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TheEncogitationer wrote:
Over 1,700 cases of measles diagnosed in Israel

That’s close to what USA has had, and I’m surprised it hasn’t gotten more out of hand. Maybe it’ll pick up again. (Y’all heard Kennedy now blaming autism on Tylenol, linked directly to it being taken right after circumcisions, right?)

Biggest surprise to me, since Kennedy…[Read more]

Vaccine rates are well below average in the ultra-orthodox communities at about 77% and they are closely grouped the risks of measles spreading is higher. Herd immunity should be 95% or greater. Similar numbers in the US this year too. Gaines County in West Texas really suffered. Two children in Texas (unvaccinated, no underlying conditions) died…[Read more]

I thought I could finally catch up on sleep and relax a bit, but ran into this Legal AF video explaining how the SCOTUS partisan takeover has been in the cards for decades. It’s all believable to me, but I’ve never been a competent student of history, so I’m interested in any criticisms of what’s presented in this video. It feels like…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-869819

Awesome medical research, triage, and treatment news in the JP article. Extremely significant, IMO. I’ll bet lots of non-Israelis get chances to appreciate it, too. Like… almost every country in the world. If only Trump would just try it out and show us a scan asap, for…[Read more]

Thanks Enco. I am very experienced in spotting the narrow-minded and dangerous idiots who get frustrated and angry when finding themselves incapable of responding rationally to facts. I have manned Atheist Ireland tables around the country over the years and encountered all types of weirdos and religious bigots. I usually take a Socratic approach…[Read more]

I don’t think I did Jake, but I did rattle their echo chamber with external inputs. She was willing to listen. My comments would sound forthright and assured rather than combative because I generally only talk about things I have a understanding of. I don’t have “isms” that I believe in. Rather, I have “considered opinions on topics I have made…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen, You didn’t even read my questions, though you did answer them despite yourself.

I’ll humor you.

So, this is the sort of thing that goes on around the ICE facility in Portland. It’s very localized. Portland is not burning. It’s simply the sort of protest that has happened innumerable times in America’s history.

Now, there are circumstances when a governor might want to call in Federal help. One…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
If the “Blues” are the ones who create the programs that redistribute wealth and the “Reds” are the beneficiaries more than the “Blues”, doesn’t that make the “Blues” dummies?

I suppose it might if the blue states had a way of directly controlling how the red states spend their money. They don’t.

And aren’t the “Blues…

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Portlanders racing out of the city to escape rampaging Antifas, BLMers, and maybe even Hamasers?

Nope. Just the annual Portland marathon going on without a hitch.

I just watched a clip of Trump earlier today condemning the judge who put his militaristic plans for Portland on hold mixed in with the…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen,

The problem with blue cities with high crime rates existing in red states is that they are in red states with state governments that don’t feel like helping any part of the state which isn’t white and conservative.

But wait a minute, you just said before and almost in the same breath that Red States were the “ta…

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 MAGA is certainly not limited government conservative.

Talk about logical contradictions. Why don’t you research deficit growth (especially relative to GDP) under old school Republican vs Dem administrations over the decades and then tell us why you fell for the “conservative” bullshit like so many others.

Conservative were never really for…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
The problem with blue cities with high crime rates existing in red states is that they are in red states with state governments that don’t feel like helping any part of the state which isn’t white and conservative.

Yes, for example, around here, the State Dept of Transpo will completely repave a suburban state road over and over but…[Read more]

“The President’s determination is untethered to the facts.”

The problem with blue cities with high crime rates existing in red states is that they are in red states with state governments that don’t feel like helping any part of the state which isn’t white and conservative.

And if anyone thinks “the army” is an answer to crime in a democracy and will somehow fix the root causes, well they are a fucking fascist. You won’t like “the fix”, you know. Saudi has a super low crime rate. It’s all too stooopid.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Robert, And you’ll notice from the Axios article linked above that the Southern States you mentioned have blue cities with high murder rates. So bipartisan bloodbaths anyone?

Those blue cities in red states are too small to swing the electoral college scam, especially with all the gerrymandering. But yeah, the whole red s…[Read more]