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This has popped up quite a bit in my social media network. Unfortunately it's really just preaching to either choir; I don't know any smart* people who respect Fox News on the whole. I'm sure the general viewership ate it up and cheered her on, though. That's the lowest-common denominator for...

So the actual title is "Sen. Ron Wyden On NSA Spying: It’s As Bad As Snowden Says", but the article doesn't actually have anything to do with Snowden beyond that, so I didn't want things to get immediately redirected (there's been more than enough of that in the media - it's telling that I...

...because there isn't a point of contention, it hasn't been swiftly swept into the Politics section, but there's a thread in the Talk section: http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?715748-Are-there-any-british-people-on-this-forum&p=7780045

You know, I figured three years in that country was long enough. Anybody know what the British rules are regarding voting from abroad?

From the article: Agreed 100% with revidffum. Fuck that place.

I was about to say...make a third party viable by supporting them. If with nothing except your vote. Here's the thing about voting third party - even if you don't agree with a candidate all that much, the vote is a signal to the main two parties that something has to change. With enough of those...

I don't want to discount your experiences, because I've also worked with the youth for a number of years and I know these sorts are out there. You have to keep some perspective, though; the sentiment you're expressing has been expressed by just about every generation, ever. The facts of the...

Something this has brought up: Zimmerman verdict renews focus on 'stand your ground' laws But of course, the article doesn't actually link to said study or make any proper citations, but it wasn't hard to find...

I think the problem here is that one has to look past Beavis and Butthead, which are of course the R and D that have all the money to get splashed over everything in any given district/state/etc. Which means the vast majority of voters won't even know these other people are running until they...

You must be an intellectual hit with all those politician pals of yours. You should know you aren't fooling anyone here. But please, carry on. I won't interrupt again.

Next indeed. These publicized trials turn me off faster than thinking of Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day. Some of the reactions during the trial worry me, though. Like people saying he should have never gone to trial in the first place - somebody was shot dead under far from clear-cut...

Uh huh...well, I suppose I already regarded you as foolish, but now I can simply disregard you as a crackpot. Have fun, anyway.

Hmm. Now I'm beginning to doubt... Honest question: are you trolling, or is this actually what you believe?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/12/iowa-court-again-rules-good-looking-employee-fired-lawfully/2512065/ Looks like another nail in the coffin of personal responsibility to me (at least in Iowa). What do you think, BC?

So much I had suspected is now confirmed.

:1orglaugh The hilarious irony of this post is almost as good as when you claimed to be an expert at debate.

Always nice to hear. Thanks! :glugglug:

Absolutely...I never assumed any intent. It's a very common mistake. I know there are a few who subscribe to this, but I must disagree; it simply isn't pragmatic. Following it means one has to take indisprovable claims as truth; while one cannot 'disprove' god, one also can't disprove my...

I'm not going to get very deep into this, because I don't think this thread is a constructive place to do it, and this isn't directed solely at revidffum, but to everyone who makes this same fallacy... The problem with this - the burden of proof fallacy - is that I can claim anything that is...

Don't get me wrong - that this happened is awful and I sure as hell wouldn't want to be on that plane. But of airplane crash stories, this shouldn't be the one that scares you from flying: And hell. Most of the passengers survived. That's impressive for an airline crash. But hey, I've got...

I'm wondering if there's a funny disconnect of responsibility with this; what I mean is, we don't vote for Congress as a body - we vote for our particular reps. And when it comes down to it, the clowns seem to keep coming back, because, you know, a person in X state voting for X clown gets to at...

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I think it's too bad that since the Politics section was created, it has become an excuse to hide any kind of contentious subject from the greater public (of this board); and when it was realized there was that other realm of contentiousness it was added to further avoid most debatable subjects...

Is there an actual name for that, 'prayer care'? http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/214111461.html It's a story we've all heard before, and fortunately it doesn't happen often. I've never heard of such a sentencing though:

Darth Vader runs a mile in Death Valley. http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/07/a-guy-in-a-darth-vader-suit-ran-across-death-valley/ http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-death-valley-continues-to-broiler-after-breaking-record-20130701,0,760166.story That's totally the first thing I think of...

Did they find him here?

Let me just pitch in with my own well wishes; sucks that you're going through this and I hope the situation improves quickly. I wish I could do more than offer sympathetic words, but it'll be a few years yet before I stop being an income-less student.

The language certainly helps, but I for one find you quite intelligent because your logic is almost always sound. In this thread you've made excellent points and you've made them eloquently - in fact, I think I repped you prematurely, for the post I repped was followed by better ones. It's a...

First off, let me clarify: I was born and raised in the USA. Despite this, I'll side with most Europeans when I say that this debate about guns is singular in the US - it's not about banning guns. You can own guns in the United Kingdom. You can own guns in Germany. It's about reasonable...

:1orglaugh To be fair - and yes, this is mean the rabid atheist saying this - prayer has its place. It's nothing more than a placebo, but the placebo effect is surprisingly powerful. That's why studies done where the recipient of prayers knows they're being prayed for do show improvements...

Again, what an off-base (and really irrelevant) reply. Not to mention my blue passport says I don't belong to the 'you guys' you're referring to. Then vote for a government you can trust. Why? What if we said state registries, instead? You know, like what already exists for certain dangerous...

:rolleyes: What an off-base reply. The Germans learned their lesson. Rather than learn from the same, it seems large segment of the American populace remains determined to cower behind their private armories in fear of their government...y'know, instead of simply choosing a government they...

I'm just going to quote this again, because the whole premise of this thread like everything the OP posts is really a non-start, factually devoid pit of bullshit. And HHJJ eloquently explains why: That's really all there is to it. Ah yes, I remember the 1920's like yesterday... I have a better...

In my head-in-the-clouds-ideal idea of healthcare, I always envisioned a mostly universal-ish system, the exception being that people who lead unhealthy lifestyles would pay more into the system. Obesity is one shining example. It's already been mentioned that there are a few legitimate...

This and this. If you're worried about the heat, grab one of the dozens of free utilities out there that will tell you your CPU temp right on your desktop. I've got a very simple one called 'Core Temp' that just tells me the temp next to the clock and battery level. Most CPUs are rated to run...

I went to a Unitarian church back in '08, I think. It was actually a really nice experience.

Can't be having them potentially contentious threads in the general public, now. :cool:

I take your point that perhaps this article's particular definition of racism might be too far removed to be used in the public forum - the Aryan Brotherhood being a good example. Just calling them prejudiced seems...not to do the description justice. I suppose one could make it more specific by...

Good thing, too. Gene patenting smacked of all sorts of sci-fi-dystopian future stuff. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-rules-human-genes-may-not-be-patented/2013/06/13/9e5c55d2-d43d-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html

Interesting definition. I find it pragmatic. I don't know; if we took the quoted text as the established definition, it would make discussion easier. I suppose the point of it is that, at least in the public forum today, it doesn't really have much of a concrete definition. I think the...

Nah. Only that that particular argument is bunk. I knocked down the cosmological argument in the other...very similar thread...there aren't too many big ones left. :) Yes...? Other knocks against the teleological argument are the idea of a cyclical universe or the idea of parallel universes...

That, my friends, is the classic teleological argument for the existence of God. ...and that, my friends, is why it's bunk. Basically, Darwin put the last nail in that coffin. Kudos, HHJJ. :clap:

Pebbles are evolutionarily superior. Ergo, boulders evolve into pebbles. Duh.

Thanks! ...I was trying to click on that earlier, but all it did was randomly redirect me to my.freeones or the board. Your link seems to have popped it open just fine, though.

Is there any way to view the past videos bought and re-download them, by chance? I can find the listing easily enough for galleries, but not for these movies...

Not only is it 'more likely', it's highly likely, with lots of documented cases and evidence behind it. The human brain is capable of a great many self-deceptions. So I find it a very good thing you are unconvinced by such accounts! :thumbsup:

This is the surest way to get your computer running quickly. I just recently put a fresh Windows 7 install on a friend's laptop and everything that computer did was stunningly fast. The drivers mentioned here aren't necessarily super important to save, unless you have no ethernet cable; I think...

This I'd need to see some data for before I believe it. While I've met plenty in the young and dumb category, I've never met anyone more rigidly attached to partisan dogma than some older voters and I think we can all agree that being interested yet swallowing the party line is hardly 'more...

Sounds about right.

Why is the announcement for this now in red? Or was it before and I just didn't notice it? I'm colorblind, so this actually happens quite often...