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Frugal1
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:01 am
I wish blathham had more time to post nonsensical BS - said no one ever.
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tony5732
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:05 am
@blatham,
[mass noun] Intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself:- OXFORD

"The English noun bigot is a term used to describe a prejudiced or closed-minded person, especially one who is intolerant or hostile towards different social groups (e.g. racial or religious groups), and especially one whose own beliefs are perceived as unreasonable or excessively narrow-minded, superstitious, or hypocritical.[1]"- Wikipedia
tony5732
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:07 am
@blatham,
I did. I quoted the quran earlier if you read that one.
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tony5732
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:13 am
@blatham,
OK. What are good examples of intellectual integrity? Fact checker? Politico?
Frugal1
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:15 am
@tony5732,
The same definition applies to liberal progressive democrats, but they tend to project their bigoted thoughts & beliefs onto others because it makes them feel superior. It's all about how they feel.
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blatham
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:19 am
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Donald Trump is set to inherit an uncommon number of vacancies in the federal courts in addition to the open Supreme Court seat, giving the president-elect a monumental opportunity to reshape the judiciary after taking office.

The estimated 103 judicial vacancies that President Obama is expected to hand over to Trump in the Jan. 20 transition of power is nearly double the 54 openings Obama found eight years ago following George W. Bush’s presidency.

Confirmation of Obama’s judicial nominees slowed to a crawl after Republicans took control of the Senate in 2015.
LINK

This is more than a little troubling. The Federalist Society people and entities related to ALEC will lobby furiously to place ideologues into these positions. Scholarship in jurisprudence will be a second thought.

This has been the long game they've been playing since (to carbon date this properly, the Powell Memo) the early seventies. The goal was not just to produce and place a cadre of conservatives throughout the judicial systems but to institutionalize the courts such that conservative outcomes are, so well as it can be managed, guaranteed. That is precisely what the Garland obstruction was all about.
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blatham
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:27 am
@tony5732,
Quote:
Intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself:- OXFORD

Here's a tip: online dictionaries are commonly poor (as a function of keeping costs low). Buy a good dictionary or search for online definitions that don't give a single definition. Here's MWebster
Definition of bigot
Quote:
: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance


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blatham
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:34 am
@tony5732,
Intellectual integrity has to include putting in no small effort to understand a thing as fully as possible (given one's life constraints), open mindedness and honesty.

How one establishes sources which are or are not examples of the above is a matter of experience. Do they try to get it right? Do they admit error? Does prior work stand up?

As to who I think matches these criteria, if I post them here, then I consider them (or the person) dependable. Not an absolute but a high probability.
tony5732
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:43 am
@blatham,
I agree about your definition of intellectual integrity, but it leaves a lot to opinion, not fact. I don't really believe in a person's intellectual integrity. Yeah I think that's the best way to say it. I look at an opinion and sum it up to a fact. The opinion, without the fact, is irrelevant.
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giujohn
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:46 am
That rat bastard Obammy sells Israel down the river. He is a backstabbing anti-semeic piece of **** radical lislamist terrorist backing heap of human garbage. He will go down as the worst foreign policy president in US history. If anybody ever doubted that he was a closet Muslim there's no doubt now.
Frugal1
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:47 am
@blatham,
0bama & that nasty woman are perfect examples of individuals that lack intellectual integrity. They are allergic to it.
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tony5732
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 07:50 am
@giujohn,
I am also not appreciating what I am seeing on any news channel right now. This is BS.
blatham
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 08:09 am
@tony5732,
re Israel and settlements, here's a quote from Reagan in '82
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“The United States will not support the use of any additional land for the purpose of settlements during the transitional period. Indeed, the immediate adoption of a settlement freeze by Israel, more than any other action, could create the confidence needed for wider participation in these talks. Further settlement activity is in no way necessary for the security of Israel and only diminishes the confidence of the Arabs that a final outcome can be freely and fairly negotiated.”
http://www.cfr.org/israel/reagan-plan-us-policy-peace-middle-east/p14140

Here's the history of US presidents and their votes on resolutions critical of Israel https://peacenow.org/WP/wp-content/uploads/US-Israel-UNSCRs-1967-present.pdf
Leadfoot
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 08:09 am
@revelette1,
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Oddly, it seems, those who are in poverty are easily led fanatics of whatever persuasion. It doesn't mean a perverted interpretation of Islam should be the acceptable measure we use when deciding labels of terrorist.

Poverty driving Syrian men and boys into the arms of Isis

In Palestine I imagine it is more of a territorial reason than religion.

See what I mean blatham? It isn't just the idiots in Washington that don't get it.
blatham
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 08:22 am
@Leadfoot,
Sorry, I'm missing your point
tony5732
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 08:26 am
@blatham,
OK. Appreciate that blatham. There is a bigger picture. It's going to take me a little time to figure this out.
blatham
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 08:33 am
@tony5732,
Absolutely essential reading here is the Mearsheimer and Walt paper on AIPAC and its influence on US politics
http://mearsheimer.uchicago.edu/pdfs/IsraelLobby.pdf
Not a short read but everyone needs to know this stuff.
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blatham
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 08:34 am
Re bigotry - here's an interesting example:
Quote:
A 2015 Pew poll found that U.S. Muslims were more accepting of homosexuality than evangelical Christians, Mormons, and Jehovah’s Witnesses:
LINK
tony5732
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 08:36 am
@blatham,
SOOOO many variables. Almost worthless. Almost.
blatham
 
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Mon 26 Dec, 2016 08:39 am
More on Israel and prior US votes (because we're into facts)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C0cmygkXEAAVTey.jpg
 

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