The Hall of Fire

women who believe that simply because they exist, they are "valuable" despite being b**hy & horrifying :pccrash: :burned: Oh, this is really interesting, because -- when I read that, I ask myself, is this really wrong? Oh, certainly the way he means it, it's wrong. I would not trust h...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/will-the-electoral-college-doom-the-democrats-again/ There is really no truth to the idea that the electoral college will consistently favor Republicans. I'm not especially wild about that approach, as if it is just a few states that adopt that rule while the re...

This is only my opinion based on very few facts, but also an understanding of how hurting people sometimes act. I think what he did was see all the ways in which black people are hurt by racism in this society. He saw the way people like him are treated, no matter if they’re TV stars or 14 yr old c...

Regarding this strange list, my first thought was where did this come from , and I found a story ( among many ) about it, and here it is: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6743667/Man-SLAMMED-list-tips-beautiful-woman.html This is not news, of course, in any meaningful sense, but then again...

I can't say. But I don't think I can express how repellent and awful I find this whole story. There is something deeply cynical about the whole thing. I am convinced that things like this would be a lot harder to get away with without such deeply partisan politics. It's hard to toss odious people li...

Fox News has one, which I guess is sort of surprising.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/georgi ... or-clients

This Virginia stuff is big national news and yet this right here -- https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/justice-delayed/nJmIsk5XIHQ8LePmBRLPQI/ -- is not. This is so much worse and corrupt than anything going on in Virginia. Not that the Virginia stuff is unimportant, or that the...

I think it is worthwhile to pull out and look at the really big picture here. What is the goal? To severely reduce or eliminate global carbon emissions over some period of time on the order of 15 to 30 years. Can the United States do this by itself? No. The US is responsible for about a sixth of glo...

Thanks for starting this thread, Faramond; it well-worth discussing. You may be surprised that I largely agree with you. Certainly the Green New Deal has no chance of becoming law even in the most optimistic of scenarios from the Democrats point of view, and much of its goals are pure moonshine (th...

I disagree with the idea that this GND or the candidates' endorsement of it indicate that AOC has acquired a certain power in the Democratic party. I have the impression she is a self-appointed troublemaker, and relishes the role of poking at the status quo. As perhaps the most radical member of Co...

Is this thread about AOC, the political response to AOC, or about the GND? I hope it's more about the latter as that conversation sounds more interesting to me. (I assume the text you are quoting is coming from AOC’s specific proposal?) Yes, the italicized text comes from the proposed resolution. T...

Did that story just pop up? I guess I understand that post better now. Look, one can have an argument about when the label "socialist" should apply. Some people would call raising the top marginal rate to 70% socialist, and that would probably be a real stretch, especially if it only appli...

There are obviously different flavors of socialism. But a *ten-year national mobilization* certainly sounds like one of the flavors to me. What are you mobilizing if not the entire US economy? Putting it to some degree or another under government control. AOC is a self-described Democratic Socialist...

Candidates for president Warren, Booker, Harris, Gillibrand and Sanders ( if he indeed runs ) have all endorsed the resolution text of the Green New Deal sponsored by Ed Markey and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Why would they do this, when the GND is likely to become a liability in the general election?...

So you walked into the WTF thread and expected what, exactly? I'm still giggling over the NY Post headline: "Bezos Exposes Pecker". It's just multiple levels of perfect. I expect posters on this board to not credit insane conspiracy theories, no matter the thread. I hope to see thoughtful...

It's pizzagate level garbage is what it is. Most of what I see in this thread is propaganda and salacious rumors with no supporting evidence.

Imagine there is a criminal trial. Someone edits together a video of the prosecutor asking yes/no questions that taken together form a narrative that makes it seem like the defendant sure is guilty. ( Let's hope the video editor doesn't add terrible and distracting music to the video. ) This video i...

But to say that there is no evidence in support of Dr. Blasey Ford's accusation is simply untrue, and itself is a partisan act. I look at the facts, including the unreliability of memory and the lack of any witnesses. You spin and grasp at whatever you can to avert, in your own words, a "disas...

This to me is the most remarkable (and disturbing) part of the whole situation to me. The junk science Republicans used to undermine Ford and help save Kavanaugh The only junk here is the contents of this partisan article pretending to be scientific analysis. There are many studies that have shown ...