2) How do such un-democratic societies [Russia and China] motivate their students to be such better students compared to those of the United States? Discipline. When I was in college, many (perhaps even most) of the highest-achieving students in my engineering classes were Asian. Some of them made ...

MangoMan wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:44 pm

vnatale wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:14 pm

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 2:23 pm Those of you who can’t stand him, how do you feel about the Democrats Russian hoax and subsequent impeachment? He’s had to cope with this abuse for 4 years.

No hoax. Republicans refused to consider any evidence.

You can't be serious.

He has stage 4 TDS.

Enough, Doodle. You've gone way beyond anything that remotely resembles logical argument and are now just hurling insults at anybody who dares disagree with you. If you have some reason to question WiseOne's credentials or intelligence, let's hear it. She, of all people, has earned her reputation o...

CNN and ABC too? What's the world coming to. Will they be banned by Twitter now? It would be nice to think they had a come to Jesus moment and decided they needed to restore their journalistic integrity but I think it's more likely they have been looking at the FoxNews ratings and decided that if t...

MangoMan wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:40 pm I'm pretty sure he is implying there is a way to have both $1,000,000 in income and pay next to $0 in tax, especially if the business is commercial real estate. Good tax attorneys use every loophole in the tax code to their client's advantage.

Yes, and good accountants do the same.

Maddy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 4:03 pm Doesn't seem all that wise to court a debate with somebody whose game is clinical research and whose entire professional life has been devoted to separating good data from bad.

TDS is a terrible affliction.
We have several candidates for "TDS poster child" right on this board.

Proportional makes a lot of sense. If so, then what purpose does the Electoral College serve that just going by the popular vote does not? Vinny Proportional does not allow the EC to have the intended benefits. In a popular vote, only the big states would matter, practically speaking. There's nothi...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:04 pm I believe posts like this are most appropriate for our shiny new politics sub-forum.

I didn't even know there was such a sub-forum.
A bit late in the game, no?

First thing that came to mind when I read Smithy's hair post :o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfbGzL8IWRI Hahahaha! I just did my first application of the minoxidil. I'll report back on a month-by-month basis what my results are like. ^-^ Is anyone going out or doing anything for Halloween? I don...

https://extranosalley.com/homicide-rates-in-the-old-west/ Comparing the United States to the rest of the world, we should be in 109th place for homicide; and 116th place for murder. That would appear to mean we have very low homicide and murder rates. But our current murder rate is up to five times...

Actual residents of Scranton don't seem too impressed.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=788371102004425

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:27 pm

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:26 pm What are your guys' favourite wines?

Red and white. . On a more serious note: Kirkland Malbec.

That's okay but some of the other Argentinian Malbecs that they carry at our "local" (60 miles away) Costco are better, and not much more money, e.g., <= $10.

The only time I remember seeing someone black out in front of my eyes was the result of Everclear. It's an impressive beverage. In college they used to make a very insidious punch consisting of Everclear, ginger ale, and a couple of flavors of sherbet. I never liked drinking very much and have neve...

Here's what I think is most likely to happen:

She has two kids, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. If you were 50 and divorced, that would be par for the course (ask me how I know). But at your age, dating single mothers is insanity. They are generally 'provider hunters' and you will always be the lowest of priorities for them. Find yours...

game is rigged against him. He's built a lot of that rigging with his attitude and attacks, which is the main reason I did not vote for him this time. I am not the only person in the US affected by how he operates and have changed their mind from 2016. There are a lot more people in the US who have...

A new video clip has surfaced showing yet more elder abuse of Biden. In a visit to Chester, PA yesterday, Biden struggled to answer a question in front of a group of reporters, losing his train of thought and verbally wandering off, at which point his campaign staff appeared to intervene and quickl...

He makes a powerful case against the Democrat party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkmSr6S0HD4

It's been out for over 12 hours now? Not even on Twitter's top 29 trending in United States......It may only be showing up in the Right Wing "echo chambers". Vinny Capture.JPG Imagine my shock that the social media platforms that have thrown in their lot with the Democrats won't report su...

It's been out for over 12 hours now? Not even on Twitter's top 29 trending in United States......It may only be showing up in the Right Wing "echo chambers". Vinny Capture.JPG Imagine my shock that the social media platforms that have thrown in their lot with the Democrats won't report su...

I wonder if this will be enough to dissuade Biden supporters?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/1 ... ain-minor/

Where's the source for that 46% approval rating among blacks? I couldn't find it, not even on the Rasmussen website. Rasmussen tweeted it on Oct 23: https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1319605958037950470?s=20 What could possibly explain the three day increases of 7%, 6%, 9%. Going from a sta...

Interesting piece by John Derbyshire discussing the tweet below about how China suppressed COVID using AI. https://www.unz.com/jderbyshire/give-us-liberty-or-give-us-artificial-intelligence-victory-over-china-i-choose-liberty/ https://i.postimg.cc/g245cSTz/Capture.jpg Welding people's apartment doo...