Divergent Thoughts

Facts matter. Data matters. Political affiliation should not determine our opinions. Tomorrow may prove we were wrong yesterday. Don't be right, get it right

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@SpicyKeo @ali Gunn did not apologize for any pedo tweets (or any tweets at all) in 2012. He apologized for sexists and homophobic comments on a blog. He deliberately omitted any reference to his tweets in a statement drafted by his lawyers: https://t.co/8nAjgOTv7w

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@johnsteldotcom @johnauthers @business You are aware that there are time lags between infection & hospitalization and between hospitalization & mortality, right? And are you aware that the new variants spreading across India have an empirically higher fatality rate? And hospitals were not yet at capacity?

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@TallManShort I can't imagine that many people on weed edibles would think that this is a good idea. For one thing, it takes far too much effort

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@cjpearson Repeat after me: socialism works but only if (a) you put me in charge and (b) you consolidate my power so that I don't have to deal with political opponents. Ok, now you try it...

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@HumanProgress But we won't make the same mistakes as the Russians. We will learn and be more like North Kor... umm... more like Venez.... no, no, no... more like "socialist" nordic nations which.... pursue free trade. Damn it. This is a tough game, Human Progress. Got anything easier for us?

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@lateralcapital @Econlib You can have a trade deficit and a current account surplus resulting in a capital account deficit (assuming floating fx), so yeah, it wont be the flipside of the coin as the initial question assumes

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Imagine if every time I disagreed with a white SJW I was accused of self hate.... I can't even begin to imagine how annoying that would be. Still, resorting to ad hominem attacks tells you alot about the strength of their arguments @khaliqrodriquez @cjpearson

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Ocasio-Cortez Compares Mandatory Math Classes To Concentration Camps
https://t.co/8P1KOXS9nS

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@cjpearson Repeat after me: socialism works but only if (a) you put me in charge and (b) you consolidate my power so that I don't have to deal with political opponents. Ok, now you try it...

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@HumanProgress But we won't make the same mistakes as the Russians. We will learn and be more like North Kor... umm... more like Venez.... no, no, no... more like "socialist" nordic nations which.... pursue free trade. Damn it. This is a tough game, Human Progress. Got anything easier for us?

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Everyone of any background, any ethnicity, any sexual orientation and any political persuasion is unbelievably fortunate to live at this time in history in a western nation. Lots of room for improvement but if you can't appreciate what we have and what has been achieved, well...

[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

A century ago, no matter how rich you were, you wouldn't be able to enjoy air conditioning, TV, smart phones, Internet, timely transportation, contact lenses, international food, antibiotics, effective dental care, or a high likelihood of surviving infancy https://t.co/Nf1cHmMwtO

[Yad Vashem @yadvashem]

.@AOC Concentration camps assured a slave labor supply to help in the Nazi war effort, even as the brutality of life inside the camps helped assure the ultimate goal of "extermination through labor."

Learn about concentration camps https://t.co/oBPQsjf6FC
#Holocaust #History

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@cjpearson Hopefully that ignorant comment - which conveys the impression that it is nothing but a cash grab - doesnt reflect the intentions of the people supporting this policy. I'd like to think they are well intentioned (if not particularly deep thinkers)

[Nikki Haley @NikkiHaley]

This has to stop. Paging all Democrats...where are you? This loose offensive language is embarrassing and offensive. You didn’t call out @IlhanMN or @RashidaTlaib. Now radio silent on @AOC.
#YouHaveToPickASide #HateIsHate
https://t.co/XCULkOtp7q

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Do all the legal US immigrants pay for past US slavery attrocities too? We may want to mention that while they are filling out the immigration forms

[Larry Elder @larryelder]

U.S. gov't did not own slaves. Republicans did not own slaves. Democrats did. Democrats passed and enforced Jim Crow. Democrats founded the KKK. Slavery ended 150 yrs ago and lasted, after America became a country, for 78 yrs. To pay for #reparations, will dems sue themselves?

[Larry Elder @larryelder]

How much should descendants of the 360,000 Union soldiers, who lost their lives fighting to free the slaves, pay to the descendants of the slaves they freed?

#reparations

[Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg]

If we use the same shopping bag every single time we go to the store, twice every week, it will still take 191 years before the overall environmental effect of using the cotton bag is less than if we had just used plastic.

Learn more: https://t.co/dywr2EOeXD

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Just as I dont want repatriations for what the Japanese inflicted on my grandparents & parents in WW2, or for what Cain did to my my ancestor Abel, I dont know of many African Americans who will vote for Democrats because of this issue

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@GametimeUnited https://t.co/defxpAVRsi.god. He is obviously *not* playing a video game with that controller. You know kids see this, right? Sleazy, manipulative advertising. I'm sure this won't hurt your reputation at all...