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Cheeks

#500
October 30, 2019, 09:52:33 AM
Quote from: TAMU Eagle on October 30, 2019, 09:46:17 AM
Im not sure that's what the poll said. The poll had them say on a scale of 0 to 100 with 100 being "on the edge of a civil war." The mean score for independents was around 70. That doesn't mean 70% of people think a civil war is likely. I think the only ones in that poll who could be definitively categorized as "thinking a civil war is likely" would be the ones who marked 100.

Maybe I missed something in the poll but I think people think the country is very politically divided,  not that a civil war is likely

Fair point.  The media reporting it said likely, one report said imminent, another said on the edge.
"I hate everything about this job except the games, Everything. I don't even get affected anymore by the winning, by the ratings, those things. The trouble is, it will sound like an excuse because we've never won the national championship, but winning just isn't all that important to me." Al McGuire

Benny B

#501
October 30, 2019, 11:07:42 AM
A score of 100 was "edge of a civil war."  Which means "civil war" is something like 105 or 110, at worst.  So if we're at mean of 67 now, we're only whatever percentage 67/105 to 110 amounts to towards civil war.  That doesn't seem so bad.

The real doom in the study is that 84% of the respondents agreed with the statement: "I'm tired of leaders compromising my values and ideals.  I want leaders who will stand up to the other side."  What makes it especially concerning is how the conclusions imply that this may only be the beginning of an existing general decline in civility.  In short, nobody is willing to compromise, nobody wants to hear from anyone who disagrees with their opinion, and everyone would rather fight than make a deal.

Which apparently makes Scoop the canary in the coal mine of societal incivility.  And here we thought it was Topper simply forewarning of doom when it turns out he's actually been the one sowing the seeds.
Quote from: LittleMurs on January 08, 2015, 07:10:33 PM
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny.  Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.

mu_hilltopper

#502
October 30, 2019, 11:37:41 AM
Quote from: Benny B on October 30, 2019, 11:07:42 AM
And here we thought it was Topper simply forewarning of doom when it turns out he's actually been the one sowing the seeds.

Oh, yes absolutely.  I thought that was clear! 

NYWarrior coined that I was a Dementor.  ("a phantom species who, as their name suggests, gradually deprive human minds of happiness ..")

🏀

#503
October 30, 2019, 02:01:18 PM
Quote from: Dr. Blackheart on October 30, 2019, 08:54:16 AM
Any border state that contains Dayton should be an immediate candidate for Canadian annexation.

Good effing point. PTM is real, real tired of Ohio being the swing state every election.

Pakuni

#504
October 30, 2019, 02:10:06 PM
Quote from: Benny B on October 30, 2019, 11:07:42 AM
A score of 100 was "edge of a civil war."  Which means "civil war" is something like 105 or 110, at worst.  So if we're at mean of 67 now, we're only whatever percentage 67/105 to 110 amounts to towards civil war.  That doesn't seem so bad.

The real doom in the study is that 84% of the respondents agreed with the statement: "I'm tired of leaders compromising my values and ideals.  I want leaders who will stand up to the other side."  What makes it especially concerning is how the conclusions imply that this may only be the beginning of an existing general decline in civility.  In short, nobody is willing to compromise, nobody wants to hear from anyone who disagrees with their opinion, and everyone would rather fight than make a deal.

On the other hand, 87 percent of poll respondents agreed that "compromise and common ground should be the goal for political leaders," with 64 percent strongly agreeing with that statement.
Which I take to mean that everybody wants the politicians who agree with them to "stand up to the other side" while the politicians who don't agree with them should compromise. 

tl;dr: We're all hypocrites ... or at least more than 80 percent of us are.

MU82

#505
October 30, 2019, 03:47:31 PM
Glad we have a politics thread again.

I would like you to do us a favor, though ... don't make this contingent on digging up dirt on Greg Gard.
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

Not all scoop users are created equal apparently

#507
November 01, 2019, 05:02:32 PM
Quote from: Dr. Blackheart on November 01, 2019, 04:48:20 PM
Zombies undead...

https://news.yahoo.com/science-zombies-undead-rise-004009241.html

"The Last of Us" is based on the concept of a fungus and spores doing what the ants go through. Scary stuff but great game.
" There are two things I can consistently smell.    Poop and Chlorine.  All poop smells like acrid baby poop mixed with diaper creme. And almost anything that smells remotely like poop; porta-johns, water filtration plants, fertilizer, etc., smells exactly the same." - Tower912

Re: COVID-19

muwarrior69

#508
November 03, 2019, 11:56:25 AM
Quote from: ZiggysFryBoy on October 03, 2019, 06:22:55 PM
Why isn't that Dutch girl worring about this disaster?  She'd get way more converts to her cause.

Obviously she went to the wrong country to make her case.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50280390

PBRme

#512
November 13, 2019, 04:21:59 PM
Peace, Love, and Rye Whiskey...May your life and your glass always be full

The Sultan

#513
November 13, 2019, 04:24:11 PM
"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them" - Frederick Douglass

MU82

#515
November 16, 2019, 07:57:52 PM
YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP! AH, DAMN YOU! GODDAM YOU ALL TO HELL!!
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

mu_hilltopper

#516
November 18, 2019, 10:47:46 AM
If you ever need to bide your time between doom posts:

https://twitter.com/darkstockphotos

Cheeks

#517
November 21, 2019, 07:58:06 PM
"I hate everything about this job except the games, Everything. I don't even get affected anymore by the winning, by the ratings, those things. The trouble is, it will sound like an excuse because we've never won the national championship, but winning just isn't all that important to me." Al McGuire

TSmith34, Inc.

#520
December 10, 2019, 08:14:50 AM
 Pig-monkey doom

https://www.newsweek.com/pig-monkey-chimera-china-1476162

"The world's first pig-monkey chimeras have been born in China, scientists have announced. Researchers injected monkey stem cells into fertilized pig embryos then implanted them into sows and allowed pregnancy to continue to full term."
If you think for one second that I am comparing the USA to China you have bumped your hard.

Cheeks

#522
December 11, 2019, 09:01:48 AM
Doom for mosquitos....the farting mosquito killer


https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10522729/man-farts-kill-mosquitos/
"I hate everything about this job except the games, Everything. I don't even get affected anymore by the winning, by the ratings, those things. The trouble is, it will sound like an excuse because we've never won the national championship, but winning just isn't all that important to me." Al McGuire

tower912

#523
December 11, 2019, 10:48:09 AM
Was he a regular at Arby's?
Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

ZiggysFryBoy

#524
December 11, 2019, 08:23:26 PM
Quote from: tower912 on December 11, 2019, 10:48:09 AM
Was he a regular at Arby's?

I wish my Arby's fueled ass could kill mosquitoes. 
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