Boiler room scam, basement filled with dragons and telephones.

I repeat, they already do:
For example,
https://www.nytimes.com/int…

There already is in the reputable ones; which are the ones Trump conveniently brands "fake news".

I was about to bring that up myself! Great and shrewd piece of writing, and very apt for today.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that his pointless habitual lying is down to his need for gratification through displays of power.

I have my fingers crossed that Bronn rescues the "bad-pussy".

The odds?
They represent the ratio of returns in proportion to the cash you've laid out.

I think he's a collection of good impulses and intentions; with selfish tendencies, narcissism, a lack of maturity, and an unfortunate association with the highest strata of a really bizarre cult.

I can never buy his acting.

The kid who dooked the shower?

I have a minor in philosophy, and I've taken logic courses.

Two arguments can be equally strong (or weak) from a logical perspective without negating the other.

You don't seem to understand a few things: 1) in many cases,


particularly in social sciences, there are no quantifiable or empirical
ways to measure arguments against each other

Have you ever heard the phrase "It can be two things?" Most discussions
aren't black or white, and to think that every discussion has to be
perceived as black or white is absurd.

What damage did they cause?

The processes by which we can establish meaningful knowledge and thus truths are rationalism and empiricism.

The point of South Park is often to show the interactions between
disparate extremes, and show how the truth/reality is somewhere in the
middle.

it’s clear that even Parker and Stone sometimes question the influence
they’ve had on the world, and who is and isn’t in on the joke.

Seconded.

"I think that there were parts of it that were funny,” Spicer told Hannity, "But there’s a lot of it that was over the line. It wasn’t funny. It was stupid, or silly, or malicious."