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jar Member (Idle past 423 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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Phat writes: You do realize that my tongue-in-cheek pronouncements on a culture desperate enough to use WMD's has an element of truth to it---if this current population--the "we" of today--may in fact get scared enough to push the red button if doomsday ever came. Which is why the CCoI is the greatest threat to the world today.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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xongsmith Member Posts: 2587 From: massachusetts US Joined: Member Rating: 6.4 |
jar writes:
Which is why the CCoI is the greatest threat to the world today. Who the hell is the CCoI? Cogent Communications Group, Inc.(NASDAQ:CCOI)???? Certainly not the Cancer Center of Irvine......or the Crafts Council of Ireland.... You do like being terse & cryptic. - xongsmith, 5.7d
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jar Member (Idle past 423 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
CCoI == Christian Cult of Ignorance.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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xongsmith Member Posts: 2587 From: massachusetts US Joined: Member Rating: 6.4 |
jar attempts with
CCoI == Christian Cult of *********. Ignorance is a banned word on EvC???? Thanks, jar. Edited by xongsmith, : Thanks- xongsmith, 5.7d
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
The word is banned only in use by jar. Most everyone else can use it.
The phrase CCoI was coined by jar a few years ago. It refers to the Biblical Creationist Fundamentalist Christians who ignore critical thinking and parrot what they are taught without wanting to think. Christian radio is usually a rich source of CCoI propaganda. I believe a lot of what they say, and have been accused of preferring fantasy over reality. Time will tell whether or not I bet on the wrong pony.
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jar Member (Idle past 423 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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It gets even funnier. Watch.
xong writes: jar attempts with
CCoI == Christian Cult of *********. Ignorance is a banned word on EvC???? Thanks, jar. Percy writes: I guess there's not going to be any further questioning of the correlation of lower income and education with increasing religiosity. Boy, nothing like a little hard evidence to squelch discussion. I guess this is what Dawn Bertot would call fascism! So are atheists behaving insanely by ignoring all the benefits of religion? No, of course not, because the kinds of lives that result from lack of exposure to all the religious malarkey are far better in terms of health and longevity. The differences in income and education only emerge statistically when comparing the major religions, but one only has to examine an extreme sect such as the FLDS (polygamous Mormon group) to see firsthand the obvious negative effects of high religiosity. FLDS members suffer from living remotely with low incomes and insufficient access to adequate healthcare combined with the ignorance that encourages behaviors like inbreeding that causes mental and physical disabilities in children. The average lives of human beings have steadily improved over time as we better understand reality. It makes perfect sense that the more of reality one ignores the worse one will fare. --Percy The censorship policy here at EvC is one of my biggest joys ad keeps me coming back.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
and if the US was hypothetically pushed into a corner and dumped by the world at large, what would prevent us from imagining a threat to our survival and using WMD's to nullify that threat? Not wanting to eat radioactive food? Not wanting to get nuked in a counter strike?Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.Richard P. Feynman If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Revisiting this topic, since I saw the following article in todays news:
5 Facts About The National Debt You used to always talk about debt ratio to GDP.
Is there any way this will affect our retirement?
Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith "as long as chance rules, God is an anachronism."~Arthur Koestler
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
jar writes: We wanted what you call "this massive bill".We voted for politicians that supported starting wars, making the debt higher, not raising taxes, under funding infrastructure, removing the safety net, destroying education about responsibilities, destroying the whole concept of news and reporting, removing controls on industry ... We wanted this massive bill and we still want it to get even bigger. Donald Trump isn't helping matters any. As he himself has been bankrupt several times, perhaps he is unafraid to lead the country the same direction. Comments?Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith "as long as chance rules, God is an anachronism."~Arthur Koestler
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jar Member (Idle past 423 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Phat writes: As he himself has been bankrupt several times, perhaps he is unafraid to lead the country the same direction. il Donald has never been personally bankrupt, he has always protected his personal assets. It is his businesses and those that counted on his businesses that have gone bankrupt. There is no reason to think he will personally go bankrupt anytime in the future. Remember, former Presidents do get a pension that is currently about $200K as well as another non-Taxable expense account.
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PaulK Member Posts: 17828 Joined: Member Rating: 2.3 |
quote: As I understand it, he has let some of his companies go bankrupt, leaving others saddled with the debts. If he sees personal advantage then it is rather too plausible that he might do the same to the nation. No matter how bad the effects for anyone else.
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dwise1 Member Posts: 5952 Joined: Member Rating: 5.2 |
Here's a really stupid question.
For decades I've been hearing that the federal government has been taking money out of our social security payments. For example, when George W. Bush was waging wars on two fronts without ever allocating any funds for them, just where was that money coming from? IOW, just what the fuck is going on?
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
I did a bit of internet research...
Did George W. Bush 'borrow' from Social Security to fund the war in Iraq and tax cuts? from a website called PolitiFact. They explain that it's mostly false and have a line of reasoning. The bottom line seems to be our ability to borrow, period. If we can always do it, we can keep pushing the due date forward in time.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith "as long as chance rules, God is an anachronism."~Arthur Koestler
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Pressie Member Posts: 2103 From: Pretoria, SA Joined: |
Goodness graceous me. That's a very bad way of going about. Eventually someone is going to pay.
I can put my own case, for example. My parents always taught me: "never, ever, spend more than you earn and put some money away". I recently went to my bank to get a mortgage on an investment property. Due to the deposit, my credit rating, value of our house as collateral, etc., I got the loan with the condition that I pay it off before retirement age. Now, that's going to cause me and my wife to struggle to make the payments, but we'll manage. Only just. After that the same bank offered me a loan on buying a new, expensive vehicle. A vehicle I can not afford at all. Even without the loan for the house. If I took out that loan, our children would never inherent anything. Not even a sofa. So, someone has to pay... Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Trump Says Debt Ceiling Is 'Not Necessary.' Is He Right?
This is interesting. Trump is working with the Democrats to find a solution to the debt ceiling. I never did like Paul Ryan anyway.... Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith "as long as chance rules, God is an anachronism."~Arthur Koestler
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