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Thread: The U.S. Presidential Election (topical thread)
Post: RE: The U.S. Presidential Election (topical thread...
| (Yesterday, 05:45 PM)Minimalist Wrote: Why do any of them do anything?
Ego?
Money?
Exposure?
Self-aggrandizement?
All of the above?
I assume it would be quite tempting for relatively normal Republic... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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Thread: The U.S. Presidential Election (topical thread)
Post: RE: The U.S. Presidential Election (topical thread...
| (Yesterday, 02:19 PM)Dom Wrote: From what I see, no one is giving trump a lot of air, and everyone is giving DeSantis a ton of air. I find this worrisome. DeSantis is getting way too much publicity ... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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Thread: HI EVERYONE! I'M BAAAAAACK! D42 checking in.
Post: RE: HI EVERYONE! I'M BAAAAAACK! D42 checking in.
| (05-30-2023, 12:27 AM)Dancefortwo Wrote: So how's it going everyone? I took almost a year off.
I'm the same. Still a little bit bitchy but a whole lot silly. Still an atheist, still taking ba... |
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Alan V |
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05-30-2023, 09:59 AM |
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Thread: Ethics: Divine Command Theory
Post: RE: Ethics: Divine Command Theory
| People have been trying to redefine God for centuries to avoid the kinds of moral problems the Bible presents. None of the redefinitions have worked either.
The "God is love" concept, for instance, ... |
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Alan V |
Verbal Duels
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05-30-2023, 09:42 AM |
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Thread: Bigotry in Christians, bug, feature, or neither?
Post: RE: Bigotry in Christians, bug, feature, or neithe...
| (05-30-2023, 12:45 AM)airportkid Wrote: I think the assumption that a "compassionate" god would erase suffering reflects a misunderstanding of what suffering is.
Your dynamic entity of the environme... |
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Alan V |
Atheism & Theism
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05-30-2023, 09:36 AM |
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Thread: NDEs
Post: RE: NDEs
| 1) People who seem to have died are sometimes misdiagnosed as dead. They are really still alive.
2) It seems fairly obvious that anyone who really died would not come back to life.
3) Therefore a... |
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Alan V |
Atheism & Theism
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05-29-2023, 10:19 PM |
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Thread: The Ranting Corner 2.0
Post: RE: The Ranting Corner 2.0
| (05-29-2023, 04:45 PM)Cavebear Wrote: But there is a difference between the attacking party of a war and the defending side. In WWII, the Nazis were trying to take over Europe and some other nation... |
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Alan V |
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05-29-2023, 05:38 PM |
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Thread: The Ranting Corner 2.0
Post: RE: The Ranting Corner 2.0
| (05-29-2023, 04:18 PM)Dom Wrote: (05-29-2023, 04:03 PM)Alan V Wrote: The so-called pursuit of happiness is like hunting a chimera.
That depends on what it takes to make you happy.
Being content t... |
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Alan V |
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05-29-2023, 05:31 PM |
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Thread: The Ranting Corner 2.0
Post: RE: The Ranting Corner 2.0
| (05-29-2023, 02:38 PM)Dom Wrote: I think being content is underrated. I am content with my life, and I don't see what else I would want. Being filthy rich? Euphoric happiness? Those things may attra... |
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Alan V |
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05-29-2023, 04:03 PM |
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Thread: The Ranting Corner 2.0
Post: RE: The Ranting Corner 2.0
| (05-29-2023, 02:35 PM)Cavebear Wrote: We haven't engaged in a "good" war since WWII.
I'm not sure any wars are good. There was an awful lot of slaughter and destruction in WWII. Perhaps "less bad... |
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Alan V |
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05-29-2023, 04:01 PM |
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Thread: The Ranting Corner 2.0
Post: RE: The Ranting Corner 2.0
| (05-29-2023, 12:22 PM)Cavebear Wrote: I generally support our military budget. And many nations around the world do too. Ask Ukraine among others (I'm not saying you don't agree, just mentioning i... |
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Alan V |
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05-29-2023, 01:42 PM |
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Thread: The Ranting Corner 2.0
Post: RE: The Ranting Corner 2.0
| (05-29-2023, 08:27 AM)Cavebear Wrote: (05-28-2023, 04:06 PM)Alan V Wrote: American expectations are set too high. We are encouraged to "dream big." We are bombarded with relentless advertising. ... |
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Alan V |
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05-29-2023, 09:50 AM |
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Thread: The Ranting Corner 2.0
Post: RE: The Ranting Corner 2.0
| American expectations are set too high. We are encouraged to "dream big." We are bombarded with relentless advertising. We are oversold on almost everything, including what our political leaders ca... |
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Alan V |
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05-28-2023, 04:06 PM |
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Thread: I recognize a few names!
Post: RE: I recognize a few names!
| A lot of ancient prohibitions have to do with ritual purity. Such superstitions are a kind of magical thinking. |
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Alan V |
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05-27-2023, 05:41 AM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| (05-26-2023, 05:34 AM)Cavebear Wrote: A possibility would be home arrest in a single room with guards...
Or house arrest with the run of certain parts of Mar-a-Lago perhaps. I assume Trump would at... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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05-26-2023, 09:51 AM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| (05-26-2023, 01:51 AM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: There'll be no conviction of any sort.
It all depends on the juries, not on how rich Trump is or on political machinations IMO. Juries reside in the real... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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05-26-2023, 09:47 AM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| I think Trump will serve time, even if it is only under house arrest since he's an ex-president with secret service protection.
He will have racked up too many indictments in the near future to get... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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05-26-2023, 01:31 AM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| Per CNN: "Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday for leading a far-reaching plot to keep then-President Donald Trump in power after... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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05-25-2023, 05:22 PM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| (05-24-2023, 06:39 PM)Minimalist Wrote: (05-24-2023, 01:56 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: This is not your father's GOP. Don't fool yourself.
But it might be his great-grandfather's GOP!
Per Wikipedia: ... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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05-24-2023, 09:06 PM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| (05-24-2023, 01:56 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: This is not your father's GOP. Don't fool yourself.
I agree. The Republicans have been lying more and more to themselves and others in the decades since ... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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05-24-2023, 05:08 PM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| Quote:CNN article:
Republicans could try to stop Trump from seizing their presidential nomination with one simple reform – increasing proportional representation in the primary process. But to date, ... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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05-24-2023, 02:41 PM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| (05-24-2023, 12:19 AM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: (05-23-2023, 11:30 PM)Alan V Wrote: A Republican could be elected in 2024 if Trump is convicted and jailed, so that at least is entirely possible.
But A... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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05-24-2023, 10:29 AM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| (05-23-2023, 05:01 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: They know exactly what they're doing: selling our democracy for their political power.
If continued support for Trump is a power grab, it is remarkably sh... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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05-23-2023, 11:30 PM |
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Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
| At this point, it seems to me that Republicans want to be represented by a pathological liar and criminal. They can't possibly be that naive.
They must really hate "the deep state," i.e. our feder... |
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Alan V |
World News, Politics and Current Events
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05-23-2023, 04:35 PM |
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Thread: Random thoughts - Mk II
Post: RE: Random thoughts - Mk II
| Refrigerator lights seem like a good idea. |
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Alan V |
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