Mormon Church responds to whistleblower's financial allegations

SeaGreenEyez comments on May 17, 2023:

I watched this guy on 60 Minutes. His vice, his tone, his words, his everything.....like a clone of all the other men that speak PRO-LDS. I could literally hear Warren Jeffs' voice, in my head, saying, "Keep sweet, pray and obey." It's so fucking gross to listen to these LDS living bots, for me. ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 17, 2023:

@SeaGreenEyez Check out these lyrics: https://youtu.be/QIEzfjj2EWg 😂

[nytimes.com] He Told Followers to Starve to Meet Jesus. Why Did So Many Do It?

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 15, 2023:

How was Paul Mackenzie able to convince his followers in the "Good News International Church" to starve themselves to death? How was Jim Jones able to convince hundreds "Jonestown" acolytes to check out by drinking a cyanide cocktail? How was David Koresh able to convince the "Branch ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 17, 2023:

@SeaGreenEyez Only climate change is a bigger threat to America, but MAGA is a more immediate one.

Mormon Church responds to whistleblower's financial allegations

SeaGreenEyez comments on May 17, 2023:

I watched this guy on 60 Minutes. His vice, his tone, his words, his everything.....like a clone of all the other men that speak PRO-LDS. I could literally hear Warren Jeffs' voice, in my head, saying, "Keep sweet, pray and obey." It's so fucking gross to listen to these LDS living bots, for me. ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 17, 2023:

He likes to frig 'em young. Keep the faith, baby!

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snytiger6 comments on May 17, 2023:

I'd put more weight onto the idea that a healthy diet and the exercise program of a professional athlete made him healthy, rather than a lack of vaccination(s). For persons who don't watch what they eat so much and don't exercise much, vaccinations are still the best way to prevent some ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 17, 2023:

@CuddyCruiser Western medicine certainly does not place enough importance on diet.

Donald Trump has long styled himself as a great deal maker.

DenoPenno comments on May 17, 2023:

I met another crazy just today as I had my car serviced at a dealer due to a recall. The man has such gems as Obama is gay and his wife is a man, all successful corporations are really government run, they are trying to take over the world, and Holllywood is a part of all this. It just goes on and ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 17, 2023:

Scary 😳

Donald Trump has long styled himself as a great deal maker.

HippieChick58 comments on May 17, 2023:

Has there ever been a more incompetent "world leader"? I hope not. Those who know history are doomed to watch in horror while those who never studied (or cared about) history drive us to disaster again and again.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 17, 2023:

@CuddyCruiser It's the crazy that will do you in every time.

They really love Jesus

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 15, 2023:

Ring nuts? Where did that one come from? 😂 PS: Jesus is alright with me; it's Christians I can't stand.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 17, 2023:

@Castlepaloma He felt the blows from their canes on his head, back, and shoulders.

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racocn8 comments on May 16, 2023:

Finally, another piece of shit prepares to be flushed. The stench from all the other enablers stings the nose like an overused outhouse. That's MAGA America.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 17, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch Sometimes it's hard for people to admit that they have been duped, swindled, lied to, bamboozled, ripped off, and/or shat on.

NOTE TO A FRIEND WHO IS TRAVELING ABROAD I just heard some very interesting news.

Sierra4 comments on May 16, 2023:

I believed in 2001 that the NYC first responders should have been TIME’s Persons of the Year. Rudolph Guiliani did nothing except have press conferences.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 17, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch Yeah I heard something like that 😂

Donald Trump has long styled himself as a great deal maker.

HippieChick58 comments on May 17, 2023:

Has there ever been a more incompetent "world leader"? I hope not. Those who know history are doomed to watch in horror while those who never studied (or cared about) history drive us to disaster again and again.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 17, 2023:

MAGA is taking us down a very dark path.

Carl Lentz's Wife on Finding Him in 'Compromising Position' with Nanny -- People

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 16, 2023:

I guess there's money in airing your dirty laundry in public.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 17, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch I never watch any of that crap.

NOTE TO A FRIEND WHO IS TRAVELING ABROAD I just heard some very interesting news.

racocn8 comments on May 16, 2023:

Finally, another piece of shit prepares to be flushed. The stench from all the other enablers stings the nose like an overused outhouse. That's MAGA America.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 17, 2023:

@racocn8 My belief in a deep state is on a par with my belief in God, i.e. close to zero. 😂

Carl Lentz's Wife on Finding Him in 'Compromising Position' with Nanny -- People

DenoPenno comments on May 16, 2023:

Why does this sound so much like Reality TV? There may not be so much reality in it but there certainly is money. Isn't money what this is all about? If not you have to ask yourself how it ever got on TV.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 16, 2023:

More like a bad soap opera. These people have no class whatsoever. 🤮

NOTE TO A FRIEND WHO IS TRAVELING ABROAD I just heard some very interesting news.

TheoryNumber3 comments on May 16, 2023:

Pillars of virtue. That's what they want us to think they are..... What they really are is disgusting perverted arrogant entitled assholes.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 16, 2023:

You said it!😎👍

NOTE TO A FRIEND WHO IS TRAVELING ABROAD I just heard some very interesting news.

Sierra4 comments on May 16, 2023:

I believed in 2001 that the NYC first responders should have been TIME’s Persons of the Year. Rudolph Guiliani did nothing except have press conferences.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 16, 2023:

He certainly loves the spotlight. But it doesn't love him back. 😂

NOTE TO A FRIEND WHO IS TRAVELING ABROAD I just heard some very interesting news.

racocn8 comments on May 16, 2023:

Finally, another piece of shit prepares to be flushed. The stench from all the other enablers stings the nose like an overused outhouse. That's MAGA America.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 16, 2023:

Another moment of truth was when Tommy Tuberville equated white nationalists with MAGA Republicans. 😐

NOTE TO A FRIEND WHO IS TRAVELING ABROAD I just heard some very interesting news.

Sgt_Spanky comments on May 16, 2023:

If Giuliani had just wandered away after 2001 he would've been regarded by history as a leader and a man of the people as his legacy. Sadly , he hitched his wagon to Trump's star and crashed and burned like an airliner that lost an engine. I've never seen anyone fall as hard and spectacular as ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 16, 2023:

Indeed, spectacular describes it well. 😂

NOTE TO A FRIEND WHO IS TRAVELING ABROAD I just heard some very interesting news.

273kelvin comments on May 16, 2023:

Trump has taken Giuliani from America's Mayor to Fredo.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 16, 2023:

@273kelvin Trump is trying to be a sort of apocalyptic cult leader. That sort of thing never ends well.

NOTE TO A FRIEND WHO IS TRAVELING ABROAD I just heard some very interesting news.

Castlepaloma comments on May 16, 2023:

I couldn't bare to watch Trump haveing sex on film as evidence. I did catch a clip of his wife having sex as she did some porn before marriage.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 16, 2023:

Which wife was this?

NOTE TO A FRIEND WHO IS TRAVELING ABROAD I just heard some very interesting news.

273kelvin comments on May 16, 2023:

Trump has taken Giuliani from America's Mayor to Fredo.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 16, 2023:

Rudy was always a loose cannon and publicity hound, even as NY DA. But it took a Trump to help him realize his true potential.

The Mormon "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" has been running a clandestine hedge fund ...

Julie808 comments on May 15, 2023:

Yep, and since my ex-husband turned mormon in recent years, I've gotta wonder how much of our kids' inheritance is sitting in that hedge fund.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 16, 2023:

Life is too complicated 😂

The Mormon "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" has been running a clandestine hedge fund ...

Julie808 comments on May 15, 2023:

Yep, and since my ex-husband turned mormon in recent years, I've gotta wonder how much of our kids' inheritance is sitting in that hedge fund.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 16, 2023:

😂😂😂

The Mormon "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" has been running a clandestine hedge fund ...

Gwendolyn2018 comments on May 15, 2023:

Totally shocked. This makes me believe that the Mormons are just a bunch of crazies.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 15, 2023:

@Gwendolyn2018 No one else saw the tablets. This breaks the first rule of evidence: that it must be accessible to everyone.

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Julie808 comments on May 12, 2023:

I agree that one can't complain about staff shortages in food, hospitality and other various service industries and also complain about the number of immigrants wanting to enter our country TO WORK. I don't have the answers, but the big picture is worth examining.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 15, 2023:

@rainmanjr Again, it's a good thing you are not a public health official. 😂

Yeesterday, getting a pedicure, the usual 6 TV's going on the opposite wall, CNN blatting away about...

Julie808 comments on May 12, 2023:

I agree that one can't complain about staff shortages in food, hospitality and other various service industries and also complain about the number of immigrants wanting to enter our country TO WORK. I don't have the answers, but the big picture is worth examining.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 15, 2023:

@rainmanjr From what I gather, the vaccine has caused serious side effects in very few people. Out of hundreds of millions, only a few dozen.

The Mormon "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" has been running a clandestine hedge fund ...

rainmanjr comments on May 15, 2023:

It is redundant to say "The Mormon Church" and "Latter Day Saints" but their official name is LDS. Mormon is a nickname.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 15, 2023:

Their official name is Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Placing the nickname alongside the official name is not a redundancy, it's a clarification.

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Julie808 comments on May 12, 2023:

I agree that one can't complain about staff shortages in food, hospitality and other various service industries and also complain about the number of immigrants wanting to enter our country TO WORK. I don't have the answers, but the big picture is worth examining.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 15, 2023:

@rainmanjr Abortion is not an infectious disease that he public need protection from. Quarantine and mandatory vaccination are not new things. Both have been employed many times in the past. I think the general principle is that the safety of the many outweighs the convenience of the few. Now if you could show that the vaccine was unsafe and ineffective, then it would be a different story.

They really love Jesus

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 15, 2023:

Ring nuts? Where did that one come from? 😂 PS: Jesus is alright with me; it's Christians I can't stand.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 15, 2023:

@CuddyCruiser ring as in halo?

Yeesterday, getting a pedicure, the usual 6 TV's going on the opposite wall, CNN blatting away about...

Julie808 comments on May 12, 2023:

I agree that one can't complain about staff shortages in food, hospitality and other various service industries and also complain about the number of immigrants wanting to enter our country TO WORK. I don't have the answers, but the big picture is worth examining.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 15, 2023:

@rainmanjr Or whatever the American Bar Association thinks, right?

[nytimes.com] He Told Followers to Starve to Meet Jesus. Why Did So Many Do It?

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 15, 2023:

How was Paul Mackenzie able to convince his followers in the "Good News International Church" to starve themselves to death? How was Jim Jones able to convince hundreds "Jonestown" acolytes to check out by drinking a cyanide cocktail? How was David Koresh able to convince the "Branch ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 15, 2023:

@DenoPenno You are right to be disturbed by an apocalyptic personality cult with 70 million members.

Yeesterday, getting a pedicure, the usual 6 TV's going on the opposite wall, CNN blatting away about...

Julie808 comments on May 12, 2023:

I agree that one can't complain about staff shortages in food, hospitality and other various service industries and also complain about the number of immigrants wanting to enter our country TO WORK. I don't have the answers, but the big picture is worth examining.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 14, 2023:

@rainmanjr The great thing is that I don't have to. This has already been litigated. The Constitution gives the state wide latitude to implement health protocols. For instance, the state can deprive any individual of their liberty through quarantine. https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/publications/youraba/2020/youraba-april-2020/law-guides-legal-approach-to-pandemic/ And that ain't all. The same can be said for mandatory vaccination. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/committees/mass-torts/articles/2021/winter2022-not-breaking-news-mandatory-vaccination-has-been-constitutional-for-over-a-century/ 😉

Yeesterday, getting a pedicure, the usual 6 TV's going on the opposite wall, CNN blatting away about...

Julie808 comments on May 12, 2023:

I agree that one can't complain about staff shortages in food, hospitality and other various service industries and also complain about the number of immigrants wanting to enter our country TO WORK. I don't have the answers, but the big picture is worth examining.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 14, 2023:

@rainmanjr Huh. Well maybe it's a good thing you're not a public health official.

Porter Sculpture Park Ravaged—Apparently by Vandals Fighting Satan -- The Daily Beast

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 13, 2023:

It's not unlike the Taliban destroying ancient Buddhist monuments...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 14, 2023:

@MizJ before and after 😐

Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness | Salon.com

Sticks48 comments on May 13, 2023:

Reagan was a horrible President. His legacy is starting to reflect that. He was a B-movie actor and a B-movie President.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 14, 2023:

@Sticks48 You're right. B- is way too generous.

Yeesterday, getting a pedicure, the usual 6 TV's going on the opposite wall, CNN blatting away about...

Julie808 comments on May 12, 2023:

I agree that one can't complain about staff shortages in food, hospitality and other various service industries and also complain about the number of immigrants wanting to enter our country TO WORK. I don't have the answers, but the big picture is worth examining.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 13, 2023:

@rainmanjr OK I see we are at impasse on the semantics. But you did not answer my question.

Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness | Salon.com

Sticks48 comments on May 13, 2023:

Reagan was a horrible President. His legacy is starting to reflect that. He was a B-movie actor and a B-movie President.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 13, 2023:

Reagan gets a B- only because Bush (who earned a D) made Reagan look good. And Trump has earned a big, fat F--. Who knew, back in the 80s, that the Repubican Party would be in a race with itself to the bottom?

Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness | Salon.com

silverotter11 comments on May 13, 2023:

I know reagan never really gets rated very high on the bad presidents list but IMHO the fall out from his time in office is only rivaled by trump's. Oh, look! It's all the republicans that revere reagan and trump, imagine that.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 13, 2023:

Reagan was not extreme enough for the MAGAts. That's how crazy things are today.

Yeesterday, getting a pedicure, the usual 6 TV's going on the opposite wall, CNN blatting away about...

Julie808 comments on May 12, 2023:

I agree that one can't complain about staff shortages in food, hospitality and other various service industries and also complain about the number of immigrants wanting to enter our country TO WORK. I don't have the answers, but the big picture is worth examining.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 13, 2023:

@rainmanjr I think you misunderstand my position. I am not saying that doctors are infallible. Indeed, some really are full of shit. Witness Dr. Oz, Dr. Robert Malone, and the guy who, 20+ years ago, prescribed for me a steroid to be taken orally for the rest of my life (I never filled that prescription). But the decisions coming out of the CDC are made in consultation with many experts. They don't shoot from the hip. I'm sorry to hear you using that "forced vaccination" rhetoric. It is just the kind of talk that bolsters the alt-right, neo-Nazi, Christian nationalist, fascist ass wipes. And it's dead wrong. When you accept a job working with the public, you at least tacitly (and sometimes explicitly) agree to certain conditions or give up some rights. We got off lucky with SARS CoV-2. The next bug could be much worse. Imagine a death rate ten times higher. What then? Are you still going to insist that unvaccinated conspiracy theorists be allowed to go around infecting the populace? We should be viewing this last round as a dress rehearsal for a much more severe future challenge.

Idaho mom Lori Vallow found guilty of killing 2 of her kids, conspiring to kill husband's first wife

Killtheskyfairy comments on May 12, 2023:

It’s mind boggling what narcissists and their flying monkeys will do to people who get in the way of them having what they want. My narcissistic ex husband tried to poison me but I started throwing up immediately so I survived and I’m pretty damn sure he and his second wife offed her first ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 13, 2023:

@pamagain Not good enough. I want to hear that he fell down a well, or was eaten by army ants, or is sharing a cell with a big dude named Bubba.

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Julie808 comments on May 12, 2023:

I agree that one can't complain about staff shortages in food, hospitality and other various service industries and also complain about the number of immigrants wanting to enter our country TO WORK. I don't have the answers, but the big picture is worth examining.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 13, 2023:

@fedup That might be true if monopolies or cartels are allowed to operate, but not in a healthy free-market economy. The difference is in the competition...

Bounder-in-Chief

HippieChick58 comments on May 13, 2023:

He is like a chronic disease.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 13, 2023:

Hopefully it will not be fatal to the body politic.

Yeesterday, getting a pedicure, the usual 6 TV's going on the opposite wall, CNN blatting away about...

Julie808 comments on May 12, 2023:

I agree that one can't complain about staff shortages in food, hospitality and other various service industries and also complain about the number of immigrants wanting to enter our country TO WORK. I don't have the answers, but the big picture is worth examining.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 13, 2023:

@rainmanjr You wrote a lot so there is a lot to unpack. Ok, here goes: Yes I meant to write "thanks." Good catch. It's true that doctors sometimes say "do as I say, not as I do." However, in my experience this is rare. I think people's distrust of medicos is part of a larger pattern of anti-intellectualism that has been a part of American culture for a long time. Regrettably, a certain sector of American society has always been skeptical of book learnin'. I don't agree that the vaccines or therapies recommended by the CDC were questionable. Work on RNA vaccines had been under way for a decade before they were introduced. Yes, the last stage of testing was accelerated, but it turned out that was totally justified by the severity of the disease we were facing. And the vaccines were indeed safe and effective. That distrust of intellectuals was what 45 was tapping into. Only now that skepticism is amped up by a tsunami of disinformation online. Thus it is all the more important and necessary that the person with the bully pulpit not say crazy stupid shit. But he did. And continues to do so. What was questionable was 45 recommending sheep dewormer, UV light, and bleach as therapies. The virus did not "just go away." People are still dying frim it today, but the death rate is much lower now than it was because most of the population has some level of immunity through exposure to the live virus or through vaccination. 45 only reluctantly advocated for getting vaccinated. He hated having to do it, because it went against what his base wanted to hear. So his advocacy was tepid at best. And other elements of his response were worse; so much so that over 200,000 excess deaths are thought to be due to 45's mishandling of the crisis. In other words, Trumpty Dumpty was not right about anything except that Americans are uniquely gullible, superstitious, ignorant of science, and distrustful of experts. PS: Biden was perfectly justified in requiring federal workers to be vaccinated or be fired. Note: vaccination was not forced on anyone. Federal employees (and others not subject to federal policy) were forced to make a not-too-difficult choice. Forced vaccination was never a thing. It didn't happen. And this choice was also imposed by other entities, both public and private, for the same good reasons. Happily, the vast majority of healthcare workers, cops, and other people whose jobs bring them into contact with the public made the wise choice to keep their jobs and be vaccinated. 🙂

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Charlene comments on May 12, 2023:

Well of course CNN is prattling on about the "Border Crisis" they're trying to snag Fux/ MAGAts..the obvious pandering to them was displayed at their 'Drump Town Hall." hell they threw one of their reporters under the Trumpty bus..

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 13, 2023:

CNN came under new ownership last year, and the new owner apparently doesn't give a rat's ass about journalistic integrity.

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Julie808 comments on May 12, 2023:

I agree that one can't complain about staff shortages in food, hospitality and other various service industries and also complain about the number of immigrants wanting to enter our country TO WORK. I don't have the answers, but the big picture is worth examining.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 13, 2023:

@rainmanjr We can thank DJT aka Orange Foolius aka the Done Cheato for politicizing the pandemic and casting aspersions on healthcare professionals.

Idaho mom Lori Vallow found guilty of killing 2 of her kids, conspiring to kill husband's first wife

Killtheskyfairy comments on May 12, 2023:

It’s mind boggling what narcissists and their flying monkeys will do to people who get in the way of them having what they want. My narcissistic ex husband tried to poison me but I started throwing up immediately so I survived and I’m pretty damn sure he and his second wife offed her first ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 13, 2023:

@Killtheskyfairy Wow. You're lucky to be alive 😳

Idaho mom Lori Vallow found guilty of killing 2 of her kids, conspiring to kill husband's first wife

Petter comments on May 12, 2023:

Sometimes I think that hanging, drawing and quartering would be too merciful.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 12, 2023:

I'm not really into causing suffering, even in assholes who richly deserve it. I just want to erase them quickly and cleanly.

Idaho mom Lori Vallow found guilty of killing 2 of her kids, conspiring to kill husband's first wife

Killtheskyfairy comments on May 12, 2023:

It’s mind boggling what narcissists and their flying monkeys will do to people who get in the way of them having what they want. My narcissistic ex husband tried to poison me but I started throwing up immediately so I survived and I’m pretty damn sure he and his second wife offed her first ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 12, 2023:

Yikes

Man accused in deadly shooting at Taiwanese church in California is indicted on 98 charges -- NBC ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 12, 2023:

As a freshman in high school I was bullied by a senior, and would have been much worse off if not for the protection of another senior, an exchange student from Taiwan. I will always have a warm spot in my heart for the Taiwanese people.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 12, 2023:

@Beowulfsfriend I agree, Xi is a wild card.

GET ALL YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW ( Phrase used by UK Hunting and Shooting fraternity in the UK .

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 7, 2023:

People love their ceremonies, but they're not very enthusiastic about analyzing their feeble philosophical underpinnings. PS: your post is replicated 6 times in the feed...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 12, 2023:

@Tejas If I recall correctly, he went by the handle "Triphid."

Man accused in deadly shooting at Taiwanese church in California is indicted on 98 charges -- NBC ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 12, 2023:

As a freshman in high school I was bullied by a senior, and would have been much worse off if not for the protection of another senior, an exchange student from Taiwan. I will always have a warm spot in my heart for the Taiwanese people.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 12, 2023:

@Beowulfsfriend The recent Chinese takeover of Hong Kong was regrettable but not at all unexpected. I hope China does not act so precipitously with respect to Taiwan.

GET ALL YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW ( Phrase used by UK Hunting and Shooting fraternity in the UK .

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 7, 2023:

People love their ceremonies, but they're not very enthusiastic about analyzing their feeble philosophical underpinnings. PS: your post is replicated 6 times in the feed...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 12, 2023:

@Tejas I agree! In 5 years I have only blocked on person, and then only because he exhibited signs of mental illness: a steady stream of baseless and illogical ad hominem attacks, directed at not only me but also an apparently random assortment of other members.

Republicans pursue phony culture war while offering no solutions to real problems.

CourtJester comments on May 11, 2023:

Maybe the other side should stop creating the other problems too.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 12, 2023:

@CourtJester The debt isn't the only issue where Republicans either did nothing or made it worse. Take infrastructure. Under Trump, every other week was "infrastructure week." But with Republican majorities in both houses of Congress, and the presidency, not a single infrastructure bill was passed. Instead, Republicans tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act, while having NO plan for insuring the 14 million Americans who would have been stripped of health insurance. Biden has strengthened the ACA and made it possible for MORE Americans to have health insurance. Then there's climate. Oh boy. Bush 2 was a serious climate science denier rolling back environmental protections across the board. Then under Obama, we finally started to make progress investing in green technology and strengthening the EPA. The along came Trump, who rolled back the protections and de-funded the EPA. Biden has shored up the damage and made new investments in green technologies (which is also a job creating policy). As for crime, Republican statistics are not good. As we suffer through an epidemic of mass shootings, the Repubican response is to loosen gun laws and flood the streets with more and deadlier guns. By a wide margin, America leads the developed world in gun homicides. And Republican-led states lead the nation in crimes involving guns.

Highway to hell, road to perdition, trail of tears, bridge to nowhere...

TheoryNumber3 comments on May 12, 2023:

Street of No Return Avenue of Broken Dreams Path to Nowhere Wadda Schmuck

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 12, 2023:

Dead end.

Highway to hell, road to perdition, trail of tears, bridge to nowhere...

DenoPenno comments on May 12, 2023:

He wants to do this all over again and if he is re-elected he plans to take revenge.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 12, 2023:

If he were to get into office again (perish the thought) he would hire ONLY sycophants, toadies, and hacks to fill all the important positions in government. For positions that require senate confirmation he would just name, for instance, an "acting" Director of National Intelligence, an "acting" FBI Director, an "acting" Attorney General, etc., etc. Then we would see a weaponization of government against its own people unprecedented in the history of the world.

E. Jean Carroll's Lawyer: Trump has "no legitimate arguments for appeal." [politico.com]

AnneWimsey comments on May 11, 2023:

Won't stop him.......

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 12, 2023:

Maybe not this alone, and not right away, but more weight is poised to fall on him. Wait, watch, and enjoy the process! 😂

Republicans pursue phony culture war while offering no solutions to real problems.

CourtJester comments on May 11, 2023:

Maybe the other side should stop creating the other problems too.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 12, 2023:

The national debt increased more under Trump than under any other president in US history. It increased 25% in only 4 years!

Republicans pursue phony culture war while offering no solutions to real problems.

DenoPenno comments on May 11, 2023:

This is exactly what is going on today. Neither side is offering solutions to the problems and the nonsense goes on continually because both parties are trying so hard to prove that the other cannot govern.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 12, 2023:

Nah bra, I have to differ with you here. The Dems have a good record of accomplishments over the last 2+ years. And before Biden, Obama got a healthcare bill across the finish line where others had tried and failed. Republicans, on the other hand, have made a career of obstruction. So you're half right.

Death by religion: [abc.net.au] Jehovah's Witness, of course.

K9JetLee999 comments on May 9, 2023:

The irony is they drink wine representing his blood and wafers representing his body. So how is that reconciled by these fknuts? https://www.vanderbilt.edu/diversity/jehovahs-witnesses-observance-of-the-memorial-of-jesus-christs-death/

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 9, 2023:

@K9JetLee999 John 6:53-56 : Hannibal Lector's favorite verse? 😂

For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered.

Storm1752 comments on May 8, 2023:

A belief in God does not answer the Big Questions, so this statement is meaningless. There ARE no answers, pro or con. That's why we're all agnostics, like it or not.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 8, 2023:

Good point! 😂👍

GET ALL YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW ( Phrase used by UK Hunting and Shooting fraternity in the UK .

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 7, 2023:

People love their ceremonies, but they're not very enthusiastic about analyzing their feeble philosophical underpinnings. PS: your post is replicated 6 times in the feed...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 8, 2023:

@Mcfluwster I can't see anything pertaining to TM. He blocked me a while back.

For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered.

Word comments on May 7, 2023:

Just to initially pick at one statement in the post: "I am my own god.". Yes, that statement is biblical and it is illogical for a person being a God to call themselves atheist or agnostic to imply they do not believe in themselves. I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are achildren ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 7, 2023:

What piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties; in form and moving, how express and admirable; in action, how like an angel; in apprehension, how like a god! -- Wm. Shakespeare

GET ALL YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW ( Phrase used by UK Hunting and Shooting fraternity in the UK .

273kelvin comments on May 7, 2023:

C of E - An inoculation against religion.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 7, 2023:

Yeah, at least the UK isn't overrun with bat-shit crazy fundamentalist Christians. Which Nordic countries also have an official state religion? Is it Norway and Finland? And they're not extremist either.

GET ALL YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW ( Phrase used by UK Hunting and Shooting fraternity in the UK .

Garban comments on May 7, 2023:

Same reaction when you mock Mohammad. Same reaction when you burn the flag. Same reaction when you use a holy book for TP. Sacred my ass.🙄 Christians actually condone burning the cross, when done for a *good cause.*

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 7, 2023:

..."good" cause, like the KKK terrorizing Black people. 🤬

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Krish55 comments on May 5, 2023:

The Ukrainian was holding his flag behind a Russian who was being interviewed. That was an interference with the interview of the Russian delegate. What do you think the ukrainians would have done if a russian had done the reverse? Once again, Western media doesn't the full context of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 7, 2023:

@Krish55 The situations in Ukraine and Syria are completely different. The conflict in Syria is (was) a civil war, an internal matter. That's completely different from what is happening in Ukraine, where Russia has invaded a sovereign nation and is attempting to obliterate the state, the people, the culture, and annex their land. The US is in Syria only because ISIS, a terrorist organization, is using Syria as a base of operations. 🍎vs🍊

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Krish55 comments on May 5, 2023:

The Ukrainian was holding his flag behind a Russian who was being interviewed. That was an interference with the interview of the Russian delegate. What do you think the ukrainians would have done if a russian had done the reverse? Once again, Western media doesn't the full context of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 7, 2023:

@Krish55 Are you saying that the tiny American presence in Syria is equivalent to what Russia is doing in Ukraine?

During the early 1930s the people of Germany were split between conservatives and liberals.

mcgeo52 comments on May 5, 2023:

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 7, 2023:

@mcgeo52 Books will be written about all this. Many books.

During the early 1930s the people of Germany were split between conservatives and liberals.

mcgeo52 comments on May 5, 2023:

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 7, 2023:

@mcgeo52 I certainly thought at the time that he should be prosecuted for bribery, and I don't know why it hasn't happened. I suspect that, like the other cases, proving corrupt intent was a stumbling block.

During the early 1930s the people of Germany were split between conservatives and liberals.

mcgeo52 comments on May 5, 2023:

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 7, 2023:

@Redheadedgammy DOJ has to have its case nailed down tight before they pull the trigger. Ther is no margin for error here. And they have to prove corrupt intent; not an easy thing to do, especially with a slippery slime ball like Done Cheato, who doesn't write texts or emails, speaks in code, and never writes anything down.

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

racocn8 comments on May 5, 2023:

Wait until you see them actually get sentences. I'm sure they'll all get the lightest of wrist taps. (And not the 20 years spelled out in the Constitution)

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 7, 2023:

@racocn8 Not much.

The idea according to which social facts do not come first, but are explainable from individuals ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

What's your point?

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@AlanCliffe Again? Really? Is that an order? Are you holding your breath? Good. Keep holding...😂

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

racocn8 comments on May 5, 2023:

Wait until you see them actually get sentences. I'm sure they'll all get the lightest of wrist taps. (And not the 20 years spelled out in the Constitution)

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

Well, they were lied to by a POTUS...

During the early 1930s the people of Germany were split between conservatives and liberals.

mcgeo52 comments on May 5, 2023:

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

I don't think Garland is going to let DJT get away with it. I think a prosecution on multiple felony charges is coming soon. DOJ us working its way up the food chain. The big fish is always the last to be landed. You gotta flip the small fry first.

The dementia seems to be getting worse...

DharmaBum50 comments on May 6, 2023:

Which comes first -- commitment to a mental institution or incarceration in a federal prison?

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@DharmaBum50 The Done Cheato? Bragging? No way! 😂

The dementia seems to be getting worse...

DharmaBum50 comments on May 6, 2023:

Which comes first -- commitment to a mental institution or incarceration in a federal prison?

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

For logistical reasons it will most likely be house arrest for this criminal. However, after all the lawsuits are settled, he may no longer be able to afford anything so grand as Mar-a-Lago.

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

And that is how the whole affair has gone from the start. The only difference is one of scale. Russia tried to erase Ukraine, and Ukraine fought back, landing many blows.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@puff I'm ok with prosecuting GW Bush. Go for it! Hang him right next to Putin! 😎👍

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Krish55 comments on May 5, 2023:

The Ukrainian was holding his flag behind a Russian who was being interviewed. That was an interference with the interview of the Russian delegate. What do you think the ukrainians would have done if a russian had done the reverse? Once again, Western media doesn't the full context of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@Krish55 "Occupying" is not the right word for the US presence in Syria. For the most part, where there are US troops today, it is by agreement with that country's government. Your point?

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Krish55 comments on May 5, 2023:

The Ukrainian was holding his flag behind a Russian who was being interviewed. That was an interference with the interview of the Russian delegate. What do you think the ukrainians would have done if a russian had done the reverse? Once again, Western media doesn't the full context of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@Krish55 America is not currently engaged in a genocidal land grab (as is Russia), so no.

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

And that is how the whole affair has gone from the start. The only difference is one of scale. Russia tried to erase Ukraine, and Ukraine fought back, landing many blows.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@puff 😂😂😂🐂💩! Peacekeeping forces of the UN, not NATO, went into Serbia/Croatia AFTER the breakup of the Soviet Union in order to stop a genocide being carried out by Christians against Muslims. No territory was annexed. Since then, however, several heads of state have been put on trial at the International Court for war crimes, including Slovodon Milosovich and Radavan Karadich. I probably spelled their names wrong, but the point is that an important precedent was set. Hopefully Putin will follow in their shackled footsteps, right up to the gallows. 😂😂😂

How my mind works.

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

Way too much is being made of the normalization of LGBTQ and the recognition of their civil rights. This country was founded on principles like individual liberty. But religious zealots insist on forcing everyone to conform to their stilted, hypocritical, and anachronistic moral code. I wish they ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@FrayedBear Don't believe everything you hear.

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

And that is how the whole affair has gone from the start. The only difference is one of scale. Russia tried to erase Ukraine, and Ukraine fought back, landing many blows.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@puff Russia under Yeltsin did not qualify for NATO membership. They might have, eventually, if Vlad the Invader had not assumed command. Name one country whose territory NATO has annexed.

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

And that is how the whole affair has gone from the start. The only difference is one of scale. Russia tried to erase Ukraine, and Ukraine fought back, landing many blows.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@puff Hey, NATO is a defensive alliance, and it's not Vlad's business who joins and who doesn't. He just uses that as an excuse to annex prime real estate. Hell, if Russia would really clean up her act, I'm sure NATO would welcome her in. Think of it!

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Krish55 comments on May 5, 2023:

The Ukrainian was holding his flag behind a Russian who was being interviewed. That was an interference with the interview of the Russian delegate. What do you think the ukrainians would have done if a russian had done the reverse? Once again, Western media doesn't the full context of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@Krish55 If you study my writings on this site, you will see that I am the first to condemn George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Condoleeza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, and others for their illegal and ill-conceived invasion of Iraq and subsequent series of bone-headed moves that destabilized the entire Middle East and gave rise to ISIS. But I also maintain that two wrongs do not make a right. Russia has no business in Ukraine.

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Krish55 comments on May 5, 2023:

The Ukrainian was holding his flag behind a Russian who was being interviewed. That was an interference with the interview of the Russian delegate. What do you think the ukrainians would have done if a russian had done the reverse? Once again, Western media doesn't the full context of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@Krish55 Hey, let Russia get the fuck out of Ukraine. Then the diplomats can talk about how much in reparations Russia is going to pay.

How my mind works.

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

Way too much is being made of the normalization of LGBTQ and the recognition of their civil rights. This country was founded on principles like individual liberty. But religious zealots insist on forcing everyone to conform to their stilted, hypocritical, and anachronistic moral code. I wish they ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@puff Heh heh! Take it easy home boy. I'm just fucking with you. Anybody can fail to make a paragraph break. 😂

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

And that is how the whole affair has gone from the start. The only difference is one of scale. Russia tried to erase Ukraine, and Ukraine fought back, landing many blows.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 6, 2023:

@puff If it's a proxy war, it's one that Vlad the Invader brought on all by himself. (Not unlike what George W. Bush did in Iraq; but two wrongs do not make a right.)

How my mind works.

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

Way too much is being made of the normalization of LGBTQ and the recognition of their civil rights. This country was founded on principles like individual liberty. But religious zealots insist on forcing everyone to conform to their stilted, hypocritical, and anachronistic moral code. I wish they ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@puff Oh, you didn't mean to say what you in fact said? I bet there is a community college near you that can help you with your writing skills.

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Krish55 comments on May 5, 2023:

The Ukrainian was holding his flag behind a Russian who was being interviewed. That was an interference with the interview of the Russian delegate. What do you think the ukrainians would have done if a russian had done the reverse? Once again, Western media doesn't the full context of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@puff I already addressed Minsk. Given your failure to prove any of your points, you desire to move the debate to other issues is understandable. Your surrender is accepted. 😂

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

And that is how the whole affair has gone from the start. The only difference is one of scale. Russia tried to erase Ukraine, and Ukraine fought back, landing many blows.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@puff Actually, the Ukrainian government is the only entity with power to decide whether Ukraine will cede its territory to a bloody fascist dictator. How nice of you to bring up the issue of free and open discussion of ideas! Perhaps you should direct your criticism to Vlad the Invader, who has outlawed use of the word "war" to describe his project in Ukraine, has shut down whatever free press existed in Russia, and jails Russian citizens for silently holding up a blank sheet of white paper!

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Krish55 comments on May 5, 2023:

The Ukrainian was holding his flag behind a Russian who was being interviewed. That was an interference with the interview of the Russian delegate. What do you think the ukrainians would have done if a russian had done the reverse? Once again, Western media doesn't the full context of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@puff In this case, yes.

How my mind works.

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

Way too much is being made of the normalization of LGBTQ and the recognition of their civil rights. This country was founded on principles like individual liberty. But religious zealots insist on forcing everyone to conform to their stilted, hypocritical, and anachronistic moral code. I wish they ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@puff wrote, "...plenty of pedophiles also served in WW II (just not openly). One even was a warrior leader who conquered much of the known world, starting a religion called Islam." Newsflash: Islam started in the 7th century, not the 20th! 😂

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

And that is how the whole affair has gone from the start. The only difference is one of scale. Russia tried to erase Ukraine, and Ukraine fought back, landing many blows.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@puff There will be no Democratic primary because Democrats are largely united behind Biden. He has done a good job so far, and he deserves a second term. RFK Jr. is a wackjob. Again, it's not known who sabotaged Nordstream. And the release of methane was lamentable. But in the long run, it will probably turn out to have been a good thing. Or are you opposed to European energy independence and reduction of greenhouse gases? No mother wants to send her son to war. That Ukrainian sons and daughters are going is entirely the fault of Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation.

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Krish55 comments on May 5, 2023:

The Ukrainian was holding his flag behind a Russian who was being interviewed. That was an interference with the interview of the Russian delegate. What do you think the ukrainians would have done if a russian had done the reverse? Once again, Western media doesn't the full context of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@puff Russian "diplomats" do not negotiate in good faith. They just go through the motions for photo ops and general lying propaganda. The only genuine position they could express is "We're sorry, we're leaving now, and here's a couple trillion Euros to rebuild your country."

How my mind works.

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

Way too much is being made of the normalization of LGBTQ and the recognition of their civil rights. This country was founded on principles like individual liberty. But religious zealots insist on forcing everyone to conform to their stilted, hypocritical, and anachronistic moral code. I wish they ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@puff Plenty of gay people served in WWII (just not openly). One almost singlehandedly broke the Nazi code, saving countless allied lives in the process.

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

And that is how the whole affair has gone from the start. The only difference is one of scale. Russia tried to erase Ukraine, and Ukraine fought back, landing many blows.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@puff US forces went into Syria because ISIS was there. There are very few American forces there now. The assassination of the Iranian general was all about a criminal American president stoking his ego. There was no "12,000 dead Ukrainians before Russia invaded." Russia has been in the Donbas, fomenting insurrection from the git go. The party responsible for the sabotage of Nordstream is unknown. Whoever they are, they arguably did the world a favor. The action has spurred Europe to speed up their transition to green energy. Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. We should never have attempted nation building there. Europe is a completely different kettle of fish. Ukraine was (and still is, in spite of Putin's illegal war) a fully-functioning, sovereign democracy. The Ukrainian will to fight for their country is evidence of their moral superiority in this conflict. This stands in vivid contrast to the general lack of enthusiasm on the part of Russian men of military age, hundreds of thousands of whom have intelligently fled their country in order to avoid the fight in Ukraine.

Vlad is getting desperate.

FrayedBear comments on May 5, 2023:

Which Vlad?

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@FrayedBear Ukrainians kicking out the (criminal) invader.

How my mind works.

Trajan61 comments on May 5, 2023:

Somehow I don’t think thats going to help Navy recruiting.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@Trajan61 Probably won't hurt it either.

How my mind works.

Trajan61 comments on May 5, 2023:

Somehow I don’t think thats going to help Navy recruiting.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@puff Army fatigues are unisex.

How my mind works.

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

Way too much is being made of the normalization of LGBTQ and the recognition of their civil rights. This country was founded on principles like individual liberty. But religious zealots insist on forcing everyone to conform to their stilted, hypocritical, and anachronistic moral code. I wish they ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@puff What has that got to do with the price of tea in China? There are plenty of examples of LGBTQ people serving their country.

Peace talks are going well. The Russian deserved a slap in the head [youtube.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on May 5, 2023:

And that is how the whole affair has gone from the start. The only difference is one of scale. Russia tried to erase Ukraine, and Ukraine fought back, landing many blows.

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

@puff Say what you like (much of which is highly debatable), Russia is the aggressor here. There was no excuse for their stealth invasion of 2014 and there is no excuse for the escalation that began in 2022. Russia's illegal methods (summary executions, bombing schools, hospitals, apartment buildings, power stations, etc.) are consistent with their warped and weak justification for their invasion. Russia is an outlaw state, headed by a bloody, lying criminal. Most Americans AND Europeans agree with this assessment, which is why we are sending aid to Ukraine, and will continue to do so until Putin gives up on his imperial fever dream.

The idea according to which social facts do not come first, but are explainable from individuals ...

Garban comments on May 5, 2023:

Verbosity wastes a portion of the reader's or listener's life. -Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Flyingsaucesir replies on May 5, 2023:

Brevity is the soul of wit. -- Wm. Shakespeare