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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... |
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General Political Discussion |
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12-18-2020, 12:08 AM |
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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 ... |
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Religion, Spirituality and Astrology |
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12-17-2020, 11:43 PM |
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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... |
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Turnings |
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12-17-2020, 11:16 PM |
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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 ... |
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General Political Discussion |
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12-04-2020, 06:44 PM |
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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... |
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Special Topics/G-T Lounge |
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11-25-2020, 04:53 PM |
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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... |
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General Political Discussion |
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09-04-2020, 07:24 PM |
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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... |
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Theory Related Political Discussions |
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08-23-2020, 01:20 PM |
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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... |
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General Political Discussion |
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08-22-2020, 02:45 PM |
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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... |
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General Political Discussion |
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08-22-2020, 02:33 PM |
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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... |
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Theory Related Political Discussions |
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08-22-2020, 02:30 PM |
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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... |
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Special Topics/G-T Lounge |
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08-22-2020, 02:24 PM |
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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. ... |
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General Political Discussion |
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08-21-2020, 07:26 PM |
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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... |
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General Political Discussion |
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08-21-2020, 07:13 PM |
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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... |
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Theory Related Political Discussions |
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08-21-2020, 06:42 PM |
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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... |
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Theory Related Political Discussions |
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08-21-2020, 06:38 PM |
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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... |
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General Political Discussion |
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07-19-2020, 04:25 PM |
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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... |
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Theory Related Political Discussions |
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07-11-2020, 11:59 AM |
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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. |
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General Political Discussion |
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07-11-2020, 11:54 AM |
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Thread: The Coronavirus
Post: RE: The Coronavirus
"Can the truth be partisan?"
Yes, indeed. Truth has a distinct liberal bias. |
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General Political Discussion |
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07-11-2020, 11:52 AM |
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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.... |
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General Political Discussion |
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07-11-2020, 11:50 AM |
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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... |
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General Political Discussion |
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07-11-2020, 11:43 AM |
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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... |
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Society and Culture |
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07-11-2020, 10:50 AM |
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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 ... |
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General Political Discussion |
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07-09-2020, 02:39 PM |
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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 |
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General Political Discussion |
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07-09-2020, 02:19 PM |
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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... |
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Society and Culture |
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07-09-2020, 02:15 PM |