Unseen,

Sure. He’s the one who doesn’t see our astronomical gun death problem as even a problem, because it’s basically a kind of “cost of doing business” if you want virtually no control over who gets to have them.

Still, “Lucky”??? Where’s the “luck” in getting shot and killed???

I’m on the right side of history, I feel, on Gaza.

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
You’re saying Charlie Kirk was lucky to get shot and killed???

You might have just outdone all the crap you’ve said since the Ruuso-Ukraine War and the Gaza-Israeli War.

Sure. He’s the one who doesn’t see our astronomical gun death problem as even a problem, because it’s basically a kind of “cost of doing business” if you…[Read more]

Reg,

Also, Red China is still an authoritarian economy with tight controls over economic data and strong incentive to bend it to please. How much of the data they release outside The Middle Kingdom is real?

Reg,

China and India would still be the biggest Carbon belchers on the Planet just by sheer dint of their numbers and the resources needed to support them. I remember a CNN report in the late Nineties of a black cloud on the Sino-Indian border that killed hundreds of thousands in a single sweep. I seriously doubt they’ve got rid of that much…[Read more]

Just about everyone outside China underestimates China.  They added about 357GW of wind and solar capacity in 2024. The total in the EU was about 80GW and the USA, a maximum of 60GW. China will probably be further ahead this year, around the 500GW mark. Yes, they are still investing in coal but have defined targets to phase it out in the long…[Read more]

Unseen,

Lucky for him he was shot dead and not his wife or one of his children. I’m trying to imagine him defending his position that some deaths, like his wife or child, are okay as long as people get to have any old gun they want whenever they want one.

You’re saying Charlie Kirk was lucky to get shot and killed???

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@Enco

The only explicit position of mine you quoted was “Zero gun violence is not the goal. Reducing the amount of gun violence is the goal.”

The point of that quote was only to note the irony that his tough guy, unempatheric approach brushed aside the human cost of a country swimming in guns. Lucky for him he was shot dead and not his wife or…[Read more]

Reg,

Environment: Will China save the world from climate change?

Three words: Belt And Road.

All of which involve fossil fuels. Not to mention all of the “ghost cities” China has built.

OnlySky is about as loopy as The Watchtower.

Reg and Fellow Unbelievers,

Last night, Armin Navabi of Atheist Republic had an episode after they caught Charlie Kirk’s murderer where Armin was going through Internet postings about the murder and fact-checking claims about it. Very instructive for dealing with any issue where facts are in question:

Charlie Kirk’s Killer EXPOSED As A…[Read more]

Have a great week Everyone!

“Compassion isn’t divine—it’s human. We had kindness long before we had commandments.” -me.