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RE: Noteworthy News
April 22, 2022 at 10:55 pm
(April 22, 2022 at 6:26 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (April 22, 2022 at 4:58 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Anyone enjoying watching MTG squirm on the stand?
She has nothing to say that I’m remotely interested in hearing.
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It would be awesome if we could ignore politicians like her, if we didn't have the current crop of fascist Trumpists in congress. There was a time when voices like hers would never get nominated, much less hold office. I agree she has nothing of any value to say, but she unfortunately holds power and that is what makes her dangerous. So to be able to hear a court make the effort to hold her to account, is worth the listen.
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RE: Noteworthy News
April 23, 2022 at 4:48 am
(April 22, 2022 at 10:55 pm)Brian37 Wrote: (April 22, 2022 at 6:26 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: She has nothing to say that I’m remotely interested in hearing.
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It would be awesome if we could ignore politicians like her, if we didn't have the current crop of fascist Trumpists in congress. There was a time when voices like hers would never get nominated, much less hold office. I agree she has nothing of any value to say, but she unfortunately holds power and that is what makes her dangerous. So to be able to hear a court make the effort to hold her to account, is worth the listen.
You admittedly have a larger stake in what she has to say than I do. She has no power over me, so I can afford to ignore her verbal bile.
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RE: Noteworthy News
April 25, 2022 at 10:49 am
It seems Musk will be buying Twitter after all.
I expect it to turn into a cesspit that no-one will want to use. To maximize usage, algorithms pander to maximum trolling and outrage.
Musk has also decided that Democrats aren't his friends any more, and is betting on the Republicans to be more friendly to his businesses. Owning Twitter and making it right-wing friendly can help ingratiate himself with this group.
Elon can get things done, and he is smart. He is also self-centered and delusional. Starship will suddenly make us a multi-planetary species? Delusional. Tesla will save the planet from global warming? Delusional. A free-speech Twitter will save democracy? Delusional.
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RE: Noteworthy News
April 25, 2022 at 11:51 am
(April 25, 2022 at 10:49 am)HappySkeptic Wrote: It seems Musk will be buying Twitter after all.
I expect it to turn into a cesspit that no-one will want to use. To maximize usage, algorithms pander to maximum trolling and outrage.
Musk has also decided that Democrats aren't his friends any more, and is betting on the Republicans to be more friendly to his businesses. Owning Twitter and making it right-wing friendly can help ingratiate himself with this group.
Elon can get things done, and he is smart. He is also self-centered and delusional. Starship will suddenly make us a multi-planetary species? Delusional. Tesla will save the planet from global warming? Delusional. A free-speech Twitter will save democracy? Delusional.
But at least he can afford to buy a round of drinks....
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RE: Noteworthy News
April 25, 2022 at 1:28 pm
At least people will get off the social networks and instead of wasting their time do something useful.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Noteworthy News
April 25, 2022 at 1:29 pm
(April 25, 2022 at 1:28 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: At least people will get off the social networks and instead of wasting their time do something useful.
Like posting on forums?
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RE: Noteworthy News
April 25, 2022 at 1:34 pm
(April 25, 2022 at 10:49 am)HappySkeptic Wrote: , and he is smart.
More like dumb
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Noteworthy News
April 25, 2022 at 1:50 pm
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(April 25, 2022 at 1:34 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: (April 25, 2022 at 10:49 am)HappySkeptic Wrote: , and he is smart.
More like dumb
Until the tunnels flood, Elon. Until the tunnels flood.
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RE: Noteworthy News
April 25, 2022 at 2:24 pm
Elon is a dumb smart person. Excellence or even genius in certain areas of endeavor don't mean the person is above average in others.
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RE: Noteworthy News
April 25, 2022 at 2:44 pm
Elon is smart except when he is dumb, when he is a racist
Quote:The largest racial discrimination suit ever brought by CA is pending against Tesla, and the details are awful: “Elon Musk would come through the front of the factory ‘with his entourage… They didn’t want a Black face up there’”
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2...ia-lawsuit
and when he is a pedophile
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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