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1. Will college campus protests affect the presidential election?

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Everything affects everything else. I think the only news I have heard so far that felt like it was having a significant direct impact was that of Biden pulling out. However, if we consider that every vote counts then anything that might affect even online?voter?would by extension affect the election.

2.? Does the killing of the hostage in Gaza affect your views on that situation?

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I am over terrorists. Almost as much as I am over identity thieves. Both disrupt lives and hurt?people. I would like to see the shooter dragged to justice by his eye sockets. I guess you might say my views are impacted...

3. Is the constitution a danger to the people?

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My knee jerk is "Huh?" I am not quite sure what this one means.

4.? Can yearbook photos be used as a gauge of social trends?

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Possibly by people who can extrapolate from hairstyles or clothing choices, but it seems like one would have to go out on a limb with the extrapolations...
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5.? Should mosquitoes be eliminated from the earth?

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There we go again, trying to shape the biosphere to the convenience of you?humans. Why can't we all just share?

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Death is part of the way reality works. Disease is part of that overall functioning. I would not mind an approach that made me immune to Dengue or one which made me immune to mosquitoes (I am outside often enough since I live in an RV), but making sweeping dramatic changes to biospheres seems to have already raised some new challenges for your species...

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On Aug 30, 2024, at 11:35, Ed Lomas <relomas2@...> wrote:

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1.? Does slavery exist in the Western World?

Yes, but in bits and pieces, like women in places like Afghanistan, perhaps some people under the control of drug gangs, and political prisoners in China who are forced laborers.

2.? Will the defection of Tulsi Gabbert to Trump change the results of the presidential election?

No, she’s only a minor player in the big game, like RFK, jr.

3.? ?Will a Third World War break out in the next year?

It will take a few more ?years, unless Putin starts using nukes as a last-ditch effort to end his Ukraine war immediately.

4.? Should the US defend Taiwan against China?

We should, but for all practical purposes it would be futile, as are our involvements in Ukraine and Gaza.

5.? What do you anticipate will cause the next economic collapse?

Devaluation of the US dollar against other currencies, brought on by federal overspending, causing a massive transfer of wealth from the dollar to property and other types of assets as the Fed sends interest rates back up to double digits (beyond their peak of 20% in 1980), in a futile attempt to combat inflation, while the Harris administration prints even more money to keep unemployment from rising to over 25% (as it was in 1932, two years after FDR was elected). ?

Harris probably really believes her campaign claims that her administration ‘beat inflation,’ since she hasn’t ever mentioned that inflation was really controlled by the Fed raising interest rates to the highest level in decades to keep inflation from breaking loose (as it almost did in the UK). The Biden administration has no control over the Fed, and has been spending like mad, increasing the money supply, while the Fed tries to keep the money supply contained. ?

If Harris gets a Democratic majority in Congress and doles out money to the middle class (as she is promising, to buy votes from the economically illiterate), the resulting inflated money supply will kick in just as the multi-trillion Bidenomic spending bills from 2020 kick in, and the combined overspending will send US inflation through the roof while other countries are controlling their spending, sending the US dollar sharply downward.?

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On Thursday, August 29, 2024, mrvnchpmn via <chapman=[email protected]> wrote:

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1.? Does slavery exist in the Western World?

2.? Will the defection of Tulsi Gabbert to Trump change the results of the presidential election?

3.? ?Will a Third World War break out in the next year?

4.? Should the US defend Taiwan against China?

5.? What do you anticipate will cause the next economic collapse?
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On Aug 30, 2024, at 10:03, Darrell King <DarrellGKing@...> wrote:

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1.? Does slavery exist in the Western World?

Functionally, I say yes.?

slavery,?condition in which one human being was owned by another. A slave was considered by law as property, or chattel, and was deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by free persons. --?

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I point at most low-income populations to find examples. People may not be nominally or institutionally referred to or recognized as slaves, but the condition exists in practical?effect. Some spouses are owned by their partners, sweat shops own their workforce, criminal gangs own their populations (members and those within influence), many governments own their citizens.

2.? Will the defection of Tulsi Gabbert to Trump change the results of the presidential election?

I think all media hype will impact the election for some people. Everyone could dislike or not recognize Gabbert, but the propaganda story is independently?influential. She saw?the light, maybe we should!

3.? ?Will a Third World War break out in the next year?

It teeters. Kudos to the many vectors fighting valiantly to edge the world away from it, but do they have enough fingers for all the holes? I believe there are many actors who see a chance to win a conflict or they feel confident about a game?of chicken or they are anxious about an opposing side seizing the opportunity and scoring. Now toss in the other social stressors, such as economic?burdens, extreme?weather batterings and media focus on disease threats. I am kinda glad Elon has pushed for the human species to be multiplanetary as I do feel there is a very significant chance for a widespread conflict. Human strengths have always included adaptability and geographic expansion.

4.? Should the US defend Taiwan against China?

Duh. China, RUSSIA and Some Islamic entities have publically and repeatedly proclaimed the USA to be a threat needing to be subdued. Allowing Taiwan to be absorbed will just strengthen China's unashamed position as a threat targeting the US.

5.? What do you anticipate will cause the next economic collapse?

See above. Chaotic?instability from many vectors is stressing the social?systems. This is causing changes?in mob behaviors that are not conducive to smoothly running?economic?systems. Mass migration fleeing social unrest, media focus on looming threats, disruptions from weather extremes, the impact of the recent pandemic on work and life patterns, new disease disruptions to food chains (Avian Flu, Swine Flu, etc.): all seem to be taking shots at economic stability. Sun Tsu's strategy of attacking?the many weak points on a massive scale!

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1.? Does slavery exist in the Western World?

2.? Will the defection of Tulsi Gabbert to Trump change the results of the presidential election?

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4.? Should the US defend Taiwan against China?

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5.? What do you anticipate will cause the next economic collapse?
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