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Recent content by southwest88

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    Across the table.

    I'd have to read the room. If it's possible to have a high-level conversation about republic versus authoritarian government, & from there go to the specifics of Trump's administration - without causing distress nor scaring the horses - a good conversation might be had. Otherwise, I'd probably...
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    The sort of people Progressives are

    Well, yah, good points. Except that this photo is from Brazil, April 2018. I certainly hope they've cleaned up this mess, but it doesn't have much to do with water pollution in the US.
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    The sort of people Progressives are

    & before those 40 years, he was a sports broadcaster, a B actor, head of the Screen Actors Guild trade union - twice, & a Democrat himself. He hosted General Electric Theater, was a motivational speaker for GE Corporation, acted & hosted on other TV programming. I don't recall - more likely...
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    World’s first nuclear fusion plant being built in US to power Microsoft data centers

    Yep. This availability issue is an argument for solar energy collectors in geostationary orbit (polar?) - & then beaming the power down to collection centers, which would then connect to the standard electrical grid. The sun is always shining, barring catastrophe.
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    World’s first nuclear fusion plant being built in US to power Microsoft data centers

    Yah. See - (See the first comment.) Apparently there would be a nuclear radioactivity release event, but not as serious as a standard nuclear water to steam fission meltdown. Still not something you'd want to be around.
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    Complaints about the leftist leaning of this forum

    Yah. It can't be a debate if everyone agrees. Then it's just some kind of affirmation. Not much interested in that.
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    Why if the DHS director cosplaying Cowgirl Barbie in Argentina on the US taxpayer dime?

    Worry if she's looking for the balcony @ the Casa Rosada overlooking the Plaza de Mayo in BA, trying to cast someone to play General Juan Perón, & practicing/learning the lyrics & blocking to Don't cry for me Argentina. (But does she have the pipes?)
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    Trump’s mass deportation is backfiring

    It's likely that no one in the US remembers this, the last time it happened here - TMK - was during the Red Scare (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Scare ), under President Wilson. The Show trials we remember were probably under Stalin/USSR, E. Europe, N. Korea, China, Cuba, etc. &...
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    Complaints about the leftist leaning of this forum

    Yah, Krauthammer was good. His spinal? injury finally caught up with him, I think. George Will? A good stylist - lots of sports - baseball? - metaphors in his writing. I'm not big on sports, so ... Mrs. likes to watch the re-incarnation of Firing Line on PBS. A mistake, I think. The...
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    Complaints about the leftist leaning of this forum

    Yes, Chomsky's excellent too. I was looking for an exception to the average, in terms of political Conservatives who were also handy with language & ideas. Buckley was probably the guy.
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    Complaints about the leftist leaning of this forum

    That might be a stretch. I think the MAGAs tend not to cultivate the Humanities @ universities - history, rhetoric, speech, etc. I'm not sure about the reasons for that.
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    Complaints about the leftist leaning of this forum

    The people who join MAGA don't typically take over universities. So they don't seem to have good rhetorical skills. (Or maybe they just prefer applied sciences, & don't pay much attention to the humanities.) William F. Buckley, Jr. was a notable exception on the Conservative side. Compared...
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    Conservatives tried to hijack Juneteenth Day by claiming Republicans freed the slaves

    If this is about the Emancipation Proclamation, then the debate is murkier than this. Lincoln didn't start out with the notion of freeing the slaves - he began with the aim of preserving the Union. Once he realized the war would be a long & bloody one, he eventually came around to the idea of...
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    Your attitudes about the opinions of the other side

    I tend to skip polls - it's very hard to cover the range of alternative answers comprehensively. When I evaluate positions, I look @ the cites - if there are any. If those don't make sense, I'll glance @ the bare opinion, but it's a bad sign if the cites are MIA or don't actually support the...
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    Hello from the Loft

    On chat sites, I usually feel I'm talking to the audience, not so much the person I'm directly addressing. That's why I'll provide cites, URLs, etc. - so that anyone interested can go see the info I'm working from. Loft is an interesting word, noun or verb. I think I prefer the verb.
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