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  • Doctor PhibesD Online
    Doctor PhibesD Online
    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on last edited by
    #5

    And incidentally, you won't find me defending Tesla. They're overprices toys for rich assholes who need a reason to feel good about themselves.

    Battery powered cars aren't a reasonable solution for the environment.

    I was only joking

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    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

      Sure guys, my disrespect for this publication is totally unfounded.

      You keep reading it, I'm sure you'll find it's a valuable use of your time.

      I'm off to play computer games.

      Aqua LetiferA Offline
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      Aqua Letifer
      wrote on last edited by
      #6

      @doctor-phibes said in From American Thinker:

      Sure guys, my disrespect for this publication is totally unfounded.

      You keep reading it, I'm sure you'll find it's a valuable use of your time.

      I'm off to play computer games.

      ๐Ÿ‘†

      Please love yourself.

      JollyJ 1 Reply Last reply
      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

        @doctor-phibes said in From American Thinker:

        Sure guys, my disrespect for this publication is totally unfounded.

        You keep reading it, I'm sure you'll find it's a valuable use of your time.

        I'm off to play computer games.

        ๐Ÿ‘†

        JollyJ Offline
        JollyJ Offline
        Jolly
        wrote on last edited by
        #7

        @aqua-letifer said in From American Thinker:

        @doctor-phibes said in From American Thinker:

        Sure guys, my disrespect for this publication is totally unfounded.

        You keep reading it, I'm sure you'll find it's a valuable use of your time.

        I'm off to play computer games.

        ๐Ÿ‘†

        Ah, so both of you turds won't admit when anything is remotely unbiased or makes a cogent point.

        โ€œCry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!โ€

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terroristsโ€™ "due process". โ€” Buck Sexton

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        • JollyJ Offline
          JollyJ Offline
          Jolly
          wrote on last edited by
          #8

          How about at least one American Thinker piece per day?

          Think of it as an education in illiberal arts.

          โ€œCry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!โ€

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terroristsโ€™ "due process". โ€” Buck Sexton

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          • JollyJ Jolly

            How about at least one American Thinker piece per day?

            Think of it as an education in illiberal arts.

            HoraceH Online
            HoraceH Online
            Horace
            wrote on last edited by
            #9

            @jolly said in From American Thinker:

            How about at least one American Thinker piece per day?

            Think of it as an education in illiberal arts.

            Definitely would be good for the left leaning members of TNCR to open their minds to some good conservative ideas.

            Education is extremely important.

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            • JollyJ Jolly

              @aqua-letifer said in From American Thinker:

              @doctor-phibes said in From American Thinker:

              Sure guys, my disrespect for this publication is totally unfounded.

              You keep reading it, I'm sure you'll find it's a valuable use of your time.

              I'm off to play computer games.

              ๐Ÿ‘†

              Ah, so both of you turds won't admit when anything is remotely unbiased or makes a cogent point.

              Aqua LetiferA Offline
              Aqua LetiferA Offline
              Aqua Letifer
              wrote on last edited by
              #10

              @jolly said in From American Thinker:

              @aqua-letifer said in From American Thinker:

              @doctor-phibes said in From American Thinker:

              Sure guys, my disrespect for this publication is totally unfounded.

              You keep reading it, I'm sure you'll find it's a valuable use of your time.

              I'm off to play computer games.

              ๐Ÿ‘†

              Ah, so both of you turds won't admit when anything is remotely unbiased or makes a cogent point.

              No, I'd just rather read other things.

              Please love yourself.

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              • JollyJ Offline
                JollyJ Offline
                Jolly
                wrote on last edited by
                #11

                Dude, it's Australia. Your wheelhouse.

                โ€œCry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!โ€

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terroristsโ€™ "due process". โ€” Buck Sexton

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                • JollyJ Jolly

                  @aqua-letifer said in From American Thinker:

                  @doctor-phibes said in From American Thinker:

                  Sure guys, my disrespect for this publication is totally unfounded.

                  You keep reading it, I'm sure you'll find it's a valuable use of your time.

                  I'm off to play computer games.

                  ๐Ÿ‘†

                  Ah, so both of you turds won't admit when anything is remotely unbiased or makes a cogent point.

                  Doctor PhibesD Online
                  Doctor PhibesD Online
                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                  #12

                  @jolly said in From American Thinker:

                  @aqua-letifer said in From American Thinker:

                  @doctor-phibes said in From American Thinker:

                  Sure guys, my disrespect for this publication is totally unfounded.

                  You keep reading it, I'm sure you'll find it's a valuable use of your time.

                  I'm off to play computer games.

                  ๐Ÿ‘†

                  Ah, so both of you turds won't admit when anything is remotely unbiased or makes a cogent point.

                  Did I say that?

                  In my previous job I used to do inspections of water treatment facilities, or as we called them, shit factories. Yes, I know, a funny job for somebody who has no idea about normal people, but there you go.

                  Anyway, when we visited, you could get these enormous tomatoes that grew there in the sludge. Spectacularly good looking tomatoes.

                  They still came from a shit factory.

                  That's how I feel about the article.

                  I was only joking

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                  • JollyJ Offline
                    JollyJ Offline
                    Jolly
                    wrote on last edited by Jolly
                    #13

                    I've flower beds that were made up with compost that used some sludge along with a good bit of chipped green material. The roses do particularly well.

                    Maybe it's not the sludge that's the problem, but the person who knows how to use it.

                    โ€œCry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!โ€

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terroristsโ€™ "due process". โ€” Buck Sexton

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                    • HoraceH Horace

                      @jolly said in From American Thinker:

                      How about at least one American Thinker piece per day?

                      Think of it as an education in illiberal arts.

                      Definitely would be good for the left leaning members of TNCR to open their minds to some good conservative ideas.

                      Doctor PhibesD Online
                      Doctor PhibesD Online
                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                      #14

                      @horace said in From American Thinker:

                      @jolly said in From American Thinker:

                      How about at least one American Thinker piece per day?

                      Think of it as an education in illiberal arts.

                      Definitely would be good for the left leaning members of TNCR to open their minds to some good conservative ideas.

                      I probably know more about battery technology than most people here, and I don't think it's a viable environmental solution in the long term without some big technology advances, as in I'm not a fucking idiot. But I don't want to read magazines that promoted that idiotic rubbish about Dominion and then backed right down when challenged.

                      It's a rag, not a serious publication. I'll read The Spectator, not that shit.

                      I was only joking

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                      • JollyJ Jolly

                        I've flower beds that were made up with compost that used some sludge along with a good bit of chipped green material. The roses do particularly well.

                        Maybe it's not the sludge that's the problem, but the person who knows how to use it.

                        Doctor PhibesD Online
                        Doctor PhibesD Online
                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #15

                        @jolly said in From American Thinker:

                        I've flower beds that were made up with compost that used some sludge along with a good bit of chipped green material. The roses do particularly well.

                        Maybe it's not the sludge that's the problem, but the person who knows how to use it.

                        I hope your sludge is OK - seriously, the places where we used to go the tomatoes weren't always safe to eat - cadmium and mercury tended to get in there.

                        I was only joking

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                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                          @horace said in From American Thinker:

                          @jolly said in From American Thinker:

                          How about at least one American Thinker piece per day?

                          Think of it as an education in illiberal arts.

                          Definitely would be good for the left leaning members of TNCR to open their minds to some good conservative ideas.

                          I probably know more about battery technology than most people here, and I don't think it's a viable environmental solution in the long term without some big technology advances, as in I'm not a fucking idiot. But I don't want to read magazines that promoted that idiotic rubbish about Dominion and then backed right down when challenged.

                          It's a rag, not a serious publication. I'll read The Spectator, not that shit.

                          HoraceH Online
                          HoraceH Online
                          Horace
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #16

                          @doctor-phibes said in From American Thinker:

                          @horace said in From American Thinker:

                          @jolly said in From American Thinker:

                          How about at least one American Thinker piece per day?

                          Think of it as an education in illiberal arts.

                          Definitely would be good for the left leaning members of TNCR to open their minds to some good conservative ideas.

                          I probably know more about battery technology than most people here, and I don't think it's a viable environmental solution in the long term without some big technology advances, as in I'm not a fucking idiot. But I don't want to read magazines that promoted that idiotic rubbish about Dominion and then backed right down when challenged.

                          It's a rag, not a serious publication. I'll read The Spectator, not that shit.

                          I have my issues with CNN's political slant, but I'll still admit when they are right. For instance, recently they wrote a story about how useful Apple's Airtags were. I unashamedly acknowledged that the story made excellent, factual points. I think we should all strive for that sort of egalitarian view of information sources.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                          • HoraceH Horace

                            @doctor-phibes said in From American Thinker:

                            @horace said in From American Thinker:

                            @jolly said in From American Thinker:

                            How about at least one American Thinker piece per day?

                            Think of it as an education in illiberal arts.

                            Definitely would be good for the left leaning members of TNCR to open their minds to some good conservative ideas.

                            I probably know more about battery technology than most people here, and I don't think it's a viable environmental solution in the long term without some big technology advances, as in I'm not a fucking idiot. But I don't want to read magazines that promoted that idiotic rubbish about Dominion and then backed right down when challenged.

                            It's a rag, not a serious publication. I'll read The Spectator, not that shit.

                            I have my issues with CNN's political slant, but I'll still admit when they are right. For instance, recently they wrote a story about how useful Apple's Airtags were. I unashamedly acknowledged that the story made excellent, factual points. I think we should all strive for that sort of egalitarian view of information sources.

                            Doctor PhibesD Online
                            Doctor PhibesD Online
                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                            #17

                            @horace said in From American Thinker:

                            @doctor-phibes said in From American Thinker:

                            @horace said in From American Thinker:

                            @jolly said in From American Thinker:

                            How about at least one American Thinker piece per day?

                            Think of it as an education in illiberal arts.

                            Definitely would be good for the left leaning members of TNCR to open their minds to some good conservative ideas.

                            I probably know more about battery technology than most people here, and I don't think it's a viable environmental solution in the long term without some big technology advances, as in I'm not a fucking idiot. But I don't want to read magazines that promoted that idiotic rubbish about Dominion and then backed right down when challenged.

                            It's a rag, not a serious publication. I'll read The Spectator, not that shit.

                            I have my issues with CNN's political slant, but I'll still admit when they are right. For instance, recently they wrote a story about how useful Apple's Airtags were. I unashamedly acknowledged that the story made excellent, factual points. I think we should all strive for that sort of egalitarian view of information sources.

                            @horace said in From American Thinker:

                            @doctor-phibes said in From American Thinker:

                            @horace said in From American Thinker:

                            @jolly said in From American Thinker:

                            How about at least one American Thinker piece per day?

                            Think of it as an education in illiberal arts.

                            Definitely would be good for the left leaning members of TNCR to open their minds to some good conservative ideas.

                            I probably know more about battery technology than most people here, and I don't think it's a viable environmental solution in the long term without some big technology advances, as in I'm not a fucking idiot. But I don't want to read magazines that promoted that idiotic rubbish about Dominion and then backed right down when challenged.

                            It's a rag, not a serious publication. I'll read The Spectator, not that shit.

                            I have my issues with CNN's political slant, but I'll still admit when they are right. For instance, recently they wrote a story about how useful Apple's Airtags were. I unashamedly acknowledged that the story made excellent, factual points. I think we should all strive for that sort of egalitarian view of information sources.

                            The problem is the unremitting bias, and the intent to peddle something, not whether they are occasionally right. I don't want to wade through the shit factory to find the tomato, I want to go to a fruit and vegetable store.

                            I don't watch CNN, either.

                            I was only joking

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                              Aqua LetiferA Offline
                              Aqua Letifer
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                              #18

                              My thing is, I don't understand why, in order to be a right-thinking, intelligent and politically savvy individual, you have to hate Tesla and Elon Musk. I'm not a fan or anything, I just don't see how that tracks. You can in fact love, hate, or be indifferent to Musk and Tesla, and still be on this side of reason and rationality.

                              Please love yourself.

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                              • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                                My thing is, I don't understand why, in order to be a right-thinking, intelligent and politically savvy individual, you have to hate Tesla and Elon Musk. I'm not a fan or anything, I just don't see how that tracks. You can in fact love, hate, or be indifferent to Musk and Tesla, and still be on this side of reason and rationality.

                                Doctor PhibesD Online
                                Doctor PhibesD Online
                                Doctor Phibes
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #19

                                @aqua-letifer said in From American Thinker:

                                My thing is, I don't understand why, in order to be a right-thinking, intelligent and politically savvy individual, you have to hate Tesla and Elon Musk. I'm not a fan or anything, I just don't see how that tracks. You can in fact love, hate, or be indifferent to Musk and Tesla, and still be on this side of reason and rationality.

                                Windmills cause cancer and kill all the birds. To maintain environmental credibility, batteries are going to be charged by windmills, and Elon Musk makes battery powered cars.

                                Elon Musk causes cancer and kills all the birds. ALL. THE. FREAKING. BIRDS.

                                Any more questions?

                                I was only joking

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                                • HoraceH Online
                                  HoraceH Online
                                  Horace
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                                  #20

                                  I'm not clear on why or even if Musk is that much of a political lightning rod. I don't think he personally is much of a political tribalist. Though he'll happily pander to tribalists on the left with his messaging regarding the environment and how his products can save it.

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                  • HoraceH Horace

                                    I'm not clear on why or even if Musk is that much of a political lightning rod. I don't think he personally is much of a political tribalist. Though he'll happily pander to tribalists on the left with his messaging regarding the environment and how his products can save it.

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                                    Aqua Letifer
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                                    @horace said in From American Thinker:

                                    if Musk is that much of a political lightning rod.

                                    Find me a conservative "news" outlet that speaks highly of Musk or Tesla. Any.

                                    Please love yourself.

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                                    • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                                      My thing is, I don't understand why, in order to be a right-thinking, intelligent and politically savvy individual, you have to hate Tesla and Elon Musk. I'm not a fan or anything, I just don't see how that tracks. You can in fact love, hate, or be indifferent to Musk and Tesla, and still be on this side of reason and rationality.

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                                      jon-nyc
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                                      #22

                                      @aqua-letifer said in From American Thinker:

                                      My thing is, I don't understand why, in order to be a right-thinking, intelligent and politically savvy individual, you have to hate Tesla and Elon Musk.

                                      We had this conversation a couple years ago.

                                      Screen Shot 2021-05-25 at 9.54.39 AM.png

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                        @aqua-letifer said in From American Thinker:

                                        My thing is, I don't understand why, in order to be a right-thinking, intelligent and politically savvy individual, you have to hate Tesla and Elon Musk.

                                        We had this conversation a couple years ago.

                                        Screen Shot 2021-05-25 at 9.54.39 AM.png

                                        HoraceH Online
                                        HoraceH Online
                                        Horace
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #23

                                        @jon-nyc said in From American Thinker:

                                        @aqua-letifer said in From American Thinker:

                                        My thing is, I don't understand why, in order to be a right-thinking, intelligent and politically savvy individual, you have to hate Tesla and Elon Musk.

                                        We had this conversation a couple years ago.

                                        Screen Shot 2021-05-25 at 9.54.39 AM.png

                                        And I think I responded similarly at the time.

                                        It is reasonable to have an issue with Musk's pandering to some of the dumber environmental ideas of the left, while you know he's just interested in building his brand.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                        • Doctor PhibesD Online
                                          Doctor PhibesD Online
                                          Doctor Phibes
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                                          #24

                                          The argument that The Left all mindlessly follow a narrative, whilst those on the right are all free-thinkers following an objective Truth doesn't really hold water.

                                          It should be possible to be an American conservative and also believe that an oil-driven economy is inflicting lasting damage on the global environment, just as it should be possible to be an American liberal and believe that abortion-on-demand at 28 weeks (or even 8 weeks) is not morally acceptable.

                                          I was only joking

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