- "Preposterous argument": Expert says Trump statements "coming back to haunt him" in immunity hearing https://www.salon.com/2024/01/09/preposterous-argument-expert-says-statements-coming-back-to-haunt-him-in-immunity-hearing/ 15 comments politics
- Kansas Supreme Court hears arguments in governor’s suit against lawmakers over Zoom; decision could come Saturday https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2020/apr/11/kansas-supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-governors-suit-against-lawmakers-decision-could-come-saturday/ 3 comments law
- Andre Drummond says he's "the best ever when it comes to rebounding." Does he have an argument? https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2861848-pistons-andre-drummond-says-hes-the-best-ever-when-it-comes-to-rebounding 52 comments nba
- Amazon’s Alexa to Come Standard With Some New Houses. Is It a Good Idea? - "It hears and records what is happening in your home — your choice of television shows, your private conversations, your arguments." https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/29040-amazon-s-alexa-to-come-standard-with-some-new-houses-is-it-a-good-idea 18 comments privacy
- Supreme Court Justices Warn Anti-Abortion Groups That Their Argument Could Come Back to Hurt Them https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/can-anti-abortion-pregnancy-centers-be-forced-to-admit-they-dont-offer-abortions/ 45 comments politics
- Humans are used to being outdone by computers when it comes to recalling facts, but they still have the upper hand in an argument. For now. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41010848 613 comments philosophy
- The Mayor of New Orleans Gave the Best Argument for Why Confederate Statues Must Come Down http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.807546 6 comments politics
- Argument for March rate hike has come together - Fed's Powell http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/02/feds-powell-the-case-for-a-rate-increase-for-march-has-come-together.html 7 comments wallstreetbets
- What is the most absurd argument against helmet use have you come across? [NP] https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/4zlkic/what_is_the_most_absurd_argument_against_helmet/ 120 comments india
- New study finds that framing the argument differently increases support for environmental action by conservatives. When the appeal was perceived to be coming from the ingroup, conservatives were more likely to support pro-environment ideas. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0022103116301056 564 comments science
- Just a reminder: life imprisonment is less expensive than prosecuting a capital trial and its mandatory appeals. Anyone defending the death penalty can't simply come up with a reason why it's morally okay; they must also come up with a compelling argument that it is worth the cost. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29552692/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/execute-or-not-question-cost/ 3 comments politics
- Phil Simms and Desmond Howard almost come to blows in heated argument. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/02/cbs-analyst-phil-simms-desmond-howard-get-into-heated-dispute-in-dallas/1 5 comments nfl
- National Law Journal: White House's 'duty to defend the DADT law' argument comes crashing down. (Alternate headline: how homophobic coward and lousy lawyer Eric Holder helped destroy the Obama legacy.) http://gay.americablog.com/2010/10/white-houses-duty-to-defend-law.html 3 comments law
- I'm as pro-union as they come, but I think this guy's argument makes sense: the Players Union should be taken down a few pegs, if not completely. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/13775062/hey-mets-use-krod-case-as-hammer-to-beat-down-union 3 comments baseball
- The Mexicans are coming! The Mexicans are coming! Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's book made paranoid anti-immigrant arguments worthy of the hard American racist right. http://maxblumenthal.com/2010/07/netanyahus-warning-to-america-palestinian-statehood-will-lead-to-second-mexico-inside-u-s/ 6 comments politics
- An argument for letting Haitians come to America. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-01-15/what-if-haiti-cant-be-saved/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsr1 3 comments politics
- The Straussians are Coming! [A book review with good information and argument] http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.982/article_detail.asp# 5 comments philosophy
- ADL: Obama is making a mistake by making a serious effort for Israeli-Palestinian peace because it causes "undue pressure on Israel, a strain in US-Israel relations" and "arguments about whether Israel truly serves American interests come into play." http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/07/foxman-worries-that-obama-is-carter-redux.html 3 comments politics
- Is There One Argument Against Gay Marriage That Doesn't Come From the Bible? http://tencartrain.com/?p=884 8 comments politics
- Footage of a heated argument between Torino coach Ivan Juric and director of sport Davide Vagnati, with the two coming to blows. https://streamable.com/40syf3 92 comments soccer
- [Monson] GB had a fair case that Nuk Hopkins' contract was an outlier to the rest of the WR market when it came to a long-term Davante Adams deal. That argument's disappearing rapidly as deals come in. https://twitter.com/PFF_Sam/status/1503445421645090828 92 comments nfl
- Effectively, the "store of value" argument in Bitcoin comes down to saying that having a heavier and harder to move gold is better than a lighter easier to move gold https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/bvdwlf/brains/eppihue/ 18 comments btc
- Trump’s Closing Argument: The Brown People Are Coming! https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-closing-argument-the-brown-people-are-coming?ref=home&via=twitter_page 30 comments politics
- Trump’s Closing Argument: The Brown People Are Coming! https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-closing-argument-the-brown-people-are-coming 36 comments politics
- Did The Governator Just Come Up With A Republican-Proof Argument On Climate Change? http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/12/08/3729435/schwarzenegger-fed-up-with-climate-deniers/ 7 comments politics
- Shell Oil is embroiled in a Supreme Court case in which they are charged with complicity in murder, torture and other crimes that left 800 dead and 30,000 displaced. Shell's argument is that it's not liable because it's not a person, except when it comes to election spending, when it is. http://www.commondreams.org/further/2012/10/02-5 239 comments politics
- Is "Don't blame the victim" logically sound? I don't want to come off as insensitive, but why and how is it so bulletproof in argument? http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/776945.html 47 comments philosophy
- Judge Napolitano - When it comes to War, there is little difference between the Republicans and Democrats. Both parties' leadership is power hungry and blood thirsty, as there is no logical, ethical, and reasonable - certainly no lawful argument - for these wars http://www.thelibertyunderground.net/2011/04/no-difference-between-democrats.html 143 comments politics
- A Marijuana Legalization Bill in The Texas Senate Moves One Step Closer Reality Under the Argument That "Marijuana comes from God and therefore shouldn't be banned by government." http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2015/05/06/texas-house-committee-approves-bill-to-make-marijuana-legal-for-.html 37 comments nottheonion
- BECAUSE I SAY SO-Ross Douthat in NY Times comes clean;admits most arguments against same-sex marriage are wrong...still, there’s just SOMETHING about heterosexual monogamy/one of the great ideals of Western civilization at its best — that makes it worthy of distinctive recognition and support. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/opinion/09douthat.html# 4 comments politics
- "I believe that the "Bell Curve" wars of the 1990s, over race differences in intelligence, will seem genteel and short-lived compared to the coming arguments over ethnic differences in moralized traits. I predict that this "war" will break out between 2012 and 2017." http://www.edge.org/q2009/q09_4.html#haidt 47 comments science
- [Barstool] Baker Mayfield: "Why don't you come down here and say that to my face?". Baker gets into an argument with a Browns fan while in the tunnel. https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1211399090875043840?s=21 1008 comments nfl
- So the argument isn't that ABC's DSV is bad, but that we could find something better in the future? In that case, why don't we just hardfork when that something better comes along? https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/9w6nq9/so_the_argument_isnt_that_abcs_dsv_is_bad_but/ 4 comments btc
- Donald Trump is roundly criticized and booed after advocating mass deportation during a Milwaukee debate. John Kasich, the governor of Ohio: "Come on, folks, we all know you can't pick them up and ship them back across the border. It's a silly argument. It's not an adult argument." http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34783843 11 comments politics
- O'Reilly's tide argument in full: "I understand the physiology [I know that's the wrong word]" of it... but it had to get there. It had to come from somewhere." I'm an atheist, and don't think it's a good argument, but it's more nuanced than it appears in the clip that's been going around. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FARDDcdFaQ#t=40s 3 comments politics
- Is this what the counter-argument to health care reform has dissolved into? Race bating and scaring the dimwitted masses into betraying their own interests by backing large corporations who are scared shitless their days of fleecing the American people are coming to an end? http://intershame.com/on/dr._david_mckalip/ 3 comments politics
- Bruce Eckel is Wrong - Every time the subject of checked versus runtime exceptions comes up, someone cites Bruce Eckel as an argument by authority. http://cafe.elharo.com/programming/bruce-eckel-is-wrong/ 61 comments programming
- Sir David Attenborough warns of climate 'crisis moment' | "The moment of crisis has come" in efforts to tackle climate change, Sir David Attenborough has warned. "This is not just having a nice little debate, arguments and then coming away with a compromise." https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51123638 621 comments worldnews
- Corruption watch: Here comes Citizens United 2.0 -- "The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that’s being called Citizens United 2.0. The case, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, will test the constitutionality of limits on individual donations to candidates, parties and PACs." http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/13/corruption-watch-here-comes-citizens-united-2-0/ 20 comments politics
- Peter Gleick: "Those who deny that humans are causing unprecedented climate change have never, ever produced an alternative scientific argument that comes close to explaining the evidence we see around the world that the climate is changing." http://climateprogress.org/2010/03/12/the-best-argument-against-global-warming-science/#more-20913 96 comments science