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Feb 21, 2024 09:30:54   #
dwmoar wrote:
Some of the first words in the constitution say

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare


Those words are in the preamble, which only summarizes the broad purpose of a document. The actual articles, sections, and amendments are what define the constitution. And so far, no one has defined "general welfare". The term is very nebulous at best, nonsensical at worst. Based on philosophical individualism, there is no "general welfare". What's good for you doesn't mean that's good for me.
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Feb 21, 2024 09:18:53   #
cbabcock wrote:
Money in the stock market is, for the most part, simply parked there. It produces nothing. It doesn't belong to the company, it is the way those with money trade ownership with each other. The company doesn't get that money to invest in new stuff or employees or CEOs. Only when the company sells new stock, or sells treasury shares, or uses earnings or borrows does that company have new money to invest.
When, as you say, an investor actually starts something new, or buys and puts money into an existing venture, that investor is actually pumping money into the economy.
Yet today most of the financial "news" is whether stock prices are up or down, and for every dollar used to buy stock at a higher price, the seller takes his money out. Real financial news would report whether wages are up or down, prices are up or down, production is up or down.
Money in the stock market is, for the most part, s... (show quote)


That's not what I wrote. The initial investment, and subsequent book value of the company, allows it to obtain capital in the open market. The trading of stocks in markets is driven by any number of financial factors, and those stock prices are driven by a company's performance, general market factors, and even political events. Corporate market value is reflected on the company's financial statements. Investments made on stock market trading is not sound financially.

Companies obtain investment capital in any number of ways - They can go to commercial or investment banks, they can float bonds, etc.

It's up to the investor to be educated in a company's financial statements. Stock markets are notoriously emotionally invested.
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Feb 21, 2024 09:08:24   #
Mac wrote:
There is no reason to resort to insults and name calling. All that does is diminish the validity of your point. If your point was really strong enough to stand on its own you wouldn’t need to insult people and call them names.


Didn't call the writer a Marxist. Read what I actually wrote, not what you think I wrote. I merely stated that he wrote like one. Big difference.

Marxists, by definition, relish "class" warfare.
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Feb 20, 2024 23:16:45   #
Texcaster wrote:
It's not hard. Professional shooters are your military, your cops, your security industry, your feral animal eradication/control industry. Primary producers run a business of plant or animal cultivation, fishing or pearling, or tree farming or felling.


I wouldn't necessarily classify any of those as "professional" shooters. There are cops who never have to draw their weapons except for qualifications; I wouldn't trust those to react properly; lots of military never get more proficient than at qualification time, and those quals don't prepare everyone for close-quarter combat; and animal control is in the same boat as cops.

"Primary producers" hardly qualify as needing even single-shot weapons.

Your grasping at straws, and your reach is dreadfully short.
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Feb 20, 2024 21:14:35   #
ArtzDarkroom wrote:
So some were shot. No worries, it not important enough to change anything. If the laws weren't changed after Sandy Hook, they won't be change now. Carry On, buy more guns before they are outlawed. Isn't that what happens after such tragedy?

What about Smart Guns? Ammo restrictions? Alien Intervention?


Smart guns are not "smart". It's been proven that any "smart" design can be caused to fail when critically needed.

"Ammo restrictions"? Just how do you propose to do that? Be specific.

Like the rest of the loony left, you're long on blame, and darned short on real world solutions.

Ammo? - There are reloaders out there whom you'll never catch, and they can produce enough reloaded ammunition to keep themselves and others in stock for years. And don't forget, you can be killed deader than a door nail by someone who's skilled with a muzzleloader. There are folks out there who can put your butt in mortal danger from a flintlock, or percussion cap rifle at ranges of over 1,000 yards. Just ask the descendants of General John Sedgewick. He's quoted as starting to say, "Why, they can't hit an elephant...", when he was struck beneath an eye at a range in excess of 1,000 yards.
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Feb 20, 2024 21:05:36   #
Texcaster wrote:
Legal ownership of semi-auto firearms very difficult for anyone not a professional shooter or primary producer.


And just who, or what, is a "professional shooter"? What are the criteria?

And just who, or what, is a "primary producer"?

Define the terms.
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Feb 20, 2024 14:11:45   #
FrumCA wrote:
That's the big question. In my view, there shouldn't be one. Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or any other education program that receives funding from the federal government. Male or female sex is determined by XY or XX chromosomes. Trying to change that is impossible. A boy is a boy and should compete in boy's (men's) sports. A girl is a girl and should compete in girl's (women's) sports. Too many folks are overthinking the issue. One may 'think' they are another gender, but Title IX does not address that. It specifically refers to 'sex'.
That's the big question. In my view, there shouldn... (show quote)


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Feb 20, 2024 09:19:40   #
nervous2 wrote:
Hmm . . . I always thought it was a 75% majority of the states rather than a simple majority. But it's been a long time since high school civics.


It may have been a long time, but you are correct.
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Feb 19, 2024 15:06:53   #
Government funding came generally from tariffs, excise taxes, and customs duty fees. There weren't the demands for government services like there is today. There was no centralized welfare funding, Social Security, etc. Most welfare funding was done at the local and state levels, and by charitable organizations such as churches, etc.
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Feb 19, 2024 11:18:18   #
Rongnongno wrote:
Separation of church and state anyone?


There's no established "state" religion in the US Constitution. To say that there is a separation of church and state is a non-starter. Our "state" is created from Judaeo-Christian concepts; and those concepts are practiced in churches, temples, and synagogues all the time.

That so-called "wall of separation" is made of whole cloth by US Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, based upon an obscure letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptists.
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Feb 18, 2024 19:14:27   #
You now have two completely different interpretations on the same subject. Colorizing creates a completely new study!

Well done, Jim!!
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Feb 14, 2024 23:51:13   #
Wyantry wrote:
Not at all. Scientific theories may be falsified (disproven) at any time, by new evidence. Theories may be revised, or new evidence explaning phenomena may be found.

A great example is from physics:
Newton formalized the theory of Universal Gravitational Attraction — an instantaneous attractive force acting upon every object in the universe (and proportional to distance).

Einstein revised this by introducing the limiting factor of the speed of light. PREDICTED gravity would attract (bend) light — this was verified by observers during a solar eclipse. Stars that should have been occluded by the solar disk were visible!
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Another “adjustment” to the theoretical explanation of the cosmos with Newton’s laws, was the explanation of increased mass at higher velocities, and time-dilation at high velocities. These were not even addressed by Newton, yet were PREDICTED by Einstein’s theories, and OBSERVATION confirmed those theoretical predictions.
So the previous theories were AMENDED when special conditions were known to exist.
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Another classic example of a theory’s logic was Mendeleev’s theory of the organization of the chemical elements.
Prior to Mendeleev, there had been numerous attempts to order the elements. Several hypotheses were advanced, but none accounted for all observed phenomena or chemical reactivity.

Mendeleev arranged the known elements by mass / atomic number (number of protons), and put them in groups according to their outermost shell electron count (valence electrons).
When completed, there were several “gaps” where elements should, according to Mendeleev’s theory, exist. At later dates these elements were identified, and were found to have the physical and chemical properties predicted.
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Quite a lot was known about breeding and trait inheritance, yet it was not scientifically studied with controlled experiments until Friar aGregor Mendel devised, carried out, analyzed and formulated specific methods of inheritance. His experiments with peas established the basis for genetics — a true theory and explanation of previous “theories” of inheritance.
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There are (almost) innumerable instances of theories being disproven, discarded, modified or altered based upon new or more precise evidence.
Not at all. Scientific theories may be falsified... (show quote)


Scientific theories must also wait for technological development. Genetics theories (proposed by Mendel and Darwin) also had to wait on inventions such as x-rays before proven. It wasn't until improvements in astronomical instruments that Edwin Hubble was able to prove the expanding universe.

And how long was "The Big Bang" known as a theory, before "Theory" was dropped?
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Feb 12, 2024 11:00:52   #
How much do Canadians pay in the way of U.S. R&D? Are Canadian-sold drugs fully costed vis-á-vis U.S.-sold drugs?

Europeans skip out on fully costed drugs and only pay current production costs plus limited mark-up.

R&D costs are fully borne by U.S. consumers.
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Feb 10, 2024 12:12:50   #
Reuss Griffiths wrote:
If climate change is occurring and I had to bet on its' cause, human beings or the sun, I would definitely bet on the sun. Point being, if adverse climate change is occurring, we can't stop it given the political and physical issues involved so we better learn how to adapt to it. Stop wasting time, money and resources trying to prevent it and spend them where they will do the most good.


Here! Here!

The sun has the greatest effect on our climate. There are more folks who die from extreme cold, than extreme heat. Solar output varies, and humans haven't been around long enough to gauge those variations. In the last 2K+ years, we've seen that temperatures were warmer in the time of the Roman Empire. Rome was a near-tropical metropolis, and there are remnants of citrus orchards near Hadrian's Wall. We had a mini-ice age in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and there are documented events describing a "lack of summer", and a complete lack of a "normal" growing season.
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Feb 10, 2024 10:07:08   #
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