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Because if there is anything that Trump truly excels at, other than lying, it is nepotism.

When your bitter enemy, ISIS, says something as sensible as their comment on Trump, shouldn't we take note, and say, OK, that's at least one thing they've got right!:D

We don't have to agree, but it sure is nice to read posts that are at least level headed even when we don't entirely agree.

I'm still here, and I want to thank you for the level headed post above.

That is one of the most sensible things anyone has ever posted in these lower, crackpot dominated, ET threads. It is so sensible, it is damn near correct even, especially if we're allowed to put mistakes and incompetence in the same basket. What the hell. Let's go ahead and allow it, so we can...

You're right! I just looked the FOIA stuff up and There was apparently a record number of documents they couldn't even find. There was like 700K plus requests and they spent millions fighting the requests. If Obama had spent more time keeping up with his filing duties they probably would have...

None of that is common knowledge to me however. I don't know who Rosen is. The rest is not common knowledge to me however. I told you, I was hopeless when it comes to conspiracy theories.

I admit I did not follow up on all your nice links. How many of these politically motivated accusations and conspiracy theories ended with real evidence and successful prosecutions? A lot I imagine! I really like Propublica. I have sent them little money from time to time. And if I listen to...

I don't see a connection between Nixon and Obama. I am not aware of anything that Obama has done that might be criminal, under U.S. law at least, for which any evidence has been proffered. Not yet anyway. (There seems to be a surfeit of innuendo however.) My comment re Nixon was simply to remind...

It is not clear to me that this is not an "alternative fact" , which in other contexts might be confused with opinion.

Nixon had no knowledge of the Watergate break in until after it occurred. But his attorney general knew, thought it was an incredibly stupid idea, said so, but did not tell the President nor do anything to stop it. Others in the administration had advance knowledge as well, and did nothing to...

This pattern had its origin under the G.W. Bush administration in the wake of 9/11 and has continued under the Obama administration, and I'm certain is continuing today under the Trump administration. This is what the Snowden revelations were about. To suggest that this is somehow unique to the...

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Your a reasonable person. Something I can't say for a few of our ET colleagues. You will have to admit that a special event at the Adam Smith Institute would hardly be representative of the general stance of professors at American Colleges and Universities regarding the relative merits of...

As a matter of fact, communism also worked well for the Iroquois. I am tempted to conclude that socialism may work best for tight knit groups of people. But then I'm on thin ice. Lets stick to what we in the U.S. are part of, a modern family of industrialized nations. Anecdote is for...

Among modern industrialized nations, there are no examples of completely socialistic societies, let alone "many". The first step in any productive discussion is to get the facts straight.

Not really. Care to find any specific example of them being "filled". That viewpoint is very rare on campuses.

I was just this morning thinking about posting on why disinformation is so effective. The Thread title was going to be "Carlos Slim Now in Control of the New York Times, WTF!" . One of our jem-like colleagues was convinced that Carlos Slim controlled the New York times and no amount of facts...

I don't know about Koch Industries, but it is true that most people would be surprised how large a "small business can be," according to the SBA. See https://www.sba.gov/contracting/getting-started-contractor/make-sure-you-meet-sba-size-standards/summary-size-standards-industry-sector I don't...

There may have been something turned up to implicate someone in the Trump campaign. If so the investigation may have taken a turn.