I came across this interesting video discussion with a historian specializing in Operation Barbarossa. He argues that the Germans never could have...
Why is it that capitalist societies have produced greater prosperity? Thwre are plenty of variables independent of economic system, like culture...
Australia's gun ban is much touted, because "gun deaths" dropped and mass shootings dropped. But I'd suggest that "gun deaths" is a silly measure....
If the people running our government are a bunch of fascists, and Trump is "literally Hitler", why do you want him to disarm the citizenry?
There's an interesting map here, take a look...
From the article: "I visited a summer camp in western Russia in July 2015. Its theme was “military patriotism,” and it involved dozens of...
This thread is twofold - first, a quick point about changing voting blocs. Second, a discussion about why they have changed thus far. in 1992,...
This statement is a classic Republican saying, made by a man reviled by the left but I've started to honestly wonder - how can people disagree...
Let me start with the straw man that will inevitably come - people will argue against the proposition that God exists, trying to say the statement...
One quick aside before we dive into this: it's Obamacare. If you don't like it being called Obamacare and think it should be called the ACA, then...
I use to enjoy discussing politics. It was actually fun - it was an exchange of ideas. I heard new viewpoints, and shared mine with others. People...
I was cleaning with the tv on in the background. Heard a commercial spokesman say, "everywhere people are talking about rising drug prices..." I...
The Trump administration is currently investigating affirmative action policies at colleges and universities. Should the U.S. join the rest of the...
You have almost certainly by now heard about the Google memo. So many news outlets have reported on it, almost entirely in disparaging ways. CNN,...
I'm tired of reading the partisan crap lines from both sides. "It's the greedy insurance companies". "It's big pharma". "We just need single payer...
Forestatement: read the ****ing post, it's not long. If you want just another generic exchange of dull climate change talking points, that is not...
^can we stop the bs of this line? After Newtown, Obama had some proposals. He proposed banning "assault weapons". He proposed banning "high...
I recently saw the Al Franken Funny or Die video on climate change. It can be viewed in the link below....
I'd normally have low confidence, but politics has become so unconventional that I sometimes just don't know, and wait for data. Trouble is, I...
There is a large sector of American society which believes that the American Police Force is racist against blacks. As evidence, they point to the...
I've heard this thing many times before, that voter ID laws are racist. The rationale goes like this: "voter ID laws prevent those without voter...
Usually this sounds like a bit of a disheartening phrase - really, what can you expect everyday Muslims to do about it? It sounds about as...
A while back I heard somewhere about a show - the basic idea of it was a flip on the parent-kid dynamic in usual shows, and so they made the...
Does anyone know where you can look at evidence other than the fb video? I've looked and there seems to be very little apart from the video of the...
Has anyone seen the full context? The first time I saw it it was a quote taken out of context - didn't even provide the whole sentence. When I...
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