A Guide To Bad Faith Arguments Against Bernie Sanders

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

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Colorado Has One of the Highest Voter Turnouts in the Country.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

Minnesota ! We're Number ONE ! ! ! :P http://worldpopulationreview.com/states/voter-turnout-by-state/ http://www.electproject.org/2018g

Hey music fans I'm liking this band from Australia! What say you? [m.youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

I think -- therefore I am :)

Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

Is Dead God ? :P

BESPOKE--Made for a particular customer or user, selling bespoke goods, especially clothing

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bespoke

[youtu.be] George Harrison. - Cloud Nine (live in Japan 1991)

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

George Harrison – lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, synthesizer, autoharp,[23] sitar, backing vocals Jeff Lynne – bass, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, synthesizer,[23] backing vocals Eric Clapton – electric guitar on "Cloud 9", "That's What It Takes", "Devil's Radio" and "Wreck of the Hesperus"[23] Elton John – electric piano on "Cloud 9", piano on "Devil's Radio" and "Wreck of the Hesperus"[23] Jim Keltner – drums Ringo Starr – drums Ray Cooper – drums, percussion Bobby Kok – cello

Tim Minchin’s in a new show on tele, seeing him reminded me how much I love his work, so here’s ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

Even if I accepted (I don't) the mom-in-the-church event(s), I would say anecdotes are not data.

Monty Python always made me laugh, even when i was young.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

. . . The Ministry of Silly Walks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78OKaiYld1E

Monty Python always made me laugh, even when i was young.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

. . . it's not dead -- it is **pinin'**

Monty Python always made me laugh, even when i was young.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

. . . This is a bass :P

Monty Python always made me laugh, even when i was young.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

. . . a man with three buttocks :P

What's your stance on healthcare in the United States?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

By what **objective** criteria can anyone claim that our health care system is the best ? These three (arguably the most important) argue against that claim : a) cost b) infant mortality c) life expectancy Given the cost, our outcomes (b,c) should be **much** better !

White House Ends Bar Association’s Role in Vetting Judges

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

. . . loyalty demand no criticisms of any kind.

Pence Once Claimed Lying And Having Affairs Made A President Unfit To Serve

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

https://www.reddit.com/r/moderatepolitics/comments/aq031d/banning_of_mavenroundtableio/

Anyone else absolutely worship this show? I can't be the only one!

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

Am I the only one wondering if you **are** the only one ? :)

The News In Cartoons

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

Humor is good. I don't think it is a good source for **news**. :)

"Baby Trump' balloon slashed at Alabama appearance" [msn.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

. . . and slasher was arrested.

How to write good.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

. . . good, better, best, never let it rest . . . :P

I’d like to test out this theory

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

"hypothesis" As agnostics/non-believers, shouldn't we be careful about the correct use of "theory" ? https://www.nas.edu/evolution/TheoryOrFact.html

Just found this cool website 😎 and it explains about atheist/ agnostic/ theist/ nostic.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

Atheism is a religion like **not collecting stamps** is a hobby. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_of_theistic_probability

Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

Steve Winwood — vocals, acoustic guitar, piano Chris Wood — flute, percussion Jim Capaldi — vocals, tambourine

Robert Redford: A Race Against Time to Undo Damage Caused by Trump

FearlessFly comments on Nov 10, 2019:

Isn't posting the entire text likely a copyright violation, not fair use ?

Actual conversation Conservative Friend: so you don’t think “In god we trust” belongs on ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

CF: "you fight your battles, I'll fight mine"

Why is Minnesota one of the coldest places in a warming earth? | MPR News

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

It is intentional, helps us keep-out the riff-raff :) (I kid, I kid)

I want to hear whats people are now listening in music, can you share your link?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

You might want to check-out the "Music Fans" group !

Former Prosecutor Reads Federal Code On Live TV And Calls Republicans Criminal Accessories

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

Will that convince Republicans ? Color me skeptical :P

I don't play golf.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

I'd say he is doing plenty of damage : https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/how-much-time-trump-spending-trump-properties-n753366

Some here have asked for more information about Neoliberalism and others have denied its existence.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

How is one to judge the 'newsworthiness'/veracity of a **blog post** ? ? ? I'm not claiming this one is "fake news", but a credible/verifiable source would be more helpful to begin-with.

The Iconoclast: ; : A wonderful TIRADE .

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

If there was such a majority (for Brexit) why has it failed so miserably to materialize ?

Caro Emerald - Paris (Acoustic) - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

I would describe it as enchanting

Wasn't sure where this goes but I found the subject matter interesting. [skeptophilia.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

IMHO, the Academic (e.g. Science) group posts should be **actual science**, (more than a blog website).

A Ph.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

Duty calls : https://xkcd.com/386/

The argument of intelligent design is very popular among the religious because on the surface it ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

In this group, I would think this should be the first-and-best argument against ID : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_v._Dover_Area_School_District

Couldn't agree more

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

. . . or morality (covet thy neighbors' wife) as a guide to legality. :)

Report: Churches Cost Taxpayers $71 Billion Annually | Michael Stone

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

While I don't agree with the tax exempt status of churches, I have always maintained that you can't lose something that you never had.

How do you feel about exaggerating to make a point?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 9, 2019:

I'll say it again, sugar coating leads to truth decay. :P

Came across this and found it interesting.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 8, 2019:

I read this back in March. I think most atheists would agree with "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence”, but that's not the whole story. (this is not the whole story either) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_of_theistic_probability

Atlanta Pastor Says America Isn't Ready for Gay, Married Prez

FearlessFly comments on Nov 8, 2019:

This plays well with Trump's base -- who are most likely not going to vote LGBT.

Should you doubt the forces of life and the power of renewal, simply observe the miracle of a ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 8, 2019:

In nature, where something **can** grow, it **will** grow. :P

Good job, my friend... You deserve a reward. 👍 [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 8, 2019:

This was in March 2014 : https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/03/11/man-who-kicked-robber-in-the-face-says-hed-do-it-again/

The First 2 Congressmen To Endorse Trump Have Been Indicted

FearlessFly comments on Nov 7, 2019:

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/08/08/chris-collins-list-congressional-lawmakers-indicted-since-2005/934800002/

The World's Thickest Mountain Glacier Is Finally Melting, and Climate Change Is 100% to Blame | Live...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 7, 2019:

Sad, sure but given the circumstances, inevitable. :(

Do you like old movies?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 7, 2019:

To me, any movie that I haven't seen is not an old movie :P

Does aggressive music cause a person to become aggressive?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 7, 2019:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc

Is Bloomberg the new Democratic savior?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 7, 2019:

Hillary ? I doubt she would. Bloomberg ? Speculation.

Went to a benefit luncheon today for the Dawson Place Child Advocacy Center (consider donating, good...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 7, 2019:

I saw the movie . . . powerful .

To Understand Facebook, Study Capgras Syndrome

FearlessFly comments on Nov 7, 2019:

. . . and fairly unconvincing of "understanding Facebook" ! I think my earlier post could enlighten some FB users : "Do y'all FB (AOL,Yahoo!) users think you are critical thinkers and have a nose-for-news ?"

Scientific Proof some men scientists are REAL ASSHOLES! [futurism.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 7, 2019:

Despite what (any) media might say, science doesn't **prove** anything (Sir Isaac Newton, gravity). It does a pretty good job of convincing, though.

At Least 100 LGBTQ Candidates Win Elections as Rainbow Wave Continues

FearlessFly comments on Nov 7, 2019:

Diversity, reality, good.

One of the best TED Talks I've seen in awhile.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 7, 2019:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Hari :(

Jury Awards $101M In Verdict Vs. Hospital Over Boy’s Brain Damage – CBS Chicago

FearlessFly comments on Nov 6, 2019:

The "optics" are definitely bad for an appeal.

The universe may be conscious, say prominent scientists - Big Think

FearlessFly comments on Nov 6, 2019:

I think human consciousness (as difficult as that is) should be nailed-down first.

This has probably been said but Ken Burns' Vietnam series was eye opening and for me deeply moving.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 6, 2019:

I think I have seen all of his series, yet to find one that wasn't very, very good.

Trump and the Obstructionist republicans insane agenda against the people of this country by higher ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 6, 2019:

Who is funding ReplaceNafta.org ? more info needed

Better an uncomfortable truth than a comfortable lie? What say you?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 6, 2019:

I generally say 'sugar coating leads to truth decay' :P

Kentucky outcome embarrasses Trump and worries many Republicans ahead of 2020 - The Washington Post

FearlessFly comments on Nov 6, 2019:

Probably recount(s), could possibly end-up in the (republican controlled) legislature.

SNL did a great job of handling the Medicare-for-All topic and humorously tackling possible funding ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 6, 2019:

Why would you think SNL is the place to start a discussion ?

SNL did a great job of handling the Medicare-for-All topic and humorously tackling possible funding ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 6, 2019:

. . .where to begin . . . Why would you try to claim that Trump has a plan ?

I no longer even think of debating.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 6, 2019:

Great Philosophical Debates: Free Will and Determinism https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/great-philosophical-debates-free-will-and-determinism.html 24 ~30 minute lectures, and by the end you will not know whether the professor is for/against it. The point is, all sides can't all be done on "opposite pages" !

Found this very amusing

FearlessFly comments on Nov 6, 2019:

Foucault's pendulum. Opposite directions in north/south hemisphere.

Republican Obstructionists driven by RNC are making thousands of bogus anti impeachment telephone ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

"Preaching to the choir" ?

Favorite films?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

Too voluminous to enumerate. :)

Future star. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

It has a good beat, you can dance to it. I'd give it a 8.2 :)

Some kinda wonderful.... I have music issues.....[youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

(with apologies to "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre") Issues ? We don't need no steenkin issues :P

"Alterum non laedere".

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

What about LIFTRs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor

It's funny how this site has a feature where you can see who's visited your profile.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

Surely not the only social networking site with that feature -- and I would contend it is not necessary to regard it as stalking.

Happy Monday

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

The kitty has a bad 'cattitude' :)

Man Sentenced To 30 Years For Biting Police Officer, As Child Rapist Cop Get Probation.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

That's not really a "man-bites-dog" story. some might say "man-bites-pig" :P

Cats agree.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

Apparently they like your 'cattitude' :)

It's a good question ... [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

I'm Gonna Cha-Cha :)

Well, that sums it up pretty well for most of us...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

What does that say about agnostics ? :P

Acid attack in Milwaukee.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

Doesn't the right continually accuse to left (this IMO being an example of hypocrisy) of identity politics ?

With past lovers, do you remember the best parts?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

All my exes live in Texas (only one but I like to say it !) :P

Remember, remember the fifth of November

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

I remember : "V For Vendetta (memorable, a recurring internet meme) [youtube.com]"

Lastest: I watched this masterpiece again.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

. . . seen it, liked the documentary better : "Burden of Dreams [criterion."

Just a random query: how many people know what Asperger's Syndrome is and how many people would be ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

I encounter two males with it regularly. Yes would date, but much less prevalent among females.

US joins South Arabia and Iraq in voting against UN resolution condemning the death penalty for gay ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

Why not provide a link ? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-gay-sex-death-penalty-un-same-sex-relations-human-rights-council-saudi-arabia-iraq-nikki-haley-a7980981.html

Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu to be indicated for bribery and fraud. MSNBC.COM

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

You didn't provide a link. https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/israeli-prime-minister-netanyahu-indicted-for-bribery-and-fraud-1449850947906 I think MSNBC got it wrong. Israel begins Netanyahu’s pre-indictment corruption hearing https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-10-02/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-corruption-hearing

The question of the so-called "fine-tuning" of the universe and its basic constants is one of the ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

I prefer option five, to remain agnostic :P

My last girlfriend, ideal man, was a Christian.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 5, 2019:

And Evis [sic] says -- You ain't nothing but a hound dog ! :P

Is Chris hedges correct about Trump and the Deep State?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 4, 2019:

Opinion, one (liberal) person's opinion. (yes, I'm liberal too)

Poll Shows Democrats Have Been Living in a Fantasy World

FearlessFly comments on Nov 4, 2019:

Does **anybody** (especially non-believers) rely on POLLS a year before an election ? Really ??

Any time spent worrying about Beto was time wasted.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 4, 2019:

National exposure is not necessarily wasted.

Japanese Fisheries Collapsed Due to Pesticides, New Research Says - EcoWatch

FearlessFly comments on Nov 4, 2019:

This is a dupe : "Use of neonicotinoids on rice paddies linked to fishery collapse in Japan [phys.org] "

The GOP Tax Cuts Didn’t Work - The Atlantic

FearlessFly comments on Nov 4, 2019:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/why-donald-trumps-economic-dream-crumbled/601153/ The above link works fine, the rest (FB referral?) is completely superfluous. ?fbclid=IwAR2WBPn4uQjJRkSbJ76dW9PUxKGrNWFJDyFZ-CgVV2xvrLy1lrZG-Ykeyoo

United States Spend Ten Times More On Fossil Fuel Subsidies Than Education

FearlessFly comments on Nov 4, 2019:

Money and politics are not strange bedfellows.

Trump Taxes: Appeals Court Rules President Must Turn Over 8 Years of Tax Returns [nytimes.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 4, 2019:

Good news. Still an appeal to SCOTUS likely ?

Get Fuzzy Comic

FearlessFly comments on Nov 4, 2019:

I have been enlightened ! I think :P

SNL's Michael Che Sparks Backlash for 'Sexist and Ageist' Comments During Weekend Update

FearlessFly comments on Nov 4, 2019:

Where is the evidence of "truths about humanity that were once a common standard" [**citation needed**]

Okay.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 4, 2019:

I don't think there is a working one yet, but isn't it good they are trying ? https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a29427713/navy-compact-fusion-reactor/ https://www.iter.org/

I'm prolific… I think. What's a lific?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 4, 2019:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/prolific

Telekinesis Magic Trick Demonstrates Why We Should Be Skeptical of the Paranormal.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 4, 2019:

Electromagnetism ?

Good for when that Soros money dries up 🤦

FearlessFly comments on Nov 3, 2019:

Hiring paid shills is not a new idea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shill#Etymology

Keith Urban - Happy birthday, Mate! Keith Urban and John Mayer Don't Let me Down [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 3, 2019:

I'm in love for (not) the first time, don't you know it didn't last :P

Join me in LA,,,[youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 3, 2019:

"This video is not available" :(

Poally should watch this.....[youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 3, 2019:

It's not rock-n-roll, but I Poally **liked** it :P

Quim is a friend in Barcelona Spain.....[youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 3, 2019:

Nice harmonica.

Watching "Apocalypse Now".

FearlessFly comments on Nov 3, 2019:

I'm reminded of all the guest stars on Gunsmoke.

Maybe if they were to read it they might become agnostic or even atheist, who knows?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 3, 2019:

I know "book" is the colloquial usage, but technically it is an anthology.

Why is Helios not pulling the sun across the sky today?! Did he call off work?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 3, 2019:

Even if I 'accepted' Helios, the poll is a false dichotomy. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/false_dichotomy