I was reading an article earlier this week which said the quickest way to break down the communication lines is to call someone a racist, stupid or sexist, and that when someone you suspect of being racist, stupid or sexist makes inflammatory statements of that kind, the best thing to do is try to empathize with them. Once you achieve empathy, then you can get past the name calling and try to communicate and then change their mind. Personally, I don't know how you talk with someone that wants to believe in an alternate reality.B.A. Bearacus said:
America's forgotten imbeciles and a-holes.
I hope both sides ANNIHILATE each other in the process of going after each other. They both work for the 1%, so it's really about power and control. Both seem wholly unqualified to do anything for the general public good. Although there is this...a study. But would they ever back change regard this? I don't see it. (Not ironically, consolidation is a pretty basic business move.)bearister said:
Koch network vs tRump:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-feud-with-koch-network-exposes-rift-between-populist-forces-and-establishment-gop/2018/07/31/2e5fd874-94d3-11e8-80e1-00e80e1fdf43_story.html
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An estimated cost of $32.6 trillion over 10 years is less than the US would spend over the next 10 years under the current system.
Does that estimate include the greater productivity and creativity that goes with universal good health?Another Bear said:I hope both sides ANNIHILATE each other in the process of going after each other. They both work for the 1%, so it's really about power and control. Both seem wholly unqualified to do anything for the general public good. Although there is this...a study. But would they ever back change regard this? I don't see it. (Not ironically, consolidation is a pretty basic business move.)bearister said:
Koch network vs tRump:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-feud-with-koch-network-exposes-rift-between-populist-forces-and-establishment-gop/2018/07/31/2e5fd874-94d3-11e8-80e1-00e80e1fdf43_story.html
Koch-backed study finds 'Medicare for All' would save U.S. trillionsQuote:
An estimated cost of $32.6 trillion over 10 years is less than the US would spend over the next 10 years under the current system.
B.A. Bearacus said:
The real vice president is sounding incredibly tough tonight.
ps. Just discovered that Hannity did not graduate from college.
One of these reporters is going to get killed in the line of duty, and a national monument to the fourth estate in their honor should be built on the Capitol Mall.B.A. Bearacus said:
America's forgotten imbeciles and a-holes.
B.A. Bearacus said:
Saw the casting call for Deliverance 2 one more time and noticed this one guy actually does a throat-slitting gesture.
B.A. Bearacus said:
The real vice president is sounding incredibly tough tonight.
Who's going to tell Hannity about Trump?B.A. Bearacus said:B.A. Bearacus said:
The real vice president is sounding incredibly tough tonight.
Hannity:
"Let me say this clearly and loudly. I want every journalist in this country, everyone, I don't care who you work for, to be safe. And I will tell you right now, I will be the first person to come to your defense if I'm there and anyone ever dares lay a hand on you. If I was standing there, if I see it happen, I will be the first person to jump in and fight on your behalf. Physical violence is never acceptable to me, nor is it acceptable to the conservatives I know and respect. And let me also be clear, if you are a conservative, and by the way, you ever threaten anyone, you are not a friend of mine, you are not a friend of this program and by the way or the conservative movement of which I'm just a small part of."
concordtom said:
...In fact, why not install a walking tour with monuments to all the Bill of Rights?
For the right to be arms, we'll give the statue a slingshot and a pitchfork.
NYCGOBEARS said:
I rode in an elevator with Michael Cohen about 45 minutes ago. Overheard some really old UES type lady giving him words of encouragement. He was surprisingly polite to me in our short interaction.
NYCGOBEARS said:
I rode in an elevator with Michael Cohen about 45 minutes ago. Overheard some really old UES type lady giving him words of encouragement. He was surprisingly polite to me in our short interaction.
