Trade Debaters Gifts

"Hey, this says 'Made in Japan.'"

Hollywood Sign Developers

Dialogue

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

"My tariffs will move the world in a new direction!!"

Changing Minds

"Now that's a win."

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

'I suppose we've got to keep a sense of perspective. The Greeks waste our money, the French merely spend it.'

"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"

Oz Debating Society. You can't refute everything I say just by call it a "straw man" argument.

"On the contrary, Bosworth, it's YOU who has lost all perspective."

"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"

The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

"The problem with capitalism is the unequal sharing of wealth. The problem with socialism is the equal sharing of wealth..."

"I'm worried. We're small enough to fail, but not big enough to be bailed out!"

'I'm afraid this is going to lead to regulation of my invention.'

A bunch of global warming skeptics want to join eco club. It's a school organization. You have to let them in. But they just want to harass us with selective facts! Today: Eco club. So? Debate is good. You have :An Inconvenient Truth" to counter their arguments. Oh. Great. Now we'll have to read it.

Debating Society. I can accept that money is speech as long as we can agree that some spending is like yelling fire in a theater.

Like Minded

More Unequal Than Others

And now, for a rebuttal.

'Hmmphhhh ... High on Life. Now that's something the government ought to regulate.'

"In the spirit of compromise, Canada is willing to offer any state of the United States, sanctuary if they wish to secede."

Nearly a third of the earth's life-forms have gone extinct. Cut! Stop with all the facts. This is debate club! But we're using a cable tv talk show format! What should I say? Unsupported opinions

Approved Debate Questions

Today on the Ask Sadie Show, we'll be addressing one single topic: Wondering. In my day, when a body said I wonder why dust bunnies are called dust bunnies, it led to all sorts of delightful speculation. We could while away hours debating whether it was a marketing ploy by big broom ... or whether it dated back to Napoleon, who had a fetish for dirty rabbits. And if we were lucky, opinions could get so heated that fisticuffs would ensue. Wondering is just one of many lovely human experiences utt

Yellow Vests

The last word.

The strong Canadian dollar is bad for the Canadian exporting manufacturers.

If You Can't Beat Them

Global warming debate.

'My opponent hates cats.'

"I'm going out on a limb here, and sincerely apologize to my constituents today for the misappropriations and bribes I will take if I'm elected governor."