Krono

Do you ever imagine your pond is colored red, symbolizing the blood of millions of innocent lives taken by your industry?

Do you wonder how many of your industry's victims dreamed of having a nice, quiet, peaceful life by a pond?

Comparing a rigorous Philosophy degree to an internet argument is something said only by the uneducated.

Philosophy is the spearhead of science, most scientific breakthroughs begin first with philosophy.

I think it's pretty evil to campaign strongly on enshrining women's reproductive rights into law and then abandon them the moment you step into office.

One week he was leading a stadium full of people in "Yes we can!" chants saying Roe will be the law of the land, and the next week he was saying 'not a priority'.

Lesser evil, definitely, but still quite evil.

Suicide risk is dramatically higher when a person is first incarcerated.

Your hypothesis seems much weaker when we consider that Epstein was incarcerated for 13 months for his first conviction in 2008.

the fantasy of justice

I remember having similar fantasies during the W. Bush administration. "Surely, when Democrats get into power these egregious war criminals will face justice in the courts!"

Being a lesser evil voter in this country is probably the logical choice, but it is also signing up for a lifetime supply of "fell for it again" awards.

Your comparison to the brownshirts is correct- most rank and file brownshirts were never prosecuted.

I read the interview you posted, and they talk about strains in depth. The interview does not assert that "strains don't mean anything", in fact it strongly implies the opposite.

I think the more accurate and enlightening quote would be this:

Dr. Russo: There are biochemically distinct strains of Cannabis, but the sativa/indica distinction as commonly applied in the lay literature is total nonsense and an exercise in futility.

Anyone suggesting that the US is too sexist to elect a woman president has to explain the election of Claudia Sheinbaum.

By every metric I can find, Mexico is more misogynistic than the US. You can look at crime statistics on domestic violence, rape, murder; or opinion surveys showing men's negative attitude toward women -- all the stats coming out of Mexico are worse.

Yet somehow, Mexico overwhelmingly elected a woman (a Jewish woman in an 85% Christian population, too).

My hypothesis is that policy matters much more than the gender of a candidate. Kamala had absolutely pathetic policy proposals, supporting the status quo of corporate economic domination and a foreign policy soaked in innocent blood. but maybe I'm biased.

That's old school thinking. They will smear the progressive movement no matter what Katie does. They call Nancy Pelosi a communist. Wolf has been cried too many times, now those types of attacks are no longer effective.

still better than Bruce

Would the GOP be extremely progressive in Iran?

I would suspect if the GOP was in Iran they would want to dismantle much of the State Welfare Organization which provides universal health insurance, including mental health and addiction treatment.

And even if we focus on Iran's horrific, regressive LGBT policies, are you so confident that the majority of the GOP disagrees? The current Overton window does not allow Republicans to openly propose making gay marriage or being trans illegal, but it's safe to say that's what many of them want. It's practically written in Project 2025.

And on foreign policy, the GOP would never stand for Iran's cautious de-escalatory approach. When Israel attacks, the GOP would be braying for bloody revenge.

I don't claim to be an Iran expert, but I feel like the GOP would be center right.

honest company

You have better odds finding Sasquatch and a unicorn than you do finding an honest publically traded company.

The same phenomena is happening in modern day with the Star of David. A symbol that once represented peace and religion is now representing bigotry, bloodshed, and genocide.