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Post by gwd »

bluGill wrote: post #337
gwd wrote: post #195

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MAGA has several mutually exclusive tenets: - Isolationism - Increase US influence worldwide - Exploit US influence worldwide Each one will have a negative effect on the other two.

MAGA is not a single entity. Different parts of it have different concerns. That is how politics works for better and worse.

Sure, but it seems there are references to incompatible goals within the Project 2025 document, which is meant to be a unified goal document.

For instance, one goal was that "The United States must regain its role as the 'Arsenal of Democracy'... the United States built its reputation as a reliable partner with a strong defense industrial base that could supply military articles and goods in a timely manner."

But as explained in the video below, "The last three months have seen the worst damage to that reputation since the post-WWII order came into force."

The video is worth watching: it does bring out a lot of what you're talking about (different parts w/ different concerns), and does actually make sense of a lot of what Trump is saying and doing wrt Ukraine and NATO. I do find it preferable that the administration has rational goals which are simply not compatible with each other, than that they're behaving completely randomly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDSz62i6F3Q

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Post by beAbU »

kjksf wrote: post #315
dom96 wrote: post #197

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So let me get this straight... he's not happy with the UK because of VAT (value added tax) and he's also not happy with the UK because of tax breaks? Amazing.

Both are harming US jobs. VAT is bad for US because a car made in US is 22% more expensive when sold in UK than a car made in UK sold in US. VAT makes it harder for US car company to sell in UK. It reduces number of US jobs making cars. UK giving tax breaks to US companies also reduces number of US jobs because a catering business in Los Angeles loses a job to a catering business in London. So does a carpenter, an ex…

Do you not have sales taxes in the US?

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Post by cpursley »

nobody9999 wrote: post #433
jdiff wrote: post #419

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There are clear factual errors in the underlying assumptions of what was stated about water fluoridation. Those are simply table stakes for having a discussion about anything at all. If one thinks that water fluoridation is useful "just for a few seconds," that it's not done outside of the United States, that it's a replacement for toothpaste, that it's a vital chemical, or that we don't fortify other foods, then the…

>If someone came in with a curious mindset, that'd be one thing. But this is someone walking into a room with an agenda (get rid of fluoride) and a shocking lack of knowledge about that agenda. But since "Internet People Lie About Fluoride,"[0] why are you surprised? And that's nothing new. Why? I have no idea. Perhaps cpursley[1] could enlighten us? [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GefwcsrChHk [1] https://news.yc…

Yeah, exactly - she made my point. Buy proper toothpaste with fluoride. Brush after ever meal. I understand the chemistry and am an obsessive brusher. If the Danish don't need it in their DRINKING water, nor do we.

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Post by cpursley »

Spooky23 wrote: post #389
cpursley wrote: post #351

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Any actual stats on people not brushing their teeth? It's not 1960 any more... And my entire point was to compare to other nations with similar development levels that don't pump it into their water supply and are doing just fine in terms of oral health. And by your metric, should we also pump in vitamins and other substances that our bodies crave? Maybe the Fed gov't could just skip that and force drip IV everyone a…

We do. Table salt is iodized. We add vitamin A & D to milk and bread. You’re looking for facts to stuff a straw man. There is clear, obvious correlation between fluoridation and improved oral health. They discovered this decades ago where it was observed that oral health was better in regions where groundwater was used and fluoride occurred naturally. By my metric, we should take reasonable measures to improve public…

> There is clear, obvious correlation between fluoridation and improved oral health.

Not once have I argued against fluoride for oral care. But I don't want it in my DRINKING water.

> We add vitamin A & D to milk and bread.

Right, and our (American) "bread" and milk is not just bad, it's total garbage. I mean really really bad vs civilized countries.

Here's another solution: Just eat real food and brush your teeth with proper toothpaste. I know, shocking!

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Post by cardiffspaceman »

jimmydddd wrote: post #438
whizzter wrote: post #338

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We have very few shows about lawyers/law here because our system is simple (and boring?) enough that there isn't much to make anything interesting about. IANAL but have taken some intro level course (that usually starts with don't think anything from American shows applies). 1: It's rooted in civil law so the written laws(and their precursor political discussions) are first considered, laws are thus fairly broadly wr…

It's actually pretty boring in the US as well. As an attorney, it's always interesting to see US law school applications increase if a "sexy" legal drama becomes popular on TV. I feel bad for those applicants, because 99% of legal work is not as exciting as on TV, the lawyers don't dress as well as they do on TV, and they definitely do not look as attractive as the ones on TV. :-)

As a juror I saw a Johnny Cochran-like attorney defend against a Marcia Clark-like prosecutor, in the early 21st century. The judge was nothing like Judge Ito though. There was a car chase, there were videos from the scenes, and DNA evidence was criticized unsuccessfully by an “expert.” Isn’t that what they have on LA Law?

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Post by cpursley »

Kirby64 wrote: post #385
cpursley wrote: post #376

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> Something like 30% of people report not brushing their teeth at least once a day. Gross, but that's their problem, not mine. There's a multitude of bad health habits, if we were actually serious, there'd be no soda or cereal on the shelves. But big ag and big health activity oppose that because they financially benefit from SNAP. Your fortified foods mention is an example of exactly how insane it all is (we subsidi…

> Gross, but that's their problem, not mine. There's a multitude of bad health habits, if we were actually serious, there'd be no soda or cereal on the shelves. This absolutist mindset is not helpful for making progress. People want tasty, potentially bad for them foods. You can have bad food that’s made up of “real food” just fine. Fortifying bad foods to make them marginally less bad is a good thing. Don’t let grea…

Or just address the actually cause instead of the "problem". Get the shit like food coloring and corn syrup out of our food. Other nations do just fine with their food situation without all these made up excuses and nonsense and like "fortified" food. And stop subsidizing the garbage food and cultivation of it via SNAP.

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Post by Spooky23 »

cpursley wrote: post #444
Spooky23 wrote: post #389

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We do. Table salt is iodized. We add vitamin A & D to milk and bread. You’re looking for facts to stuff a straw man. There is clear, obvious correlation between fluoridation and improved oral health. They discovered this decades ago where it was observed that oral health was better in regions where groundwater was used and fluoride occurred naturally. By my metric, we should take reasonable measures to improve public…

> There is clear, obvious correlation between fluoridation and improved oral health. Not once have I argued against fluoride for oral care. But I don't want it in my DRINKING water. > We add vitamin A & D to milk and bread. Right, and our (American) "bread" and milk is not just bad, it's total garbage. I mean really really bad vs civilized countries. Here's another solution: Just eat real food and brush your teeth wi…

What a novel suggestion. Sure just do what you’re supposed to do.

What’s your answer when the same idiots campaigning against fluoride decide that toothpaste is a problem? Or that the ADA is a scam and there is no proof that toothbrushing has any effect?

And what’s real food? That is a question that doesn’t have an answer.

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Post by busyant »

ryandrake wrote: post #415
motorest wrote: post #365

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> You have to remember that the MAGA movement is a cult of personality with a bunch of weirdos ginning up stupid and naive people. I think it's more pernicious than that. The whole MAGA movement has a rather obvious accelerationist agenda, which leads to self-destructive policies like dismantling basic social safety nets and eliminating basic state institutions. Their policies don't make sense to anyone outside of th…

Yea, that's fatal mistake that the (D) side keeps making: They assume that both sides have good intentions and are trying to make the world better, and that we simply disagree about what "better" means, and about methods, priorities and principles. MAGA reminds me of That One Guy we all knew in High School who just wanted to cause trouble, start fights, insult people, light fires in the bathroom, destroy things, and…

> MAGA reminds me of That One Guy we all knew in High School

I knew one of those guys. Obviously I thought he was dangerous but figured he was too crude to get far in life.

he's now a maga congressman from Texas

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Post by cpursley »

Spooky23 wrote: post #447
cpursley wrote: post #444

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> There is clear, obvious correlation between fluoridation and improved oral health. Not once have I argued against fluoride for oral care. But I don't want it in my DRINKING water. > We add vitamin A & D to milk and bread. Right, and our (American) "bread" and milk is not just bad, it's total garbage. I mean really really bad vs civilized countries. Here's another solution: Just eat real food and brush your teeth wi…

What a novel suggestion. Sure just do what you’re supposed to do. What’s your answer when the same idiots campaigning against fluoride decide that toothpaste is a problem? Or that the ADA is a scam and there is no proof that toothbrushing has any effect? And what’s real food? That is a question that doesn’t have an answer.

> same idiots campaigning against fluoride decide that toothpaste is a problem?

Their teeth will rot out.

> And what’s real food? That is a question that doesn’t have an answer.

It's not fortified Captain Crunch.

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Post by ujkhsjkdhf234 »

Spooky23 wrote: post #386
mschuster91 wrote: post #381

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> The constitution prohibits ex post facto prosecution. A lot of what the 47th and people in his administration did are already punishable by law - alone the Signal affair or other violations of the Public Records Act. It would not be a ex post facto prosecution, it would simply be a prosecution by a court of law that is reasonably free from corruption.

The United States has courts. I don’t think we have a law that allows you to create another jurisdiction above that of the US Courts. That’s a change in the law. It’s all fantasy anyway.

Courts don't have balls to do anything. They could introduce sanctions or deputize anyway to arrest people in the Trump for violating court orders and refuse to do so.
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