Sunday, March 9, 2014

the gateway drug argument is a classical logical fallacy, and the way that fallacy is being bludgeoned here by nancy grace (the demagogue) is absolutely classic fox news. my head shakes every time.

if a person does hard drugs, they began with soft drugs
x does soft drugs
therefore, x will "graduate" to hard drugs

most people that have finished grade ten can intuitively see the flaw in that logic. if they can't, they probably wouldn't get through first year. it's literally logic 101.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbc-Sbx5ckA
http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2014/02/u-lecturer-argues-global-warming-doesnt-cause-polar-vortex/


it's amazing how often i can lose 3,4,5 hours staring at the ceiling and contemplating what is really nothing much of any real importance at all.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/01/13/frjp-j13.html
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/01/14/iran-j14.html
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/01/16/pers-j16.html

a lot of nonsense.

but political prisoners aren't randomly released. what's going on?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl4l7GgSF58

worse, the "interim government" doesn't have a mandate to make these kinds of big decisions. it's a caretaker government, not a revolutionary one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C28FekEyufI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lfmmXiCY1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WSgKQK7x_s