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How They Divide US
For ages the Democrat and Republican parties have been dividing the middle class against each other. one says it’s for law and order, the other says it’s for co-operative understanding and less harsher penalties. They use the divisive rhetoric of Gun control or abortion rights issues to get us grouped into camps either for or against specific key issues. What if I was to tell you they didn’t care about those issues? What if I said those were only catalysts for you to see your fellow worker as the "other" and not as a brother or sister?
By Andrew Legnani5 years ago in The Swamp
Saving Soldiers as well as Jihadis
We see in the news today the ultimatum given by China to Pakistan regarding China's need for land. Many people are unaware that China's dams are capable of depriving Pakistan of precious drinking water from the Indus River.
By Samir M Goradia5 years ago in The Swamp
As Florida Goes, So Goes the Country
BRYCE ON POLITICS – Bryce’s prediction for the 2020 presidential election. It’s time for me to announce my prediction for the 2020 presidential election. I was right on the money in 2016 and in 2018 for the mid-term elections, and I did it without the aid of the polls which, as I discovered, are totally useless. Instead, I rely on the voting data received from the Florida Board of Elections which routinely updates their numbers, thereby providing me with the means to study trends. Let me show you how I did it.
By Tim Bryce5 years ago in The Swamp
ELECTION DAY
The day for change is in 9 days. Election Day, the day for all of us to vote out an ignorant, racist, lying, corrupt and sexual predator as the scum that has occupied the White House for the last 4 years, and along with him rid the nation of his cohorts, who excuse his behavior as not being the indications of a want to be dictator. It is the day, us, those who believe in respect, decency, acceptance, justice, ethics, accountability, and compassion, have been waiting for since that corrupt, lying traitor was elected in 2016. The day when we tell white supremacists, and the rest of that scum that supports the current resident in the White House, that we believe in fairness.
By Pedro A. Idarraga5 years ago in The Swamp
Alejandro
“It” does not have a name. “It” is intangible and invisible, yet universal and something everyone knows, regardless of language or cultural
By Alex Estrada5 years ago in The Swamp
My Opinion On Why Some People Like Guns
Let me reiterate that this is my opinion about this phenomenon, an idea based on my observations of philosophies held by players in the criminal underworld about violence and the need for it. I can neither claim to have a complete explanation of why some people like guns, nor to have verified my beliefs about it.
By Peyton J. Dracco5 years ago in The Swamp
Voting with Reason: The Profound Work of the Ayn Rand Institute’s Push for Principles and Rights
How do you view the world? Do you see it as a glass half empty? Half full? Isn’t it true that for a glass to have water in the first place it must be filled half way and you can’t, by logic, empty a glass halfway with water? This is an example of a common misconception about philosophy. While it is demonstrably true about the glass always being half-full, there is so much more to ideas than thought experiments, and mind games, and seemingly impossible scenarios.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in The Swamp
Is "Latinx" A Colonizer Word?
Latino has been a word used to describe people from Latin America including the islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic (can you believe some people forget about those islands in the Caribbean, Haiti too). Basic level Spanish lessons indicate that the language is gendered. In North American high schools it is taught that some words are female and other words are male. Cool, so what's the problem? Well, as a native Spanish speaker I never knew this until a friend asked me what gender tables were years ago. I thought she took something in the girls bathroom before coming to lunch; I even laughed at her question. She sincerely thought it was strange that I, a Puerto Rican born and raised, didn't know tables had a gender at all. In fact when I ask my father about tables and their gender he was confused as well; he didn't understand why that was the way Americans learned Spanish.
By M. Garcia5 years ago in The Swamp
Abracadabra
Divide and Conquer has always been the strategy of the outnumbered oppressor. Whether the division of Germany, India, Korea, or Israel-Palestine.
By Samir M Goradia5 years ago in The Swamp
OPINION: The Real Enemies of Science
Bear with me. I get to the point, but you've gotta get the whole story first. Every morning I wake up, get my kids breakfast, grab my first of several cups of coffee, open my laptop and check my Google news feed for the day. Usually I just go right to my recommended feed, but today I decided to take a glimpse at some of the top stories for the day. What I came across was something that made my neural circuits shut down for a moment. It was like time was standing still and my brain was saying, "Cannot compute. User error. Rebooting in 3... 2..." well, you get the picture.
By Cee 5 years ago in The Swamp
America Is Nationalizing
At the time of this writing, the Coronavirus Disease 2019, shortened to COVID-19 is exacerbating the rise of nationalism. Advanced and emerging-market economies are taking advantage of the pandemic to implement protectionist policies that reject multilateral institutions or cooperation.
By ffffffffgsffffffffffffffffffffffhhhtwtyrqtrefgftttthwh6hw5 years ago in The Swamp
Analysis of the Final Presidential Debate
Now that the debates are in the books for the 2020 election year, there are certainly a few things we have learned. Some of those insights have been about either Donald Trump and Mike Pence or Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Some have been more about the debate process itself or the importance of a quality moderator with a professional method for conducting the event. More often than not, debates don’t necessarily play a huge role in swaying voter opinion or getting people out to the polls. But, this is not a typical year and certainly not a typical election.
By Jason A5 years ago in The Swamp