A serious question for Sam Stone on Factual Errors

[Sage_Rat]

@Jackmannii

And, cite?

Justice Stevens Says Gun Ownership a Threat to Our Constitutional Structure

I have a natural educators tendency. Seeing someone clearly not taking the effort to think is, simply, annoying. Look at the argument that you two are trying to make: “We need to decrease legal guns to lower crime. Comparing legal guns to crime rates doesn’t count.” How does one make that argument with the intention of being intellectually honest? I’ll fully well agree that looking at legal gun ownership and comparing that to crime is farcical, but that’s my point. If there’s no connection, a…

Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade (No longer a draft as of 06-24-2022.)

I would agree but, more expressly, say that this argument isn’t difficult to adjudicate, it is simply illogical. If we’re saying that fetal life is human then privacy just has no bearing. It’s like saying that so long as you can murder a woman quietly, in the privacy of your home then it’s none of the governments’ business. That’s plainly insane. We have to assume that the judges who decided Roe were not insane so there must be more to the decision than privacy - and specifically about what co…

Why are you pro choice or pro life?

Functionally, there’s no difference between pro-life and pro-choice. It’s just quibbling over the specific demarcation point for when a new human has been created. If you take a few hair cells from a person or two, turn them into pluripotent cells, turn one into an egg and another into sperm, introduce them to each other, implant into a real or artificial womb, and let the egg grow to maturity, then at the most extreme level you’re saying that you’re killing potential humans every time you let …

Is "The Squad" to blame for lack of support for the Democrats these days?

Do you think being non-white females has ro do with rubbing people the wrong way? If not, what do you mean?

California proposes UHC again, another empty promise to give false hope to their voters?

The first link notes that the US is 40% of global medical device sales. If you could single out newer innovations, I’d venture to guess that the US would be an even larger percentage. And let’s look at how much we’re spending above Europe. Using a sample breakdown of “where the money goes” from Wales (good enough for a ballpark): Last I checked, salaries in the US for medical workers were relatively similar between the US and Europe - maybe a little higher, like 10-15% or something - dr…

I've been asked to help with our community's reopening

I have been trying to develop an at-home test for determining risk status, with the aim of allowing people to make a determination of whether they should go out, when the doors are opened. And/or to give guidance to people to go get a better set of testing done by a real doctor to figure out how at-risk they are. Personally, that would be my recommendation. Divide people into groups by risk factor and let them out in waves. Having a process like that will make people more willing to wait to go …

Bolton book on Trump coming out

Bolton all but begged the Democrats to subpoena him. As I recall, he was trying to get himself added to the trial of that other guy to get Congress the right to question people under a White House order to not talk. On the other hand, Pelosi and Schiff kneecapped themselves about as much as humanly possible. And, realistically, the only reason for them to have done so was because they thought it was more useful to use the event as a fundraising venture rather than make any real attempt at pros…

Understanding Money Saved

I think this is a bit of a fallacy, though I’m not sure if it’s one with a name or anything. For instance, there’s the recent example that everyone thinks that reducing the price of health care is “good”. If we could set up legislation so that the amount spent per person was half of what it is today, that should be something we do now. Another example is where, in the middle of a recession and when the government is trying to encourage the market to get back to trading and what not, that they …

Another CT...what is the real death toll in China? (yeah, another freaking video)

Should such a leak occur, I would just expect China to adjust their numbers and say, “Woops, we missed that one!” It’s not really going to prove anything, if you’re willing to buy into what China says post-hoc. Realistically, to absolutely clinch things, you would need a leak (or recording) from someone in the leadership revealing an active intent to cover up and lie. Minus that and regardless of what information comes out - from the government or individuals - it could always be explained awa…