Phi for All

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! Moderator Note F**k this. Nobody here deserves to be talked to this way. You go spend the rest of the day in the corner, young man.

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I'll gladly pass on this, then.

I think you're right, because any intervention from us will be with the military, and NK has been preparing for that eventuality for some time. Perhaps we could persuade South Korea to smuggle some products from their thriving beauty industry to the North. They make these enriched facial masks for about a $1, and if you've ever tried them you'd probably be willing to defect just to get more. Democracy needs to be more attractive.

No, but having a pretty woman walk by decreases the desire to talk about age-related sores.

No, it was pulled, it just wasn't torn.

I have to admit, in my mind it's always seemed as simple as removing the Kims, or finding a group in NK that favors democracy and get them to do it. It's probably horribly naive of me, but I've always pictured the NK people as ignorant folks who love their country but just don't know any better than to support a dictator who keeps them stuck in the Iron Age. If they could only see what life is like without an oppressive regime....

You said it hurt to walk, but if you'd torn muscle, you wouldn't have been able to walk. Sounds like a strain, recovery time 0-3 days. Tearing the hamstring would take 2-3 weeks to recover from. Some ice, compression, and rest should be followed up by normal exercise. As for the magic DNA, you need to start shaving with Occam's Razor.

This is not a reasonable sentence, unless you're expanding the definitions of "use and control it" to the point of meaninglessness. A pole vaulter could be said to "use and control" gravity under such a definition.

It seems apparent that NK is being used to support the Kim dynasty. There are other countries where dictators rule depressed economies while supporting lavish lifestyles. But is it right to remove them? I feel like the people of NK would welcome the kind of economy and society enjoyed in the south, but that's coming from a first world perspective with lots of advantage.

But nothing. You challenge relativity and then proceed to bring up everything but. You need to learn to edit yourself. You're your own worst enemy. Your threads self-destruct because you're all over the place, and nobody likes that in a discussion.

So perhaps not as "firm" with the ideas as you thought before? It would be difficult to have a firm grasp of anything without knowing the basics well. Like assuming you could think outside the box without knowing what's inside.

! Moderator Note Right. I meant it about making sense. This section is no less rigorous than the mainstream sections when it comes to making sense. You know, it wouldn't kill you to ask a question now and then, instead of asserting garbage. Thread closed, don't bring this crap up again.

I think there's a third and distinct category of untruth that needs addressing as well. We have lies about things that are easily checked, broken promise lies, and "alternative facts" lies. I would like to see a supporter support why alternative facts and fake news stories are a positive part of this administration.

It seems more self-defeating than self-centered. Self-centeredness at least strives for personal success, while a self-defeating approach never has a viable exit strategy, no way for a win-win scenario to happen, no way to ever achieve happiness. Most people think of Star Trek as an economic utopia where money as the evil root has been eliminated. I've never heard it conflated with a loveless, sterile, vanilla environment.

! Moderator Note OK, we have to assume you can't comply with the requests for evidence and explanations of what you've already claimed, since you continue to advance your claims without satisfying anyone's curiosity. So that means thread closed, and you aren't allowed to bring it up for discussion anymore. You've had ample time.

I think it's poorly chosen, if only because it sounds just like the kind of thing Intelligent Design proponents would try to slip into a science textbook unnoticed.

Harvard Business Review has a great article on that. Right about the time Nixon was conniving with Kaiser on HMOs, blue-collar whites developed (or were encouraged to develop) aversions to professional people which included union leaders, management, doctors, teachers, lawyers, and scientists. https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-so-many-people-dont-get-about-the-u-s-working-class As the article points out, this resentment, for some reason, did NOT extend to wealthy people. Quite the opposite, in fact. Weird, huh, considering all the wealthy people are "professionals"?

I dislike the format. Randolpin, you have a real tendency to beg the question when it comes to religious topics. You assume things like "In our nature, we are religious", which I totally disagree with, but insist on blind acceptance of your weird beliefs. Just wanted to let you know why I'm only investing in one post in your thread.

It would be interesting to hear a defense of the I-couldn't-care-less-about-my-President's-lying position. He seems to have been successful at least in telling so many lies that many people are numb to it by now. Is this part of his ruthless and cagey businessman cleverness that so many people admire? Also, welcome back, mississippichem! I hope you're back for a good long while.

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/828574430800539648?lang=en http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/318023-trump-any-negative-polls-are-fake-news Gloating over polls: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-updates-everything-president-a-link-to-a-poll-favorable-to-trump-s-1487715242-htmlstory.html

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I apologize for my rudeness, but your arguments are so specious and firmly rooted in emotion that you ignore any critical reasoning, and thus I find my interest in this discussion has fled. Good luck, or whatever helps.

Is there a difference in trust levels for hotel wifi, where the access keys are limited to guests, as opposed to open wifi spots like Starbucks? I don't trust anyone's public wifi for file transfers or purchases, but I still try to spend as little time as possible on public networks.