But some things are subordinate to others. When it comes to a women's choice regarding that which resides within her body, all other consid...
Where they lose me on the Big Lie is the fact they disavow numerous different court decisions from numerous different judges in numerous different jur...
Inconsistency bothers me a great deal. It's just not an issue with my position. The only thing at stake for a woman is her right to choose. My positio...
No, Frank, it does not. We are not talking about "the other side." We are talking about fascist nationalist racist evil. The truth has a liberal bias....
Let's make people put their property where their mouth is. At the end of thirty days of individual research, everyone has to choose: Stop petroleum hy...
Republicans like Trump because he hates the same people they hate. It's all about the hate. I was quite the hater until I saw them do it, and then, no...
I guess I'm having a problem with painting something like "the pro-choice movement" with a single brush. I'm pro-choice as they come and my position i...
I've already dealt with the bigger picture, in this thread, yesterday. As stated, this "detail" and "finer points" question is really just noise. Idle...
I was just challenging your unqualified statement. As to the usual debate, consider the case where the fetus is killing the woman but she wouldn't wan...
Actually, I was not talking about the base. I was talking about the leader's fear of the base. They may agree with the base, or they may just want the...
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