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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Today, 09:32 PM
Replies: 429
Views: 15,037
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
In normal times, ie before that idiot Trump was...

In normal times, ie before that idiot Trump was injected into the mix, herd immunity would have had a much more positive impact. But that didn't happen.

As for closing schools, again the benefit...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 09:15 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 3,050
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
To hell he hasn't. Like @dann posted, Trump...

To hell he hasn't. Like @dann posted, Trump invokes 'this is all about you' all the time.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events Today, 09:01 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 3,050
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
That's a summary? :sdl: I got through...

That's a summary?

:sdl:

I got through ~1/2 hour of it before I dozed off.
Forum: USA Politics Today, 07:16 PM
Replies: 1,565
Views: 39,834
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
From the link: Suit yourself but I did...

From the link:


Suit yourself but I did not get to Beasley's podcast via X. You can get to the transcript from the link if you prefer.
Forum: USA Politics Today, 05:25 PM
Replies: 1,565
Views: 39,834
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Luke Beasley is a podcaster one might initially...

Luke Beasley is a podcaster one might initially bypass because he's young. Today he started off with a bit of Trump ribbing by Bill Maher. Like a lot of us, Beasley doesn't repost much of what Maher...
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 08:23 PM
Replies: 1,565
Views: 39,834
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Let's see what their FB page showed though it is...

Let's see what their FB page showed though it is Kentucky wide rather than prices in Hiseville.

Cee Bee Food Store (https://www.facebook.com/groceryinbrownsville/)
Scrolling forever down I got...
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 03:14 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,561
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Not to mention 18 yr olds are not getting loan...

Not to mention 18 yr olds are not getting loan forgiveness yet. Ahhell has an axe to grind believing only the rich are benefitting from student loan forgiveness.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 03:09 PM
Replies: 429
Views: 15,037
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Availability of the measles vaccine is a minor...

Availability of the measles vaccine is a minor cause of the problem in parts of Africa where getting the frozen vaccine to people in rural areas has been a problem. But it was a solvable though...
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 03:04 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,403
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Convenient memory loss. Tsk tsk.

Convenient memory loss. Tsk tsk.
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 02:56 PM
Replies: 1,565
Views: 39,834
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Worse, he imagines he does. So when some stupid...

Worse, he imagines he does. So when some stupid idea comes into his head he acts on it. He lives in a magical world ... literally.
Forum: USA Politics 16th March 2024, 02:47 PM
Replies: 2,700
Views: 68,000
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
I doubt that is spelled out in any state law. ...

I doubt that is spelled out in any state law.

In some states the electors are bound to only vote for the candidate they were assigned. I'm not sure which states might still allow traitor electors.
Forum: USA Politics 16th March 2024, 02:46 PM
Replies: 2,700
Views: 68,000
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Yes but that's far-fetched because electors...

Yes but that's far-fetched because electors aren't likely to do that.
Forum: USA Politics 16th March 2024, 02:45 PM
Replies: 2,700
Views: 68,000
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
duplicate

duplicate
Forum: USA Politics 16th March 2024, 02:25 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,403
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Seems telling you left Christian off your list...

Seems telling you left Christian off your list even if you did include etc.
Forum: USA Politics 16th March 2024, 02:05 PM
Replies: 1,466
Views: 73,740
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Aren't there likely to be more documents at...

Aren't there likely to be more documents at Trump's house in Bedminister?

They have a witness, they should be able to get a warrant and file new charges in NJ to stop Cannon from pulling the...
Forum: USA Politics 16th March 2024, 01:20 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 19,605
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
He must have enough money to fund his alcoholism.

He must have enough money to fund his alcoholism.
Forum: USA Politics 16th March 2024, 01:15 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,403
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
The GOP and Trump are out of campaign funds...

The GOP and Trump are out of campaign funds because the funds have all been spent on Trump's legal expenses.

Write, email or call all of your local news media outlets and tell them to stop giving...
Forum: USA Politics 15th March 2024, 07:49 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,403
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
There is evidence other state election officials...

There is evidence other state election officials were also called and asked about fudging the results. Lindsay Graham made at least one of those calls. He might have been a tad smarter in how he...
Forum: USA Politics 15th March 2024, 07:33 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,403
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Wow are you ever drinking the koolaid.

Wow are you ever drinking the koolaid.
Forum: USA Politics 15th March 2024, 07:27 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,561
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
So he's fantasizing Smith will get canned? That's...

So he's fantasizing Smith will get canned? That's quite a stretch from Wade resigning. I wonder what this group of QAnoners will dig up on Smith to distract us.

[regardless of who wrote the Truth...
Forum: USA Politics 14th March 2024, 04:42 PM
Replies: 213
Views: 3,324
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
I don't have anything backward. You just misread...

I don't have anything backward. You just misread my posts.

The only reason Biden was being investigated was because Trump conned people into believing his prosecution on the documents was purely...
Forum: USA Politics 14th March 2024, 09:18 AM
Replies: 213
Views: 3,324
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Who do you think Hur was investigating? ...

Who do you think Hur was investigating? :boggled: :confused:

Trump has convinced his MAGA cult that Biden did the same thing with confidential documents as he, Trump, did. But Hur couldn't find...
Forum: USA Politics 14th March 2024, 06:18 AM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,561
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
This^.

This^.
Forum: USA Politics 14th March 2024, 06:08 AM
Replies: 213
Views: 3,324
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Well then you didn't pay attention to the issue....

Well then you didn't pay attention to the issue. In the hearing the transcript did not support Hur's assertion in his report. It's one thing to not know some dates when grilled for 5 hours. It's...
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 07:59 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,561
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
My apologies for going so far off-topic but this...

My apologies for going so far off-topic but this post needs an answer and it comes back to Biden's loan forgiveness policies.

Who is "they"? And good grief what a bunch of crap that I didn't know...
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 07:29 PM
Replies: 213
Views: 3,324
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Curiously, The transcripts of the hearing didn't...

Curiously, The transcripts of the hearing didn't support what Hur claimed in his report. He was reluctant to even read the transcript knowing it didn't support his assertion that Biden was a...
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 07:21 PM
Replies: 213
Views: 3,324
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
When you start your investigation based on the...

When you start your investigation based on the false premise Trump was accused of trumped up charges, it is doomed from that point on.

You can tell these MAGA idiots truly believe Trump's con that...
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 07:14 PM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,633
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
:eusa_think:

:eusa_think:
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 07:02 PM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,633
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Sounds like our brains might be deteriorating in...

Sounds like our brains might be deteriorating in a similar fashion. Are you senile? :p

Me neither.
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 05:06 PM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,633
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
I wonder if Dr Ronnie coached him through the...

I wonder if Dr Ronnie coached him through the test.

My short term memory has been an issue for a couple of years but I'm not senile or demented (well maybe a little demented depending on the...
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 04:56 PM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,633
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Sedition synonyms...

Sedition synonyms (https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/sedition)

... [snipped other synonyms] ...
insurrection

Insurrection synonyms (https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/insurrection)

......
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 04:28 PM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,633
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
:D :thumbsup:

:D :thumbsup:
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 04:27 PM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,633
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Or it demonstrates that once he got someone to...

Or it demonstrates that once he got someone to front him the bond and the money comes from grifting anyway that he's back to revenge mode. No doubt he's still living in the fantasy it will all go...
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 03:01 PM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,633
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
And just what was the defamation? Claiming...

And just what was the defamation? Claiming Carroll's accusation of rape was a lie.
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 02:57 PM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,633
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
:jaw-dropp You can't be serious. Sure he...

:jaw-dropp

You can't be serious. Sure he might have known making **** up about his opponents was purposeful. I think it bordered on fantasy when he made claims in interviews that he had sent some...
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 02:34 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,561
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
:thumbsup::thumbsup: Ahhell, your...

:thumbsup::thumbsup:


Ahhell, your anecdote just doesn't fit reality. Poor baby, went to college resenting all those rich kids or whatever.

And you have to admit your description of your...
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 12:57 AM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,633
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
:sdl: Maybe he's refusing because the...

:sdl:

Maybe he's refusing because the challenge is a joke.
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 12:41 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,041
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
What is that even supposed to mean? :rolleyes: ...

What is that even supposed to mean? :rolleyes:


I suggest a real time fact checker of whatever is asserted.

Question
Debater #1
Debater #2
Pause for fact checker. There can be two as long...
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 12:28 AM
Replies: 1,565
Views: 39,834
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
I suspect a lot of those donors are in the MAGA...

I suspect a lot of those donors are in the MAGA reproduction realm.

It will be a while before that whole mess sorts itself out.

:popcorn1
Forum: USA Politics 12th March 2024, 07:18 PM
Replies: 213
Views: 3,324
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
In addition to the lying Hur essentially said...

In addition to the lying Hur essentially said crimes were committed but he couldn't prove it in court. :rolleyes:
Forum: USA Politics 12th March 2024, 02:55 PM
Replies: 1,565
Views: 39,834
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
The US gov already does that. Look at farm and...

The US gov already does that. Look at farm and oil company subsidies.


Then there is all that pharmaceutical money put into university research that is eventually taken by drug manufacturers...
Forum: USA Politics 12th March 2024, 12:57 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,561
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Your source leans heavily alt-right. A...

Your source leans heavily alt-right.

A couple things: they note state spending on higher education is down but federal spending is up. Great but both government bodies fund different things.
...
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2024, 08:56 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 609
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
:sdl: Gosh, that's such a shocking surprise.

:sdl:

Gosh, that's such a shocking surprise.
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2024, 05:04 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,561
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
From your link: It doesn't support your...

From your link:


It doesn't support your premise that loan forgiveness goes to the rich. If they had these well paid jobs you think they all have then they would have paid back the loans.
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2024, 04:59 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,561
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
When I went to college I got grants and loans and...

When I went to college I got grants and loans and college expenses were heavily subsidized by tax dollars. People paid it forward; the community benefits from a highly educated populace.

When my...
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2024, 04:29 PM
Replies: 404
Views: 18,920
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Hard to find the right thread for this. Maybe it...

Hard to find the right thread for this. Maybe it goes in with CTs but it's not completely without evidence. Trump is trading on the bet he'll win the election.

Orban visits Mar-a-Lago. Think any...
Forum: USA Politics 10th March 2024, 10:32 PM
Replies: 1,565
Views: 39,834
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
:dl:

:dl:
Forum: USA Politics 10th March 2024, 03:07 PM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,633
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
ftfy Trump has been masking his gaffes with...

ftfy

Trump has been masking his gaffes with lies probably his whole life but certainly since he came down the escalator in 2016. The problem now is given he's made many past gaffes mixed with...
Forum: USA Politics 9th March 2024, 11:16 PM
Replies: 348
Views: 6,561
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
And neither of you, RedRatSnake or dudalb,...

And neither of you, RedRatSnake or dudalb, recognizes that federal economies are different from individual or family economies?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th March 2024, 04:25 PM
Replies: 429
Views: 15,037
Posted By Skeptic Ginger
Hep B vaccine responses have nothing to do with...

Hep B vaccine responses have nothing to do with COVID vaccine responses.

There is a small % of hep B vaccine non-responders. There are also providers who don't understand the fact it's OK if an...
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