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And finally, I personally think there's an alternative term for what the paper calls 'lived experience', which helps to orientate the discussion more clearly in the context of the philosophical tradition. I wonder if there are any guesses as to what this word might be? — Wayfarer

Phenomenology?

What were you thinking?

Interesting OP.

[Edit: just realized this was 5 years ago.]

Why didn't the ICJ demand a cease-fire? — RogueAI

Cool, now we suddenly care about the world court.

They should have. The reason is they’re playing it extremely cautiously. What’s more telling is that they haven’t completely dismissed the charges. It’s almost as if 10,000 dead babies is hard to ignore.

Living through a genocide happening before our eyes, with 10000+ children dead, and yet apologists think this time it’s an exception.

History will view them poorly.

Not sure if I posted this before. Some readings from 2023:

https://www.energymonitor.ai/finance/reporting-and-disclosure/just-1-3-of-companies-get-triple-a-for-environmental-discourse-2022-cdp/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/climate/climate-propane-influence-campaign.html

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/26/business/nightcap-chevron-stock-buyback/index.html

https://climatefeedback.org/feedbacks/

https://www.eenews.net/articles/meet-the-top-house-recipients-of-oil-and-gas-money/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/climate/renewable-energy-transition.html

https://grist.org/economics/eu-green-deal-270-billion/

https://grist.org/international/investor-state-dispute-settlements-keystone-pipeline/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=beacon

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/22/climate/heat-pumps-extreme-cold.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/business/energy-environment/oil-gas-renewable-energy-jobs.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/climate/renewable-energy-us-electrical-grid.html

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed-1000-super-emitting-methane-leaks-risk-triggering-climate-tipping-points

https://www.eenews.net/articles/rural-utilities-turn-disruptive-as-they-embrace-renewables/

Voted last night in the primary. Quiet at the polling place. My vote for Vermin Supreme was part of a complicated moral strategy which will make a big difference.

Yes, and have been shown to be numerous times.

They’re most likely underestimates, as it takes time to confirm. I’m sure it’s well over 12000 at this point. I’m being deliberately conservative.

Interstellar — AmadeusD

It’s the one I haven’t seen.

I remember liking Memento, but that was 20 years ago. Never saw Insomnia. The Batmans were OK. Didn’t care for Dunkirk— another bloated, engineered, noisy crapper. Inception was cool at times, but also a little overcooked.

Nolan has unfortunately become a try-hard. He makes movies that try to be what he thinks audiences consider masterpieces. What you end up with is something that has elements of gravitas and profundity but really is just a chore to watch.

I am extremely disappointed by your clearly factually incorrect opinion on Nolan. — AmadeusD

All I can do is quote myself:

The actors try their best, but it’s 3 hours of bells and whistles that tries desperately to be a “masterpiece,” when in reality it’s just an empty, boring, and enervating piece of shit. — Mikie

Well said, if I don’t say so myself.

10,000 children slaughtered and counting.

Eh, I think it’s clear that the Trump crowd are far more dangerous. But in many ways the woke crowd is more obnoxious.

Sometimes I wonder who’s crazier— Wokesters or Trumpers. Then I remember the real question… who’s more dangerous? And it becomes pretty obvious.

So, I can accept he misspoke perhaps. — AmadeusD

Not possible. Trump doesn’t misspeak and doesn’t lose. When he said Obama was the literal founder of ISIS, repeatedly, he both meant it and didn’t mean it. It’s sarcasm.

Concerning the constitution comment:

The Fake News is actually trying to convince the American People that I said I wanted to ‘terminate’ the Constitution. This is simply more DISINFORMATION & LIES

That comes from Trump, so it has to be true.

Your belief otherwise is just falling for liberal media propaganda. Yada yada “contextomy” and boom, all good. Make America great again.

Suspending all rules of the constitution isn’t the same as suspending the constitution.

Talk about Trump derangement syndrome.

So Trump will win New Hampshire tomorrow and will go on to easily win the nomination. Biden will win by mail-in vote, and will easily win the nomination.

The last year of speculation and hand-wringing was a complete waste of time. This was predictable.

If we were rational, mass transit would be a thing in the US.

Another stat: cars/vans account for about 50% of transportation emissions. Transportation as a whole makes up about 30% of carbon emissions in the United States— the largest of any sector.

So you’re also OK with what Hamas did, provided the victims voted for the current terrorist regime in Israel? Good — at least you’re consistent.

Oh, I see. So just no sympathy for those who voted for Hamas 17 years ago and who happened to be murdered now.

I stand corrected about your humanity.

Lol, it's too ripe... It's cute that you try to use "begging the question," fallacy yet don't even know how it's applied. — Vaskane

I, and many others, have already pointed this out on the Ukraine thread. Just do what everyone else has learned to do: ignore him.

No sympathy for Hamas or the people who voted them into power. They're getting their just desserts. — RogueAI

Yeah, those 10,000 babies should have known better.

You’re a sick guy.

And, he lost the election. — Wayfarer

Yeah— so much time is spent on election deniers that this significant little fact is often overlooked. Trump lost, and lost big. 7 million votes or so. Rather than question why, Trump made up fairytales which his cult swallowed and continues to believe/defend. Then the MAGA crowd failed in Georgia, then failed in 2022.

They’ll likely fail again in the fall. But they won’t even scratch their heads about it— because they’ll claim it was rigged. The problem is obvious: even against a weak candidate like Biden, independents and most of the American electorate hate Trump, and for very good reason.

energetic — jgill

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quick-witted — jgill

:lol: Come on.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

— BR

Everything, everywhere all at once.

Best picture winner last year. I have to say: meh.

10,000 children killed so far.

10,000.

But Israel isn’t a terrorist state. Hamas hasn’t killed nearly as many children, but their real problem is PR: when they murder, they do it wrong. If only they learned to call it “accidental” and “defensive,” or maybe justified it by saying “those are the breaks— Dresden, Hiroshima, collateral damage, blah blah”. Then I suppose Israeli war crime apologists would be just fine with it. Too bad.

They need to hire better publicists.

Meanwhile, 10,000 Palestinian children have been murdered by Israel. And counting.

Endless talk of politicians in January. Must be another one of those 4-year media extravaganzas.

Seems easy enough: take one minute, see who the worst candidate is, vote against that candidate, and get back to doing actual work.

The rest is sports-like political hobbyism.

Next week in very Independent New Hampshire, which is an open primary in which non-Republicans can also vote in the GOP primary — 180 Proof

That’s my plan.

There are several ways to “mention” someone: click the leftward pointing arrow under a post; highlight a portion you wish to quote and hit the “quote” button ( which will pop up); or push the “@“ button and type the person’s name.

Any of these methods will work, and they will be alerted to your reply in their “mentions” section.

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Now, at 86, I still do some pull-ups and short hill walking every few days. But I have arthritis all over my body, so I am recently using a cane. I continue minor mathematical explorations. You remember what Sachel said . . . — jgill

Satchel Paige? Something about not looking back…

Anyway, the simple act of walking really has its benefits. I’m seeing that more and more as I get older. Used to laugh about all the walking talk as a child. Now I feel like if I stop, I’ll barely be able to move. Like any skill, it’s something that can get rusty.

I dance lindyhop. — jkop

Never heard of it— thanks for bringing it to my attention!

fats pretty much restricted to judicious amounts of vegetable oil and margarine. — Vera Mont

Not olive oil? I’m surprised.

Jiu jitsu!! — AmadeusD

I do Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Very trendy now adays so it’s easy to find. Used to do shotokan in college. A good supplement to strength and cardio training, definitely.

I don’t dispute satire.

he’s looking for fraudulent ballots, the ones that were shredded, and so on. That’s entirely within his purview because he is expected to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed”. — NOS4A2

:rofl:

I try to avoid processed foods and sugar and I eat a lot of greens and drink mainly water. I weigh the same as I did when I was 20. — Tom Storm

Thanks for the reply. This stood out to me in particular. That’s quite an achievement — weighing the same as 20 takes real effort.

I need to lay off the starchy carbs and processed foods even more than I do. I think my main problem is overeating though.

walk a 3-5 miles every day — 180 Proof

I would do that if I had a decent place to walk. My neighborhood is too boring, and I think it would take me too long. I walk with my wife though — maybe 10 minutes. Not enough, so I do HIIT training— maybe 10 minutes worth — and then I feel like I’ve actually pushed myself.

Anyway — your routine is very disciplined. Good for you!

Obviously Trump will appeal straight away — Wayfarer

Right— so where does that go? The NY Supreme Court, ultimately? (Or the equivalent— I think NY has a different setup.)

So Trumps civil fraud trial concluded today. Assuming he’s on the hook for over $300 million— what happens then? He appeals…but he appeals in NY, right? It isn’t going to federal courts.

So he’s likely screwed. But I have a feeling he’ll worm his way out of this somehow.

Trump himself is a narcissist and will say and do anything to stay in power and protect his brand. That’s obvious. But the party he’s chosen to attach himself to won’t go along with everything. They’ve got no souls or spines, so they stick with him because of his large base— but the core element of their agenda is neoliberal, through and through. Not fascism.

Trump was happy to let them (mostly) carry out this agenda, and his rhetoric (mostly) reflects this as well — code words like liberty, freedom, small government, security, law and order, etc. Meanwhile every policy decision helped the wealthiest people and the corporate sector, the most obvious being his one legislative “achievement”: the tax cuts of 2017. He also stacked the regulating agencies with insiders from the industries being regulated — Scott Pruitt heading the EPA the most glaring example, in my view.

So while his rhetoric has become even more extreme, and the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” policy plans is scary indeed, I don’t think the powers that be really want a civil war or suspending the constitution; they don’t want fascism. Rather, they want a well run system, preferably with even more wealth transferred to them. They very much need the state to subsidize them and bail them out when their profiteering crashes the economy.

I’m not too worried about fascism. A second Trump term will be catastrophic enough, perhaps even worse than fascism.

Belief is connected to knowledge through rationality. — Hallucinogen

Already skipped after this.

It seems im a serious minority but - gross lol — AmadeusD

What’s gross?

What a strange comment.

See How To Write An OP. Issue isn’t topic.