Shewmaker

This may be relevant to the discussion of Sanders and socialism. It is a video of Sanders from the 1980s. https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/interview-mayor-sanders-after-his-trip-nicaragua

We are talking about two different things. Alcoholic beverages for medicinal and sacramental use were exempt under the Volstead Act. Catholic churches were allowed to use alcohol because of their religious beliefs during prohibtion. But I'm not …

I understand why people and groups go to court when they think they are being coerced to do something which interferes with their religious convictions. When a law tries to drive a small business owner out of business or if a law tries to prevent …

The seventh episode of the first season OF TWILIGHT ZONE was about a man who was sentenced to live the rest of his life all by himself on his own private world. If a human had to choose between the largest planet on which one man could live alone …

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Cake is an information sharing social media platform. Unlike FB which is based primarily on personal relationships, Cake is based on mutual interests. People can be great friends and yet have diverse interests. My late wife and I were great …

Depends. If the "Living Constitution" view doesn't get trashed, then SCOTUS may develop into an oligarchy no matter who wins the next election. Although it may be desirable to change through amendments the methodology through which the Constition …

There is a possibility that if the EU and the UK become more hostile in the economic sector that any American president might end up having a hard time establishing a "normal" trade relationship with both.

Thank you. It's harder to control "tone" in writing and I often fail to get it "right".

Move the n all the way to the right till it is the next to the last letter. Drop one of the o's and add a u between the n and the t. Doughnut.

My family all seem to have a place between our eyebrows that sags inward as we get older. When any of us concentrate or when we are being quietly respectful, our faces in repose or in concentration tend to look to others as if we are scowling even …

I was born in 1958 and grew up in the sixties and seventies. As a child my handwriting was atrocious and I had difficulty getting any homework done which required writing. But, I did not learn until I was in my twenties what the problem had been. I …

A businessman named Harry Miller posted a limerick which was found offensive by someone who supports transgenderism. The police investigated. A judge in the UK ruled today that the police exceeded their authority. There is a PDF containing the …

I'm not discussing the factuality of Bernie Sanders's claim. I'm referring to the statement made by slamdunk that including the word "democratic" shows that there is a difference. But the word "democratic" does not clarify a distinction because …

"Identifies as democratic-socialist" I am frequently both amused and exasperated by the idea that what a person alleges they are is what they are. Let's look at the word "democratic" and its usage by those who historically "identified as" …

I may be wrong, but I think that George H. W. Bush was influenced by the 8 years that he was in Reagan's administration. He wasn't ever a "hard right" candidate, but I think that he was less of a centrist after being VP than he had been in …

Stephen, My understanding of the "centrist strategy" is that it is focused primarily on the independents and only partially to the other party. Notice the relatively large percentage of independents who gave no answer as compared with those who …

I am not arguing for or against socialism. I'm talking about how Americans who are scared of it, see it. A bovine is not a porcine. A porcine is not an equine. An equine is not a feline. A feline is not a canine. But they are all …

One of the major problems for both parties is that both parties have been intent on destroying the center. Most truly moderate Democrats have been "primaried" and some are being targeted. Moderate Democrats like Collin Peterson and Henry Cuellar …

The Democratic party was scared of Thomas Eagleton in 1972. Yet Eagleton was a senator until 1986. Just because a cat is not a canine doesn't mean that it is not a mammal. I think that it is wrong when someone tries to suggest that communism was …

There is a situation known colloquially as "faithless electors." But such a situation has never resulted in a different person being elected President than the one who would have been President if they had kept their pledge. At the moment, the …

I think you have a misunderstanding of how the "electoral college" works and what it is. The electors of the electoral college cast their votes based on who won the majority in the state where the elector is. There is no gathering together in one …

This poll demonstrates how divided our society is. 🤪

I think there was also confusion about the rules. For example, it looks as if some people who had chosen a candidate in the first round who had gotten a bit over 15% but were not near the lead, switched to a different candidate. This was not …

A follow up Maybe there was something that went wrong on Monday after all. The New York Times says that there are numerous discrepancies in the precinct reports. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/upshot/iowa-caucuses-errors-results.html