fauxlaw

While DebateArt was still in operation, I engaged in a debate challenged by Moozer325 back in May regarding the Resolve: "The Tariffs imposed by Trump in his second term have had a negative effect on our economy so far."

Moozer was Pro; I was Con. He made the debate a very short term affair, with consideration for "a negative effect" from only beginning of February to mid April, during which time, the Market [Dow] took a brief dive, recovered, and exceed the level reached before the dive - all in a few weeks. Considering the longterm investment the Dow is supposed to be observed, and not merely in days, I felt the effect was negligible, if measurable at all, since in days, the Dow had recovered, and still is. And that was my point then and now: the tariffs have turned out to be a blockbuster in investment. If you're still around, Moozer, even under another username, what do you think? Anypne else is welcome to chime in.

you cant claim you think everyone's vote should count the same,

It's not my claim, boyo. It its the Constitution's claim, Article II, Section 1, clauses 2, 3, with modification by the 12A. Read and learn. You might also take a look at the Federalist Papers, number 68, which outlines one proposal for the E.C. in March of 1788, before the Constitution was first ratified by the States in June of 1788, so the Constitution's text is more correct, but you still get a flavor of eliminating variant population differences of the states by equalizing the number of electors from each state on the strict basis of state population, making each vote equal to another elector's vote, plus electors erepreesenting all members of Congress, House and Senate. As populations and congressional memebership grew, so did numbers of electors, based, now, on an elector being equal to about 700,000 people. It started out with an elector being equal to 30,000 people. So, as U.S. population grows, so does the numbers of electors in the E.C.

Isn't thus stuff taught anymore in school? I learned this stuff is 6th grade in the 60s. But then, I am convinced education in the U.S. has degraded considerably, ever since unions took over. It's called dumbing down. Emphasis on dumb.

What is the point of a President?

US Constitution, Article II, Sections 1 - 4

Peer pressure? Who says you're my peer? You and your sock puppet? I seriously doubt it. You are probably of an age that would make you my grandchild, at best. I've been around the sun 75 times, boyo. That's called experience; owning two PhDs and four baccalaureates. It would not matter if I had none of that. You and I are miles apart. Like, across the galaxy. Pressure? Ha, you don't know wat that is. Come back after you have experienced what I have in over 30 countries of professional work, spending, in two years, straight, over 75% of days of the year out of the country. You don't know what pressure is, boyo.

Yes, I do, and, by the Electoral College in my State, and every other, one's vote counts as much as anyone else's, but only by the E.C. It certainly cannot happen by popular vote, because that accounting is a nationwide vote, and E.C. is State by State. A nationwide vote is totally unofficial, and always has been, and statistically, ends up being less representative than by state by state vote. You would have to understand statistical analysis to realize that fact. MOst political polls have no clue what that really is, being mostly funded by media of colleges; both worthless efforts of dunderheads who do not know sampling size calculation, confidence level percentage, or margin of error, let alone design of experiments.

Trump has no desire to represent the views of an entire nation.

That's a desire moi president ever hast or evert will achieve, so, what's the point?

Christianity was invented by man.

The word, Christianity, certainly was of human design, but the concept is not. The "ity" suffix, in English syntax, generally applied to an adjective, such as "Christian" implies the state of being described as the original word [in this case, Christian], which has, as you've alleged, several references in the N.T. Close enough in my book to earn your denied creative source.

Christianity was invented by man.

The word, Christianity, certainly was of human design, but the concept is not. The "ity" suffix, in English syntax, generally applied to an adjective, such as "Christian" implies the state of being described as the original word [in this case, Christian], which has, as you've alleged, several references in the N.T. Close enough in my book to earn your denied creative source, although, you deny yourself in the process by the simple addition of a dash [-] between the root word and the suffix. Are you just playing wordsmith when that is not necessary?

Why doesn't God talk to us from a burning bush on X?

That's cross-pollinated technology.

Which only means you count points as compliments. Looking for lipstick?

But art's a bit subjective I suppose.

Correct, it's not just a bit, but a whole lot subjective. Being an illustrator, I know 3 definitions of art.

1. Art is anything with which one can get away and call it such [such as a small icon of Jesus in a bottle of urine]
2. [An idiom of the Balinese]: "We have no art, we do everything as well as we can."
3. [Pablo Picasso]: "Art is not for decoration, it is an instrumernt of war."

AI certainly has a place, but our fear of it is misplaced. Having no self-awareness [even when programmed for that, it is disingenuous] it will not overwhelm humanity.

Off topic. Presidents are elected by states, but then represent the entire nation, particularly when on foreign soil. He is elected both for his executive skills at home [and being an executive inthe private sector doesn't hurt], and on the world stage. It's all defined in the Constitution, you don't need you own "as I see it."

On a backpacking trip in the Sierras years ago [Kings Canyon], I observed a regimented column of 1/4" long black ants marching across the trail. They were in rigid formation, six-ants-per-line, and, by my estimation, roughly 5 meters in length. They were moving quickly. I traced the line off the trail and back to its end, then back to the head of the line again, careful to avoid interfering with their unknown [to me] objective. About three meters off the other side of the trail was a clearing in which there was a fallen tree, maybe from years before. At a point well up from the trunk andexposed roots, there was a large separator between the bark of the tree and the wood beneath, like a wide cave. Sentries of another ant species [these had red heads and black bodies] were a little larger, and were at the entrance and ran back under the gap, and immediately, a bunch came running back out, by which time the attacking ant group, was yup on the log, approaching the "cave" opening. The battle engaged, violently. The black ants had larger pincers than the others, inspire of the letters slightly larger size, and heads were being clipped off with atrocious ease. The attacked group was losing badly, allowing a steady stream of attacking ants into the nest of the victims. Soon, I observed black ants coming back out, with hostage eggs in their pincers, no longer in rigid formation, and running fast. By this time the enter attacking army was on the log, and many of them were successfully running back down tyke log with captured eggs. After a few minutes observing the one-sided mayhem, I followed the departing victorious ants back to their side of the trial, and off into the woods tow3ard, I presumed, their nest, which was at the base of an upright tree.other blacks ants, still in their nest, came rennin g out to greet the victorious warriors and their spoils, and all enjoyed a great feast. I was watching group intelligence, at least, with clear communication between them, and a regimented attack that had obviously been practiced successfully on occasions in the past, because this attack was an utter blitzkrieg. I left the victorsat their nest5 and walked back to the losers, who were, those left alive, in a frenzy, hurrying about their galled, dismembered comrade. Utter defeat, but not ado much as decimating the tribe. The survivors would be subject, I was sure, to a subsequent attack when a new food source was "prepared."

I suggest you find another topic of discussion.

Appeal to close the thread

I seriously doubt it. I've been with a group of atheists in which I was the only non-atheist a frequent numbers of times in my life in several different countries. After hours of discussion, the subject never came up. I just don't think atheism is a group-think session, even in that term's best light.

LRW and I are high IQ; we can predict the future.

I can, too. The sun will rise again tomorrow. After that, what is in my world is up to me, thanks.

Step and repeat.

As I like to point out, the popular vote in 2024 was roughly 50-50.

As I like to point out, the popular vote isn't worth shyte, but you'll keep supporting it as the only valid vote. Not by the Constitution, it isn't, boyo. Should you read it sometime, you'll find the E.C. is not contrived, but actually more fairly and accurately reflects the will of the people in every State by taking state population variance out of the equation so that WY [the least pop'd state] weighs as much as CA [the most pop'd state. Get it? I didn't think so. I read the Constitution monthly, completely, and have for 30+ years. It's worth the read. Might learn something most Democrats & Republicans ignore. I'm an Indie, by the way.

Because right now [though it has, and will change] the Republican who matters, being the president, is not a shyte stage production. But I know, without knowing a bloody thing about you but by words, that you disagree. So be it.

Thanks to all for your well wishes. Mistero: age is entirely in the head, not the body. When you get here, you'll know that. My best advice: keep the mind active. I just took another BA last fall [my fourth]; linguistics.

He was a convicted felon too.

Not for your subject matter, he wasn't. And even that conviction is in huge doubt to survive appeal. That trial from judge to spectator was the biggest legal farce, ever. Henry Campbell Black is spinning in his grave.

I had a similar spider experience to Wryly's when I was about 5. I captured a spider in a glass mason jar and poked holes in the lid. I was naive, not knowing the difference, and put a couple of large leaves in the bottle for it to eat.  I planned to let it go in a few days, but the two leaves would suffice in the meantime. So, I bounded up the back concrete steps to the house, tripped, and fell. My head hit the concrete, hard, and opened a wound. I noticed the jar was broken, and that my spider was gone. I was afraid it crawled into my head through the wound. It was Saturday.  Mom was out shopping, but Dad was home. He treated the wound with a bandage and then we went to the Doctor. I told him the spider I caught had crawled into my head. He smiled and said the Doctor would take care of it. I thought he meant the spider, and that made it all better, even though I had a crashing headache.

Since when has Trump pardoned Maxwell? According to your windsock puppet? We can only call a spade a spade whe3n it is. Trump has only said he has the authority to do it [and he does, as president - but not one that will do it by autopen], not that he has. Do you listen, or merely assume?

Since when are accusations convictions? An indictment is merely a written accusation, not a conviction. And civil cases are not criminal cases, therefore, what rape, theft, and adultery, all criminal offenses? Oops.

With an acutely dismal-capable forensics, the Democrat Party autopsy of the 24 election failure will conclude:

The head is brainless, but that can be replaced by current-generation A.I. Fixed.

The heart is arrested, but it's just a pump that can be replaced by Grainger. Fixed.

The hands are amputated, but they can be replaced by Moby-Dick-style old tech. Fixed.

The voice is silenced, but Oba'a has filled that job the last four years. Fixed.

The Democrat '28 nominee for President will be a commodity. Bought and sold. 

With the recent revelation of Oba'a-complicity in the whole Russia-Russia-Russia hoax, it's time to reveal the true conspiracy that Oba'a announced in his initial presidential campaign of 2008 in which he said: “We [I] will fundamentally change America.”

He has, to date, succeeded, and here's why:

1. 2016: Once it was determined that Hillaryous Ballon Girl and Trump would battle for the presidency, and with Oba'a soon to be an ex-President, havng shot his load for 2 terms, and, having no love-loss for either Hillaryous or Biden, his soon-to-be former VP, or Trump, Oba'a hatched the plan to subvert the 2016 election. Biden desperately wanted to be that candidate, but forces beyond his control said no. Oba'a truly did not care who might win the election, and, to him, it did not matter. It is said the Russsia-Russia-Russia hoax was the invention of Hillareyous Balloon Girl, but she is not, much as she tried, the smartest woman in the room. This was, again, Oba'a, hatchling. He would undermine either candidate, and prsident-elect by launch of the R-R-R hoax. Either one would be unable to combat the conspiracy. Well, Hillaryous lost, and, why not: She planted Trump square in the middle of her campaign: “Love Trumps Hate.” Remember that one? The worst possible campaign slogan she could devise. It bombed, if course. And thus, Oba'a lunched R-R-R against pres-elect Trump.
2. 2017 Immediate impeachment against Trump, beginning with the WaPo headline on Jan 20, when Trump's only “high-crime” was walking in a parade hand-in-hand with his wife. Then the one-per-month scandals began against Trump, from R-R-R to pee tapes to impeachment in keystone cop charges to… All meddling to prevent the Trump agenda by Oba'a.

You know the rest of the story for four yeas, to the improbable election of JoeBiden in 2020, who drew in tens to his camapign rallies compared to tens of thousands to Trump's. Rally attendees are actual voters, and Trump had them in spades. But Voting is voting and vote counting is a completely different animal, and tens turned into 1M votes for Biden, plus 80M bot-votes. [bought?] Whatever, Biden was not going to be the president but by name, anyway. The real Pres had his hand thrust up Biden's blowhole to move his mouth for four years…Oba'a.

The idea that an online “presence” has any association with real face-to-face is as absurd as believing AI has even personal self-awareness, let alone awareness of anyone else. It's why it's called “artificial.” There's no mysticism, there, let alone life. I look forward to AI discovering religion if only to discover how lonely it truly is.

Hello, I'm fauxlaw, formerly fauxlaw, and always will be fauxlaw, although I've made a minor update to my avatar, so minor, you might not see it, but still should be very familiar. Glad to be here.

https://www.debatecraft.com/forum/religion/posts/9/first-post-in-the-religion-forum your #5

Ya'll need more than a tool box to carry religion, let alone the idea that Dumas, created "all for one and one for all." It's a concept that was relevant well before the early 17th century. More like the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt, along with “due process.” 

Thhis targeted discussion has a flaw, because just as there are versions of Communism [incl. Socialism], there are versions of Capitalism lthat are better than others, and that is because politics and economic systems are not necessarily imbued with the same principles, methods, nor result expectations. The two [politics and economics] need one another and affect one another in too many ways to ignore one or the other without mention of the two together.