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Shane McCormack retweeted
This reminds of a joke: A young priest asks a wise older priest, "What's the difference between the Jesuit and Dominican Orders?" The older priest says wearily, "Well, actually they have a lot in common. They were both founded by Spaniards, St. Dominic for the Dominicans, and St. Ignatius of Loyola for the Jesuits. They were also both founded to combat heresy: the Dominicans to fight the Albigensians, and the Jesuits to fight the Lutherans." The younger priest says, "I see. But where do the Jesuit and Dominican Orders really differ?" The older priest looks at him and says, "Well, have you met any Albigensians lately?"
Shane McCormack retweeted
This needed to be said. And Kevin Williamson did a masterful job with the delivery.
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Shane McCormack retweeted
A dark day for democracy to attack journalists for reporting. Textbook fascism. Real dark stuff. Troubling. Freedom died a little today.
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Israel was the first middle eastern country to give Muslim women the right to vote. They’re exercising it today and will likely sway the election. Israel is extraordinarily bad at apartheid and genocide.
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Congress Must Investigate Trump’s Aid and Comfort to Putin nationalreview.com/2026/10/c…
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When they tell you sports gambling is harmless: no it isn't. Nicole Noren on why she left ESPN.
An important and poignant perspective on ESPN's embrace of sports gambling
cjr.org/the-interview/nicole…
Shane McCormack retweeted
ICE needs to get out of NYC. Mamdani says you don’t have permission to be here and anyone who doesn’t have permission to be in a place must leave that place immediately.
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"If you’re a conservative, it’s just really hard to come up with a credible reason why returning Trump’s enablers to Congress this November will help accomplish anything resembling conservative policies or values. All it will do is ensure Trump has zero accountability as he drives America into a financial ditch with one hand and crumples the Constitution with the other."
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Marco Rubio: "For years to come, there are many people on the right...that are going to be having to explain and justify how they fell into this trap of supporting Donald Trump because this is not going to end well.” (2016)
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100 Israeli passengers vs One Muslim Pilot. What a completely disproportionate response from israel.
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Six children with Down syndrome have been invited to serve Pope Leo XIV at the altar during Mass during his visit to France.
In the Catholic Church, everyone has a place, and every person is valued and loved.
Shane McCormack retweeted
I’m glad @JeffMightBWrong finally asked the question on everyone’s mind open.substack.com/pub/imight…
Shane McCormack retweeted
The challenge to debate is fine — and I would watch — but betting on whether you would “win” a debate, moreover by measuring audience opinion, I think reveals a fundamental difference between academic and rationalist values.
I think you've done enough calling us paranoid and preposterous. The next step is for you to defend your position in public against someone who will push back against it. I'm happy to meet you for a debate anywhere, anytime.
You're a world-famous veteran of dozens of debates against the world's top intellectuals, and I've never argued in public before, so adjusting for the relative correctness of our positions, if you're a betting man I'm happy to put my $5000 against your $1000 (ie 5:1 odds in your favor) that I'll win by some standard of audience opinion change. Let me know if you're interested and we can hash out details.