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Critical thinking

Jan 26, 2020Jan 2020

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Another and probably more laughable Trump comment was about bombing British airfields during the American war of independence, now that is a howler, where was he educated? :-/

Food Glorious Food

Apr 24, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

One of these is a square of "something" as a course and the other a square meal, that's a beef steak under the overdone egg but who cares? :-D

Jun 16, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

I may have a solution to the American peoples dilemma..........Dissolve the Republic and become a Monarchy, make the Trumps your Royal Family, appeasing all the dim-wits who love him and whom will never have to vote again! He will only have the power...

Critical thinking

Feb 11, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

I see we have quite a lot new members in our small but interesting group! If CT is a subject of curiosity to you but you don't know where to start, self examination is essential. We are all influenced in the way we see the world by our passed ...

Critical thinking

Apr 27, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Do any CT members agree with my sentiment that the long term and most profound effects of this pandemic will be psychological as well as economical. Also, will governments make ample provision for a wave of "disturbed" citizens in their mental health...

May 18, 2019May 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Why is it that grandparents are far more patient and tolerant of children that their parents? We are supposed to become grumpy old gits!

Just for Laughs

Oct 31, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

It seems that being honest actually pays in the end!

Jul 9, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

You will never guess who told me this but, did you know that Amy Johnson was on a secret spying mission for George III when she went missing?

Jul 26, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

A word in favour of Boris Johnson! When Britain joined the EU in the 70's, It was a free trade zone for European countries. Since then, It has developed into a central European government, complete with hundreds, if not thousands, of useless, ...

Critical thinking

Jul 18, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

All is as it seems if you don't know how to look at it, including ones own thoughts! Indulge the wisdom of critical thinking and see more clearly!

Critical thinking

Oct 29, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

I have spent many hours using CT to ascertain how Donald Trump has become the popinjay, barbermonger and fop he is today. With the best possible start in life financially, one would expect the man to be educated, sophisticated and cultured yet he has...

Just for Laughs

Aug 2, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

A guy is released from prison after a 15 year sentence, he feels in the pocket of his returned suit and pulls out a ticket for the shoe repair shop, shit he thinks, my brogues, I'd forgotten about those, he goes to the shop and asks, do you have my ...

Just for Laughs

Jul 14, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Sounds painful!

May 28, 2019May 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Arab peoples believe 40 years to be the "Age of wisdom" this, some may think, a little severe. I think the Arabs may have been 10 years off the mark. Having said that, there is no fool like an old fool in our philosophy! Oh dear! Posting ...

Sep 14, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

This our new Polonium 210 vaccine my friend! :-D

Just for Laughs

May 9, 2021May 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

You are what you eat?

Jun 2, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

I did not enjoy Roy Orbison as a kid and certainly not Pretty Woman. However, in later life I've found that Blue Bayou is probably the finest, most angelically sung song of his long career! Just saying!

Jun 2, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Technology! I must have watched 100 of the "How it's made" programs on Discovery, suffering Tony Hirsts' unfunny quips, and am still blissfully ignorant of it all, I can remember things from when I was an infant :)

May 20, 2019May 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Typical, looks like everyones forgotten they joined this group!

Jun 3, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Do the folk in Glocca Morra ever ask how we are?

Critical thinking

Apr 8, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

So, critical thinkers don't get bored that easily? We are in our fourth week of voluntary isolation here, the streets are empty in the main, although you see the odd person from the window of course. Bars and restaurants, theatres and libraries all ...

Mar 2, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

I hope some of our American cousins can answer this Question! Why does the word "socialism" strike fear into the hearts of American voters? To label democrats as communists is akin to labeling republicans as fascists, there are many socialist ...

Jul 7, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

500 members, well done Yogafan! Well done fellow members too!

Mar 30, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Well.................Speak as you find is always a good policy! :-)

May 13, 2020May 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

STOP PRESS: MORE WH DRAMA

Just for Laughs

Apr 20, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Definitely no comment!

Apr 23, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

I really like Joe Biden, mostly because he is everything that his moronic clown predecessor is not! I could make a long list but I think Joe is being taken seriously by other world leaders which sums it up perfectly! :-)

Critical thinking

Nov 4, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

I hope you will like this! why do some people keep saying "why" when you know that if you try to explain something to them they will still say "but why" :-D

Aug 27, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

A burglar creeping around a house in the dark shining his torch when a voice says "Jesus is watching you" He shines his torch and sees a parrot in a cage, the parrot says, hello I'm Mary! The burglar says thats a weird name for a parrot, Mary ...

Critical thinking

Nov 1, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

This "Spring forward fall back" adjustment really does my head in for the following week, my body clock has big difficulties with it! Do the benefits (if there really are any) outweigh the inconvenience and should it be scrapped?

Critical thinking

Oct 5, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Do we become less tolerant with age? I have observed many older couples who have neither tolerance nor respect for their partners to the point of being utterly rude to one another in public. My own conclusion is that familiarity breeds contempt, is ...

Critical thinking

Apr 27, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

We all have different personalities but are our individual personalities the result of all that we have perceived during our lifetime or may some of it be inherited?

Critical thinking

Jan 25, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

As I suggested in an earlier post, Trumps impeachment is turning out to be a lesson in human nature, I cannot wait to hear the GOP's reaction to the evidence presented by the democrats!

Jan 19, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

So you can't even trust them with a vacuum cleaner? :-D

Food Glorious Food

Sep 5, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

When we buy a chicken here, fresh or frozen, they always have the innards included. My wife bought a frozen corn fed chicken and is thawing it for tomorrows lunch, I just inspected it, as you do, and found it to be the epitome of a chicken, yellow ...

The Escapees- - Hide here!

May 30, 2019May 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Anybody in here know what DNA stands for?

Just for Laughs

Sep 5, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

A.C.'s guide to diplomacy: If you're going to have sex with an ugly woman tell her that she will have a multiple orgasm if she puts a pillowcase on her head! :-D

Critical thinking

Oct 24, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Are you able to see yourself as others do? If you can't you have much to learn!

Critical thinking

Jan 24, 2023Jan 2023

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Are there many members in this group who actulally know what critical thinking is all about? If there are I would really like to see a post on the subject which would be of interest to others!

Just for Laughs

Jan 23, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Ain't this about right! :-)

Nov 12, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

A second cyber attack has been launched against the UK labour party in the last 24 hours, who, I hear you say, would do such a thing? The Russian's have aided Trump all down the line because they knew he is a corruptible ally, they are now backing ...

The Escapees- - Hide here!

Jun 6, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Are dried up old witches with no sense of humor welcome to give their opinions about jokes meant for the boys posted in this group? Please answer yes or no, I'm getting sick of the "Joke" group, it's been taken over by prudes!

Critical thinking

Oct 29, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

What place does religion have in modern society if it leads to It's radical adherents to hack people to death in public places because they don't share their views?

Feb 9, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

And another thing, ( he said angrily ) if lying, cheating, pomposity, brutalizing the defenseless and bedding whores are signs of greatness, well goddammit Donnie, you are the greatest man who ever lived! ;-)

Critical thinking

Jan 22, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Hello to all group members! I joined this group early last year not knowing a great deal about the subject. This group and the abundance of literature and videos posted by RichieO have been very enlightening and at the same time perplexing. A large ...

Critical thinking

Jul 9, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Have any group members seen the map contrasting the infection rate in the US against that In Canada? If so, what conclusions can you draw from the two massively different scenarios?

Jul 12, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

The American people really deserve to have their very own "Ides of March" before November 2020. If that could happen, I would love, and I'm sure that millions of Americans would love to be there there to hear Trump utter the words "Et tu Bruto" ...

Jul 14, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

The big question has always been: What came first, the chicken or the egg? It occurred to me that you could ask the same about these! :-D

Critical thinking

Jul 15, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Given the fact that the vast majority of people being hospitalized in wards or ICU's with Covid 19 have not been vaccinated, should medical insurance companies refuse to pay for their care if they have refused the opportunity to be jabbed?

Critical thinking

Nov 20, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Cogito, ergo sum. I prefer, I think critically so I am always looking for the truth.

Jun 27, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Democracy had it's doubters in ancient Greece, most of the great minds thought it unworkable. Nowadays, we have Mr. Trump to illustrate the imprudence of giving a vote to every citizen whether educated or not! To deny women the vote was pure sexist ...

Critical thinking

Aug 23, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Pain is a strange thing, you are certainly aware when you have one, a toothache perhaps or back pain, I suffer with arthritis in my hands and spine and have pain killers to control it but have never experienced the actual moment when it stopped ...

Food Glorious Food

Jan 27, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

N. B. Absolutely no religious content in this post! I don't know about you guys but for me this is better than eating the most expensive caviar the world has to offer and as cheap as chips! Rustic toasted bread, buttered with peanut butter and HP ...

Apr 16, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

A friend of mine sent me this letter, makes me wonder what the C in his name was? His pomposity must have cost Polydor a fortune! :-D

Apr 20, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

As head of State and the Anglican Church Liz doles out the Maundy money, a very religious gesture!

May 27, 2020May 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

The wise man and the wanna be wise man, priceless!

Nov 20, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Morning all! Just a moan. It has always irritated me enormously when people decry the drummers and bassists in bands, as if they were not an essential and fulcrum part of the overall sound. You never hear people say that the percussionists and ...

Apr 7, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

It may be a hand but it's handed over a lot of bucks over the years! :-D

May 25, 2019May 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Thinking outside the box! If Americans want to bring about political change a good start would be to stop using the peoples pacifier (television) and get out and protest. Change wont come while you are watching ass holes being blown away on the box ...

Jul 3, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

I don't know.........? If It's not one thing It's your mother!!

Critical thinking

Nov 7, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

For those of you who do use CT to determine the truth, what do you think of the difference between the Christian church and Islam when it comes to marketing? The Hajj must create a multitude of opportunities for travel companies, hotels and airlines,...

Critical thinking

Nov 15, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Rapidly approaching 200, well done RichieO, good to know the amount of thinkers on this site is growing!

Aug 7, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Kudlow and Trump, two for a pair, bullshit is not leadership! Hand on heart?

May 21, 2019May 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Given the chequered history of tolerance in President's, I wonder how much the Secret Service pay Trumps personal body guards?

Jul 10, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Where does Santa Claus really live live? 1 Lapland. 2 The North Pole 3 The snowy White house..............Sorry! This is the group for the totally confused isn't it? ;-P

Critical thinking

Jan 17, 2021Jan 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Not just a brilliant scientist!

Just for Laughs

Aug 8, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Just for Laughs

Mar 3, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Smart car dumb driver?

Jun 17, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Remember Kites by Simon Dupree? Probably the only popular music hit in the Occident with lyrics from the orient?

Critical thinking

Mar 11, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

If god really does exist, why do we have to be taught of his existence by humans? Surely we would just know of our god in all our being.......or would that be asking too much of our teachers?

Tales from the Lockdown

Apr 13, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Hello fellow recluses, we're in our fifth week of isolation now, good job that my wife and I are best friends as well as being married! I see today that the Pope is worried about domestic violence in the lock-down, what with all the pubs and bars ...

Critical thinking

May 13, 2019May 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Great group and excellent subject, you may well have created a forum for brights! Thanks RichieO

Sep 27, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Two frogs in a shipyard workers garden pond, one says rivet rivet rivet, the other says, stop taking the piss he;s trying to relax!

General & Hellos

Sep 12, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

It is more unusual these days to see somebody who does not have their "device" in their hand than one who does. It has become a matter of self importance, for the weak minded, to demonstrate that they are needed by others, social media is now an ...

Sep 5, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

The UK parliament scuppered Boris's attempt at dictatorship yesterday, this must give hope to Americans who want their democracy to endure!

Critical thinking

Jan 6, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

The sphere of politics is for me the most difficult to apply CT to! Other than assuming all politicians are corrupt, self seeking assholes who lie and have hidden agendas, how can one make a start at assessing the subject?

Critical thinking

Jun 14, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Respect, a small word with huge meaning! If respect were a subject taught in schools and colleges, police academies and the like, society would be far more advanced than it currently is. Respect for others politics, race, religion, atheism, ...

Critical thinking

Aug 12, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Don't worry! Well meant words from friends usually. I visualize a bird feeder full of nuts, the nuts representing worries, the first nut being the biggest and more important worry. You resolve that worry and another is immediately prioritized as the ...

Jul 3, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Following the visit of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the camps in El Paso and Clint, do you think there is a culture of sexism, racism and general lack of compassion in the USA policing of the border?

Critical thinking

Dec 9, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Who exactly is interested in prince Harry and Megan what's her name? The media is it seems, every time I access the inter-net I find a barrage of stories about this couple of spoiled brats carping about their awful treatment by others, poor darlings,...

Sep 20, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Policing Covid-19 can be really cruel! :-D

May 29, 2019May 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Can't just keep ignoring global warming, or can you?

Critical thinking

Jul 24, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Blame is an interesting thing, the one real thing you can say about it is "It must be apportioned". It is widely used by politicians to shift the emphasis from themselves to others and in general strengthen ones own beliefs by proxy! A great deal is...

Sep 30, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

How many of you can remember when ambulances and fire engines had bells instead of sirens, I do!

General & Hellos

Aug 13, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Anybody understand cat talk? A big ginger cat lives opposite my house, he's usually sitting chilling, as cats do, when our eyes meet he raises his head slowly and closes his eyes, lowering it and opening them again! Any ideas?

May 21, 2019May 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

In other species there are thieves, murderers and those who display what we would describe as loose morals, are we alone in feeling guilt?

Sep 10, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

How many of you can remember shouting "Mummy I've finished, come and wipe my bottom" :-D

General & Hellos

Nov 12, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Everything moves along but nothing much really changes!

Critical thinking

Jun 18, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

America has not reformed It's gun laws since the amendment "The right to bear arms". The world is a very different place than the one when those words were written, yet it continues to the peril of all citizens. Weapons of war never comprehended in ...

Just for Laughs

Mar 15, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

One for the poor addicts! GAMBLING (or how to spend a fortune trying to get rich) :-(

Humour, Fun, Chuckles, Laughs, or Cutes, From Everywhere.

Jun 2, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Being from the city might make you slicker but it don't make you wiser, I was in my 30s when I found out that Hedgehogs are not flat things that live in the gutter!

Critical thinking

Apr 12, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

There is a certain madness, for me at least, in having strong social distancing measures and at the same time allowing people to leave their homes to cycle, jog, walk animals or just for a stroll, exercise their legs. Not exercising for a couple of ...

Sep 5, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

A question for you lovely gardeners. My wife has a Hydrangea on our veranda which is suffering from a white fungus which is covering the leaves. Any solutions to save it would be really appreciated! We live on the south coast of Portugal if that is ...

Critical thinking

Oct 31, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

I believe November 3rd will more a mental health test for American voters than a presidential election, It will certainly give a good indication of "The state of the union"!

Critical thinking

Aug 30, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

What would happen if the world wide web suddenly collapsed? You would not be reading this question and that's for sure and life as we know it would cease to exist! Scary thought...

Jun 27, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Cat Stevens Father and Son, original video, superb, minimum production, maximum quality. Cant send it to you, I'm a ludite :-D

May 17, 2019May 2019

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Hello fellow music lovers, one of my favourite all time songs is Waterloo sunset by the Kinks, I have it on good authority that the reference Terry and Julie pertained Terrence Stamp and Julie Christie who were dating at that time!

General & Hellos

May 5, 2020May 2020

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

America has toppled many a "corrupt" regime over the years, relieving the world of dangerous tyrants, now, one asks, what should they do with their own?

Critical thinking

Jun 5, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

I see that there is a group on this site to discuss UFO's and the possibility of interstellar travel, as a critical thinker I find that a tad strange! If you do not believe in the existence of a creator, or God, is it not just as outrageous to give ...

Critical thinking

Apr 20, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Just how important is critical thinking? This is not the best example really but it does serve to illustrate just how easily your brain can be fooled, we all know that trash cans can't levitate but that's the impression you could have seeing this ...

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