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Civil unrest, assault, burning private property, because some of the electorate didn't like the results of a democratic election. This is shameful, and classless. I cannot recall Republicans rioting after the results of '08 and '12 elections, or any other election regarding both sides. Obama is calling for unification and a peaceful transition. your thoughts? ~EE

I really want a basement and underground tunnel, well one that is beneath the ground. Though those things does not seem to be too popular here in Taiwan. A basement might be good enough to survive a nuke strike? Anyway, building an underground structure is still quite an arduous task, let me know what you think

Some don't believe so because her values and what she stands for, a lot of women don't agree with. What do you all think? Is Hillary Clinton a representation of a woman?

Now I remember looking, probably not seriously enough, during the depression back in 2009 looking for a job. And for half a year I couldn't find one until I get back to Taiwan. I am saying that jobs are pretty hard to get either in Taiwan or America or just about anywhere. I remember wanting to work at Pixar in Emeryville or for companies like EA. Now I am alright with a job that pays reasonably for my daily expenses. The problem with job is just that they are too hard to get. What if the job has entry level positions to increase job positions? I mean really entry level jobs where you just surf the web and try to collect information. There are dumasses like me out the…

I have been hearing about this phenomenon for some time and wonder if is partly to blame for exacerbating divisions in society. So (a) How important an effect is it ? (b) Can it be minimized by some technological fix? Other ways? © Does anyone think it is no big deal?

Ok so I saw this pic somewhere online: I mean is this really even possible in this era? To have another Hitler? I guess this might happen if we go through another depression, resources become scarce, and the “leader” finds a scapegoat. What's your opinion on Trump being compared to Hitler?

This came up in another thread. No, the government never "raided" the social security trust fund. They never put the money in the general fund. From the SSA website itself: https://www.ssa.gov/history/InternetMyths2.html https://www.ssa.gov/oact/progdata/fundFAQ.html So you can hang on to myths and misrepresentations being fed to you, or you can do a little work (this took a few minutes of searching; the SSA FAQ was the first hit) and find out the unadulterated facts, and let them inform you.

This seems to have need of revision since the results of the American Presidential Election. Does anyone have a dispassionate view on the matter? Is there going to be a big shock one way or another or will the international economies and trade tend to carry on regardless ? EDIT: no Economics sub-forum as such?

I remember reading news articles other day, saying the real reason why half Americans keep voting in the republican party every election!! The real reason why half Americans are very divided!! And always been like that for very long time. The country has no majority or unity but very divided country. Going on to say the giant flaw in the left-progressive construct, and their refusal to even begin grappling with it is what keeps the left chasing its tail over the great Kansas mystery and never getting any closer to answering their question!!! Why do so many hard working and middle-class even poor white males vote against what is obviously their own best interests? I can …

As you may have heard, Germany had a strong influx of asylum seekers in the last years, with many being Syrian refugees, but also from Afghanistan, Iraq and, weirdly, Serbia. That has led to an increased anti-refugee as well as anti-immigrant (though Germany never really accepted non-Eu immigrants easily) stance under the overall that there will be no successful integration because, among other things, the cultures are too different. Integration into Germany has many challenges, especially for visible minorities, but what I want to discuss in this thread is the issue of refugee attitiudes. So far is that data was lacking, but just now the government has published the r…

I wonder, what would be required to make the world give up their oh so precious radioactive explosive toys?

I figured since we had a Donald Trump topic, we should have a Hillary Clinton topic. I thought today would be a good start day with the release of the FBI investigation file. Hillary could find even one of those 13 mobile devices? Not one? http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2600901 Hillary deleted 17500 emails. Wow, 17500. http://www.dailywire.com/news/8779/fbi-hillary-deleted-30-emails-about-benghazi-ben-shapiro At least 30 of those emails were about benghazi. Doesn't sound personal to me. I wonder what else she deleted. Maybe the NSA knows. http://circa.com/politics/accountability/fbis-hillary-clinton-email-probe-found-evidence-…

! Moderator Note I have started this thread as it was a major branch from a thread on irrational ideologies of the liberal left from here http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/98459-irrational-ideologies-of-the-left/ Apologies the software doesn't allow for a nice looking start to the new thread to be made because we cannot create duplicate posts imatfaal Citation needed. Or is this is some sort of straw man argument? It sounds as if you don't know much about Islam beyond some newspaper caricatures. There are, of course, Muslims who hold such views. But then there are Jews, Christians or atheists who hold similar reprehensible views. Bu…

One of Trump's primary platforms is to abolish NAFTA. Renegotiate the deal. Is reneging without it's penalties? Is putting "America first" a good faith bargaining position? Is being cutting off from oil, hydro power, wood and water negotiating from a position of strength? Why should sovereign countries like Canada or Mexico be obligated to negotiate, no less litigate or agree to anything? Trump wants to put a 35% tax on all goods imported from Mexico and Canada. Why wouldn't Canada and Mexico will reinstate pre-NAFTA counter-veil duties in response?

A picture says a thousand words. Stock market currently up 160 points. Enjoying my schadenfreude. Hillary to tired to give a concession speech last night. I wonder if they had to wake her up to tell her she lost? All Obama's executive order gone with one signature. Obamacare soon dead. Paris Climate Accord meaningless and fossil fuel energy development to begin in earnest. Immigration laws to be enforced. Borders to be strengthened. Supreme Court justices to be nominated by conservatives. What a happy day!

Why do we vote when the chances of our vote becoming the deciding factor of an election is 1 in 60 million? We are more likely to die in a car crash than our voice "being heard". Opinions please, enlighten me.

Indians have considered equality of all sexes and have given civil liberty and civil rights to all seixes. Shabnam Mausi, a hermaphrodite was elected member of the Legislative Assembly in an Indian State. Americans have a problem with this progressive move. They keep on thrusting their Constitution on Indians. These Americans with the help of advanced AI have tried tried to divide India on the basis of religion. I have found out that one of the Americans, who is a hermaphrodite even has a moustache. Now, it seems like Our Hermaphrodites Versus Your Hermaphrodites kind of tussle.

I have been lead to believe that oil companies decide the freedom of individuals all over the world. The rape of Indian Sovereignity stands out as a battle between largest democracy in the world(India) and Capitalism. The oil companies have made India the 51st State of America with no freedom for the people of India. I can say for sure : "Capitalism is ugly". The other day I was listening to Ayn Rand lecture. Ayn Rand was wrong about Capitalism. I would, say Capitalism is not even an ideology. It is shameless God forsaken attempt to display power of wealth or should I say money. The AI has tried to thrust American Constitution on India. These people are cretins. They nee…

Recently FBI Director Comey announced they found Clinton email's on Weiner's laptop, that were between Hillary and her aid, Weiner's x wife, Huma. He said something like they haven't found anything bad yet, but they are going to continue their investigation into Hillary's emails. I also heard that the FBI had known this for weeks. Do you think that Comey's team did a quick survey of the emails over the past few weeks, and either found something significant, or found nothing, and Comey decided that he would be damned either way, so he decided the lesser of evils would be to announce 11 days before the election, they were investigating the new emails and haven't found an…

Thought it would be interesting to see the general political views of this Forum.

Well as you all know overpopulation is harming our planet, causing global warming, habitat loss, consumption of resources, etc. Is there a way to remedy this? Will limiting the number of babies a couple can have in all countries be a solution?

This man has successfully predicted every president since 1984.... When he first started.... He uses a system of 13 true or false statements to predict the presidential winner, and it hasn't been wrong yet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/28/professor-whos-predicted-30-years-of-presidential-elections-correctly-is-doubling-down-on-a-trump-win/ Good God I hope he's wrong.

The British did well to leave Americans to themselves as they were growing unruly. I have certainly read about American War Of Independence or the american revolution as it is popularly called. It is necessary to realistically evaluate the freedoms supposed to be enshrined in its constitution. The Americans have identified themselves with the Southern States and its ideology of racial discrimination. Even seemingly moderate Republicans like Abraham Lincoln did not espouse emancipation of slaves . It made economic sense to free the slaves. The Whites were responsible for the well being of slave communities. After the Civil War whose results cannot be ascertained, the Black…

When they are done will they turn their attention to all of Trump's deleted e-mails and burnt paperwork from his failed business? I was reading in the paper today that he has destroyed data and communications on numerous occasions after a law suit has declared he reveal missives. How do people take this level of hypocrisy seriously? The reason I brought this up in the other thread was because the last poster seemed pretty smug that there 'might' or might not still be evidence of wrongdoing in the case of the e-mails non issue and suggested between the lines that she would get her comeuppance. All this just ignoring the already proven fraud and destroying of evidence r…

Couldn't post the link, but you can Google it. Donna Brazile was released from CNN because of it. Not taking sides, just asking: Questions, Comments, or Concerns? ~EE