Re: F;riday Five June 28
O ? ? ? 1.? Should a president be allowed to make law by executive order? No 2.? Will the next car or truck you buy be an EV? Never! 3.? Should direction of violent illegal entrants to the US be
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: F;riday Five June 28
*1. Should a president be allowed to make law by executive order?* Every authoritarian king and dictator can do so, why not the president? Checks and balances. The answer is no, although the Executive
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Darrell King
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Re: F;riday Five June 28
1.? Should a president be allowed to make law by executive order? 2.? Will the next car or truck you buy be an EV? 3.? Should direction of violent illegal entrants to the US be regarded as a form
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five June 21
I think there will be some unintended consequences that will make it unwise. It is definitely happening. No. I can't stand listening to Trump talk. He's so adolescent. And he'll probably be
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a1thighmaster
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Re: Friday Five June 21
1.? Scientists at the University of Washington are studying production of clouds to reflect sunlight with the intent of cooling the earth - is this a good idea? Brilliant waste of research money 2.?
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: Friday Five June 21
*1. Scientists at the University of Washington are studying production of clouds to reflect sunlight with the intent of cooling the earth - is this a good idea?* Probably not. Of course, I am not
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Darrell King
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Re: Friday Five June 21
1.? Scientists at the University of Washington are studying production of clouds to reflect sunlight with the intent of cooling the earth - is this a good idea? 2.? Accusations are being made of
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Frida y F ive J une 7
Far better to educate young people to be virtuous than to pick them up off the street when they're not. But in a culture based on relativism, in which the meaning of "virtuous" can have no clear and
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David Smith
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Frida y F ive J une 7
Yah, people of all varieties are easily gulled. I doubt that teaching "thinking skills" would make the slightest difference. Learning to think logically is not the problem.
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David Smith
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Frida y F ive J une 7
I tried being an alcoholic in college - ended up building an 11' flat bottom boat in the dorm lounge to stay sober. Learned my lesson - and very seldom ever overindulged again. Marvin "I suppose
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Frida y F ive J une 7
There is no difference between the current news sources and propaganda - the only question is which side is pushing the propaganda. Marvin ? Absolutely, David. Hitler harnessed propaganda to create
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Frida y F ive J une 7
"I suppose flooding the advertising space with campaigns as proactive, funded and skilfully deployed as the major cigarette programs that led to huge addicted populations might be useful. I do feel
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Ed Lomas
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Re: Frida y F ive J une 7
Success with this approach wo9uld be predicated on people controlling their impulses with reasoned, detached judgement...? Otherwise, should we not be depending upon extrinsic motivation from law
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Darrell King
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Frida y F ive J une 7
Absolutely, David. Hitler harnessed propaganda to create his powerhouse war machine. The Allies harnessed propaganda to create the evil villain Hitler has become in public tradition. Our culture has
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Darrell King
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Re: [Owner] Re: [PhilosophicalM] Frida y F ive J une 7
I agree with much of that, Ed. The main impetus for the design of my master's program--and the major focus of my Nursing career--was the realization of how ineffective teaching was for our patients.
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Darrell King
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Re: Frida y F ive J une 7
// Marijuana and alcohol should be controlled only to the degree that they effect others // In modern cultures that rely more and more on strong central governments that increasingly interfere in what
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David Smith
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Re: Frida y F ive J une 7
The basis for law should be whether the swinging of your arm reaches the next person's nose. If your actions only effect you - they are legal.? Marijuana and alcohol should be controlled only to the
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mrvnchpmn
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Re: [Owner] [PhilosophicalM] Friday Fie June 14
Ed, Yes, so Musk certainly wasn't "the" founder. Aloha, Celeste
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a1thighmaster
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Re: Friday Fie June 14
Sorry to hear about your hip. Celeste. D [email protected]> wrote:
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Darrell King
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Re: [Owner] [PhilosophicalM] Friday Fie June 14
From wikipedia article on the founding of Tesla: "A lawsuit settlement agreed to by Eberhard and Tesla in September 2009 allows all five (Eberhard, Tarpenning, Wright, Musk and Straubel) to call
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Ed Lomas
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