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McCain and Obama Debate
REFLECTIONS ON OBAMA VS MCCAIN IN FIRST DEBATE It is a study in perception and expectation to hear what the debate “seemed” to those who watched it. I read a bit on one of those often sill… more →
With Reason To Wonder
Point by Point: Electric Universe Theory
Troythulu wrote 3 months ago: Here’s a little exchange I found on an astronomy forum between an Electric Universe advocate a … more →
Baloney Detection 101: How to Argue
Troythulu wrote 5 months ago: Most people at one time or another argue, but few know how to engage in a logical, constructive argu … more →
Troythulu's Top 20 Logical Fallacies #10
Troythulu wrote 8 months ago: This post will deal with a common fallacy, though technically a premise, or factual, error rather th … more →
McCain and Obama Debate
benafia wrote 1 year ago: REFLECTIONS ON OBAMA VS MCCAIN IN FIRST DEBATE It is a study in perception and expectation to hear w … more →
ANY ACTUAL TRUTH IN POLITICS?
benafia wrote 1 year ago: A RIGHT TO MISLEAD? False premises are hard to defend, but only if the truth of the alleged concludi … more →
THE FLIP-FLOP EXPRESS
benafia wrote 1 year ago: It is known as reverse psychology, but not in the classic sense. This is reverse self psychology; wh … more →
ONE PARTY IS TRULY STUNNING, the other, soso
benafia wrote 1 year ago: You would think they have a dart board. Wait. A few dart boards. Now they have to figure out how to … more →
BARACK OBAMA VS JOHN MCCAIN
benafia wrote 1 year ago: Now we will see what the country is really made of. If it looks forward on something other than a fe … more →
POLITICAL WORD GAMES
benafia wrote 1 year ago: It can be fun to make a point at the expense of context or reasons of false premise. I can remove so … more →
AD HOMINEM FOLLOW THE LEADER MADNESS called practical wisdom.
benafia wrote 1 year ago: I am both appalled but not surprised at the pseudo-intellectual hubris that refuses reality, but ins … more →
WHAT A THOUGHT! infants with guns
benafia wrote 1 year ago: THE SECOND AMENDMENTS CONSTRAINTS CAUSED BY INTRINSIC INCLINATIONS OF LIBERALISM AND CONSERVATISM Ho … more →
GANG MAGICAL THINKING
benafia wrote 1 year ago: Political and religious thoughts are in some ways easy fodder for group-think imagery. I experienced … more →
WOMAN! HEAR ME RUN. I MEAN ROAR.
benafia wrote 1 year ago: Oh girl! or You go girl? VOTE YOUR SEX OR DIE? Today it made the news. On a cable news show, a femal … more →
FAKE DEMOCRACY
benafia wrote 1 year ago: How can true democracy exist? It needs basic requirements, most of which we do not have any longer, … more →
THE (deceptive) ART OF THE FALSE PREMISE
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benafia wrote 1 year ago: TAGGED AND BAGGED I find many sources of inspiration from my blog tag surfing. I sometimes respond t … more →
THE END IS NEAR! THE THEORIES ARE FALLING! PICK YOUR FACTS!
benafia wrote 1 year ago: I read a post concerning a very old theory of the lifespan of democracy. It describes stages of the … more →
