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- Fri May 17, 2024 4:39 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Planet America
- Replies: 903
- Views: 296395
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: 903
- Views: 296395
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: 65344
- 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: 48834
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: 65344
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: 65344
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: 65344
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: 65344
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: 65344
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.
- Mon May 13, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: trump off the CO ballot
- Replies: 266
- Views: 65344
Re: trump off the CO ballot
Meanwhile, on Trump. I'm so tired of seeing "star witness" in headlines. Right now, the "star witness" is testifying. I'll be we don't see that phrase again after today. He won't tell us anything we don't already know. I've read a couple of columnists that explain that when his t...