Recent content by Tristan Scott

An isolated incident of dumbfuckery on one side and universal dumbfuckery on the other side.

God has no moral STANDARD. According to the Bible he is omnipotent. He creates all good and all evil.

Sure, and the odds of a psycho pilot getting through screening is also unlikely. My point is that I get on the plane without analyzing the maintenance records for that aircraft, nor do I do a background check of the pilot. I have faith in the system. Faith is a word that can have other than...

Oh please. NASA says that it is believed to exist. Suspect is synonymous with believe. Your argument seems specious.

Astronomers suspect that it exists. Not a good example. I have faith that the mechanics are taking good care of the aircraft I'm boarding, or that the pilot is not a suicidal maniac, even though I have not observed any of this.

Hebrews 11 comes close--Now faith is the confidence of things hoped for and the assurance about what we do not see.

The Japanese managed to deceive Halsey at Leyte. They sent a decoy fleet of all their remaining carriers ( with only a few aircraft) at high speed from the north of the battle zone. Halsey took the bait leaving the San Bernardino strait open, allowing the main body of the Japanese fleet to...

No, haven't read it yet, I'll put it on my list.

Just finishing up Observer by Lanza and Kress. It definitely changes the way you think about just about everything. I've read many SF stories where dealing with reality, but this one is written by a physicist who believes reality is literally produced by the observer. It's like the double slit...

It is possible to have your seat and your squat if you use a squatty pottyTM.

People who get all their news from television are very ill informed, regardless of which network it is.

I think that influence should be considered with that chart. the amount of influence Fox News has is staggering compared to the influence of those at the bottom of the liberal side

I thought Warren was the best of this group. I've always loved her intensity. Castro helped himself.

There is only one reason for voter ID requirements and that is to disenfranchise the poor, period. The present system of issuing voter registration cards has proven to be more than adequate to insure the integrity of our elections. Voter fraud is practically non-existant, and furthermore voter...

The US was pretty much set up to be that way by the founding fathers, recall that the Senate was originally meant to be similar to the British House of Lords. Senators being appointed rather than elected. I think the system was recognized as unsustainable as we moved into the Industrial...