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    oldcowboy3 on Against Ethnic EnclavesMay 1, 2026

    A common ethnic background certainly helps but most Western countries are bonded by relatively common cultures — sometimes based on…

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    PaulS on Against Ethnic EnclavesMay 1, 2026

    Are great.

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    Anonymous on Against Ethnic EnclavesMay 1, 2026

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    Anonymous on Those Who ReadMay 1, 2026

    IKR? Last year, maybe the year before, I read Vladimir Lossky's *Mystical Theology*. I understood very little of it. Like,…

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    Clarissa on Those Who ReadMay 1, 2026

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    Anonymous on Those Who ReadMay 1, 2026

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    Anonymous on Those Who ReadMay 1, 2026

    Why would they? An illiterate population is one that will not understand contracts, laws, rights, and on and on and…

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    bluebird of bitterness on Those Who ReadMay 1, 2026

    Pathetic.

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    oldcowboy3 on Screen TimeApril 30, 2026

    methylethyl Actually, scientific measurements could remove a few annoying behaviors ;-D

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    Anonymous on Screen TimeApril 30, 2026

    "some people" A scientific measure if ever I saw one! -ethyl

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    cliff arroyo on Screen TimeApril 30, 2026

    "not as bad as some people say” is a terrible operating principle" A longitudinal study found that children whose parents…

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    Anonymous on Screen TimeApril 30, 2026

    "Most" and "often" are carrying a lot of water there.

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    Clarissa on A ContrastApril 30, 2026

    They can't win without the black voters. Good luck getting black voters accept somebody like Newsom, let alone Buttigieg. This…

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    Demotrash on A ContrastApril 30, 2026

    I've been believing that Dem voters aren't stupid enough to do that; they may have bad taste, but they do…

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    Clarissa on A ContrastApril 30, 2026

    Of course, a doorknob can win against Kamala. I'm very hopeful they'll run her. This will be delightful.

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    To be fair, if we're running against Kamala we can win with JD Vance, even if we'd rather win with…

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    LOL, I never claimed he was studly, just that he was thinking, he measured, and he measured accurately.

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    Clarissa on The English GloryApril 29, 2026

    There was slavery in the Americas for centuries before the British. Slaves built the Aztec pyramids. Brilliant comment otherwise.

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    Clarissa on A ContrastApril 29, 2026

    Vance is just not manly, you know? A doughy, pussy-whipped fellow controlled by a harpy of a wife. We can…

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    oldcowboy3 on A ContrastApril 29, 2026

    no, NO, NO! Chucky the third is more than a bit of a loony-toon, Vance measured, disagreed with the dipshit…

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    oldcowboy3 on The English GloryApril 29, 2026

    Yeah, an unlikely amalgam of Graeco-Roman thought on Nordic-Germanic governance overlain on Judeo-Christian beliefs, all modified by weaponry that put…

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    Demotrash on How to Use Duolingo CorrectlyApril 29, 2026

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    cliff arroyo on How to Use Duolingo CorrectlyApril 29, 2026

    "sure that the experience is much better in commonly taught languages" Yeah, the Hungarian was kind of a train wreck…

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