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- Wed Jul 10, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: No More
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5608
Re: No More
I like that this initiative allows putting lobbyists to death but delicately redefines "cause" to deal with intransigent Supreme Court Justices. I didn’t even suggest touching the court, as I alluded, the problem with the court is garbage in garbage out. Make the legislature actually read the law t ...
- Wed Jul 10, 2024 10:01 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: No More
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5608
Re: No More
Question. What about lifetime appointed government positions like the judges in SCOTUS? How do you flush those turds? You can’t but isn’t there a mechanism to impeach them for cause? If you think it is wise to do so then maybe visit the definition of ‘cause’ but be careful you don’t completely destr ...
- Wed Jul 10, 2024 8:01 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: No More
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5608
Re: No More
...you don't consider them left enough. Vander beat me to it, but Bernie Sanders is a progressive Democrat, not a "leftist". Media bias sites do things like put MSNBC on the far-left end of the spectrum, yet MSNBC doesn't advocate for things like nationalizing industries instead of using tax ...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:37 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Merry Christmas from Chevy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7138
Re: Merry Christmas from Chevy
Wow, that was quite an extensive advertisement. I can’t believe at the very end that the grandchild comes out as a pro-hamas-transgender-secretary of the local cross stitching club. Really weird commercial, you’d think something could just be about an old pickup truck and grandma and grandpa’s lovin ...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:35 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Four Parties
- Replies: 73
- Views: 67588
Re: Four Parties
So the way the democrats get elected is having republicans to scare up votes…flip that coin and the republicans scare their base into creating a need to keep them around too…and the status quo goes unbroken…again. And that’s the best we can do to improve the republic?!? Please don’t offer any answers ...
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:56 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Stories
- Replies: 44
- Views: 54629
Re: Stories
Israel didn't seek out innocents for targets and has made efforts to minimize them. If that's the case, they certainly aren't very competent at it. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/damning-evidence-of-war-crimes-as-israeli-attacks-wipe-out-entire-families-in-gaza/ That depends ...
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:01 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Four Parties
- Replies: 73
- Views: 67588
Re: Four Parties
... But yeah, his corruption is penny ante compared to Trump. Different leagues. Bidens corruption is far from penny ante. It is a part of the cancer that destroys the system. It is also a cancer that spurs the members of his party and that parties protectors in media to create a perception that it ...
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:41 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Stories
- Replies: 44
- Views: 54629
Re: Stories
You're seriously claiming that there are no laws or law enforcement whatsoever in Gaza, and the only way to punish criminals there is for another country to bomb them, wantonly slaughtering random civilians? Why is it so hard for you to admit that Israel is guilty of war crimes? That doesn't mean ...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:48 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Four Parties
- Replies: 73
- Views: 67588
Re: Four Parties
... But I don't agree that a bland centrist politician who generally believes in this country's institutions and appears to want the best for everyone ... Really? That's the way you see Biden? A benevolent ambassador of hope and generosity? A Jimmy Carter?!? Try this: He believes he knows how to ...
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 1:04 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: X: the Cliffs notes version :)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 48512
Re: X: the Cliffs notes version :)
I wouldn't be surprised to discover he isn't even genuinely antisemetic. Just an opportunist needing to swell his platforms user base..get the numbers up to stop the bleeding. I see no reason to try to come up with weird 4D chess master plans that require hanging out in the replies of Neo-Nazis. He ...
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 12:59 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Four Parties
- Replies: 73
- Views: 67588
Re: Four Parties
Hey will... let us know when biden starts mirroring hitler. Hey Ferno, believe it or not, in my mind, that isn't the only thing one can do to disqualify themselves from being worthy of the job. If all Trump did to change was to magically never have cozied up to the alt right he wouldn't be any ...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:34 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Four Parties
- Replies: 73
- Views: 67588
Re: Four Parties
I honestly believe the only significant difference between them, for practical assessment, is Trump is just as corrupt and self serving, etc but he is also clinically a sociopath. Their 'politics' and 'morality' and 'professed principles' are just tools in their branding tool kit. Words on their ...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 7:15 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: X: the Cliffs notes version :)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 48512
Re: X: the Cliffs notes version :)
I wouldn't be surprised to discover he isn't even genuinely antisemetic. Just an opportunist needing to swell his platforms user base..get the numbers up to stop the bleeding.
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 7:11 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Four Parties
- Replies: 73
- Views: 67588
Re: Four Parties
I think it's wild that Biden is being compared to Trump. I honestly believe the only significant difference between them, for practical assessment, is Trump is just as corrupt and self serving, etc but he is also clinically a sociopath. Their 'politics' and 'morality' and 'professed principles' are ...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:49 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Four Parties
- Replies: 73
- Views: 67588
Re: Four Parties
I think there are the delusional or dimwitted who think the goal is simply to win the election and that has to be done by picking either Trump or Biden. They don't have the intelligence or courage to face the grim prospects either of them winning would deliver. They react to the manipulation of ...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:16 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: X: the Cliffs notes version :)
- Replies: 38
- Views: 48512
Re: X: the Cliffs notes version :)
You're all mad at the rich toxic white guy because you are all mundane mediocre employee types. Hate talking is just another sign of jealousy. Let me know when you start a business and hire 10 or more people. Well to be fair, Hitler created more jobs than Musk has. So there needs to be a better ...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:23 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: I had a dream…
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16664
Re: I had a dream…
The commission will be tough but it's better than perpetual murder or fading away in glowing ash. What you propose is something that is somewhat along the lines of what I thought would be the best solution, which unfortunately would be a tremendous ask of Israel. Basically, Israel is guilty of ...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:25 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: I had a dream…
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16664
Re: I had a dream…
I can't help but notice that Israel is not mentioned in your dream. Or agency for Palestinians, you know, with the "UN type commission" installed by... who exactly? The whole point is about agency *and* the opportunity. think fast track funding of a 'Marshall plan' autonomy and prosperity being the ...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:15 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: I had a dream…
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16664
Re: I had a dream…
I can't help but notice that Israel is not mentioned in your dream. Sorry my haste is the only reason. They need to step up , take in anyone they displace who would choose it, and pay, and piss off all simultaneously. They would have some input on the make up of the commission but no authority once ...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 10:33 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: I had a dream…
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16664
Re: I had a dream…
Sounds like a hell of a better plan than what's been going on over and over since WWII. Since Israel did the demo, they could help rebuild people's homes and businesses as a sign of goodwill, and perhaps make long term friends with these neighbors. But, someone needs to put their foot down and tell ...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: I had a dream…
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16664
I had a dream…
That someone did the math and said ‘ hey! We could spend billions and kill millions and be ready to repeat the cycle in a decade or two….you know….like we have been. Or we could spend billions and not kill millions and not have to repeat it!! So instead of palestinians trying to launch underwater dro ...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:33 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: I'm an expert on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict AMA
- Replies: 31
- Views: 16297
Re: I'm an expert on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict AMA
This semester I graduate with dual bachelor's degrees from the University of Montana in the fields of anthropology and history, I'm an expert on the Middle East primarily concerning fundamentalist Islamic terrorism and its impact on the Levant. I speak fluent Arabic, hold seven academic ...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:44 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Truth is the first casualty
- Replies: 156
- Views: 412006
Re: Truth is the first casualty
★■◆●, some of you guys are hilarious. I point out that israel was literally caught posting propaganda, and you guys simply ignore it. .. I must have missed something. You posted a copy of a post of an incident where someone deleted a post saying Israel hit the hospital. Ok, what context? Did it get ...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 2:31 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
So now Israel is Trump and the US is... Trump? Or Israel is the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys and the US is Trump? This is all so stupid. We can actually use the words to say exactly what we want to say instead of silly analogies. I tried that in the first post. You basically told me I had to remove ...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:01 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Iran gets it
"The crimes of the Zionist regime are carried out with the support of the United States and Washington must be held accountable,"
"The crimes of the Zionist regime are carried out with the support of the United States and Washington must be held accountable,"
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:59 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
This entire thread is you being mad because Biden hasn't launched World War III yet, it is petty and stupid. …: You’re restating that assumption over and over is stupid. I already told you I’m not advocating any action at all. You just can’t stand that my motive doesn’t line up with something you ar ...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:38 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
No, Trump is the Ayatolla of the ultra right. All those MAGA supporters and unregulated militias are his proxies, like Hamas. They worship him and will do his bidding with the same unquestioning religious ferver and loyalty that drives every religious Islamic terrorist in the world, hate of the ...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:25 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
On the other hand, show me how many millions of dollars any other terrorist organization has paid to fund insurgencies and I’m betting Iran has them beat...Show me the timeline of any other exporter of terrorism that rivals Irans for involvement in terroristic activity....Show me which ones have t ...
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 7:00 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
...any effort using genuine intellectual curiosity searching for the truth... The lazy Internet search was directed at you for doing exactly that. You wanted to prove a point so you picked a link that seemed credible (unitedagainstnucleariran.com), but what you should have done was dig down to the ...
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:25 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Ah yes, alternative facts and whatnot. So which intelligence reports are your going to believe? The ones you link to after a lazy Internet search because the confirm your beliefs? Dismiss all intelligence if a Democrat is in office like the recent report on Iran and Hamas? Quite an interesting ...
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 3:38 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/state-sponsored-terrorism Yo, if you read the report this link is citing you'll see it's the report for terror events in 2015. If you look at the reports for other years they name different countries like Cuba and Syria as top state sponsors. Also, if you ...
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 8:04 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
The Biden administration is that holy that you dare not blaspheme?! Lol, I thought some of you would have more self respect than that. regarding Iran I think you should remember some things: First, Iran's government is more factious than you probably expect. Just like how the US has different ...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:10 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Did you ever pause to think: "If everyone here believes Iran is guilty why do I keep insisting they don't?" I didn’t think everyone thought/thinks they were innocent.The whole world knows Iran owns the attack by virtue of hiring, supplying training and protecting the attackers who have always have a ...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:03 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Did you ever pause to think: "If everyone here believes Iran is guilty why do I keep insisting they don't?" I didn’t think everyone thought/thinks they were innocent. The whole point was I was pissed off the administration could get away with implying Iran maybe innocent therefore they won’t say it. ...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:35 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
So do you want to apologize to Trump for not setting the bar for proof of responsibility anywhere near as high as you are suggesting it should be for Iran?!? Lol I think you are so deep in denial you don’t have a chance to see you are being overtly hypocritical and obtuse. Or maybe you are just a p ...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:29 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
I can only assume it's the statement that there isn't any intel that shows Iran directed the attack. It’s the disparity in the judgement. That statement is the excuse…the really lame excuse…it’s the water in the bucket you guys are too eager to carry and proclaiming ‘what water?! What bucket?! and n ...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:48 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
I reiterate, there is no "direct" connection anyone's been able to prove between the Hamas attack and Iran. However, there are plenty of indications and rhetoric that it's true. What more do you need? Iran coming out and claiming that: "Yeah, we're guilty. We gave Hamas training and weapons since ...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:58 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
If you want to know what Trump would evolve to if his revolutionaries had managed to plant him back on his throne in the White House, and somehow he was able to resume his presidency....just look at the Ayatollah! This is the same ★■◆●ing thing.
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:54 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
... That 8 year old video is the only overt evidence that Hamas is supported by Iran. That is ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous. Hamas is in effect the replacement for Yassar Arafat because he was dangerously close to agreeing to a peaceful solution. Iran reacted to that and pumped rhetoric ...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:46 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 98134
Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
You are willing to pretend you don't agree Iran is culpable if it saves you from acknowledging team Biden has got this wrong. Why? Who is defending Iran on this board? It sounds like you are having an imaginary conversation. Seek help. You are deflecting to avoid the obvious point I raised. You ...