Thinking skills: Critical thinking and Mindfulness.

brentan comments on Feb 25, 2020:

I guess you are asking if dispositions are an integral part of thinking that results in learning. It sure would fit in with the mind/body unity of experience we hear about today. I think there was an infamous judge who hung pretty much every defendant because he had hemorrhoids but I'm thinking ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 25, 2020:

Hemorrhoids and a poor disposition must go arse in hand, to coin a phrase, very good point Brentan, ones own sense of well-being must influence thought patterns!

I've been thinking about the higher age group of this site and I think I got it figured out a bit.

Mooolah comments on Feb 19, 2020:

It is the hormones. The youth want it now & want it all. The urge to merge. For women especially the drop in estrogen is a factor all the while men carry on. From shallow childhood, thru the reproductive years, then freedom to retire & follow ones hear. The, stages of life. But any social site ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 19, 2020:

And I would have thought it ever so more urgent if you wanted to get laid before your funeral.....

The search for reliable information is becoming more difficult than ever but being able to think ...

silverotter11 comments on Feb 18, 2020:

In today's society following the money *is* the surest way to getting to the facts/truth.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 18, 2020:

I think it has always been true, not just these days, It's just easier to get the juice on the internet and more difficult to hide the obvious now!

The search for reliable information is becoming more difficult than ever but being able to think ...

BitFlipper comments on Feb 18, 2020:

Back before **The Internet** became widely available, information was curated by traditional means: peer review and editorial supervision. That disappeared with the "*my ignorance is as important as your knowledge*" generation. In the same way that *security* was an afterthought, *authenticity* ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 18, 2020:

Wise words!

If only the orange buffoon were swinging in the backyard of the WH.

Austin-Cambridge comments on Feb 12, 2020:

Preferably, by the neck! :-)

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 13, 2020:

@Surfpirate Ah! The good old days :-)

I see we have quite a lot new members in our small but interesting group! If CT is a subject of ...

JacarC comments on Feb 12, 2020:

I have learned that much of what I thought to be reality for nearly 60 years was mostly bullshit. This is the result of significant research during the past three years. Luckily, my wife of 35 years has become as aware as i of all the insanity we both had been fed. We both consider ourselves...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 13, 2020:

Very, very sad but true words, I'm sure the world is in mourning for the death of American democracy too!

I see we have quite a lot new members in our small but interesting group! If CT is a subject of ...

FearlessFly comments on Feb 11, 2020:

Somehow, I'm reminded of : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Dinner_with_Andre Ebert later named it as the best film of 1981 despite the fact that virtually the entire movie consisted of 2 guys having a conversation in a NY restaurant !

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 11, 2020:

Excellent example, thanks!

I see we have quite a lot new members in our small but interesting group! If CT is a subject of ...

ToolGuy comments on Feb 11, 2020:

It is hard to change our beliefs. We are hard-wired to adhere to them for fear of not surviving.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 11, 2020:

The re-wiring is the most painful part, good point!

Yup.

Charlene comments on Feb 8, 2020:

I'm ready..

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 9, 2020:

Keep your powder dry gal! ;-)

Still on the subject of old books.

ToolGuy comments on Feb 6, 2020:

Almost $50 on Amazon.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 7, 2020:

@ToolGuy I'll see if I can find it for you, Lets see!

Still on the subject of old books.

ToolGuy comments on Feb 6, 2020:

Almost $50 on Amazon.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 6, 2020:

Quite sure RichieO found it on one of the archive book sites he has recommended in previous posts and for free!

A new direction.

silverotter11 comments on Feb 6, 2020:

All I know, whatever people want to call it, I am not separate from the universe, a part of the creative force. But 'god'? Nah Thanks for the link, FFRF is a great organization.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 6, 2020:

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust......one of the pious sayings I totally agree with! We are all of this universe, carbon based beings just like everything else. A sense of oneness is quite natural for me.

Less we forget who he is

Austin-Cambridge comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Is that a for real statement Unc. What a shit if it is! Mr. Big ass good for nothing shit!

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 2, 2020:

@uncle-ernie OK, confirmed, he is that big shit, well done for posting real old news and not fake new news! :-)

I can't say I'm very shocked by these comments, but it does make me wonder how these people could ...

HankSherman comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Religion, seen as a child, is violent....where the child of god is always "right", and the giant, "evil", or anything not christian, is wrong, and too be banished......just one of the reasons that religion should be considered as an abuse of children......many, though reaching the age of reason, ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 2, 2020:

Very sound reasoning there mate!

What can we possibly learn from old books?

silverotter11 comments on Feb 2, 2020:

Reading is good. I also recommend some visual things. I once did a little course on drawing with the right side of the brain. It does teach you how to see thing differently. I also recommend riding a bicycle or motorcycle a round town sometime. It will make you a better automobile driver. I ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 2, 2020:

Sound advice!

GOP Pinata would be a more appropriate name for this group following the fiasco in the senate, and ...

Charlene comments on Feb 2, 2020:

The Rethugs just threw the Republic and Election under the bus...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 2, 2020:

Hope it's a crushing blow for them! :-)

Well, at least the rose garden should be fine for the next few years with all the bullshit Trump and...

LucyLoohoo comments on Feb 1, 2020:

EXCEPT--any rose gardener knows you have to PRUNE every year!

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 1, 2020:

@19dacar52 You can't be referring to his backbone, It's a proven fact he doesnt have one! ;-)

Well, at least the rose garden should be fine for the next few years with all the bullshit Trump and...

Freedompath comments on Feb 1, 2020:

My guess is those roses have been poisoned! I bet trump never knew there was a Rose garden! That would require love!

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 1, 2020:

Difficult for a man with a dollar sign for a heart to comprehend the concept of love! Nicely put Ms. Freedompath :-)

Man (or woman, for fear of being misunderstood) is clearly the most intelligent beast in our world.

Mermaidfantasy comments on Feb 1, 2020:

I have never considered my intelligent, just inquisitive, there will alway be more to learn and other smarter.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 1, 2020:

That makes you evermore intelligent just by voicing your remark!

The "Do nothing democrats" has been voiced ad nausea by Trump, now they have proved him wrong.

freeofgod comments on Feb 1, 2020:

Putins Mitch is a POS. He is responsible for destroying our democracy.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 1, 2020:

No arguing with that one! :-)

GOP Pinata would be a more appropriate name for this group following the fiasco in the senate, and ...

Besalbub comments on Feb 1, 2020:

If trump gets voted out you can change the name of the group If he gets reelected we'll have it for four more years or maybe more .

Austin-Cambridge replies on Feb 1, 2020:

What a terrible thought! :-(

Man (or woman, for fear of being misunderstood) is clearly the most intelligent beast in our world.

Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 31, 2020:

There is a marvellous section from Hitchhikers Guide. Can’t remember the exact text and this is nothing like it but the gist was Humans think they are the most intelligent creatures on the planet because they have developed so many technologies and the dolphin thinks he is the most ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 31, 2020:

Great line, well remembered, very nostalgic stuff, a lot of very deep things were buried in the text, thanks!

Man (or woman, for fear of being misunderstood) is clearly the most intelligent beast in our world.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 31, 2020:

I continue to assert that misunderstanding is typically incredibly easy, and real understanding is typically incredibly hard.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 31, 2020:

Hopefully, we are moving in the right direction here!

Puerto Rico: A U.

Austin-Cambridge comments on Jan 29, 2020:

When you see such a paradise in ruins It makes you wonder why? Natural resources, temperate climate (notwithstanding climate change) and zip of an economy! Must have been raped of it's fortune along the line! :-(

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@Mofo1953 Thanks for the insight, most interesting, It's a crying shame whatever the cause! Do you consider them doomed or is there any viable future for them?

Sometimes it is hard to make oneself understood.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 28, 2020:

I often claim that misunderstaning is typically incredibly easy and **real** understanding is typically incredibly hard.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@FearlessFly Good point, It's the most difficult subject I have ever tackled, I thought myself quite sagacious before, not now, more like inadequate!

Another and probably more laughable Trump comment was about bombing British airfields during the ...

Mermaidfantasy comments on Jan 28, 2020:

must have been done by aliens. : )

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 28, 2020:

It's life Jim............ but not as we know it! ;-D

Another and probably more laughable Trump comment was about bombing British airfields during the ...

St-Sinner comments on Jan 27, 2020:

You are confusing education with competency. Education is not a required qualification for presidency. You can hire all the nerds in the world you want.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 28, 2020:

@St-Sinner His business career came cooked, plated and with a silver service, all at daddies expense! If we all had that start it would be "perfect"! The Washington Post estimate his financial aid from daddy at between $50m and $417m, he could not go wrong with such a springboard! ;-)

Another and probably more laughable Trump comment was about bombing British airfields during the ...

St-Sinner comments on Jan 27, 2020:

You are confusing education with competency. Education is not a required qualification for presidency. You can hire all the nerds in the world you want.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 27, 2020:

Surely education leads to competency "O horned one"? The man seems to have neither!

Another and probably more laughable Trump comment was about bombing British airfields during the ...

ToolGuy comments on Jan 26, 2020:

????

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 26, 2020:

Trump university springs to mind! :-D

Another and probably more laughable Trump comment was about bombing British airfields during the ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 26, 2020:

If it wasn’t so serious it would be funny. I’m sure someone must be feeding him these lines to make him look a buffoon.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 26, 2020:

@JimG It seems to be working "perfectly" ;-)

Does anybody miss the days when people could speak their minds without being accused of being a ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Totally agree with the sentiment. Feeble-minded pricks! 🤓

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 25, 2020:

See the comments, running scared is the new order!

Does anybody miss the days when people could speak their minds without being accused of being a ...

Sticks48 comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Are you speaking of a time when white people could call other races and nationalities very hateful and derogatory names with no consequences. No I don't miss that and what the fuck is wrong with you?

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 25, 2020:

Speaking your mind, I like it, I am a 50's child and if I was a racist I would have had few friends at school in Birmingham, not Alabama, England, where it was allowed to have mixed races in public institutions, you illustrate the intolerance I was speaking of, that's "who the fuck" I am!

As I suggested in an earlier post, Trumps impeachment is turning out to be a lesson in human nature,...

RichieO comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Their response will be "witchhunt" and other lame excuses to not take any responsible actions... But hopefully, the majority will be sensible. --- Wishful thinking can't hurt, can it?

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 25, 2020:

The whole world is wishing with you mate!

As I suggested in an earlier post, Trumps impeachment is turning out to be a lesson in human nature,...

AstralSmoke comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Deny and ignore! It is OK if Trump becomes a dictator.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 25, 2020:

Nah! If you have a dictator have a benevolent one, not a moron self centered asshole!

As I suggested in an earlier post, Trumps impeachment is turning out to be a lesson in human nature,...

ToolGuy comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Evidence will be irrelevant! Lol

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 25, 2020:

That is probably the case unfortunately, I am content with Trumps scurrilous nature being aired in public though, it cannot be ignored and will not help his political or business future. As many commentators have said, "the stain of impeachment will forever remain" :-D

Actual footage of trump throwing a tantrum?

Austin-Cambridge comments on Jan 24, 2020:

WTF is that?

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 24, 2020:

@TheGreatShadow Totally went over my head mate, DOH! :-)

I really think the GOP should do the right thing here.

TheGreatShadow comments on Jan 23, 2020:

The 80M bounty is not true. The 3M one is. Here's where the 80M came from. “We are 80 million Iranians, if each one of us puts aside one American dollar, we will have 80 million American dollars, and we will reward anyone who brings us [Trump]’s head with that amount,” he said before a ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 23, 2020:

Enlightening! Well I'm sure they would have a whip round for whoever delivered the gobshite! :-D 83M then, not bad for a useless sack of orange peelings!

Hello to all group members! I joined this group early last year not knowing a great deal about the ...

Mermaidfantasy comments on Jan 22, 2020:

I have found it is a lot of work, takes a lot of extra time and also make you have to change your mind sometimes, when your old way of thinking made you think one way about something, now you have to admit you may of been wrong. Because of these things, I get why so many want to be told what to ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 22, 2020:

Excellent point, the admission of past failures in your decision making is difficult to admit to oneself and hard to accept! Still, it makes CT even more powerful a tool if you can self criticize first in order to adopt the principal and a huge help going forward with a complex subject! Well done!

Hello to all group members! I joined this group early last year not knowing a great deal about the ...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 22, 2020:

I have the expectation that, having thought about the supernatural and found reasons to reject it all, nonbelievers should use 'reason' above-all. Although that is usually the case, I encounter logical fallacies from nonbelievers regularly (admittedly less so in this group). I'm not an expert, and...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 22, 2020:

There is a lot of dross on this site, you have to be selective and see posts for what they represent, points! I like this group because if you have an interest in CT it means you are a thinker and not just opinionated!

GOP the untouchables?

zeuser comments on Jan 22, 2020:

We'll get him eventually. The damage he inflicts between now and then, however, should outrage everyone.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 22, 2020:

The only analogy I can make is "Syphilis" the longer it persists the more damage it causes! ;-)

I have wondered for a long time why so many old people are content to sit in silence and not comment...

rogerbenham comments on Jan 19, 2020:

In native culture around here it is quite common to all just sit quietly. They think that white people talk too much.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 20, 2020:

There is a saying for rubbish conversation in Portuguese which translates into English as "All branches and very little grape!" :-)

This is true! I dreamt last night that a huge alien craft appeared in the skies over Washington and ...

Cutiebeauty comments on Jan 19, 2020:

I don't allow trump in my dreams.. icky 🤢🤢

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 19, 2020:

Very wise of you!

Get em tom! I don't know shit about his policies, cause the first time I heard from him was on the ...

Cutiebeauty comments on Jan 18, 2020:

Who is Tom?

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 18, 2020:

@TheGreatShadow You're pissing in the wind with this one Shadow! ;-P

if there is a better analogy, I haven't seen it yet

TheGreatShadow comments on Jan 17, 2020:

Literally made me lol. Wait till he finds out some cars run on deisel!

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 17, 2020:

@TheGreatShadow "Filho da uma puta" works for me :-)

if there is a better analogy, I haven't seen it yet

TheGreatShadow comments on Jan 17, 2020:

Literally made me lol. Wait till he finds out some cars run on deisel!

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 17, 2020:

@TheGreatShadow That's a nice offer but I'm not sure we have a bullshit heap big enough to accommodate such a huge turd over here!

if there is a better analogy, I haven't seen it yet

TheGreatShadow comments on Jan 17, 2020:

Literally made me lol. Wait till he finds out some cars run on deisel!

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 17, 2020:

Trump does not strike me as one for details mate, vague seems to suit him best! ;-)

The Proof: That God Exists There is a hierarchy in Animalia, not only as quantified by the DNA ...

Fernapple comments on Jan 15, 2020:

If we are so superior, why is it that some of us have difficulty basic with grammar ?

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 15, 2020:

Perhaps some went to a "talkin' " school?

The Proof: That God Exists There is a hierarchy in Animalia, not only as quantified by the DNA ...

BestWithoutGods comments on Jan 15, 2020:

Man created governments, and man can amend them, or overthrow them, when necessary. That is not at all like a god.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 15, 2020:

@jlynn37 ....in order to dominate the minds of his fellow men!

A post script to my previous post.

Heidi68 comments on Jan 14, 2020:

When my mom passed we had a celebration of her life on the beach. So much better than a priest droning on & on. I am so glad you get to celebrate your friend's life on Friday.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 15, 2020:

Thank you, It's going to be a great pleasure to do so!

I don't watch too much reality TV shows but have seen a number of them dealing with the after life ...

273kelvin comments on Jan 14, 2020:

When these types of shows are aired in the UK they come with a warning "For entertainment only" Nuff sed.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 14, 2020:

Nuff indeed, anyone who needs to see such a warning will probably die of ignorance!

A post script to my previous post.

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Jan 14, 2020:

My in-laws did this, & we had a great party celebrating their lives.....exactly what they wanted us to do.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 14, 2020:

Perfect, exactly what I want, not the miserable shit the religious do! I am totally sick of listening to priests speaking intimately about friends of mine that they never knew, breaking the hearts of their loved ones with pious bullshit!

I don't watch too much reality TV shows but have seen a number of them dealing with the after life ...

Deb57 comments on Jan 14, 2020:

They use a lot of easy to debunk tactics and rely on a lot of creepy music, "feelings," an very easily to reproduce phenomena. Still I sometimes find the shows entertaining. Fun to speculate how the crew created some of the effects that they try to pass off as paranormal.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 14, 2020:

Yes, the people supposedly filming these programmes are always being filmed, strange that! Oh! look, a shadow, a noise! or some garbled voices on a gadget from Radio shack, feckin' saddo's!

I don't watch too much reality TV shows but have seen a number of them dealing with the after life ...

Austin-Cambridge comments on Jan 14, 2020:

Being agnostic I have watched many programmes, both north American and English, all have been a bunch of assholes with digital gadgets, frightening the shit out of themselves in dark, presumably haunted locations! It is all pathetic really, grown people acting like children, utter bullshit ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 14, 2020:

@Geoffrey51 All for ratings, nothing to do with reality as they call these "shows" ;-)

A post script to my previous post.

Cast1es comments on Jan 14, 2020:

Sounds like a perfest ending !

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 14, 2020:

Thank you for that, more than I could have imagined!

I lost another friend to the "great abyss" last night, and It's happening with greater frequency ...

itsmedammit comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Yeah, that is "life". No wonder those religious folks created all those afterlife stories.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 13, 2020:

Mental crutches for the cerebrally impared? :-)

I lost another friend to the "great abyss" last night, and It's happening with greater frequency ...

dan325 comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Sorry for your loss. They just pile up as we age, and it never gets easier.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 13, 2020:

Very true, thank you for the thought!

I lost another friend to the "great abyss" last night, and It's happening with greater frequency ...

mordant comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Yes at some point they start dropping like flies. I'm about to turn 63 and my surviving brothers (oldest has already been gone for 15 years from cancer) will be 73 and 78, so I am almost certainly going to be the last one to turn the lights out in my immediate family (parents are long gone, in '98 ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 13, 2020:

Very kind sentiments, thank you!

I lost another friend to the "great abyss" last night, and It's happening with greater frequency ...

Allamanda comments on Jan 13, 2020:

So did I this week. It does seem to be a 'rolling downhill and picking up speed' type of thing, doesn't it?

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 13, 2020:

Too right, the roller coaster ride to the grave, can't slow it down. :-(

I lost another friend to the "great abyss" last night, and It's happening with greater frequency ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 13, 2020:

I can imagine. Makes one question if we want to be last man standing

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 13, 2020:

Always nice to wake up in the morning mate, still have my wife! ;-)

I lost another friend to the "great abyss" last night, and It's happening with greater frequency ...

Storm1752 comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Great abyss?

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 13, 2020:

Sorry, religious types would call it the afterlife or heaven etc. I call it the great abyss for obvious reasons!

I think Trump would say, tax is what a little man uses to secure a carpet! :-)

TheDoubter comments on Jan 10, 2020:

he knows about taxing others and giving his cronies a tax break

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 10, 2020:

Undeniable truth always works for me! ;-)

Well maybe not in the U.

Beki comments on Jan 9, 2020:

When I was 47, I learned that, thanks to a brain injury, I had lost all memories of the details of my life. My family and acquaintances told me I had to believe in God, so I started reading books. I read the Bible up to the point where it said that if you run into anyone who disagrees with ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 10, 2020:

Sorry Beki, as an adherent of this group I totally missed this post. That's one of the more bizarre histories I have read on this site, and am amazed at your powers of reason in finding your way though it! Best of luck for the future, A.C.

I think Trump would say, tax is what a little man uses to secure a carpet! :-)

Mofo1953 comments on Jan 10, 2020:

He's an imbecile, there is no way he can say that which would require he knew about tacks, due to the fact that he's never done one single day of honest work in his miserable life!

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 10, 2020:

Wouldn't be hard to tacks his brain eh?

I've been watching re-runs of Elementary with Johnny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu, I think the music ...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Some are like that, but I love the music to Murdoch Mysteries, & NCIS.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 9, 2020:

Me too! :-)

I've been watching re-runs of Elementary with Johnny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu, I think the music ...

moosepucky comments on Jan 9, 2020:

Never seen that program.... The Futurama episode with Lucy Liu killed her for me.... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EHLYp8sCafA

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 9, 2020:

The program itself is very well made and scripted, just the music irritates!

The sphere of politics is for me the most difficult to apply CT to! Other than assuming all ...

RichieO comments on Jan 9, 2020:

If you ask the question; How many politicians are doing it solely for the good of their country and it’s people and are they completely incorruptible? The answer is difficult to assess for various reasons, if you consider the amounts of money involved in almost every aspect of decision making and ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 9, 2020:

Your words echo my sentiments entirely, unfortunate that most take the money, Trumps impeachment trial will reveal just how many are corrupt!

It appears to me that Trump has anointed himself Supreme Leader! The Democrats are just ...

Austin-Cambridge comments on Jan 6, 2020:

Looks like his days are numbered, either by voters or the sword!

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 8, 2020:

@MichaelCooley2 Arabs have been murdering one another since there were Arabs, who would be stupid enough to get in between them given their history, think you know the answer to that one mate!

General Soleimani is being described in the press as the 2nd most important person in Iran's ...

altschmerz comments on Jan 8, 2020:

That's our modus operandi.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 8, 2020:

Our? ;-) Reminds me of Bruce Hornsby's "Thats just the way it is"

General Soleimani is being described in the press as the 2nd most important person in Iran's ...

TheGreatShadow comments on Jan 8, 2020:

Pence and trump are important? I think you meant highest powered. :)

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 8, 2020:

Sorry, I stand corrected!

No idea where did I steal this one but definitely gave me a good laugh 😊

glennlab comments on Jan 7, 2020:

Could have been what she was hoping for.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 7, 2020:

Rah! Congratulations, It's a flat screen!

Hello all! I was thinking, as a child of the 50s there were no computers, no world wide web and ...

sterlingdean comments on Jan 7, 2020:

And you only had one channel, if you could get the antenna adjusted. AM radio with 'clear channel' stations you could only pick up at night.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 7, 2020:

Welcome, your credentials are quite clear to be in this group, what youngster under 50 would know such a thing? :-)

trump's new hat!!!!

silverotter11 comments on Jan 6, 2020:

fucking asswipe.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 6, 2020:

That might be a huge slur for other ass wipes! ;-)

It appears to me that Trump has anointed himself Supreme Leader! The Democrats are just ...

Austin-Cambridge comments on Jan 6, 2020:

Looks like his days are numbered, either by voters or the sword!

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 6, 2020:

@MichaelCooley2 Keep a close eye on the news broadcasts in the next few days, something is going to happen for sure!

I see Trump has threatened the Iranians by hitting "numerous" cultural sites, if they retaliate to ...

bobwjr comments on Jan 6, 2020:

Terrorist at heart

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 6, 2020:

He frightens the shit out of me Bob!

The sphere of politics is for me the most difficult to apply CT to! Other than assuming all ...

wonderandlisten comments on Jan 6, 2020:

I would recommend Jonathan Haidt's book, The Righteous Mind - Why Good People Are Divided By Politics And Religion. I think that the research, and ideas in this book are extremely important.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 6, 2020:

Many thanks for the info!

What if the Iranians get so upset, they assassinate our president in retaliation?

TheGreatShadow comments on Jan 6, 2020:

They have an 80M bounty on his head...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 6, 2020:

Didn't know that! I'll have to keep an eye on the news, every hit-man in the world will be in the queue!

Iraq vote, Hezbollah threat leveled at US troops in Mideast He has no idea how bad he fucked up.

Austin-Cambridge comments on Jan 6, 2020:

Perfectly worded post, nice one!

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 6, 2020:

@TheGreatShadow Judge not a book by It's cover nor a state by It's politicians! ;-)

Trumps upcoming trial in the senate is going to be one of the most interesting exhibitions of ...

FearlessFly comments on Jan 3, 2020:

IMHO, history is replete with "poorest side of human nature". This one will not be hugely memorable.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 3, 2020:

Watch and learn is the message, this will surely be memorable!

I went to meet Yang last night.

Austin-Cambridge comments on Jan 3, 2020:

American voters love showmen, ineloquent speakers wont hit the mark with them!

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 3, 2020:

@NHjulie Exactly my point!

Trump cabinet meeting....

TheDoubter comments on Jan 2, 2020:

it's their secret

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 3, 2020:

They sure need a breath of fresh air in the GOP! :-)

My father purchased a Kalvinator fridge in the 60's, It ran for 30 years running perfectly, ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Jan 2, 2020:

I agree. My mother had an old electric oven from about 1962. I moved to another town in 1982 and gave her my oven because I didn’t need it where I was going and hers would have to break down at some point Up until 2004 she had two ovens in her kitchen waiting for the 1962 model to stop ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 2, 2020:

Perfect reply that, good old engineering over modern crap!

"It is man's intelligence that makes him so often behave more stupidly than the beasts.

powder comments on Jan 1, 2020:

It's the written word, the ability to record ideas and discoveries, that sets us apart more so than intelligence. Who says we are the only species that has intelligent, abstract thought? Proof please.....but there is no proof as we can't even sense or measure our own. Perhaps if say elephants or ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 2, 2020:

@Fernapple Hence the burning of books throughout history by religious fanatics! ;-)

"It is man's intelligence that makes him so often behave more stupidly than the beasts.

Jolanta comments on Jan 1, 2020:

We have a famous football player who is extremely religious here. He was sacked from his very lucrative football club for saying that guys and people who had abortions would go to hell. After he was sacked he took them to court but did not win, it was settled out of court in the end. Anyway now ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 1, 2020:

God setting fires eh! Laughable but then footballers have never been the most cerebral of our species!

Hello all! Are any of you as amazed as I am to find myself waking up in 2020 :-D

mordant comments on Jan 1, 2020:

Hey if Trump didn't fumble the nuclear football in '19, maybe he won't in '20.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Jan 1, 2020:

They say a Groundhog can predict the weather, is there really anyone or anything that could predict what Trump might do next?

Are you truely agnostic or an athiest in hiding?

Storm1752 comments on Dec 31, 2019:

I really AM agnostic. Are YOU really atheist? No doubts? If you have any doubts, you're agnostic, like many or most or ALL atheists.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 31, 2019:

@Omnedon Anyone who is 100% sure of either is a fool or knows more than the rest of us!

In respect of all would-be leaders of a country.

Beki comments on Dec 29, 2019:

Yes. I believe, at the very least, they should have to pass a test that shows they understand the Constitution of the country they want to lead. I also wonder about the viability of psychological tests. I have heard so much about the overwhelming number of psychiatrists who think Trump is ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 29, 2019:

Sound comment, Trump is a basket case that is worthy of many months on a psychiatrists couch!

Conspirators Claim Burger King's Impossible Whopper Giving Men Breasts Burger King’s ...

azzow2 comments on Dec 29, 2019:

This could be a result of smoking marijuana that reduces testosterone and promotes estrogens' growth. As I remember cannabis causes you thalamus to require stimulation making people get the munchies.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 29, 2019:

Strange you can remember anything after being on the pipe mate!

I have wondered for a long time why so many old people are content to sit in silence and not comment...

St-Sinner comments on Dec 27, 2019:

I am old but I am not withdrawn, silent or content. I am hungry and energetic and getting my eye candies out there all the time. Like Shakespeare said... the spirit is willing....

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 27, 2019:

Me too O honed one, It does not stop me being a miserable old bastard though! ;-)

'Tis the season.

Austin-Cambridge comments on Dec 25, 2019:

Damn shame that! Have you tried getting a good carpenter recently? :-D

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 25, 2019:

Mind you, a woman can give birth without copulation is a definete no,no! You would be up to your knees in little saviors in no time at all. :-O

'Tis the season.

OldGoat43 comments on Dec 25, 2019:

I doubt that any of the babies in cages were of that pale skin color. Time for a redraw.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 25, 2019:

Who has ever seen a white Arab anyway, especially with blue eyes and long blonde hair as often depicted? Not that I agree with ICE doing the bidding of cruel assholes, if they are part human, they should mutiny! ;-)

Exploding dishwashers, Jesus H Christ, at a political rally, if that ain't the strangest thing you ...

NHjulie comments on Dec 20, 2019:

Missed it. What did he say this time?

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 20, 2019:

Usual drivel, he really is a basket case, even his supporter were in stunned silence! :-)

All senators who vote against the removal of office of Donald J Trump should be charged with aiding ...

joe1334us comments on Dec 20, 2019:

And there is no DOJ Memo protecting them so it is all doable, first Bill Barr would have to be removed..

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 20, 2019:

Definetely, there are so many bad apples in the barrel It's difficult to know where to start and where to finish!

Putin says impeachment case against Trump is 'fabricated' Does this shock anyone?

Austin-Cambridge comments on Dec 20, 2019:

Two oligarchs in a pod mate!

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 20, 2019:

@TheGreatShadow That's not a real definition but usually the case, very rich pieces of shit who don't pay taxes! ;-)

I just saw this and thought this error somehow seems appropriate?

AnonySchmoose comments on Dec 19, 2019:

Repub's comparison of today's impeachment with Jesus' trial is a ludicrous farce.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 19, 2019:

The trial of J.C. was not televised unfortunately but Trumps trial will be and any miscarriage of justice will be recorded and go down in undeniable history as a fact! ;-)

I was thinking, (it’s a bad habit of mine).

St-Sinner comments on Dec 16, 2019:

It has been proven that just thinking that there is a power that watches over you, can help you out of troubles and when all fails "He" can help.... is a an empowering feeling. Not just for many but most want help and things to align for them automatically instead of reasoning how things work in the...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 16, 2019:

@yvilletom The indoctrination of children is organised religions most odious tool, I for one condemn then for doing so!

Hello all! I was thinking, as a child of the 50s there were no computers, no world wide web and ...

thinktwice comments on Dec 16, 2019:

I wore out my encyclopedias! ha ha I think the challenge these days is to teach people what sources are better than others and to use more than one source to discern what information is spin, gossip, factual, conjecture, etc. Like why would you trust a site that had no scientific credentials for ...

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 16, 2019:

Welcome back! Boas festas :-)

Hello all! I was thinking, as a child of the 50s there were no computers, no world wide web and ...

IamNobody comments on Dec 16, 2019:

Life has come a long way in such brief period of time. The amount of information available today will keep growing at fast pace going forward. We are a very special generation, the last one that actually remember how life was before technology.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 16, 2019:

@IamNobody I totally agree, we were never subject to the sort of information bombardment that children today are, targeted advertising being a big part of that!

Hello all! I was thinking, as a child of the 50s there were no computers, no world wide web and ...

IamNobody comments on Dec 16, 2019:

Life has come a long way in such brief period of time. The amount of information available today will keep growing at fast pace going forward. We are a very special generation, the last one that actually remember how life was before technology.

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 16, 2019:

We are special and can never be repeated, we managed without calculators let alone computers and were probably educated better than todays crop of youngsters!

Hello all! I was thinking, as a child of the 50s there were no computers, no world wide web and ...

Geoffrey51 comments on Dec 16, 2019:

Exactly. A lot more reliable and factually correct than a lot of Dr Google and Wikipedia

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 16, 2019:

Yes, yes, and It involved eye to eye contact and conversation with others which is becoming rare these days!

If you vote in one of these 17 states--Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, ...

Austin-Cambridge comments on Dec 14, 2019:

If you vote you get fooled, if you dont vote you are a fool, whats the answer?

Austin-Cambridge replies on Dec 15, 2019:

@yvilletom It has to be vote and be damned!