Joshua
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Joshua
@JoshStall
Capacity to see macro and micro aspects of ventures. Whether it’s in real estate or crypto, I excel at looking at both the big-picture and fine details.
Suwanee, GA Tham gia Ekim 2009
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@ILikesFree I suppose the same could be said for Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Due Process, and all the rest.
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There is a good civic argument for the "electoral college".
Almost all western democracies give more weight to rural voters, for the same reason as the original compromise when ratifying the Constitution. Without some counterbalance, rural areas simply become "colonies" of urban areas, with government serving the interests of urban areas over the wishes of rural areas.
In almost all western democracies, the person leading the country is not chosen by a popular vote, but by representatives. Those representatives are in turn chosen primarily as local representatives for individual communities.
The electoral college giving more voting power to some is not a violation of democratic principles, but the norm in western liberal democracies.
James Surowiecki@JamesSurowiecki
There's no good civic argument for the electoral college. It was arguably necessary to ensure the ratification of the Constitution, but it's an anti-democratic device that gives some American citizens far more voting power than others, based purely on where they live.
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@wydblaise The professional athlete was a top agility dog at Westminster where Amy won best in show for the herding breeds.
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A roving scooter gang of weed addicts attacked a courageous citizen for asking them politely to stop smoking weed at the Washington monument (which is illegal)
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@localsweety @aidannonx You date to find all the things you don't want in a partner. Your thesis makes sense.
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@aidannonx the men you date are not a reflection of the man you will marry.
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I am begging women to stop saying this stuff publicly
Blaise ⛧@wydblaise
When Kate Hudson revealed she wasn’t attracted to the “good men” and she even broke up with one of her exes because he had morals and wasn’t the “feisty, wild type” “His morals were sturdy, He is such a lovely person, I’m not so sure I’m attracted to the good men”
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@LBDuck22 @2ndsucks86 @HmhXYhwH @cturnbull1968 We left it for the Afghan gov and they capitulated to immediately. That America's fault?
It was a problem the military was never going to solve. How do people not understand that?
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@2ndsucks86 @HmhXYhwH @JoshStall @cturnbull1968 He might of ended it but a terrible way to. Lost us billions in guns and equipment, and left without a contingency in place
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I will never understand how 77 million, of our fellow Americans, looked at this imbecile and decided he was qualified to lead our country.
Republicans against Trump@RpsAgainstTrump
Trump: I ended 8 wars. A ninth is coming. Nobody's ever ended one war. Who's ended one? Nobody
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This would be a two or three week news story in a previous administration, and might even lead to the resignation of the defense secretary. He literally fabricated a Biblical quote, based off of a movie, while pretending to be a pious Christian.
But under Trump, we’ll have moved on by tomorrow.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇺🇸 Hegseth recited “Ezekiel 25:17” speech at a Pentagon church service. But here’s the problem: it’s not actually from the Bible, but from Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. He even tweaked the ending to reference a military rescue unit. Who do you think pulled it off better? Hegseth or Samuel L. Jackson?
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@StonKold @cturnbull1968 Hamas backed Sunni rebels while Iran backed Assad, Hamas is Sunni, Hamas has its own command structure that escalates on its own terms, Hamas gets money from Qatar as well.
Don't rely on AI. Learn geopolitics.
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Well, we’re supporting genocides, launching failed wars of aggression, putting everyone’s livelihoods at risk with our policy of garrisoning the world economy, and shaking down everyone and their mother.
Meanwhile, the Chinese are doing more than anyone else to transition the world towards a post-carbon future, and generally behaving responsibly in the world.
But it is not just policies. Everyone can see the dramatic contrast in the competence of the two nations.
What is surprising is not that perceptions of China are getting more positive. What is surprising is that, despite @mgurri’s global information sphere, the US public remains so indoctrinated as to not see these elementary facts.
In other words, what demands explanation is the improbable success of the Chomsky-Herman propaganda model despite the revolutions in the media landscape.
Kyle Chan@kyleichan
Why have Americans’ views of China been getting gradually more positive over the past few years?
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@Lonskils @jvt1976 @AmyDangerfield My ancestors have nothing to do with my decision on whether killing children is moral...such a flimsy argument
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@jvt1976 @AmyDangerfield You didn't have your homeland destroyed and have your ancestors be blamed for everything under the sun. Isreal is a single state in the ME that many Jews can return to. I can't pretend to know what that feels like, you sure don't. Good day Sir, Good day.
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Adam takes no issue with children and civilians being slaughtered in Gaza and Lebanon and tells Vinnie he needs to “pick a side”
Proud of Vinnie for his response.
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@StonKold @cturnbull1968 Israel talking about Turkey as the next Iran, civil war in yemen (only partially influenced by Iran)
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@HmhXYhwH @EviternityZero @wedgeex @cturnbull1968 You just had to get the ignorance out...invocation of Nazis...hilarious
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@JoshStall @cturnbull1968 The only thing between peace in the Middle East and terror is Iran Pal. Trump isolated Iran during his first term and is now insuring they are incapable of sowing chaos any longer. Genius.
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@CQueenbeejdl @OurShallowState Just an fyi not looking to argue ...psychopaths and malignant narcissists are different things.
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@OurShallowState You’re wrong. When it comes to these people they’re on a scale. Often you find the lower IQ folks in jail or at the helm of companies they destroy. You don’t notice the highly intelligent until they get caught. Ppl don’t know companies are selecting for psychopathy.
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Trump is unique among malignant narcissists in that he's of below average intelligence, inarticulate, and poorly read. Even non-political malignant narcissists (Ted Bundy) have very high IQ's. And all "cult of personality" malignant narcissists (Jim Jones) are literate and sharp.
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@HmhXYhwH @cturnbull1968 I can't educate the willfully ignorant. If you don't respect yourself enough to invest in knowledge acquisition, not much I can do for you.
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@JoshStall @cturnbull1968 Educate me. Make a list of what he did right. I'll wait
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