What are your thoughts/ideas on prophesy?

Druvius comments on Dec 17, 2018:

No one has ever predicted the future in any prophetic sense. Depends on how one is defining other dimensions.

Mueller Exposes Putin's Hold Over Trump

Druvius comments on Dec 17, 2018:

LOL. Um, if Putin has a hold on Trump he didn't get anything for it. The opposite in fact. Just another addition to Mueller's house of cards, like Russiagate has been since the beginning. Note like the rest of Russiagate, no hard evidence, just hearsay by dishonest people trying to avoid going to jail.

We don't let our two outside very often. This is one reason:

Druvius comments on Dec 17, 2018:

LOL. I had a cat bring me a live rattlesnake once. It was pretty impressive.

The Valentich Incident.

Druvius comments on Dec 17, 2018:

Fairly typical case of spacial disorientation at night by an inexperienced pilot. His obsession with UFOs doesn't change anything, and may well have been a contributing factor to his crash. And parts of his plane did wash ashore, no real mystery here. https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4385

I'm not sad to hear about this ruling... [americanlookout.com]

Druvius comments on Dec 17, 2018:

Too bad Trump broke his promise to replace it with something better.

Forgive me if I don’t know enough about the Ukraine War but which side is the right side to be on?

Druvius comments on Dec 17, 2018:

The people of Crimea overwhelmingly are ethnic Russians and wanted to be part of Russia, not Ukraine. A victory for self determination.

4,400 year old tomb in Egypt: "One of a kind." [msn.com]

Druvius comments on Dec 16, 2018:

Yeah, saw this on BBC. Looks like looters missed it, should be amazing what they will find.

[msn.com] has anyone heard more about this phenomenon that happend in November?

Druvius comments on Dec 16, 2018:

Yerp.There's all sort s of stuff we still haven't discovered about Earth. Always neat when something new comes up.

Seems to be useful in controlling their border:

Druvius comments on Dec 15, 2018:

Israel still has illegal immigrants. So dumb comparison. Even Reagan understood what a dumb idea the wall was.

Democrats Serve The Public/Republicans Serve Their Donors.

Druvius comments on Dec 15, 2018:

Snort. Every president since Reagan has served the bankers, the Pentagon, and the oligarchs. The Dems are just better at giving lip service to the public.

Johnson & Johnson shares nosedive on report it knew of asbestos in Baby Powder

Druvius comments on Dec 15, 2018:

Yeah, another area where our legal system and reality bear no relation. If baby powder causes ovarian cancer, the increased risk is so tiny as to be insignificant. Basically there is no good evidence that baby powder causes Ovarian cancer, and strong evidence it doesn't. Lawyers are going to make a pile of money (that's what this was all about to begin with,) a company will go bankrupt, and a lot of people with cancer win the lottery. Nonsense like this is why the aliens don't contact us.

I've befriended a young feral. I'm calling him Bart (after Black Bart Roberts) for now.

Druvius comments on Dec 14, 2018:

LOL This is the sort of "feral" behavior that got cats domesticated in the first place. That and "OMG, look at what it is doing to the mice in the granary!" no doubt. :)

saw this meme pass in my FB feed.

Druvius comments on Dec 14, 2018:

Not surprising, it was widely believed in revolutionary and post revolutionary America that Canada was the "14th colony" that had only been kept from joining the US by geographic isolation. Wasn't much truth to it during the revolution, and afterwards when 250,000 Tories forced to flee from the US had settled in Upper Canada, no truth to it at all. the Canadian War of Independence put a final end to these lingering fantasies in the US. Still, I warn my Canadian friends when they visit the States, they will meet Americans who think Canada is part of the US.

Finally a common sense approach to mass shootings in schools that will really work.

Druvius comments on Dec 14, 2018:

Yes, cause normalizing school shootings and pretending they are a fact of life is such a common sense way of dealing with a problem. Snort.

The liberal media keeps harping on the Mueller investigation but hardly adknowledges the monsterous ...

Druvius comments on Dec 14, 2018:

Well, it's the Neocon media, nothing particularly liberal about it. But yeah, Russiagate is still a big fat nothinggate, but you wouldn't know it from the Lamestream media.

I have been writing with a guy for 8 months As time went by he said he didn’t want to exchange ...

Druvius comments on Dec 14, 2018:

Um, er, ah ... the phone number was a big red flag. Well, the first red flag. I wouldn't get my hopes up.

Ghosting is a term normally reserved for relationships.

Druvius comments on Dec 14, 2018:

I was ghosted once. Her loss.

[yahoo.com] Ohio's New Anti-Abortion Bill - When You Can Hear a Fetal Heartbeat - WTF!!!!!

Druvius comments on Dec 13, 2018:

Yeah, blatantly unconstitutional. But with the new SCOTUS, anything is possible.

I personally don't think this such a bad slur but apparently it is.

Druvius comments on Dec 13, 2018:

Just another example of the lamestream media being a joke. It's just infotainment for ratings, not reporting.

I'm leaving the site.

Druvius comments on Dec 12, 2018:

Sure, will hold this one as well. BB.

I'm leaving the site. Who would like to take over the group

Druvius comments on Dec 12, 2018:

Sorry to hear. Will hold it for you.

Who knew? LOL [outabouter.com] feetknives

Druvius comments on Dec 12, 2018:

Reminds me of a lovely scene in "Limitless." :)

Case Against Atheist Pastor Dismissed - TheHumanist.com

Druvius comments on Dec 12, 2018:

A person can still want to participate in a community organization without sharing their superstitious beliefs. Good for her congregation. My local Methodist church expressly welcomes atheists. Ultimately even if one believes, everyone's relationship with "God" is their business.

I appear to have been booted from the Science and History Tidbits group I was in.

Druvius comments on Dec 12, 2018:

Thanks, all has been made clear. Good group, but one member and I were like oil and water. C'est la vie.

...uuh..DUH [rawstory.com]

Druvius comments on Dec 11, 2018:

LOL The fantasies of the left get more elaborate all the time. Trump may be an incompetent moron, but Russiagate is still Nothinggate.

Do you see the humor in life? Tell us a funny story.

Druvius comments on Dec 11, 2018:

I once spent about ten minutes trying to determine the elusive source of the cat pee smell in my apartment. Turned out it was the shirt I was wearing. Cats 1, Doug 0.

I saw the following post on facebook and he raised points that seem to make sense to me despite my ...

Druvius comments on Dec 11, 2018:

Carefully written collection of false arguments to support a preferred conclusion.

People seem far more concerned about the song ‘Baby, It's Cold Outside’, than people who are ...

Druvius comments on Dec 11, 2018:

No one really cares about it much except the "War on Christmas" types who spend their time being outraged at the slightest criticism of white bread hetero-normative America.

Miss Zelda may be part Retriever.

Druvius comments on Dec 10, 2018:

Fetch kitties are special. :)

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON answers his accusers, politely and welcomes an investigation to establish the ...

Druvius comments on Dec 10, 2018:

Interesting, and sounds kosher. And I'm not a Tyson fan.

NRA Claims 'Deep Financial Trouble' May Put it Out of Business | Fortune

Druvius comments on Dec 9, 2018:

BS. Just a way to get even more money from their supporters.

Trump tries to change the story but Russia cloud darkens - CNNPolitics

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2018:

A guy who has lied repeatedly and criminally is willing to claim collusion for a reduced sentence. OK then.

I had a hell of a scare tonight.

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2018:

Been there, done that, scary. Glad kitty is OK.

Ammon Bundy Quits Militia Movement, Defends Migrant Caravan

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2018:

People can grow, I'm a former Nazi.

"Safety Not Guaranteed".

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2018:

Trailer looks good, thanks, will check it out.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Bigfoot.

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2018:

I mean, devil's advocate here. Maybe a tiny population is the remotest areas of the west. And if it exists, they might be very smart, almost human level intelligence, and they religiously keep their distance from anything that smells even remotely of humans, like trap cameras. Almost completely nocturnal, and they bury their dead. Still, several layers of special pleading here. I mean, if one shows up as roadkill tomorrow, it's not going to upset any scientific applecarts, it's not impossible that such exists. For all practical purposes though it can be ruled out.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Bigfoot.

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2018:

As much as I would like to believe there is a relict population of hominids in the American west, I too think we can safely say it's a modern myth. Though the fossil argument doesn't fly, hominids tend not to fossilize, and there's things like the coelocanths that managed to go for tens of millions of years without leaving fossil evidence. The fact that none have been spotted on surveillance footage, trap cameras, or hit by a car seems pretty definitive to me. And the footprints, no one that found any ever said "Let's go get Joe's hounds and track this thing down!"

I think we may have done this before, but it's great fun. What are your Top 5 comedies of all time?

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2018:

Game Night, Groundhog Day, Fandango, This is Spinal Tap, and Dark Star. Not much for most conventional comedies.

Aquatic Ape Hypothesis VS Savannah Theory

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2018:

I suspect that hominids started exploiting wetlands/shores as they got smarter. I doubt it played a huge role in our evolution, tool use and exploiting fire likely drove our upright posture and loss of body hair. Still, all debatable still, though as I understand it the "Aquatic Ape hypothesis" isn't well supported, we were never a primarily aquatic or semi aquatic species. Interesting question.

Really? How odd.

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2018:

I hear it's really good in coffee. I suspect it's only used in tiny amounts, would think that excess human breast milk would best be used for feeding babies. In any event perfectly good food, we are designed to exist on it. Now baking with Moon Blood, pass.

OLD BOOTS. 500 year old skeleton discovered in the Thames. [patreon.com]

Druvius comments on Dec 7, 2018:

Thanks for the positive feedback. Sharing my work is always appreciated. :)

1967 - Before Women Could Run in Boston Marathon - Not That Long Ago

Druvius comments on Dec 7, 2018:

Well, sign that there has been some progress since then. Most people today,especially younger people, would think the idea of excluding women from this was bizarre.

Forklift causes whole warehouse to collapse - YouTube

Druvius comments on Dec 6, 2018:

Cheese warehouse in UK. Took 8 hours to dig the forklift driver out, but he was uninjured. And I agree, shelving should have been designed to withstand forklift accidents.

Why is it some people who are demonised when alive become pretty okay guys when they die.

Druvius comments on Dec 6, 2018:

Part and parcel of America, the country that never makes a mistake and never apologizes. Sad cause means we never learn from our mistakes and just keep repeating them.

There was a time when we valued wisdom… but then all the stupid people complained.

Druvius comments on Dec 5, 2018:

It really is weird, how did we get here? Historians will argue about it for centuries, assuming we make it past this age of stupidity glorified.

Need to Be a Dog Person

Druvius comments on Dec 5, 2018:

it depends, lol.

It's about friggin time somebody did this.

Druvius comments on Dec 5, 2018:

That has to be one of the stupider memes I have seen, and we live in a golden age of stupid memes.

What I've long suspected...

Druvius comments on Dec 5, 2018:

Oh, it happens. An anthropologist interviewing a shaman somewhere eventually discovered he was consulting an old red cross manual squirreled away in his hut.

Islam = the Qur'an + Muhammad.

Druvius comments on Dec 5, 2018:

That's like saying there are no moderate Christians or all blacks are thieves.

Who had one of these?

Druvius comments on Dec 5, 2018:

LOL, yeah, dumb things just made the bike harder to pedal. Not surprised they didn't last.

Tough as old boots: a Thames skeleton's durable footwear He was found lying on his front, head ...

Druvius comments on Dec 4, 2018:

Moving to me. He must have just vanished, his friends and loved ones never knowing his fate.

'Awe-inspiring' cave discovered in Canada's wilderness [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on Dec 4, 2018:

Still amazing things to be discovered on our planet. :)

Has anyone else ever been tempted to buy an electric car, and then wire some strategically hidden ...

Druvius comments on Dec 4, 2018:

In Europe electric cars will be required to make noise soon, because that's a big part of how pedestrians and bicyclists track cars. So assume that some manufacturers will offer all sorts of options. :)

Do you agree with Kadhammer's comments?

Druvius comments on Dec 4, 2018:

Huh? They gave him clear warning that lethal force would be used if he persisted in his efforts. He literally gave them no choice. If they had murdered him when he first set foot on the island I would have some sympathy.

Your thoughts on Aliens:

Druvius comments on Dec 3, 2018:

Well, SETI has come up with buttkiss so far. If there is intelligent life such as ours, it's rare. My suspicion is that intelligence such as ours is an evolutionary dead end. We'll see, there's a number of promising SETI avenues yet to be explored.

NASA makes its entire video and image library freely accessible [images.nasa.gov]

Druvius comments on Dec 2, 2018:

Always loved NASA images, a godsend to bloggers like me. Public domain as long as you don't claim NASA is endorsing you somehow.

History or mystery

Druvius comments on Dec 1, 2018:

Plato made up Atlantis out of whole cloth, likely inspired by the destruction of the Greek city of Helike. https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/no-atlantis-has-not-been-discovered-in-north-africa/

I still love this.

Druvius comments on Nov 30, 2018:

No, this is a fake picture from an astronomy imaging program.

Cosmic Airburst May Have Wiped Out Part of the Middle East 3,700 Years Ago [livescience.com]

Druvius comments on Nov 29, 2018:

Events like this are likely going to turn out to be pretty common.

(CNN) - Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said they have successfully ...

Druvius comments on Nov 23, 2018:

Moving parts are the modern equivalent of foot treadles or steam engines. Eventually they will largely absent from engineered devices.

It sure seems like it sometimes.

Druvius comments on Nov 22, 2018:

Or this ...

Democratic Opponents of ‘Green New Deal’ Committee Received Big Fossil Fuel Donations ...

Druvius comments on Nov 21, 2018:

If the environmental andhealth costs of fossil fuels were added to their retail price, the free market would take care of the problem in no time.

Is cancer a deliberate business?

Druvius comments on Nov 21, 2018:

No, the cure for cancer, like the 300mpg car engine and other such, if they existed, they would be worth a fortune on theblack market. And thus widely available. Not tomention countries like North Korea and Iran would use them.

Cats weren't domesticated by mankind, they domesticated themselves in their own sweet time in ...

Druvius comments on Nov 19, 2018:

Cats are unique among domesticated animals. Only obligate carnivore ever domesticated. Only non herd animal domesticated. All other domestic animals humans immediately began selectively breeding them. Closer to mutualism than domrstication.

Have we been to the moon?...Cant even get 200,000 miles on the average car!!

Druvius comments on Nov 19, 2018:

Yes, it's one of the most well documented events in history. It couldn't be faked with today's technology, let alone that of the 1960s. If there had been a hoax, the Soviets would have exposed it at the time.

The UN is useless.

Druvius comments on Nov 19, 2018:

It simply gives the face of legitimacy of the neocolonial rule and exploitation of the world.

Noah's Ark

Druvius comments on Nov 16, 2018:

By 1830 or so the geologic evidence was clear, there was never a worldwide flood. Sea levels have gone up and down hundreds of feet, but it took centuries, nothing like the 40 days in tbe Bible. There have always been local and regional floods, and the Noah myth could easily be the result of one of them.

Ok maybe it was not an alien craft and the acceleration was outgassing.

Druvius comments on Nov 15, 2018:

It seems unlikely. Still, the shape of it is frankly hard to explain at this point. Far more so than the acceleration.

"The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess.

Druvius comments on Nov 15, 2018:

Well, the first round of indictments showed Russiagate was nothinggate. The second round showed it was just partisan political theatre. Don't hold your breath waiting for Mueller to come up with anything concrete. A shame really, Trump has done plenty that the Dems should be fighting against tooth and nail, instead they waste time and energy on something that is going nowhere.

Impact crater 19 miles wide found beneath Greenland glacier (and may be only 12,000 years old, ...

Druvius comments on Nov 15, 2018:

As some scientists have pointed out, an impact that big should have been a global disaster, which would seem to rule out the 12,000 year old impact. It's all very preliminary at this point though. Fascinating though.

Impact crater 19 miles wide found beneath Greenland glacier (and may be only 12,000 years old, ...

Druvius comments on Nov 14, 2018:

As some scientists have pointed out, an impact that big should have been a global disaster, which would seem to rule out the 12,000 year old impact. It's all very preliminary at this point though. Fascinating though.

This is a great action packed World War II movie

Druvius comments on Nov 10, 2018:

Well, the blurb is simply wrong, Stalingrad changed the tide of the war, not D-Day. Hope it's a good movie though.

[investigationdiscovery.com] Why Are So any Serial Killers Born in November?

Druvius comments on Nov 7, 2018:

And Manson was a spree killer, not a serial killer.

[investigationdiscovery.com] Why Are So any Serial Killers Born in November?

Druvius comments on Nov 7, 2018:

The one study they cite is garbage. So probably not a real phenomena. They used serial killers and mass murderers in the "study" for example. They aren't the same thing at all.

Did you know that the US government planned to stage an attack on the US soil and civilians to ...

Druvius comments on Nov 7, 2018:

Yes, and it was never implemented because it was beyond ridiculous. And it didn't involve the cold blooded murder of thousands of Americans. It's generally brought up by 9/11 Truthers to give a faux sense of versimulatude to their preposterous (and evidence free) theories about 9\11.

Thought I’d make a special post of my Lucy.

Druvius comments on Nov 6, 2018:

Calicos. They show their love by not murdering you in your sleep. True love.

UGH! Florida! wtf! DeSantis? really?

Druvius comments on Nov 6, 2018:

Global warming will be removing Florida from the equation soon enough.

What would happen if, when mankind final acquires the technology to build functional habitats on the...

Druvius comments on Nov 6, 2018:

Well, it would mean someone cleaned it up. The world's intelligience agencies for the most part would quickly determine no human agency could have done so. So it would mean aliens or possibly a human AI was fucking with us. Cue scifi book or movie plot.

Im s c r e a m i n g about the new venom movie omfg

Druvius comments on Nov 6, 2018:

Hmm, cause you liked it, or because you are offended by its departure from canon?

Jesus fucking Christ, insulting Islam is now a punishable offense in the EU court of human right We...

Druvius comments on Nov 6, 2018:

No, not what the ruling said. It said that calling the prophet a pedophile in a public forum was not protected free speech. Their reasoning seemed sound to me.

Now That Dawn Is History, Should NASA Send Another Mission to Ceres? [space.com]

Druvius comments on Nov 5, 2018:

Sooner or later. Landers, rovers, and sample return missions are the wave of the future. Orbiters are great for recon, but we are moving past that now.

How annoying is this?

Druvius comments on Nov 5, 2018:

That's a new one. Rectal cranial inversion?

My Cat Loves Me Unconditionally

Druvius comments on Nov 5, 2018:

Smiles.

World’s longest sea bridge opens between Hong Kong and mainland China 23 October 2018 ...

Druvius comments on Nov 5, 2018:

Meanwhile, the US is building military golf courses in space: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative

Report: Feds Have Logged Over 160 Attempts to Hack the Midterms Since August

Druvius comments on Nov 5, 2018:

In other words, a number so low as to be effectively zero.

Humans living on the Moon or Mars would be subject to a rate of bone loss similar to having ...

Druvius comments on Nov 4, 2018:

Having people sleep/exercise in 1g centrifuges might do the trick. The Moon, yeah, you can rotate people out, but frankly if you send someone to Mars long term (or even forever) makes sense. Ultimately it may turn out that Venus is our best bet for colonizing as it is essentially 1g.

Real conversation that just happened.

Druvius comments on Nov 3, 2018:

Yikes.

Is there something big out there? This video has a lot in a small space. [youtube.com]

Druvius comments on Nov 3, 2018:

We live in the Golden Age of space exploration.

Love this kind of thing, so cool (or not in this case) [bbc.co.uk]

Druvius comments on Nov 1, 2018:

We live in a Golden Age of space exploration. This has already improved our lives in countless ways, with no end in sight. I wish more people understood this, doing my best to spread the word. Thanks for posting.

When a close friend or family member is "asking for prayers" and you want to wish them well what ...

Druvius comments on Oct 31, 2018:

"You will be in my prayers." Was this a trick question? ;)

Happy Halloween!!!

Druvius comments on Oct 31, 2018:

If there's an afterlife I want to go to Fólkvangr. :)

The Soviet Buran program. [popsci.]

Druvius comments on Oct 30, 2018:

Didn't occur to them that the American Space Shuttle was a stupid and unworkable idea, no, they assumed the Americans had some secret plan for undertaking the Shuttle Program. Lol.

I just wanted to say that this has really been a great Group.

Druvius comments on Oct 30, 2018:

A Quiet Place, Game Night, Deadpool 2 we're all good movies. Black Panther too. I'd be hard put to say any of them were the best though. Haven't been any really outstanding movies this year, not that I can recall at least.

This is What it Looks Like When a Real President Does Something to Make America Great Again.

Druvius comments on Oct 29, 2018:

He was the last president who actually cared about the people of America.

Donald Trump suggests Jews might secretly be committing anti-Semitic hate crimes on themselves so he...

Druvius comments on Oct 28, 2018:

If he said it recently it would be really tasteless even for Trump, but this is from March 2017. Just part of his long rich history of promoting hate towards anyone who isn't a white, male, Christian.

What a pleasant gift!

Druvius comments on Oct 27, 2018:

And then this: https://babylonbee.com/news/migrant-caravan-mysteriously-disappears-but-leaves-behind-cool-wooden-horse?fbclid=IwAR3M0K5Hqc6_b4q7h7DbDQLqe6GI8r-FMzwI77IcAWr1IWCdbIrobRMC7AU

Breaking: Khashoggi’s body parts found in garden of Saudi consul general’s home ...

Druvius comments on Oct 27, 2018:

This has been floating around fringe media for days, I wouldn't give it much credence.

The Bomber's Van Here's a photo of the van of the person they arrested in Florida for sending the...

Druvius comments on Oct 26, 2018:

Hope this is all true and turns out he really was a Trump fanatic. Though many on the right will twist this to blame the Dems somehow, this is the best outcome for the country and maybe encourage more civility in this horribly partisan canyon the country has drifted into.

Q I am moving and will not be able to bring my cat that has been with me for 2 yrs?

Druvius comments on Oct 26, 2018:

You're gonna get some flack on this. In fact one has to even wonder if it's a troll post. You might want to explain how it is you are moving where you can't bring your cat, because to many people your post is the equivalent of "Well, can't bring my kids to my new home, so putting them up for adoption." And no, please don't abandon your cat, at least find a good home for it. I'm sure lots of people here can give good advice on how to do that. Good luck to you and your kitty. :)

The Fermi Paradox Where is everybody?

Druvius comments on Oct 26, 2018:

Yeah, is beginning to look bleak. I suspect intelligience such as ours is an evolutionary dead end. And since we don't even know how likely it was for something like us to evolve, we might be the only one. SETI still has numerous promising avenues to explore though, so no need to give up hope yet.