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Topic: Testing The Financial Apologists
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Re: The Debt: 3 Months Later
Because he does not understand any of the terms or concepts.
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Message 206 of 370 (909481)
04-04-2023 1:17 PM
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Reply to: Message 205 by Phat
04-04-2023 12:56 PM
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Re: A Damselfly In Distress
You are still an idiot. Learn what terms mean before you use them.
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Message 209 of 370 (909516)
04-05-2023 7:43 AM
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Reply to: Message 208 by Phat
04-05-2023 4:01 AM
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Re: Trump Card
Irrelevant to the claim you made in Message 161
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Message 217 of 370 (909804)
04-11-2023 2:24 PM
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US dollar vs BRICS currency
The dollar strengthened against every single currency in BRICS. Every single last one of them. https://twitter.com/...hk/status/1645732207565193218/photo/1
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Message 221 of 370 (909814)
04-11-2023 4:05 PM
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Reply to: Message 218 by Phat
04-11-2023 3:33 PM
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Re: US dollar vs BRICS currency
You are not addressing my post at all. You rarely address what is posted and instead, go on a gish gallop and build straw man arguments. Your post is so full of utter stupidity I must respond.
(The inflated US Dollar which is worth 90% less than it was in 1944 in terms of purchasing power)
You don't even know what this means, do you? How about you compare it to other currencies? I have asked before and you ran and hid. What is the plan to back a currency by gold? How could that be done? Name one reputable economist that wants to couple currency to the price of gold. why not titanium? Wheat? Oil? Salt?
The Gold always backs the dollar. The dollar never gives gold its value.
What does that mean?
Gold has been the standard that backs money for 5000 years.
Wrong. The gold standard started in the late 1800's. The first gold coin was minted in 600 BCE. In the history of currency, gold was rarely used.
Gold IS money No, it is not. I can not go buy groceries with gold.
is because we inflated our currency
How? Explain what you are trying to say.
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Message 225 of 370 (909908)
04-12-2023 10:35 PM
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Reply to: Message 224 by Phat
04-12-2023 10:10 PM
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Re: US dollar vs BRICS currency
More gish gallop
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Message 229 of 370 (909939)
04-13-2023 4:56 PM
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Reply to: Message 227 by Phat
04-13-2023 3:56 PM
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Re: US dollar vs BRICS currency
Look up how many nations are left committed to the G7.
WTF does that even mean?
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Russia a string of G's
They were there solely on the strength of their military. What a joke. They will barely be G75 now.
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Re: US dollar vs BRICS currency
I just threw up a little in my mouth. Thanks. But an excuse for another glass of Irish whiskey
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Re: US dollar vs BRICS currency
Stop
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Message 241 of 370 (910032)
04-15-2023 10:25 AM
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As Phat likes to post links to videos from every random nutjob, here is an actual economist talking about the dollar. This is a gift link so you can access it. Opinion | Is the U.S. Dollar Really in Danger? - The New York Times
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But the dollar has three big advantages. One is incumbency: Since everyone is already using dollars, it would take exceptional circumstances to get them to switch. A second is that U.S. financial markets are open: Unlike China, we don’t impose controls on people trying to move money into or out of the country. The third is the rule of law. Unless you’re a dictator planning to commit major war crimes, you needn’t fear that the U.S. government will impound your assets; in China, your assets may be at risk if you say something the strongman in charge doesn’t like.
Why, then, all the panicky commentary about the dollar? Well, I studied with Charles Kindleberger, and one of the things he told his students was that “anyone who spends too much time thinking about international money tends to go mad.” The global role of the dollar sounds important and seems mysterious; that makes it a natural subject for conspiracy theories and catastrophic thinking. In reality, however, the dollar’s role looks pretty secure — with one major caveat. I have no idea what will happen if, as seems all too possible, we end up defaulting on debt payments because a Republican House refuses to raise the debt ceiling. But it’s not likely to be good. Who will trust the currency of a nation that appears to have politically lost its mind? But if that happens, the threat to the dollar’s reserve-currency status will be the least of our problems.
Yeah ever notice that the doom and gloomers are always trying to sell something.
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Message 244 of 370 (910160)
04-18-2023 11:50 AM
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Reply to: Message 242 by Phat
04-18-2023 10:19 AM
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Re: Krugman
Now that was a bullshit nonresponse You epitomize the mindset of people my father warned me about.
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Don't confuse me with the facts. My mind is made up.
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Message 245 of 370 (910161)
04-18-2023 12:08 PM
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Reply to: Message 242 by Phat
04-18-2023 10:19 AM
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G7
You ever figure out what the G7 is? Care to explain what your comment about the G7 was supposed to mean? Or are you going to just ignore it and revive another zombie thread?
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Message 251 of 370 (910307)
04-20-2023 11:08 PM
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Reply to: Message 249 by Phat
04-20-2023 10:09 PM
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Cult
You do realize it is a cult, don't you? Falun Gong - RationalWiki
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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Theodoric
Member Posts: 9143 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: 08-15-2005 Member Rating: 3.3
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Message 254 of 370 (910317)
04-21-2023 7:40 AM
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Reply to: Message 253 by Phat
04-21-2023 3:41 AM
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Re: Cult
But what that claims is not true. Leftism(whatever that means) is not a cult by any stretch of any definition of the word. Falun Gong and it's offshoots do.
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. -Christopher Hitchens Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness. If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?
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