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Link: https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/01/05/hardball-questions-for-the-next-debate-2020/

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[Previously:\\xa0Hardball Questions (2016),\\xa0More Hardball Questions (2016). I stole parts of the Buttigieg question from Twitter, but don\\u2019t remember enough details to give credit, sorry]

Mr. Biden:\\xa0Your son Hunter Biden was on the board of directors of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, during your vice-presidential term. The Ukrainian government was investigating Burisma for misdeeds, and Hunter was allegedly one of the targets of the investigation. President Trump alleges that you used your clout as VP to shut down the investigation into Hunter, which if true would constitute an impeachable abuse of power.

My question for you is: if your son had been a daughter, would you have named her Gatherer?

Mr. Bloomberg:\\xa0You\\u2019ve been criticized as puritanical and self-righteous for some of your more restrictive policies, like a ban on large sodas. You seem to lean into the accusation, stating\\xa0in a 2014 interview\\xa0that:

I am telling you, if there is a God, when I get to heaven I\\u2019m not stopping to be interviewed. I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It\\u2019s not even close.

Let\\u2019s not focus on what this says about your humility, or about your religious beliefs. I want to focus on a different issue.

Despite spending $100 million in the first month of your presidential campaign, you are currently placed fifth \\u2013 behind two socialists, a confused old man, and the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. In, let\\u2019s not forget, an increasingly shaky effort to prevent President Donald J. Trump from winning a second term.

So my question for you is: what makes you so sure you\\u2019re not in Hell already?