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Scientists on the brink of finding a cure for cancer?
snafu replied to Royale with Cheese's topic in Off the Wall Archives
I thought about this, too. But this isn't one of those "just because you can doesn't mean you should" situations. If it can be done, it needs to be done. You're right, however. We will probably all die from some superbacteria that will make us wish we could die of cancer. -
Scientists on the brink of finding a cure for cancer?
snafu replied to Royale with Cheese's topic in Off the Wall Archives
No, pharma will just shift quickly to raising prices for items that geriatrics need. Cynical, yes. -
I think that's Trump's initial payment for the Moscow project. Didn't he say that the Venezuelans would pay for it?
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First sentence: it is about other countries living up to their pledge to contribute to the NATO budget. The NATO budget wasn’t increased by 100billion. You can mischaracterize if it makes you feel better, but I don’t remember NATO getting into a war since Clinton was President. Second sentence: it is absolutely about the US not having to spend its own money to make up for the other members’ failure to live up to their pledges. Third sentence: maybe yes, maybe no, but at least the US can redirect money that they weren’t supposed to spend on NATO to other uses that are more suited to our own interests.
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Looks like Alice Cooper.
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I doubt Schultz thinks he can win. It look more like he wants to move the Democrats away from the far left. The only way he can do that is by running in the middle and making the D candidate move toward him to take away his votes. In some ways, the people complaining about this being a billionaire vanity play are right; but the vanity might be Schultz attempting to drive policy. He’s made campaign contributions in the past, but it appears that he hasn’t gotten the policy results he wanted.
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Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
snafu replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Agreed, but who are we kidding. The leftists and media will lap up anything Beto does. He will really have to ***** himself in a big way for that to turn around. -
Hey wait, WTF. That's not the guy Putin backs!!! And for the record, does anyone see this turning out well in the short term for the people of Venezuela? Doesn't look much like Maduro is going to sail off into the sunset any time soon.
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Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
snafu replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Beto's lack of a record helps him now. Attaching himself to a bigger name attaches him to their line of policy, for better or worse. It also solidifies him as a Junior Varsity candidate at this point, and I really don't think he sees himself that way. Yeah, Kaine made a lot of his own problems. But my point was more about what a VP candidate thinks about the future. -
Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
snafu replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Do you think that's what Tim Kaine thought in 2016? You don't hear his name thrown around because he is tied to a loser. Beto is better off trying and losing on his own, and coming off as "not ready yet". I don't think Hillary is coming into this race. But she will throw her support behind someone. Heck, maybe they will agree to make her Secretary of State again. They don't want to make a lifetime achievement award this time. -
Wait, are you quoting Stalin, or Hitler?
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In this thread I proposed a solar panel, electrified wall with the excess energy being sold to Mexico. I also proposed a moat. I also proposed a new Panama-style canal that we share with Mexico (though that one would be ambitious).
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Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
snafu replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Boob job. -
Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
snafu replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
My original post on this finished with: Chaos! -
Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
snafu replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
The congressional reps get together and choose. State by state. Pennsylvania would have a tough time I suppose. Arizona’s electoral votes wouldn’t matter, unless their congressional delegation decided to just vote with the way their EC votes went— but if every state did that, no progress would be made. https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xii -
Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
snafu replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
From the Mitt Romney 2020 thread: -
Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary Thread
snafu replied to snafu's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Shes not old enough.