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  1. Copernicus

    Virginia CountyTo Re-Name Schools After Confederates

    I think that there were a lot of slave owners who knew that slavery was morally wrong, and that included politicians like Washington, Jefferson, and Madison. However, they were politically pro-slavery, because they felt their personal fortunes were at risk. It's also true that a lot of...
  2. Copernicus

    Virginia CountyTo Re-Name Schools After Confederates

    The Democratic-Republican Party of Jefferson and Madison--pro-slavery politicians--ultimately evolved into today's Democratic Party. The Republican Party came together shortly before the Civil War as a magnet for Abolitionists and the moribund Whig Party. So the Democratic Party tended to be...
  3. Copernicus

    Virginia CountyTo Re-Name Schools After Confederates

    "In God We Trust" was made the official motto of our secular government in 1955. That slogan on coinage predated the American campaign against communism and socialism of the 20th century. It took place at the height of the Civil War, because it was seen as a morale booster of sorts back then...
  4. Copernicus

    Virginia CountyTo Re-Name Schools After Confederates

    Most statues to Confederate "heroes" were erected between 1890 and 1925. That is when the Jim Crow laws began and spread in order to remove political rights and freedoms from African American citizens, most of whom belonged to the Republican Party. The South went completely Democratic, as...
  5. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    Sorry, but I didn't feel that your reference to Pizzagate deserved a serious reply. And I did not think of you as defenseless.
  6. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    I see your point. The video below portrays the historic defeat of King Arthur by the Black Knight.
  7. Copernicus

    How do you detect "design"?

    Did you actually watch your own video? Ben Stein basically asked Dawkins to speculate about how intelligent design might have led to life on Earth, and Dawkins speculated about the possibility of an alien race seeding life on this planet. His point was that this still did not support the...
  8. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    Ebionite, I'm now backing away quietly towards the exit.
  9. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    Yes, and I'm sure that they get the same feeling when talking to me, but it is unrealistic to expect people to change their minds suddenly because of my argument. Having to defend one's opinions promotes critical thinking, and people do change their minds on big issues when they see a reason to...
  10. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    I included and put into boldface the part of my post that you replied to but did not include in your reply. What I put in boldface establishes the context in which my remark was made, so you should have included it in your reply. Donald Trump is a polarizing figure no matter who testifies in...
  11. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    Yes. The checks had his signature on them. That was to establish that Donald Trump himself knew about the hush money payoffs. They had to transport the checks to the White House for his signature and then transport them back to be sent off to Michael Cohen. That corroborates a part of the...
  12. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    Nobody disputes that there is political animus both to and from Donald Trump. That is irrelevant to the facts. As for your Szemkus video, it struck me that the person who posted it seemed concerned about innuendo surrounding Donald Trump, but not Stormy Daniels. All you have to go on is a...
  13. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    Look, Ebionite, this is just some rando who made a Youtube video about his hazy recollections late at night involving Stormy Daniels. It has nothing to do with Trump or the crimes he is charged with. It is not about the kind of person Stormy Daniels is, or Donald Trump, or Ben Szemkus. It is...
  14. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    No, it doesn't. Even if she were lying about the affair and just blackmailing Trump with a false accusation, he still altered business records in a cover-up effort to influence an election. Those are the crimes he is charged with, not having an actual affair. The alleged affair just explains...
  15. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    You will never have complete knowledge of anything, yet you still have beliefs based on facts that you know and assumptions that you take for granted. It is true that there is a lot of political animus against Donald Trump, but that is not a reasonable excuse to jump to the conclusion that one...
  16. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    Yes. If the preponderance of evidence from the man himself and those who knew him corroborates the accusation, then it becomes unreasonable to doubt the accusation. Add to that the fact that a jury has unanimously convicted him of being liable for sexual abuse of E Jean Carroll in a NY...
  17. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    That's a good question, but the answer starts with taking both sides of the story seriously and then examining the evidence they present objectively, regardless of which side you want to be true. Either Trump had an affair with Stormy Daniels and other women or not. We already know that the...
  18. Copernicus

    Jury finally hears BOMBSHELL evidence against Trump

    See: Debunking misinformation about Stormy Daniels amid Trump hush money trial | Fact check Trump falsely presents Stormy Daniels letter as new in Truth Social post | Fact check All of these claims are old news and have already been debunked, but Trump's True Believers take whatever he says...
  19. Copernicus

    How do you detect "design"?

    You agreed with me that Specified Complexity (SC) has no formal definition. If you want to use SC to distinguish intelligent design from other kinds of patterns we observe in nature, you need to prove that it does so reliably. Lacking a formal definition of the concept, you won't be able to...
  20. Copernicus

    How do you detect "design"?

    I was only explaining why it is called "pseudoscience" rather than "science". You agree with my point that it has no formal definition, which renders it effectively meaningless as a scientific concept. Leroy, you need a better example of low probability when conversing with a linguist. I...
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