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Message 2165 of 4573 (836440)
07-16-2018 11:07 PM
Reply to: Message 2157 by Hyroglyphx
07-13-2018 6:10 PM


Re: .50 Cal Jesus Kills for your Sins
The vast majority of Christians have no idea what is in their book. They let barely educated "pastors" spoon feed them crap that isn't even in the bible.
The average atheist knows more of what is in the bible than the average Christian. Most atheists I know have read the bible more than Christians. Also, when most Christians have reduced the bible to pithy phrases and taking verses out of context.
There is no surprise to me that evangelicals support Donnie. It is par for the course. Their religion has reduced them to beg for an authoritarian figure to remove all decisions from them. Patriarchy at it's finest.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Message 2168 of 4573 (836455)
07-17-2018 9:48 AM
Reply to: Message 2166 by Tangle
07-17-2018 2:55 AM


Re: Treaonable Trump
Spilling state secrets so Putin won't release the "pee" tape.

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Message 2682 of 4573 (846393)
01-05-2019 3:23 PM
Reply to: Message 2680 by Percy
01-05-2019 7:54 AM


Re: Trump's Wall and Funding the Government
We are much closer to a constitutional crisis than most people realize. I do think that donnie is trying to push this issue to national emergency so that he can try to usurp additional powers. If that happens there is nothing the congress can do at this point. They have conceded too much power already.
The key will be to see how individual states stand and how the military stands. He is not well loved by military brass or rank and file, but enough are trumpers to mean a huge potential for violent conflict.
I fear Putin is close to getting what he bought and paid for. The destruction of the United States as a world power. The tipping point is near.
Edited by Theodoric, : No reason given.

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If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Message 2684 of 4573 (846419)
01-05-2019 5:09 PM
Reply to: Message 2683 by AZPaul3
01-05-2019 3:57 PM


Re: Trump's Wall and Funding the Government
I am optimistic we can persevere again once we have rid ourselves of that jingoistic narcissistic moron in the Oval Office. The question is how much damage to the nation, and to the world, will we suffer in his wake.
Can the union survive two more years of him, or six and still be the same union? I doubt it.
Hey, we did it to them a generation ago.
In actuality they did it to themselves. The economic system they chose was unsustainable. The economic system they have in Russia currently is also unsustainable. Our economic system is sustainable it is our social system that is unsustainable.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Message 2697 of 4573 (846948)
01-13-2019 8:54 PM
Reply to: Message 2696 by Percy
01-12-2019 8:57 AM


Re: The Complicit Senate
This is all stems from when the GOP decided that politics was a zero-sum game. To a great extent, compromise was a hallmark of US politics. With the rise of the radical, religious right and the tea party, compromise is seen as a weakness. This was one of the crowning failures of Obama. He thought until close to the end of his presidency that the GOP would compromise for the good of the country. But instead most of them saw an uppity n-word. They were not satisfied until he and the Dems lost. There was no compromise acceptable to them. To them, it is party over country.
There will be no stability or moving forward in the US until the current Republican drifts away inti insignificance. Hopefully then, a new conservative party will arise to put a check on the worst impulses of the progressive movement(of which I am a proud member).

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Message 2727 of 4573 (847470)
01-23-2019 11:41 AM
Reply to: Message 2725 by Percy
01-22-2019 1:23 PM


Re: Here's What Trump and the Republicans Call a Compromise
Yes Mr. Bookkeeper, I can think of one. Two if a hyphen is allowed.
Sweet-toothed.

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Message 2729 of 4573 (847685)
01-25-2019 10:06 AM
Reply to: Message 2728 by Percy
01-25-2019 9:13 AM


Re: Finally A Democrat Speaks Plainly
Even more plainly and more direct.

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Message 2760 of 4573 (848461)
02-05-2019 6:29 PM
Reply to: Message 2754 by Phat
02-05-2019 3:52 PM


Re: The Trump Effect and the State Of The Union
Prager University is the brainchild of Dennis Prager. He is a well-known extreme right nut job. Fact check anything he says.

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Message 2823 of 4573 (850706)
04-12-2019 4:26 PM
Reply to: Message 2822 by Percy
04-12-2019 2:36 PM


Re: Julian Assange Arrested
It is just as likely that the sexual assault charges are not trumped up.

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Message 2864 of 4573 (852586)
05-14-2019 10:17 AM
Reply to: Message 2863 by Chiroptera
05-14-2019 10:03 AM


Re: Barr Appoints Prosecutor to Investigate Russia Probe Origins
I think Barr chose him for a reason and it is not to get to the truth.
quote:
For anyone who ever wondered how it was possible that no one in the Bush administration ever faced a single charge from “black sites,” “enhanced interrogation,” and prisoner deaths: The answer is John Durham.
The prosecutor Barr selected to investigate Mueller let the Bush CIA walk away from torture charges

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Message 2870 of 4573 (853202)
05-23-2019 11:40 AM
Reply to: Message 2869 by Chiroptera
05-23-2019 11:15 AM


Re: Pelosi and impeachment
Nancy Pelosi is the most politically adept person in the US at this time. I think the Dems should let her continue to guide them for now. I know it is hard to sit back, but the Democratic Party is not doing nothing. I do believe she is playing 3 dimensional chase while donnie is trying to put his socks on.
Edited by Theodoric, : No reason given.
Edited by Admin, : Fix typos.
Edited by Theodoric, : No reason given.

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Message 2873 of 4573 (853405)
05-27-2019 10:39 AM
Reply to: Message 2872 by jar
05-27-2019 10:33 AM


Re: Paul Krugman on Trump's last tantrum
The original
H.L. Mencken article, 26 Jul 1920, The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), "Bayard vs. Lionheart" - Newspapers.com

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Message 2954 of 4573 (855865)
06-24-2019 10:32 AM
Reply to: Message 2948 by Percy
06-24-2019 8:18 AM


Re: Trump's Embrace of Foreign Interference Draws FEC Response
So does marc9000 think Russia is a communist state? He can't be that clueless can he? I mean I thought everyone knew of the fall of the USSR, which wasn't actually communist in the first place.

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Theodoric
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Message 3004 of 4573 (857098)
07-05-2019 12:18 PM
Reply to: Message 3002 by Phat
07-05-2019 6:31 AM


Re: Meanwhile in Washington DC
Much better in the original German.

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Message 3011 of 4573 (857300)
07-07-2019 1:12 PM
Reply to: Message 3010 by Sarah Bellum
07-07-2019 1:05 PM


Re: Can't keep that trap shut.
Sounds very ante-bellum South!
Sounds very Constitutional.
The US government is not apportioned by citizens but by people. Are you claiming we shouldn't count children either? They are not jacking up their clout, the Census is following the dictates of the Constitution.
Using you logic Texas, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina are jacking up their clout too.
Do you want to take your comment and make an actual argument?

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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