@suzianne said
Quora is being completely disingenuous with that question.

Getting an education does NOT tend to turn people into conservatives. If anything, it tends to turn them into liberals by virtue of the fact that it gives them a wider view of the world beyond themselves. They become far less focused on themselves and they start to appreciate value in people and institutions outside the narrow, narcissistic focus they've had their entire lives up to that point.

Getting an education does NOT tend to turn people into conservatives. If anything, it tends to turn them into liberals by virtue of the fact that it gives them a wider view of the world beyond themselves.

Is anyone listening to this?

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@congruent said
Alireza's father Hamidreza was reportedly escorted out of the playing arena at the Great Hall during Round 10, as per reports from Toronto, where the 2024 Candidates is being held.

https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/alireza-firouzja-father-threatened-call-police-candidates-organisers-controversy-9272537/

There's drama whose the dada 🙂

Was is Kamsky's dad that threatened Short?

Alireza claimed he was warned by the chief arbiter at the Candidates 2024 chess tournament for his shoes making too much noise during games, FIDE’s Technical delegate for the Candidates chess tournament has alleged that Alireza’s father threatened to call the police if he was not allowed to watch games of his son from the balcony of the playing hall whenever he wanted to.

Noisy shoes and balcony dads. I guess it wouldn't be the candidates matches without a few mini-drama's. 🙄

Alireza now sits at 7th in a field of 8, so maybe this will be just a footnote when the bottom half is eliminated.

https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/alireza-firouzja-father-threatened-call-police-candidates-organisers-controversy-9272537/

- by attacking a judge?

Does he not realize judges have at least some judicial discretion when presiding over these trials that can have an impact on the verdict? Does he not realize judges decide prison sentences for those found guilty?

We need look no further than Aileen Cannon to see what a friendly judge can do for you, but Trump is turning this NY judge against him with his repeated attacks. I don't understand this.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-in-pennsylvania-attacks-judge-as-first-criminal-trial-looms/ar-BB1lE2TU

@pettytalk said
Hope cherishes the soul of him who lives in justice and holiness and is the nurse of his age and the companion of his journey;–hope which is mightiest to sway the restless soul of man.

Pindar

"Governments change - The lies stay the same" Pierce Brosnan- Goldeneye

@spruce112358 said
...just sent me this text:

"I serve an audience of one; God is my judge.

It's Speaker Mike Johnson. Learn more about my mission to glorify Him: vote24.io/4DDNVN

STOP=end"
===
AN AUDIENCE OF ONE?!? WhoTF does this guy think he is?!?

Get this MF out of my democratic government NOW!!!

Get this MF out of my democratic government NOW!!!


Marjorie Taylor Greene might just do this for you.

@averagejoe1 said
I am NOT being funny.....is not Biden being a dictator when he views our country being ruled by people instead of laws? YOu know, the tuition thingy, for example? I'm thinking I am obliged to do a thread shortly to enlighten you little fellers about Congress, the purse string thingy.

YOu know, the tuition thingy, for example?

I think college education should be free to anyone who wants it. If 35 other countries can do this, then so can the (so called) greatest country in the world. God bless "the tuition thingy" may it grow and prosper. 🙂

@shavixmir said
Suck my anus you horrible little testicle wart.

Let us be thankful he's not a horrible BIG testicle wart. 😏

@cliff-mashburn said
Unbelievable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcByq1pXISY

Well - Let's take him out and shoot him! Instead let's elect a convicted fraudster and sexual abuser who fathered 5 kids by 3 different women. I can only wonder what the fine folks at FOX news would be saying if someone names Obama, Clinton, or Biden had done this.

@shavixmir said
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68796363

[quote]US President Joe Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel "sooner than later", as fears grow of Iranian retaliation over an air strike that killed top commanders early this month.
Israel has not admitted attacking an Iranian consulate in Syria but is widely believed to have been behind it.
US officials have ...[text shortened]... ing and starting whole bloody wars based on lies.

The whole country deserves to be fukking nuked.

Such utter two-faced kunts.
No wonder everyone hates them.


Gee, That's too bad Shav. We really like you. 🙂

P.S. - I didn't know they had faces. 😏

@martins said
Curious

How come a lot of forum posters haven't played a game of chess in over a 100 days?

Just curious

I'll be back one day to play here. Focus is on OTB events now. The Washington Open is in a few weeks - and they don't suffer fools gladly. 😲

@divegeester said
Well not a “game” just chat about the various Generation labels, which one we are, what do we think of the definitions and the various stereotyping and social media blah which goes along with it all.

Here the generation list with a bit of commentary for your reference:

Generation Names

The Greatest Generation – born 1901-1927
These folks were indelibly i ...[text shortened]... is helpful.

https://mccrindle.com.au/article/topic/demographics/the-generations-defined/

Boomer here. Parents were The Greatest Generation - and we were never allowed to forget it! I spent my first 18 years on earth hearing how they: 1. Shoveled 3 tons of coal before breakfast every morning, 2. Walked uphill to school 5 miles a day through a blinding snowstorm (even in June) 3. The wind always blew in your face never at your back, 4. They didn't have food back in those days, 5. When WW2 came along, they built the tanks with 1 arm and fought the war with the other - AND THEY WON! 6. And you kids don't know what "tough" is!! Grrrr 😠

@fartacus said
"The jury consisted of 8 blacks, 2 Hispanics, 1 half-Caucasian, half Native American, and 1 Caucasian female."

WoW...now we know.

That practice was done routinely in the south for decades after the civil war by all white juries when white males were on trial for violence against blacks, so please, spare us your moral indignation. 😴

@averagejoe1 said
One of the simple questions which should be answered in this busy world.
Does anyone watch him read off of a piece of paper that he is going to do this? Does anyone agree with this? Do you know someone who has never been to college who will be assessed money to pay off a person's debts? His graduate school college loans?

One of the simple questions which should be answered in this busy world. - You asked 4 questions here, not one, so which one(s) do you want answered?

Does anyone watch him read off of a piece of paper that he is going to do this? - Who is "him?"

Does anyone agree with this? - Yes

Do you know someone who has never been to college who will be assessed money to pay off a person's debts? - Yes, it's done in Europe all the time.

His graduate school college loans? Yes, those too.

Dear Joe - There are over 35 countries that offer its citizens free college education, So, please - stop treating higher education as if it were an illegal drug.

@wildgrass said
I don't know who needs to hear this, but spending tax dollars getting the speaker of the house together with the loser of a presidential election at Mar-a-Lago to discuss making it illegal for non-citizens to vote when IT'S ALREADY ILLEGAL seems we're getting close to peak MAGA stupidity.

IT'S ALREADY ILLEGAL seems we're getting close to peak MAGA stupidity.


That's close, but promising Mexico was going to pay for that border wall, is still #1 on the stupidity list for me, not surprisingly, most of the MAGA crowd still believes it. 😏