Dwayne Johnson vows to stop using real guns on his production company sets. [npr.org]

Druvius comments on Nov 5, 2021:

Think how many lives would be saved if we did this on the streets of America. ;)

The guy in the back of the Pick-up must be either from Texarse, Alabama, Ken'sturkey's (Kentucky), ...

Druvius comments on Nov 4, 2021:

IDK, he's getting away with a lot less effort and risk. ;)

Law enforcement trainers are found to be members of an anti-government militia group.

Druvius comments on Nov 4, 2021:

Depends what you mean, but police reform is sorely needed.

Univ. of Florida faces investigation after barring professors from voting case : NPR

Druvius comments on Nov 4, 2021:

The right has given up all pretense of justice, legality, ethics, etc. It's all about winning by any means fair or foul. This is what happens when people decide their cause is anointed by God, you no longer have to play by the rules.

Pretty much. Mah.Thur.Fah.Curse.

Druvius comments on Nov 4, 2021:

Yeah, I think we will get Trump back in 2024, and the US will effectively become a one party state. Hell of a thing, like watching a slow motion train wreck.

QAnon supporters gather in downtown Dallas expecting JFK Jr. to reappear

Druvius comments on Nov 4, 2021:

Full blown cult at this point. Scary really.

Report: Republicans think things were better for Americans in the 1950s than now - Axios

Druvius comments on Nov 3, 2021:

In a few select ways they were, the minimum wage was a living wage, health care was affordable, our infrastructure was the envy of the world, media was independent, wealth inequality was far more equitable. In so many social ways though, especially for women, LGTBs, and minorities, it was much MUCH worse than now. Sadly I think it's mostly the latter Republicans want to bring back.

Real reason why Terry McAwful lost Deep Purple Virgina...

Druvius comments on Nov 3, 2021:

At least Obama sounded sincere when he made empty progressive promises he had no intention of delivering on. Biden can't even manage that.

Child labor laws in some states may be weakened as US industries look to hire teens | Child labour |...

Druvius comments on Nov 3, 2021:

Not only are American labor practices easily the most exploitive in the developed world, millions of Americans will support efforts (such as this) to make them even more exploitive!

This is brilliant and depressing [scheerpost.com]

Druvius comments on Nov 3, 2021:

The US had three chances this past century to lead the world into a new order of peace and prosperity. 1945, 1991, and 2001. Each time we chose global war and neocolonialism. History will not be kind to us.

Anybody here love cats this much? [fb.watch]

Druvius comments on Nov 2, 2021:

Whatever floats his boat,

COP26: Thunberg tells Glasgow protest politicians are pretending [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on Nov 2, 2021:

She has a keen grasp of the obvious.

Dunning from the famed Dunning–Kruger effect.

Druvius comments on Nov 1, 2021:

I am always amazed by people who think Fox News viewers are being deluded by lies, but think everything they hear on CNN or MSNBC is the gospel truth.

Texas lawmaker says 850 books ranging from race to sexuality could cause 'discomfort'

Druvius comments on Oct 31, 2021:

So he thinks Texas kids are all snowflakes?

Facebook Joins List of Infamous Companies Hiding Behind a Name Change [youtube.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 31, 2021:

Not sure how much good it's going to do them, it's not like people are going to stop noticing them in their daily lives.

Capitol Police Officer Resigns After Being Charged With Trying To Help Jan. 6 Rioter

Druvius comments on Oct 30, 2021:

Damned shame, he should be charged with treason.

PETA Wants The MLB To Rename 'Bullpen' to 'Arm Barn' : NPR

Druvius comments on Oct 30, 2021:

Yerp, virtually no one knows what a bullpen is outside of its baseball meaning. So this is misguided at best. PETA is their own worst enemy more often than not.

Transgender and transrace - what´s the difference?

Druvius comments on Oct 30, 2021:

Some people get their knickers in a twist about it, some don't. You appear to be one of the former.

Angry Christian Mom Boycotts Phexxi Birth Control Ad Due To “Sexual Perversion” | Hemant Mehta |...

Druvius comments on Oct 30, 2021:

It is a pretty strange commercial, but yeah, this lady is basically upset about an ad for birth control that implies that sex is fun for women. She needs to get over herself.

The following codicil has been appearing at the end of articles on Yahoo News! Especially on ...

Druvius comments on Oct 30, 2021:

It's just you. https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/why-were-shutting-our-comments/

COVID-19 live updates: Being vaccinated offers better protection than being infected: Study The ...

Druvius comments on Oct 29, 2021:

Duh. Vaccines are easily one of science and medicine's greatest inventions, saving literally countless millions of lives over their centuries of use. Adverse reactions are beyond trivial in comparison. Anti-vaxxers are, well, brain dead fools. No different than people who refuse to wear seat belts.

They are aware that marijuana-infused candy is a helluva lot more expensive then actual candy, ...

Druvius comments on Oct 28, 2021:

Urban legend, Not sure if there's ever been a case of someone deliberately handing poisoned/tainted candy to kids on Halloween. There have been a few cases where a disturbed child did it to their own candy for attention etc.

Taiwan: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Druvius comments on Oct 26, 2021:

It's not worth a war with China. Damned shame the US created this mess in the first place. China is not going to rest until China is reunited, best we can do is work towards this with no bloodshed.

N the United States and its constitution, militias were seen as armed groups initiated by an entire ...

Druvius comments on Oct 26, 2021:

There's no such thing as an unfettered right, lots could be done to reduce our insane levels of gun violence without taking away responsible citizens' gun rights. Won't happen though, at least a third of Americans seem determine to make America a failed state instead of a modern nation. Damned shame.

Sweden Suspends Moderna Shot Indefinitely After Vaxxed Patients Develop Crippling Heart Condition - ...

Druvius comments on Oct 26, 2021:

Yes, he does. You're the ignorant monster for spreading lies about a vaccine nearly 200 million Americans have received safely.

Who Cares If Anti-Vaxxers Quit Their Jobs? - National Memo

Druvius comments on Oct 26, 2021:

Exactly, they are duped fools deserving of no sympathy.

Japan's hydrogen power play [euronews.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 26, 2021:

It has many advantages as a fuel, but storage and use has a lot of engineering challenges. Still, it likely will be a big segment of the future. Japan invests in the future, the US subsidizes the fossil fuels of the past. America is becoming more dispensable all the time.

Australian Company Works to Make Energy From Nuclear Fusion – But Without the Fiery Ball of Plasma...

Druvius comments on Oct 25, 2021:

And will allow hydrogen weapons without a plutonium trigger. Woohoo! We already have the technology we need to transition away from fossil fuels, there's no need for fusion. The fact that fusion proponents are making the same pie-in-the-sky claims that fission proponents made should give people pause. Our power problems aren't technological, they are political.

Should scientists revive extinct animals? [france24.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 25, 2021:

Depends on the animal. Recently extinct animals where there is still habitat for them, sure. Especially if there would be ecological benefits to said habitat. The Tasmanian Tiger or Carolina Parakeet for example. Long extinct animals like the Woolly Mammoth, doesn't make sense to me to revive them when they'd essentially be confined to zoos.

Interesting! castroann35 is a Christian and gay and wants to meet someone less than 100 kms from ...

Druvius comments on Oct 24, 2021:

Yeah, scammer. Person in US army uniform living in Kabul? And a person in the US army who clearly had a limited grasp of English? More creative than the typical scammer though, I'll give them that.

America's infrastructure is crumbling, its people are struggling financially while the billionaires ...

Druvius comments on Oct 24, 2021:

We're resting on our laurels for sure. In 1960 by many measures America was the envy of the world, now we are rapidly approaching failed state status. Historians will debate America's fall far into the future.

Heh.

Druvius comments on Oct 24, 2021:

Trump is a terrible businessman, multiple bankruptcies, failed businesses, and just plain scams like "Trump University" are going to keep any responsible investors light years away from him. So this is no surprise. Maybe he can get the MyPillow guy to invest?

Unvaccinated lives matters.

Druvius comments on Oct 24, 2021:

I look forward to the day when spreading dangerous babykilling misinformation like this is illegal.

Defense Department Pulls a Bait and Switch on Vaccines - [amgreatness.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2021:

Stopped reading after this pile of steaming dogcrap: "while scientifically unsound and strategically foolish,"

Suffer the little children and don't persecute them by throwing beans upon them if they have Christ ...

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2021:

I can only hope it's satire.

Wisconsin audit finds elections are "safe and secure."

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2021:

"Stop the Steal" is beyond ridiculous at this point. It still may tear the country apart though.

This American is ashamed of much of our infrastructure.

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2021:

It really is horrifying. In 1960 America's infrastructure was the envy of the world. Now it's a decaying underfunded mess. But boy, look at all the shiny bombers, tanks, and warships we have!

Would you make a telegram account to keep an eye on what your far right representative posts?

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2021:

While I do think social media should be regulated like any public utility, I'm perfectly happy with twitter banning anti-vaxxer or 'stop the steal' lies. Frankly we need to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine in some form in all media.

Non-unanimous juries.

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2021:

Outside of the US majority juries are quite common.

75 years ago: Britain uses Corfu Channel incident to stoke Cold War On October 22, 1946, a ...

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2021:

Skirting and sometimes violating its designated enemies territorial waters is a practice the west continues to this day. Sometimes people die. sometimes wars are even "justified." We really are a sick species.

Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks [bbc.]

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2021:

"Why die for Danzig?" I can think of two world wars that started over things just as stupid as this. Taiwan will eventually be reunited with China, it would be a shame if it took a war. Biden's sabre rattling isn't helping. Gotta love the world class hypocrisy in the west too, Crimea WANTED to reunite with Russia, but OMG we can't have that! The west is all about self determination when it serves their geopolitical interests.

3 reasons why Donald Trump's new social media company is doomed to fail [cnn.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2021:

4. Trump couldn't run a business to save his life, his career is one of endless failed businesses.

Elephants are rapidly evolving without tusks to escape ivory poachers, study finds [abc.net.au]

Druvius comments on Oct 21, 2021:

And rattlesnakes are evolving who don't rattle. Why rattle if it just means humans kill you?

Covid is here to stay.

Druvius comments on Oct 21, 2021:

Yerp. In the 60s a global vaccination program eliminated Smallpox. Wouldn't work today with the rise of the Age of Idiocy.

Trump to launch new social media platform TRUTH Social [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 21, 2021:

He's never run a successful business in his life (outside of his own fevered imagination) so it will be a predictable fail. And he will blame everyone but himself for its failure.

Rumors say dead body found after Medical Examiner was called at site of Brian Laundrie manhunt

Druvius comments on Oct 20, 2021:

Very suspicious.

Dr. Rachel Levine becomes the country's first transgender four-star officer : NPR

Druvius comments on Oct 20, 2021:

Haters gonna hate on her sadly.

quit chasin normal....it's a myth

Druvius comments on Oct 19, 2021:

I could write a blog post about this, and I might.

This was on my FaceBook feed this morning! I laughed pretty hard, tickled my funny bone! It is like ...

Druvius comments on Oct 19, 2021:

How did a prophet who preached love and inclusion ever inspire this kind of hatred and exclusion? Especially hating on kids and an innocent children's holiday? And I guess they are advocating a return to child labor? There's also a lot of self loathing, one can't carry this kind of hateful baggage in one's head without collateral damage. Funny and sad at the same time.

Madison Cawthorne is telling people that society emasculates young men.

Druvius comments on Oct 19, 2021:

Distressed privilege in all its ugly glory.

Alabama woman found dead 12 days after going inside police van, authorities say

Druvius comments on Oct 18, 2021:

She wasn't left in the van, she entered it on her own. The van shouldn't have been left unlocked, so the police will be civilly liable, but doesn't sound like any crime was committed.

Passengers failed to intervene as woman was raped on train: authorities | TheHill

Druvius comments on Oct 18, 2021:

The Bystander Effect is what it's called: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

Trump Rally Attendees Completely Delusional [youtube.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 18, 2021:

It's the "stab in the back" myth of our day. (That was the one where countless Germans allowed themselves to be convinced that they lost World War War because of a secret Jewish conspiracy to sabotage Germany's war effort.) Most people are all too eager to believe what their chosen leaders and social peers believe, intelligence has little to do with it. It's when the belief is totally destructive that real problems arise, and "Stop the Steal" is about as destructive as it gets. I fear it's not going to end well, and it's almost certainly going to get worse before it gets better.

No shit. The climate disaster is here. [theguardian.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 17, 2021:

We're not really an intelligent species.

Is the adverage vaxxers a dick or a pussy DP?

Druvius comments on Oct 17, 2021:

Refusing to be vaccinated is deliberately harming others, your delusions to the contrary notwithstanding.

Should we dance on the graves of black people who died from COVID?

Druvius comments on Oct 17, 2021:

Republicans are flying black flags now, yet they still claim to be victims. Go figure. https://www.upworthy.com/if-your-neighbor-is-flying-a-black-american-flag-from-their-home-you-should-be-a-little-concerned

Best Halloween watch ever.... [youtu.be]

Druvius comments on Oct 16, 2021:

This was great, did she ever resolve the copyright/trademark issues that forced her to stop producing new content?

Sean Hannity says Liberals don't care if Conservatives live or die.

Druvius comments on Oct 16, 2021:

Projection is a fascinating psychological fail.

I AM SO SMART.

Druvius comments on Oct 16, 2021:

Re their use of the word 'scholars:'

When all else fails just keep changing the date....

Druvius comments on Oct 16, 2021:

Made me smile, but sadly there's nothing really funny about this situation anymore. It's not going to end well.

A good night prayer....

Druvius comments on Oct 16, 2021:

Compensating for something I guess.

‘Imeach Biden’ demands gun-toting, spelling-challenged Rep. Lauren Boebert [nydailynews.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 16, 2021:

Impeach him for what?????

Sir David Amess Killing Was Islamic Terrorist Incident, Metro Police Say – The Muslim Times

Druvius comments on Oct 16, 2021:

A century of the west waging war and death on the Muslim world sometimes triggers blowback, go figure.

CAUSES of 99% COVID DEATHS = UNVACCINEED.

Druvius comments on Oct 15, 2021:

Anti-vaxxers fall in the same category as 9/11 Truthers, YECers, and flat Earthers. Fabulous at motivated reasoning and cherry picking; immune to logic, facts, and science. Basically cultists, like "Stop the Steal" believers. I just wish they'd wear tinfoil hats to identify themselves, would save a lot of time.

Xtion extremists are pushing for Jesusween - putting signs on busses, etc.

Druvius comments on Oct 15, 2021:

So if they have a Jesusween camp for kids, are the kids Jesusweenies or Jesusweeners? I don't think they thought this through very carefully. And also, once again, the religious right demonstrates who the real snowflakes are, freaking out about a kids' fun holiday for cripities sake.

Timothy Snyder warned us fascism was coming — now he says we can survive it | Salon.com

Druvius comments on Oct 15, 2021:

Yeah, I think we are in the death throws of the republic. What a time to be alive, we'll see.

Aw so sad and terrible, NOT.

Druvius comments on Oct 14, 2021:

I no longer have any sympathy for Covid and vaccine deniers struck down by Covid, I'll save it for the countless innocent lives they have taken by spreading their toxic misinformation.

This can no longer be called "migration". This is Hijrah invasion. [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 14, 2021:

It's like setting fire to your neighbor's house, then when some of them run into your yard to escape the flames, claiming they are coming there to rob you. It literally sounds that stupid.

Passengers are bringing a record number of guns to the airport, TSA says - CNNPolitics

Druvius comments on Oct 14, 2021:

An epidemic of stupid is raging out of control in America,

This can no longer be called "migration". This is Hijrah invasion. [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 14, 2021:

This sort of racist nativist paranoid nonsense was really popular after 9/11, and still occasionally crawls out from under a rock. In the real world, it's Christian nations that have been invading, bombing, and occupying muslim nations for centuries, not vice versa.

I've only been on here a few days and I'm already dealing with a fat shamer.

Druvius comments on Oct 14, 2021:

First I've heard of it. Damned shame, ripped into an old friend recently for doing this.

Marine officer who posted videos criticizing Gen. Milley, other military leaders faces court-martial

Druvius comments on Oct 14, 2021:

A freaking light colonel had to be fully aware that he was committing a court martial offense. Basically threw his career away because he believed some crap on Fox News or such.

Trump tells Republicans not to vote in 2022 and 2024 if his election loss isn't "solved."

Druvius comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Nice to see the GOP forming up a circular firing squad for a change.

Millenials are fucking deadbeats.

Druvius comments on Oct 14, 2021:

You're generalizing from one individual to an entire generation? Wow.

The US -- The Future - Civil War or Authoritarian Rule?

Druvius comments on Oct 13, 2021:

I have no idea how this is going to play out, but it's the worst crisis since the years before the Civil War. I expect a lot of right wing violence before it's over, and the republic as we know it may not survive. A military junta is not out of the realm of possibility either.

Institutionalised racism exists.

Druvius comments on Oct 13, 2021:

So you don't even know what institutional racism is, got it.

Texas pulled its teenage suicide hotline after Abbot's challenger for governor, republican primary, ...

Druvius comments on Oct 12, 2021:

So dead teenagers are a new GOP value? Apparently "pro-life" doesn't actually mean pro-life.

84 percent of Trump voters are worried about discrimination against whites: poll | TheHill

Druvius comments on Oct 12, 2021:

In other words 84 percent of Trump voters and 38 percent of Biden voters do not actually know what discrimination is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-M

Anti-vaxxers are being mocked in Halloween graveyard displays around the US

Druvius comments on Oct 12, 2021:

It was never funny. Logic, debate, and facts didn't deter them; so mockery is what they well deserve.

The things we learn online.

Druvius comments on Oct 11, 2021:

Christian prudery and sex suppression hadn't yet been invented in early Rome, their everyday objects and home decor routinely depicted sex, penises, etc.

Let's all celebrate, we are still on the top side of the grass

Druvius comments on Oct 11, 2021:

Any day you wake up in the morning is a good day.

Pope Francis expresses ‘shame’ over French Church sex abuse scandal [france24.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 11, 2021:

The Catholics had a big convention some time back to discuss how to handle accusations of sexual abuse. I was like WTAF? Call the police, period.

Today, I allowed myself to be engaged in conversation by a Christian.

Druvius comments on Oct 11, 2021:

Ignostic Episcopalian here. I'm with you, I find this kind of cultish Christian tiresome as well. God (figure of speech for evolution) gave us brains to use, not to regurgitate iron age Abrahamaaic dogma.

Apple Store security guard stabbed over face mask dispute in NYC - CNN

Druvius comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Eff the idiots who started and promote anti-mask nonsense. This blood is on their hands.

Rabbi, member of Proud Boys offers mass conversions to Judaism, religious exemptions for vaccines

Druvius comments on Oct 9, 2021:

Not even understanding why there would be a religious exemption to vaccines, any more than there would be a religious exemption to seat belt laws or speed limits. I have no problem with religious exemptions for things that don't endanger the public, but religion doesn't give anyone the right to endanger their neighbors and coworkers.

California becomes first state to require ethnic studies for high school graduation

Druvius comments on Oct 9, 2021:

Evangelical right wing heads are exploding as I type, gonna be some fun reading in Right Wing Watch, Raw Story, and Alternet later. :)

David Conley Gets Life In Prison for Killing Six Kids, Two Adults

Druvius comments on Oct 8, 2021:

I'm only in favor of execution if the crime is monstrous and the guilt is incontrovertible. This one more than qualifies. Just as a matter of public safety, no different than putting down a rabid dog.

Will Russia’s hypersonic missile test relaunch Cold War-style arms race? [france24.com]

Druvius comments on Oct 7, 2021:

As if the US ever ended or stood down from the last one. The west had overwhelming superiority from the get go and the advantage has continually shifted their way. All the Russians are trying to do is maintain an effective deterrent.

Yes, we just cannot wait until Reinstatement Day.

Druvius comments on Oct 7, 2021:

Reinstatement day AGAIN? LOL

I'm probably going to be spending a bit more time here than I have been.

Druvius comments on Oct 6, 2021:

Companies have a right to make a profit, they don't have a right to harm the public in the pursuit of such. Sadly corporate America has such a stranglehold on both government and the media that this distinction is now lost for many if not most Americans. Starting to think Marx and others were right, the system is so flawed that only tearing it down and starting over will fix it. Short version: We're fucked.

It’s October, So the GOP is Already Saying the Left Wants to “Cancel Christmas” | Hemant Mehta...

Druvius comments on Oct 6, 2021:

Most moral panics are spontaneous, this one is deliberately created and maintained by the right. Humans at their worst, claiming their political opponents are against basic humanity. A version of blood libel in a way.

How many pols have been bribed by Big Pharma's Billions?

Druvius comments on Oct 5, 2021:

LOLOLOLOLOL Boy, gotta love covidiots. Facts and reality aren't on your side? JUST MAKE SHIT UP! Her resignation has NOTHING to do with big pharma or vaccination. Do anti-vaxxers not realise how stupid they look when they post made up garbage? Apparently not.

The vaccines are 'Safe and Effective' narrative is falling apart, as they are neither.

Druvius comments on Oct 5, 2021:

As garbage websites go, that one takes the cake.

Were These Monsters Inspired by Fossils? (w/ Monstrum!) - YouTube

Druvius comments on Oct 1, 2021:

Inspired by the skeletons of ice age mammals, sure. Those would have been common, and even articulated sometimes. I read once where the ancient Greeks had reburied a mammoth skeleton in a grave, likely thinking it was a giant's skeleton. Fossil dinosaurs, I think that's a stretch. Their fossils are usually embedded in rock, and almost alway incomplete and disarticulated.

BREAKING: AI-powered DoD data analysis program named “Project Salus” SHATTERS official vaccine ...

Druvius comments on Oct 1, 2021:

Planet Today is a garbage site for the critical thinking impaired.

Deaf Colorado man arrested for not complying with police commands he couldn't understand, lawsuit ...

Druvius comments on Oct 1, 2021:

About 4% of the US population is hearing impaired in some fashion, one person in 25. And cops aren't trained to recognize that?

YouTube blocks all anti-vaccine content | Reuters

Druvius comments on Sep 30, 2021:

Good. Spreading harmless misinformation is one thing, spreading deadly toxic misinformation is no different than fomenting violence.

If You Spank Your Kids, You're a Horrible Parent - YouTube

Druvius comments on Sep 29, 2021:

Last I checked there's no problem with occasional mild and appropriate physical punishment, but yes, the "spare the rod, spoil the child" crap is just that, crap. In fact it really annoys me when people claim "My parents whipped me regularly with a belt and I turned out OK!" Um, if you turned out OK, you wouldn't think being physically abused as a child was something to brag about.

Judges Question Meager Charges Against 1/6 Rioters - YouTube

Druvius comments on Sep 29, 2021:

Yes, these treasonous criminals are getting off easy.

Conservative Pastor: I’m Going to Florida to Heal a Woman in a “Vegetative Coma” | Hemant ...

Druvius comments on Sep 29, 2021:

Or it's a setup.