Recent content by Gene2memE

Spending on police is going up though, not down. That's the opposite of defunding.

He didn't. What he said was that it "seems a certain segment of Americans are quite vulnerable to Russia propaganda." And then you created a strawman version of what he said (to whit: "So everything is just Russian propaganda, got you"). Do you understand the basics of negative influence...

https://www.christianforums.com/threads/what-is-sos-law.7982690/ "If someone quotes another poster and then paraphrases up their point starting with the word "so", he almost certainly creates a strawman in the process."

Probability depends on how big the event space is. If I buy a single lottery ticket, the changes of me winning are basically nil. If everyone on the planet also buys a single lottery ticket, the chances of someone winning are high. If everyone on the planet buys multiple lottery tickets every...

The irony here is that less than 6 months ago, there was a bipartisan compromise bill that provided funds for border security AND international security. But, a bunch of undies got wadded very tightly underneath a small section of US lawmakers. And so that bill failed. And now, after months of...

Those are not like comparisons.

What are "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)-related topics" or content? The report says that DEI courses are anything that includes the following language: For the purposes of this report, DEI courses are courses that contain explicit DEI language in their titles, learning outcomes, and/or...

DJT Media stock closed at $22.84, down another 14% for the day. This is even with the company announcing it plans to launch a live streaming platform. In early April, there was an article reporting that the interest rate for short sellers of DJT Media stock was above 550% (i.e, you have to...

No. bilateral symmetry is an inherited trait. Do you know what Bilateria are? Or what Hox and ParaHox genes do? If you can answer those questions, you'll have an answer as to why both sides of the Owl Moth's wings have eye spots.

Some interesting data on recent growth in US investment in manufacturing: Real private fixed investment: Nonresidential: Structures: Manufacturing https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/C307RC1Q027SBEA The US is now seeing the most rapid expansion of its manufacturing capacity since the Korean...

Because that was the first year I had annual data for. From 1983 CPI: +112% Enlisted basic pay: +137% Federal minimum wage: +82%

The sentencing memorandum and the appeals case verdict!

Woah, woah, woah! You're debating the validity of evolution but don't understand the basics of bilateral symmetry? Yeeeesh. That's a bit like debating the Germ Theory of Disease and not understanding how viruses spread.

Changing the starting period doesn't really change the end result much. Here's 1963-2024: Federal min wage growth: 201% CPI growth: 242% Enlisted basic pay growth: 304% Makes things look a little better for the Federal minimum wage, mostly because of the two big jumps in the mid 1960s and...

He had videos and multiple images of the violent sexual abuse of multiple children, including toddlers, on his computer. Saying it was "just for having pictures of an underage girl on his computer" is a bit like arguing that drinking an entire barrel of scotch is "just having a little drink".