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October 5, 2019

What tells you that a candidate is of "the left"?

We see comments here that this person, or that person, is a left candidate.

We are all to the left of GOP candidates, but where exactly is the line that one crosses to be counted as "the left"?

October 4, 2019

Trump Envoys Pushed Ukraine to Commit to Investigating Biden

From the article:

Two of President Trump’s top envoys to Ukraine worked on a statement for the country’s new president in August that would have committed Ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by Mr. Trump into his political rivals, according to three people briefed on the effort and documents released Thursday night.
Their work on the statement is new evidence of how Mr. Trump’s fixation with conspiracy theories linked to Ukraine began driving senior diplomats to bend American foreign policy to the president’s political agenda in the weeks after a July 25 call between the two leaders.


To read more:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/politics/trump-ukraine.html?te=1&nl=impeachment-briefing&emc=edit_ib_20191004?campaign_id=140&instance_id=12827&segment_id=17567&user_id=fa8c1273ad5c8d2cec40b8db91360f10&regi_id=98233847

We saw this tactic used in 2016 against HRC. A constant repetition of the Biden/Ukraine/corruption meme is designed to weaken support for Joe Biden. And this meme forces the Biden campaign to either defend against the allegation, keeping it in the news, or ignore it and hope it dies.
October 3, 2019

If we could attach a windmill to Trump's mouth, would the hot air produced

be enough to heat every house in the US?

Or would that air contain tooo many toxins?

October 2, 2019

Trump is the real victim here.

He is the victim of his own general lack of intelligence, knowledge, and ability.

He is the victim of his sociopathic personality, which leaves him with no empathy, and no concept of morality.

He is the victim of his own inability to actually run a business, which inability caused him to rely on bribery, cheating, and tax evasion.

He is the victim of his own disgusting sexual appetites.

And we, the citizens of the US, are the victims of Trump, and the poor choices of those who voted for him.

October 2, 2019

There is one witness who could prove Trump is innocent of everthing he is accused of.

And, this witness has documentation backing that up.

This witness could clear Trump of all of these accusations.

However, this witness died in the Bowling Green massacre, and the documentation that would vindicate Trump was lost in the mysterious fire at the pizza parlor child sex ring building.

But seriously, when a person is compelled to lie about nearly everything so that person can cover up his own criminality, any time truth is revealed that contradicts the lie, the cover up story must change. Trump is a victim. He is a victim of his own incompetence, his own criminality, and his own disregard for the law.

October 2, 2019

Who Is Affected by the Dunning-Kruger Effect?

From the article:

So, who is affected by the Dunning-Kruger effect? Unfortunately, we all are. This is because no matter how informed or experienced we are, everyone has areas in which they are uninformed and incompetent. You might be smart and skilled in many areas, but no one is an expert at everything.


To read more:

https://www.verywellmind.com/an-overview-of-the-dunning-kruger-effect-4160740

Often people make overly broad statements, especially regarding religion and theists. But those making these statements generally demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect in action rather than make any relevant observation about religion or theists.

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