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14. That appears to be out of context. here it is in its entirety (2 minute GOOGLE search)...

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 09:57 PM

Aug 2016

"Does it mean, if you don’t understand something, and the community of physicists don’t understand it, that means God did it? Is that how you want to play this game? Because if it is, here’s a list of things in the past that the physicists at the time didn’t understand [and now we do understand] [...]. If that’s how you want to invoke your evidence for God, then God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on - so just be ready for that to happen, if that’s how you want to come at the problem."

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] TheMastersNemesis Aug 2016 OP

Just remember who they are. mainer Aug 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author kestrel91316 Aug 2016 #37

We will crush them once we're firmly in power. ileus Aug 2016 #2

There really is no alternative. Let's get non-violent offenders out of prison so there will be... 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #3

How did that work after your civil war? guillaumeb Aug 2016 #5

There are those who have never accepted the fact that the Union won... 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #6

My signature line is a reworking of a Tyson quote about God. guillaumeb Aug 2016 #7

Thanks. What's the quote? 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #9

The quote: guillaumeb Aug 2016 #11

That appears to be out of context. here it is in its entirety (2 minute GOOGLE search)... 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #14

But given that the signature line must fit a limited space, guillaumeb Aug 2016 #15

Thanks. It is clear what you did and why. Have a nice evening. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #19

Crush your enemies! See them driven before you! Hear the lamentations of their women! pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #4

! rug Aug 2016 #8

Did anyone ever tell the Creator that he looks a lot like Charleton Heston? guillaumeb Aug 2016 #17

: ) EX500rider Aug 2016 #12

They don't call him "The Barbarian" for nothing! pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #13

I think ratcheting down the drama a notch or two might not be a terrible idea, here. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #10

Do you visit any RW scumnut sites to see the kind of violence they are "afraid of" if 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #16

They're gonna lose, and hopefully he'll cause enough damage downticket Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #22

Dude, you're going parabolic when the theme is clearly hyperbolic pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #18

wheeee! Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #32

I Don't Feel I Am Being Hyperbolic Considering What Seems To Now OK. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2016 #20

Can we maybe not do the dehumanization thing? NuclearDem Aug 2016 #21

See post #15 above. Are you familiar with what the RW scumnuts have said/are saying? 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #23

Frankly, I think the world's better off with my Trump-supporting father NuclearDem Aug 2016 #24

You did not answer my question at all. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #25

I'm completely aware of what's been going at Trump rallies. NuclearDem Aug 2016 #27

My question was whether you visit any RW scumnut sites and read the not so thinly veiled 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #29

I wouldn't say we're "better off" with anyone who votes for Trump. BlueStater Aug 2016 #28

Nope. When they go low, we go high. nolabear Aug 2016 #26

Conservatives are not our enemies, they are our neighbours Kennah Aug 2016 #30

How about cutting a deal True Dough Aug 2016 #31

I volunteered them going to Texas and Texas seceding a couple of weeks ago... 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #33

But I'm opposed True Dough Aug 2016 #34

Surely Canada has some BEAUTIFUL land they could sell for the right price? 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #36

You know I'm a Canadian? True Dough Aug 2016 #38

Yes, we can oberliner Aug 2016 #35