Forum: USA Politics
16th December 2022, 08:35 PM
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Replies: 2,394
Views: 69,352
Do you have any evidence that there are young...
Do you have any evidence that there are young kids going to drag shows on their own without their parents? Do you really think the drag brunch in the video you linked to would have just allowed a...
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Forum: USA Politics
16th December 2022, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 2,394
Views: 69,352
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Forum: USA Politics
16th December 2022, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 2,394
Views: 69,352
But the world is not your babysitter. If your...
But the world is not your babysitter. If your life circumstances require you to have a “latch key kid,” well, that comes with trade-offs. Kids are going to be exposed to stuff you can’t control. ...
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Forum: USA Politics
16th December 2022, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 2,394
Views: 69,352
Your young children don’t have access to it...
Your young children don’t have access to it unless you allow them to go. That’s the bottom line. I don’t see how your 10 year old goes to the show without your permission.
Teenagers, maybe,...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
15th December 2022, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 1,488
Views: 54,701
This particular chatbot is just focused on...
This particular chatbot is just focused on providing coherent responses. It has no way to know whether or not the information it’s putting out is true or not. I wouldn’t trust anything it has to...
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Forum: USA Politics
15th December 2022, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 2,394
Views: 69,352
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Forum: USA Politics
8th November 2022, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 1,214
Views: 63,512
Watching the CBS coverage and they just...
Watching the CBS coverage and they just interrupted all the panelists to inform us that Donald Trump is making some statements and they are monitoring what he has to say for anything significant.
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
28th October 2022, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 393
Views: 14,744
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
28th October 2022, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 393
Views: 14,744
Sigh…
No, the Jewish people do not actually...
Sigh…
No, the Jewish people do not actually believe that the Torah was literally written by God in black fire on white fire. That’s a legend told in the midrash form -interpreting old folklore,...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
28th October 2022, 09:27 AM
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Replies: 393
Views: 14,744
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
27th October 2022, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 393
Views: 14,744
Nobody believes the Bible was literally written...
Nobody believes the Bible was literally written by God -as in engraved on stone tablets by his very finger or whatever. The 10 Commandments are the only thing that was written to have come directly...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
26th October 2022, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 128
Views: 5,012
I think that’s a big thing that keeps getting...
I think that’s a big thing that keeps getting mixed up. Are we talking about “guilt” as in “I feel bad about it?” Or as in, “I bear a moral responsibility?”
The latter is the only question worth...
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Forum: Trials and Errors
21st October 2022, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
I guess if it happened close to me, I might be...
I guess if it happened close to me, I might be compelled to be a bit more invested. I don't know . . .
That's actually pretty great!
There were two things I wanted to be when I grew up: A lawyer...
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Forum: Trials and Errors
17th October 2022, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
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Forum: Trials and Errors
17th October 2022, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
Well, I am not at all conversant with how cell...
Well, I am not at all conversant with how cell towers in 1999 worked. What I do know is that there are a lot of factors at play -so much so that ATT put a disclaimer on the fax sheet. I am not...
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Forum: Trials and Errors
17th October 2022, 07:43 AM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
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Forum: Trials and Errors
16th October 2022, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
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Forum: Trials and Errors
16th October 2022, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
Right: Jay told her. Everything Jenn knows is...
Right: Jay told her. Everything Jenn knows is out of Jay’s mouth. It’s reasonable to suspect that Jay may not have been telling the truth; he could have been telling Jenn what he wanted her to...
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Forum: Trials and Errors
16th October 2022, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
Yes, Jay knowing the location of the car is THE...
Yes, Jay knowing the location of the car is THE one fact that is solid in this case. But we cannot be at all sure of WHY he knew where the car was. We know what he said but I think it’s pretty well...
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Forum: Trials and Errors
16th October 2022, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
There was an HBO show,"The Case Against Adnan...
There was an HBO show,"The Case Against Adnan Syed." Before that was the Serial podcast and then the Undisclosed podcast. Those are the three major pieces of media people talk about in re this case.
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Forum: Trials and Errors
16th October 2022, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
15th October 2022, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 2,150
Views: 62,604
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Forum: Trials and Errors
12th October 2022, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
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Forum: Trials and Errors
12th October 2022, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
Jay's story, as developed through 3 or 4 police...
Jay's story, as developed through 3 or 4 police interviews, changed many details, some of which were impossible if you buy into the prosecution's timeline and/or put any credence into the cell phone...
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Forum: Trials and Errors
11th October 2022, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
DNA testing can certainly exclude Adnan as the...
DNA testing can certainly exclude Adnan as the donor of the DNA. Which means they don't have enough evidence to convict him.
As you point out, it can't exclude him as the murderer. But given the...
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Forum: Trials and Errors
11th October 2022, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
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Forum: Trials and Errors
11th October 2022, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
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Forum: Trials and Errors
11th October 2022, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
Given that the prosecutors have said that the...
Given that the prosecutors have said that the latest DNA testing excludes Adnan, I don't see how you can assign such high certainty. The investigation was botched and alternative suspects were...
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Forum: Trials and Errors
11th October 2022, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 431
Views: 77,288
Alonzo Sellers (Mr. S in the Serial podcast) is...
Alonzo Sellers (Mr. S in the Serial podcast) is the man who found Hae's body in Leakin' Park, a maintenance worker for the city. His story is that he pulled off to the side of the road in the park...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
11th October 2022, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 399
Views: 18,145
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Forum: USA Politics
30th September 2022, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 964
Views: 40,857
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Forum: USA Politics
30th September 2022, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 964
Views: 40,857
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Forum: USA Politics
30th September 2022, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 964
Views: 40,857
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
21st September 2022, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,990
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
21st September 2022, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,990
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
13th September 2022, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 3,440
Views: 120,772
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
8th September 2022, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 928
Views: 41,620
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Forum: USA Politics
7th September 2022, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
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Forum: USA Politics
7th September 2022, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
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Forum: USA Politics
7th September 2022, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
Well, no.
Facts exist. Full stop.
...
Well, no.
Facts exist. Full stop.
Bob’s question, though, was devoid of context. Which specific facts is he asking me about?
And let’s not forget that we are talking about Psychiatry and...
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Forum: USA Politics
7th September 2022, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
Yes, of course…but contextualize that. Only in...
Yes, of course…but contextualize that. Only in their field of expertise and only when they apply the rigorous, empirically validated standards and practices that they learned in school, residency...
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Forum: USA Politics
7th September 2022, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
They do mean that it’s reasonable to conclude...
They do mean that it’s reasonable to conclude that any such opinion is clouded by bias. See, it’s not really about whether she is right or wrong but whether or not she should recuse herself from...
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Forum: USA Politics
7th September 2022, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
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Forum: USA Politics
7th September 2022, 12:01 AM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
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Forum: USA Politics
6th September 2022, 09:45 PM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
I started off being critical of the specific...
I started off being critical of the specific “70,000” number. But I don’t see how any number can be given with any degree of confidence given the nature of change.org petitions.Like I said, I did...
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Forum: USA Politics
6th September 2022, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
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Forum: USA Politics
6th September 2022, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
She is. Read the book. He’s not the patient of...
She is. Read the book. He’s not the patient of any of the Yale Group, either. Neither do any of the Yale Group. This is something the Yale Group does not have at all. They’ve only seen him on TV. ...
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Forum: USA Politics
6th September 2022, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
Ethically, she should not speak out about her...
Ethically, she should not speak out about her uncle. It’s a clear conflict of interest. Even just one lawsuit is enough to establish that conflict. The fact that she is his niece is enough to...
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Forum: USA Politics
6th September 2022, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
You don’t have evidence even for “tens of...
You don’t have evidence even for “tens of thousands.”
Resiner doesn’t have evidence for 30,000 either.
I am not citing them because they are experts on online petition demographics. I dispute...
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Forum: USA Politics
6th September 2022, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 2,412
Views: 209,244
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