English common law is one of the most remarkable developments of civilization.

Krunoslav comments on Dec 19, 2020:

To add to the your post. It seems America and Canada being colony of British, inherited common law, while most of the Europe inherited Roman law from the Byzantine empire. :) Roman Law and Byzantine Imperial Legislation https://lawexplores.com/roman-law-and-byzantine-imperial-legislation/ ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 19, 2020:

re Stoner: I agree.

From Powerline's (Paul Mirengoff) > If Jill Biden hadn’t insisted on being called “Dr.

jaymaron comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Not all Doctors are created equal. A science degree is far more powerful than an education degree, and the scientist is likely a better teacher. You do not need to get an education degree to be a good teacher. Schools should hire people with real degrees. This is part of the war between ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 19, 2020:

I don't think it is a conflict with public vs private college degrees. There are great public universities that produce serious degrees and horrible private colleges that produce something not even worth the paper. My degree is in economics (as is my daughter's) but I recognize the effort of economics professors to 'beef up' the study/degree with more science - a general failure in my opinion - to bring it out of the 'social sciences' into the 'hard sciences'. Ed.D, like ALL social degrees have become (back in the 80s) a joke to those that pay little attention to 'credentialism'.

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 19, 2020:

@Lightman very Burkean....

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 19, 2020:

@Lightman I don't mean this in a harsh or derogatory way, but the definition of Conservative you use is, at best limited. I am going to refer you to something I wrote with regard to Conservative as defined by Russell Kirk, probably the best articulation of Conservative principles. My take on it too. http://moderatemainstream.blogspot.com/2010/02/mount-vernon-redux-orkirk-at-least-said.html I will note, that Australia, like the UK, have different meanings for the terms conservative and liberal than those used by the US. Right and Left are more accurate but even there, there is fuzziness at the margins.

There's no article I'm referencing and no structure to what I'm about to say.

WorldSigh comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Perhaps, the Luddites were right. We were better off without so much soul devouring technology.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 18, 2020:

Fire is dangerous if used at the wrong time, in the wrong place or for the wrong purpose. Don't toss out the tool because it is used poorly.

There's no article I'm referencing and no structure to what I'm about to say.

CodeBuster comments on Dec 18, 2020:

I understand what you're saying but I'm not so sure it's as much the "internet" as the simplicity at present for anyone to anonymously step in an create chaos, much like the night time vandal who destroys property merely for the sake of being rebellious. During my college years '81-82, the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 18, 2020:

Yea, my first access to the internet was via the university in 1987 - but I'd been on BBS' since 84 and owned a computer since 80. We were all serious geeks then. Had to be.

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay I don't think there IS anything of substance that could go into 'right progressive' or 'left conservative'. Some might suggest that the Alt-right could be a type of 'right progressive' and I do consider the far right and the far left to be opposite sides of the SAME coin. I've made a post on the Alt-right if someone wants to see it - it is four years old at this point. The Right is individual based - progressive is a collectivist/anti-individual approach - mutually exclusive. Conservative, virtually every possible variation is about maintaining the status-quo in some form...the exact opposite of 'progress' overturning institutions...

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@Lightman I think you are using too many buzz words and not enough substance. There are two variations of 'conservative' on the Right: Classical Conservative which is generally the stance of the traditional oriented Conservatives today and Classical Liberal which is founded upon the same ground as the Founding Fathers, ie personal liberty and responsibility. The current Left, could be broken into two as you suggest, maybe this way: Woke which abhors the individual and bases everything on the group as defined by specific identity characteristics shared within the group; and those that put the collective as the needed group to ensure all do well. Both attempt to use the term Liberal but it has been so badly butchered by the Left that it really doesn't apply. There is no 'conservative' Left using any version of the term as understood by political philosophy. Moderates tend to hold aspects of the collective in high regard while supporting the individual. Politically there is no party for them and they have to swing between both parties and candidates and positions like fans at Wimbledon.

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@Lightman Sure they are....probably well under a million.

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@Lightman Ah yes, THAT group is extreme....and well out of proportion to the number of people actually part of it... (another hint: a small, but noticeable subsection of the Left)... I call them the activists - and without a doubt, they are extreme, dangerous, and noisy

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@Lightman maybe the terms are opposites, but in my experience the PEOPLE associated with those terms are seldom such polar opposites. Of course the media and the politicians would like others to believe as you suggest....

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Best of luck getting it done - I truly loved my time flying. I had 112 hrs in my book when I stopped. Most of it in a 172, but also in a 210. I loved the Baron however expensive it was.

Interesting that our most popular groups are the fan groups.

jpnese comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Most people cant think for themselves ?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 18, 2020:

I think it has more to do with living lives vicariously through others - rather than living their own lives...

Can only white people be racist?

Satch comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Some degree of what may be considered racist tendencies are innate in human nature; a product of our evolution. Until modern times, different often meant a threat, so primates developed a natural fear of those who look and behave in foreign ways. Actual racism is the act of discriminating against a ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 18, 2020:

Ah yes, but we are not instinct only driven animals - we can exceed our biology, our nature and use the matter between the ears to 'evolve' to be better than that...

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay I had my license - VFR only back in the late 70s (I was an air traffic controller in the AF). Yep, weather can be a bitch! I've read NTSB reports (I was part of 3 AF investigations as controller of record at the time of accidents - weather was a factor in one: the temp/humidity) Yes, the graph was the projections of the models in use in the 90s and early 20s and their utter failure in predicting actual trends. I suggest the site: https://wattsupwiththat.com/ as a nice landing place.

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@Lightman I give him credit for engaging. Your comments are well taken. The corruption, and that is what it was, of the IPCC's findings (which are not the result of it but rather a "study" of other's works) that was promulgated by the Executive Summary was well noted...by no one on the mainstream or political side. Only those that actually were interested in the underlying science noted that the IPCC was full of shit. Talk about 'reversing the position'. @TheMiddleWay Models are NOT science if they can both describe and predict - the models used for almost 20 years failed. Therefore, the SCIENCE they were based on failed. The conventional wisdom, the consensus, was neither. It will be hard to break oneself of the influence 'the science community' claimed.

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay then why didn't we lockdown the long term care facilities? why didn't we make special efforts to protect the elderly INSTEAD we shut down schools. I agree that the fatality rate among seniors is high - I LIVE in a senior complex with 92 others over the age of 60. And it is destroying the little social interaction that exists. The risk TO ME is much higher than to my 26 yr old daughter but she is impacted more by the lockdowns than ME! IN CALIFORNIA!

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay > climatologists are experts in what policies will do what to the climate No. They are not. Because their 'models' are wrong. Proven wrong - over the last 2+ decades. So they don't know what to do to affect the climate. > economist know what effect those policies will have on their country My degree is in economics. The only group worse at predicting the future than the weatherman is the economist. Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman on what was in store for the market/economy with a Trump win (back in 2016) was 'it would never see the highs we had then again....Fast forward 10,000 pts higher to a booming economy....til covid. If 2020 has shown us anything it is that "experts" seldom are with regard to the real world. I don't have an issue with people wearing masks and maintaining social distance - the lockdowns have nothing to do with either and the 'mandatory wearing' rules are extreme. The idea that a box from Amazon could transmit the virus.... Still, I would argue that the vast majority of people DID wear the mask, DID socially distance, and have continued to do so and the numbers have been bad anyway. Because we are not tracing and telling people the results of that tracing. I know that here in San Diego County, the highest rates of infection are in zip codes with the highest immigrant populations - not just Hispanic. I am not willing to concede our way of life and our liberties over projections from people that in the past have made dire warnings based on their models that have proven wrong. Sure, they MIGHT get it right....someday. But we have bigger concerns in our future. And right now, the current issues are being used to increase the power of politicians, NOT protect the population. I don't think we've been dismissive w/regard to Covid - sure there are some, and I state the risk is much lower than the media portrays - the governmental response (from Trump down) has been to be aggressive. That individuals don't follow the 'rules' is not a failure of the rules. Like sand, the harder the grip the more you lose.

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay WE is all of us. A scientist that is certain is one that has lost perspective. Science evolves as we learn more - facts are a subset of the totality that we probably will never know the full scope of. And perspectives are not facts - and so, should not dominate a debate, but be considered...maybe with more weight but not at the exclusion of any other. One of the interesting things about the climate debate was the absence of forcing factors....like cloud cover...in the models (which by the way have proven to be (widely) inaccurate. As to Covid - if as much were known about it as you might be implying, we'd have had a better, strong, faster response to it... The biggest issue, apparently, with this virus was the over stimulation of our body's response causing runaway destruction. The amount of information provided in Jan, Feb and March that was just plain wrong from the experts should tell you things....starting with the WHO's own - it is not infectious in Jan, to the changing statements by Fauci that masks did/didn't make a difference. Also, consider some things: in Minnesota the average age of those that died is 81. And better than 70% of those that died resided in long term care facilities. In NY, putting covid patients into nursing homes cause massive deaths. As of Dec 1(last time I checked), less than 7,500 people under the age 45 had died of/with covid (there is some question as to of, with, causes of death). When I checked in Oct, less than 100 kids under 18 had died of/with covid. Some 'studies' suggest that more than 90% of those that have died had a co-morbidity. WE, meaning the decision making public, are getting conflicting, changing information almost daily. The idea that 'certainty' is driving even the science side is unnerving. What we know has been replaced with what we think (or believe). And what we know keeps being replaced with what we know NOW....

Biden and co choose global wealth redistribution over America first.

tracycoyle comments on Dec 17, 2020:

the climate is always changing. The issue raised by the those that are concerned by it is that the change is caused by man. To the minor extent that it true, the impact is overwhelmed by natural causes - and warming is just part of the cycle. Without knowing what a 'good' average temp is for the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay A reasonable question: the largest impact to our climate is the Sun and we still don't know enough about it to be sure how it is going to behave (the Sun cycle - #25 - that we are entering right now is projected to be slightly less active than the previous but we have gotten off to a faster/stronger start than the previous cycle). The entirety of the Earth's population could fit into the area of the State of Texas. Because of Covid, human activity dropped strongly this past Spring, with pollution AND CO2 dropping, yet we continued to warm. While there could certainly be lags, the question remains 'how much'? I tend to think that the forest fire has a bigger impact on my camping trip than the mosquito... But...your point is valid - we might be having an impact...but my point 'we lack any level of certainty' rather than yes we do/no we don't statement that tends to dominate the current debates.

John Hinderaker: "I plan on getting the vaccine, and after I do, I will throw away my mask.

2FollowHim comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Yes it's not scientific at all. More superstitious, but very STRONG views. In some malls, they'll hurt you if no mask. Superstition has not been eradicated at all.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@2FollowHim No. Capitalism says that if you want something, you have to WORK for it. Only children and the infirm are provided for. Adults, from the basic to the luxury have to work and the greater the work, the better the work, the more in need the work, the greater the reward for it. It is the fundamental nature of "personal responsibility". Never mistake charity to those that CAN'T with a mandate to provide a basic for everyone. I think you mistake a consequence - a rare one actually - of capitalism and think such is even rarer in socialism. Some of our greatest libraries and universities were built and funded by capitalists. Some of the greatest on the planet. Ever hear of a great university or library in Cuba? or Russia? or China? I see a planet brought up out of the ruins of a world war and into the information age by a country that let loose it's citizens to be free and grow into the singular technological, economic and military superpower, not via a central government or a collective. I see the least amount of poverty in our planet's history. I see us exploring space - more so by PRIVATE individuals/corporations. I see a country with 5% of the world's population producing 25% of the WORLD'S GDP while consuming 23% of it's energy resources (see, net positive). In EVERY culture, in EVERY country, there is evil. At least in this one it is rejected and fought against (usually, sometimes too late). From my book: > It has been said that all we can reasonably expect of a society based on an imperfect humanity is “one with some evils, maladjustments and suffering”. Why? Why not work to eliminate evils, maladjustments and suffering? Accept them as the natural consequence of an imperfect humanity? I agree we are imperfect, but that does not give us license to ignore those imperfections. What is worse is to allow institutions WE create to result in evils, maladjustments and suffering by design. Knowing such evils exist and to do nothing but accept the imperfection is to deny our own evil. And if you need another opinion, just consider that more people on this planet want to come to THIS country than any other. THEY know the evils of their systems...

John Hinderaker: "I plan on getting the vaccine, and after I do, I will throw away my mask.

2FollowHim comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Yes it's not scientific at all. More superstitious, but very STRONG views. In some malls, they'll hurt you if no mask. Superstition has not been eradicated at all.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@2FollowHim socialism only works when there are NO desires, only needs. When there is only compassion, no selfishness. when there are people willing to sacrifice and none willing to receive it. In other words, as long as there are humans, there can be no success from socialism. It has never worked because there will always be one willing to demand of others.

I think it is pretty simple, whether you believe Biden won or not: there was serious fraud in ...

maxmaccc comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Do you have proof of the serious fraud you mention?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@maxmaccc I didn't keep the links - they are available via search. Of course, if you don't accept a source as valid, the info provided by it will be discounted also. Note, I do not use or frequent places like Infowars, Alex Jones, or the NYT

A NYC hedge fund manager that produces $30m in profit from credit default swaps and receives $200k ...

dmatic comments on Dec 16, 2020:

What is a credit default swap and what wealth does that create?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 16, 2020:

It is a derivative of a loan agreement that generates income for insurance and bank organizations - also because they can be traded, for exchanges. They produce taxable income - ie, additions to GDP. In my opinion, they are like oil in an engine - it doesn't actually add power or do work, but lubricates the process allowing greater efficiency. The point is - that a hedge fund manager can create more GDP than a farmer....but it doesn't make his contribution BETTER for society as a whole in comparison to feeding 1000 families.

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

jakuboj comments on Dec 15, 2020:

She's an insane left wing Democrat and you are trying to sell her as "smart and serious". Are you "smart and serious"?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@jakuboj 98.3% of the time....

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

jakuboj comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Democrat supporters, actually read this article. Don't call it names or try to sling slander at the author, just read it and consider the facts. Your corrupt MSM will not provide you with the entire story. Do you ever question why? ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@jakuboj No, I suggested that it is possible that Trump may need to make an UnConstitutional act to save the Union - just like Lincoln did. I just don't know if that is the ONLY option left, or even if it is a good one. I don't know how I will react if he does so. I assume I will have an opinion once he does act - but I can't, right now, suggest what he should do. I'd rather not get into a civil war - I'm willing to fight in one, but I recognize what will be left after one will be unrecognizable to us now.

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

jakuboj comments on Dec 15, 2020:

She's an insane left wing Democrat and you are trying to sell her as "smart and serious". Are you "smart and serious"?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@jakuboj Done.

Do you have a "line in the sand" regarding political or social change?

KeithThroop comments on Dec 15, 2020:

As I said in a comment below, I took this oath when I enlisted in the U.S. Navy back in 1984: > I, Keith Throop, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@KeithThroop I voted for Carter, then joined the AF in 1977 - hated him, as did just about everyone I served with and we, as a community, voted and cheered for Reagan.

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

jakuboj comments on Dec 15, 2020:

She's an insane left wing Democrat and you are trying to sell her as "smart and serious". Are you "smart and serious"?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@jakuboj Oh, I don't know - EVIDENCE that Gabbard is as corrupt and bought as Biden is? Gabbard is not making friends in the Dem Party. Doesn't mean she is a friend to the GOP either...

Do you have a "line in the sand" regarding political or social change?

tracycoyle comments on Dec 15, 2020:

I have no line in the sand. I take things as they occur and evaluate them based on the facts at the moment. What might not be acceptable to me now could be later depending on the circumstances. I don't trust Biden, that is why I didn't vote for him. I don't trust the Left because their ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@maxmaccc @iThink yes, once the programs were implemented into the federal government, both sides used them for political purposes - unfortunately, like adding eggs to flour, you can't separate them back out of the batter again. And STOPPING further erosion is still a good position....

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

jakuboj comments on Dec 15, 2020:

She's an insane left wing Democrat and you are trying to sell her as "smart and serious". Are you "smart and serious"?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@jakuboj I like how Tulsi Gabbard has morphed into the CCP - your desire to associate the two fails on the grounds that you have no grounds....

I think it is pretty simple, whether you believe Biden won or not: there was serious fraud in ...

maxmaccc comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Do you have proof of the serious fraud you mention?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@maxmaccc A taste. I left off the 100k+ votes that 'appeared' in four states within an hour or so of each other that were statistically improbable. I will note that once mingled with 'valid' votes, invalid votes are almost impossible to separate back out. Madison Wisconsin The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today that Governor Tony Evers and other state and municipal officers did not have the legal authority to expand the definition of “indefinitely confined” citizens to permit absentee voting without showing a state ID. Antrim Michigan • The allowable election error rate established by the Federal Election Commission guidelines is of 1 in 250,000 ballots (.0008%). We observed an error rate of 68.05%. This demonstrated a significant and fatal error in security and election integrity. • Significantly, the computer system shows vote adjudication logs for prior years, but all adjudication log entries for the 2020 election cycle are missing. • Likewise, all server security logs prior to 11:03pm on November 4, 2020 are missing. Other server logs before November 4, 2020 are present, therefore, there is no reasonable explanation for the security logs to be missing. Detroit Michigan A contractor for Dominion Voting Systems, who worked at Detroit's TCF Center on Election Day, has told Michigan lawmakers that she saw roughly 30,000 ballots being scanned multiple times by the counting machines. The contractor, Mellissa Carone, who works as a freelance IT professional, made the allegations Wednesday night before a panel of Michigan House Oversight Committee members. Carone was at the Detroit center early on Election Day, Nov. 3, until about 4 the next morning. She also returned to the site later on Nov. 4. On November 10, Carone said in an affidavit that she witnessed "nothing but fraudulent actions take place. I observed numerous employees, city workers, running batches of ballots through the tabulators countless times, without discarding them first," Carone said during the Wednesday evening hearing. Georgia In Georgia, Vote-Counters Claimed They Were Shutting Down and Ordered All GOP Monitors to Leave; Then They Continued Counting, In Secret and Without Observers Present, For Three More Hours

John Hinderaker: "I plan on getting the vaccine, and after I do, I will throw away my mask.

2FollowHim comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Yes it's not scientific at all. More superstitious, but very STRONG views. In some malls, they'll hurt you if no mask. Superstition has not been eradicated at all.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@2FollowHim not a chance in hell that we are beyond that. We have too much ignorance, even in our 'advanced first world culture'. Why do you think 'man made climate change' has such strong support, even amongst "scientists" when there is little evidence to support it? Why do you think 'population overgrowth' gets support? I'm a post-op transsexual and I can tell you the woke medical community is BATSHIT INSANE about gender identity DESPITE the science. So. Despite our 'technologically driven society' we are still locked into an anti-science, superstitious, irrational mindset WAY too often. Oh, and socialism is GOOD!

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

jakuboj comments on Dec 15, 2020:

She's an insane left wing Democrat and you are trying to sell her as "smart and serious". Are you "smart and serious"?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@jakuboj I don't - but I also can note that the general on the opposing side is honorable, even if we both want to kill each other. Only the Left thinks the 'opposition is evil BECAUSE they are the opposition'.

John Hinderaker: "I plan on getting the vaccine, and after I do, I will throw away my mask.

2FollowHim comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Yes it's not scientific at all. More superstitious, but very STRONG views. In some malls, they'll hurt you if no mask. Superstition has not been eradicated at all.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

Superstitious seems to be the default status of most people...

Do you have a "line in the sand" regarding political or social change?

maxmaccc comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Wear a mask, a simple line in the sand for some.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay And completely unnecessary if you don't engage in sex. Which, is like 95% of us at this point! :)

Do you have a "line in the sand" regarding political or social change?

maxmaccc comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Wear a mask, a simple line in the sand for some.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@iThink the Jews in Nazi Germany were required to wear a yellow star so that people would know they were Jews. As I noted, it is NOT the same thing as wearing a mask, but it IS as you suggested, a sign that government has WAY overstepped it's authorities...

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

jakuboj comments on Dec 15, 2020:

She's an insane left wing Democrat and you are trying to sell her as "smart and serious". Are you "smart and serious"?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@jakuboj you know what is the problem with absolutes, they seldom are in reality.

Do you have a "line in the sand" regarding political or social change?

maxmaccc comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Wear a mask, a simple line in the sand for some.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

I am going to engage in a LITTLE hyperbole and recognize that they are NOT the same thing - yet, an example that might set a tone: Just wear the yellow star.....

I think it is pretty simple, whether you believe Biden won or not: there was serious fraud in ...

maxmaccc comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Do you have proof of the serious fraud you mention?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

What do you consider proof?

Re Dominion Voting Systems “The allowable election error rate established by the Federal ...

tracycoyle comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Here is the Michigan response: so what? Here is the Democrat response: so what? Here is the Supreme Court response: <silence>

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@parsifal My experience over the last 20 years with attorneys, judges and the courts in general suggest that those that succeed there are semanticly driven to an extreme degree. I go back to Clinton's "it depends on what the definition of is, is". For almost everyone, it's a joke. For attorneys it is 'gospel'. Barr is a creature of the courts and of DC - when he had good cover he was going to play Trump's hand. When it put the truth on trial in a public way....the 'system' wins. I gave up on Barr as the summer waned and I considered the issue dead on Sept 4th (60 days before the election). The swamp has one idea of what DC should be - but there is another group that considers the 'institutions of the Constitution, including the Courts and the Congress" to be sacred. Maybe there is some overlap between them (barely), but it is clear that regardless of the corruption, the DOJ and the FBI were going to be protected even at the cost of the Country's "soul". And I think Barr was of the later group.

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

jakuboj comments on Dec 15, 2020:

She's an insane left wing Democrat and you are trying to sell her as "smart and serious". Are you "smart and serious"?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@jakuboj I hardly think making an observation about someone is 'speaking glowingly'. But if you hear that voice in your head...ok. I made no commentary about her appearance - though apparently you think it happened with some one (not me). I do make judgments about people based on their appearances - but it is about their appearance and what it suggests. I don't think GOOD people dress nicely and BAD people dress poorly. It is often the reverse in our society. You don't have to think she is a person of good character because she is of the Left - I happen to think many people of good character are there - and many of bad character are on the Right. Politics does not drive me or my analysis of a PERSON. I know that is something substantially out of favor the last couple of decades...

6.

jaymaron comments on Dec 15, 2020:

The sun is dimming. https://www.jaymaron.com/earth.html#sun Solar intensity has a big effect on climate. The "Medieval warming period", centered around the 12th century, was caused by an increase in solar intensity and it gave rise to the age of Vikings.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

Actually, the issue is Sunspots - and the 11 yr (and other) cycles. We are approaching a Grand Minimum (similar to the one during the 1600/1700s called the 'Little Ice Age). We are also overdue for a glacial period, overdue for the Yellowstone caldera, overdue for the magnetic excursion and overdue for the recurring micronova. So, there is a lot happening with the Sun and it's impact on our geomagnetic shield/connection.

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

jakuboj comments on Dec 15, 2020:

She's an insane left wing Democrat and you are trying to sell her as "smart and serious". Are you "smart and serious"?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@jakuboj I don't demand of Democrats what I don't do myself - which is to specifically say I support or don't some pleb's positions just because someone else does. If she supports the CCP, then she can say so or not - demands to virtue signal tend to be just as obnoxious as the virtue signal themselves. YOU are asking the equivalent of the Post Office asking if I am sending anything harmful in the mail. Or the TSA agent asking if I am packing anything hazardous in my luggage.

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

jakuboj comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Democrat supporters, actually read this article. Don't call it names or try to sling slander at the author, just read it and consider the facts. Your corrupt MSM will not provide you with the entire story. Do you ever question why? ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@jakuboj I read it previously (yesterday or the day before - I don't have good temporal awareness of the past). And? And if you were lumping me in with the NWO sycophants, bzzzzt, wrong.

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

jakuboj comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Democrat supporters, actually read this article. Don't call it names or try to sling slander at the author, just read it and consider the facts. Your corrupt MSM will not provide you with the entire story. Do you ever question why? ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

You (?), the author of the article makes an indepth argue to my comment the other day that Trump may need to make an UNConstitutional act in order to save the Union - much like Lincoln did. My problem with it is....I don't know what the consequences of that act will be - good or bad, in the long run. And that makes me hesitate to either support or even suggest it. I tend to look at risk profiles when I can evaluate the consequences and not being able to in this case, consider the risk HIGH. Trump IS a risk taker, but I haven't seen him take one that was outsized to the reward.... But, he might have a different read than I do at this time - I believe he has a greater amount of information in which to consider the risk/reward consequences.... I just don't know.

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

jakuboj comments on Dec 15, 2020:

She's an insane left wing Democrat and you are trying to sell her as "smart and serious". Are you "smart and serious"?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

I don't have to agree with her positions, I can think they are destructive to MY positions, but I can, and do recognize that at least she understands the consequences of her positions and they appear, even if contrary to my own "common sense", rational. She stands in contrary to me - I don't assume that means evil intent - as many of the Left do...

I said this back in the Spring: Tulsi Gabbard was a serious threat to Trump in the November election...

CCPDragon comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Another usless cunt DEMORAt

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

Vulgarity wasn't necessary to make your point - but, you offered it anyway...

I'm missing something: We have a MASSIVE surge in covid cases.

TimTuolomne comments on Dec 14, 2020:

More testing reveals the true extent of the virus, not an increase, not its mortality, and definitely not how dangerous it is or is not. For the first time in history we have decided to document the progress of the common cold, which has never happened before. Any given year would have ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 15, 2020:

Thanks. Common sense seems to be a rarity nowadays....

YouTube says..."Oops"

DaveO276 comments on Dec 14, 2020:

I'm getting that too. Down for maintenance or are we banned?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 14, 2020:

GMail has determined I don't exist after 14 yrs.....something's up

Have you seen the latest poll @admin has put out.

Admin comments on Dec 13, 2020:

Check out the description of the "slug of the day" group... I sometime post in controversial ways. FWIW, I am a Trump supporter who hates identity politics and REALLY fear a Harris administration. Also, see https://intersectionalityscore.com for one of my projects... you might better understand my...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 13, 2020:

@SpikeTalon I really think it will be the 25th that does it - it will mitigate the scandal's impact on both the media and the Dem Party......his family be damned.

Have you seen the latest poll @admin has put out.

Admin comments on Dec 13, 2020:

Check out the description of the "slug of the day" group... I sometime post in controversial ways. FWIW, I am a Trump supporter who hates identity politics and REALLY fear a Harris administration. Also, see https://intersectionalityscore.com for one of my projects... you might better understand my...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 13, 2020:

@SpikeTalon I think MOST people figure Biden's tenure as President is going to be brief, at best.

So I was watching V for Vendetta and the plot seems eerily familiar to whats going on today.

angelo comments on Dec 13, 2020:

Pure coincidence. The pandemic is real and deadly.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 13, 2020:

Yes it is, but not to 98% of the population. And the effort to use fear to control is obvious and corrupt.

Can someone on the Left offer to me their Top 5 things Biden should do as President that will, ...

Serg97 comments on Dec 13, 2020:

You ask the wrong question, Biden will still be in the basement!!! His handlers will be making the decisions and Harrass will be implementing them!!!

tracycoyle replies on Dec 13, 2020:

@ZuzecaSape The Presidency has no authority to demand a national mask mandate - maybe CONGRESS does.....but generally, it is the State's responsibilities. Also, every major metropolitan city and most states have mask mandates - have for months, the spike continues...

Can someone on the Left offer to me their Top 5 things Biden should do as President that will, ...

Serg97 comments on Dec 13, 2020:

You ask the wrong question, Biden will still be in the basement!!! His handlers will be making the decisions and Harrass will be implementing them!!!

tracycoyle replies on Dec 13, 2020:

I agree he will not be making the decisions, but I am looking for the Left's desires - they demanded 'change'....but I am not sure the changes that have been put forth are what they want....I'm just curious

Can someone on the Left offer to me their Top 5 things Biden should do as President that will, ...

Callnote comments on Dec 13, 2020:

I don’t see any reasoning in reversing the coarse that we had been on the last four years because it’s barely gotten us back on the coarse we should have been on. If Biden becomes president I’d expect serious discord from more patriots than anyone’s been led to believe exist that are not ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 13, 2020:

Did you support Biden?

Is this what Conservatives believe?

tracycoyle comments on Dec 12, 2020:

No. And I don't think Kaitlin believes it either. But the meme of "Emperor Trump" is a great troll against the Left!

tracycoyle replies on Dec 12, 2020:

@JacksonNought No, I think she is 'op' to troll the Left!

My hope for the Supreme Court died with the ruling on ACA.

jakuboj comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Consider this about the US election fraud. If the provisions of the Constitution in relation to the creation of election laws is not a concern to Democrats, why should anyone care what the Constitution says about January 20th? If the Constitution is irrelevant in one issue then it is on all issues. ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 12, 2020:

I don't consider them traitors;. When the placement of a comma is more important that the status of society because it might make them seem 'political' - that is cowardice.

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BlurtReynolds comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Apparently the cheating was so flawlessly executed that not a single court in the country can find a trace of it.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 12, 2020:

There isn't a court in this country that isn't flawed and myopic....

Do you consider this website to be "far right"?

TheMiddleWay comments on Dec 11, 2020:

@Admin Here's a another handy way to qualify your question: make a poll asking member where their "sweet spot" is. For me it's between -5.5 and 5.5. I predict for the majority of members (those that aren't disdainful of this chart... which itself says a lot) it would be around 21.5 I think ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 11, 2020:

I love the bias in the bias chart. But I tend to be further right (and left) than you but I certainly encompass the middle rather than exist on one side or the other - and I think that applies to 60-70% of the population - but not much of the media.

Mask usage is north of 90-95% yet covid cases are surging.

TimTuolomne comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Better testing reveals a better picture of the ACTUAL number of cases, and does NOT prove an increase. Nor does it prove mortality, which peaked in April. Nor does it say ANYTHING about how dangerous it is. It isn’t more dangerous than the flu. https://youtu.be/J9KTDF_rfrg Good for you for ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 11, 2020:

Thanks. Too many people get their information, refuse to filter it, or judge it, from the mainstream press. It amazes me how quickly confirmation bias - or pure prejudice - is the foundation for many opinions.

Two things of importance related to my post yesterday on the Sun and the CME headed our way.

jpnese comments on Dec 11, 2020:

the Earth is approx 4 billion years old ? Ice Age receding began at least 30 000 years ago...in fact from where i am typing if the Earth did not warm up would still be under Glacial ice while i do believe that human activity has increased the global temp by a fraction it is not the ...

tracycoyle replies on Dec 11, 2020:

There have been major events in our Solar System and on Earth that have compromised the biosphere enough to cause significant die-offs of both fauna and flora and we are due again. Man-made impacts are pretty small - as for the population issue: the entire planet's population could fit into the State of Texas at a density equal to NYC or Chicago (25k/mi). Over population is not an issue of itself. But you are correct in that the cycles on the planet are going to continue to happen regardless of which group of politicians are in charge.

I mean...can we trust the Chinese?

2FollowHim comments on Dec 7, 2020:

So, they have it, or don't? What is it, sterile?

tracycoyle replies on Dec 7, 2020:

I think the virus exists in the patient but is being dealt with successfully by their immune system and as such is not 'actively' reproducing in sufficient quantities to be 'shed'.

Election Fraud Allegations: Infographic By The Epoch Times December 4, 2020 Updated: December 4, ...

tracycoyle comments on Dec 5, 2020:

No links....

tracycoyle replies on Dec 6, 2020:

@TimTuolomne Thanks

Firm That Conducted ‘Audit’ of Georgia Voting Machines Has Long History With Dominion Jeff ...

tracycoyle comments on Dec 4, 2020:

I have no hope that the blatant violations of election laws will be adjudicated in any meaningful way.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@eschatologyguy What is the guiding principle associated with 'government showing people the moral boundaries'? IYO. And what is it's foundation?

Firm That Conducted ‘Audit’ of Georgia Voting Machines Has Long History With Dominion Jeff ...

tracycoyle comments on Dec 4, 2020:

I have no hope that the blatant violations of election laws will be adjudicated in any meaningful way.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@eschatologyguy Our government only works with a moral people - because government can not provide morals, it only knows force. Unfettered liberty is not liberty unchained from government, but unchained from self governance. The fundamental reason we have problems is because people have no respect for others or themselves and that was taught to them from the earliest ages by parents and teachers. No government, no organization, can 'fix' what is broken in the world, only the people, individually can do so. Because that is how it was broken, individually. By people thinking their sole actions were irrelevant to society.

Firm That Conducted ‘Audit’ of Georgia Voting Machines Has Long History With Dominion Jeff ...

tracycoyle comments on Dec 4, 2020:

I have no hope that the blatant violations of election laws will be adjudicated in any meaningful way.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 5, 2020:

@eschatologyguy If some wish to allow Sodom to burn, I shall not look it's way, but neither shall I stop it. Your take on things is, accurate, for the apparent, skin deep analysis. But I think Yamamoto had it right...

Firm That Conducted ‘Audit’ of Georgia Voting Machines Has Long History With Dominion Jeff ...

tracycoyle comments on Dec 4, 2020:

I have no hope that the blatant violations of election laws will be adjudicated in any meaningful way.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@eschatologyguy Sorry, disagree. It MIGHT be bondage, but it is chosen and that choice HAS to be made freely and that means having the liberty to make bad, terrible, wrong choices too. Liberty can't be about freedom to only good things. Like free speech isn't for nice things only. Freedom to choose, or not exists without meaning. I can't decide for a single other person what, or even if, there should be some meaning in their lives. That is fully, and solely, up to them. So, your first premise I reject out of hand. And it's conclusion is a judgement on other people's choices that does not belong with you or anyone else. You are saying that freedom is bondage and bondage is the only freedom worth having. Yuk! And wrong. "Ought" is only for ourselves to decide upon. Not others.

Firm That Conducted ‘Audit’ of Georgia Voting Machines Has Long History With Dominion Jeff ...

tracycoyle comments on Dec 4, 2020:

I have no hope that the blatant violations of election laws will be adjudicated in any meaningful way.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@eschatologyguy For all the evil that happens, I've found that individualism and liberty allows the majority in the middle to find a common ground where freedom continues and flourishes. I am VERY cynical, but also optimistic for our future.

Firm That Conducted ‘Audit’ of Georgia Voting Machines Has Long History With Dominion Jeff ...

tracycoyle comments on Dec 4, 2020:

I have no hope that the blatant violations of election laws will be adjudicated in any meaningful way.

tracycoyle replies on Dec 4, 2020:

@eschatologyguy I hope you realize that for the vast majority of our population, the daily lives of Americans is better than just about anywhere on the planet. And yes, despite the problems and damage the response to covid is causing, that is still the reality. Despite all the political maneuvering of the last 10 months, MY day to day life is virtually unchanged - I wear a mask on the bus and while shopping. Things are changing, many not in a good way, but the changes, relative to the arc of our history, say the last 20-30 years, is miniscule. I DO believe that the arc is bending negatively this century, Trump only slowed it SO FAR, but I'd still rather be in this country than any other.

As a Democrat Liberal Gay Man am on several TERF lists.

tracycoyle comments on Nov 29, 2020:

Activists of the liberal stripe, regardless of their pinpoint agenda, conform to a grand scheme of hate and repression. Seems that rather than learn what not to do to 'others' they have employed the same destructive efforts at destroying people that do not agree with them. It is sad but what is ...

tracycoyle replies on Nov 30, 2020:

@EarthBear66 exceptions proving the rule?

Illegal Votes From Noncitizens Likely Affected 2020 Election, Study Says [dailysignal.com]

turnerjolene48 comments on Nov 26, 2020:

I bet most of those illegal noncitizen votes were in California, Arizona and New Mexico and maybe Southwestern Texas

tracycoyle replies on Nov 26, 2020:

I know for a fact illegals vote in San Diego County.

So, now nationalism is a GOOD thing! Biden: ‘I Think It’s A Patriotic Responsibility To Wear ...

A1fredo comments on Nov 25, 2020:

? Zer said that? When?

tracycoyle replies on Nov 25, 2020:

Yesterday....

[t.co] The noose is tightening on Joe Biden. BidenCrimeFamilyExposed

Rick-A comments on Nov 22, 2020:

All the material will essentially be buried by the MSM. People fools are still watching Don Lemon and Andersen Cooper, white male haters!

tracycoyle replies on Nov 22, 2020:

@jakuboj I'd be HAPPILY wrong....but my cynicism knows no bounds when bounded by reality

[t.co] The noose is tightening on Joe Biden. BidenCrimeFamilyExposed

Rick-A comments on Nov 22, 2020:

All the material will essentially be buried by the MSM. People fools are still watching Don Lemon and Andersen Cooper, white male haters!

tracycoyle replies on Nov 22, 2020:

@jakuboj I no longer have any such confidence, and even if there were 1000 perp walks right now, 75mil democrats will believe Trump is trying to be authoritarian by arresting his enemies...

Many years ago I understood something about myself and decided that for my own welfare I would pack ...

wolfhnd comments on Nov 21, 2020:

There is an important exception and it is only partially true. To be a genius and just not super intelligent you have to be able to ignore not only social convention but your own prejudices. Geniuses often have slightly autistic traits combined with slightly anti social traits. Anti social traits...

tracycoyle replies on Nov 21, 2020:

I think there has to be the potential for such depressive personality - but genius recognizes it for what it is rather than succumbs to it. The 'uber' or top .001% of geniuses are less functional because they have 'circled the mass point' of their genius, almost blackhole like. OCD is probably a more generalized version of it. So, while not totally disagreeing with you because I think it DOES reflect the peak of genius, it is less so amongst that top .1%. I'm 2.5 standard deviation towards the top and I will tell you that even at this point, social ability is compromised.

Many years ago I understood something about myself and decided that for my own welfare I would pack ...

KeithThroop comments on Nov 21, 2020:

Are you saying, however, that *you* have accepted the truth? Are you claiming that the position you are espousing here is *the truth*? I should note that I'm not trying to imply that I disagree with your perspective. As a Christian, I believe you have described the attitude of fallen human beings...

tracycoyle replies on Nov 21, 2020:

I want to be VERY picky about word choice, "the truth". THE is a very specific meaning in the context you are speaking of THE Truth. As if there were only one, or the superior one of 'truths'. I understand your reference and generally truth is capitalized when written in such a context. There are many truths, or to use another term, facts. I don't think there is one Truth - despite my Christian underpinnings. Unless it may be an understanding of our personal nature. I know certain truths about myself - with the certainty of 'factual'. One, alluded to above, I knew would be a source of pain for me in the future, pain I knew I COULD endure, but of which I could avoid at some cost. I considered the cost less than the pain and in KNOWING what I was doing, I could recognize the future events and try to mitigate the cost without the pain. Without the specific, I know I am being a little cagey, but I have quite a lot of my personal information out here already, leave a girl some secrets! So, many truths need context and are not universal. Common, and generally accepted, but to the specific, or to the individual, maybe not applicable. I have found that most people, generally, are very upset about a spoken truth, especially if it is about them, or even just within the context of them in a specific situation. They can't dispute the 'truth' but they certainly don't like hearing it. Most people hide the truth about themselves, even from themselves. Exposure embarrasses them, it cause a fear reaction. And the reaction of others present almost always makes it worse, which is why I try to hold my tongue around others. There are many things about ourselves, about humans, about circumstances that can be called truths. My point is that TRUTH, ie fact, is something most people fear when it is about them.

Nine times the SCOTUS ruled 9-0 that the Obama Administration violated Federal Law. Trump? 0

KeithThroop comments on Nov 18, 2020:

In fact, I think President trump has prevailed in almost all the cases brought against his administration in the Supreme Court , hasn't he?

tracycoyle replies on Nov 18, 2020:

No, but I think the number is +90%

How many examples of emotional blackmail are needed to make you succumb to it?

A1fredo comments on Nov 16, 2020:

You succumb to examples of it? I'm not really getting the question. Seems like something I's like to reply to tho.

tracycoyle replies on Nov 17, 2020:

Many, most? people eventually respond to the emotional blackmail as it demands. Usually it has to come from someone close for it to be a tipping point. But once you fall for it, it becomes more difficult to ignore future attempts. Emotional blackmail doesn't have to come from bad people, plenty of very nice people do it all the time. Think of all the Facebook posts asking you to post a 'story' or 'supportive comment' on your wall for some dreaded disease. There are many examples in social media every day....hence, how many will take before you succumb to one...?

How many examples of emotional blackmail are needed to make you succumb to it?

dd54 comments on Nov 16, 2020:

Victims of emotional blackmail are usually stuck in a state of fear, obligation and guilt, so these are the emotions blackmailers rely on for their blackmail to be effective. The ability to rationally choose facts over emotion is a hugh determinant in how long one remains stuck. Look at how CV19 has...

tracycoyle replies on Nov 17, 2020:

@A1fredo "Do it for the children" and "Wear a mask, save Grandma" are two common mass attempts at emotional blackmail. It is highly effective against people that can't exist without the approval of others....

Are Republicans so irrational that they should be barred from future elections?

tracycoyle comments on Nov 16, 2020:

Maybe we need to go back to the criteria of being a land-owner in order to be able to vote... Maybe we need a written test on the current state of the country before someone can be allowed to vote - simple, like naming the representatives and the state capitol for your state. Add a couple ...

tracycoyle replies on Nov 17, 2020:

@WilyRickWiles Your Marxist rhetoric is wasted on me; I have no need to mimic your virtue signaling

This is going to seem like a taunt, it is not.

govols comments on Nov 15, 2020:

You're not allowed to speak so of a text without naming it, and its author.

tracycoyle replies on Nov 15, 2020:

@govols Independent author. I average 4-5 fiction books a week and 1-2 non-fiction (mostly political philosophy and STEM oriented) in addition to sites like this and 22 blogs. Also, this author is in the TG market, so NOT well known.

This is going to seem like a taunt, it is not.

govols comments on Nov 15, 2020:

You're not allowed to speak so of a text without naming it, and its author.

tracycoyle replies on Nov 15, 2020:

Do you read a lot? The author got TONS of hate mail over this series of books.

An interesting angle to look at.

warminster100 comments on Nov 14, 2020:

I hope you understand that this is deep state fake news!

tracycoyle replies on Nov 14, 2020:

@Naomi First thing that sends up a red flag is who decides what is "potentially harmful to him"

If Russia made such an effort to get Trump into office in 2016, why was there no effort in 2020?

Pand0ro comments on Nov 13, 2020:

The Central Intelligence Agency stated in a highly classified report, "We assess that President Vladimir Putin and the senior most Russian officials are aware of and probably directing Russia's influence operations aimed at denigrating the former U.S. Vice President, supporting the U.S. president ...

tracycoyle replies on Nov 14, 2020:

"Highly classifed...." finds it's way into the press in a way that denigrates Trump.

If Russia made such an effort to get Trump into office in 2016, why was there no effort in 2020?

Pand0ro comments on Nov 13, 2020:

The Central Intelligence Agency stated in a highly classified report, "We assess that President Vladimir Putin and the senior most Russian officials are aware of and probably directing Russia's influence operations aimed at denigrating the former U.S. Vice President, supporting the U.S. president ...

tracycoyle replies on Nov 13, 2020:

Just because they are from the government doesn't mean they are lies - but given the IC's utter failure in 2016, and apparent lies in support of covering those failures up, I'd not take a single claim from them at face value.

In my opinion, the best response to a Biden Presidency is for those of us on the Right to walk-away.

wolfhnd comments on Nov 12, 2020:

If the left has their way and we move towards a one party political system and social credit scores like China has there will be no place to hide. Your "liberal" friends and relatives may find there are worse things than Trump. Someone should be there to catch them when they fall off the ...

tracycoyle replies on Nov 12, 2020:

@wolfhnd Oh certainly, lots of people that didn't, or couldn't vote for Biden will suffer over the next 4-8 years. Those of us that understand, won't be among them.

In my opinion, the best response to a Biden Presidency is for those of us on the Right to walk-away.

wolfhnd comments on Nov 12, 2020:

If the left has their way and we move towards a one party political system and social credit scores like China has there will be no place to hide. Your "liberal" friends and relatives may find there are worse things than Trump. Someone should be there to catch them when they fall off the ...

tracycoyle replies on Nov 12, 2020:

I always told people if you are going to recommend jumping off the Titanic, you should at least give them a life preserver. However, I don't believe you should always save people from the consequences of their choices...

LOL there are a few Progressives here that have serious problems.

JacksonNought comments on Nov 11, 2020:

What exactly was wrong with American pre-Trump which needed it to be made "great again"?

tracycoyle replies on Nov 12, 2020:

@JacksonNought Let me address each item: ACA was a nightmare, unConstitutionally enacted, poorly implemented and terribly flawed. It almost singlehandedly destroyed health care insurance, ostensibly it's purpose. I supported marriage equality and argued that individual liberty and classical liberalism supported it also. Of course Trump was for it long before Obama and Clinton. DADT was a pernicious piece of shit Clinton saddled us with, glad to see it gone. I supported gays in the military, and we had two in our squadron in the AF we protected as long as one rule was followed - do nothing in the barracks, which they abided by. Bin Laden was protected until he wasn't - Bush mistake, Obama allowed, til he didn't, thankfully, but of course Biden opposed. My position on abortion is elsewhere. I would argue the economy was improving at the end of Obama's term, but 'strongly is not a term I'd use. Given I was in a lesbian relationship from 95 until 2011, my position on gay rights was 'supportive'. I am having a much harder time with 'trans rights' now. Like abortion, marriage equality can't be overturned in the SCOTUS without a disagreement in the lower courts being at issue - not likely to happen. And in both cases, it would devolve back to the States. I like ACB, I worked with attorneys in her District and have been in her court. I like orginalism. Most of division over the last 4 years started on the Left. The wrongful accusation of a "Muslim ban" was just one such example.

LOL there are a few Progressives here that have serious problems.

JacksonNought comments on Nov 11, 2020:

What exactly was wrong with American pre-Trump which needed it to be made "great again"?

tracycoyle replies on Nov 11, 2020:

Worst recession since the Depression - and yes, the GOP had a hand in that - but also the continuing nightmares of Iraq/Afghanistan, immigration nightmares, a slow, very slow economy coming out of the recession, worsening school performances, increasing drug culture (not having slowed down over the last decade or Administration), and a growing racial divide and destruction of the family unit. There were lots of bad things in every period of our history - the advantages and disadvantages of a heterogenous society. If your question can be read as a contra-point, what was so good prior to Trump? Ferguson, Baltimore, Chicago all erupted prior to Trump....

Position 1- Abortion: Should be rare.

pbuck0145 comments on Nov 10, 2020:

Each woman must have absolute control over her reproductive functions, without any interference from society or her family.

tracycoyle replies on Nov 10, 2020:

@pbuck0145 Humanism maybe, but certainly not classical liberalism.

Position 1- Abortion: Should be rare.

pbuck0145 comments on Nov 10, 2020:

Each woman must have absolute control over her reproductive functions, without any interference from society or her family.

tracycoyle replies on Nov 10, 2020:

@pbuck0145 Unfettered liberty is anarchy and individual responsibility is chucked when an abortion is the preferred, or chosen outcome....

Position 1- Abortion: Should be rare.

pbuck0145 comments on Nov 10, 2020:

Each woman must have absolute control over her reproductive functions, without any interference from society or her family.

tracycoyle replies on Nov 10, 2020:

@pbuck0145 You realize that is not an argument - it is a position without substance, a thought without consideration... :)

Position 1- Abortion: Should be rare.

pbuck0145 comments on Nov 10, 2020:

Each woman must have absolute control over her reproductive functions, without any interference from society or her family.

tracycoyle replies on Nov 10, 2020:

@pbuck0145 Is not the purpose of legislation to protect the rights of the individual? is not a child in the womb who is viable an individual?

Position 1- Abortion: Should be rare.

pbuck0145 comments on Nov 10, 2020:

Each woman must have absolute control over her reproductive functions, without any interference from society or her family.

tracycoyle replies on Nov 10, 2020:

@pbuck0145 we don't allow people to kill others - we step in when possible to prevent it. that is not collectivism. And individual responsibility ALSO includes those for whom we are personally responsible - such as our minor children, of which, by viability, the baby is also.

Position 1- Abortion: Should be rare.

pbuck0145 comments on Nov 10, 2020:

Each woman must have absolute control over her reproductive functions, without any interference from society or her family.

tracycoyle replies on Nov 10, 2020:

UNTIL there is a second "person" involved - the baby, at viability, has a right to life, and sovereignty over it's body. It can be asserted, if removed from the mother. Do you suggest abortion is ok 1 day before birth?

I hope Romney joins a Biden Administration - gets the turncoat out of the Senate early.

KeithThroop comments on Nov 9, 2020:

We can dream, can't we?

tracycoyle replies on Nov 9, 2020:

Yep. However, I'd rather keep the WH and the Senate even with him in it...

In other words, the ice isn't melting as fast as they claimed.

wolfhnd comments on Nov 8, 2020:

I believe in global warming but the scientists are activists and manipulate the data because by any means necessary.

tracycoyle replies on Nov 9, 2020:

@wolfhnd Like a recurring micro-nova? like the migration of the magnetic poles? like the weakening magnetic shield? like the solar minimum? like cloud forcing? There are lots of variables in our climate not being evaluated. Like every "model" being wrong. I won't concede a premise based upon CO2.

In other words, the ice isn't melting as fast as they claimed.

wolfhnd comments on Nov 8, 2020:

I believe in global warming but the scientists are activists and manipulate the data because by any means necessary.

tracycoyle replies on Nov 9, 2020:

We don't know if the Earth is warming beyond a good temp, or is just beginning to approach one. Until science can say what is the 'right' temperature, whether we are warming or cooling is irrelevant.

Do you believe the election results?

TheMiddleWay comments on Nov 8, 2020:

**Hitchen's Razor: "What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."** The Trump Team has never produced any evidence of systemic voter fraud despite making said claims for years. Until there is evidence of systemic voter fraud, Trump's Team's claims of systemic voter...

tracycoyle replies on Nov 8, 2020:

There is as much evidence for systemic fraud as there is for systemic racism...