Capitalism, Communism and Socialism defined by trains....

BD66 comments on Nov 1, 2021:

In 1960 jet airliners went into widespread service. At that time, you could fly from San Francisco to San Diego in 1 hour. California is proposing to spend somewhere between $80,000,000,000 and $100,000,000,000 to build a high speed rail service from San Francisco to San Diego. If they ever get the project done, it will be possible to take a train from San Diego to San Franciso in about 4 to 5 hours. So after 70 years and $100,000,000,000 you will have a choice: 1. Take an airplane from San Diego to San Francisco in 1 hour (just like you could in 1960). 2. Take the train from San Diego to San Francisco in 4 to 5 hours. That insanity could only exist in a Socialist state.

It’s time for Lindsey Graham to go. [foxnews.com]

BD66 comments on Oct 30, 2021:

It was time for him to go many years ago.

My guess is it is only proof he can't get laid...

BD66 comments on Oct 29, 2021:

I hate it when those religious people come up with a rock solid argument!

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls Meta 'Cancer to Democracy'

BD66 comments on Oct 29, 2021:

Funny how everyone from AOC to Ted Cruz hates facebook.

I bet you've never heard a conservative cite this Adam Smith quote

BD66 comments on Oct 29, 2021:

The rich have been paying significantly more of their income in taxes from 1913: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1913 Until 2021: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/taxes/federal-income-tax-brackets

Air travel extra accommodating.

BD66 comments on Oct 28, 2021:

You ride in the luggage compartment.

Like the workers aren't going to figure it out right?...

BD66 comments on Oct 27, 2021:

The end of the Cold War changed everything. During the Cold War, Western Capitalists only had access to a small portion of the World's labor pool. Now they have access to the entire world's labor pool. Great if you are a worker in India, Vietnam, Malaysia. It sucks if you are a worker in the USA. Being more hostile towards the capitalists will only make things worse for workers in the USA/

People in the UK and Australia would understand about the Phantom, the Bandar pygmies, the Skull ...

BD66 comments on Oct 26, 2021:

That was a nasty one. The 57/58 Hong Kong flu. My mother said she was sicker with that than she had been at any time in her life.

They have been finger pointing since as far back as I can remember.

BD66 comments on Oct 26, 2021:

It wasn't all Republicans. Remember Tipper Gore and her federal case over Prince's lyrics. :-) https://www.businessinsider.com/35-years-pmrc-rock-lyrics-senate-tipper-gore-frank-zappa-2020-9

Heretic /ˈherəˌtik/ noun a person believing in or practicing religious heresy Middle ...

BD66 comments on Oct 25, 2021:

My son is an Atheist. We toured the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum in San Antonio. He saw an iron maiden and was reading the caption next to it that said "This was a common punishment for heretics". He asked me "Dad, what's a heretic?" I told him "You are a heretic". His eyes got bigger than I have ever seen them before.

When did I lose that 'privilege'? 😆

BD66 comments on Oct 22, 2021:

I'm that way when the news comes on.

Gave me a smile.

BD66 comments on Oct 22, 2021:

Friday was a very bad day for him though.

UPDATED: Colin Powell died today of COVID complications in the Walter Reed Hospital, he was ...

BD66 comments on Oct 18, 2021:

My thoughts exactly.

What does it mean to be Pro-choice?

BD66 comments on Oct 17, 2021:

You can be pro-choice for the first 24 weeks and pro-life for the last 16 weeks.

Nailed it though!

BD66 comments on Oct 17, 2021:

Mental illness on a national scale.

Where do you think Amway got the idea?

BD66 comments on Oct 16, 2021:

I thought that's how churches worked.

Kind of like the way the republicans keep supporting trump!

BD66 comments on Oct 16, 2021:

A better analogy would be Socialism.

Of course we can all trust the CDC. [youtu.be]

BD66 comments on Oct 15, 2021:

The tip of the iceberg: https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief https://www.the-sun.com/news/434192/how-us-school-for-assassins-trained-tyrants-in-torture-murder-and-dictatorship-to-prevent-rise-of-communism/

Things not to say during a fight...

BD66 comments on Oct 15, 2021:

That one hits close to home.

This was in mixed TED talks, she makes a lot of sense. [youtu.be]

BD66 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

This is crazy and dangerous. When countries go down the path she proposes, it leads to a sovereign debt default and hyperinflation. We are already starting to see the inflation today. If we listen to lunatics like her, they will lead us over the cliff and we will experience what other countries have experienced many times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_debt_crises This is where that crazy woman wants to take us: https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-hyperinflation-definition-causes-and-examples-3306097

Think of a.....

BD66 comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Black Emu from Denmark.

Lets assign blame where it belongs, if they hadn't bailed him out, he would probably be in the East ...

BD66 comments on Oct 13, 2021:

I could never stand that show. My last performance review was in May 2007. It was my first performance review with my last boss. In the middle of the review, he started quoting things Donald Trump said in The Apprentice. I just thought "Son of a bitch! I'm working for someone who is looking to Donald Trump for guidance!" I quit 2 weeks later and never looked back.

Christian Mom: Credit Karma “Attempts to Normalize Sin” by Using Two Dads in Ad | Hemant Mehta |...

BD66 comments on Oct 12, 2021:

This one is hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIYGFSONKbk

Quotable quote.

BD66 comments on Oct 11, 2021:

That must be a very old quote. I don't believe Joe could string 3 sentences together like that any more.

Three's a charm! So let's say hello the 3 new members who joined Introverts Unite! this past week.

BD66 comments on Oct 11, 2021:

He better hope he's in a community property state.

It seems as though it was a hollow threat

BD66 comments on Oct 11, 2021:

At this pace of inflation $15/hr isn't going to seem like much soon.

The Young Turks - Man Kills Pharmacist Brother Over COVID Conspiracy [youtube.com]

BD66 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

That's actually Darwin at work in an indirect way.

84 percent of Trump voters are worried about discrimination against whites: poll | TheHill

BD66 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Let's look at the data differently: 84% of Trump voters agree that discrimination against whites will increase in the USA. 38% of Biden voters agree that discrimination against whites will increase in the USA. Biden got 81,282,916 votes. Trump got 74,223,369 votes When you multiply the percentages: 62,347,630 Trump voters agree that discrimination against whites will increase in the USA. 30,887,508 Biden voters agree that discrimination against whites will increase in the USA. 93,235,138 out of 155,506,285 voters agree that discrimination against whites will increase in the USA. 60% of all voters agree that discrimination against whites will increase in the USA. When politicians run on "Equality of Outcome" instead of "Equality of Opportunity", the only way to achieve that when measured by race is to discriminate against some races and discriminate in favor of other races, so it's quite likely the 60% of all voters are correct that discrimination against whites (and Asians) will increase in the USA.

To recap on a poll a couple posts ago. Jason is a savage!

BD66 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Beatrix Kiddo: 75 in just 2 movies.

Some parents can be so cruel when choosing names for their children.

BD66 comments on Oct 10, 2021:

Named after an airport. Went on to become President. What a coincidence!

I love etymology.

BD66 comments on Oct 9, 2021:

I'd like to hear what that guy thinks about all the memes where he is the star. :-)

More like AIDS

BD66 comments on Oct 9, 2021:

The show will begin soon. It will be interesting to see if any of the other Republican candidates can contend with Trump.

I don't know who all needs to see this, but I know there are some

BD66 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

And sometimes scientists are just flat out liars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRa6t_e7dgI

Tesla: Elon Musk says company headquarters will move to Texas

BD66 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

The California corporate income tax rate is 8.84%, so Musk has a choice. Tesla can go to Texas and keep every dollar they earn (before federal taxes), or he can stay in California and give up the first 8.84 cents of every dollar they earn (before federal taxes). He's making the right decision for his company and his shareholders. The same decision is being made by corporations when they are deciding in what country they should have their corporate headquarters. If the Democrat lunatics get their way, they will drive corporations out of the USA the same way the Democrat lunatics are driving corporations out of California.

Decisions decisions...

BD66 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

I'll go with the Devil.

8th October 1918…American soldier Alvin York single-handedly attacks German gun nest, killing at ...

BD66 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

I know the whole Sgt. York story, but I never understood the timing. This was when there was 1 month left in the war. Germany was almost certain to lose the war. Maybe the Germans wanted to be captured? They were happy to be captured by the Americans after D-Day.

Alright Aussie friends, how the can a court allow a lawsuit to continue because radio personality ...

BD66 comments on Oct 8, 2021:

Seems like the burden of proof is on the plaintiff to show God did it.

The difference between Texas and Somalia.... Uh wait....

BD66 comments on Oct 7, 2021:

No pirates off the coast of Texas.

This is one of those critical race theory facts.

BD66 comments on Oct 7, 2021:

I don't believe the $300 number. California only paid $0.25 to $5 for each Indian scalp. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2008/8/14/567667/-#:~:text=In%201856%20the%20state%20of,400%20Pomo%20indians%20were%20slaughtered.

Republican motherhood....

BD66 comments on Oct 7, 2021:

You left out child support.

The old "back rub" line....😂

BD66 comments on Oct 7, 2021:

Works every time!

Yeah. The bible totally wasn't written by a man.

BD66 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

Sounds too specific to me. There must be some back story there.

Brian Tyler Cohen - Senator Sinema pulls DISGUSTING stunt, sinks her own party | No Lie podcast ...

BD66 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

Best explanation I have heard about what is going on in DC.

The cast of Cheers in 1981

BD66 comments on Oct 6, 2021:

I can't believe that was 40 years ago.

Kacey Musgraves Becomes First Artist to Perform Naked on SNL

BD66 comments on Oct 5, 2021:

Too bad she didn't play a harmonica. :-)

“This is, apparently, what the actual Jesus of Nazareth looked like, according to an artist and an...

BD66 comments on Oct 5, 2021:

1. This is what a person born in Bethlehem near the time of Jesus's birth MIGHT look like. The people there did not all look the same, so putting a particular face on Jesus is ridiculous. 2. The photo is what he MIGHT look like from Mary's DNA. The other half of his DNA would have come from God, and nobody has ever sequenced God's DNA. He may have been green with purple polka dots for all we know.

THE OTHER MAN WHO WANTED TO BE PRESIDENT ANDREW YANG LEAVING DEMOCRATIC PARTY Andrew Yang is ...

BD66 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

He got his universal basic income, and now we can't find people to work at retail stores, work at restaurants, or drive trucks.

I'm pretty sure this is accurate.

BD66 comments on Oct 4, 2021:

The future the left gets:

Do You Practice Your Non Belief?

BD66 comments on Oct 1, 2021:

I log in here every day to see what you folks have to say.

My grandma sang this to me when I was little.

BD66 comments on Oct 1, 2021:

I like this one too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tbrLDA18C4

The regression of society as seen in real time

BD66 comments on Oct 1, 2021:

Iranian women are beautiful. No reason to cover them up! :-)

Something to think about

BD66 comments on Oct 1, 2021:

Weinberg was on my father-in-law's PhD Committee.

Football Game Ended After VICIOUS Abuse - YouTube

BD66 comments on Oct 1, 2021:

Georgetown was pounding Roxbury Prep 44 to 8. Supposedly: Hall said his team was “called N bombs by players, faculty, staff, spectators and were taunted all night” during the game in Georgetown on the North Shore. But nobody thought to record any of the taunting? Sounds pretty suspicious to me. https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/09/20/fight-breaks-out-at-roxbury-georgetown-football-game-after-racially-charged-taunts/

tax the rich and leave the min wager alone

BD66 comments on Sep 30, 2021:

This is what happens when a government continues to spend more than it takes in. It's not pretty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_debt_crises

Exactly right. 100%

BD66 comments on Sep 30, 2021:

so·cial·ism noun a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. Socialism fails every time because you take the means of production, distribution, and exchange away from the people who created the production, distribution, and exchange, and you give control of the means of production, distribution, and exchange to politicians. The politicians don't have the slightest idea what they are doing, so once the socialism has created misery, the politicians want to hold on to power, so they have to either give up power or create a totalitarian state to hold on to power. Republicans are aiming to prevent the USA from going down that path of disaster.

Republican presidential candidate - 2050.

BD66 comments on Sep 30, 2021:

That's what the USA will likely be like once the world realizes we'll never repay our $29,000,000,000,000 in debt.

Point taken, but then nothing is stopping you from becoming your own boss.

BD66 comments on Sep 29, 2021:

Thumbs up to your commentary, not Bukowski's statement.

An apt description.

BD66 comments on Sep 29, 2021:

Pretty much sums it up. I had a couple of those guys approach me a few years ago. I told them about all the distinguished professors and deans that I knew at elite universities who were raised Mormon. They both had big smiles on their face, then I told them "Those guys don't believe any of the Mormon church doctrines". I wish I had a camera to capture the looks on their faces.

On the other hand...

BD66 comments on Sep 29, 2021:

Looks better than the other one.

I bet he would really enjoy another congratulation.

BD66 comments on Sep 28, 2021:

Looks like the joke is on us: https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/biden_approval_index_history

The current example of Democrats misusing language is saying the 3.

BD66 comments on Sep 27, 2021:

All leftist are pathalogical liars.

Today is the anniversary of my husbands birth.

BD66 comments on Sep 27, 2021:

I'm sorry for your loss.

One idea I really like ... Along with "Eat the rich..."

BD66 comments on Sep 27, 2021:

Wealth-Creator.

The trick is blend in...

BD66 comments on Sep 27, 2021:

That's a VERY stupid idea! Baby alligators can't depend on their elders for a helping hand. In fact, young gators are a perfect bite to eat for large gator adults. Now, a new study finds that between 6 percent and 7 percent of young alligators fall victim to the cruel fate of cannibalism. On the other hand, a little gator-on-gator cannibalism may help keep their populations stable. https://www.livescience.com/14368-cannibalism-baby-alligators-florida.html

Tricking god to get a little nookie.

BD66 comments on Sep 27, 2021:

I knew a Mormon woman who passed away in 2008. She was probably born around 1920. She wrote her life memoir and showed it to me in 2007/2008. Evidently almost all the Mormon girls were having sex in high school in the late 1930's.

The math works out. We need to tax wealth hoarders out of existence. They are killing the economy.

BD66 comments on Sep 24, 2021:

If you took your $5000/day salary and invested it at a 5% annual rate of return, you would have: $6,200,000,000,000,000,000 dollars. That's 31,649,386 times more money than Jeff Bezos has.

I love it when their own scripture contradicts whatever line of bullshit they are trying to push, ...

BD66 comments on Sep 23, 2021:

The people who drowned could be comforted by "It's all part of God's plan" and "The Lord works in mysterious ways"

To quote an old saying "no news is good news".

BD66 comments on Sep 23, 2021:

Back in 2016 when it was Trump vs. Hillary, I thought "I don't like either candidate. It's not worth it for me to lose one client or one friend arguing politics over these two." I scaled back the amount of cable news I watch, and I've been much happier since.

Video: Missouri Police Let Dog Bite Black Man in Arrest, Do Nothing

BD66 comments on Sep 23, 2021:

There's a lot of police abuse using police dogs.

Gabby Petito's murder is making headlines in the national and international news in the US across ...

BD66 comments on Sep 23, 2021:

There will always be racism, but it's a matter of degree. The USA is much less racist than it was 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago, and the USA will be less racist 10 years from now than it is today.

Complete trust 😆

BD66 comments on Sep 22, 2021:

My sister-in-law was that way. Just start the car and she falls asleep. It's so bad she cannot drive out of town by herself.

Make it make sense!

BD66 comments on Sep 20, 2021:

That may explain all the defects we humans have.

Tequila is wrong, so very, very wrong

BD66 comments on Sep 19, 2021:

Works for Pee Wee Herman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BodXwAYeTfM

My feelings exactly.

BD66 comments on Sep 19, 2021:

Just a different form of nonsense than Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, etc.

Wyoming county GOP rejects effort to rescind Cheney's party status | TheHill

BD66 comments on Sep 17, 2021:

So now people are big fans of the Cheneys? :-)

Apt description of many in America.

BD66 comments on Sep 17, 2021:

It happens all the time. 100 years ago, they had enough sense to set up quarantine facilities and procedures to help mitigated the spread of diseases like Covid-19. This time the "Top scientists and doctors" didn't have the sense of the doctors and scientists from the 1300's to the 1920's.

I'm taking bets on when Hillary has this poor idiot knocked off.

BD66 comments on Sep 17, 2021:

He will likely shoot himself in the head twice.

Control food and products you control people. 🤷😠 I continue to see this at grocery stores.

BD66 comments on Sep 17, 2021:

I could not believe it last time I went to WalMart. The produce and meat sections were almost empty!

Mmmmmmmmmmm Bacon....

BD66 comments on Sep 16, 2021:

The Mormons are the only ones who can have it all! They even get magic underwear!

Tommy James w/o The Shondells and his last Top 10 song. Draggin' the Line from 1971. [youtube.com]

BD66 comments on Sep 15, 2021:

"My dog, Sam, eats purple flowers." Maybe the strangest song line of all time.

Over 1500 dolphins slaughtered in the Faroe Islands: [theguardian.com]

BD66 comments on Sep 15, 2021:

That's crazy. The dolphin meat is full of mercury and not even fit to eat.

I've transcended this some time ago. Say YES if you have, too. 😃

BD66 comments on Sep 14, 2021:

Yes.

I thought this one was very appropriate.

BD66 comments on Sep 14, 2021:

Joe's in pretty good physical shape. He could go on in this vegetative state for another decade.

I must find more about Osho.

BD66 comments on Sep 13, 2021:

There's a great documentary film on that dude's cult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBLS_OM6Puk Watch it, and you won't take him seriously any more.

It did not take long for the Taliban to start imposing their vile misogyny on the population: ...

BD66 comments on Sep 12, 2021:

Not surprising at all

Trump fan tells CNN why she doesn't bother fact checking her Facebook posts: 'Whose reality is ...

BD66 comments on Sep 10, 2021:

That's one of the biggest problems with religion. When someone chooses to ignore all logic and believe a bunch of ridiculous fairy tales that they hear in church, that "suspension of disbelief" extends to all other areas of their life. When my ex-wife became religious, she started buying this special drink at $42 per quart. I looked at the ingredients and said "This is 95% grape juice, and you are paying $42 per quart" She responded "I choose to believe this juice has special health properties". She refused to look at the ingredients.

Apparently that lane was closed this morning

BD66 comments on Sep 10, 2021:

What drives me nuts is when (usually a lonely old person) tries to strike up a lengthy conversation with the check-out cashier.

The Myth of the Kindly General Lee The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency ...

BD66 comments on Sep 10, 2021:

Lee was the first choice to lead the Union Army. He was a brilliant military man. Had he accepted the offer to lead the Union Army, the Civil War would have likely been over much earlier than April 9, 1865, and many hundreds of thousands fewer people would have died.

Bring equal restrictions on men for all woman pregnancies such as men would be responsible for 50% ...

BD66 comments on Sep 9, 2021:

That is just about the most clueless post I have ever seen? Do you have any experience with family law courts?

Thought this might be of use as it pretty well sums up how we should look at elections and voting.

BD66 comments on Sep 9, 2021:

Sadly, it's usually a difficult choice to choose the least of multiple evils.

Socialism is not the bugaboo republicans want you to think.

BD66 comments on Sep 8, 2021:

so·cial·ism noun a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. Socialism had been a disaster every time it has been tried. You are confusing "Socialism" with "Social Services"

Loopholes!

BD66 comments on Sep 5, 2021:

Religious Freedom Rights: I have these completely insane beliefs, therefore I don't have to follow the same laws as sane people do.

Don't worry, everyone here is safe.

BD66 comments on Sep 5, 2021:

1. We're all vaccinated. 2. Learn to spell.

Or the richest or most corrupt..

BD66 comments on Sep 3, 2021:

Or the most sexually promiscuous!

Me at this point in the dating game.

BD66 comments on Sep 2, 2021:

Sorry to hear that.

What's your best atheist joke?

BD66 comments on Sep 2, 2021:

The other night a group of people knocked on my door. When I opened it they said "We have some religious material we would like to share with you" I looked at it and said "This paper is blank" They said 'I know. We're Athiests"

Anti-Vaxxer logic! 😂😂😂

BD66 comments on Sep 2, 2021:

That's the result of new math. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obIGsb-IZMo

Mrs. Betty Bowers spitting facts

BD66 comments on Sep 2, 2021:

It's a matter of degree, for example: Banning Gay Rights: Conservative Christians (and many other people) don't want to give LBTGQ people special protected status. The primary motivation for many is that they don't want to open up the door to unending lawsuits against employers by LBTGQ people who believe they have suffered some form of discrimination. Banning Gay Rights: The Taliban throw gays off the top of buildings in front of cheering crowds.

Robert G. Ingersoll

BD66 comments on Aug 30, 2021:

It's a slow process though.

Rebel HQ - White Privilege MELTDOWN Ends In Surprising Way [youtube.com]

BD66 comments on Aug 30, 2021:

The dude is obviously mentally ill. He may not have a choice of when he leaves the hospital.