TheEncogitationer

Reg,

A new era of political violence? (I like the first comment… In a country of 330 million).

Once again, OnlySky is a lame as The Watchtower.

The alleged shooter…[Redacted]… comes from a white, conservative, gun-loving Mormon family. What’s more, the bizarre messages allegedly inscribed on his bullets showed he wasn’t just any c…

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Reg,

Bad ethics is at the rotten core of MAHA vaccine policy. It’s so stupid that even Trump hits back against Ladapo.

To give an update on my earlier situation, I got lucky and was able to get a prescription for a COVID-19 vaccine, completely covered by my insurance, with only the hassle of going to my Primary Care Physician, who fortunately d…[Read more]

Reg,

Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence.

Annoying, simplistic articles like this tend to have a way of avoiding some of the more obvious examples.

What about all the violence done during the “Summer of Love” for Saint George Floyd in 2020? Or violence associated with protests of the Occupy…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers,

Armin Navabi’s Atheist Republic site on YouTube is on fire about the whole Charlie Kirk story!

Armin is extensively examining Kirk’s videos to find out if the accusations made about his views are correct. So far, he has found that while Charlie didn’t favor Homosexuality or Transgenderism as a Christian, Kirk had no…[Read more]

Jake,

At the same time free speech is not an absolute. And as i have indicated and still opine there are instances in which hate speech should be banned. But that is just me and the fucking progressives that i now despise! And i despise them even though i recognize that nobody is home. That they are caught up in the river of belief and incapable…

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Reg and Fellow Unbelievers,

It’s like I’ve said before: Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation (MDM *Growl* 🦁) are bad things, but government is the last one to trust to end them.

And suppression of free expression is wrong whether done by an assassin to Salman Rushdie or Charlie Kirk or by a jawboning government bureaucracy like the…[Read more]

Jake,

O. Henry’s little Red Chief managed and it was funny to watch the TV version. (Note: the written story has offensively named geography, but the plot is what counts.)

It looks like those Israeli girls had the right idea for foiling Hamas’ propaganda war by showing resilience.

Unseen,

Are you one of those people? I’m going to admit three things I admit I was wrong about and then it’ll be your turn. 1) I didn’t think Ukraine had a chance vs. Russia; 2) I backed Tulsi Gabbard’s presidential run when it looked like she was the only antiwar candidate; 3) I invested $2000 in cryptocurrencies and that investment is now wor…

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Jake,

In terms of Israel Gaza i think probably those hostages should have been sacrificed for the sake of the future. Written off. If you can save any big big bonus but policy and war strategy should not be dependent on Israeli hostages. I know i would not have that position were i to have family or friends in such a position. However…

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Jake,

Am sort of surprised you see the dependence on Russian oil and gas as an impediment. Markets are not fixed. It can change. In fact the threat by Nato or USA might entail going elsewhere to purchase oil and gas.

Europe is starting to switch suppliers, but they had to have their heads put over a barrel by Putin before they would change, when…[Read more]

Unseen,

You posted one article entitled: When Vladimir Putin escalates his war, the world must meet him.

This article did praise the Ukrainians for resistance.

Everything else you posted was boasting how Putin and his weaponry were strong like bull, and how all the usual suspect “experts” blamed Ukraine and the West for wearing short skirts and…[Read more]

Jake,

Oh i did not change my mind Enco.

I think a great many lives could have been saved. I would have and i think i said at time let Putin know privately that if any further aggression comes that he will be assassinated and All of Nato countries will attack.

Didn’t see that in the thread, but all the NATO nations would have to go along. Not…[Read more]

Unseen,

If you opposed Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, you were a poor spokesman for making that clear. Russia Today would have lapped up your posts.

Jake,

Go back to the thread War In Europe: It Has Begun.

You were ready to surrender Ukraine to Putin when the fight had barely begun. And this despite opposition of Russian Jews to Putin’s invasion and despite Zelynsky being Jewish himself. And despite Putin’s own salaam-ing to Islam. You actually thought globaloney social worker talk would…[Read more]

Unseen,

I don’t go on TikTok, so I had to look up “sharking.” No I don’t support sharking or upskirting or any nonconsensual sexual act.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine did not have such esoteric terminology and thus is easy to understand.

Unseen,

This was your first post in the thread entitled War In Europe, It Has Begun:

Now, bear in mind that today’s weapons of conventional warfare are orders of magnitude more lethal than the corresponding weapons available to both sides (short of the atom bomb, of course) in WW2. Smart bombs, laser-guided missiles, tactical nukes, antitank m…

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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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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]

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???

You might have just o…[Read more]