j*******7
发帖数: 6300 | 1 Is Logic an Absolute?
by
Roger Smalling, D.Min
There exists a small category of realities termed primordial. These require
no proof of existence beyond themselves. Time and space are good examples.
Empty space would exist even if nothing else did. We need not try to prove
or explain them. They just are.
Time is another example of a primordial reality. If we define time as the
relative rate of change between material objects, then it follows that time
could not exist without matter. Or, that the ... 阅读全帖 |
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x****u
发帖数: 12955 | 2
1）中国的民族主义者似乎都相信，在中国古代已经很牛b的时候，西方落后到近乎还住
山洞里。是否真是如此？如果真是如此，since when？
There are more ancient civilizations. However, most of them were destroyed
or declined significantly by the time Chinese civilization started to
flourish. Only the Roman empire was the contemporary of Chinese ancient
civilization.
2）老说中华文化博大精深，据我的看法，既然博大，那么就是all inclusive,那为何
现代主要科学都起源西方？既然精深，对世界本源的认识直到200年前，若不是西方物
理学得引入，还停留在阴阳五行那套类似巫术的水平？
Chinese culture was inclusive until about 300 years ago. Rise of Qing
destroyed the ... 阅读全帖 |
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e*********e
发帖数: 2013 | 3 1、鼓励鼓励。走黄西和woody allen路数。多数笑话属于有另外一层意思所以好笑的。
经典intellectual笑话，这个路数是非常好的。
2、稍微有点前面说的下三路问题，主要是开场 mother F******和son of B以及最后鸡
鸭老鼠try to have baby，厕所盖子，女性illogical这些话题。其实凡是当comedian
的，笑话多少要有些下三路。但是华人当comedian的不多，每一个都是华人在老外面前
的脸面，可能对你期望很高吧。真心希望你成为woody allen和黄西那样的特classy的
comedian。
3、phd笑话，work station笑话，浙江大学考试笑话，写paper笑话，coming soon，车
库冷笑话很棒
4、那个三文治的笑话你可以延展成不解风情，就是女生爱慕你，结果你误解成她嫉妒
你。
5、comedians的taboo：种族歧视、性别歧视、堕胎、乱伦、跨物种性（鸡鸭，老鼠的
笑话不能再重复了，因为对于美国很多教徒来说是不可接受的）。你最后说girls are
illogical，men have to make ... 阅读全帖 |
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t***h
发帖数: 5601 | 4 http://sana.sy/eng/21/2014/01/21/523329.htm
Jan 21, 2014
Damascus, (SANA)-President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Agence
France Presse. Following is the full text of the interview:
AFP: Mr. President, what do you expect from the Geneva conference?
President Assad: The most basic element, which we continuously refer to, is
that the Geneva Conference should produce clear results with regard to the
fight against terrorism in Syria. In particular, it needs to put pressure on
countries that ar... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 5 By John F. Di Leo
We think of the world of transportation -- especially trucking and
automobile manufacturing -- as being one of the most fundamental of
Democratic Party constituencies. Detroit has long been a party stronghold,
with the UAW and Teamsters among Democrats' most powerful union supporters.
From the worker at the DMV to the driver he licenses, this is one solid
chain of Democrats.
But is this political loyalty deserved today, if indeed it ever was? Since
the Democratic Party was t... 阅读全帖 |
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p******e
发帖数: 897 | 6 Here is exactly what we need to do to save our great society. The
information here is what we’ve all been waiting for. By doing this we can
make Bernie the president on Inauguration day rather than President-elect
Donald Trump.
Actually, no we can’t. There is no loophole that allows a random person to
assume the office of president. That’s pretty basic common sense but yet
you clicked or even shared this article anyway. Now that right there is the
real point of this post…
Our social media sites ... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 19244 | 7 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
kiz (泥偶) 于 (Wed Jul 17 10:39:35 2013, 美东) 提到:
我开了一个星期发现的好处就是开手动对四周的环境观察的更仔细了。 当然一定能够
要是新手上路。老手可能还是什么都不看。什么时候红灯，车距多少，有没有坡度，速
度现在大概是多少。
我说新手从开手动出身的比开自动出身的对路面感觉要好的多，不知道大家觉得怎么样。
MPG目前还没有什么提高，前车主31的MPG,被我给开成了28MPG.估计过一阵起步和加速
更smooth一点，MPG能回去。
另外请教一个问题： 高速度的时候，突然踩离合下去，可以快速松回么？我的车这么
做，会抖一下。必须回到联动点停一下，再抬，才不会抖。
另外我的情况是国内半年偶尔开一两次手动，驾照是手动过的，美国7年自动，最近两
个星期手动。
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发帖数: 3950 | 8 I see, you like to attack people.
"stupid", "illogical" are words of choice. Fine. be that way. It's your
style. enjoy it.
Only that... nothing in what your "opponents" said is actually stupid or
illogical.
On policy, I found out long ago, there is no need to argue. there is no
point to argue. People chose different policy mostly because they have
different or opposing interest. What is the point of debate then? I am sure
you know what that means.
That's why I won't join your debate. I must sim |
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发帖数: 1 | 9 Illogical reasoning
Illogical reasoning is the bane of philosophers, but heaven knows , it can
be useful. That is why it's so prevalent.
In other words, self-serving logic can get you served. |
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R***n
发帖数: 733 | 10 A response to Jim Walker's "Hitler's Christianity"
http://www.bedfordgaol.com/walkersite.html
C. Illogical arguments
A third element is a profound illogic, that stresses the most tenuous
similarities between Hitler's thought and Christian teaching while ignoring
the most blatant differences. It would take a book to deal with all of the
examples of this in Mr. Walker's site. I would like to mention some examples
, however - not for refutation, though some refutation will be presented,
but to illu |
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j*******7
发帖数: 6300 | 11 Over the past couple years of blogging, one of the most common areas of
confusion in the blog comments has been about the relationship between logic
and God. Did God create logic like he created humans? Did logic exist
before God, so that God is subject to logic? Can’t God do away with the
laws of logic? Can’t he violate the laws of logic?
The first thing we need to do is define what logic is. A simple definition
of logic is “the study of right reason.” The foundation of right reason
is em... 阅读全帖 |
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D*a
发帖数: 6830 | 12 你以为你真的懂进化论（九）
The "fittest" can be the most loving and selfless, not the most aggressive
and violent. In any case, what happens in nature does not justify people
behaving in the same way
“适者”并不一定都是一些具有攻击性和暴力倾向的人。“适者”可以是一个非常可爱
的人，也可以是一个大公无私的人。但是，无论如何，大自然中发生的事情不可以用来
指导人类自身的生活方式和行为准则。
京城第一酒鬼王小山跟随火炬跑遍了大半个中国。前两天他去了明永村，写了篇博客记
录了那个小村的现状。他在那篇博客的结尾写道：这里，的确适合一个人坐下来，住下
来，想想心事，过一阵与前不同的生活。我们在城市里或者努力奋斗，或者是随波逐流
，或者相互扶持，或者相互倾轧，急匆匆地赶路，热火火地工作，忙生忙死，有多少人
真正有时间琢磨一些形而上的东西呢？
我不知道王小山在明永村思考了哪些形而上的东西。对于我来说，最形而上的东西就是
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c***s
发帖数: 70028 | 14 麻萨诸塞州的卫斯利高中(Wellesley High School)是一所公立中学，是麻省最好的公立高中之一，2014年在该州排名第四。著名的卫斯理女子学院就在附近，校友包括宋美龄、冰心和希拉里?克林顿等。
演讲者David McCullough Jr是普利策奖得主及知名历史学家David McCullough之子，也是卫斯里高中资深英语教师。演讲12分钟，Youtube上被称网友赞为“最伟大的高中演讲”。
双语演讲全文
Dr. Wong, Dr. Keough, Mrs. Novogroski, Ms. Curran, members of the board of education, family and friends of the graduates, ladies and gentlemen of the Wellesley High School class of 2012, for the privilege of speaking to you this afternoon, I am honored and grateful. Thank you。
王博士、Keou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11508 | 15 看看这个观众评论，很有意思啊：如果2030年中国是最强大的国家，其实这个教授指责
的那几条，中国都比美国更厉害，也就是说，这几条正好是中国成功的因素。
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MaTrIx734
13 minutes ago 6
Excellent theatrics; illogical politics.
If, as the film suggests, China leads the world in 2030, then this professor
would be incompetent:
(1) China approved $586 billion in stimulus during the same recession, which
rivals the ARRA when tax cuts are excluded
(2) China enacted healthcare reforms during the same period, which pay a
much higher percentage of costs than the PPACA
(3) Chi... 阅读全帖 |
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x****n
发帖数: 950 | 16 Your logic is sooooooo screwed up. Jews hunted for those responsible war
criminals for many many years, in fact, The Mossad is still trying to find them,
don't YOU know anything at ALL ? You just came to the earth from the Moon ?
The Nazi war criminals were responsible for the 6 mil Jews death. So the
criminals were captured and executed no matter how old those Nazis were.
Yao was responsible, so he should pay. No one is killing anybody else.
You are ignorant, illogical and foolish.
I can't bel... 阅读全帖 |
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p********a
发帖数: 6437 | 17 Liu is paranoid, and illogical
pathetic writing always, laughable prediction on "timing" always,
though his view is right |
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R**o
发帖数: 311 | 18 Well, the original book chapter refers to a survey conducted 33 years ago.
The survey was not published in any peer-reviewed journals but in a
newspaper. The sampling method that they pulled is therefore not reliable.
And if you can read the book review from Amazon.com, it says:
1.0 out of 5 stars Confused pseudo-science, April 6, 2011
By David Walters (Auckland, New Zealand)
This review is from: Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men & Women
(Paperback)
As Paul Gebhard notes in his pr... 阅读全帖 |
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x****u
发帖数: 12955 | 19
Compressing the construction time was decision made long time ago, almost as
soon as the project began. Most of the construction were finished by the
time Sheng took over. How could he change what was done already?
You are been illogical and irrational. |
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x****u
发帖数: 12955 | 20
His
Diagnosis:
You are an idiot who have no rational thinking capability.
Prescription:
Heavy sedation. At least you won't spew more illogical trash to embarrass
yourself. |
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x****u
发帖数: 12955 | 21
your logic failed.
If you already defined something as "can't be built in China", then it's
illogical to ask the question of whether it can be built in China. |
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T******t
发帖数: 458 | 22 Putin's English is not good, and therefore of "low quality" with your logic.
One wonders what your own "quality" is.
I think though, making illogical conclusion is a better indicator of low
quality, such as in your case.
Actually you probably don't even have any "quality" because you probably don
't even know much English if at all. |
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l*****7
发帖数: 8463 | 23 Bill Gates is a very honest, respectful man with integrity and dignity
http://www.thegatesnotes.com/en/Books/Personal/Why-Nations-Fail
February 26, 2013 | Review by Bill Gates
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Book Review)
Normally, I’m fairly positive about the books I review, but here’s one I
really took issue with.
Why have some countries prospered and created great living conditions for
their citizens, while others have not? This is a topic I care a lot about,
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m***n
发帖数: 12188 | 24 Please be logic in your thinking.
As far as I know, no body said so, "热腾腾的油糕和米酒" in Shanbei in the
beginning. But after some time, when they get to be familiar to each, this
is possible.
In Jiangxi or Hunan, this happened; anyway, this is the red army's hometown.
It is illogical for the general people to welcome an unknown army.
According to Snow's book, the Han people in Shanbei at first are indifferent
to the newcomers; they are actually indifferent to any warlord, any new
ruler, due to long ... 阅读全帖 |
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x****u
发帖数: 12955 | 25
Not related? I find way too many similarities to not be chilled by it.
Just your statement here is evidence of how illogical you people are. Why
would someone need to prove his/her innocence in the media? What you are
doing is no different than those who chanted "down with XXX" 40-50 year ago,
all because someone posted wild accusations on a board.
Only difference is, today the posting and the chanting are done
electronically. |
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x****u
发帖数: 12955 | 26
I think you can't read. The content of the conversation was irrelevant.
However, common sense tell us it would be illogical for someone who was
planning a surprise attack on another person to be holding a phone and
having some kind of a conversation at the same time.
Also, the evidence available didn't contradict GZ's statement, that's not
the same as supporting his statement. For example, the claim that TM
attacked GZ first isn't supported by any of the evidence, but it's not
contradicted b... 阅读全帖 |
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s*****r
发帖数: 11545 | 27 他回答：你陪我一起看过History of the Earth， History of Human这些电影以后，
我就知道没有god了。而且地球有50亿年，人有400万年，而相信god的人说地球只有
6000年，所以god肯定是假的。
But, that someone's opinion on something is illogical does not mean that
that something is fake. |
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X****i
发帖数: 1877 | 28
Nothing to do with that.
Guy is illogical and irrational, including his argument/plea for leniency. |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 29 What makes me angry, is that this is so illogical. These idiots always rip
to shreds the businesses in their neighborhoods, then turn right around and
complain because nobody will start up a business in their neighborhood.
I guess that’s a little unfair, because it has been reported the rioters
are from outside the area.
It’s still the minority doing the looting. And all they’re doing is
screwing with the members of their own race.
Whitey isn’t the problem. These people do their damnedest to mak... 阅读全帖 |
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x****u
发帖数: 12955 | 30
He first got scared when police fired the gun in the car. Then after
running away, he turned around to taunt the police, daring the police to
shoot him. Then he got worked up by his own taunting and decided to charge
the police.
In any case, these young black people don't behave like normal people. so
there is really no sense discussing why they would do something illogical.
If they knew how to behave normally, their community wouldn't be in such a
big mess in the first place. |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 31 Listed below are 20 completely ridiculous college courses being offered at U
.S. universities. The description following each course title either comes
directly from the official course description or from a news story about the
course…
1. “What If Harry Potter Is Real?” (Appalachian State University) – This
course will engage students with questions about the very nature of history.
Who decides what history is? Who decides how it is used or mis-used? How
does this use or misuse affect us? How ... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 32 http://reece.liberty.me/2015/03/09/25-statist-propaganda-phrase
In the discourse of statists, there is a group of phrases of which one or
more tend to be present in nearly every argument.
While this is not an exhaustive listing of that group, it does contain
twenty-five of the most common phrases that statists use in their arguments.
As propaganda has a tendency to be repetitive, some of these phrases
contain the same logical fallacies, and will therefore have similar
refutations. As such, the p... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 33 哈哈
“This is the stupidest thing I have ever read. You know what will happen to
a housing project right smack in the middle of the most expensive part of
town.
IT WILL SIT EMPTY thats what.
What the fuck !!! They think people who are living in subsidized housing
WANT to stand at the bus stop and have 150,000 dollar cars driving by. Do
you think they WANT to shop in the same grocery store as Ms. Trophy Wife
with the 5 carat ring. For the love of Christ people want to be around other
people that t... 阅读全帖 |
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d**z
发帖数: 3577 | 34
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Sure, anything you disagree with is shallow and misleading.
What do you mean by "existence ... cannot be falsified"?
Do you mean existence is true, then?
If so, what do you mean by "cannot verify it one way or another"?
Aren't you slapping yourself with glaring contradictions?
While pretending to be "knowledgeable"?
You're mad someone's heresy gored your religious cow, it shows.
But you're just parroting "authority" to pretend scholarly
without even realizing that your ... 阅读全帖 |
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l***y
发帖数: 1166 | 35 4) but the two twin universes have different singularities (in other words:
in our twin cosmos there is not the same number of galaxies, and those
which are there do not have the same structure.) There is not thus another
twin UMMO nor another twin EARTH as one could believe. This last conclusion
is not hypothetical and we will give you its justification.
5) the two cosmos " were created " simultaneously but their arrows of time
are not directed in the same direction. That is, it is illogical ... 阅读全帖 |
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l***y
发帖数: 1166 | 36 4) but the two twin universes have different singularities (in other words:
in our twin cosmos there is not the same number of galaxies, and those
which are there do not have the same structure.) There is not thus another
twin UMMO nor another twin EARTH as one could believe. This last conclusion
is not hypothetical and we will give you its justification.
5) the two cosmos " were created " simultaneously but their arrows of time
are not directed in the same direction. That is, it is illogical ... 阅读全帖 |
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l***y
发帖数: 1166 | 37 4) but the two twin universes have different singularities (in other words:
in our twin cosmos there is not the same number of galaxies, and those
which are there do not have the same structure.) There is not thus another
twin UMMO nor another twin EARTH as one could believe. This last conclusion
is not hypothetical and we will give you its justification.
5) the two cosmos " were created " simultaneously but their arrows of time
are not directed in the same direction. That is, it is illogical ... 阅读全帖 |
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l**********5
发帖数: 178 | 38 笑死我了 我就不知道哪个企业在没有市场的情况下拿得到demand data的。 您说话的
态势，感觉妥妥的象牙塔里呆太多。 The logic is illogical yet self-consistent,
因为根本没有考虑assumption difference from real life。
国家宏观数据由微观经济活动而来，一个企业不可能vertically integrate 到没有
supplier 和consumer. 没有市场就没有任何信息，更不要说生产效率了！
[在 taishx () 的大作中提到：]
：数据到处都是。现在信息化时代，数据以几何级数增长。
：一个企业，可以有它自己的所有信息，包括那件产品在哪里生产，中间如何，最后卖
给了谁，哪天卖的，生产效率如何，产能如何。。。
：........... |
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t*****1
发帖数: 1459 | 39 Bruce Rozenblit is a trusted commenter Kansas City, MO 6 minutes ago
The Times has produced a very comprehensive list of logical arguments why
Donald Trump should be soundly defeated. Here is the illogical argument why
he might win.
He tells people what they want to hear.
That's it. Trump is a salesman. He is selling himself. He tells his
prospective customers what they want to hear. They are aggrieved. They are
hurting. They are afraid. He says he has the product that will cure them. He
has the... 阅读全帖 |
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d********m
发帖数: 3662 | 40 fuck you
we, qianlao, are proud to be as illogical as is prof. nieng. we side with
prof. nieng until she is gone to heaven made of proteins. |
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发帖数: 1709 | 41 https://www.truthdig.com/articles/american-society-would-collapse-if-it-
werent-for-these-8-myths/
Myth No. 8—We have a democracy.
If you think we still have a democracy or a democratic republic, ask
yourself this: When was the last time Congress did something that the people
of America supported that did not align with corporate interests? … You
probably can’t do it. It’s like trying to think of something that rhymes
with “orange.” You feel like an answer exists but then slowly realize it
doesn... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 42 行政長官林鄭月娥：
我們是一群現役警務人員親屬。自6月12日金鐘衝突以來，當我們每次聞看示威現埸消
息，均感百般憤怒和心酸！
我們憤怒：
前線警員在因政治爭議而起的遊行示威中首當其衝，且必須服從高層一些不合邏輯與常
理的指令，「被」出生入死。前線警員被迫承擔政府施政失誤的後果，導致警民關係急
速惡化，已臨無法挽回地步。
我們心酸：
指令危險且行動頻密，惟指令者即使犯錯，目前為止卻無人須問責！前線警員長時間受
社會嚴厲責罵、排斥，壓力爆煲，身心健康已出問題，更因長期執勤或候命而影響家庭
關係。當前線警員因種種原因有口難言，我們作為親人只能默默承受。
前線警員之所以能堅持至今，全因他們恪守對社會和警隊的承諾，與同僚甘苦與共，唯
容忍總有極限。
作為警員親屬，同時身為熱愛這片土地的香港人，我們向閣下提出以下三大訴求：
1）絕不能繼續將警員當作政府和市民之間的人盾。請閣下立即以政治方式回應社會訴
求，聆聽各界聲音，努力收窄而非再加劇社會矛盾，以解救我們面前困境，減低對警員
及其親屬的整體傷害。
2）盡快成立由法官主持的獨立調查委員會，以公眾認同的方式找回社會公義，亦可防
止警隊高層無理兼失當的... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 43 Posted on Advocate.com February 10, 2011
GOProud Slams Pawlenty Over DADT
The head of the conservative gay rights group attacks former governor Tim
Pawlenty for his support of defunding DADT repeal.
By Advocate.com Editors
GOProud chairman Chris Barron is blasting former Minnesota governor and
possible GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty (pictured) for his public
comments calling for a reversal of the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.
” Barron says Pawlenty is grasping at straws to find dist... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 44 NOM, the National Organization for Marriage, Tuesday issued results of a
poll that claims, “57% of New Yorkers Reject Same-Sex Marriage, Just
One in Four Want the Legislature to Decide the Issue,” but an examination
of the published results indicate the poll methodology is severely flawed,
heavily weighted with older, conservative respondents, and the pollster, QEV
, is an organization whose marketing brags of its president’s affiliation
with the Republican Party.
NOM, identified as an “a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 45 A jury in London has returned a unanimous not guilty verdict for a man
charged under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 for distributing DVDs
containing scenes of extreme gay sex acts.
The legal test under the Act is whether any images would “tend to deprave
and corrupt” those who saw them.
Myles Jackson, a lawyer specialising in the obscenity laws whose firm was
representing Peacock, had written: “Perhaps illogically, of these sexual
acts, fisting and urination are completely legal to perform in... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2416 | 46
That's still not right though.
Hate crimes towards gay is actually something I for one
consider illogical and unfair - and probably falls into the
"overcorrected by political correctness" category I mentioned
earlier.
Say A kills B, and gets 10 years in prison if B wasn't gay, but
instead 15 years in prison if B was gay and it was proved that
that was the reason for A to kill B. So A gets the extra 5 years
because... his _thoughts_ against gay? Excuse me, but I really
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发帖数: 3299 | 47 You statements are illogical. Big Pharm have already get all those profit
and there is no import ban in place. Obama wants some cut on price of drugs
from Big Pharma, in exchange for this, promises to continue the no import
ban. The profit of pharms is not given by Obama because they get it before
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发帖数: 29846 | 48 Exposing Affirmative Action's Demoralizing, and Racist, Results
by Jerome Hudson
06/19/2011
ExposingLeftists.com arrived on the campus of the University of California,
Merced, last May to gather signatures on a petition calling for a
redistribution of grade-point averages. Not surprisingly, few star students
wanted to share the fruits of their academic labors.
But the logic was liberally sound. Students who worked hard and studied
longer than their peers—in the spirit of fairness—should be wi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 49 By William M. Welch, USA TODAY
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — In a sign of just how deep economic and budget problems
have grown in the nation's largest state, a gleaming new high school built
at a cost of $105 million will sit unused for at least a year because
education officials say they don't have money to operate it.
Newly constructed Hillcrest High School in Riverside, Calif., won't be
easing the crowding at La Sierra High as the new school sits empty for the
coming school year.
Newly constru... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 50 By Jeannie DeAngelis
Combine class warfare, demonizing the rich, getting as many people onto the
welfare rolls as possible, and pushing the economic system to collapse and
you have a flawless formula for Cloward-Piven 2.0 -- and a vehicle that
ensures Obama remains in power.
Cloward-Piven is a much talked-about strategy proposed in the mid-1960's by
two Columbia University sociology professors named Richard Andrew Cloward
and Frances Fox Piven. The Cloward-Piven approach was sometimes referred ... 阅读全帖 |
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