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Introvert
United States5029 Posts
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
On February 22 2014 11:29 Introvert wrote: We have Joe Biden as VP. So whether we care or not, he's there. There isn't anything more stupid than that. There's Sarah Palin. So, there's easily something more stupid than that. | ||
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Doublemint
Austria8760 Posts
On February 22 2014 11:29 Introvert wrote: We have Joe Biden as VP. So whether we care or not, he's there. There isn't anything more stupid than that. On February 22 2014 11:35 Roe wrote: There's Sarah Palin. So, there's easily something more stupid than that. In completely unrelated news: The partisan bickering is going into the next round! | ||
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Introvert
United States5029 Posts
On February 22 2014 11:35 Roe wrote: There's Sarah Palin. So, there's easily something more stupid than that. Sarah Palin isn't a representative of the US to foreign dignitaries when meeting with them, she sets no policy, and you are not forced to listen to her. Besides, I legitimately think that Joe Biden is more of an idiot. (If we accept that Palin is an idiot at all) In completely unrelated news: The partisan bickering is going into the next round! I want an excuse to post stupid Joe Biden clips. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Doublemint
Austria8760 Posts
On February 22 2014 11:49 oneofthem wrote: joe biden is literally captain america. you are being unamerican Palin matches wonderwoman pretty well I gotta say. Though I bet not even wonderwoman could see russia from her house! :p | ||
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Wegandi
United States2455 Posts
On February 22 2014 11:35 Roe wrote: There's Sarah Palin. So, there's easily something more stupid than that. I'd argue Barbara Boxer takes the cake (though Graham isn't far behind). | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
As ExxonMobil’s CEO, it’s Rex Tillerson’s job to promote the hydraulic fracturing enabling the recent oil and gas boom, and fight regulatory oversight. The oil company is the biggest natural gas producer in the U.S., relying on the controversial drilling technology to extract it. The exception is when Tillerson’s $5 million property value might be harmed. Tillerson has joined a lawsuit that cites fracking’s consequences in order to block the construction of a 160-foot water tower next to his and his wife’s Texas home. The Wall Street Journal reports the tower would supply water to a nearby fracking site, and the plaintiffs argue the project would cause too much noise and traffic from hauling the water from the tower to the drilling site. The water tower, owned by Cross Timbers Water Supply Corporation, “will sell water to oil and gas explorers for fracing [sic] shale formations leading to traffic with heavy trucks on FM 407, creating a noise nuisance and traffic hazards,” the suit says. Though Tillerson’s name is on the lawsuit, a lawyer representing him said his concern is about the devaluation of his property, not fracking specifically. Source | ||
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lamprey1
Canada919 Posts
this speech takes place in the height of the cold war. "if barry goldwater became president he would stop the advance of socialism in the UNited States" | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On February 22 2014 07:10 Chocolate wrote: I'm not saying he is a good person, but that seems like an article whose sole purpose is to rile up people already of a certain political persuasion and confirm their beliefs (hence the popularity of the article). Also keep in mind that CEOs are doing a job and want to do it well, so of course they are going to try to maximize profits (and it's not just the oil industry cutting corners...). Personally I think your job can involve one thing and you can think something else when it comes to you personally. I think annuities are wastes of money but if my job involved selling them I would want to do a damned good job. This isn't that much better than articles decrying Obama for going on vacation when X political crisis is occurring. Yeah, from the title it seems like it could be anything from a total roast to a circlejerk. that's not a particularly leftist site. but the hypocrisy of the exxon guy is pretty obvious. | ||
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zlefin
United States7689 Posts
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Sub40APM
6336 Posts
On February 22 2014 08:49 xDaunt wrote: Okay, I've been meaning to ask this for a while: how old are you? I'm guessing like 15. Even your posts still have spots. tough day at the office, you've been extra salty tonight. | ||
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Sub40APM
6336 Posts
On February 22 2014 12:10 Wegandi wrote: I'd argue Barbara Boxer takes the cake (though Graham isn't far behind). Well, all of you would be wrong. This is a *doctor* | ||
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Simberto
Germany11990 Posts
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
That said, the science-denial is a problem, and the denial of standard Christian theology is, to me, even more troubling. Neither the Catholic Church, nor any mainstream Christian body, holds with young-earth creationism. Even most evangelicals don't believe that. It takes a special kind of fundamentalist to insist on young-earth creationism, given that this debate was settled in the Church a century ago. | ||
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ey215
United States546 Posts
On February 22 2014 13:15 Sub40APM wrote: Well, all of you would be wrong. This is a *doctor* + Show Spoiler + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBy3MbP4WDo Ahhh, Paul Broun. My favorite story about him is directly related to that video: Anti-evolution Congressman Paul Broun (R-Ga.) ran unopposed in Tuesday’s election, but nearly 4,000 voters wrote in Charles Darwin to protest their representative’s views. (Broun called evolution “lies straight from the pit of hell.”) Darwin fell more than 205,000 votes short of victory, but what would have happened if the father of evolution had out-polled Broun? Source I'm pretty conservative, but I swear to God if he wins the primary for Senate I'm voting for the Democrat. | ||
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Roswell
United States250 Posts
On February 22 2014 14:00 Yoav wrote: I'm with Simberto. That said, the science-denial is a problem, and the denial of standard Christian theology is, to me, even more troubling. Neither the Catholic Church, nor any mainstream Christian body, holds with young-earth creationism. Even most evangelicals don't believe that. It takes a special kind of fundamentalist to insist on young-earth creationism, given that this debate was settled in the Church a century ago. Well technically in doctrine Young Earth believers have more points for their side. "If the world is truly millions even billions of hears old and was developed through evolution than that discredits Adam and Eve since animals only turned carnivorous after The Fall," and... "The bible is infallible, God created the earth in 7 24 hour days and by following various family trees the earth can be no older than 6000 years." Etc etc. But yeah young earthers are a minority in the grand scheme of protestant / catholic beliefs. But then there are some who believe the earth was "created" mature just like Adam as a man, not as a baby. (So the earth/universe being created trillions of years in the matter of 1 day.) And then you have people who believe god created the universe/earth with the big bang. | ||
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Sub40APM
6336 Posts
On February 22 2014 15:00 Roswell wrote: And then you have people who believe god created the universe/earth with the big bang. isnt this how major denominations have made peace with science? Basically god created things...via a scientific process more or less... | ||
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lamprey1
Canada919 Posts
and both of these look like "anti concepts" similar to "god" in order to balance all their equations. bottom line is science really does not know why galaxies move in the way they do and so they've had to create "dark matter" and ackowledge they really don't know wtf is going on. i'll give some cutting edge cosmologists credit for having the balls to admit how little they know about galaxies. | ||
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aksfjh
United States4853 Posts
On February 22 2014 16:07 lamprey1 wrote: science has created "dark energy" and "dark matter" to make sense of how various galaxies move. and both of these look like "anti concepts" similar to "god" in order to balance all their equations. bottom line is science really does not know why galaxies move in the way they do and so they've had to create "dark matter" and ackowledge they really don't know wtf is going on. i'll give some cutting edge cosmologists credit for having the balls to admit how little they know about galaxies. If you put your stock in God for the unexplained, you're going to be sorely disappointed. Never has that bet paid off. | ||
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