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by JoltinJoe
Sat Apr 09, 2022 7:23 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Ok, Me Too
Replies: 38
Views: 2279

Re: Ok, Me Too

Not cool to lose CID1990. A really thoughtful and thought-provoking guy. Last guy here shut out the lights. Thgis place went to shit years ago; folk like Cleets and Cap'n Cat and D1B were the canaries in the coal mine. Used to be a lot of interesting discussion and the insults were funny and invent...
by JoltinJoe
Fri Apr 08, 2022 8:15 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Ok, Me Too
Replies: 38
Views: 2279

Re: Ok, Me Too

Not cool to lose CID1990. A really thoughtful and thought-provoking guy.

Last guy here shut out the lights.
by JoltinJoe
Wed Apr 06, 2022 6:36 pm
Forum: Championship Subdivision Football - FCS
Topic: Notre Dame to play first ever FCS team - Tennessee State in 2023
Replies: 6
Views: 1195

Re: Notre Dame to play first ever FCS team - Tennessee State in 2023

Good story line! But Fordham and Holy Cross fans are furious about the oversight. “We’ll go all the way to the Vatican on this!” exclaimed one disappointed Crusader fan. Fact: Notre Dame always ducked Fordham in the pre-WW II era. Knute Rockne once told Frank Cavanaugh that he would never schedule ...
by JoltinJoe
Thu Feb 10, 2022 10:54 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Supreme Court Poll
Replies: 148
Views: 9496

Re: Supreme Court Poll

Ivytalk wrote: Thu Feb 10, 2022 10:29 am Which woman of color will Brandon select?
This poll question is hysterical even though it lacks the usual pee in the butt option.
by JoltinJoe
Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:26 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: SCOTUS
Replies: 383
Views: 20135

Re: SCOTUS

Maybe you're right. Overall, I'd think she'd be a great choice. But I do think the progressive left wants another cultural flamethrower, like Sotomayor, not another Kagan. I think a lot of people were bamboozled by Sotomayor. She comes on with this grandmotherly “wise Latina” schtick and ends up be...
by JoltinJoe
Thu Jan 27, 2022 4:58 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: SCOTUS
Replies: 383
Views: 20135

Re: SCOTUS

She's not nearly liberal enough for the Democratic/progressive base. She'd get over 50 votes if nominated, but Biden is going to be disappointing a lot of his base with a carbon copy of Kagan. The same base that howled when Garland didn’t even get a vote? If Biden picks Jackson, the left will fall ...
by JoltinJoe
Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:38 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: SCOTUS
Replies: 383
Views: 20135

Re: SCOTUS

Jackson has strong academic and professional credentials. And she’s only in her early 50s. Haven’t heard much “far left” stuff about her, except she has a D next to her name. If she gets the nomination, she’ll be confirmed without breaking a sweat. At least 55 votes in favor. She's not nearly liber...
by JoltinJoe
Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:36 am
Forum: Other Sports
Topic: US SOCCER
Replies: 2613
Views: 283754

Re: US SOCCER

It felt like Mexico out-possessed them 2:1 and the US commits SO many turnovers. To me it felt like the reverse of US-Ghana 2006 and 2010 where they just hung on and made the best of a couple chances. I guess that's how upsets go. I would just like to see the US outplay Mexico, not just outscore. B...
by JoltinJoe
Tue Jun 22, 2021 2:04 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: So this is where we're at
Replies: 18
Views: 1550

So this is where we're at

I had a discussion with a stranger today on the platform of reason -- Facebook. I wrote something about a trans female athlete competing in the Olympics, and someone responded to me, addressing me as a "cis male." I responded that I am not a "cis male"; that I am a "male.&qu...
by JoltinJoe
Fri Jan 29, 2021 7:08 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump Impeachment Part Duex
Replies: 365
Views: 26387

Re: Trump Impeachment Part Douche

He was impeached as a sitting President. The Senate conducts a trial and that's what they're doing. The Constitution doesn't say the trial has to be done before he leaves office. Otherwise, a President could abuse his office in any way he chooses in the last few weeks of his Presidency. You argumen...
by JoltinJoe
Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:25 pm
Forum: Other Sports
Topic: Baseball Hall of Fame 2021 Vote
Replies: 10
Views: 2041

Re: Baseball Hall of Fame 2021 Vote

I'm still holding to the no clear steroid folks in the Hall. Don't like it? Tough luck, don't be a cheater. I went with: Schilling Vizquel Helton Jones That's in order of preference as well. I think Schilling and Vizquel are sure fire HOF'ers. Others on the list, sure Bonds and Clemens would be HOF...
by JoltinJoe
Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:05 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Hottest members of Congress
Replies: 48
Views: 8009

Re: Hottest members of Congress

Can’t be many candidates. Donks: -AOC - although she a coont. -Tulsi Gabbard. Conks: -Freshman conk Rep Lauren Boebert, 34, who owns Shooters Grill in Rifle, CO. She unseated a 5 term conk incumbent in the conk primary before winning election last month, and has pledged to join the Freedom Caucus. ...
by JoltinJoe
Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:04 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Hottest members of Congress
Replies: 48
Views: 8009

Re: Hottest members of Congress

Can’t be many candidates. Donks: -AOC - although she a coont. -Tulsi Gabbard. Conks: -Freshman conk Rep Lauren Boebert, 34, who owns Shooters Grill in Rifle, CO. She unseated a 5 term conk incumbent in the conk primary before winning election last month, and has pledged to join the Freedom Caucus. ...
by JoltinJoe
Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:23 pm
Forum: Other Sports
Topic: US SOCCER
Replies: 2613
Views: 283754

Re: US SOCCER

Did you personally know some of those guys from that '92 team? Your propensity to prop up an admittedly scrappy but relatively underwhelming US side lacks any real logic other than trying to protect a friend or family member. JJ's right, the US is in a position they've never been in so far - they'r...
by JoltinJoe
Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:19 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Values Voters Gaining Strength
Replies: 67
Views: 6558

Re: Values Voters Gaining Strength

The Supreme Court has developed a body of law concerning when a fundamental right may by infringed by the government. The state may infringe on a fundamental right when it demonstrates (i) that there is a compelling governmental interest in curtailing that right; and (ii) that the state's infringem...
by JoltinJoe
Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:28 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Values Voters Gaining Strength
Replies: 67
Views: 6558

Re: Values Voters Gaining Strength

Again, good post. What about pandemic restrictions vs. individual rights. And since this thread started about values how do you morally reconcile fundamental rights like expression and assembly with public health? The Supreme Court has developed a body of law concerning when a fundamental right may...
by JoltinJoe
Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:33 am
Forum: Other Sports
Topic: US SOCCER
Replies: 2613
Views: 283754

Re: US SOCCER

Anyone remember when US soccer was a thing? The team that the US will send to Qatar in 2022 will be the most talented side ever to represent the US in international competition. It is going to be stacked with young talent. By 2026, that talent will be mature and ready to give a tough match to any s...
by JoltinJoe
Wed Dec 30, 2020 10:57 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Values Voters Gaining Strength
Replies: 67
Views: 6558

Re: Values Voters Gaining Strength

2). Can the rights of the individual diminish or eliminate the rights of the many? [/quote] Yes. When the individual's right is a fundamental right (for example, free exercise of religion, conscience), that right can diminish the non-fundamental rights of the many. This is why the Little Sisters of...
by JoltinJoe
Wed Dec 30, 2020 7:55 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: 2024 Rumors
Replies: 25
Views: 2428

Re: 2024 Rumors

There will be no presidential election in 2024. The Democratic States of America, under the control of the DNC, will choose Kamala Harris to serve as Party Chair and National President. Rebellion in the occupied territories in the Midwest and South will be quashed by party Ironman Biden, who will us...
by JoltinJoe
Wed Dec 30, 2020 5:57 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Values Voters Gaining Strength
Replies: 67
Views: 6558

Re: Values Voters Gaining Strength

:notworthy: Erasmus was the leading thinker of the Catholic Counter-Reformation. Among other things, Erasmus called for the Catholic Church needed to "pull back" from entanglement with secular authority, as he believed that the moral authority of the Church was compromised by these entangl...
by JoltinJoe
Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:55 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Values Voters Gaining Strength
Replies: 67
Views: 6558

Re: Values Voters Gaining Strength

kalm wrote: Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:49 pm I can be very patient with the agnorant and ignorgant. :thumb:
Excellent. Self-patience is a virtue.
by JoltinJoe
Tue Dec 29, 2020 2:13 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Values Voters Gaining Strength
Replies: 67
Views: 6558

Re: Values Voters Gaining Strength

Webster defines secularism as: "indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations." That is the historical, philosophical, and theological understanding of the term. I know there's been a recent attempt to redefine "secularism" as per the definit...
by JoltinJoe
Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:59 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Values Voters Gaining Strength
Replies: 67
Views: 6558

Re: Values Voters Gaining Strength

Ah, the "right" is synonymous with "religion" in your mind. :shock: That explains a lot about you. Well the context for this discussion is literally “values voting” within American politics (the article should have tipped you off). Did you know there’s something called the “Valu...
by JoltinJoe
Fri Dec 25, 2020 9:29 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Values Voters Gaining Strength
Replies: 67
Views: 6558

Re: Values Voters Gaining Strength

I tend not to judge people based on the wide brush of their religious beliefs, but based on their individual actions. Me too, Gil. But many people believe we get our values through religion and we make decisions as a nation based on values. Whether it’s economic stimulus, freedom, or social distanc...
by JoltinJoe
Fri Dec 25, 2020 12:52 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Values Voters Gaining Strength
Replies: 67
Views: 6558

Re: Values Voters Gaining Strength

Every history books says you're wrong. You see, there is a huge difference between the secularist who lives next to you and the secularist who is politically active. The secularist next door is a good guy who is fun to have beers with and watch football on Sunday. He works hard, supports his family...