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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
We can't abruptly turn off the oil pumps without precipitating an economic crisis. The world is simply not ready for that yet.
People don't all agree on things. News at eleven. Keep this up and you'll get kicked out of OTC.
Edited by Fighteer on Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:37:16 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Edited by sgamer82 on Nov 3rd 2020 at 5:39:57 AM
Biden’s platform is the most progressive one ever, like try reading it it’s actually very good almost across the board.
The Republican platform is... non-existent. They literally didn’t make one and I do mean literally.
Good but not absolutely perfect plan vs no plan.
Edited by Memers on Nov 3rd 2020 at 5:41:45 AM
Two considerations:
- The presidency isn't the cure-all for all problems. Only consider these problems which actually fall in its remit.
- Not all morally reprehensible things are equal. Consider which person is objectively more/less harmful.
To quote my earlier post that was page-bottomed:
There is nothing so terrible about Biden that it makes a second term of Donald Trump a reasonable alternative.
Donald Trump is a boob* who proves weekly, if not daily, that he has no business in the office. Their policies don't even enter into it. Biden at his worst is still better than Trump at his best.
* Apologies to all womens' chests and booby birds everywhere.
I'm not going to opine about the reason for your parents' opinion in the matter, but it is pretty poor.
Nate Cohn (NYT) on Twitter
says that the RealClearPolitics (RCP) polling averages have started showing their true colors in this election, as they are deliberately timed to skew towards Trump. They should be ignored as a credible source.
Edited by Fighteer on Nov 3rd 2020 at 8:49:29 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"We should expect a Biden administration to push hard for pro-environmental incentives and regulations, such as restoring auto efficiency standards, boosting subsidies for renewable energy and zero-emission transportation, and cutting subsidies for fossil fuels.
I'm going to put out there that we shouldn't expect to see that happen immediately. Biden and his team will have their hands full just coping with the disastrous mess that Trump has made of the Federal civil service and repairing some of the most immediate humanitarian crises that he created, such as the kidnapping of children at the Mexican border.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"I just wanted to say ( I am sure most of you already know this but I gotta say this anyway) Trump didn't have to go through this trouble. He COULD have used covid 19 to shut Democrats... if only he took the virus seriously AND listened to advise of Fauci. If he did he would have overwhelming support from people- well over 70%! People WOULD be willing to turn blind eyes on all the corrupt and shady thing he did earlier in his year. Democrats and Biden wouldn't have legs to stand on. BUT he was THAT dumb to give Democrats a gun to shoot him with.
Trump is an IDIOT! He isn't evil, He is just plain dumb! A power-hungry smart monarch would have taken covid seriously because it is a chance for him to be seen as a "hero."
Edited by doctor05 on Nov 3rd 2020 at 6:11:35 AM
He is evil and stupid. Don't forget that. We're lucky he's not evil and smart.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Stupid Evil is a trope for a reason.
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Edited by PhysicalStamina on Nov 3rd 2020 at 9:01:43 AM
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Hence "Donald Trump is a boob* who proves weekly, if not daily, that he has no business in the office."
* Also, again, Apologies to all womens' chests and booby birds everywhere. As well as anything else that might be identifiable with the word "boob".
Edited by sgamer82 on Nov 3rd 2020 at 6:03:38 AM
It makes me wonder where we'd be if we didn't have a global pandemic and economic meltdown. How big would Biden's lead be? Would it exist at all? Is Biden alone capable of achieving this lead, or would any candidate have done the same with this set of circumstances?
We have polling before the pandemic, Biden was doing good but not nearly this good. It seemed to be laying the groundwork for an election like 2016, but steadier with less chance of upsets.
The pandemic seems to have 1) made a landslide possible and 2) made Texas in play. I would include Georgia but we were close enough in 2016 that pandemic or no this might've happened.
As for Biden, he has a great platform, for sure. How well he will be able to reach those goals, and how hard he will actually work for them, is something that remains to be seen.
Whether he will be able to implement them depends if the Dems control the Senate.
I don't see any reason to doubt his personal effort, politicians do their best to implement their agenda as a rule.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Nov 3rd 2020 at 6:29:19 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang

Seriously, unless you're willing and able to take up arms and start a revolution, these are the choices you got. Don't be the kind of idiot that says "both candidates suck, so I'm going to stay at home" when there is an actual lunatic criminal in office.
Surely you get that Biden would be, at the very least, a lot less destructive, right?