imagine my shock when i discovered gerbils actually are... swarthy rodents.Simple Minded wrote:Amen. Facts, facts, facts, that'll destroy the intellectual Bilderberg front group called OTNOT quicker than........ something really quick.noddy wrote:colonel sun: blah blah facts blah
napster: https://www.google.com/search?q=tony+abbott+speedos
(australias recently deposed conservative leader had a thing for budgie smugglers in public appearances)
If the Gere/gerbil thing involved cocaine, and body cavities, it reminds me of the old joke about San Francisco:
What did the brown gerbil say to the white gerbil? You must be new in town!
I'm starting to re-assess Alex's altruistic motives for importing refugee Syrian hamsters.
Could a selfless individual really love a hamster?
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ultracrepidarian
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Apologies for derail, one post only on this philosophy section issue.Simple Minded wrote: Could a selfless individual really love a hamster?
SM,
I would say 'No', if it means keeping the little fellow in a cage. Ours is a big one, with lots of tubes and stuff, but he is still a prisoner.
Many moons ago I actually let a hamster go, and he lived under the floor for a few days and then came back. I kidded myself that this was ethically OK, cos of the voluntary return, but was deceiving myself.
Alex.
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think of it as a city person living in their ghetto apartment on social welfare.manolo wrote:Apologies for derail, one post only on this philosophy section issue.Simple Minded wrote: Could a selfless individual really love a hamster?
SM,
I would say 'No', if it means keeping the little fellow in a cage. Ours is a big one, with lots of tubes and stuff, but he is still a prisoner.
Many moons ago I actually let a hamster go, and he lived under the floor for a few days and then came back. I kidded myself that this was ethically OK, cos of the voluntary return, but was deceiving myself.
Alex.
ultracrepidarian
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Good thing he wasn't PM or that would have required that the Queen become involved . . . or at least her representative, His Excellencynoddy wrote:colonel sun: blah blah facts blah
napster: https://www.google.com/search?q=tony+abbott+speedos
(australias recently deposed conservative leader had a thing for budgie smugglers in public appearances)
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
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Even semi human relationships are problematic. Cause of the human half that wants to impose it's will on the other half who is living in accordance with its nature?manolo wrote:Apologies for derail, one post only on this philosophy section issue.Simple Minded wrote: Could a selfless individual really love a hamster?
SM,
I would say 'No', if it means keeping the little fellow in a cage. Ours is a big one, with lots of tubes and stuff, but he is still a prisoner.
Many moons ago I actually let a hamster go, and he lived under the floor for a few days and then came back. I kidded myself that this was ethically OK, cos of the voluntary return, but was deceiving myself.
Alex.
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noddy wrote:think of it as a city person living in their ghetto apartment on social welfare.manolo wrote:Apologies for derail, one post only on this philosophy section issue.Simple Minded wrote: Could a selfless individual really love a hamster?
SM,
I would say 'No', if it means keeping the little fellow in a cage. Ours is a big one, with lots of tubes and stuff, but he is still a prisoner.
Many moons ago I actually let a hamster go, and he lived under the floor for a few days and then came back. I kidded myself that this was ethically OK, cos of the voluntary return, but was deceiving myself.
Alex.
See above post on humans exercising control. Playing god with the lives of others is fun, provided you get to play the god.
And how can this be?
Have you not understood already?manolo wrote:Donald Trump has told Californians that there is no drought. According to him, politicians are misusing their water, which he will restore to them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tru ... de4414f435
Is anyone going to believe this?
(go to time 0'50'')
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Sister Alia: And how can this be? For he IS the KWISATZ HADERACH!
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SM,Simple Minded wrote: Even semi human relationships are problematic. Cause of the human half that wants to impose it's will on the other half who is living in accordance with its nature?
To avoid further derail, I'll thread this in philosophy.
Alex.
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Folks,
Donald Trump has just received an important endorsement in his campaign for POTUS.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/201 ... nald-trump
What's not to like?
Alex.
Donald Trump has just received an important endorsement in his campaign for POTUS.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/201 ... nald-trump
What's not to like?
Alex.
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Unsolicited . . . one presumesmanolo wrote:Folks,
Donald Trump has just received an important endorsement in his campaign for POTUS.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/201 ... nald-trump
What's not to like?
Alex.
How many Americans will change whom they will vote for based on this endorsement?
My guess is as many as would change their vote based on a OTNOT endorsement . . .
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Traditionally, Ayatollahs, last few POTUS elections, always cast the "king maker" vote.
mad mullahs still thinking who should be next POTUS .. once they decided, they might pull a "stunt" to push POTUS into
a "ZugZwang".
2B fair (to mad mullahs), Melania, makes things difficult.
But
Hillary in Hijab 4sure would "brake the ice".
.
Traditionally, Ayatollahs, last few POTUS elections, always cast the "king maker" vote.
mad mullahs still thinking who should be next POTUS .. once they decided, they might pull a "stunt" to push POTUS into
a "ZugZwang".
2B fair (to mad mullahs), Melania, makes things difficult.
But
Hillary in Hijab 4sure would "brake the ice".
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Typhoon,Typhoon wrote:
Unsolicited . . . one presumes
How many Americans will change whom they will vote for based on this endorsement?
The North Koreans have their motives for endorsing Trump; its 'Yankee go home'. However, on a lighter note maybe Kim recognises a like mind.
http://twitchy.com/sd-3133/2016/05/26/s ... d-c-video/
Alex.
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Seeing that he doesn't want profits put ahead of jobs, he should have offered to host the tournament for free.US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has reacted angrily after a leading golf tournament was moved from one of his courses to Mexico.
The PGA Tour said it could not find sponsors to hold the 2017 World Golf Championship at Mr Trump's Doral course in Miami.
Mr Trump said the PGA had "put profit ahead of thousands of American jobs".
“There are a lot of killers. We’ve got a lot of killers. What, do you think our country’s so innocent? Take a look at what we’ve done, too.” - Donald J. Trump, President of the USA
The Kushner sh*t is greasy - Stevie B.
The Kushner sh*t is greasy - Stevie B.
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Folks,
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/ ... exico-city
Visibly displeased, Trump says that this decision “..embodies the very reason I am running for president...”
That figures.
Alex.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/ ... exico-city
Visibly displeased, Trump says that this decision “..embodies the very reason I am running for president...”
That figures.
Alex.
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Maybe Kim is just looking for a better hair dresser?manolo wrote:Typhoon,Typhoon wrote:
Unsolicited . . . one presumes
How many Americans will change whom they will vote for based on this endorsement?
The North Koreans have their motives for endorsing Trump; its 'Yankee go home'. However, on a lighter note maybe Kim recognises a like mind.
http://twitchy.com/sd-3133/2016/05/26/s ... d-c-video/
Alex.
Dress for success as they say.
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The Donald's response to the Trump University criticism.
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Looks like the press have finally found something that they can try and pin on Trump although it is small potatoes compared to Harridan Hillary's email and server issues.
The part that would be most worrisome, if I were a US citizen, is purely politically motivated AGs becoming involved in the middle of a campaign.
The part that would be most worrisome, if I were a US citizen, is purely politically motivated AGs becoming involved in the middle of a campaign.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
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Typhoon,Typhoon wrote:Looks like the press have finally found something that they can try and pin on Trump although it is small potatoes compared to Harridan Hillary's email and server issues.
The part that would be most worrisome, if I were a US citizen, is purely politically motivated AGs becoming involved in the middle of a campaign.
What we really need to see is Trump's anger. It has been surfacing a little with the 'university' thing but his reaction to the press generally was better. It will only take one melt down and he's finished.
Alex.
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"The returns were... incalculable!"Nonc Hilaire wrote:The Donald's response to the Trump University criticism.
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Investors that can't even calculate return.
Brilliant.
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Aaaaaand sure enough, Googling the people who appear in the video reveals that they are "professional testimonial givers"
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Right. Sending mundane emails from the wrong computer is way worse than maliciously and willfully destroying the finances of thousands.Typhoon wrote:Looks like the press have finally found something that they can try and pin on Trump although it is small potatoes compared to Harridan Hillary's email and server issues.
That's a legitimate concern. Imagine what litigious east coast sleazebag Donald Trump and his AG Christie Kreme would unleash.The part that would be most worrisome, if I were a US citizen, is purely politically motivated AGs becoming involved in the middle of a campaign.
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That is hysterical.Zack Morris wrote:Aaaaaand sure enough, Googling the people who appear in the video reveals that they are "professional testimonial givers"
“Christ has no body now but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks among His people to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses His creation.”
Teresa of Ávila
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The US State Department apparently takes a different view.Zack Morris wrote:Right. Sending mundane emails from the wrong computer is way worse than maliciously and willfully destroying the finances of thousands.Typhoon wrote:Looks like the press have finally found something that they can try and pin on Trump although it is small potatoes compared to Harridan Hillary's email and server issues.
Speculation about future actions is not the same.Zack Morris wrote:That's a legitimate concern. Imagine what litigious east coast sleazebag Donald Trump and his AG Christie Kreme would unleash.The part that would be most worrisome, if I were a US citizen, is purely politically motivated AGs becoming involved in the middle of a campaign.
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Remember that brief window of time when The Donald seemed like he might surprise and turn out to be the upside candidate? I miss those days. Things are getting boring now that he has adopted some of the worst of a Dubya-era GOP platform. No smart policies. No "smartest people" advising him. And it turns he's not even rich enough to tell off the big GOP interest groups like some folks here thought he could.
Some people just never learn what's good for them. What can you do? (If you're the Donald: rob them blind!)
Some people just never learn what's good for them. What can you do? (If you're the Donald: rob them blind!)
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As much as I dislike the Trumpster, he's still the lesser of two evils when weighed against the venal Harridan Hillary.Zack Morris wrote:Remember that brief window of time when The Donald seemed like he might surprise and turn out to be the upside candidate? I miss those days. Things are getting boring now that he has adopted some of the worst of a Dubya-era GOP platform. No smart policies. No "smartest people" advising him. And it turns he's not even rich enough to tell off the big GOP interest groups like some folks here thought he could.
Some people just never learn what's good for them. What can you do? (If you're the Donald: rob them blind!)
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.