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  1. jonks

    Who would win? Roy Moore or Doug Jones (with Poll!)

    ahem. christmas miracle? you know tonight is the first night of hannukah right? Jesus don't get credit for this one, this is straight lvl 9 jew blood magic. amen.
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    Anyone ready for FarCry 5?

    Not to go full P&N here, but the Montana GOP candidate in today's special election just body slammed a reporter for asking a question and was charged with assault. He's been criticized in the past as too religiously extreme, even by papers that endorsed him. If his flock break him out of...
  3. jonks

    Remorseless man who murdered 7 schoolgirls hailed as hero

    There are a lot of killers. We've got a lot of killers. What, you think our country is so innocent? I think that our country does plenty of killing, too.
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    The difference between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Trump

    I think I'd have preferred, "Donald, you were at your first National Prayer Breakfast as the recently sworn in President of the United States of America, and you took time from this event to talk about the ratings on a game show you used to host. Donald, seriously, what is wrong with you? Seek...
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    Women's March speaker tortured a man to death

    Do you want to go down that road, where what other people do is imputed to you? I don't think you do. I don't think he was gay, given that he was kidnapped by 3 women who said they were prostitutes and promised him sex. He was also a criminal who was killed by his partner who thought he...
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    Women's March speaker tortured a man to death

    And that's a framing I can understand, even if I disagree. Man, next time let's just start at the end!
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    Women's March speaker tortured a man to death

    I don't even know what you're talking about, unless logical progression constitutes mental gymnastics for you. I do note that your non-response saved you from having to explain why the war criminal is a-ok but she isn't. You know, for a good few seconds I thought you meant Hillary and was...
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    Women's March speaker tortured a man to death

    I don't know that that hasn't happened. I don't frequent the reformed-racist seminar scene (worst TED talk ever) but I don't find it particularly difficult to envision a man who as a boy was raped for years, and who then committed a rape, served prison time, and when he got out educated himself...
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    Women's March speaker tortured a man to death

    I'm not arguing that she's a good person, whatever that means. And she was both a victim and a murderer. The latter does not excuse the former. Obviously. Which is why she spent 27 years in prison. I feel like we're simply stating obvious things. This is someone who was degraded and...
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    Women's March speaker tortured a man to death

    "Free pass"? Is that what you call 27 years in prison? How did I not "address" her violent crime? You needed me to affirmatively state that torture and murder is wrong? My failure to do so "implies" that atonement "cancels" the crime? No, "addressing" her crime is not an attack on the...
  11. jonks

    I'd suspect week one for the Trump administration was a big win

    Maybe, but you know he's staring at that Gallup chart and just imploding.
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    Millennials go crazy on Uber over a tweet. I think not so sure.

    It's a combination. Uber CEO is on Trump's economic advisory board, has said he'd work with Trump, add in the surge pricing/JFK issue and a somewhat tepid statement on the travel ban versus a direct competitor's unambiguously condemning the EO, coupled with their customer base being...
  13. jonks

    Women's March speaker tortured a man to death

    Why? He's a war criminal who murdered civilians! Why does he get to speak at an anti-war rally, but a women who was tortured from the time she was 9 and also did horrible things as a result is precluded? I'm not sure how man-hating can be called irrational given how women have suffered under...
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    Women's March speaker tortured a man to death

    BLM also fails to specifically advocate for cancer survivors. By your logic, they're pro-cancer, or at best, ambivalent about cancer. She was a victim of violence against women, so she advocates in the arena of violence against women. She does not implicitly or impliedly condone violence...
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    Women's March speaker tortured a man to death

    Another straw man. BLM left off the (too) or (also) at the end. They figured it would be understood, rather than deliberately misinterpreted. They probably should have known better. Wait a second, in your comment you didn't say that you were against male rape. Why do you think it's ok that...
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    Women's March speaker tortured a man to death

    re: "ignore" and "celebrate". Do you even know what a straw man is?
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    Women's March speaker tortured a man to death

    What about at anti-war protests?
  18. jonks

    Women's March speaker tortured a man to death

    I recall many years ago, a member of AT discussed how when he was serving in Iraq, he and his fellow soldiers would shoot stray dogs for fun, and laugh when their trucks would run them over. As an animal lover, I was horrified and called him some pretty vile names. He explained that after you...
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    Alternative Facts

    In a court of law, intent may be inferred from circumstances. I have no problem with the press using the word 'lie' in limited fashion where the circumstances are so black and white that no other reasonable interpretation is possible. I think the photographs of the mall fit that bill. As to...
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    Alternative Facts

    It's not the separation of truth from facts, it's the assertion that there's no such thing as facts, i.e. there are no objective discernible truths.
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    Alternative Facts

    Which is of course driving the true conservatives crazy, since they have been arguing for decades that moral relativism is a blight on mankind, and that absolute fact and truth are knowable and ascertainable. But here we are in the UpsideDown, where relativism is all the rage.
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    At what age does your body start to feel old

    I'm 40, play soccer twice a week. My post-game aches and pains now last a day or so after I play. I have to stretch every day for longer to maintain flexibility. I'm also now pretty slow, both off the line and at the top end, when I used to be quick. Endurance has taken a bit of a hit, but...
  23. jonks

    Poll: Inauguration attendance will Trump lie?

    Been a while since I read the book but I think the cage of rats gnawing off your face comes next.
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    Poll: Inauguration attendance will Trump lie?

    Let's try this one. What weighs more, a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?
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    Alternative Facts

    Lately, that's exactly what I ask every day when I wake up. The answer remains unclear. Christ I'm turning into Moonbeam.
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    Poll: Inauguration attendance will Trump lie?

    Not good at math are you.
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    Poll: Inauguration attendance will Trump lie?

    Does crowd size matter? no. Will he (did he) lie about it? of course. Then again, Trump doesn't tell traditional and deliberate lies so much as make statements with complete reckless regard as to whether or not they are true. Like a salesman. Customer: "What's the horsepower in this...
  28. jonks

    Stupid financial decisions

    Set up a budget at Mint.com or other site. Link it to your checking/credit card. It helps to see where your money is actually going.
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    Alternative Facts

    This is a vile smear. Ms. Conway didn't say "alternative facts". She said Spicer was provided information by "alternative fax", as opposed to say, email. Watch the tape. The left will stop at nothing to discredit this intelligent woman.
  30. jonks

    The Atlantic Magazine's Rare Political Endorsement

    As Ezra Klein at Vox has been saying, it's not D vs R this year, it's Normal vs Abnormal. When century old conservative publications start endorsing the opposition party for the first time, it's time for a gut check.
  31. jonks

    Is Georgia a battleground state now?

    Tim Russert is credited with finalizing GOP-Red/DEM-Blue in 2008, but the colors used to swap. http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/thinking-about-tim-russert-red-states-and-blue-states/
  32. jonks

    Harvard study finds NO bias against blacks in police shootings

    You're right, the racist trigger-happy cop was the one who shot Walter Scott and fabricated a police report until video surfaced showing he made it up. Between the two, which do you think occurs more frequently...
  33. jonks

    #neverclinton movement fueled by Sanders supporters

    They played this card in 2012 against the Commander in Chief, and it failed to gain traction. Not sure why anyone thinks it would work four years later against a subordinate after a few dozen hearings and thousands of documents failed to even locate a gun, let alone a smoking one. Then again...
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    Trump Already Hitting Clinton Where She's Vulnerable

    Yawn. The guy who thinks he can prevent national default by printing more money is going to "school" the wonk on economic policy and trade? Do tell.
  35. jonks

    Interesting: Rubio maintains big lead in prediction markets, vs. Clinton thoughts?

    Cruz is not an idiot, he's probably the brightest of the bunch. That's why he's also among the most dangerous. But yes, he has ticked off the establishment to the n'th degree so he's not likely to win either. Like it or not, establishment candidates almost always get the brass ring.
  36. jonks

    Research study on demographics and opinions of "gamers" vs "people that play games"

    The big brouhaha over this study around the interwebs was that it found 50% of men and 48% of women played video games, contrary to prevailing thought that men dominate the demographic. Although not broken down, the reason the female number is so high is likely due to the inclusion of...
  37. jonks

    "Thousands in NJ cheered on 9/11 when the Towers came down"

    Well, first, he didn't make some sort of factually dubious statement, he created a completely unsubstantiated fabrication and then continued to defend it. But second, if Trump said "There were even reports of muslims or arabs cheering in New Jersey when the towers fell", then no, we wouldn't...
  38. jonks

    "Thousands in NJ cheered on 9/11 when the Towers came down"

    Yes, people will quibble when a presidential candidate says they personally saw, on tv, thousands and thousands of americans doing something, and it turns out that there isn't one video, at all, of anyone, doing anything.
  39. jonks

    "Thousands in NJ cheered on 9/11 when the Towers came down"

    No, he just realizes that he's been making things up for the last 6 months, and has refused to apologize any time his statements have been proven false, and that it hasn't negatively affected his numbers at all, if anything, they've gone up. Why would he change now?
  40. jonks

    Funny vid: MSNBC anchors "not sure" on Trump's temp Muslim ban

    Er...wut? From a colleague of mine: Scott Hicks November 19 · Most of my friends know I practice Immigration law. As such, I have worked with the refugee community for over two decades. This post is long, but if you want actual information about the process, keep reading. I can not...