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zapatos

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zapatos last won the day on November 18

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About zapatos

  • Birthday October 11

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    St. Louis
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    BS, MBA
  • Favorite Area of Science
    Cosmology
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    Scientific and Medical Publishing

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  1. If you have no free will then you cannot decide how you want to feel or try to do what you think is good, or decide not to become a monster.
  2. Sorry, forgot to add the link... https://apnews.com/article/dark-energy-desi-cosmology-astronomy-7856ae96fab5cb42e6b4a6fd7c3555ec
  3. Dig in your heels. I'll move on.
  4. The OP did not specify if the missiles are nuclear or non-nuclear. Why is your assumption correct and mine is wrong? I'm not sure why you don't feel the OP needs some clarification. Surely it has confused more than one person here.
  5. Just because you don't think you should feel guilty doesn't mean you won't feel guilty. Emotions are not something humans invented that can be turned on or off just by deciding to do so. Push your mother down the stairs then tell me if you are able to suppress your feelings of guilt.
  6. Yes, thanks for the reminder. I'm unsure though why you are reminding me. I don't think you can assume this is about the 1962 crisis without further clarification from the OP. @swansont seems to be saying this only refers to 1962, in which case your (and my) answer may not be correct.
  7. I remember but thanks for the reminder. (I suspect just about everyone in the world remembers.) The US has also NOT used them in all subsequent conflicts over the following 80 years. I stand by my comment.
  8. Presumably none. You don't respond to non-nuclear weapons with nuclear weapons. There would be no need.
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    Resistance

    I like the approach of Garrison Keillor, albeit one he proposed in 2016. America has a lot of inertia and it is difficult to move it in a completely new direction. We've survived plenty over the years, and while there are some scary MAGA proponents, I don't really believe that most voted for Trump due to brainwashing. Like has been happening since our inception, some people just need to be dragged into the future kicking and screaming, but each generation is better than the past. Just since my time on this site we've already dragged forward enough people to accept gay marriage that I don't ever see us 'making America great again' to the point where anyone makes a serious attempt to outlaw it. We'll be fine, IMHO.
  10. Wow! That was terrific!! These fingers are going to burst into flames...
  11. I may be mistaken but I don't think the House hearings were of a 'legal' nature. Had they found criminal acts they would have had to turn it over to the proper authorities who would have decided whether or not a crime was committed. I don't think 'grounds' are the issue. They can release the report or not at their discretion.
  12. zapatos

    Harris vs Trump;

    No, you fixed it for yourself so that you would not be shown to be wrong.
  13. zapatos

    Harris vs Trump;

    You have. However you provided no evidence of people being inept/lazy, only evidence of some level of being uninformed. Uninformed does not equal inept/lazy.
  14. zapatos

    Harris vs Trump;

    You being surprised is not evidence those people are lazy/inept.
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