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Hope you are right Robert.

But it does not have to be the Chinese or Russian paradigm as the predicate to  USA descending into fascism. Nor does it have to be Trump who is the Czar.

Americans are so divided and the politicization of covid to this degree is  insanity that would not have rung true/plausible or kept my interest in a novel.  The BS…[Read more]

Unseen, that definition of democracy is aesthetic and hollow. It is certainly not the ideal that decent humans would aspire to hold. It might be just fine to have limitations on voting based on age or mental capability but discriminating against entire groups defeats the vision.

It is not democracy when interests of business greatly influence…[Read more]

Thanks for that corroboration of my neighbor from low these many years in which this little drug addicted boy spoke with conviction about the man on the moon.

Has any civilization known democracy?

Ivy…The US is a ticking time bomb.

It feels that way to me. I will be surprised if we return to status quo.

Nor does the litany acknowledge the enhanced danger derived of dynamics and trends in modern free speech dissemination of propaganda and ideology.

Lets see.

Give a person too much power expect abuse of power.

But give a company too much power and free markets spread wealth, prosperity and equality.

Seems reasonable if you are not inclined to challenge your ideology.

Enco,

My perspicuity is enveloped in assiduity.  Pretty feckin sure i understood you and know your positions on these issues quite well.

You missed the point of my citing the KKK. Missed it even though it was a fastball without movement right down the middle. So i explained it. Went past you again while you were spitting chewing tobacco at the…[Read more]

Enco,

My point is that granting unbridled speech of the most virulent racist kind with those historical references to vicious lies and baseless propaganda is utterly without value as an idea-more significantly it enables the escalation of irrational hatred to a degree that boils over into violence. It has happened  agin n agin and will into the…[Read more]

Autumn i get your ambivalence. The notion of having the state interfere with citizens in the way they live is normally anathema.

In terms of fairness i am fine with upholding the constitutionality. I would go further and be fine with banning conversion therapy. Something so fundamental to a person’s sense of self and actual self ought not be…[Read more]

Autumn you are so cheerful.

In the USA that legislation might be deemed an infringement of free exercise.

Autumn, welcome back to the place where everybody knows your name.

Enco, your eternal vigilance is tantamount to Chief Inspector Clousea.

You did not know the numbers of KKK at its height, didya?

We are going down the drain. We are free to do that.

Enco: Individuals have the right to believe and express any absurd and even hateful crap that they choose. They have a right to peaceably assemble and associate or not associate as they choose. They have a right to keep and bear arms for legitimate self-defense, actual hunting, and harmless sport.

What no one has a right to do is communicate…[Read more]

Enco that was a anti-woke joke. I am in agreement that baseless accusations of racism are bad.

However i would not equate it with racism. Actual racism is one of the most egregious violations. The laws that
protect against crimes inspired by racism are a good thing, not trick laws.

The speeding ticket law firms give email alerts when NY cops…[Read more]

My TOE hurts.

It is hubris. It is an atom in an ocean figuring out not only currents and plankton but the entire sea and all that lays beyond it. It is a herculean task and then some. It relies on the notion of uniformity and is not substantiated or testable. Is physics a singular endeavor with properties that are uniform. Are there phenomena…[Read more]

Yeah Enco, cogito ergo Enco, racism used to be the titular horror for the most egregious shit. Now just say racism and see the targets take cover. We’ve made a lot of progress in the good ole USA. The kickback is a little awful though, in’it?

As to that NY state of mind love them thar Adirondacks. Don’t love the mind-bending laws and regs and a…[Read more]

Enco, that is racist!

Famous Amos wouldn’t have been famous if it were all the same to us.

Competition, markets good for consumers. Except when it isn’t. Big bizzz does not want competition to drive down prices and their profits so they pay to procure favorable laws. They purposely price out mom and pop to extinguish em. And when R & D produces…[Read more]

Enco, that is racist!

Smoke smoke have a toke. Pass it down to sis or bloke.

Enco in just a cursory perusal of your links, CON law was established in the 80s as fed.law to combat the uneven distribution of health care, rising costs and access. But it wasn’t working so it was repealed. But states continue to have CON agencies and regulations. Even so 22 states have dropped the CON requirements in light of the pandemic to…[Read more]