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- Mon May 20, 2024 1:31 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 905
- Views: 297675
Re: Planet America
Here's another one that I dont know if it's just American, or if this is a global phenomenon. My wife and I went out to dinner tonight, and faced a phenomenon that has happened to us several times in the last couple of years, but never used to happen. There were lots of empty tables. We had to wait ...
- Fri May 17, 2024 4:39 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 905
- Views: 297675
Re: Planet America
Is this sort of thing a primarily American thing, or does it happen all over? Background: A guy who is really good at kicking footballs (the American sort) is also a conservative Catholic. While speaking at a commencement ceremony at a school for conservative Catholics, he said some things that were...
- Thu May 16, 2024 3:55 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 905
- Views: 297675
Re: Planet America
In North Carolina, a bill that would criminalize wearing a mask in public: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/north-carolina-lawmakers-push-bill-to-ban-most-public-mask-wearing-citing-crime/ar-BB1msIcE?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=0516001712a4440e83c06450fe6f057f&ei=16 I don't wear a mask m...
- Wed May 15, 2024 9:25 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: trump off the CO ballot
- Replies: 266
- Views: 66467
- Wed May 15, 2024 2:08 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Headlines that signal that the story will be misleading and/or stupid
- Replies: 132
- Views: 49472
Re: Headlines that signal that the story will be misleading and/or stupid
"How Michael Cohen’s past lies make him a more credible witness" It's wishful thinking, people. When you have to explain why lying makes you credible, something isn't going to add up. I already read the story. Their point is that he lied to protect Trump. What's bizarre about this whole th...
- Wed May 15, 2024 12:10 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: trump off the CO ballot
- Replies: 266
- Views: 66467
Re: trump off the CO ballot
neat link, thanks. interesting that, by their metrics, corruption is growing. i wonder if there's a biological analogy for what happens at max corruption? As when fermentation kills the yeast. I think there is. I fear America could fall into something like that, but not really the way you've been t...
- Wed May 15, 2024 2:14 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: trump off the CO ballot
- Replies: 266
- Views: 66467
Re: trump off the CO ballot
To be perfectly frank, I would be very surprised if this sort of corruption didn't exist all over the place. I don't think Australians are uniquely virtuous, so that they never use their power to enrich themselves. If there's a way, people find it. I'm not sure America is special in this regard. No...
- Tue May 14, 2024 11:24 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: trump off the CO ballot
- Replies: 266
- Views: 66467
Re: trump off the CO ballot
Jon Stewart Menendez: How Dumb Is You? 16:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5udtSQ-LtM0 Let's not look at American "democracy" with rose-tinted glasses. There's a couple of different sorts of corruption at play, here. This video is about corruption of people who hold office. To be perfec...
- Tue May 14, 2024 2:18 am
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: trump off the CO ballot
- Replies: 266
- Views: 66467
Re: trump off the CO ballot
Consider: If all we did was make the vote mandatory, like Australia, and voted on a holiday...just that...we'd see very different results. That alone, if true, exposes the flimsy nature of our democratic intent. Trust me, mandatory voting is a hard sell to Americans. I've never seen someone so vehe...
- Mon May 13, 2024 7:56 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: trump off the CO ballot
- Replies: 266
- Views: 66467
Re: trump off the CO ballot
62.....and it might have been very different ten years ealier. I think the '70s was the decade where America's selfish, consumer driven, personality really came to the front.