IS Forum
Forum Index Register Members List Events Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Help

Go Back   International Skeptics Forum » Search Forums
 


Welcome to the International Skeptics Forum, where we discuss skepticism, critical thinking, the paranormal and science in a friendly but lively way. You are currently viewing the forum as a guest, which means you are missing out on discussing matters that are of interest to you. Please consider registering so you can gain full use of the forum features and interact with other Members. Registration is simple, fast and free! Click here to register today.
Showing results 1 to 50 of 67
Search took 0.09 seconds.
Search: Posts Made By: Delvo
Forum: USA Politics 7th May 2021, 07:02 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
We just need to face the fact that Manchin is a...

We just need to face the fact that Manchin is a Republican. He's always acted like it before and he always will.
Forum: USA Politics 6th May 2021, 09:20 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
You can lead a political party to a successful...

You can lead a political party to a successful strategy, but you can't make them use it.
Forum: USA Politics 4th May 2021, 08:30 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
To still be pushing for tax cuts now when they're...

To still be pushing for tax cuts now when they're already so stupendously low even goes against one of the original justifications they gave for tax cuts ages ago. The Laffer Curve had government...
Forum: USA Politics 1st May 2021, 07:37 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Invalid concept; although doing unpopular stuff...

Invalid concept; although doing unpopular stuff might indeed decrease your ability to do more stuff later, doing popular stuff increases it.

Criticism/complaint about Biden ≠ praise of Trump or...
Forum: USA Politics 22nd April 2021, 06:50 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
That's one area where his non-progressiveness...

That's one area where his non-progressiveness could actually help. The left tends to shoot itself in the foot on the energy issue by treating nuclear power as the work of the Devil, but in reality...
Forum: USA Politics 19th April 2021, 07:27 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Difference-splitting is his general MO. Increase...

Difference-splitting is his general MO. Increase taxes, but not even back to where they were before Trump so you're not even cancelling out what Trump did. Back out of one foreign military...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd April 2021, 05:14 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
That way of looking at it is one of the biggest...

That way of looking at it is one of the biggest problems in American politics at the moment. The campaign is over. "At least he's not as bad as the other side" doesn't matter a bit anymore. The...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd April 2021, 06:19 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
I do not believe that "gigantic" and "massive"...

I do not believe that "gigantic" and "massive" are accurate descriptions. It's about a third to a fifth of the low ends of ranges that have been given as estimates of what's needed. Are those who say...
Forum: USA Politics 1st April 2021, 11:37 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Well, what else would be expected from two camps...

Well, what else would be expected from two camps where one is defined by wanting people's lives and living conditions improved as much as possible and the other is defined by joining with the...
Forum: USA Politics 31st March 2021, 10:53 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
That's fine if that's the case, and it's easily...

That's fine if that's the case, and it's easily believable that it would/could be. The problem is the shortage of signs of what they're doing to improve the situation, or even that they are doing...
Forum: USA Politics 29th March 2021, 05:40 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Remember when Biden kept arguing with & attacking...

Remember when Biden kept arguing with & attacking the people at his campaign events? It looked simply dysfunctional at the time, but with the last few posts' reminders of Trump's behavior, plus the...
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2021, 07:20 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
I didn't realize at first that that post was...

I didn't realize at first that that post was meant to sound bad for Biden. It started out like another post of praise for him, by comparison with his predecessor's illiteracy. Then I got farther...
Forum: USA Politics 25th March 2021, 05:02 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
I am sure I recall some previous recent events in...

I am sure I recall some previous recent events in which Biden walked into a room that had a bunch of reporters & cameras & microphones in it, stood at the front of the room, told people stuff, and...
Forum: USA Politics 24th March 2021, 11:56 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
The fact that she also laughed when asked about...

The fact that she also laughed when asked about marijuana legalization tells me it's not nervous laughter but laughter at questions she considers obviously silly.
Forum: USA Politics 16th March 2021, 04:28 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
According to a Senate employee in a job that...

According to a Senate employee in a job that might as well not exist because Senators who are serious about actually getting something done simply routinely ignore it because it has no actual...
Forum: USA Politics 15th March 2021, 02:22 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
New thread...

New thread (www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13426434)
Forum: USA Politics 15th March 2021, 11:16 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Letting in that influx of new cases was probably...

Letting in that influx of new cases was probably a mistake. A camp on the Mexican side where they wait to come in might not be much better, but it wouldn't be ours.

(...Well, that plus the fact...
Forum: USA Politics 15th March 2021, 09:47 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
It makes sense if either new facilities are being...

It makes sense if either new facilities are being built or something is being done to prevent so many from entering the USA in the first place so we wouldn't need to have some place to house them....
Forum: USA Politics 12th March 2021, 11:24 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Republicans don't mean it, but Biden does......

Republicans don't mean it, but Biden does... Hook, line, sinker, rod, tackle box, & fisherman.
Forum: USA Politics 12th March 2021, 07:01 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
There's an official line of succession for the...

There's an official line of succession for the Presidency, and Speaker Of The House is next after the VP. However, that doesn't mean the SOTH becomes VP when the VP becomes the new P. The job of VP...
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2021, 09:56 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Overall I'd guess the odds are that she'd be...

Overall I'd guess the odds are that she'd be better.
Forum: USA Politics 7th March 2021, 01:32 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
This reminds me of the people who claim that the...

This reminds me of the people who claim that the attack on the Capitol in January was done by Democrats/liberals/Antifa/BLM to discredit them. Actual Republican & Trumper thinking is so awful that...
Forum: USA Politics 5th March 2021, 05:43 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
All of them, since they already did get them...

All of them, since they already did get them before.

Unknown, but if the answer is anything over 1 in every 279 of those, it's greater than Biden's margin of victory was. How sure are you that...
Forum: USA Politics 4th March 2021, 06:55 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
And even if he is completely immobile about it...

And even if he is completely immobile about it and does turn out to block a bill the other Democrats vote for (and he has been known to back down on some things before), look at the options the party...
Forum: USA Politics 4th March 2021, 12:51 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
A few weeks ago I ran across a survey finding...

A few weeks ago I ran across a survey finding that the average Republican voter doesn't know what Republican politicians have been actually working toward; they think they're voting for what they...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd March 2021, 08:29 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
There was a Covid relief bill during Trump's time...

There was a Covid relief bill during Trump's time with a Republican Senate, too. It sent those checks out to more people and offered a bigger unemployment benefit. What impression do you expect this...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd March 2021, 09:08 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Well there's the problem right there. When trying...

Well there's the problem right there. When trying to explain what people do, it's best to stick to what they actually do, not insist on what you think they should do. But also...

And where the DP...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd March 2021, 05:48 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Underperformance is 306 EC votes when the bare...

Underperformance is 306 EC votes when the bare minimum you were supposed to get was going to be 320, with 350 deemed more likely and an upper range in the upper 300s; losing states you were supposed...
Forum: USA Politics 1st March 2021, 03:59 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Invalid analogy The question wasn't "do you...

Invalid analogy

The question wasn't "do you want X or Y". It was about fighting for X and not fighting for Y. That's an invitation to offer some other reason to argue for X and not Y other than...
Forum: USA Politics 1st March 2021, 10:20 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
He's withdrawn his comments insisting how...

He's withdrawn his comments insisting how rational & reasonable the Republicans would become once Trump was out of office?

And withdrawn his years of talking about the wonderfulness of his former...
Forum: USA Politics 28th February 2021, 06:37 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
The incumbency effect is indeed weakest for the...

The incumbency effect is indeed weakest for the newest incumbents, but if that were it then the effect would have hit people with various positions on policies randomly. Instead the ones who stood...
Forum: USA Politics 28th February 2021, 02:29 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
They shot one or more rockets at our soldiers and...

They shot one or more rockets at our soldiers and killed one, so ours shot back and killed something like 15-20 of theirs who probably were mostly not the ones who'd shot at ours first. Why did they...
Forum: USA Politics 26th February 2021, 10:57 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
...and they're shockingly not touching tax rates...

...and they're shockingly not touching tax rates either now.

I don't think they're ineffective. I just don't believe their goals are what they've somehow gotten most off their voters to think they...
Forum: USA Politics 26th February 2021, 06:52 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
I find it difficult to believe she has them. I'd...

I find it difficult to believe she has them. I'd actually expect that they're really "a Democrat President can do no wrong no matter what he does" fanatics. There are plenty of those.

(old quote...
Forum: USA Politics 23rd February 2021, 08:28 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
I know Biden has said he wants taxes on the rich...

I know Biden has said he wants taxes on the rich to be higher, but has he said how much higher? My first guess would be that he probably only plans to undo the most recent cut, but what's needed is...
Forum: USA Politics 22nd February 2021, 08:31 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
So you're saying that, by making the plague more...

So you're saying that, by making the plague more severe than it would have been without him, Trump did lower the prices!
Forum: USA Politics 19th February 2021, 05:29 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
OK, then let's judge Biden by how he's doing or...

OK, then let's judge Biden by how he's doing or even trying to do or acting like he ever even intends to try to do on those other benchmarks instead.

...Same result.

...and about what kind of...
Forum: USA Politics 19th February 2021, 11:24 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
TRUMPCHUD!!! TRUMPCHUD!!!

TRUMPCHUD!!! TRUMPCHUD!!!
Forum: USA Politics 18th February 2021, 07:03 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Are you the person who responded to my criticisms...

Are you the person who responded to my criticisms of "Iron Man 3" by accusing me of hypocrisy for having supposedly approved of similar flaws in some other franchise/character I'd never even heard...
Forum: USA Politics 17th February 2021, 09:14 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
All by himself/herself. Nobody else was...

All by himself/herself. Nobody else was interacting with him/her. :rolleyes:
Forum: USA Politics 17th February 2021, 07:28 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Right & left is the wrong spectrum on which to...

Right & left is the wrong spectrum on which to analyze American politics. The correct one is populism &... antipopulism I guess, or elitism.

Things that would benefit most of the people are...
Forum: USA Politics 17th February 2021, 07:25 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
Worse than the dishonesty of saying "$2000...

Worse than the dishonesty of saying "$2000 checks" and then pretending "$1400 checks" is the same thing, are the attitude behind the shift (looking for some technicality to excuse going as low as...
Forum: USA Politics 16th February 2021, 11:40 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
...except that they were still saying they'd do...

...except that they were still saying they'd do 2000 after the 600 had already been done.

And that was months ago now anyway, so even if the switch to talking about 1400 had been immediate when...
Forum: USA Politics 16th February 2021, 09:43 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
The psychoanalysis in here is getting really...

The psychoanalysis in here is getting really weird. Biden-defenders spend pages defending him over this not-fired-fired guy... and then ponder the mystery of why a Biden critic would spend the same...
Forum: USA Politics 16th February 2021, 06:53 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
The standard routine response to this kind of...

The standard routine response to this kind of thing for every other employer in the country that's big & formal & structured enough to have an HR department and official HR policies is an immediate...
Forum: USA Politics 15th February 2021, 06:26 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
X (in this case the report about what the guy had...

X (in this case the report about what the guy had done) happening before Y (in this case his suspension & "resignation") does not prove that X caused Y.

But it does prove that, prior to X, there...
Forum: USA Politics 14th February 2021, 02:05 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
It would have been better to fire him than to let...

It would have been better to fire him than to let him quit, and I don't know why it took until now in either case, but it gets an "eh, whatever" from me. I've never followed the stories of one...
Forum: USA Politics 7th February 2021, 07:53 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
The range issue for cars is caused by the "energy...

The range issue for cars is caused by the "energy density" factor: "how much energy can you get out of this system per pound, and/or per cubic inch, of energy source you need to carry around?". The...
Forum: USA Politics 7th February 2021, 07:36 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
And this is all over payments that, at their...

And this is all over payments that, at their best, would have been only a fraction of what was deemed necessary in countries with sane governments that aren't hellbent on making the poor poorer. A...
Forum: USA Politics 4th February 2021, 01:41 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,126
Posted By Delvo
It's fine as long as they don't use it on the...

It's fine as long as they don't use it on the Sabbath.
Showing results 1 to 50 of 67

 
Forum Jump

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:02 PM.
Powered by vBulletin. Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

This forum began as part of the James Randi Education Foundation (JREF). However, the forum now exists as
an independent entity with no affiliation with or endorsement by the JREF, including the section in reference to "JREF" topics.

Disclaimer: Messages posted in the Forum are solely the opinion of their authors.