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Forum: USA Politics 3rd May 2021, 08:03 AM
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Posted By Armitage72
Yes, it was a poor analogy. The point was that...

Yes, it was a poor analogy. The point was that taxes are no longer "my money" once they're paid. It's like people who say they don't want their taxes used to support the military, as if specific...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd May 2021, 06:08 AM
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Posted By Armitage72
I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that...

I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that once I pay my taxes, it isn't my money anymore. If I buy something at the store, I don't get to complain about them spending "my money" on purchasing...
Forum: USA Politics 30th April 2021, 06:04 AM
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Posted By Armitage72
Ted Cruz was filmed apparently nodding off...

Ted Cruz was filmed apparently nodding off (https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/04/29/ted-cruz-sleeping-biden-speech-moos-pkg-vpx.cnn) during the speech. I'd give good odds odds that he was...
Forum: USA Politics 29th April 2021, 10:19 AM
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Posted By Armitage72
Menthol appears to increase the addictive...

Menthol appears to increase the addictive properties of nicotine (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783498/), and marijuana doesn't contain nicotine, so menthol joints shouldn't be a...
Forum: USA Politics 29th April 2021, 08:02 AM
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Posted By Armitage72
People aren't going to be growing secret...

People aren't going to be growing secret peppermint gardens so they can extract the peppermint oil, freeze it, and filter out the menthol crystals for sale on the black market.
There won't be people...
Forum: USA Politics 28th April 2021, 01:40 PM
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Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
Menthol (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menthol)...

Menthol (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menthol) can be extracted from peppermint plants or synthesized artificially. They're probably advertising natural menthol instead of synthetic menthol. We...
Forum: USA Politics 27th April 2021, 05:50 AM
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Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
Muslims don't drink alcohol. Muslims don't eat...

Muslims don't drink alcohol.
Muslims don't eat pork.
Ergo, alcohol must be made with pork, and Biden is preparing to make everyone convert to Islam.

Checkmate!
Forum: USA Politics 12th April 2021, 07:34 AM
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Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
I once explained the benefits of non-military...

I once explained the benefits of non-military foreign aid to my parents in terms of someone saying "Blow them up? No. They helped me a lot when I was growing up." That's more efficient in the long...
Forum: USA Politics 9th April 2021, 12:52 PM
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Posted By Armitage72
https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/status/13805423...

https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/status/1380542399730966530

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While I agree that a good portion of the money spent on the military could be used elsewhere, their use of "significant...
Forum: USA Politics 26th March 2021, 12:53 PM
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Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
They spent a good portion of the last four years...

They spent a good portion of the last four years functioning as the propaganda arm of the federal government. It's going to take them a while to accept the new reality.
Forum: USA Politics 24th March 2021, 05:59 AM
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Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
It reminds me of a political cartoon I saw in...

It reminds me of a political cartoon I saw in 2009. President Obama was dressed as Ash, from the Evil Dead franchise, using a chainsaw against a horde of zombies all groaning "Reaganomics". A man...
Forum: USA Politics 12th March 2021, 02:09 PM
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Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
And if it were edited to remove incoherent...

And if it were edited to remove incoherent rambling and repetitions of the same points multiple times, it would probably be about 700 words.
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2021, 03:24 PM
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Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
Remember everyone, we've been told multiple times...

Remember everyone, we've been told multiple times over the last several years (http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=341507) that a doctor can only diagnose a subject through...
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2021, 03:09 PM
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Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
Yes, the scale I linked to runs to 70. The scale...

Yes, the scale I linked to runs to 70. The scale you linked to only goes to 7, so it's irrelevant to the woman's claim of 8.
Like I said, she didn't say what scale she was using, so the 8 means...
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2021, 02:14 PM
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Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
The Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale...

The Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale (https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/alzheimer-disease-assessment-scale) runs 0-70, with high numbers indicating greater impairment, so...
Forum: USA Politics 9th March 2021, 01:25 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
President Biden's German Shepherds have been sent...

President Biden's German Shepherds have been sent back to Delaware after one of them bit (https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/politics/president-joe-biden-white-house-dogs/index.html) a member of White...
Forum: USA Politics 20th January 2021, 12:54 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
The fence is already down....

The fence is already down. (https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1351921088972906499)
It's almost like President Biden is saying "Look at this, you little baby. I'm not hiding from the people."
...
Forum: USA Politics 19th January 2021, 11:29 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
Back during the 2008 campaign, I would sometimes...

Back during the 2008 campaign, I would sometimes listen to AM radio raving lunatic Michael Savage for a laugh/cringe. At one point he played a Bill Maher clip complaining about the lack of...
Forum: USA Politics 21st December 2020, 09:47 AM
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Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
It's like "The Day the Clown Cried". It's...

It's like "The Day the Clown Cried". It's supposed to be an absolutely horrible movie, but I'd probably watch it out of morbid curiosity if what exists is ever released.
Forum: USA Politics 16th December 2020, 05:53 PM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
Given the rate of childhood hunger in the US, it...

Given the rate of childhood hunger in the US, it apparently isn't enough.
Forum: USA Politics 10th December 2020, 06:47 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
I hope they have someone from the EPA (which...

I hope they have someone from the EPA (which regulates disinfectants) overseeing this. Most disinfectants are labeled to be applied by coarse spray (~400 nm or greater droplet diameter) because the...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd December 2020, 06:33 AM
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Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
I mainly saw it as a reference to things like...

I mainly saw it as a reference to things like local Sheriff's departments that have nothing better to spend their money on than military surplus APCs and grenade launchers, creating a police force...
Forum: USA Politics 13th November 2020, 12:42 PM
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Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
What I found amusing was "new ideas college kids...

What I found amusing was "new ideas college kids learned since the late 70s". People who were college students in the late 70s are almost ready to start collecting Social Security. That doesn't...
Forum: USA Politics 12th November 2020, 11:30 AM
Replies: 3,579
Views: 274,133
Posted By Armitage72
So far, President Rouhani has said "Now, an...

So far, President Rouhani has said "Now, an opportunity has come up for the next U.S. administration to compensate for past mistakes and return to the path of complying with international agreements...
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