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• Hey, Right Wingers, Got a Tatttoo?

  I am going straight to the source since I don't want to be accused of spreading fake news. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• How Kavanaugh (and the Legal Community) Flubbed the Sexual Assault Accusations.

  Note: this was written close to when the first post was, but posted later for a few reasons. Let's start with the facts as stated by the accuser, which I will... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• More on the Founders and Republics

  Another of the benefits claimed by the founders for having a republic over a democracy is that republics are supposed to be free of factions. That is that... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Don’t Quote the Founders on Republics

  I have serious questions about anyone who venerated the founders, who had no fucking idea what they were doing. That’s pretty much of an understatement for... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Accusations Against Kavanaugh Show He Shouldn't Be a Justice, but Not for th...

  OK, there was a question using a similar scenario to what Kavanaugh is facing given on a test during my legal education, which means that the legal issues here... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Pro-gun Position is Bullshit.

  Sorry people, but the pro-gun position is based upon lies. It's pretty much a given that the serious research that was done on this issue has this result: In... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Originalist's Dilemma

  Brett Kavanaugh is exposing a dangerous and silly pretense for Constitutional interpretation: especially after showing that the Second Amendment in no way... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Originalism and the Second Amendment

  This is all very simple since according to people who claim to believe in Originalism, "Constitutional interpretation should remain anchored in the original... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Answer Me This One Question Before You Go on About Russian Collusion

  

  Carefully study this picture before answering: Please explain to me the disparity between the popular vote (small print under photos of candidates) and the... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why It's Russian Interference Instead of Election Reform.

  There is a reason people are fixated with are having Russian Interference shoved down their throats: Both parties are guilty of "dirty tricks". Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Postscript to How Bad Was Early Firearms Technology?

  English musketeers didn't use swords, instead they used their weapons as clubs! Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• How Bad Was Early Firearms Technology?

  

  Quick, what do you think of when you hear the word musketeer? A musketeer, from the French mousquetaire, was a type of soldier equipped with a musket. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why Doesn't US MSM Publish Things Like This.

  Al-Jazeera on Trump being Putin's puppet: Trump does not behave as Putin's puppet. He behaves as a person who sees himself as a great deal-maker, who is able... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Maybe I Shouldn't Write off Fox News...

  

  I have to agree that I don't think these indictments will go anywhere since there is way too much refutation to this case to provide reasonable doubt. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Internal Misconduct is Far More of a Concern Than "foreign Interference".

  As I said before, if the goal of  the alleged "Russian interference" in US elections is to destroy confidence in the process, then they don't have too much... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Wanna See a Liberal's Head Explode.

  

  I could see this one coming. I mean it had to come didn't it. Now, watch the pundits try to dodge accusations of anti-semitism if they decide to go down this... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Russian Influence Or Was Hillary Just a Bad Candidate?

  Nate Silver points out that: How did Trump win? Or more to the point, how did Trump win given that he only had a 38 percent favorability rating among people... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The People Who Persuaded Me It Would Be OK to Vote Green.

  

  Hey, Mueller, you gonna indict these people too??? Because they were so sure she was going to win, Hillary Clinton couldn’t have really lost. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Hillary Clinton's Margin of the Popular Vote

  2,868,686 That is the number of popular votes that Hillary Clinton had over Donald Trump. It was a number that was 2.1% more of the popular vote than Donald... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• You Don't Need Russians to Interfere Or Meddle Or Whatever.

  The threat is real. There is unanimity of opinion in the intelligence community that hackers working on behalf of the Russian government undertook a... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2018 DEBATE, SOCIETY