I have been, on and off, attracted to libertarian thought throughout my life. My favorite libertarian, though, is Henry David Thoreau rather than 20th century libertarians. My favorite 20th century...

I meant it neither humorously nor cuttingly, but quite seriously. There are a number of people, both on here and elsewhere, who have the patience to undertake the Sisyphean (or is it Herculean, or...

There will be, inevitably, an unending number of comic "sequels" making light of Captain Underpants' escapades for as long as he lives and especially while he is in politics, as it should be.
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From the article: "Fukushima’s crippled reactors are still leaking tainted water, at a rate of 300 tons — nearly 72,000 gallons — a day, according to a National Geographic report last year.
The...

Thanks Arthurr, his post needed that response.

Edward, can you clearly explain.. or at least list all the major arguments on both sides of the 911 issue? Or, like choice E in the quiz haven't...

Wikipedia's as good as anything for him - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Taibbi

He's a great political and cultural writer. They're very different but he and Gretchen Morgenson are two that...

the problem with that is in the assumption that if you just saw more, or knew more, you'd have more actions available to you. That's not the case. You'd just have a deeper understanding of nature...

re: " But what if one person's articulaticulation is able to perceive it multi-dimensionally, like a chair has more than 3 dimensions and moves as particles or waves of atoms that can dissolve, be...

actually, it's a pretty straightforward money grab. Free the mouse!! Time for Mickey to be public domain!! he's w

the media corporations (and, to be fair, authors' heirs and estates) have been...

Sharingwisdom, while I'm substantially in agreement with your post, I do want to point out one thing--


Conclusions (i.e. beliefs), such as, for instance, "This conspiracy is [or isn't] real",...

That's true as far as it goes, but there are far more possible claims than true ones, so claims without evidence are more likely to be false than true.

:shitstorm:Tomcat, for a discussion with examples of the "confirmation bias", see my Wacco column here. As a bonus, there follows an extremely long and heated comment thread in which I get rather...

Interesting that you saw it that way. It looked like a pretty meticulously researched report to me.


This is a straw figure argument by you, a misrepresentation of the writer's message. Nowhere...

... and let's not forget the subsequent steps of siting an internet link, sometimes reputable, sometimes not, with Person B calling that link total BS, and refuting with an opposing internet link,...

replying to posts in somewhat random order.. my immediately preceding post doesn't apply to ones like this! good post, sharingWisdom. I may disagree about the level of mockery/disparaging remarks,...

I think she's referring to a different perception of the third step: Person A's feeling is that their idea is being ridiculed and not given respect, much less a fair hearing. Because remember, person...

Wacco link here: https://www.waccobb.net/forums/showthread.php?99161-So-Who-s-Responsible-for-the-Community-Based-Harassment-of-Innocent-Individuals

Look, I really do not wish to argue with you...

It's my experience that wild conspiracy theory claims are actually rarely challenged in this forum. And when they are challenged I have found the exchanges have often gone something like this:

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There are patterns that occurs over and over, like the fibonacci sequence, like seasonal changes, like life cycles. To me, there is an order in the chaos of life...something I have experienced, not a...

That would be the Mammalian Overlords, who have shown themselves to be somehow colder than reptiles.

We're all just people trying to get through our lives ...

Enjoy ...

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I thought that this graphic was appropriate ... also appropriate is this quote ...

“The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about”

Can't seem to find the author, sorry...

or as Carl Sagen said, "Absence of evidence Is not evidence of absence."

Like Dixon, I'm of mixed minds about some of these, think others are far-fetched, others quite likely. But I have to admit that I simply don't KNOW anything for a fact. "Connecting the dots" is a...

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Three things:
1. This article that you posted initially, I now strongly doubt is legitimate in its source.The Amy Parker who supposedly said she had these experiences is more than likely Amy Parker...

it is always the indoctrinated citizens who usher in the police state. we don't even need the military.

if the vaccinations work so well, friend, why would you be so aggressively oriented...

One thing that might be worth doing is require that 30% or 50% of some other significant figure of a police officer's salary be taken to help pay whatever damages are awarded for the abuse of police...

i think the city can handle the cost of the lawsuit, only a loss would trim services. in a civil suit the loser usually does pay the legal fees of the winner if the loser is the filer. so the city...

@photolite:
Regarding the suggestion that CVS spent millions to purchase this prime piece of real estate...I would like to suggest that it is quite possible that Chase already owns the property or...

The issue with "conspiracy" is that the word implies conscious awareness. I think it's more likely that the interests of the important players (government, corporations including industry and...

wrote privately to sandy, cause we've known each other for quite awhile, then thought, hey, public is ok…so copying here, with some lines added:

hi sandy.
was hoping to have some in-person...

I received the petition from a private individual - Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I don't ever remember change.org ever circulating one on their own. Anyway - in the interest of clarity and aside from...

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Why Fair trade isn't fair ~

Fairtrade is extraordinarily successful at making wealthy westerners feel that they are warm, caring...

I once attempted to correspond with Efren and his staff, regarding the ethical compromises of voting against the will of your constituents. I was met with confrontational dialog, from the staff and...

I suppose you're asking if it is fair for governments to change the laws and have the changes be effective at some point in the past. My personal opinion is that it is not fair. I would not want...

Maybe too much constitution.
My simple point, which you ignore, is when a Government Authority (GA) passes a set of regulations, and an individual, or collection of individuals (e.g. a...

Assuming facts not in evidence. More likely, call in, pick it up at the drive through, leave.
CO2, which you breath out every second? Only if given your assumption above. I guess CVS wants a...

It doesn't seem obvious that pulling up to drive through would cause more CO than oldsters taking 15 minutes to get into a parking space. And each trip is one-entry and exit, so the same as parking....

To All My Liberal/Progressive Acquaintances:



Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress,...

A Farm Kid Joins the Marines

Dear Ma and Pa,


I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up...

the pd did report it 11/22. quoted her as stating absolutely not about fluoridation resistance. no explanation as for why she is resigning after 1 1/2 years at 200k+/yr. goodbye to a jobhopping...

I actually think that our brave cops are between a rock and a hard place ... and I doubt that they cover issues such as justifiable disobedience in the police academies, except to warn against it ......

Right.

Got no disagreement from me about the name coming from a fight and a subsequent joke about it. But there is also some more to it. For example, among many other sources, according to a...

This came in on FaceBook today and I thought that it was relevant ... only cops can change their behavior ... are they going to support a government if they know that this government is corrupt? ......

Sarcasm now?


If "spirituality" means believing in stuff with no evidence and defending the belief by evading critique and calling people names when they question the belief--well, is that really...

Of course not. We started out with a mutually respectful dialogue and it seems to have degenerated to the point of your calling me names, without even specifying what I've done that you object to.
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My favorite name for the town is "So-pass-the bowl"

This "test tube" comment seems like a rather snarky way of characterizing one who is simply trying to distinguish truth from illusion.

To answer your question: If by "faith" you mean believing in...

My own thinking would be that Mr. Carrillo will not resign or be recalled. The process that I would like to see is not one of punishment but of reconciliation and forgiveness. My thinking is that...