I was long ago blocked from the Trump Pinata group and I was one of the few here who was not merely ...

racocn8 comments on Jul 2, 2021:

I was blocked there once as well. I appealed and was allowed back with the explanation. I have posted referenced relevant articles there many times since without incident.

A GOP Lawmaker in Washington Wore a Star of David to Protest COVID Vaccines | Rebekah Kohlhepp | ...

racocn8 comments on Jul 2, 2021:

Wearing the Star of David must surely provide more than a touch of irony when the wearer either is, or is surrounded by anti-Semitic white supremacists. Yuck. Oh well...

Still a great prez

racocn8 comments on Jul 2, 2021:

For those lowlifes who are deeply dishonest to themselves, bully others because of their insecurity, and look for validation of their petty crimes, Trump is clearly preferable.

0 nations agree to support U.S. proposal for global minimum tax on corporations [cnbc.]

racocn8 comments on Jul 1, 2021:

What??? Is the lead-in wrong? Here's the opening in the article: " Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced Thursday that a group of 130 nations has agreed to a global minimum tax on corporations, part of a broader agreement to overhaul international tax rules. If widely enacted, the GMT would effectively end the practice of global corporations seeking out low-tax jurisdictions like Ireland and the British Virgin Islands..."

Want to see your sweet guesses

racocn8 comments on Jul 1, 2021:

Other than blueberry cheesecake, what was I supposed to see?

Why No One Is Sure If Delta Is Deadlier The variants are spreading faster, but they don’t ...

racocn8 comments on Jul 1, 2021:

Survival of the fastest spreading, Biology 101. What comes after Delta?

Scientists Find ‘Monster’ Black Hole So Big They Didn’t Think it Was Possible Scientists ...

racocn8 comments on Jul 1, 2021:

Except that as is recently speculated about Sagittarius A, some amount of the mass by be due to dark matter, or dark matter that has been swept up.

MSNBC - 'Who Would Do That?

racocn8 comments on Jul 1, 2021:

This is the same MSNBC which is among the top 10 contributors to the sedition caucus.

Would it amount to cruel and unusual punishment to force god mobsters to demonstrate the existence ...

racocn8 comments on Jul 1, 2021:

That's why they call it religion. It can't be proved and it walks, talks and acts like BS.

Happy Thursday all...Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum...Which would be the most fun???

racocn8 comments on Jul 1, 2021:

Hottie or haughty? You can't handle the truth...

The Bible is and was the first version of The National Enquirer and is still going strong.

racocn8 comments on Jul 1, 2021:

How can you have never read the Ten Commandments??? Okayyyy (backing away slowly)

Unsolved Mysteries: Do Any Republicans Know What Critical Race Theory Actually Is?

racocn8 comments on Jul 1, 2021:

Just guessing here (no research) : The Republican disapproval of CRT is knee-jerk racism, and if questioned, they have no idea what it means.

OK, is this rage or just play ? [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Jul 1, 2021:

Practice.

[huffpost.] I'm tired of saying "New low".

racocn8 comments on Jul 1, 2021:

Link needs fixing.

My National Guard friends say this is illegal.

racocn8 comments on Jun 30, 2021:

More Republican malfeasance and oath violating. Unfortunately, I don't trust the Justice Dept/FBI to do anything about it.

The plan was..

racocn8 comments on Jun 30, 2021:

Everyone dying of covid (>300/day) has not been vaccinated. Why don't you go out and expose yourself?

The War Crimes Case Against Rumsfeld - CounterPunch.org

racocn8 comments on Jun 30, 2021:

I was shocked and disgusted when Bush was reelected in 2004. This was after the torture in Abu Graib was exposed for all to see. Instead, they Republicans used phony agitprop against Kerry and threatened the advent of gay marriage (horrors)!! A lot of very sick people in the US.

This is my opinion in short with regard to Spiritualism.

racocn8 comments on Jun 30, 2021:

Spiritual sensations may well be classified as a surge of one or more neurotransmitters, or something on that order. However, from a subjective perspective, people feel sensations of profundity in response to paintings, music, massive architecture, stirring rhetoric, beautiful scenery... or, from Hubble photos, puzzling phenomena, beautiful equations and elegant discoveries. Evolution comes close to answering the profound questions of what we are, and how did we get here? Fully comprehending the relationship of humans to the rest of the biological world can provoke the same awe and humility that a religious person gets from a cathedral. The difference is that the cathedral or the sermon came from a human mind. While Darwin may have been the first to publish the idea of evolution, the concept itself, relative to our existence, is transcendental. It describes a profound principle with applications, some of which we can comprehend, and others we can't. The same for physics. As one learns the transitions from Newtonian to Maxwell to Einstein, and then to Quantum Mechanics, the beauty and elegance of the formulas are breathtaking and the implications stunning. Our minds are teased with issues beyond understanding. It is up to each person whether they wish to feel awe and humility with information based on truth, or or on poetic fiction.

The vaccinated can be patented (owned).

racocn8 comments on Jun 30, 2021:

That is the silliest, most absurd nonsense I've read in a while. Shame, shame, shame for repeating it.

"The real offense of racism in the end, is to judge individuals by a supposed stereotype of their ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 30, 2021:

In the US, where non-whites are institutionally disadvantaged, all whites are therefore privileged. Essentially everyone is intrinsically racist, but some resist and actively seek to negate that racism. The rest, not so much or not at all.

How many more? 😡😡

racocn8 comments on Jun 30, 2021:

And how many have the vaccines saved?

Depopulation

racocn8 comments on Jun 30, 2021:

It may be too late to stop full extinction. Depopulation is coming, one way or another.

The privilege of being anti-vaccination. [npr.org]

racocn8 comments on Jun 30, 2021:

Given the history of medical projects that harmed non-whites, some of their reluctance is understandable. Outreach and education are needed for those who may be open to persuasion.

Did you know?…

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2021:

“I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. —Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper”

He sure does lol

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2021:

Massive, constant cognitive dissonance

ok im baked and wanna pose a thought have human beings stopped evolving?

racocn8 comments on Jun 29, 2021:

Evolution doesn't stop. However, the selection criteria may well change and almost certainly have changed.

Big splash zone

racocn8 comments on Jun 28, 2021:

You might need an oxygen supply from all the gas...

The Rapture or so I am told is when all the Sheep-People ascend to the heavens and their clothes ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 28, 2021:

Gotta remove the clothes before the carcasses can be skinned and de-boned.

tthere's No Time Like The Right time!: [theguardian.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 28, 2021:

How about 6 months ago...

At least it wasn't a super soaker.

racocn8 comments on Jun 28, 2021:

That's her job...

Paula Stone Williams: I've lived as a man and as a woman — here's what I've learned | TED Talk

racocn8 comments on Jun 28, 2021:

Both genders richly deserve to be mocked.

I wonder what they have in common?

racocn8 comments on Jun 28, 2021:

You have it all wrong. Trump is not Christ-like - - Trump is very much like a Christian. Christians are all about immorality, pathological lying, phony behavior, and cheating to get what they want at other's expense. And yes, that includes bullying, childish behavior, selfishness, and cowardice. That's what Christian cults are all about.

The teacher has no sense of humor

racocn8 comments on Jun 28, 2021:

Makes sense to me. Heck, what is the right answer?

On the shore

racocn8 comments on Jun 28, 2021:

I love it when Montgomery's Tubercles are erect...

Absolutely him

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2021:

Sorry, but I can't see giving Trump any sort of title. Maybe Lord of the Flies would be more appropriate given how many people he killed with his incompetence.

Definitely hillbillys

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2021:

More like The Grifters, or Glengarry, GlenRoss. Maybe Sweeney Todd...

Time to worry?

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2021:

Post reference; Otherwise, the meme is ridiculous, and just comes across as another bit of incoherent republican agitprop.

Agreed 100%.

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2021:

One could have legitimate reasons for not getting vaccinated, but I'm sure those people are scarce compared to those who simply refuse out of arrogance, loyalty to Trump, or brainwashed against vaccines. I'm not sure how a business could established whether a potential client was an anti-vaxxer or had a legitimate excuse. Surely many business owners would rather not have Trumpers, child molesters, or comparable sociopaths as customers. But how does one know?...

Absolutely every word

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2021:

As we should...

Not If, But When: The Coming Cosmology Crisis. [youtu.be]

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2021:

A dubious analysis at best. Don't waste your time.

That is the understatement of the century

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2021:

Both Putin stooges.

Can someone tell our purpose of existing on this earth?

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2021:

What is purpose?

US report on Pentagon-documented UFOs leaves sightings unexplained

racocn8 comments on Jun 27, 2021:

If the old enemies were exhausted, we wouldn't have run out on the Kurds, nor be leaving the Afghanis in the lurch. Massive spending has been going on in this area for decades, and they've never needed our approval, nor do they now. The military have never been the ones blocking spending on infrastructure. Hell, they usually love it as it often includes the Army Corps of Engineers. It is unlikely that any Space Force asset would try to engage a UAP. The results to date have not been good.

A new awakening

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2021:

She was cowed, I bullshit you not... Would I steer you wrong?

It is far past time we put an end to this

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2021:

It's the same thing as when Christians use the term Holocaust to describe abortion. They know it's an insult to Jews, and that aligns with their bigotry. The same for applying Apartheid to Israel.

International Space Station(ISS) transiting the Sun NASA Astronomy Picture Of The Day -- 6/26/2021...

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2021:

Oh yeah?? Where's the shadow???

yum! can't say no to a plate of well cooked steak!

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2021:

He's ready to eat meat...as she wished!!!

This is a follow up to a previous post.

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2021:

Again, note that the true definition of atheist is one who is without belief in a god. No god is specified, and this represents a particular philosophical and even scientific perspective. No evidence for Odin or Yahweh means no reason to accept the claim from believers. Christians have turned the definition on it's head to suit their own purposes. Christian beliefs are absolutist in nature - - people are either friend or foe - - one is a member of the flock or a ward of Satan. Instead of respecting the true definition of atheist, Christians deem non-believing atheists to be haters of their god and redefine atheism to be someone who claims their god does not exist, and does so out of secret animosity against their god. Per the American Atheist website: "Older dictionaries define atheism as “a belief that there is no God.” Clearly, theistic influence taints these definitions. The fact that dictionaries define Atheism as “there is no God” betrays the (mono)theistic influence. Without the (mono)theistic influence, the definition would at least read “there are no gods.” " https://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/about-atheism/

Pat Robertson Says Critical Race Theory 'Is a Monstrous Evil' | Right Wing Watch

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2021:

Why am I not surprised? Why is it always projection from the right?

UFO report: US 'has no explanation' for sightings [bbc.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2021:

If we can't have an honest, forthright discussion about what happened on Jan 6, how the hell can we seriously expect the Pentagon to tell the truth about UFO's? They've spent the last 70 years making discussion of UFOs taboo, and a fair reason for termination, derision and even murder. They can't give answers they don't have... If anyone did have an interest in the subject... https://agnostic.com/group/LikelyUFOLore

Before blended pork, after blended pork 🤢🤢🤢🤣🤣🤣🤣

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Pink slime? Silly Putty? Does it matter? Give it to the crows...

UFO report: US 'has no explanation' for sightings [bbc.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2021:

They know what they are, but if they told us, they'd have to kill us.

Trump organization could have criminal charges as early as next week Text in comments

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Ugh. More teasing? I'm not holding my breath. The script-writers have gone full-suspense on this plot. Can't we have a lone-wolf terrorist just end his nonsense? Or Melania? Anyone? It's like the Twilight Zone episode of It's a Good Life: " Isn't there one man in this town with courage who'll lay a crowbar against the back of his head?...Please...Please..." Or maybe another monster who will wish him into a cornfield?

Shouldn't the candles be black?

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Artistic license...

What if "terrorist groups" outside of the US are actually groups working to increase the ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Can you name an example?

What is our relationship with nature ?

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2021:

ELE

Five Stars

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2021:

That would come under the genre of developing happy outcomes for real world scenarios that are not so happy.

This one is for the ladies: Who agrees with me that it's presumptuous when some guy you barely ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2021:

Of course it is presumptuous. I'd suggest the reason is that some men believe that some women are ruled by their emotions. They reason that if they can trigger a woman's lust, then they have a chance for further contact and manipulation.

Apparently Lucifer was Gods "favorite son." What kind of DNA is this?

racocn8 comments on Jun 25, 2021:

The Loki Hypothesis suggests that the contradictions regarding a god entity could be resolved if one supposes god to be a sneaky trickster. As example, the notion that said god demands fealty while hiding all evidence of anything supernatural.

We are just a speck, on a speck, orbiting a speck, in the corner of a speck, in the middle of ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2021:

But we share the same position with everyone else in the universe.

LA Man (Christopher Bailey) Beaten Like Rodney King by 6 Sheriff Deputies – Civil Rights Lawsuit ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2021:

The shame of it is that those " sheriffs " won't receive some of the same punishment.

The paramount of evil! There may be jokes about evil religion on here, but is there any serious ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2021:

Here's a link: First Nations finds 751 unmarked graves at Saskatchewan residential school site https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/24/first-nations-saskatchewan-unmarked-graves-496082

I need the address for this place!!!

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2021:

Peyote alkaloids certainly rank high among the most distasteful. Really nasty. I found a good way was to consume pill sized fragments. Cooked with a hamburger probably would be inedible except for those with enlightened willpower. The cartoonist probably mistook peyote for psilocybin.

I think I found what is a small actual truth, but I'm not saying what it is.

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2021:

Yeah, if you share it, you might find out the REAL truth.

Florida to Require Students and Faculty to Register Their Political Views with the State After ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2021:

Let's hope he self-destructs before the next election.

Here is what I find has happened to us in the last 5 years.

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2021:

Religions are all about lying; lying to others and lying to oneself. The US has embraced lying and religion with uncommon fervor. So yes, this is a nation of liars.

Well-played.

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2021:

A Modest Proposal...

Dear voters who have recently voted Republican: The effort, by many Republicans, to overthrow...

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2021:

Hey, Republicans elected a candidate known to be a Russian agent, installed to destroy the country and put it in the hands of the Russian mafia. Nodding and winking as Republican legislature shred democracy in the states is easy. Words fail to describe such evil.

My Family Was On A TLC Reality Show. Here's The Dark Secret That Never Aired. | HuffPost

racocn8 comments on Jun 24, 2021:

So tell me again about how people are entitled to believe any bullshit they want? Maybe education is the most cost-effective solution; I'm just too impatient...

This pretty well sums it up .....

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2021:

It is true that Japan has white-washed their role in WW II in much the same way the the US has sought to downplay the US's institutional racism.

Turing Test, history, AIs, and other off the wall speculation: [united-cats.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 23, 2021:

The question might be whether people are have intelligence? Can people pass a Turing test? Which ones and why would some fail? Which is to say that the level of intelligence people wield probably varies enormously with quite a few operating entirely on instinct. On a quasi-related note: Circa 1975, A close friend gave me a hand-made board game called Star Empire with a set of lead spaceships, scoring sheets, instructions and dice. I played with neighbors a few times and refined the rules. Shortly thereafter, Commodore came out with the Vic 20, a computer you hooked up to your TV and which could be programmed in Basic. Being fond of programming, I set out to make a computer game based on using this primitive system. The system improved slightly with the compatible Commodore 64, and I continued to adapt the game, learning programming and computer subtleties. While the game didn't translate 100%, I eventually published and sold the game. I learned that quite a bit of what we take to be human can be programmed and simulated. I could also see that with a bit of work, one could develop programs that would write software that could be added to existing programs, and thus enable them to learn, or to mimic learning...

How dare we be so radical.

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2021:

Don't forget the FDA approved babies.

Canada: Fire destroys two Catholic churches on indigenous land [bbc.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2021:

Not fire. Entropic cleansing.

Lets try some cartoon trivia. Which was your favorite character? mine was Bandit.

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2021:

I'm going to go with Bugs Bunny as my favorite character. Almost unflappable, thoughtful, and he had his own show.

Very weird! Lol

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2021:

Butt plugs for really big a-holes.

Interesting.

racocn8 comments on Jun 22, 2021:

Beauty is certainly used by corporations to sell products, but beauty is an intrinsic concept within our behavior as is fairness and justice.

Working definition.

racocn8 comments on Jun 21, 2021:

It's really very simple: Prayer is Wishing. If you want, Prayer is religious wishing. What's especially sick about prayer is that it is always an expression of pure selfishness. Even if one wishes for the benefit of others, they are others that the person knows. No one prays for those they don't know. By indulging selfishness, it is pure ego-stroking that increases narcissism and feeds superstitiousness. No matter how you slice it, prayer is pathological and harmful to those that do it. Prayer also harms bystanders who observe this useless ego-maniacal time-wasting and are compelled to tolerate this bad behavior, and incorporate this irrationality into their estimate of the person.

What does your zoom background look like?

racocn8 comments on Jun 21, 2021:

Aw... How cute - - they're hugging each other...

If you can't sell it for its original use, make up a new one

racocn8 comments on Jun 21, 2021:

Too corny...

Why should the word "atheist" even exist?

racocn8 comments on Jun 21, 2021:

While gods are imaginary, people have no shortage of them. They exist in their minds. It is an ephemeral existence, and wholly different from what the believers believe. Even zero is a number.

Don and Ron The Con.

racocn8 comments on Jun 21, 2021:

When do you expect people to limit the number of children they have so that humans are less of a burden to the planet?

If you ever find yourself among a group of people while you’re wearing a mask and they start ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 21, 2021:

What do you mean "like" ??

FBI chasing 2,000 domestic terror cases; antifa aren't among Capitol suspects, Wray says

racocn8 comments on Jun 20, 2021:

He would know having helped organize it...

How do you reply when someone negatively comments on your body?

racocn8 comments on Jun 20, 2021:

I had a date with a gal who looked to be anorexic. She floored me at the end of the date saying I didn't tell her that I was obese. I may be barrel-chested, but certainly not obese. So, her judgment and manners totally sucked. It is shocking to run into such people, but they're out there. I would tell them "Excuse Me?". and maybe, "You need to learn some manners!" . Then leave, ASAP. Sucks to be them.

[thethings.

racocn8 comments on Jun 20, 2021:

Maher's war on cancel culture ignores the cancel culture from the Evangelicals and Conservatives that has gone on for centuries against minorities, women, Jews, progressives and against science. Cancel culture may go too far occasionally, but we've become so used to the cancel culture coming from corporations and conservatives we don't even recognize it. The problem of apologizing is that the racist idiot GOP never do it because they have no shame.

Sometimes you just have to be in awe....

racocn8 comments on Jun 20, 2021:

Prig : a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.

My new camper just arrived!!!!

racocn8 comments on Jun 20, 2021:

I think I like it better with horses...

Fascism For Real? [independent.co.uk]

racocn8 comments on Jun 20, 2021:

Some of it is Putin, some of it is Evangelical racism, some of it is Trump, some from McConnell. And it's been building for a while. Trump, probably following Putin's instructions, set up the Capitol Insurrection. The militias and Republican legislatures took that to be a green light that anything and everything goes. Only a few years after Roberts figured it was safe, the Republicans have gone back to full bore racism, legal or not. The Heritage Foundation organized the dissemination of voter suppression laws. Christopher Wray supervised the withholding of FBI intel to the Capitol Police, and fostered the spying on Congressmen and reporters. This same Christopher Wray is a member of the Federalist Society which provided the names of conservative candidates for judge positions to McConnell, and has spoken at the Heritage Foundation. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=10155770422284481=watch_permalink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_A._Wray

SARS, MERS, COVID-19 and Disease X?

racocn8 comments on Jun 19, 2021:

it could be a SARS, it could be Ebola. The point is that the density, mobility, and economics guarantee another, and another, until humans either figure out a reliable means to generate cures, or mitigate the circumstances that cause them. Electing a president who destroys all the intellectual infrastructure to address and fight these disease is a sure means of making the next one even worse. Fostering anti-science insanity will also impact the willfully ignorant.

Lucky it's not a nudist beach

racocn8 comments on Jun 19, 2021:

Women get a pass because the erection is on the inside. But I remember a rock star saying that after his performance, many of the theater seats were sticky...

What If Catholic Bishops Chose To Prevent Child Molesters From Giving Communion Instead Of ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 19, 2021:

With such deep and thoroughgoing hypocrisy, they really shouldn't be surprised as their musty cathedrals empty out.

GEORGE PACKER IS PERHAPS THE MOST HIGHLY REGARDED WRITER AND THINKER ON AMERICA SINCE WALKER ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 19, 2021:

Floyd BLM extortion??? Myth-making lies??? Have you got any facts to back up that bullshit? Or is it your own insidious form of racism not yet defined? (More like the same old racism...)

Consider these eyewitness accounts from children.

racocn8 comments on Jun 19, 2021:

Below is a substitute link for the last reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPHVvg-dXOs

An easier way

racocn8 comments on Jun 19, 2021:

From a vagina fart? Or is she an hermaphrodite with one descended ball?

(Good thing?

racocn8 comments on Jun 18, 2021:

While the Russians may have drawn down forces, they left equipment in place. Troops can be moved quickly, equipment not so much. So, while the Russian troops may leave, their equipment remains a serious threat.

US Catholic bishops OK steps toward possible rebuke of Biden

racocn8 comments on Jun 18, 2021:

Where were these a-holes while Trump was pumping out the racism? That must have been OK with them...

Is being a Trump supporter a deal breaker for you?

racocn8 comments on Jun 18, 2021:

I know a couple of Trumpers. I don't have much to do with them, luckily. Their loyalty is utterly baffling.

After Debate On Biden's Abortion Views, Bishops Vote to Rethink Communion Rules [npr.

racocn8 comments on Jun 18, 2021:

I believe Biden represents the Catholic Family/Mafia, but he can't change abortion policy.

Maddow shocked Dems won't use this simple trick that gives them ‘more power’ [rawstory.com]

racocn8 comments on Jun 18, 2021:

That'd be fine, except the Christians also want to prevent the use of any and all forms of birth control. Not that they have a reason for that, other than seeking to prevent women from being able to influence their own lives.

New scenario for origin of Our Universe (not the Other Universi or The Black Hole, just Ours), with ...

racocn8 comments on Jun 18, 2021:

Aptly categorized under Silly, Random and Fun...