Tag: politics
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Rhetorical Misuse
There are some people whose rhetorical goal is to bring the reader/listener to a point of numbness where they feel that the topic is too complex to understand and they defer to the expert. This is especially used when talking with those who agree with the premises and conclusion that the speaker/writer has. Thus the…
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Andrew Scheer and Memes
UPDATE August 29, 2019: Abortion rights: Scheer has now announced that he holds the opposing position from Harper. He is willing to allow MPs to bring forward private members bills on abortion and same-sex marriage and allow a free vote. UPDATE June 4, 2019: Yes, I’ve seen that a number of people are referring back…
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Dobson, Trump, Faith, and Power
The major Evangelical leader Dr. Dobson has put out a release talking about Donald Trump’s faith. Now I was under the impression that there was no “religious test… as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust”. But since Dobson brought it up… in the words of Aaron Burr in Hamilton “Ok, so we’re doin’ this”.…
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Thoughts on the Syrian Refugee Crisis
I thought I’d take a look at the countries who are hosting the most Syrian Refugees. So with a quick skim of news reports and Wikipedia I have this. These are the countries that have brought in the most Syrian refugees by percentage of their population: Lebanon (22%) Jordan (10%) Macedonia (10%) Serbia (4%) Greece…