The Spoiler Effect and similar fallacies (Quiz included)
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 08/10/2016 - 3:31pmThis fallacy keeps popping up during US elections even though it is clearly multiply self contradictory and oxymoronic.
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Remember that 'strong wage growth'? It just completely vanished
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 08/10/2016 - 3:02pmFirst allow me to jog your memory.
Back in February, President Obama said this:
The Evening Blues - 8-10-16
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 08/10/2016 - 2:49pm
WTF is going on with U.S.-Turkey relations?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 08/10/2016 - 1:54pmI'm no fan of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but at the same time I also recognize the strategic position Turkey occupies in the world. Erdogan is a dictator, but at the same time you don't destroy relations with a NATO ally for vague and mysterious reasons.
Yet, that appears to be exactly where things are heading.
Our Top Candidates for President Are Certified Unapologetic Sociopaths (And Scumbags. Now Shut the Hell Up.)
Submitted by The Aspie Corner on Wed, 08/10/2016 - 1:46pmThere. I said it. If there's one thing that both the presumptive queen and her living puppet have proven throughout this entire clusterfuck of an election season, it's that neither of them are fit to hold public office.
Some people are willing to hold their nose and make the choice between the slow-acting poison and the gunshot to the head, but that's one choice I refuse to make. This is a literal Hobson's Choice here.
Abusing a trans kid in Pearland, TX
Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 08/10/2016 - 1:30pmThe refusal of officials in Texas to accept the fact that some kids are transgender (and what that means to how they should be treated) is raising concerns as the school year rapidly approaches.
Assange is right to be paranoid
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 08/10/2016 - 1:00pm
Hillary Clinton strategist Bob Beckel called for WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange to be assassinated. #DNCLeak pic.twitter.com/9L2ixl24Er
I'm Keeping An Eye On This
Submitted by LaFeminista on Wed, 08/10/2016 - 12:59pmWhat are we afraid of? Updated
Submitted by EdMass on Wed, 08/10/2016 - 12:41pmCrossposted to ToP.
I am not advocating a third party.
I am advocating free and open debate.
Jill Stein and Gary Johnson.
Somehow, if you have not noticed, the League of Women Voters is long gone. Now the MSM gets to decide who gets to talk. How do they decide? The same fg rigged polls where it al depends on how one asks the question.
What are we afraid of if our cause and candidate are so righteous?
Clinton Foundation looking even more corrupt
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 08/10/2016 - 12:36pmThe Clinton Foundation and Clinton Campaign have always been too close, but now it appears even that fine line is getting blurred.
