Michael Hardner

And it pales in comparison to the technology that foreign governments use to convince chuds to help further their goals.

The Khmer Rouge had targeted intellectuals as dangerous and killed thousands for simply having an education.

Can we start a pool on how many more pages of posts there will be on this now that the issue is dead and gone?

Trump wasn't invited. With the cold war won, American corporations increased their reach globally. They reached a geopolitical limit in the 2000s when corporate profits, competing powers and domestic politics came into direct conflict. We're at the point of end game for that game now.

Well... to their credit it said 'potential'

Navy man? 🤔 It smells different when they open the hatch 😂

You are also funding Energy Industry PR campaigns when you fill your tank. The article is from a compromised source, no doubt. You could have addressed that instead of going off on insults.

They're mad at Trudeau.

So? She didn't own him. Not going to click on this soap opera, sorry...

I pay for Crave, NETFLIX, Prime, YouTube Premium. I saw My Dinner With André on the latter.

Well... the thread title seems to directly say that climate does stay the same. So the post was bait, meaning it was bvllshit ? Ok... this is why you sit on ignore, in sadness... Anyway, the logic is twisted: "climate change might not be bad... it used to be really really HOT and humans were fine although they didn't exist yet !" There used to be this old guy on the corner with a little organ and a monkey with a purple hat. He had a tin cup. Sometimes he said things.

Isn't that a knock against Climate Denial to say it was warmer before humans 'arrived on the scene' ? You're saying that humans have never seen it as warm as this 'average' that we're talking about. Furthermore the post seems to acknowledge that temperatures are going up again so how is climate change a myth ? I've been on this board over 20 years, and the argument USED TO BE that temperatures weren't going up at all... so we're seeing progress from the Climate Deniers at least... In other words, humans weren't around then so how can you make any claims about the impact on humans ?

See.... Army Guy, in the post above yours, articulated an intelligent objection to what I said so I engaged him on that.

1. I do not doubt that one bit. This is something that is very difficult for people to understand, and especially for liberals to accept that a large number of people support Trump, still: they don't know anyone who fits the bill. This was described by Daniel Kahneman as the "What you see is all there is" trap. 2. Very true. But the ultimate religion is economic freedom... just ask the women of Bangladesh. Why is the birthrate going down everywhere ? It's not religion doing htat...

Exactly. Online life is not real life. I have posted the Pew surveys that reveal Muslims are... Surprise.... The same as other human beings when it comes to adherence to religion and lack thereof. Now back to your screens, anger bots....

Right?

To left-learning types: France is pretty socialist, or at least was when I lived there. 2-tier healthcare provides for better care for those who can't pay. The key to making this work, though, is a mindset of solving problems, making things more efficient and cheaper. And, yes, it's very possible to do this without lowering wages or making the system worse.

Parsing your comments on Trump, it's difficult to find hard praise that is separate from praise for the American system. The key 🗝️ is understanding when you switch from pragmatism (economics Trumps virtue) and loyalty (my country right or wrong, your military service etc.) Not that there's anything wrong with that. My approach to matters of the public sphere is different, that's all.

I've been relistening to Venus and Mars lately. Classic record end to end. Didn't think that when it came out but there you are...

Good stuff 👌

Thinking of @bush_cheney2004 😥

I've been in projects that were successful and ones that were failures. The team always knows. The biggest failures had the leadership in utter denial.

1. No, I don't share your opinion that he supports lawlessness. 2. The fact that the President promoted lawlessness is where we differ. 3. You don't accept the concept of subjectivity and so trying to discuss politics or really anything is like talking about sunsets with a colour blind person.

1. Absolutely. 2. I know you didn't say it, I'm drawing a conclusion from the principles, and facts as you see them. The conclusion is mine alone.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_thinking 2. Any leader that supports lawlessness is a traitor. So from your POV, Biden is a criminal and you should work to have him arrested. None of my explanations of systems thinking apply in this case. Yes, and the detailed discussion would cover the "how".