Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

I'm done rebuking the moronic and imbecilic arguments posted here. The Stalinesque "useful i***ts" got what they wanted. Now live with it because in one year, two, years, and four years from now we will be asking if people are better off than they are now.

straightUp Loc: California

And yet they keep trying. LOL


Technically, zero is not a natural number which makes sense because it's a reference to non-existence, but *is* a whole number.., I would say for the purpose of mathematics. Then again, mathematics also gives us imaginary numbers. I'd explain that in more depth but it would take more words and apparently on OPP, that equates to boliviating. LOL


How can they not know who Bill Preston was?!

straightUp Loc: California

I'm not so sure it's the right that wants to dumb us down... I think it's more that the plutocracy wants to dumb us down and the right is where it's actually happening.

I'm sure the plutocracy would prefer to see ALL of us dumbed down to the point where we can't see what they are getting away with but again, it's really only happening on the right.

The reason why plutocrats are more successful with dumbing down the right is that the conservatives therein tend to be more compliant. As Jordan Peterson once said, conservatives like to follow rules where liberals are more likely to do what they want. This applies to our thoughts as well. You can easily put the compliant mind of a conservative in a box. You really can't do that with a true liberal, it just won't happen.

This isn't just an opinion, it's downright definitive. The very word "liberal" means to be free of constraints. Liberal Arts is a category of education, usually reserved for college, that teaches students how to think on their own without being constrained by the rules of authority. On the flip side, conservatives are known for attacking liberal arts because they were told that it's a waste of tax money, or that it's a Marxist ploy, or wh**ever else the plutocrats can think of putting in their minds.

One might wonder about the wisdom of making everyone in the country stupid when obviously smart minds are needed to drive the economy. Well, that's what we have visas and green cards for. As a software engineer, I find myself surrounded by foreign workers from India, Russia and China that are all on visas. This is nothing new... My father was an aerospace engineer who immigrated here from England in 1963 when he was solicited by the U.S. aerospace industry... Indeed, many of the industrial icons that contributed to the "greatness" of America, from Graham Bell to Elon Musk immigrated to America AFTER being educated in better systems.

The American Immigration Council in 2017 estimated that about 25% of American ingenuity is actually imported and that number is increasing as the right continues to sabotage American education. Today more than half the students in America graduating with STEM degrees are in fact foreign.

To really understand how America works it's important to see it as an enterprise. The investors that I am referring to as plutocrats (those who control the Republic with money) don't see an investment in education as a good option because of the low-yield returns on the investment. (Not all students succeed) A better alternative is buy proven talent directly from the superior education systems on other countries. Not a bad deal for the tax-burdened business but a horrible deal for our children.

The best thing we can do for our children, and for America as a nation, is to fund public education, promote the liberal arts and nurture a less-gullible population. The plutocracy won't like it because it will limit what they can get away with and the right won’t like it for wh**ever reason the plutocrats give them, but America will be sooo much better for it.

Cuda2020

No copout, that is your antiquated theology not mine. You live by yours and I'll live by mine. No one, and I mean no one "serves" ONE, I call Bulls**t on that. I don't "serve" either one.

Cuda2020

Yes I agree with you, at this point and time I guess I see the right the party for corporations over people and yes the plutocrats. The want the control, they want to be able to do what they want with no questions asked, who was the epitome of this Trump, of course he was raised this way, but back to the subject of dumbing down, anyone who is for the benefit of the country would support higher public education, for those very reasons you mentioned, so that we are not out sourcing American jobs to foreigners with visas. We must stay on the cutting edge and competitive. This is why education is so vital to our country and its continued growth.

Yes other levels of education are needed such as trade schools, etc, but just as you said a higher education is when the human mind really starts to develop, to evaluate and think for itself and draw ones own conclusions. Lately I've been saying on many occasions, though I can't think of a specific one, that logic does not prevail.

That there is a process that is followed unquestioned, even though logically, it makes no sense, and the subordinates are afraid to speak up against the authority and say, excuse me but this doesn't make sense, there's a better way.

We used to be a country that supported new theories, we were inventors and innovators, it would be a real shame to cut our wings through restrictive attitudes and fears.

We've talked about kids before and we're on the same page, kids need those liberal arts to stimulate free and creative thinking, to think outside of the conservative box and color outside of the lines.

“I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.” — Albert Einstein

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

So you're calling Jesus a liar? Not very wise.

Good luck living with your theology...you're going to need it.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

He serves the devil.

TexaCan Loc: Homeward Bound!

Look at this issue from the viewpoint of the baby! 😰

Nah! The baby doesn’t count! Just k**l him/her! 🙏🏻

saltwind 78 Loc: Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Parky, Don't get so caught up in religion in government. The thinking of the founding fathers, especially Thomas Jefferson, was that church and state be separate. This was to protect freedom of religion. What is a more precious right than freedom of religion. Jefferson advocated a wall of separation between the two, to protect the church from being influenced by the state, and vise versa. Thats why churches of every religion, and denomination don't pay taxes. The principals of your faith are another story. All the major religions of the world believe that you should treat your neighbor as yourself. There are many others of course.

eagleye13 Loc: Fl

To whom it may concern;

Stock Market manipulation and rigging:
This goes for commodities also. Especially Gold and Silver.
This is how the Big Boys/Insiders maintain control.
I went through the same thing in late 1979 and early 1980 in Gold and Silver Commodities trading.
This is how they keep the Gold and Silver prices at a false low compared to paper currencies.
Together the PTB short the Hell out of a market.
The insiders lost control of Gold and Silver. Silver rose to $48 per ounce, and the Security and Exchange Commission bailed the Long positions out by shutting down trading, and then only allowing sell trades. (They changed the rules). They froze the Long positions
This looks like what is what they just did with Gamestock.
The little guys were in control, and they had to be stopped for the sake of the Big Boys/Hedge Funds etc.

GameStop, Robinhood, Novavax, Dogecoin - 5 Things You Must Know Friday
https://www.thestreet.com/author/joseph-woelfel
Stock futures are tumbling amid the continued retail-trading frenzy on Wall Street; GameStop soars after Robinhood says restrictions on buying certain heavily shorted stocks could be lifted Friday; cryptocurrency Dogecoin soars.

Here are five things you must know for Friday, Jan. 29:
1. -- Stock Futures Fall Amid Retail-Trading Frenzy
Stock futures were tumbling Friday amid the continued retail-trading frenzy on Wall Street.
Contracts linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 288 points, S&P 500 futures dropped 43 points and Nasdaq futures were slumping 205 points.
Investors have been roiled by the assault on hedge funds by small traders over online forums, like Reddit, that have forced the funds to reverse short positions on stocks such as GameStop (GME) - Get Report and AMC Entertainment (AMC) - Get Report.
GameStop, AMC and other heavily shorted names were soaring in premarket trading after the CEO of online brokerage Robinhood said restrictions on buying the stocks could be lifted Friday.
Robinhood Co-Founder and CEO Vlad Tenev told Bloomberg TV the platform halted purchases of 13 stocks on Thursday "to protect the firm and our customers…..
He added that Robinhood hopes "to re-enable buying as soon as (Friday) morning."
Bloomberg, citing people with knowledge of the matter, reported that Robinhood has drawn down some of its credit lines with banks amid the market havoc…..
“I’m definitely seeing the nerves,” Chris Weston, head of research at Melbourne broker Pepperstone, told Reuters.
“There’s a knock-on effect that happens from targeting hedge funds, and this could have legs ... people are unsure how this social media movement plays into greater financial markets,” he added.
Stocks finished higher Thursday, clawing back some losses from the market's worst session since October, as weekly jobless claims dipped and investors looked past disappointing tech earnings….
2. -- Cryptocurrency Dogecoin Soars as Much as 800%
Dogecoin, which started as a "joke" cryptocurrency based on a popular internet meme, was soaring more than 200% Friday as retail investors expand their buying frenzy to digital currency….

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

What are the other three things we need to know?

Cuda2020

Of course that would be the reply from the closed minded. It wasn't Jesus's words, his words have been edited, hence corrupted by man.

Cuda2020

I agree and have brought that up before, addressing the reasons women want to terminate their pregnancy is a place to start, sometimes it is to hide the shame they feel and want it to just go away, sometimes they see their future shattered, or no support in any way from anyone, including the father. If we start addressing these issues maybe we can change the outcome.

Cuda2020

Good let's, I'll be waiting.