#Arguing

One of the most popular figures in sports history never played professionally.Time for a thread 1) First, some history... Stephen A. Smith — born in the Bronx but raised
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It's a dangerous mistake to assume Trump's goons in Portland - and soon more cities - are merely "putting on a show". He could be planning to create enough
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As someone who literally did a doctoral dissertation on the Holocaust, I’m... gonna take issue with this, sorry. Deep dives into Nazi backgrounds are actually often very worthwhile. I read
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Scenario Z: Covid is never brought under control, mutates too much every season to be managed like the flu, and goes endemic with higher base fatality rate and is too
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Straight up, I never followed Trump. In fact, early on, I muted his account, so all y'all trying to rt and snark on his stupid tweets would be off my
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Lockdowns are unlawful and should never be attempted.But imagine if ebola (with a fatality rate of about 50%) suddenly becomes highly infectious, would lockdowns be justified then? 1/n Politicians are
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Im a communitarian but its a curious paradox that, historically at least, the countries that were more individualistic, on average, tended towards levels of social trust whereas less individualistic countries
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TODAY: A 63 y/o Black man will be caged the rest of his life for stealing hedge clippers. The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the sentence. The lone dissent was Chief
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Okay, I promised the thread. So here it is. Aristotle’s De Anima III.5Background: Aristotle’s hylomorphism takes it that things have matter & form. e.g. a fireplace & a house can
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Today armed Black Lives Matter and "boogaloo" protesters joined forces for an open carry rally against police violence and government overreach. I'll have HD video up ASAP, but here are
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Long @RayDalio & #Bitcoin ThreadYesterday Ray one of the world's most respected investors made some negative, but unfortunately uneducated comments about Bitcoin. He did however say he may be
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Quick Thread. The inefficient, odd Green New Deal, GDP growth and you. Let's begin... Climate change environmentalists often come bearing a Green New Deal. The bundle presents itself most authoritatively
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THREAD. It’s a slam-dunk case that a $15 federal minimum wage would lead to significant declines in employment opportunities for workers with few skills or little experience.My latest Bloomberg column:
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A year ago today Mr Justice Fraser handed down his final judgment in the Bates v Post Office class action. He then announced he was also sending a file to
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What's suppressing Ontario's "second wave"? Cases (positive test results) are still at record highs despite weeks of new restrictions, yet ICU occupancy and daily new deaths are low.Signs point to
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Terrible NY Times article arguing against simply sending people checks. Full of disinformation. @NelsonSchwartz & @gillianreporter, you can do better.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/business/economy/600-dollar-stimulus-check.html?act
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