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Would it work if both were on the ticket?
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Given his responses to specific issues when asked kind of answers that.
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This isn’t the NYT or WaPo, nor does it come from NPR, BBC or 538 (news sources I typically go to), but it does address a sentiment. No, Bernie doesn’t represent me. I won’t support either Bernie or Biden in the primaries. Neither will even get my consideration. Neither, I think, truly gets it. And it’s likely it’s more of a generational thing with them. That I have the choice of many who are just as or more capable and qualified, and that they are woman, makes me happy. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a26517395/bernie-sanders-2020-campaign-gender-comments-explained/
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Um, seriously? He called her? I hope to apologize. Or were you just referencing why women might hesitate to get behind him.
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He does not have the support of women ... or shouldn't.
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Smurf - give me your Iowa take on this defection ... https://www.npr.org/2019/04/24/716796405/blasting-trumps-unacceptable-behavior-iowa-lawmaker-leaves-gop-after-40-years?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190424&fbclid=IwAR0eDOTPXQZpPhDc6t7-qHRvX4pQ5U5ggV-shEzX_yFRPZXmX9Sg3zKmDYw
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Well, this is the difference ... driving because you ‘have to’, such as in a daily work commute or errand-running situation, or for pleasure. I dislike the former ... especially in a manual transmission vehicle in Chicago rush hour traffic ... but love the latter. I’m thinking maybe these vehicles will have a function of being able to turn off and on which you want, just like being able to turn on and off one’s cruise control. All said, eh, I’ll adjust and go with the flow (sort of pun intended) when it’s a reality for me. It matters not when that reality is. I just hope that when that time comes, my brain will actually be able to make that adjustment.
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Wow, van... did you watch the video?
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That was the point you asked me to support. If most of the illegal immigrants in this country are due to visa overstays, it means they entered legally, with a legal visa, at a legal point of entry. Many of those articles also say the numbers crossing the southern border illegally have gone DOWN, which further supports ... a wall is NOT necessary. Put that money to better and more efficient means to curb the rest.
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Point taken. Thanks.
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Ah, okay ... I didn’t really understand that from your previous post. Yeah, like I said, I’m not sure I’d apply those revenues in the same way, and don’t know if that would work, but I definitely think there needs to be a better system in place that is truly fair, which I don’t think our current system is. It seems to forgive a lot of taxation to the super wealthy and increases the burden on the lower classes. I have a nephew who recently paid off, or is paying off his loans, dutifully, and he gets a little upset when he thinks others might be forgiven their loans entirely. That’s not fair either. But we do need to work on a better system of affordable education. Just not exactly sure what that is at this point.
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Yeah ... since I read the books already, not sure if that's what keeps me tuning in or not. Sometimes I enjoy 'comparing notes' even if the television product is just so-so. (And that would be my rating for it, as I said.)
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The super wealthy already don't pay their fair share of taxes, once they've taken advantage of all the loopholes available to them. Whether or not applying this completely to loan forgiveness or free 4-year college educations, I might debate that somewhat, but they should at least be paying their fair share, which they aren't. Either close the loopholes or tax them higher.
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Has anyone been watching the series on AMC 'A Discovery of Witches'? I've read the trilogy and the series doesn't follow along quite exactly, but seems to work so far. It seems like this 8-show series will cap this year at the end of book 1. They seem to do a pretty fair job of keeping up with the main points of the book if not all the details, and some things are a bit out of order, but I guess that's what happens when you condense a long book. Not sure I'd give it more than a so-so rating, however. I don't know if there are plans to see it to the end of the series. While I liked the first book, I found the 2nd in the series pretty much a snooze most of the way through, so not sure what I'll think if they carry on with the tv series. By the 3rd book, I just wanted to see how it ended.
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All fair and well put. This gives me something to mull over in how you have addressed it. And yes, I think apologies are still due to anyone who took offense even if unintended. I understand the significance when pointed out. I just didn’t think about the significance at the time.
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And building a wall is also an antiquated system. The suggestion Mr. Brooks suggested would be far better than spending billions on a wall. What, exactly, are your reasons for wanting so badly to keep these people out?
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I apologize. My comment was thoughtless considering it was a Christian holy day and considering events of the world. I should have waited to post that. I am no longer a follower of any religion so I am often oblivious to the significance of the day. That's no excuse, however, and I do apologize for commenting as I did yesterday. That said, I do stand by my comment, that in this country, the threat of terrorism is greater from within, from home grown individuals and groups, and that, while not labeled as such by anyone but me, I consider Christian terrorism among them. And yes, I do think many white supremacy groups and individuals believe that God ordained them superior and that those threads of religion and racism are intertwined. Levi accepts my example of violence at women's health clinics to be an example of this, but not my statement regarding white supremacy groups. Yes, perhaps the supression that I have experienced over the years in religious organizations has led to me to a rather hard and cynical opinions on that, but I have heard discussed as a kid the heirarchy of beings on Earth. (Never were those discussions at my own home, which is why I distinguished a difference.) I can't just unwind and separate those threads. That all said, I've now taken this down a path that is not specific to Trump, other than, since he became president, there is a distinct rise in activities of hate groups directed at minorities, Muslims, immigrants, etc. That he doesn't take a strong stance to disavow these groups is, imo, shameful and downright heinous.
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Music, the universal language. Yo Yo is one of the most genuine people I’ve ever met.
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https://www.npr.org/2019/01/10/683662691/where-does-illegal-immigration-mostly-occur-heres-what-the-data-tell-us https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/08/your-fact-checking-cheat-sheet-trumps-immigration-address/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.90132c4e4ee3 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/visa-overstays-outnumber-illegal-border-crossings-trend-expected-continue-n730216 https://www.factcheck.org/2018/06/illegal-immigration-statistics/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/us/illegal-immigrants-population-study.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/08/despite-trumps-claims-most-illegal-immigration-is-not-at-the-southern-border.html https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/border-illegal-immigration-visa-overstays https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2018/aug/24/kevin-mccarthy/mostly-true-visa-overstays-account-half-all-people/
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Who is pretending there isn’t a problem? Who even said that? Just because some of us think a wall is a very bad idea and that Trump is a horrible human being, doesn’t mean we don’t think there isn’t an issue. Many have acknowledged there is and we’ve offered our opinions of solutions.
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Because you said this: To which I said:Because, in my opinion, radical/terrorist Christians are a far more dangerous in this country than radical/terrorist Muslims. That could be one reason. Two, because most people, yourself included it seems, want to label every Muslim a terrorist. That's just wrong in the same way not every Christian is a terrorist. But Christian radicalization in this country is the bigger threat.
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I don't think they are that false. There are many white supremacy groups where this is at its core. I think it's easier to think otherwise, and a lot worse when the roots are religious.
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It doesn't need to be invoked when the basic belief of supremacy is based in what they believe God ordains. It's at the core. Where did 'Jews will not replace us' come from?
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It's just difficult for me to deny all the common threads. In many white supremacy groups, Christianity and racism are so intertwined. Maybe it's easier for you to isolate these threads. It isn't for me. And I don't say that to accuse Christians and Christianity in general as being bad here. Not at all. Nor are all white supremacy groups based in Christianity, but many, and I'd say the majority, are. There are many who believe that God decreed one race being superior to another. They feel their racism is justified in these beliefs. I'd say that's pretty extreme, and the resulting actions, terrorism. And the terrorism, Christian terrorism. I get it ... to you that's a leap you cannot take. I don't find that leap so great. But back to my main point ... in this country, it's the greater danger, and not Islamic terrorism.
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Well, it's how I see it ... part of why I left the church long ago. Racism is at the core of a lot of Christian terrorism. The KKK is prime in example.
