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- 2013-03-07 08:00am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: HUGO CHAVEZ DEAD
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6409
Re: HUGO CHAVEZ DEAD
You said "nor do I applaud anything else about his economic policies." My question was "Does that [the non-applauding] include the economic policies that acted to reduce the inequality?" I might add as a postscript, "could you expand on why you do not approve of those polic...
- 2013-03-07 06:50am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: HUGO CHAVEZ DEAD
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6409
Re: HUGO CHAVEZ DEAD
Your question does not make sense. Please rephrase.Simon_Jester wrote:Does that include the economic policies that acted to reduce the inequality?
- 2013-03-07 06:38am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: HUGO CHAVEZ DEAD
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6409
Re: HUGO CHAVEZ DEAD
According to TYT he did quite a bit wrong, but the statistics showed that poverty decreased dramatically under his reign, and in terms of inequality his country is better than the US easily. So he gets that credit. My question is, how much of the Chavez hatred is because he engaged in anti US rheto...
- 2013-03-06 06:51pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Trayvon Martin Case (Zimmerman charged; 2nd deg. murder)
- Replies: 609
- Views: 112246
Re: Trayvon Martin Case (Zimmerman charged; 2nd deg. murder)
Linka George Zimmerman Waives Right To 'Stand Your Ground' Hearing In Stunning Twist To Trayvon Martin Case In the year since it landed on the international news radar, the Trayvon Martin case has raised a global discussion about Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law. But in a s...
- 2013-03-06 06:10pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Holder: Drone strike against Americans in the U.S. possible
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5210
Re: Holder: Drone strike against Americans in the U.S. possi
I never thought I'd live to say this, but I'm glad to see Rand Paul and John Cornyn doing their duty in the Senate. Running for president? If that's the incentive he needs, then that's fine by me, just as long as it gets done. Besides, he's arguably less bad than many of the other assholes that mig...
- 2013-03-06 02:47pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Trayvon Martin Case (Zimmerman charged; 2nd deg. murder)
- Replies: 609
- Views: 112246
Re: Trayvon Martin Case (Zimmerman charged; 2nd deg. murder)
When is the trial date, anyhow? It seems that this has been going on for a very long time already.
- 2013-03-06 02:35pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Holder: Drone strike against Americans in the U.S. possible
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5210
Re: Holder: Drone strike against Americans in the U.S. possi
Filibuster going on for John Brennan for the CIA directorship.
http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/
http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/
- 2013-03-06 02:26pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Holder: Drone strike against Americans in the U.S. possible
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5210
Holder: Drone strike against Americans in the U.S. possible
Linka Holder: Drone strike against Americans in the U.S. possible Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday stopped short of entirely ruling out a drone strike against an American citizen on U.S. soil—without trial. Holder’s comment came in a letter to Sen. Rand Paul. Paul had sent a letter to President...
- 2013-03-05 05:36pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: HUGO CHAVEZ DEAD
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6409
Re: HUGO CHAVEZ DEAD
Just came across it. Here is the CNN article. Linka Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) -- Hugo Chavez, the polarizing president of Venezuela who cast himself as a "21st century socialist" and foe of the United States, died Tuesday, said Vice President Nicolas Maduro. Chavez, who had long battled can...
- 2013-03-05 04:39am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Obama Says He Can't Use 'Jedi Mind-Meld' on Congress
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3971
Re: Obama Says He Can't Use 'Jedi Mind-Meld' on Congress
Sorry, that doesn't fly. The Jedi power is called "Force Meld", or sometimes "Jedi Meld" or "Battle Meld". It is not called "Mind Meld".
Evidence.
Obama still blew it.
Evidence.
Obama still blew it.
- 2013-01-17 10:14am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: New NRA ad calls Obama hypocrite for USSS protection
- Replies: 83
- Views: 8966
Re: New NRA ad calls Obama hypocrite for USSS protection
Not to mention that the 2nd Amendment is more useful as a disincentive for tyranny. Moreover, you still need boots on the ground, kicking in doors, to form a police state.
- 2013-01-17 09:28am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: New NRA ad calls Obama hypocrite for USSS protection
- Replies: 83
- Views: 8966
Re: New NRA ad calls Obama hypocrite for USSS protection
It is hardly surprising that having armed protection for families of members of the government while talking about disarming the general population would come off as hypocritical to people who feel strongly about their right to self defense. Especially if such people already have grievances with and...
- 2013-01-17 09:19am
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Reaching out to racists
- Replies: 93
- Views: 26397
Re: Reaching out to racists
My stance is that while I believe the motives of racialist researchers are highly questionable I don't believe in censoring them. Their research should be subjected to rigorous critique to determine objectively whether or not it is valid science and whether or not racialist theories are valid. If y...
- 2013-01-17 07:19am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Sandy Hook becomes newest "Conspiracy"
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2932
Re: Sandy Hook becomes newest "Conspiracy"
GHETTO: And there are always people who simply seem to need to believe in some kind of sinister world behind all the goings on they experience in this one. To clarify: just a brief buzz-phrase to remind people that it's not just those who oppose Liberal policies who are prone to believe conspiracy t...
- 2013-01-17 07:03am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Sandy Hook becomes newest "Conspiracy"
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2932
Re: Sandy Hook becomes newest "Conspiracy"
I didn't want to start a thread on this, but since we have one now I'll post this. This is not the first time I've seen this, it has been brewing for some time now. The contradictions are also in part due to the existence of different brands of conspiracy theory on the matter. Such as this one: http...
- 2013-01-17 05:06am
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Reaching out to racists
- Replies: 93
- Views: 26397
Re: Reaching out to racists
Richard Lynn who despite being only a psychologist loves to dabble in biology, even suggesting that Whites and Asians are smarter because of living in colder climates - I am sure the Neanderthals who survived the ice age will demonstrate their superior intelligence to homo sapiens sapiens, oh wait....
- 2013-01-17 04:58am
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Reaching out to racists
- Replies: 93
- Views: 26397
Re: Reaching out to racists
OK, my comment to OleBarnsey was made against my better judgement, but it was just too knee jerk for me to ignore. Apparently, the thread lives on, then. I think it's important to recognize that many people rightfully consider racialist research to be offensive but also do not regard it as legitimat...
- 2013-01-16 01:16pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Reaching out to racists
- Replies: 93
- Views: 26397
Re: Reaching out to racists
All racial differences are based on culture, structure, agency, and social engineering. People may say that racial equality should not make people refrain from studying race, but it is a statement that eats itself. Why do you need study race? There is near;y always a deeper political motivation beh...
- 2013-01-12 11:08pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Fox: Algebra is Liberal Indoctrination.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4705
Re: Fox: Algebra is Liberal Indoctrination.
OK, that's fair enough.
- 2013-01-12 07:48pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Fox: Algebra is Liberal Indoctrination.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4705
Re: Fox: Algebra is Liberal Indoctrination.
I don't think most people actually watched the video. Here's the worksheet in question: <snip> So yeah, people were just knee-jerking. Well, obviously they were knee jerking. :lol: It's still not "the distributive property" itself per se that got people riled up, but the "distribute ...
- 2013-01-12 03:33am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Piers Morgan and the frothing gun maniac video
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4281
Re: Piers Morgan and the frothing gun maniac video
Alex Jones isn't known for his subtle or classy manner. As for the petition to have Piers Morgan deported, these kinds of bullshit petitions are started all the time, and nobody gives a shit. In any case, the screaming has not been entirely one sided: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgYMOZD6xtc Regar...
- 2013-01-11 09:53pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Fox: Algebra is Liberal Indoctrination.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4705
Re: Fox: Algebra is Liberal Indoctrination.
Guys? He wasn't saying that algebra was liberal because it involves the distributive principle, he said that the worksheet had a political slant because that particular word problem was explicitly about wealth distribution.
- 2013-01-11 09:36pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Piers Morgan and the frothing gun maniac video
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4281
Re: Piers Morgan and the frothing gun maniac video
I want to know what sort of blackmail material Alex Jones has that got him a spot on Piers Morgan (granted, it is Piers Morgan, but still that's like Congress calling Gordan G. Chang to testify on China... oh wait, that happened too). It seems to me that five minutes of this Jones character pretty ...
- 2013-01-11 09:15pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: WH wins fight to keep drone killings of Americans secret
- Replies: 86
- Views: 6630
Re: WH wins fight to keep drone killings of Americans secret
The Hitler example is absolutely irrelevant as the competition in the early XX century was not centered around major human rights issues so much as it was centered around major geopolitical projects driven by a certain class. Neither party advertised their particular human rights failures or succes...
- 2013-01-11 09:13pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: WH wins fight to keep drone killings of Americans secret
- Replies: 86
- Views: 6630
Re: WH wins fight to keep drone killings of Americans secret
Read the post again. I did NOT say that your proposed course of action is equivalent to Hitler, I said that the APPROACH you advocate was the one that allowed Hitler to gain enough votes to gain power. So... you ignore one part of a sentence and respond only to the other. Leads to Hitler. Perhaps a...