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Laurie I wish I could supply even a tiny ray of hope, anything at all. Even over here the overwhelming response is of shock, fear and horror. I can only imagine how much worse it must be for those of you who […]

I feel for you all so much – Laurie, Michael, Tony, Vicki and everyone else in the USA who has been dreading this result. And for all the rest of us too, both here and around the world. I don’t have the wo […]

Michael What was going on, however, I was asking Clinton to reconsider his support for the death penalty. Recall, he had flown home to Little Rock, from New Hampshire to make sure that a mentally impaired […]

Zeuglodon, Nov 5, 2024 at 6:34 am That whole post is excellent, by which I mean of course that I agree with it all! The only point I don’t agree with 100% is your first: I’m not convinced rec […]

Michael Indeed. I don’t doubt that there are good people on both sides. Just not the same proportion of good people on both sides. The hateful rhetoric from the Trump camp has waaaaaaaaay outweighed that from […]

Hemanth A request for everyone here, i would like to put all my energies discussing about my hypothesis. Feel free. It’s up to you what you post. It doesn’t, however, stop us from continuing to discuss asp […]

Hemanth So when I discuss issues or take a particular stance, it’s not from a place of judgment but from one of compassion and understanding. If people aren’t truly in control of their actions, then it’s impor […]

To my American friends on here: my thoughts are with you on this huge and scary day. I know how tense people are feeling even on this side of the Atlantic: I can only imagine how much worse it must be for you. I […]

Hemanth You are doing yourself no favours by continuing in this vein. In fact, for someone who has made such a strong case for listening to and understanding the other side, you have signally failed to take on […]

Hemanth I feel compelled to remind everyone in the U.S. that, regardless of the outcome, it’s not the end of the world—or of democracy—as both groups want people to believe. This comment of yours leads […]

Michael Maybe there’s a better source, but I can’t think who it would be. The better source would be Gary Marcus, Kluge: The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Brain 😀

I’m sure it won’t surprise you to hear that there’s loads there I totally agree with, Michael. I would, however, really urge you to read this 2017 piece from the New Yorker on why simply presenting people with […]

Michael In support of my second paragraph, under the blockquote, in my 8:49 post, I think this is exactly what Liz Cheney, John Bolton, & Michael Luttig &c are telling the GOP voters. While I disagree with the […]

Michael, Nov 4, 2024 at 8:49 am [Hermanth] I want to express my disagreement with your recent views regarding those who support MAGA and similar movements. There are several fundamental issues with your […]

Hermanth Again, I agree with nearly everything you’ve written in your latest post. The only thing I’d qualify in terms of my own views is that I differentiate between leaders and followers, the powerful and the […]

Michael I think you and Hermanth are talking about different things. You don’t have to read his posts as defending the beliefs or behaviours of the MAGA crowd. He doesn’t actually state his views on either, so […]

Michael You’re wise to be cautious when it comes to trusting polls. There are all sorts of reasons why they can be misleading, and it’s quite common for there to be the occasional outlier. But … Selzer […]

Strato YES! Fabulous video. Exactly the right note. And I agree about the need to rein in the obscene wealth and power. There’ll be no social justice until that happens. She doesn’t just need to defeat […]

This has been doing the rounds on social media the last few days, so you may have seen it already, but it’s Quite The List: I owe my Trump-supporting friends an apology. I’ve been critical of the Trump p […]

Michael Ufft, yes, that tape. That and the time he mocked that disabled reporter. He really doesn’t have a single redeeming feature, does he? He’s like a photofit of all the worst in human nature.