Democrat Debate 10 |CNN| Sometimes I just wanna punch you in your perfect teeth.

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I kind of agree with Y2Kev here. As abhorrent as I find the Israeli government's treatment of the Palestinians, my opinion is a fringe view. I don't know if that's necessarily a make or break issue legislatively for a wide enough swath of people, but I genuinely it's one of the positions of the left that probably has the least amount of popular support. Which is sort of depressing because treating people like humans should have wide-ranging support.

But I don't know if I see the US's stance towards Israeli changing anytime soon.
 
Hillary is just as hawkish as Bush era republicans. So indistinguishable. I'll still be voting for her in November against the republicans but this is really upsetting hearing her spout nonsense.
For reals. I was screaming.

buut. Take Obama. He was chummy with AIPAC before 2008 too. Hoping Hillary will see the same transformation.
 
I meant it the other way honestly. Support for Israel is overwhelming and mainstream. Progressives will lose at the ballot box if they moderate. I believe this firmly.

I agree with this, America's super racist and Palestinians are like the second easiest demographic to be racist against. I have to be honest, I'm pretty sure progress on Israel/Palestine is going to happen from a president that just doesn't talk much about the issue on the stump and lies when they do, because I don't actually think people will pay that much attention after it happens. But you probably can't run on it.
 
Maybe in that scenario yes they are absolved, but I'm going to assume that is a small subset of those crimes, of course I have nothing to back that up currently. And sure link me, I'm not one to shy away from considering opposing viewpoints.

Now that would be the assumption I would have made a few years ago because it seems logical. But a lot of new research shows a strong correlation between poverty/chronic stress/etc. and essentially brain damage to the PFC which is necessary for the more "free will" type decisions.

Please roast me at the skewer for linking wikipedia but I'm tired https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_free_will

The big experiments are the ones where researchers see that the brain makes a decision before you can even say you made it. The brain is an organ just like every other organ, there is no reason for a ghost in the machine (with the data we have). Plus if you want some dramatic videos, check out optogenetics on youtube and see how well we can control mice already.
 
Do you not remember what happened in 2011? Are YOU kidding me? How much nuclear radiation leaked out over Japan and into our oceans for months??

You mean at a nuclear plant from 40 years ago that should've been shut down years ago, was overseen by incompetent people and was not built to withstand a natural event? That one?

Technology has gotten better, regulations have gotten stricter, and probably such building would be done in a relatively safer area.

Yeah, nuclear is safer than ever. And will become safer.
 
They are building an AP1000 reactor at Vogtle. It's essentially a Gen III+ reactor. Even still that shit isn't even ready yet. It's over budget and behind schedule.

Also while it's true Gen IV reactors can reuse waste so to speak it's untrue they have no waste. They still have waste, and storage is still an issue.

So it better solves the problem, but it doesn't completely solve the problem. Nor does it help with the time line fact of we wouldn't have any Gen IV reactors completed till probably 2025 at the EARLIEST if we gave the ok say tomorrow.

https://www.gen-4.org/gif/jcms/c_40275/gen-iv-reactor-design

And they are the best long term energy solution outside of a Fusion breakthrough. They produce over 90% less waste and its less toxic. The anti-nuclear debate has been a very dangerous addition to fixing climate change...
 
But I do very much agree with Bernie when it comes to Israel. But as everyone else said, it's a minority viewpoint that most Americans do not agree with. I'm glad he said the "right" thing there and hope Hillary is just echoing what Obama did when he praised Israel when he was running. Kinda doubt it though, it's the one thing I really disagree with her about.
 
I agree with this, America's super racist and Palestinians are like the second easiest demographic to be racist against. I have to be honest, I'm pretty sure progress on Israel/Palestine is going to happen from a president that just doesn't talk much about the issue on the stump and lies when they do, because I don't actually think people will pay that much attention after it happens. But you probably can't run on it.
I mean the guy you want to vote for ran on the same shit.
 
Bernie's refusal to answer this question eeeeeeeeeeeever or propose a way it could actually happen is the #1 thing I dislike about him. It's godawful.

Yes, we know other countries have all done it! That doesn't mean we can magically institute it.
 
What's with all this laughing/finger waging from Bernie? Hillary's been giving real answers for the most part and he's still riding on his generic responses of we need to mimic Europe and down with the establishment?
 
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