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    Thread: The Partisan Divide on Issues
Post: RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues

Classic: "Biden's people won't be able to hide Biden's condition for long being half the country already knows that he's got dementia." Let's drill into this a bit. I've spent all of my professiona...
TnT General Political Discussion 3,142 994,283 12-18-2020, 12:08 AM
    Thread: Astrology and science
Post: RE: Astrology and science

"Quantum entanglement theory has proven spooky action at a distance." The trouble with using quantum entanglement as an "explanation" for Astrology is that we really don't have entanglement examples ...
TnT Religion, Spirituality and Astrology 6 3,119 12-17-2020, 11:43 PM
    Thread: What the next First Turning won't be like
Post: RE: What the next First Turning won't be like

I'm not seeing indications that this 4T is near its end. Nominally, we could easily have another 5-10 years of it and it would still fit within the 80 year cycles. Unless the fever-brained Right s...
TnT Turnings 145 61,090 12-17-2020, 11:16 PM
    Thread: Let's make fun of Trump, bash him, etc. while we can!
Post: RE: Let's make fun of Trump, bash him, etc. while ...

I've kept the MediaBias.com chart handy for a couple years now. It's an excellent source when I read something that I'm skeptical of at first glance. Also, it's a good source when I'm curious about ...
TnT General Political Discussion 3,008 1,568,084 12-04-2020, 06:44 PM
    Thread: What are you reading?
Post: RE: What are you reading?

John Dickerson's "The Hardest Job in the World." Dickerson began a whole series of podcasts on the history of the U.S. Presidency some years ago. That probably contributed to this book - an exce...
TnT Special Topics/G-T Lounge 17 10,083 11-25-2020, 04:53 PM
    Thread: The Coronavirus
Post: RE: The Coronavirus

(09-03-2020, 12:29 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: (09-03-2020, 10:30 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: (09-03-2020, 05:45 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: The AP is reporting that the US health agencies are getting ready to re...
TnT General Political Discussion 1,542 447,063 09-04-2020, 07:24 PM
    Thread: Gray Champion Predictions
Post: RE: Gray Champion Predictions

(08-22-2020, 07:46 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: (08-21-2020, 06:38 PM)TnT Wrote: (08-18-2020, 12:38 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: My indicators clearly show that neither AOC (score 13-19) nor Yang (score...
TnT Theory Related Political Discussions 153 83,715 08-23-2020, 01:20 PM
    Thread: Election 2020
Post: RE: Election 2020

(08-22-2020, 01:16 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote: (08-22-2020, 12:16 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: (08-21-2020, 11:40 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: (08-21-2020, 10:36 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I would expect the parti...
TnT General Political Discussion 1,249 287,374 08-22-2020, 02:45 PM
    Thread: The Coronavirus
Post: RE: The Coronavirus

(08-22-2020, 02:58 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote: (08-21-2020, 07:13 PM)TnT Wrote: One model:  There is "DE-scription, there is PRE-scription and there is PRO-scription.  I think folks generate their own p...
TnT General Political Discussion 1,542 447,063 08-22-2020, 02:33 PM
    Thread: Gray Champion Predictions
Post: RE: Gray Champion Predictions

(08-21-2020, 09:58 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: (08-21-2020, 06:42 PM)TnT Wrote: I know this seems really old-fashioned, re-warmed Malthusian-ism.  But ... we just have too damn many people on the plan...
TnT Theory Related Political Discussions 153 83,715 08-22-2020, 02:30 PM
    Thread: On stupidity
Post: RE: On stupidity

While a formulation like this can be fun, the really scary part is that one does not know for sure if one's own ideas are as intelligent as one assumes they are, or if they are simply stupid. When we...
TnT Special Topics/G-T Lounge 2 2,086 08-22-2020, 02:24 PM
    Thread: Election 2020
Post: RE: Election 2020

A lot has happened in four years. A lot has happened in ten years. When I started in EMS in 2007, we were hauling WW-II vets every day from hip and knee replacement surgery to the rehab hospitals. ...
TnT General Political Discussion 1,249 287,374 08-21-2020, 07:26 PM
    Thread: The Coronavirus
Post: RE: The Coronavirus

One model: There is "DE-scription, there is PRE-scription and there is PRO-scription. I think folks generate their own personal belief system with various mixtures of the three. Description shows h...
TnT General Political Discussion 1,542 447,063 08-21-2020, 07:13 PM
    Thread: Gray Champion Predictions
Post: RE: Gray Champion Predictions

I know this seems really old-fashioned, re-warmed Malthusian-ism. But ... we just have too damn many people on the planet. Growing the population means that our economic system HAS to be a growth mo...
TnT Theory Related Political Discussions 153 83,715 08-21-2020, 06:42 PM
    Thread: Gray Champion Predictions
Post: RE: Gray Champion Predictions

(08-18-2020, 12:38 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: My indicators clearly show that neither AOC (score 13-19) nor Yang (score 8-15) will ever be president. But that does not mean they are not important opin...
TnT Theory Related Political Discussions 153 83,715 08-21-2020, 06:38 PM
    Thread: If Trump loses the next election
Post: RE: If Trump loses the next election

My concern is that Trump is only the symptom. I have some conservative friends who, when I ask them why they like (or liked) Trump, say, "I like that he tells it like it is." However, like many cons...
TnT General Political Discussion 45 15,416 07-19-2020, 04:25 PM
    Thread: Gray Champion Predictions
Post: RE: Gray Champion Predictions

(07-11-2020, 06:48 AM)David Horn Wrote: This is certainly true.  Actions will determine the result.  To be honest, Trump is a potential GC.  Neither of us appreciate the change he wants to create, b...
TnT Theory Related Political Discussions 153 83,715 07-11-2020, 11:59 AM
    Thread: The Partisan Divide on Issues
Post: RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues

Back in the old days on the forum, didn't we have a "Spiral of Violence" thread? I'm surprised it's not active.
TnT General Political Discussion 3,142 994,283 07-11-2020, 11:54 AM
    Thread: The Coronavirus
Post: RE: The Coronavirus

"Can the truth be partisan?" Yes, indeed. Truth has a distinct liberal bias.
TnT General Political Discussion 1,542 447,063 07-11-2020, 11:52 AM
    Thread: The Coronavirus
Post: RE: The Coronavirus

(07-09-2020, 03:37 PM)David Horn Wrote: (07-09-2020, 02:19 PM)TnT Wrote: USA - 4.5% of the world's population. USA - 25+% of the world's COVID-19 cases. QED Even worse: it's unlikely to change....
TnT General Political Discussion 1,542 447,063 07-11-2020, 11:50 AM
    Thread: The Partisan Divide on Issues
Post: RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues

As a flaming liberal with a roomful of guns, I'm mostly puzzled by the concealed carry folks as well as the owners of the so-called "AR-15". It's like saying "The orange is the perfect food!"  "I don...
TnT General Political Discussion 3,142 994,283 07-11-2020, 11:43 AM
    Thread: Time to END racism
Post: RE: Time to END racism

The "Right" carefully dissects the "protester violence" out as a phenomenon in a glass bubble and holds it up as THE PROBLEM. If this position is taken in a loud enough voice, it allows them to ignor...
TnT Society and Culture 53 25,467 07-11-2020, 10:50 AM
    Thread: The Partisan Divide on Issues
Post: RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues

(07-05-2020, 09:47 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: (07-05-2020, 08:55 PM)TnT Wrote: Well, if the pictures of the beer-gut wanna-bes that showed up at Gettysburg this weekend, having been gulled by the very ...
TnT General Political Discussion 3,142 994,283 07-09-2020, 02:39 PM
    Thread: The Coronavirus
Post: RE: The Coronavirus

USA - 4.5% of the world's population. USA - 25+% of the world's COVID-19 cases. QED
TnT General Political Discussion 1,542 447,063 07-09-2020, 02:19 PM
    Thread: Time to END racism
Post: RE: Time to END racism

I've been re-reading my W.E.B. Dubois copy of "Black Reconstruction in America - 1860-1880." What a stupendous work!! What jumps out at me, especially upon reading the first three chapters, I. The B...
TnT Society and Culture 53 25,467 07-09-2020, 02:15 PM