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  1. troph

    Media Bias

    Marketplace is awesome. Texas standard, morning edition, all things considered are my other favs. bbc world on early early Friday mornings (like 4am) driving to the coast to go fishing is hella good.
  2. The last few days I’ve been on a truth binge, watching documentaries as much as I can. “Putin and the presidents” and “behind the wall” are two that stand out and came together in my thoughts tonight. Not 40 years since the Berlin Wall fell and these people excuse Russian atrocities. That’s OUR lifetimes. HOLY SHIT. We should not support Ukraine because … the answer for everything, “corruption”. You ask point blank, “are you kidding me?” Have you seen what he’s done to that country? Their response, “where did the money go?” Again, “are you kidding me?” It went to Ukraine you fucking moron. The department of defense acknowledges a 2% error rate in inventories. That’s your reason to let Putin invade? Clinton didn’t have enough time, bush was duped, war in geoegia befuddled him, Obama had no interest in being defined by Putin and ignored crimea, Trump was a fucking Putin clown. And now he’s invaded Ukraine because Biden is weak? “Are you fucking kidding me?” Biden told Obama he had to stand up to him, Biden strengthens NATO, expands NATO, everyone with half a brain in Europe realizes Putin has to be stopped or the balkans are next. And these morons are “just asking questions.” I’m so god damned mad right now.
  3. Still haunted by my 3 hour convo… “if any one was screwed it was Donald Trump.” ugggggh.
  4. Did those women you reference play team sports? I actually have a theory. It’s not mine, a retired successful woman who owned a killer company couldn’t figure out why her women employees were so bad then she decided to only hire those that played team sports growing up and it solved a lot of her problems.
  5. I wasn't suggesting it should stop, just that I'll watch and not participate.
  6. my (former) buddy listened to me while I explained what the Mueller report really said - this guy did really, really bad shit but while POTUS impeachment and conviction by the senate is the only remedy, and since ALL are entitled to a speedy trial, if I recommend prosecution after his term in office, he will essentially be denied that constitutional right, so I decline to so recommend. I happen to think that is a bullshit take, his recommendation is not an indictment, but here we are.
  7. troph

    LBGTQ

    they don't want to be mean, they want us dead or gone. but if they have to be mean to achieve their goals, they'll do that too.
  8. we almost did this - install artificial turf instead of a lawn - we decided against it because it's really, really fucking hot on the feet in the summer and it's nasty chemicals in how that shit is made. add to that, I have no idea if any of it can leach out under the summer heat. but I'm sure it's a fantastic business right now. I bet there will be a lull if we get a year or two of historical average rain. but I agree yards need to be reduced in size, our front yard is maybe 20x20 with the rest of the front desert style plants in beds (agave, drought tolerant grass, yucca, etc.). our back is a bit larger, but it's on top of septic which helps some. hoping to run select sprinklers 40 mins or less per week, some even less, some once a month if at all.
  9. not sure where here is, but generally yes, 100% they can. you do have another issue with connecting to house plumbing if it's not an original design to have potable and non-potable. while I don't advocate you drink out of the toilet, most houses (including ours which is dedicated rainwater only) do not have separate potable and non-potable supplies.
  10. troph

    Media Bias

    the more this simulation goes on the more important it becomes to know what is (1) a purported fact, (2) purported evidence, (3) a conclusion, and (4) an opinion. From there, you then have to do the work to evaluate the (1) quality of the purported evidence, (2) congruence of the purported evidence with the purported facts, (3) the strength of the connection of the conclusion given in light of the evidence and facts reviewed, and (4) the quality and merits of the opinion in light of the conclusion (assuming it's well supported by quality evidence supporting facts). The stronger the evidence, the more evidence, the overlap of the evidence with the stated fact should lead to the logical conclusion. Then we evaluate the merits of the opinion which often explains what to do next, or what might the ramifications be under the circumstances. Evidence strength depends on a number of factors - direct interviews with people who were there, testimony under oath, documents filed with courts, original source documents or videos, these are all prime examples of great evidence. a simple statement from someone that a fact is true is terrible evidence, and borders on a full collapse of fact, evidence and conclusion, even if one person states the purported fact, and another draws the conclusion and opines on it. most on air live video news channels offer opinion at best or a feigned attempt at the full 1-4 process above because production of those programs is pretty inexpensive if you can focus on opinion. Often times opinion has its place, especially when facts are fairly well agreed upon and established (the collective can often times do this so 1-2 can be skipped). but at it's worst, 1-2 are skipped and we are left hearing conclusions and opinions only without agreed upon facts based on quality evidence. in addition, plenty of people have an agenda and can promote their views through the appearances of journalism through online platforms. both of these phenomena have crippled us in terms of accessing "news". the explosion of access to video streaming and the inexpensive cost of having a streaming channel makes it triply worse, very little evidence, facts stated and off to the races with bat shit crazy conclusions and opinions. left leaning traditional outlets (print magazines and newspapers) are not immune from this degradation and collapsing of facts, evidence, conclusion and opinion. but the left leaning outlets have held on to the values of quality journalism for a lot, lot longer than many conservative outlets. Now, there are conservative outlets I'm sure that are of a like mind with regard to the quality of journalism even if ideologies are not shared. But I don't know many. This NPR thing is an example of that, at least with respect to one person's view. In the end though, news consumption and remaining a free person in that endeavor requires rigor, intelligence, evaluative skills, and independent thought and a willingness to dedicate yourself to get your news from a diverse set of outlets. you have to actively participate in the evaluation of evidence, its connection to the stated fact, the combined support of the conclusion and then the opinion (including the bias of the speaker). I don't think many can do this.
  11. keep the large organics out of the tank (probably with a simple screen) and use gravity or a pump and go. yes super simple.
  12. makes me ragey. mother fucker trump told everyone to block the border bill. what a fucking piece of shit.
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