Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
Today, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 149
Views: 10,990
One could, perhaps, find a few that could be...
One could, perhaps, find a few that could be applied to other members of the forum to avoid the autocensor. There are a few around here who could be described as scaturient, putrilaginous frape,...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
Today, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 1,321
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
Yesterday, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 149
Views: 10,990
Take up whittling, get one of the most popular...
Take up whittling, get one of the most popular tools for the purpose, and explain to passers by.
ps, as long as we're on the subject, I've found a number of recent political speeches rebarbative!
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
16th March 2024, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 126
Views: 1,377
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
14th March 2024, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,633
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Forum: USA Politics
14th March 2024, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 402
Views: 16,616
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Forum: USA Politics
13th March 2024, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 936
Views: 87,185
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
13th March 2024, 07:06 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 709
I did not realize the context, as the original...
I did not realize the context, as the original post in this thread looked as if it might be a joke from the start.
So yes, Isaac, you have landed in a place where, despite rules against personal...
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
12th March 2024, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 709
I saw a terribly frightening youtube ad last...
I saw a terribly frightening youtube ad last night. ( And as we've been informed in another thread, youtube is the fount of all human knowledge). A wheezing tenor voice with a familiar timbre told...
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
12th March 2024, 01:30 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 709
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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
12th March 2024, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 709
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Forum: USA Politics
11th March 2024, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 402
Views: 16,616
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Forum: USA Politics
11th March 2024, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 402
Views: 16,616
I might have missed this earlier, but here's a...
I might have missed this earlier, but here's a bit about Lara Trump signing on to the great replacement theory, and then some. Apparently Europe is already down the tubes and if you go there you...
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Forum: USA Politics
11th March 2024, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 402
Views: 16,616
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
11th March 2024, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 1,321
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
10th March 2024, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 1,321
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
10th March 2024, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 1,321
There is some sense missing in that post, I...
There is some sense missing in that post, I think. I am not sure just what the term "authentic" means in relation to youtube, and I'm actually not sure whether the last statement is for or against...
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Forum: USA Politics
9th March 2024, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 402
Views: 16,616
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Forum: USA Politics
9th March 2024, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 493
Views: 15,867
It might take a while, or until global warming...
It might take a while, or until global warming gets a little further, because most of the nice states to be in seem to be in the north where the weather is loathsome and half the year is dark and...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
6th March 2024, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 358
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
6th March 2024, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,633
I just read somewhere that a huge unexpected...
I just read somewhere that a huge unexpected deposit of lithium has been found in the US.
https://www.techspot.com/news/100117-potentially-world-largest-lithium-deposit-has-found-us.html
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Forum: USA Politics
4th March 2024, 10:49 AM
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Replies: 564
Views: 9,778
But social acceptance doesn't necessarily mean...
But social acceptance doesn't necessarily mean you can or will do a specific thing. Professional associations and religious sects have rules which members are expected to adhere to even if they...
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Forum: USA Politics
4th March 2024, 07:07 AM
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Replies: 564
Views: 9,778
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Forum: USA Politics
3rd March 2024, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 564
Views: 9,778
I consider the thread hypothetical because it...
I consider the thread hypothetical because it starts with the assumption that execution should happen. Suicide is neither entirely in nor entirely out of that question, because it depends on how...
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Forum: USA Politics
2nd March 2024, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 564
Views: 9,778
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Forum: USA Politics
1st March 2024, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 1,656
Views: 69,624
It's also remotely possible that the polio...
It's also remotely possible that the polio incident was one of the very very few instances where the initial Salk vaccine went wrong. There were only a very few, but of course everyone heard about...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
29th February 2024, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 683
Views: 15,685
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Forum: USA Politics
29th February 2024, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 109
Views: 2,196
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
29th February 2024, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 599
Views: 8,094
Without trying to take sides in this particular...
Without trying to take sides in this particular situation I would just like to point out that noting the similarity between statements has little validity on its own if one person is lying and the...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
28th February 2024, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 683
Views: 15,685
Yes, but all of them seem to lead back to the...
Yes, but all of them seem to lead back to the Rolling Stone article, with no specific attribution. I'd be surprised if Trump's and his minions' actions are not consistent with the idea of a holy...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
28th February 2024, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 683
Views: 15,685
So far it seems that the only use of the actual...
So far it seems that the only use of the actual term "holy war" is from Trump allies and persons said to be close to him, not specified, and I see no actual quotes from him using the term. So once...
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Forum: USA Politics
28th February 2024, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 402
Views: 16,616
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Forum: USA Politics
28th February 2024, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 2,020
Views: 99,162
No, of course it's even stupider. Aside from...
No, of course it's even stupider. Aside from being crazily paranoid and false, if someone in the country, even illegally, speaks a language, it's demonstrably untrue that nobody in the country has...
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Forum: USA Politics
28th February 2024, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 493
Views: 15,867
I suspect you're right here. I don't think it's...
I suspect you're right here. I don't think it's the origin of the laws but the scrutiny through which they pass that characterizes a theocracy. I would consider Iran a theocracy, but I suspect that...
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
28th February 2024, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,071
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
27th February 2024, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,071
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Forum: USA Politics
27th February 2024, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 493
Views: 15,867
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
26th February 2024, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 683
Views: 15,685
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Forum: USA Politics
26th February 2024, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 1,656
Views: 69,624
No, I think Mongrel has a point. Try or not,...
No, I think Mongrel has a point. Try or not, they're likely to fail, and to kill their children while enjoying the immunity they claim to despise. And likely, after burdening the health care system...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
26th February 2024, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 683
Views: 15,685
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Forum: USA Politics
25th February 2024, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 246
Views: 4,899
Judging from his posting history, one might...
Judging from his posting history, one might suspect this statement of being a prediction of Biden's defeat, but on its face I hope it is true, and that, if Trump actually dares to debate, Biden...
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Forum: USA Politics
25th February 2024, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 1,418
Views: 98,736
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
25th February 2024, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 599
Views: 8,094
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th February 2024, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 683
Views: 15,685
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Forum: USA Politics
24th February 2024, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 493
Views: 15,867
And once again, though you may be correct in...
And once again, though you may be correct in assuming The Atheist's "lots of the US" as a lot of states, and thus not accurate, if you failed to read it before, anywhere a law refers to a person, the...
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Forum: USA Politics
23rd February 2024, 08:25 PM
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Replies: 493
Views: 15,867
I believe there are laws in most places that...
I believe there are laws in most places that refer to the killing of persons, the definition of a person being left to the courts. If the court says "this is a person," then all laws concerning the...
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Forum: USA Politics
23rd February 2024, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 493
Views: 15,867
It's the law in any state where the moment of...
It's the law in any state where the moment of conception is presumed to be the beginning of a human life for the purpose of reproductive legislation. So far it does not appear that such laws have...
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Forum: USA Politics
23rd February 2024, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 493
Views: 15,867
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Forum: USA Politics
23rd February 2024, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 1,418
Views: 98,736
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Forum: USA Politics
22nd February 2024, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 493
Views: 15,867
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