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Davis it is not my original research. It is the opinion of Sam Harris after looking at statistics. He is also aware of Black intellectuals who share his opinion and were willing to be interviewed but since it is such a shocking and unorthodox conclusion he did podcast himself. I have differed from Sam only on a few issues and found him to have integrity.

sMy memory of Jimmy the Greek is that he said slave owners bred their slaves for strength. So the slave owner selected the biggest strongest males and females to reproduce and that is the explanation for current superiority of black athletes. I don’t know if he was a racist but he had a great voice that made ya excited about football.

Charles Murray was interviewed by Sam Harris. Came off a reasonable guy without a trace of bigotry. But he challenged the orthodoxy and that is a no-no. And now BLM movement does not want to hear that the cops kill blacks at greater rate is false. But it is false.

The free marketplace of ideas idea is an ideal of the enlightenment. A delightful idea it is…it is…it aint so though…

I listened to an interview of Trump by Donahue in 1987. Was shocked that Trump did not come off as an idiot. Was reasonably sharp and articulate.

How rich to have two candidates who are in serious cognitive decline.

Ivy, that gave me a good laugh as i sit here in a fog caused by lyme disease.

Yeah the Republicans are complicit. Whether he wins election or loses election i can’t see him stepping aside.

Andre Brown, we differ on the notion Christianity is ignorant on issue of morality. Christianity has done an amazing con job on the masses equating its practices with morality-selling the notion that it is the only path to righteousness. The issue of morality is irrelevant. It is simply about power. Fortunately its power is waning. May it die a…[Read more]

Ivy, you are absolutely correct that it is the battle ground states that will determine the election. But your notion that movable voters from those states will not move is not something i can not get behind. What difference if they’re from the bluest state, the reddest state or the moon? Factors that moved voters in the past will continue to move…[Read more]

Ivy, as you know most of Trump’s base is implacable and immovable. But there are legit republicans who are not cultists and realize they made a mistake. There are also independents who are to be won or lost. Kamala will appeal to many of those voters. She was a real law and order asshole. The specter of chaos makes her a good selection. She is…[Read more]

Ivy, why are you freaking out about Kamala? What makes her a greater target than any of the other potential VPs who were not chosen by Biden?

Unite republican and democrat? Now? In this universe? That person would have to be God or his emissary with clear proof of his provenance.

We agree and it is almost certainly consensus that priority is to defeat Trump-and then have a good plan when he refuses to leave. I see it differently in terms of her impact. She is that republican woman.…[Read more]

Michael i only made it ten minutes or so. That is embarrassing. GaRbaGE…but it will only fool ignorant and willful theists.

Ivy, what do you think will be in controversy? I am guessing it won’t be over her horrible record as a prosecutor.

Not buying that story about evolution, eh Michael?

Why would skeletons of Iron Giant forbears upend evolution?

Mammals have down-sized greatly. If those skulls are authentic fossils of great big humans then i say so what! many of our ancestors became extinct. It is also increasingly clear that the various lineages were so horny that there is mixing of Denisovan, Neanderthal and other lineages. I…[Read more]

Ivy i think it was a good VP selection. Trump will attack? So what? He always does.

The BLM movement and fight for civil rights is paramount. The time is now. Now is the time. If Biden had selected a white VP there would have been a big backlash. Kamala is reasonably intelligent, self-assured, has presence and is unafraid to mix it up. She will…[Read more]

Yeah Unseen that makes sense.

I am not aware of any precedent for that issue. Nor am i aware of any rules to decide it.