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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
A transcript of last night's debate, annotated.
I'm sure it'll be just as painful to read as the last one.
Don't worry, the aliens won't understand a thing he's saying. They'll be really lucky.
Leviticus 19:34Pulling the nativity scene and having no recognition of anything is honestly probably more even-handed than having a Christmas-specific decoration and then an everything-else-I-guess decoration.
Bullet holes in road signs isn't uncommon in certain areas, sad as that is. The "I love God" thing actually kinda amuses me, though. Also, the gallery of Jesus-related signs in that article has one for "Jesus' Mexican Food". Not sure if serious...
edited 16th Dec '15 8:55:42 AM by NativeJovian
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.Trump has no idea as to what the US' nuclear triad is
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edited 16th Dec '15 9:19:50 AM by Krieger22
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiotIMO, there is a difference between a true sociopath (i.e. someone who innately has a Lack of Empathy) and someone who can and is willing to turn off/ignore his sense of empathy if he feels it hampers his successfulness at something.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Re the sociopaths comment which I made (maybe others have as well?). I've always strongly disagreed with that assertion that all/most/many politicians are sociopaths, because I think it's a stupidly cynical analysis and in reality, most people get into politics/push an ideology because they genuinely want to help people and think their ideas are good.
However, besides his awful politics/racism, Trump is insanely self-aggrandizing in a way I've never seen in someone seeking political office. And with Cruz, I was reacting to his carpet-bombing comment coupled with other aspects of his personality and politics. Maybe unfair in his case.
edited 16th Dec '15 12:18:22 PM by Hodor2
So, I just caught wind of this on Extra Credits - "Sesame Credit" is a Chinese app that measures
how loyal a citizen someone is, giving them tangible benefits for higher scores.
This is Orwellian dystopia level stuff, beating out even England's reputation for being a surveillance state.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"I am sorry for summoning Godwin's law seemingly so willy nilly
But do you honestly think Hitler thought what he was doing was wrong?
No one is the villain in their own story.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes![]()
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I think that's no longer very clear-cut. We are living in an age where there are politicians/entrepreneurs who know that what they are doing is all kinds of wrong, but simply chose to not give a crap and carry on doing it anyways. Mostly motivated by vanity, powerlust and cold, hard cash.
I mean, you can't really claim that people like Dick Cheney, the Koch Bros. and most of the climate change deniers think/thought of what they're doing as "good".
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edited 16th Dec '15 1:26:08 PM by LogoP
It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.I think Romney was in it to help the country (well, half of the country at least
) and I get the feeling that he is a good guy who just came off rather unsympathetically because of his need/desire to sell himself to the far right.
And for example, while I don't like their theocratic bent, I'm positive people like Santorum, Huckabee, and Carson are well-intentioned.
But Donald Trump's campaign is 100% egotism.
edited 16th Dec '15 1:28:23 PM by Hodor2
I would think it's pretty obvious that Hillary Clinton believes she is justified in doing whatever she can get away with and that her motivation is possessing power (and wealth), not helping people. What keeps me up at night is wondering if those who vote for her care what motivates her, or just care about what she has promised them that the other guy hasn't.
And for the record I believe Romney did honestly want to help people. I think Barack Obama also honestly wants to help people; he's just very bad at actually doing it.

Trump said horrible stuff? Who would have thought him capable!
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes