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Thanks! I was assuming it was an AR-15 used in Dayton which is the weapon of choice for alt-right domestic terrorists.

Are you attempting to derail this thread into another Trumpster thread? It won't work! #3 above is more right wing propaganda!

Another mass killing last night in Dayton Ohio which left nine people dead. The El Paso terrorist was using an AR 15 assault rifle and my guess is the Dayton Ohio terrorist used the same weapon. Most have no idea as to what damage an AR- 15 which is a modification of a M-16 shells do to a body. The gun loving right wing will be sending out "thoughts and prayers." Obviously, "thoughts and prayers" are not putting an end to senseless alt-right terrorism! https://www.wired.com/2016/06/ar-15-can-human-body/

You are correct! There is a lot of propaganda promulgated by Jonah Goldberg, Rush Limbaugh et al., that fascism is a leftist movement. National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus) is confusing because of the term socialist being used. The Nazi's were luring left wing socialists to the Nazi party by using the new economic prosperity to the party's advantage. If one refused to join then work camps were the destination. Citations from Wikipedia are questionable at best! For background on this, Ian Kershaw's well written researched Volume 1 "Hubris" goes into detail as to why Hitler hated communists, socialists and so forth. I think it is on page 46. I sense a ban coming soon since Sean has been very clear as to what he will tolerate on this site. The shooting in El Paso today left twenty innocent persons dead. The terrorist is an alt-right, white nationalist neo-Nazi.

You are quoting out of context. I have studied the Nazi movement along with most of the academic studies. Nazi fascism was right wing. I suggest reading all the available literature before you attempt to argue.

Did you even bother to read the Trump threads? FYI, fascism is a right wing movement!

Not just simple privacy, but 4th Amendment rights! Violation of Posse Comitatus in which the military has no jurisdiction within the borders of the U.S.!

Direct air capture of CO2 is a great idea. However, given the funding by oil companies for this and upcoming projects, it will be difficult to impose a reduction of fossil fuel use.

The right wing surveillance state becomes more insidious with each passing moment. Pentagon surveillance balloons over South Dakota collecting data for what eventual purpose? https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/02/pentagon-launching-drug-surveillance-balloons-over-south-dakota-guardian/1901158001/

Very impressive facility which is located in Tonopah NV. There is another one SW of Vegas off of I-15 a few miles from Primm NV. I drove by that one in January.

I read an article by Jeff Sharlet a number of years ago in which he summarized his investigation of a group on C Street in D.C. called "The Fellowship" aka "The Family." A group of right wing Christian fanatics whose only goal is a theocratic state. I am posting this given the simple fact that these people are entirely opposed to leftist values! The series will be on Netflix August 9th. https://www.amazon.com/Family-Secret-Fundamentalism-Heart-American/dp/0060560053

There should be a new rule in which no men are allowed in the women's area!

Most are Taoist, Buddhist or whatever ism in name only with very little self awareness, let alone understand the workings of the cosmos. That would be an exercise in futility!

Compromise? There can be no compromising with right wing extremists. Giving demagogues space to further their cause will eventually crowd out reasonable voices which is what happened in the Trump talk threads and by extension most of online discussion.

The Trump threads went on ad infinitum in which the posts were mostly a hate fest toward anything leftist. Basically a free for all in which anything I posted was met with derision and bullying from Trump sycophants. That is why I almost left this forum for good. Enough is enough!

I think it is both!

Be self employed, sleep till noon and set your own hours is the draw of the gig economy. Turns out that Uber which is a multi billion dollar company is scamming their workers. How’s that for the gig! All for 9.21/hr after expenses. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-how-much-uber-drivers-really-make-2018-05-15

I think Apple is still using sweat shops in SE Asia?

Amazon increased wages to 15/hr, then cut hours. Bezos built Amazon on the WalMart model in which loss leaders draw customers to buy more since they are getting a deal. I never set foot in Walmart!

‘I think it is past his bedtime.

Amazon has destroyed Borders Books as well as most of Barnes and Noble, for starters. Sweat shops are what their distribution centers are where quotas prevail, bathroom breaks are usually taken in a trash can in the corner, no A/C.

‘Citizens United was a SCOTUS ruling not a bill signed by President Obama. As a freshman in college I took Sociology 110, in that class we discussed the so called “technological fix” in which all technology produces problems for the society in which it is implemented. As much as you revere such advances, the problems that FB and Amazon are responsible for are miles long. I won’t provide a list, but anyone with an ounce of critical thinking will be able to elicit a few of the myriad problems.

Here is the latest update which fits in with Void’s comments here. http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/

Arguing about the politicizing of AGW solves nothing. The science is very clear that AGW is a result of human activity. Tomorrow being the 1st of August in which the Eastern shelf of the Arctic should be mostly ice free and releasing methane hydrate. Let’s keep this updated.

I have pondered for several weeks if I should post this or not, but the time is right for it. For ones that honestly believe that absolute free speech is harmless, take a moment and engage in self reflection/awareness. Words matter as I have repeatedly stated! A very good friend of ours lives next door, is very well educated, MD, PhD, from one of the top universities in the world. She is Jewish and is frightened/terrified of who may come after her because she is Jewish. Which is exactly what she told us over dinner a few months ago. I am not going to belabor this at all, but for many that believe that bigoted speech is absolute, then know that many don't feel safe in this toxic Trump environment here in the U.S. Anyone that claims the path of Buddhism, Taoism or any other ism and has no awareness of the effects of speech and resulting actions on others is in name only. Honestly, I don't know why you are here!