#Debate

When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.-EpictetusWhat I observed recently is
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These two statements by government issued 48 hours apart are incompatible. So which is it to be, fix the rules governing at least 80% of our trade by 2022, or
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I know a lot of people in Labour feel (rightly so in a lot of cases) weird about Englishness/Britishness, but identity is already the core issue driving our politics and
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Is Mithras the same as Mithra? A long thread. Retweets would be appreciated! This question seems to conjure up debate, both with Euro figures like Varg & Aurelian Press to
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5 years ago today, Black students started the latest wave of protests against #ForrestHall at #MTSU, the ROTC building named after Confederate general & KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest. This
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As we witness the #GOP with unified voice call for the nation to be willing to sacrifice ourselves to get the economy back up and running and people driving and
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So a few thoughtshttps://twitter.com/MarkLutter/status/1381597765432659970 When it comes to ancient Chinese texts, we are actually in a boom of translation. More has been done in the last 15 years than the
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1) Important (long) piece. I'll summarize what I can. From "Unconstrained Analytics: "'The Left’s Strategy and Tactics To Transform America" byStephen Coughlin and Richard Higgins (July 2019)2) See if this
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INSIGHTS:A. Silicon Valley salivates at taking over the education sector.B. Technologists are excited about the work and money coming their way as they enable all of us to be on-line,
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Some thoughts on the live music industry...The momentum of the live industry is currently fuelled by a somewhat unscientific optimism as to when / if it will come back to
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Cancel culture is anti-working class and alien to the tradition of sharp, open democratic debate long cherished in the labour movement. If you have a fundamental disagreement in this area
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July 17 2019. Here is the most updated top 10 NBA greatest of all time list. ALL NBA PLAYERS, LEGENDS, HOF, COACHES, etc...have all voted & each explained FACTS &
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"Eradicating the Red" 1) 2) Do you remember this image? Of course you do. It's the 2016 Presidential voting map, by county. 3) It's a beautiful thing, isn't it? Never
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BBC: "We approache every story with the same rigorous impartiality"On the one side, we have illegal discrimination, and on the other, we have right-wing hate groups. And in response to
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Glenn Greenwald repeatedly misspelled both Tony Bobulinski and Lesley Stahl's names in the column that he was so upset to have edited.https://greenwald.substack.com/p/article-on-joe-and-hunter-biden-censored There are many, many other p
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1/ Following last night’s Presidential debate, we’re hearing a couple of main questions from our voters.A thread -- 2/ When do I get my ballot?King County ballots are mailed on
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