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Eleven Conservatives now bidding to be next UK prime minister
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
So your reply to the points I have raised is that you "have listened to her ideas..." This is your idea of a rebuttal? You've got nothing. -
By raft and on foot, migrants cross Rio Grande from Mexico to Texas
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
If it were done you wouldn't need to take all those steps. Of course, much of the economy of US would crash, but the dire threat posed by illegal immigration would be definitively ended. -
Man charged with raping Ohio girl, 10, who was denied abortion
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
And it's clear from the article I cited that Yost refuses to identify what that exception is. It's also obvous that his stance only was made clear after the fact. And the Ohio law allows abortion in the case of a medical condition. But nowhere does it define a medical condition as being 10 years old or any age. Why does Yost refuse to clarify what age would automatically qualify a child to be legally eligible for abortion? Does 11 years old qualify? Yost refuses to say. -
Eleven Conservatives now bidding to be next UK prime minister
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
This panacea has been pushed by lots of conservatives since at least the Reagan era in the United States. Whatever the economic problems being addressed, tax cuts are always their solution. And they never deliver. I have listened to her. Have you? Her reasoning is bizarre. She claims that because inflation is being fueled by a shortage of supply, that her tax cuts will encourage that supply to increase. What makes this obviously nonsense is that ordinarily when demand outstrips supply, supply will increase to satisfy that demand. At least that's what free market economists say pretty much starting with Adam Smith. Does the Invisible Hand ring any bells for you? But as everyone who's reasonably sentient understands is that supply is pinched now because of disruptions due to covid and the War in Ukraine. So supply is hard pressed to meet demand. So if you increase the amount of cash chasing what there is of that limited supply, that increase will exert an upward pressure on prices. This is basic economics. -
Eleven Conservatives now bidding to be next UK prime minister
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
One thing we can be sure of is that neither Sunak nor Truss will be proposing to raise taxes on the rich or do away with loopholes such as "non-dom". -
Man charged with raping Ohio girl, 10, who was denied abortion
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
Actually, in the beginning he said the story was a fraud. As for what he said... After raising doubts about rape victim, AG’s office won’t say if he supports abortion law "And since the arrest, Yost has struggled to support his claim on Fox News that under the Ohio law, the 10-year-old could still have gotten an abortion in Ohio. By late last week, Yost and his staff not only were still refusing to say how old a girl — or a teen, or a woman — needs to be before the law forces her to have her rapist’s baby. His communications director wouldn’t even say whether the attorney general supports the abortion restrictions he acted with such alacrity to enact less than a month ago." https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/07/20/after-raising-doubts-about-rape-victim-ags-office-wont-say-if-he-supports-abortion-law/ -
Eleven Conservatives now bidding to be next UK prime minister
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
Liz Truss plans to fight inflation by cutting taxes. It is to laugh. -
Man charged with raping Ohio girl, 10, who was denied abortion
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
Beginning of what? From when the legislation was passed? From when this case came to light? -
By raft and on foot, migrants cross Rio Grande from Mexico to Texas
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
What's that got to do with making it a felony to hire illegal immigrants? In 2017 the Republicans controlled both branches of Congress and held the Presidency. If illegal immigration was the threat they made it out to be, why not make it a felony? -
By raft and on foot, migrants cross Rio Grande from Mexico to Texas
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
If Republicans were actually serious about stopping illegal immigration the solution is simple: make hiring undocumented immigrants a felony. Locking up a slew of bosses would do wonders in that regard. But for some reason they refuse to take that step. Maybe they don't want to anger the farmers and other agricultural interests who provide a solid base of support and who depend on illegal immigrants for labor? -
By raft and on foot, migrants cross Rio Grande from Mexico to Texas
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
There are 3 reasons: 1) Jobs 2)Jobs 3)Jobs -
Eleven Conservatives now bidding to be next UK prime minister
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
Australia. -
Eleven Conservatives now bidding to be next UK prime minister
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
In the USA Alaska and Maine use ranked voting to elect members of Congress. -
Eleven Conservatives now bidding to be next UK prime minister
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
Has there ever been consideration given in the UK to instituting a system of ranked voting whereby a voter gets to list their second, third, etc choices so that if no candidate gets an absolute majority then the candidate with the least votes gets their votes distributed according to their second choice? And if that still doesn't produce a majority, then to their third choice? This way, MPs would by elected by a majority of voters rather than a plurality. -
WHO: COVID triples across Europe, hospitalizations double
placeholder replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
Obvious BS. People are admitted to a hospital when they have a serious or life-threatening problem (such as a heart attack). They also may be admitted for less serious disorders that cannot be adequately treated in another place (such as at home or in an outpatient surgery center). https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/special-subjects/hospital-care/being-admitted-to-the-hospital "You are classified as an inpatient as soon as you are formally admitted. For example, if you visit the Emergency Room (ER), you are initially considered an outpatient. However, if your visit results in a doctor's order to be formally admitted to the hospital, then your status is transitioned to inpatient care. https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/medicare/coverage/differences-between-inpatient-outpatient-and-under-observation/#:~:text=You are classified as an,is transitioned to inpatient care. -
Biden unveils extreme heat plan – but doesn’t declare climate emergency
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Therefore climatologists don't exist? -
Man charged with raping Ohio girl, 10, who was denied abortion
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
Of course that's what the AG would say now. -
Putin forges ties with Iran's supreme leader in Tehran talks
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
Oh, really? Is that what it was all about? Ukraine war: Putin visits Iran in rare international trip Russian President Vladimir Putin met Turkish and Iranian leaders in Tehran on Tuesday - only his second foreign trip since he launched the invasion of Ukraine in February. Unblocking Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea was high on the agenda - Mr Putin said progress had been made. The civil war in Syria was also discussed, with Turkey and Russia historically backing opposing sides. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62218696 -
Man charged with raping Ohio girl, 10, who was denied abortion
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in World News
Actually, it's unclear whether the girl could have gotten an abortion in Ohio. The law is ambiguous. And if a doctor in Ohio is adjudged to have run afoul of the law, they could be sentenced to up to 1 year in prison. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/14/what-ohio-law-says-about-10-year-old-rape-victim-abortion/ -
Biden unveils extreme heat plan – but doesn’t declare climate emergency
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
You're just using this as an excuse to ignore the opinions of those you should take seriously: climatologists. -
Biden unveils extreme heat plan – but doesn’t declare climate emergency
placeholder replied to Scott's topic in World News
I will never take seriously the opinions people who base their understanding of science upon the foibles and weaknesses of individuals. -
We are living in the hottest period for 125,000 years
placeholder replied to webfact's topic in World News
Usually I'm pretty good at spotting plagiarism. But this rant was so nuts that it never occurred to me that somebody would actually be proud enough of it to post it to the internet. -
We are living in the hottest period for 125,000 years
placeholder replied to webfact's topic in World News
And keep on raising issues that have been settled long since. -
There have also been grumblings from other non ethnic Russian areas where Russia has been intensively and disproportionately recruiting Russia deploys ethnic minority soldiers in riskiest attacks to their growing dissatisfaction General Staff report https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-deploys-ethnic-minority-soldiers-040950789.html