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    I mean… That is not really what was puzzling about mercury. Its elliptical orbit, as predicted by Newtonian physics, was shifting a little each orbit. It was not a trick of the light bending, it actually moves “wrong” according to newtonian physics. He could have just read wikipedia instead of making stuff up to try and sound smart. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tests_of_general_relativity

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      And as I understand it, the existence of an inner planet (Vulcan) was a reasonable explanation consistent with Newtonian gravity. (The only problem was that the planet wasn’t there.)

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    This guy is the definition of “if your only tool is a hammer, every problem will look like a nail”.

    “Leftist Tyranny”.

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      If it was leftist tyranny, we would all get equal access to pet squirrels if we want them or not.

      Fascism is denying squirrels to those who want them because the state has decided you can not have a squirrel.

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        The thing is that this looks like fascism, but for a different reason. The place that got their animals taken away was a legally licensed, insured, and recognized wildlife sanctuary, and the reason given was “we need to test them for rabies” despite the animals showing no signs of rabies infection, nor any incident occurring which would require those tests.

        The whole thing reeks of some sort of petty local dispute with the PD.

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          Was licensed as a domestic shelter, wildlife is a separate license. He never registered the squirrel. He released it once and it came back with a broken tail and he didn’t take it to a vet and then he kept it for 7y and used it for online performances to get money.

          Just like always headlines twist the narrative and no one looks at facts.

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    I swear, every James Woods post I’ve ever read is the text equivalent of watching a seasoned philosopher very carefully, and methodically shit their pants.

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    Minus the “leftist” part of his argument, his assumption is correct. Reasonable laws and measures can be abused by power to oppress the people. Give the government an inch of power and they will take it a mile.

    Using grounds of “preventing the spread of rabies” authorities invaded this man’s home and killed his pets. Keep this in mind whenever giving the government any power. It is clear trump wants as much power as possible, even complimenting Hitler’s generals for their loyalty and obedience.

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      Dude needed to get his wildlife handler paperwork or shut the fuck up. He claimed he was getting it repeatedly and there’s evidence he did fuck all.

      He got his animals killed by failing to adhere to the basic laws he already knew about. It wasn’t a surprise.

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    This news breaks, both leftist places and far right places get pissed off, but for some reason far right places think leftist want this….

    This is actually a big problem when it comes to polarization. Right wing idiots think anything unpopular that they clearly don’t stand for HAS to be supported by “the radical left”.

    It’s right out of the fascist playbook, blame all wrongdoings on your current scapegoat group.

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    Yeah I hate it when New York cops keep blabbing on and on about seizing the means of production, and how they’re going to take down the bourgeoisie.

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    Ah, the good old fallacy of justifying one thing with something completely unrelated.

    One can just as easily use the same argumentative structure to claim that a delayed train on the subway is the tip of the iceberg which is the Worldwide Illuminati Conspiracy or that the wood in one’s wardrobe having a darker spot indicates it used to be a gateway to Narnia.

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    So, the squirrel is gonna give us quantium gravity and leftist are gonna use it for conquest?

    Not sure I’m following, but it maked kinda sense.