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Forum: Trials and Errors 7th March 2024, 02:21 PM
Replies: 1,494
Views: 77,424
Posted By Beerina
Ooooh Margaret Qualley!

Ooooh Margaret Qualley!
Forum: USA Politics 4th March 2024, 04:22 PM
Replies: 2,700
Views: 68,003
Posted By Beerina
With the exception of Birther silliness, which...

With the exception of Birther silliness, which was laughed out because of no serious evidence.
Forum: USA Politics 18th February 2024, 10:44 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 629
Posted By Beerina
They fight for the presidency because the veto is...

They fight for the presidency because the veto is a tremendous lawmaking power. Hence they need it. Hence what would be many small parties in a parliamentary system band together to grab at the...
Forum: USA Politics 14th February 2024, 01:36 PM
Replies: 111
Views: 1,163
Posted By Beerina
Ya know, on another forum I complained about...

Ya know, on another forum I complained about inflation. Someone defended it as no big deal because their investments did fine.

Do you even put two and two together? You can't disclaim inflation...
Forum: USA Politics 14th February 2024, 01:25 PM
Replies: 111
Views: 1,163
Posted By Beerina
Be careful to leave out ridiculous Hollywood,...

Be careful to leave out ridiculous Hollywood, Entertainer, and Sports people, like Taylor "$4 billion" Swift!

There's a meme for that: "They earn it!"

Translated: "They donate to us, and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd February 2024, 08:29 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 1,641
Posted By Beerina
Such are the wages of 100%, everything your...

Such are the wages of 100%, everything your opponent does must be declared wrong contrarian politics.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 26th January 2024, 02:32 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 764
Posted By Beerina
"My wife and I are slowly drifting apart. Can...

"My wife and I are slowly drifting apart. Can you suggest anything to speed it up?"

:dl:
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th January 2024, 12:38 PM
Replies: 300
Views: 4,827
Posted By Beerina
Police making regular rounds past the bank is a...

Police making regular rounds past the bank is a provocation! -- Bank Robbers
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th January 2024, 10:54 PM
Replies: 277
Views: 20,889
Posted By Beerina
If you go to Mars, you should send modules and...

If you go to Mars, you should send modules and robots and have a functioning base with stocks of food, then send humans.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th January 2024, 10:02 AM
Replies: 292
Views: 6,841
Posted By Beerina
Should be good, like the Winnie the Pooh slasher...

Should be good, like the Winnie the Pooh slasher movie from a couple of years ago.:thumbsup:
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd January 2024, 03:53 PM
Replies: 292
Views: 6,841
Posted By Beerina
This is the correct answer from a legal point of...

This is the correct answer from a legal point of view. However, blogs that track freedom of speech issues on campuses have long fought the good fight to get faculty to say these kinds of things,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th December 2023, 09:20 AM
Replies: 331
Views: 6,483
Posted By Beerina
No. Abridgement of a right is not the same as...

No. Abridgement of a right is not the same as declaring it not a right. It's just some ******* ordering you about, against your freedom.


It's an important philosophical notion that rights are...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 5th December 2023, 10:32 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,695
Posted By Beerina
Hamas wants to be the dictator kleptocrats in a...

Hamas wants to be the dictator kleptocrats in a shiny new Palestine. If it's not from day one, it shortly would be. That's what many of you glowingly wait for without knowing it, or perhaps...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 24th November 2023, 03:55 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 1,655
Posted By Beerina
I'll take this bet. And if eating meat is...

I'll take this bet. And if eating meat is outlawed, it will be from the impetus of some rapidly growing lab grown meat corporation and their owned politicians and whoever else they can twist the arm...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 21st November 2023, 04:29 PM
Replies: 1,537
Views: 37,212
Posted By Beerina
When, decades ago, Jordan buldozed the...

When, decades ago, Jordan buldozed the Palestianian village a colleague used to live in, and nearby ones, were they driving out interloper settlers? Presumably with your approval?

No Arab country...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th November 2023, 01:37 PM
Replies: 256
Views: 7,797
Posted By Beerina
You all are worried about organizational...

You all are worried about organizational structures already acting like AI? This is covered by meme theory already. Like wanting to lavish extra trillions, borrowed, which math shows will induce...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th November 2023, 01:24 PM
Replies: 256
Views: 7,797
Posted By Beerina
Grandpa's world had issues, but was stable. I...

Grandpa's world had issues, but was stable. I wouldn't jump to conclusions he's the problem. See the very first post, where large corporations are akin to AI (more like Searle's Chinese room if you...
Forum: USA Politics 15th November 2023, 03:35 PM
Replies: 250
Views: 13,510
Posted By Beerina
Legal training is the cost of entry to the...

Legal training is the cost of entry to the corruption profession, dominating half the world, and almost all human history. One goes into bossation to be corrupt. All else is lies. They just have...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd November 2023, 09:34 AM
Replies: 150
Views: 4,109
Posted By Beerina
That's not how this works, unless one or the...

That's not how this works, unless one or the other are dictatorships. Free people trade freely, unless government gets in the way.

Also, why doesn't Wakanda have enough food? Aside from the...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 3rd November 2023, 09:24 AM
Replies: 2,182
Views: 102,670
Posted By Beerina
Do the Russian deaths include executions of their...

Do the Russian deaths include executions of their own troops for doing a "bad" job?
Forum: USA Politics 2nd November 2023, 04:47 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 3,280
Posted By Beerina
Resorting to bothsiderism again, I see. Face...

Resorting to bothsiderism again, I see. Face facts, your side are the problem, they will always be the problem.[/QUOTE]

Not sure what the hell you're even talking about. He's an idiot and should...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 1st November 2023, 02:40 PM
Replies: 3,919
Views: 294,611
Posted By Beerina
.. duplicate

.. duplicate
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 1st November 2023, 02:38 PM
Replies: 3,919
Views: 294,611
Posted By Beerina
The UN Israeli ambassador had a good speech. "If...

The UN Israeli ambassador had a good speech. "If (these detractors) had been around in World War II, they'd have been screaming Britain's response should be proportional to the blitzkreig on London,...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 1st November 2023, 02:15 PM
Replies: 3,919
Views: 294,611
Posted By Beerina
I don't know if another dictatorship is fully...

I don't know if another dictatorship is fully "joining civilization". Color me a skeptic or cynic. I'll stand by that.
Forum: Computers and the Internet 1st November 2023, 02:11 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 766
Posted By Beerina
"Set timer twelve minutes" went to google in...

"Set timer twelve minutes" went to google in chrome and started a timer on the web page. I thought it would use the clock app on my phone. In any case it worked right.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 30th October 2023, 09:26 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,695
Posted By Beerina
Dictator wannabees have learned to hunker down...

Dictator wannabees have learned to hunker down when necessary. I assume many of you will cheer the creation of a new brutal dictatorship someday.
Forum: USA Politics 30th October 2023, 07:08 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 3,280
Posted By Beerina
As with shutdowns, it takes two to tango. ...

As with shutdowns, it takes two to tango. Nothing is stopping them from having his vote.

"Why should we? He's holding it hostage!"

Because it's been dragging on for years, and rhetoric about...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th October 2023, 04:20 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,523
Posted By Beerina
Why would The People ever adopt a constitution...

Why would The People ever adopt a constitution that told The People they must strip some bits of religion from their religious schools?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 17th October 2023, 07:25 PM
Replies: 3,919
Views: 294,611
Posted By Beerina
Ahh, remember 4 hours ago? Good times, good...

Ahh, remember 4 hours ago? Good times, good times!
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 17th October 2023, 04:29 PM
Replies: 3,919
Views: 294,611
Posted By Beerina
You say that like it's a bad thing.

You say that like it's a bad thing.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 17th October 2023, 03:08 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,308
Posted By Beerina
What I actually think: all dictatorships are in...

What I actually think: all dictatorships are in business for kleptocracy. Religion, politics, these are seductions for the rubes.

Do the kleptocrats seriously wanna risk all they worked for?
...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 17th October 2023, 03:06 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,308
Posted By Beerina
The US "strongly warned" other nations against...

The US "strongly warned" other nations against this.

Making popcorn for tonight. :popcorn1


"How can you...?"

"How asinine...!"

"Why do you take this lightly?"
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th October 2023, 12:38 PM
Replies: 150
Views: 4,109
Posted By Beerina
As dictatorships are large hostage situations,...

As dictatorships are large hostage situations, it's ethical to go to war against them on principle to free the millions of victims.

You might choose not to because of not wanting to risk lives and...
Forum: USA Politics 16th October 2023, 01:00 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 3,036
Posted By Beerina
All pols are corrupt thieves. The creation of a...

All pols are corrupt thieves. The creation of a new government is only of interest to a set of thieves who will now have their own new domain.

Blue states? Nope. They already win there stuff,...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 13th October 2023, 05:51 AM
Replies: 1,764
Views: 43,520
Posted By Beerina
So the fire chief did a terrible job determining...

So the fire chief did a terrible job determining what type of vehicle it was, and why it happened?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th October 2023, 01:28 PM
Replies: 261
Views: 7,404
Posted By Beerina
Walmart, Kroger, a whole set of self checkout...

Walmart, Kroger, a whole set of self checkout banks is closed, and lines are long at the other one, and long at the 2 out of 18 normal checkout aisles that are even open.

With self-checkout you're...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th October 2023, 01:22 PM
Replies: 150
Views: 4,109
Posted By Beerina
Is it a value to stand aside and let tanks...

Is it a value to stand aside and let tanks rolling decide things?

Not doing it because you value your own lives and treasure is a calculated decision, but I submit there's no inherent morality to...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 10th October 2023, 11:48 AM
Replies: 4,025
Views: 84,695
Posted By Beerina
There's a saying, "Peace treaties are impossible...

There's a saying, "Peace treaties are impossible until they are unnecessary."
Forum: USA Politics 3rd October 2023, 02:13 PM
Replies: 592
Views: 19,244
Posted By Beerina
I wonder this, too. He should have decent...

I wonder this, too. He should have decent support among the majority who passed it?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd October 2023, 11:26 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,109
Posted By Beerina
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th September 2023, 08:07 AM
Replies: 310
Views: 10,040
Posted By Beerina
That will be why our prisons and YOIs are full to...

That will be why our prisons and YOIs are full to the point of not being able to take any more...[/QUOTE]

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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th September 2023, 08:03 AM
Replies: 310
Views: 10,040
Posted By Beerina
Work order: go cut down that tree marked with a...

Work order: go cut down that tree marked with a painted ring.

I don't think that's the case, but it could be. And therefore painting the ring was either deliberate, or itself accidentally the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th September 2023, 10:25 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 1,744
Posted By Beerina
$18 for a burger and fries isn't even that bad...

$18 for a burger and fries isn't even that bad nowadays. It's comparable to non-airport greasy spoons.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th September 2023, 09:46 AM
Replies: 480
Views: 26,825
Posted By Beerina
"Ooh do you have a right to kill? Interesting. ...

"Ooh do you have a right to kill? Interesting. Oh, it's from 2015, someone must have necro'd it. Let's jump to the end.

"Oh lord, what have you people been talking about?"
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th September 2023, 03:26 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 1,744
Posted By Beerina
A lot of people migh feel driven to drink by...

A lot of people migh feel driven to drink by Biden, so, "What I said was true...from a certain point of view."
Forum: USA Politics 23rd September 2023, 07:08 AM
Replies: 157
Views: 3,183
Posted By Beerina
Elected people are not employees of government,...

Elected people are not employees of government, even though they are paid. They are the government.

You cannot fire them. They were placed by The People according to rules The People made, which...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 19th September 2023, 11:32 AM
Replies: 751
Views: 26,617
Posted By Beerina
Decades ago: You can't refuse sevice to our...

Decades ago: You can't refuse sevice to our radical, but legal, organizations!

Today: Hey! What a great way to shut down our political opponents!


120 years ago, Teddy Roosevelt: ...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th September 2023, 06:14 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,542
Posted By Beerina
Free Fahrenheit 451s all around. And have an...

Free Fahrenheit 451s all around. And have an Emperor's New Clothes while you're at it.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 14th September 2023, 04:36 PM
Replies: 350
Views: 19,132
Posted By Beerina
Paper mache on shoe boxes, nice.

Paper mache on shoe boxes, nice.
Forum: USA Politics 14th September 2023, 09:30 AM
Replies: 493
Views: 15,912
Posted By Beerina
That they might not want to pay support after...

That they might not want to pay support after denying abortion is a perfectly fine dig, but from many people's point of view, the opposite is not true, that costly is a fine reason for abortion.

I...
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