SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
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If nearly every senator is already decided how they're going to vote on the SCOTUS nomination hearing BEFORE THEY EVEN KNOW WHO IT IS, what's the point is having a hearing? Perhaps it used to matter but today politics is so polarized & tribal these formalities seem superfluous. https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/1309255837131501568 #Politics
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My employer sent everyone to work from home after the report that we were headed toward 2.5 million US #COVID deaths. We've now hit 200k, 8% of the projected death toll.
“The idea of 200,000 deaths is very sobering, and in some respects, stunning,” said Dr. #AnthonyFauci. Over 200,000 #COVID19 deaths have been repor...
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Translation - the more kids you have the lower risk you have of catching the rona!
Nathan Hill: New Study - "Increased household exposure to young children was associated with an attenuated risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 and appeared to also be associated with an attenuated risk of COVID-19 disease severe enough to require hospitalization"
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.21.20196428v1 https://twitter.com/nj_hill/status/1290691545813975046 https://twitter.com/just..
Bwahahaha.
Bee: "Nation Surprised To Learn All Politicians Are Hypocrites"
#uspol
Babylon bee is always great https://babylonbee.com/news/nation-surprised-to-learn-all-politicians-are-hypocrites/
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In truth there are only two kinds of people, those who accept dogmas and know it, and those who accept dogmas and don't know it. https://twitter.com/GKCdaily/status/1308467328527618056
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Deranged Don Lemon threatens to “blow up the entire system” including smashing the Electoral College and stacking the Court.
The Left is about one thing: power.
https://twitter.com/CortesSteve/status/1308376563885506561
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MSNBC is reporting on global approval ratings of the US President. Is that a measure of anything more than how the major media corporations are presenting him?
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LOL.
Genius Trump Nominates Joe Biden To Supreme Court Forcing Dems To Accuse Him Of Sexual Assault
WASHINGTON, D.C.
#Trump has announced his pick for Supreme Court justice: Joe #Biden. By nominating Biden, Trump has forced the Dems' hands, making them believe the sexual assault claims and allegations of inappropriate, creepy behavior against the former vice president.The "4D chess" move forced Dems to immediately accuse Joe Biden of...
https://babylonbee.com/news/genius-trump-nominates-joe-biden-to-supreme-court
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A packed house. Excellent Biblical exegesis. @johnmacarthur preaching the word of God while the state of California tries to silence it. (Even if I get Wuflu and die, he can still say he did his bit to #savetheKlavan.) Quite an experience. I'll talk about it on tomorrow's show.
Ryan Helfenbein: I don’t always go to @GraceComChurch church on Sunday, but when I do I sit next to @andrewklavan
https://twitter.com/andrewklavan/status/1307839974478282752 #California #God
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Nice to hear that Github is finally replacing the term master with billgates
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Re @ScottAdamsSays Things that were already (apparently) on the table:
1. Shooting up GOP baseball games
2. Allowing supporters to burn cities.
3. Staging coups against democratically elected president.
4. FBI collusion/perjury traps.
5. Leaking classified information. https://twitter.com/be_machiavelli/status/1307646292517154817 #FBI #GOP
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What do Democrats mean by "Nothing is off the table?" I mean, they already tried a coup attempt. Are they going to start mailing ricin to . . . wait, what? https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1307642267071471617 #Democrats
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@khird perhaps. I think nailing down "the rule" is purely subjective. The rule is either not to hold a vote during any election year (which is 50% or more of years), or don't hold a vote during the final months of a lame duck president (at term limit) when a different party holds the senate.
There's so much objectively different this time, whatever happened last time doesn't seem that it would apply.
I also don't think after what happened with the last nominee there's any good faith left for any kind of negotiation or promises.
Those shocked that the Republicans will push to fill a Supreme Court vacancy when Trump is running for reelection when they wouldn't when Obama was headed out of office might be forgetting that democrats demanded a hearing and now reversed their position. It's all sides.
Republicans can say there's multiple objective differences that explain their different position now. Other than "we hate Trump", what else is different that could explain a rational objection to a vote from those who demanded a vote 4 years ago?
@Demosthenes @randomthoughts@mstdn.social
I am reminded of the ACA Supreme Court ruling : "Elections Have Consequences".
I'm not sure of the problem when the elected president plays the presidential role here and appoints someone.
I understand there's many pushing unrest to increase fear, but not sure it's a good idea to not do the job one was elected to because others are acting too make people afraid.
Is the country moving to the left? Maybe.
Media presentations aside, it's been has been moving in a way that's landed is with an elected senate majority and president (the two roles who are responsible for this job) that are not members of the left wing party. And it's not clear that things will change in November. The democrats chose the primary candidate who presented as the most centrist, not one to the left. And it's looking to me like Trump is likely to continue to a second term.
Also wondering, can it possibly be more contentious than the last nominee? I don't think the current hatred against non leftists takes a break, election year or not.
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NNNNOOOOOOO!!!!! I woke up to find Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. I really liked her for the most part.
Part of me thinks Trump has been able to select too many supreme court judges, but I must admit while Trump is a pretty shitty president overall his supreme court choices arent too bad and I think its good we have some strong 2nd and 1st amendment rights representatives on the supreme court now at least... So lets hope he makes a good choice.
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I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
