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1.? Have you ever heard of the Dunning -Kruge Effect?

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Had heard of the name Dunning Kruger but didn't know what it was. I have observed it however, many times, or something like it. What I have observed is not-very-bright people who think they're the smartest people in the room. Happens all the time. But the description of Dunning Kruger is a little different; it's about specific knowledge, and applies to all of us, in any subject about which we are not well informed.?

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2.? Should the constitution of the US be harder or easier to amend?

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No opinion. Don't know anything about the US constitution.

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3.? ?Should the constitution be interpreted in accordance with the thoughts of the writers or current mores?

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No opinion. Don't know anything about the US constitution.

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4.? What one item of foreign aid woul save the most lives worldwide at the lowest cost?

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Capitalism. Any country with all the qualities and components of capitalism, which includes the rule of law, individual responsibility, individual autonomy, individual ownership, and others (that is, not the semi-capitalism practiced by China) will become prosperous, and nothing saves lives like prosperity. How to give it to them is the question. It takes good governance, and we can't even manage that any more in our own western countries, with our history and tradition of all the qualities needed.

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5l.? Should men who want to play on women's athletic teams have to undergo a cliteriectomy?

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No. It is not possible. A clitorectomy can only be done on a female, since only females have a clitoris to remove. Men who want to play on women's athletic teams are men, they are not women. They do not have a clitoris.

And performing a penectomy or phallectomy (removal of the penis) and an orchiectomy (removal of the testicles) would not help, although it would be good to do on men who want to go into women's dressing rooms, bathrooms and prisons. But it wouldn't help in sports. As soon as a male goes through puberty, he develops the greater size, strength and speed that make competing against women unfair and, in some sports, dangerous. All the surgery and hormones in the world, for the rest of his life, will not significantly change that. Much simpler and more sensible to divide people into teams based on biological sex, not imagined gender "identity". Also dressing rooms, bathrooms and prisons should be divided based on biological sex, not fantasy. A man without his junk could not rape women in those places, but he is still bigger and stronger and faster and could assault them and hurt them very badly. Keep him out.

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Happy Valentines Day!

1.? Have you ever heard of the Dunning -Kruge Effect?

2.? Should the constitution of the US be harder or easier to amend?

3.? ?Should the constitution be interpreted in accordance with the thoughts of the writers or current mores?

4.? What one item of foreign aid woul save the most lives worldwide at the lowest cost?

5l.? Should men who want to play on women's athletic teams have to undergo a cliteriectomy?

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Re: Friday Five February 14

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College is just the third phase of K-16.

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Vwet rrue but for the last thirty yeas thinking has deemphasized.

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But learning to think clearl;y can have an impact. What I meant was that, for some, college encourages thinking skills.

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On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 1:28?PM mrvnchpmn via <Chapman=[email protected]> wrote:

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College has very little to do with whether or not someone has irrational ideas.

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Celeste said: "...It's all too common among people who never went to college."

m since often had this same thought. I was raised in a rural blue collar?culture that idolized the workers as the real foundation of all that was good, the real men and women who did not waste their time with frivolous pursuits likee

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On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 9:28?AM a1thighmaster via <thighmaster=[email protected]> wrote:

1.? Have you ever heard of the Dunning -Kruge Effect?

No, but I do know about the Dunning-Kruger effect. It's a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their knowledge or abilities. It's all too common among people who never went to college.
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2.? Should the constitution of the US be harder or easier to amend?

No, it's fine the way it is.
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3.? ?Should the constitution be interpreted in accordance with the thoughts of the writers or current mores?

Both.
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4.? What one item of foreign aid woul save the most lives worldwide at the lowest cost?

I'm not familiar enough with the items of foreign aid. I'd have to spend too much time researching to provide an answer.
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5.? Should men who want to play on women's athletic teams have to undergo a cliteriectomy?

I don't think that's a real procedure of any sort.

Aloha,
Celeste Rogers
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Re: Friday Five February 14

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Vwet rrue but for the last thirty yeas thinking has deemphasized.

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But learning to think clearl;y can have an impact. What I meant was that, for some, college encourages thinking skills.

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On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 1:28?PM mrvnchpmn via <Chapman=[email protected]> wrote:

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College has very little to do with whether or not someone has irrational ideas.

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Celeste said: "...It's all too common among people who never went to college."

m since often had this same thought. I was raised in a rural blue collar?culture that idolized the workers as the real foundation of all that was good, the real men and women who did not waste their time with frivolous pursuits likee

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On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 9:28?AM a1thighmaster via <thighmaster=[email protected]> wrote:

1.? Have you ever heard of the Dunning -Kruge Effect?

No, but I do know about the Dunning-Kruger effect. It's a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their knowledge or abilities. It's all too common among people who never went to college.
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2.? Should the constitution of the US be harder or easier to amend?

No, it's fine the way it is.
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3.? ?Should the constitution be interpreted in accordance with the thoughts of the writers or current mores?

Both.
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4.? What one item of foreign aid woul save the most lives worldwide at the lowest cost?

I'm not familiar enough with the items of foreign aid. I'd have to spend too much time researching to provide an answer.
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5.? Should men who want to play on women's athletic teams have to undergo a cliteriectomy?

I don't think that's a real procedure of any sort.

Aloha,
Celeste Rogers
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But learning to think clearl;y can have an impact. What I meant was that, for some, college encourages thinking skills.

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On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 1:28?PM mrvnchpmn via <Chapman=[email protected]> wrote:

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College has very little to do with whether or not someone has irrational ideas.

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Celeste said: "...It's all too common among people who never went to college."

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And Darrell replied: I did not go to college until I was in my 50's and I have since often had this same thought. I was raised in a rural blue collar?culture that idolized the workers as the real foundation of all that was good, the real men and women who did not waste their time with frivolous pursuits like?higher?education. I am sometimes idly curious?how my?life might have looked if I had learned in my 20's the skills and?history I delayed?until middle? age, including?how to look mindfully at my ideas?of me.

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On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 9:28?AM a1thighmaster via <thighmaster=[email protected]> wrote:

1.? Have you ever heard of the Dunning -Kruge Effect?

No, but I do know about the Dunning-Kruger effect. It's a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their knowledge or abilities. It's all too common among people who never went to college.
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2.? Should the constitution of the US be harder or easier to amend?

No, it's fine the way it is.
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3.? ?Should the constitution be interpreted in accordance with the thoughts of the writers or current mores?

Both.
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4.? What one item of foreign aid woul save the most lives worldwide at the lowest cost?

I'm not familiar enough with the items of foreign aid. I'd have to spend too much time researching to provide an answer.
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5.? Should men who want to play on women's athletic teams have to undergo a cliteriectomy?

I don't think that's a real procedure of any sort.

Aloha,
Celeste Rogers
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Re: Friday Five February 14

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College has very little to do with whether or not someone has irrational ideas.

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Celeste said: "...It's all too common among people who never went to college."

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And Darrell replied: I did not go to college until I was in my 50's and I have since often had this same thought. I was raised in a rural blue collar?culture that idolized the workers as the real foundation of all that was good, the real men and women who did not waste their time with frivolous pursuits like?higher?education. I am sometimes idly curious?how my?life might have looked if I had learned in my 20's the skills and?history I delayed?until middle? age, including?how to look mindfully at my ideas?of me.

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On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 9:28?AM a1thighmaster via <thighmaster=[email protected]> wrote:

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1.? Have you ever heard of the Dunning -Kruge Effect?

No, but I do know about the Dunning-Kruger effect. It's a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their knowledge or abilities. It's all too common among people who never went to college.
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2.? Should the constitution of the US be harder or easier to amend?

No, it's fine the way it is.
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3.? ?Should the constitution be interpreted in accordance with the thoughts of the writers or current mores?

Both.
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4.? What one item of foreign aid woul save the most lives worldwide at the lowest cost?

I'm not familiar enough with the items of foreign aid. I'd have to spend too much time researching to provide an answer.
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5.? Should men who want to play on women's athletic teams have to undergo a cliteriectomy?

I don't think that's a real procedure of any sort.

Aloha,
Celeste Rogers
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Re: Friday Five February 14

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Celeste said: "...It's all too common among people who never went to college."

And Darrell replied: I did not go to college until I was in my 50's and I have since often had this same thought. I was raised in a rural blue collar?culture that idolized the workers as the real foundation of all that was good, the real men and women who did not waste their time with frivolous pursuits like?higher?education. I am sometimes idly curious?how my?life might have looked if I had learned in my 20's the skills and?history I delayed?until middle? age, including?how to look mindfully at my ideas?of me.

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On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 9:28?AM a1thighmaster via <thighmaster=[email protected]> wrote:

1.? Have you ever heard of the Dunning -Kruge Effect?

No, but I do know about the Dunning-Kruger effect. It's a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their knowledge or abilities. It's all too common among people who never went to college.

2.? Should the constitution of the US be harder or easier to amend?

No, it's fine the way it is.

3.? ?Should the constitution be interpreted in accordance with the thoughts of the writers or current mores?

Both.

4.? What one item of foreign aid woul save the most lives worldwide at the lowest cost?

I'm not familiar enough with the items of foreign aid. I'd have to spend too much time researching to provide an answer.

5.? Should men who want to play on women's athletic teams have to undergo a cliteriectomy?

I don't think that's a real procedure of any sort.

Aloha,
Celeste Rogers

Re: Friday Five February 14

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Back atcha, lover!

1.? Have you ever heard of the Dunning-Kruge Effect?

Not by name until now. I have seen it in action, though, and there is a mention of metacognitive skills in the Google results that seems like it is generally applicable as a probably contributing factor for the phenomenon.

2.? Should the constitution of the US be harder or easier to amend?

I think there?are cases in which either direction might be preferable, so maybe it is just right as it stands?

3.? ?Should the constitution be interpreted in accordance with the thoughts of the writers or current mores?

It seems designed?to be flexible enough to evolve, so I vote we interpret it with intelligence.

4.? What one item of foreign aid would save the most lives worldwide at the lowest cost?

Seeds?

5.? Should men who want to play on women's athletic teams have to undergo a cliteriectomy?

Should we spend the evolving Amageddn?discussing sports trivia like it mattered?

As I have imperiously decreed before, set up three leagues for every sport: Male, Female and Other. Base qualification for any league?or division on birth gender?for obectivity's sake. Then relegate any related coverage to the bottom of the back page before I start advocating for my dog to be admitted to the women's locker rooms. It is absolutely annoying that we have a double standard in this country under which human?people may use indoor plumbing or tread the allowed halls of the supermarket while my beautiful and loyal canine companion is rudely forbidden entrance and sent to the back of the bus.

Apologies?to anyone offended?by my tongue-in-cheek reply, but sometimes I wonder?if we have not somehow?transitioned into a dream wherein ridiculous situations are presented as serious concerns by someone's sleeping subconscious. Why call them "men's" or "women's" teams if we are going to make? them so complex? Why not have an "Athlete's Sports" category in which any participant is surgically and chemically altered to a neutered non-gender and thus all athletes can participate on the golden "level playing field?"

Or I suppose?we could just leave it up to whomever is in charge of each sport since those people have chosen to manage?the details. The rest of us could go on to worry about, oh, I dunno...topics related to survival, spiritual?growth, or maybe what TV series to binge next?

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1.? Have you ever heard of the Dunning -Kruge Effect?

No, but I do know about the Dunning-Kruger effect. It's a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their knowledge or abilities. It's all too common among people who never went to college.

2.? Should the constitution of the US be harder or easier to amend?

No, it's fine the way it is.

3.? ?Should the constitution be interpreted in accordance with the thoughts of the writers or current mores?

Both.

4.? What one item of foreign aid woul save the most lives worldwide at the lowest cost?

I'm not familiar enough with the items of foreign aid. I'd have to spend too much time researching to provide an answer.

5.? Should men who want to play on women's athletic teams have to undergo a cliteriectomy?

I don't think that's a real procedure of any sort.

Aloha,
Celeste Rogers

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Happy Valentines Day!

1.? Have you ever heard of the Dunning -Kruge Effect?

I hadn't until I saw an article on it.

2.? Should the constitution of the US be harder or easier to amend?
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Certrainly no easier - harder is a different question,? There were a bunch of frivoius and foolish amendments in the 20th century - I'm not sure that I would be supportive of any of them except the 21st repealing the 18th.

3.? ?Should the constitution be interpreted in accordance with the thoughts of the writers or current mores?

With the thoughts of the writers.? Current mores tend to lead to spasms of idiocy - I would prefer to read what the people who wrote the document and the musing of congress with regard to amendments.

4.? What one item of foreign aid woul save the most lives worldwide at the lowest cost?

Trick question.? The mosquito net costing less than five dollars could save a half million lives a yar and even more importantly allow tropical and subtropical areas to economically develop with a workforce that is not constatntly sick.

5l.? Should men who want to play on women's athletic teams have to undergo a cliteriectomy?

Ys and an orchiotomy as well

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Happy Valentines Day!

1.? Have you ever heard of the Dunning -Kruge Effect?

2.? Should the constitution of the US be harder or easier to amend?

3.? ?Should the constitution be interpreted in accordance with the thoughts of the writers or current mores?

4.? What one item of foreign aid woul save the most lives worldwide at the lowest cost?

5l.? Should men who want to play on women's athletic teams have to undergo a cliteriectomy?

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Re: Friday Five February 7

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1. Have you ever heard of Jevon's Paradox?? Interesting commentary on innovation.

I hadn't, so I Googled it.

2.? Is Trump serious about annexing Gaza and performing a renovation to make it the Riviera of the Eastern Mediterranean?

He'd certainly do it if he could.

3. Should soy and almond millk be labeled as non milk preparation?

I believe they are already labeled as being non-dairy.

4.? Is inflation driven by corporate concentration?

It is certainly the most likely cause right now.

5.? Are you surprised by the number of executive ordres Trump has issued so far?

No, he likes to try to be a dictator.

Aloha,
Celeste Rogers

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1. Have you ever heard of Jevon's Paradox?? Interesting commentary on innovation.

Not until now. Kinda makes sense, although I did not check for accuracy. Looked like it might turn into a rather convoluted rabbit hole. I think the draw in a consumer culture is the tipping point becomes too much work to reach higher, so I expect that the effect in question would be self-limiting? At least until the next improvement in resource availability lowers the effort of collecting for a time.

2.? Is Trump serious about annexing Gaza and performing a renovation to make it the Riviera of the Eastern Mediterranean?

Since he is a businessman by trade and well-surrounded with other businesspeople, I expect he would be fine with investing in a huge hunk of oceanfront property, especially given the strategic advantages the property and the nation obtaining it would offer. He could rename it to Dubai Riviera and build Trump Tower East smack in the middle.

(That last part was tongue-in-cheek, in case the written medium does not convey?that!)

I guess all the illegal immigrant deportations could go there for retraining as low-wage hospitality?staff, which is a step up from being low-wage field staff? Imaginative problem solving.

Either the Prez has a genius equal to my own and has already thought of all this, else he is throwing out verbal shock bombs to keep his opposition busy.

3. Should soy and almond milk be labeled as non milk preparation?

I am a big fan of almond milk and have used little dairy milk in years, so I am used to the label it already has.Still Wikipedia does specify milk as a product of mammary glands, so maybe I should get behind "Almond Milksub" or some such.

4.? Is inflation driven by corporate concentration?

I suspect it is driven by many factors. In some cases this may be one, but I would not guess that it is an exclusive, or even primary, driver.

5.? Are you surprised by the number of executive orders Trump has issued so far?

No. I was a little surprised by the first day, but then I just figured he now has experience with how hindsight frames history. Plus, he came into this with experience and a master plan laid out and so there will likely be far less fumbling than we might otherwise expect.

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Re: Friday Five February 7

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1. Have you ever heard of Jevon's Paradox?? Interesting commentary on innovation.

2.? Is Trump serious about annexing Gaza and performing a renovation to make it the Riviera of the Eastern Mediterranean?

3. Should soy and almond millk be labeled as non milk preparation?

4.? Is inflation driven by corporate concentration?

5.? Are you surprised by the number of executive ordres Trump has issued so far?

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Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five January 31

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Another question is why the training was conducted in the middle of a heavy arrival time instead of 1 am, when there are few flights arriving.

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The helicopter came out a base used for security ot entire DC area.? Closing that base would make security harder and more expensive.? A different question would be what is the helicopter doing on a familiarization flight at night.? But eventually I t think it will trun out to be a combination of all agents getting overwhelmed by circumstance - the controller being overworked because FAA is not hiring enough well qualified individuals, the airliner crew because they were concentrating on instruments at the last seconds of a? normal landing, and the helicopter crew because they were practicing difficult maneuvers.

Human error driven by politics of DEI and fiscal considerations limiting the number of crew? members - no one left to watch out for visual problems.

Marvin

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1.? Do you think Reagan National Airport in Washington DC should be closed to commercial aircraft as a result of the midair collision yesterday?

How about move the helicopter base?? Why is the army having night training flights in January in black helicopters around some of the most dense commercial airspace in the country?

2.? Do you think RFK will be confirmed for Secretary of HHS?

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Probably, but not without some controversy.

3.? Will Trump be impeached again - if so what for?

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Only if the House turns Democratic in two years, and then it's almost a certainty that he'll get impeached for something, but it's unlikely they will win a vote for conviction, so it'll all be a show as it was the last two times.

4.? US destroyrers were targeted by Houthi drones this week - is this another Tonkin Gulf incident leading to a larger war?

Trump is not a war hawk like LBJ and Bush II were.? It's unlikely that we will get sucked into another endless war in the Middle East in his watch, unless Israel is about to fall.

5.? Do you think the overall media does a good job of exposing what is going on?
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No. The?media invents a lot of scandals and misses a lot as well. ? Trump paying off a blackmailer wasn't news, neither?was there a connection between Trump and Russia.? Hunter Biden's laptop was determined to be fake until it wasn't, and Biden's brother's influence peddling as well as Hunter Biden's obvious influence peddling went largely unexposed, as did Hillary Clinton's remarkable skill in turning a $2,000 loan into $100,000 of profit in the futures market.

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`1.? Do you think Reagan National Airport in Washington DC should be closed to commercial aircraft as a result of the midair collision yesterday?

No, there isn't any need for that.

2.? Do you think RFK will be confirmed for Secretary of HHS?

I hope not. He has zero expertise in that area.

3.? Will Trump be i mpeached again - if so what for?

We'll have to wait and see.

4.? US destroyrers were targeted by Houthi drones this week - is this another Tonkin Gulf incident leading to a larger war?

No.

5.? Do you think the overall media does a good job of exposing what is going on?

With what exactly? This is a very vague question.

Aloha,
Celeste Rogers

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The helicopter came out a base used for security ot entire DC area.? Closing that base would make security harder and more expensive.? A different question would be what is the helicopter doing on a familiarization flight at night.? But eventually I t think it will trun out to be a combination of all agents getting overwhelmed by circumstance - the controller being overworked because FAA is not hiring enough well qualified individuals, the airliner crew because they were concentrating on instruments at the last seconds of a? normal landing, and the helicopter crew because they were practicing difficult maneuvers.

Human error driven by politics of DEI and fiscal considerations limiting the number of crew? members - no one left to watch out for visual problems.

Marvin

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1.? Do you think Reagan National Airport in Washington DC should be closed to commercial aircraft as a result of the midair collision yesterday?

How about move the helicopter base?? Why is the army having night training flights in January in black helicopters around some of the most dense commercial airspace in the country?

2.? Do you think RFK will be confirmed for Secretary of HHS?

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Probably, but not without some controversy.

3.? Will Trump be impeached again - if so what for?

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Only if the House turns Democratic in two years, and then it's almost a certainty that he'll get impeached for something, but it's unlikely they will win a vote for conviction, so it'll all be a show as it was the last two times.

4.? US destroyrers were targeted by Houthi drones this week - is this another Tonkin Gulf incident leading to a larger war?

Trump is not a war hawk like LBJ and Bush II were.? It's unlikely that we will get sucked into another endless war in the Middle East in his watch, unless Israel is about to fall.

5.? Do you think the overall media does a good job of exposing what is going on?
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No. The?media invents a lot of scandals and misses a lot as well. ? Trump paying off a blackmailer wasn't news, neither?was there a connection between Trump and Russia.? Hunter Biden's laptop was determined to be fake until it wasn't, and Biden's brother's influence peddling as well as Hunter Biden's obvious influence peddling went largely unexposed, as did Hillary Clinton's remarkable skill in turning a $2,000 loan into $100,000 of profit in the futures market.

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Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five January 31

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1.? Do you think Reagan National Airport in Washington DC should be closed to commercial aircraft as a result of the midair collision yesterday?

How about move the helicopter base?? Why is the army having night training flights in January in black helicopters around some of the most dense commercial airspace in the country?

2.? Do you think RFK will be confirmed for Secretary of HHS?

Probably, but not without some controversy.

3.? Will Trump be impeached again - if so what for?

Only if the House turns Democratic in two years, and then it's almost a certainty that he'll get impeached for something, but it's unlikely they will win a vote for conviction, so it'll all be a show as it was the last two times.

4.? US destroyrers were targeted by Houthi drones this week - is this another Tonkin Gulf incident leading to a larger war?

Trump is not a war hawk like LBJ and Bush II were.? It's unlikely that we will get sucked into another endless war in the Middle East in his watch, unless Israel is about to fall.

5.? Do you think the overall media does a good job of exposing what is going on?

No. The?media invents a lot of scandals and misses a lot as well. ? Trump paying off a blackmailer wasn't news, neither?was there a connection between Trump and Russia.? Hunter Biden's laptop was determined to be fake until it wasn't, and Biden's brother's influence peddling as well as Hunter Biden's obvious influence peddling went largely unexposed, as did Hillary Clinton's remarkable skill in turning a $2,000 loan into $100,000 of profit in the futures market.

Ed

Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five January 31

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`1.? Do you think Reagan National Airport in Washington DC should be closed to commercial aircraft as a result of the midair collision yesterday?

It would be the easy solution and therefore what is most likely th happen - whether or not it makes any sense.

2.? Do you think RFK will be confirmed for Secretary of HHS?

I hope so but would give him even odds.

3.? Will Trump be i mpeached again - if so what for?

For being unpopular with the party that controls the House - remember all it takes is a majoirty vote of either? a quorum or the entire membrshio - no particular reason is necessary.

4.? US destroyrers were targeted by Houthi drones this week - is this another Tonkin Gulf incident leading to a larger war?

Probably not but I?hope we do? something besides bomb an aspirin factory

5.? Do you think the overall media does a good job of exposing what is going on?

No really - I think they do what they can to sell advertzements.
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Re: Friday Five January 31

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1.? Do you think Reagan National Airport in Washington DC should be closed to commercial aircraft as a result of the midair collision yesterday?

Why have an airport at all if we are going to close it to most of the traffic it gets? Maybe?it makes sense to investigate first...this?is not a common occurrence.

2.? Do you think RFK will be confirmed for Secretary of HHS?

Well, nominees are batting a thousand so far! I think chances are good.

3.? Will Trump be impeached again - if so what for?

I should predict this?in the second?week? So far he is just doing what Trump does.

4.? US destroyers were targeted by Houthi drones this week - is this another Tonkin Gulf incident leading to a larger war?

Seems like it is a maybe-Vietnam, but maybe not. Terrorists, like guerillas, depend upon the populace for concealment. If we deny?them this advantage, we can likely subdue them. If we play by their rules, we will need?to accept the deaths, damages and terms they insist on. I think they do not like larger wars because these provide hard targets for us.

5.? Do you think the overall media does a good job of exposing what is going on?

LOL. I suppose a few journalists?try.

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`1.? Do you think Reagan National Airport in Washington DC should be closed to commercial aircraft as a result of the midair collision yesterday?

2.? Do you think RFK will be confirmed for Secretary of HHS?

3.? Will Trump be i mpeached again - if so what for?

4.? US destroyrers were targeted by Houthi drones this week - is this another Tonkin Gulf incident leading to a larger war?

5.? Do you think the overall media does a good job of exposing what is going on?
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