Book banning continues.

linxminx comments on Jan 27, 2022:

I currently have a student who changed majors from journalism. She stated at this state-run, public college in which I teach, ALL stories for the college (student-run) newspaper have to be approved by the president of the college. Nothing that is deemed negative ever makes it into the college ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 28, 2022:

@linxminx I have seen at least 3 cases of sex abuse. That one. Interestingly enough, that guy and I had words beyond being nice. He was my daughter's basketball coach briefly and she and some teammates came to me. Not sex, verbally abusive. The Middle school head was told he couldn't fire him - another, not working at the school parent put him in his place. Prior to that, when my eldest was in 11th grade,, tbe music and drama directors got involved sexually with 5 boys. A lot of kids used to hang out at the guys' house. My son never saw anything; he was a good singer and in all the plays. In that "big" scandal, the DA had to recluse himself as his daughter used to hang out there as well. One guy got 5 years and the other 10. Then there was a female teacher who, after her husband left her, started hanging out with some of the kids in one class. I knew she was smoking weed with some of the kids, but didn't know til much later she was sleeping with an 18 year old. Her family were big supporters of the school financially. I'm pretty sure that the headmaster found her a job out of state. Add to that my time at a catholic school with some really crazy nuns - one, Sister David was there one year. She was sent from school to school. She apparently had a penchant for naive men from Africa and would foster them. I have worked on the ideas for a novel. One absolutely crazy nun needed to be pulled from teaching when the kids rebelled. And the religious teacher who had a breakdown and broke his hand trying to punch his supervisor. I thought he was going to come at me before an assembly when I intervened over him screaming at his homeroom with obscenities like "fuckers." I was younger then and was planning on standing my ground on that. The Dean of students intervened and sent me back to my kids.

Those mocking and celebrating the deaths of the un-vaxxed. What you going to do about this guy?

rogerbenham comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Declaration: I am unvaxed. I never feared Covid. My doctor warned me it would kill me because I've had a cardiac arrest. But when one has died, one usually no longer fears death. I don't. My reason against the vax was that I did not want to be a guinea pig for a trial. I decided that I'd wait about...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 27, 2022:

@AnneWimsey no use arguing with some people. "Controlled blasts" is enough to walk away from crazy. I fo agree, and expect you may as well, that the government lies - I still want to know why 250 Saudis got to leave the country immediately afterward 911, however that is a fact easily confirmed. I was surprised he didn't have the Moon landing was faked.

Book banning continues.

linxminx comments on Jan 27, 2022:

I currently have a student who changed majors from journalism. She stated at this state-run, public college in which I teach, ALL stories for the college (student-run) newspaper have to be approved by the president of the college. Nothing that is deemed negative ever makes it into the college ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 27, 2022:

@linxminx I agree, and most colleges only have light reigns. My son's school left him alone with one exception and they came to him and said he couldn't print anything. It was something he wouldn't have printed without further investigation and they nixed that on that issue. And, ot was a legal issue that when they "solved" it was bound in secrecy by a litigation. I know some ivy schools have absolutely no interference rules. In college, our advisor never read until publication. I was an assistant editor and bureau chief and I actually stopped an article because the writer had no evidence. She was pissed and later quit. I took up the article and investigated, trying to be open about it. Honestly, she was just pissed at student council over a personal issue. I was a firm believer that an op-ed shouldn't be censored (I offered that to the editor and the woman) and that all stories need to be well researched. The story my son couldn't print - a counselor had an affair with a student. How that haunted me - the guy came to work at the high school where I worked. My son told me; I told my boss; they kept him. A few years later, when I was on the student assistants program, someone reported him having a relationship with a student. I reported it. Got yelled at. I face palmed the boss, told the boss I was obeying the law and it was in his court. After a bunch of crap, the guy got 5 years in prison. After a very long, about 7 years or more, the family's lawsuit was settled.

Ex-Miss America Contestant’s Husband Shot Dead in Front of Toddler While ‘Evangelizing’

Redheadedgammy comments on Jan 27, 2022:

Sad story. Hope the child won’t remember that day. 😢

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 27, 2022:

Whether he out-and-out remembers, he will have been traumatized by the event. This often happens when little kids are traumatized and have no direct memory; they are still often affected later in life as the subconscious rattles the experience through them.

Catalonia pardons women executed for witchcraft. [bbc.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 27, 2022:

Saying "better late than never" sounds cruel. I suppose someone with proof of their great great great....... grandmother losing family lands could sue now. Then again, women didn't own shit back then very often. They still kill witches in Saudi Arabia; they use pretty much the same type of evidence ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 27, 2022:

@TimeOutForMe They are accused women. Evidence is not much different than what was used at the Salem witch trials and in Europe. "My camel died after she or he hexed it." And if the one person has more standing and the accused witch isn't liked, etc, they get convicted and executed by beheading, usually in a town square. Easy enough to Google.

I was reminded of this really good song and decided to post it.

Sierra4 comments on Jan 27, 2022:

Those early years of Don McLean were great.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 27, 2022:

His early stuff nailed it.

Book banning continues.

linxminx comments on Jan 27, 2022:

I currently have a student who changed majors from journalism. She stated at this state-run, public college in which I teach, ALL stories for the college (student-run) newspaper have to be approved by the president of the college. Nothing that is deemed negative ever makes it into the college ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 27, 2022:

I see the two as separate issues. As far as college and any school's newspaper, SCOTUS came down long ago on the output from papers. The schools' heads were deemed little different from owners or editors just like in the mainstream press. I was a college journalist ( not my major) and later a high school newspaper advisor; my oldest was the editor of his college newspaper for 3 years and told me about at least one story he had to bury (that was something the college could not legally allow to have its name attached to; ironically, that knowledge came back to haunt me and really haunt my school). Editorial oversight is different from removing and banning books, especially books that have high standing and have proven their worth.

Hospital refusing heart transplant for man who won't get vaccinated

Charlene comments on Jan 25, 2022:

He's a fucking moron is what he is..

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 26, 2022:

Without a doubt.

Wow who knew

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 25, 2022:

Like a giant disc sitting atop 4 elephants 🐘 🐘 🐘 🐘 on top of a giant Turtle 🐢

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 25, 2022:

@phxbillcee @bobwjr Another good film from Pratchett writings that is one of my favorite Xmas holidays films is Hogfather.

Wow who knew

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 25, 2022:

Like a giant disc sitting atop 4 elephants 🐘 🐘 🐘 🐘 on top of a giant Turtle 🐢

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 25, 2022:

@phxbillcee Great show.

Let's talk about the USS Pueblo, Ukraine, and the Cold War.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 25, 2022:

I joined this group just to talk about this. I follow Beau as well. Just last evening I was explaining the Pueblo incident to someone, a lovely and beautiful woman, who was born in 1968. Something occurred then that I believe could absolutely not happen again in current US politics - to get the...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 25, 2022:

@phxbillcee Yep. I worked with guys who did that in the Navy. They did do their best. They even set off grenades, injuring some personal. And, for the North, it brought more unwanted attention as the US sent in more troops to the South and hardend their stance. It also occurred at the same time as the Tet offensive, which took up more air time on American television and radio. Thus those guys were often a forgotten news story,, except when propaganda photos were released. The Tet offensive was at the same time the North's greatest loss (men and later territory) and its greatest win (the anti war movement went from the left to the center in American politics).

Not everyone favours war with Russia! [fb.watch]

wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2022:

Almost all sensible people do not want war with Russia. If anyone wants war, it it Putin.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 24, 2022:

Maybe some rich weapons' manufacturers stock holders.

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian - Reading Ted Cruz [youtube.com]

MichelleGar1 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

He's a piece of shit!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 24, 2022:

Yes he is.

national debt clock. Alarming. [usdebtclock.org]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Dec 19, 2021:

Look at other nations. We are far from the worst. It would help to tax the rich, stop being the world's cop and build an economy not based on consumerism. Overall, world debt is pretty staggering. The thing is 90% of the world's wealth is in less than 10% of the population. Another good idea - ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 23, 2022:

@Alienbeing Very poorly at first. No shit Sherlock.

I am taking a poll.

dalefvictor comments on Oct 28, 2021:

The only pure bloods on this planet are the some people in southern Africa, the San and the Khoekhoe. That should not surprise those who carry their blood and call themselves "White Supremacist". Personally, I would follow any person who could prove beyond doubt that they are pf pure white ancestry....

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 22, 2022:

@dalefvictor I know that legend too. Like Adam and Eve, just another religious based fiction.

I am taking a poll.

dalefvictor comments on Oct 28, 2021:

The only pure bloods on this planet are the some people in southern Africa, the San and the Khoekhoe. That should not surprise those who carry their blood and call themselves "White Supremacist". Personally, I would follow any person who could prove beyond doubt that they are pf pure white ancestry....

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 22, 2022:

@Tejas If my statement is politically, it can only be seen so if you believe in Adam and Eve as the first people and that they were white. My entire statement is based in science. So, how the fuvk is it political. Be clear in your explanation please.

national debt clock. Alarming. [usdebtclock.org]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Dec 19, 2021:

Look at other nations. We are far from the worst. It would help to tax the rich, stop being the world's cop and build an economy not based on consumerism. Overall, world debt is pretty staggering. The thing is 90% of the world's wealth is in less than 10% of the population. Another good idea - ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 22, 2022:

@Alienbeing while I realize that isn't going to happen, you obviously have no understanding of history prior to the 1700s.

Really?

Buttercup comments on Jan 22, 2022:

Someone on the group I need not name posted about a school in Oregon forcing students to pledge allegiance to the gay (presumably rainbow) flag.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 22, 2022:

@Charles1971 Yea, and still someone here still posted it.

This is like 'If it takes a woman 9 months to make a baby, how many women would it take to make a ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 22, 2022:

A rooster is standing on a pointed roof. The barn is aligned perfectly North to South. The Eastern roof slants 40 degrees down; the Western roof slants 70 degrees down. The wind is negligible. Which way does that bird's layed egg roll?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 22, 2022:

@Cast1es A friend, who taught physics, used to use a similar guestion as bonus on some exams. He had lots of numbers, etc and some would work it out - for if it were a hen, while he only accepted it wouldn't happen.

SORE POINT The Omicron symptom that could help you predict infection BEFORE a Covid test ...

Charlene comments on Jan 22, 2022:

I have an issue with this article. It states that Omicron is 'milder', which is misleading.Omicron is Milder Only when Fully Vaxxed. Covid -19 and it's variants are deadly, as we've witnessed across the world, for those Not vaxxed.. Otherwise it informative..

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 22, 2022:

I believe it is slightly less deadly than delta, even for unvaxxed. That said, it is still very dangerous and MUCH more virulent meaning more unvaxxed are being hospitalized. And, few people are talking about "long term Covid," which it seems Omicron may be even more guilty of inflicting. So, yes, it is still very dangerous and should not be taken lightly. Too many, the idiots especially, will only read milder and skip all the rest of its dangers.

If sin is the churches word for crime, then NO, I won’t forgive even after you come out of prison,...

Cast1es comments on Jan 22, 2022:

I've heard , when a priest gets a girl pregnant , they just ship him off to a different church , with no warning to the new congregation .

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 22, 2022:

Priests were routinely moved around, and that was the church's greatest sin/crime. The church didn't have more pedophiles by percentage than the general public (they actually had a slightly lower percentage by population). It was that absolutely no one stopped them or held them responsible, thus the church had a massive amount of pedophilia occurring, They were/are all guilty. I know a woman raped by a priest in Boston; he died before any justice.

It is Funky Friday again.

FrayedBear comments on Jan 21, 2022:

No it's not. It's sunny Saturday downunder.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 21, 2022:

Which is why I can watch live tennis late at night in the sunshine.

Mood check. I'm the one that looks like covid. 🤐

St-Sinner comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Stupid people are necessary to make others look at least normal.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 21, 2022:

@zeuser I decided to look. JW.org says that the church isn't against any vaccine, however, they believe in an individual's right to choose. They are still are against blood transfusions and used body parts.

Mood check. I'm the one that looks like covid. 🤐

St-Sinner comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Stupid people are necessary to make others look at least normal.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 21, 2022:

@zeuser I didn't think the JW's , as a church, were against the vaccine. I know they won't take blood transfusions though.

Florida judge tries to deny a 17 year old teen an abortion because of her GPA.

FvckY0u comments on Jan 21, 2022:

So was it too low for her to carry it to term, give birth, give it a life? How ridiculous this so called judge is.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 21, 2022:

It was too low for her to abort, according to the judge.. A higher cum would assume she could do more with her life and couls make her own decisions.

Billionaire NBA Owner Dismisses Uyghur Genocide | Pod Save the World Podcast - YouTube

Jolanta comments on Jan 20, 2022:

What is happening to the Uyghur in China is is disgusting. The Chinese government do not care about anything but themselves. They are afraid of any organization whether religious or not.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 21, 2022:

@rainmanjr The Chinese do retraining; they also kill more Uyghur's by percentage than Mandarins, etc; their goal is more ethnic cleansing (like Tibet) than religion, but religion is a big part of the Uyghers. China has also been forcing Muslim Uyghurs to have non Muslim relatives live with them to make sure that they toe the line. China has a 100 year plan and while the US doesn't have to agree with it, we need to recognize that it is coming and we can do little to stop it.1) they don't allow internal division be it religion or ethnicity or, hell even QiGing (outlawed a sect with 100 million followers). 2) getting their territorial disputes to favor them - this includes a piece of India (which would allow them to run a road and train line to Pakistan; land in some other Southeast Asian countries (fought 2 wars with Vietnam already); claiming most of the South China Sea; taking over Taiwan. 3) becoming a global power by using similar colonial actions in Africa and South America that Europe and the US used. The world, UN recognizes India's land sovereignty, so that war is on them. The UN says the South China Sea is open to all, thus that is an area of dispute the US has a side to be on. The UN does not recognize Taiwan as an independent nation, and, legally, neither does the US. Thus Taiwan is the flash point most dangerous for the US as we tend to promise some protection, which, in a conventional war, we cannot win. The US has taken on the role of world policeman, and, quite frankly, we can't sustain that without great damage to our economy and people's health. We are the Great Britain of 1890; and we all know what happened there.

Which are you?

phxbillcee comments on Jan 21, 2022:

What if I see a diseased shore-bird???

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 21, 2022:

@phxbillcee pretty much a common happening as a human. Getting worse these days; and, without a doubt name calling occurs on social media. I just figured all of us who see a yellow bird are bird brains, so no insult thrown at Glen.

I have no idea what I've done wrong. 🙄

Canndue comments on Jan 21, 2022:

We’ ve all been there…

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 21, 2022:

For sure.

Which are you?

phxbillcee comments on Jan 21, 2022:

What if I see a diseased shore-bird???

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 21, 2022:

Bird brain

The Illuminati made this award

Kynlei comments on Jan 21, 2022:

I think my MIL might be in the running for this award. The last time I saw her, she said that she believes that aliens live among us and that they gave us technology. It's always something with her and it's getting worse. 😫

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 21, 2022:

Next time she says that, snarkily say, "Yes, I heard they are Mexicans."

I’ve only heard this morning of the sad news that Meat Loaf has died aged 74…let’s remember ...

AnneWimsey comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Eddy in Rocky Horror!!!!!!!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 21, 2022:

He was the best singer in the film.

Let's talk about history and an oppressor narrative.... - YouTube

Lauren comments on Jan 19, 2022:

This is truly one of his best dialogs yet. Maybe we should start referring to history classes as propoganda classes.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 20, 2022:

@Lauren I wasn't in Texas. I was in a very red part of Pennsylvania though. It was a private school which, at one time, was very progressive. One of my friends, who still teaches history there has encountered blowback from some parents about Jan 6 and his insistence that the students do REAL and Proper research on what actually happened that day. After 14 years there and my 3 kids gone, I left. For years it had been a bastion of liberalism with great parents. Not so much anymore. As far as Satanic Verses - my honest opinion is that it is a fairly average novel that shouldn't have alarmed or upset anyone, even devout Muslims. However, I realize that any fundamentalists, if their core beliefs are questioned, get upset. The novel is a bit of a slog with lots and lots of allusions. My daughter did her 1st year of college at a Jesuit school, LaSalle, in Philadelphia. She had to take a freshman religion class. She got an A. I was a bit surprised about the professor's lack of knowledge at a fairly well known school. The prof said something about and asked about some not being catholics, yet thought everyone was xtion. My daughter raised her hand and said no, that she was a non Christian Unitarian. That prof didn't know what an Unitarian was. My daughter spent the class explaining.

Let's talk about history and an oppressor narrative.... - YouTube

Lauren comments on Jan 19, 2022:

This is truly one of his best dialogs yet. Maybe we should start referring to history classes as propoganda classes.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 19, 2022:

@Lauren AP has a pretty much standard agenda and if teachers vary from it students will suffer on the tests. I expect schools that are "dumbing down" will experience less success. Unfortunately, many high school text books that are used nationwide have a lot of Texas influences due to its size. California also gets some say as well. Text book publishing, although profitable, feels it needs to be standard to what will sell everywhere. Thus, fewer choices exist. Having been an English teacher, I could supplement with novels of my choice (pretty liberal school when I was there). I even taught Satanic Verses once - mostly because I wanted to read it and see what all the fuss was about. It was the only time I "taught" a reading while doing a first reading myself. I told the class. One of the Ivy colleges had a chapter by chapter break down available - that was actually more reading than the novel. I think the only time I ever pulled one of the copies out of the closet again was to playfully tease one of my Muslim students. I told him I would make him read it; his father was Iranian. I said, "I know your Dad, he won't say anything to me. But how will he react to you? He'll want to know all about it, which means you will have to really read it." Cute kid, he countered by asking to touch it and noting he didn't burn.

Let's talk about history and an oppressor narrative.... - YouTube

Lauren comments on Jan 19, 2022:

This is truly one of his best dialogs yet. Maybe we should start referring to history classes as propoganda classes.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 19, 2022:

Sometimes they too often are. Sometimes, we don't know everything and make the wrong assumptions. That is why we need to learn and adapt and look for the best ways to find the real facts. I graduated HS in 1973. I was always reading the banned books and the newest takes on history. I lived in a very rural and conservative area. At that time, historians were finally outing James Buchanan as gay. Buchanan, his final resting place and mansion being nearby where I lived, was still revered as a local past President who, albeit made some bad decisions tried hard to be a good man. Obviously, he was a shit President and helped bring about the Civil War and even I knew that. Some of our history teachers had accepted that, but were still denying that he was gay. They said he may have had an inappropriate relationship with his niece. They preferred accepting incest over homosexuality.

U.S. Supreme Court leans toward Christian group in Boston flag dispute | Reuters

FearlessFly comments on Jan 19, 2022:

As much as I would dislike it, the Xians could-well prevail (precedence) : :P https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/17-1717_4f14.pdf

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 19, 2022:

Yea, the way they wrote it up, by my reading, even a racist flag could go up. They need to change the rules or take the extra pole down. I expect if the xtions win, the Satanic temple will request their turn as well.

Another cover, the Boss doing Highway to Hell. [youtu.be]

Redheadedgammy comments on Jan 19, 2022:

Nice one! Thanks for sharing! 😉

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 19, 2022:

That must have been a great concert. His Stayin Alive cover from that is outstanding.

This is so meaningful.

St-Sinner comments on Jan 19, 2022:

The future is looking bright. 未来看起来很光明 Wèilái kàn qǐlái hěn guāngmíng

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 19, 2022:

"I think I need shades."

Hope this poor bastard took a leak first. Looks like a long day.

Canndue comments on Jan 19, 2022:

I have no qualms with letting them sweat out their last hours…. More than they gave their victims

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 19, 2022:

In Japan, no one knows when. One day, the prison warden and guards show up and take the condemned prisoner to their deaths. The lawyers and families are notified afterwards.

The time of the year will soon be upon us on this side of the world for the annual Eurovision Song ...

RhondaShotwell comments on Jan 19, 2022:

This title reminds me of the Will Ferrell movie Eurovision Song Contest:The Story of Fire Saga. Completely silly, but I still enjoyed watching it. I have never watched Eurovision Song Contest before. Is it broadcast globally?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 19, 2022:

@Marionville @RhondaShotwell Peacock did the finals and it looks like they will do them again.

I awoke with the Clash's version spinning through my head, and since i have posted them before, ...

Buttercup comments on Jan 19, 2022:

Just found out today it was originally by the Crickets, I think Bobby Fuller's is the best, closely followed by the Clash. Best lyrical hook ever, which makes the John Mellencamp ripoff even more annoying.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 19, 2022:

There are over a hundred covers. I haven't heard them all by any stretch; I, too, don't care for Mellencamp's take. Bobby Fuller did a superb job. A few others did alright - like Springsteen.

Oh really now? Lol

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2022:

I thought your underware took the screenshot.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 19, 2022:

Most likely.

Do you think the human race is generally good or bad?

Sticks48 comments on Jan 18, 2022:

I believe humanity is a failed experiment.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 18, 2022:

An experiment implies a maker - can't agree with that. However, like any animal that over breeds, nature finds a reckoning (and even then, nature isn't doing anything but allowing natural selection to occur).

I love Steve Martin's music, and his collaboration with Edie Brickell.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 17, 2022:

Martin said it was Brickell's husband Paul Simon's idea for Brickell and Martin to team up.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 17, 2022:

@RhondaShotwell No, they are still together. A couple years ago the law drug her in for beating on him. But, apparently, they patched things up.

This, for me, encapsulates 2021. The whole fucking year.

St-Sinner comments on Jan 17, 2022:

Lol, this our story for the grandchildren. They will think we were really brave.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 17, 2022:

They will be still living it, as serfs.

Inmates in Arkansas were given, without their consent or knowledge, ivermectin.

Retiredsteve comments on Jan 17, 2022:

I hope the inmates win their lawsuit.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 17, 2022:

Yea, and from what I read, they aren't suing for any financial damages. The people who used them as guinea pigs should be punished as well.

Letters From An American 01/16/2022

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Jan 17, 2022:

I probably shared this somewhere else, but an ex BF told me a story about his father, a WW II vet, who was riding a bus in a rural area. A Black man stood at a bus stop, still wearing his US uniform. The bus driver refused to let him board the bus. My BF's father never said a word in protest,...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 17, 2022:

In 1966, living in South Central Pennsylvania, I witnessed my father verbally tear into a racist store owner. Very few POC lived in the area. A mother and her two children came into the little store, bought some items and left. When they were gone, the owner made some remarks. It was eye opening for me. No one fucked with my Dad (except my Mom who kept him leased). He fought in two wars (got PTSD as a medic) and ran boots in a newly integrated military.

Time for a truth bomb.

Canndue comments on Jan 17, 2022:

That is a truth bomb

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 17, 2022:

@JennyRad And those are the ones who whine loudest that they aren't prejudice.

Time for a truth bomb.

Canndue comments on Jan 17, 2022:

That is a truth bomb

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 17, 2022:

@JennyRad Some. Too many do understand, like the cons here.

And if I ever show up in church again I hope I can be similarly attired.

zeuser comments on Jan 17, 2022:

The priest, for some reason, couldn't take his eyes off her.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 17, 2022:

I thought the poor alter boys were quaking in fear.

10 year challenge.

glennlab comments on Jan 16, 2022:

lost her head over the challenge

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 16, 2022:

Too much cake 🎂. Rum raisin

Or two even...

AnonySchmoose comments on Jan 15, 2022:

Those bottles and cans are heavy. In a hot climate we need a lot to drink. Cider and beer for me.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 15, 2022:

They are just as heavy and drinkable in a cold climate as well. 😁

I hope you are ready

Canndue comments on Jan 15, 2022:

Comes a point where you need to question the efficacy….

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 15, 2022:

Does one, or one who understands science, question the efficacy of the flu vaccine? A rapidly mutating virus, especially when people won't get vaxxed, will continue to travel around the world and remain forever. And, like the flu, getting it once won't be enough protection.

I shy away from being bitten [youtube.com]

whiskywoman comments on Jan 15, 2022:

like the original much better

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 15, 2022:

@puff Great White, Hunter wrote it and had it out as well.

Hinduism - billed as a non-violent religion

FvckY0u comments on Jan 13, 2022:

What happens with Hinduism and Islam meet? See border of India/Pakistan.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 13, 2022:

@St-Sinner I know that at the college where my two boys went, the Indians snd Pakistanis got along very well - mostly, they realized that their cultures were closer than the American one. They used to play cricket every year - I still haven't figured that game out (tried watching during the initial lock down when only New Zealand had live games).

Doctor is asked to take his patient, dying from incurable cancer off incubation in ICU to free it up...

BDair comments on Jan 13, 2022:

This is fiction.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 13, 2022:

Tell that to the oncologist and Fulbright scholar who penned it. Look it up!!!!!! Get back to me if she responds. I look people up, rather than publish internet mistruths, partial truths, unverified statements about Covid. It isn't fiction; but you can go ahead and call her a liar; I'm sure she has heard worse; I'm sure the trolls have taken aim at her.

How a Pastor Stole a $25,000.

DenoPenno comments on Jan 13, 2022:

What period of joy?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 13, 2022:

Yea, WTF is this period of joy. Funny story about hypocrisy though.

Doctor is asked to take his patient, dying from incurable cancer off incubation in ICU to free it up...

puff comments on Jan 13, 2022:

Dying, incurable cancer, incubator. Could that not be handled in palliative care with an ICU rather than a hospital with ICU's? That's the request made as I read it. The Hippocratic Oath, to do no harm. If medical people start making judgments on who gets treated first for non-medical reasons,...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 13, 2022:

Did you read the article. The doctor chose for his patient; I don't think it would have mattered who the request was for; the gist is that the unvaxxed are overloading the health system and forcing such decisions. The cancer patient was there first. Management? How does one manage a pandemic when so many won't take precautions and get vaxxed? How do you manage burn out and people leaving the medical profession understaffed?

It turns out that Schrodinger, Father of Quantum physics was a pedophile.

JacarC comments on Jan 12, 2022:

He appears to have been at least a narcissist. Brilliant and flawed. So, how about we just cancel everyone for living before today's completely moral world? Starting with one of the most evil, Sister Teresa, who cared nothing of the poverty stricken, and colluded with the evil rich to build ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 12, 2022:

Sister Teresa was a money whore and extremely evil. She accepted 3 million from Baby Doc of Haiti for a photo op and said he and his wife were good catholics. Teresa wouldn't allow many who came to her shelters to take pain medication as ot would interfere with their penance. Meanwhile, when she got ill, she had the best doctors and medications.

It turns out that Schrodinger, Father of Quantum physics was a pedophile.

racocn8 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

I suppose it's silly to buy into cancel-culture, but giving him any notoriety also seems wrong. I enjoy Wagner's work, but I recall his ugly bigotry when I hear it. It's tough... People are fallible and perverse. People are human, but evil should not be rewarded, even posthumously.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 12, 2022:

My main thing is his discoveries shouldn't be thrown out. Continue the work and the knowledge of Quantum physics. Erase his name as much as possible, yes, for sure.

US Surgeons Transplant Modified Pig Heart Into Human

DaganCurie comments on Jan 11, 2022:

I seriously hope said person lives...but I also can't ignore the hilarious fact that someone has a bacon source heart and is considered helpful, now. Further, if said person eats pork from now on, will they get prion based brain encephalitis like occurs in any species that performs cannibalism?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 11, 2022:

@barjoe Also, to add that I doubt Islam will accept this, many Islamic leaders have already said that Muslims can't go to Mars, at least not yet, as a trip to Mars is a one way mission and paramount to suicide. Others who have come out against a Mars trip have said there is no direction for praying toward Mecca.

US Surgeons Transplant Modified Pig Heart Into Human

DaganCurie comments on Jan 11, 2022:

I seriously hope said person lives...but I also can't ignore the hilarious fact that someone has a bacon source heart and is considered helpful, now. Further, if said person eats pork from now on, will they get prion based brain encephalitis like occurs in any species that performs cannibalism?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 11, 2022:

@barjoe Doubtful that most Islamic scholars would allow this, even though said creature was enhanced with human DNA.

Catholic logic!

Castlepaloma comments on Jan 11, 2022:

No bussinesses of the Pope, if I have 5 kids or zero. The Pope says Dogs go to heaven. Makes me wonder if a dog makes it to heaven and the Pope doesn't because he lied to us. No rym or reason.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 11, 2022:

No, the Poop doesn't say dogs go to heaven. He may say shit, but follows catholic doctrine which says all animals have souls, but only humans go to heaven.

Agony Aunt Jimmy | Jimmy Carr [youtube.com]

tinkercreek comments on Jan 11, 2022:

He is BRILLIANT.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 11, 2022:

@phxbillcee I love The Big Fat Quiz. He had another - 8 out of 10 cats.

My lawyer

Paracosm comments on Jan 10, 2022:

Well, duh? That's kind of how our justice system functions. Unfortunately, it goes the opposite way too.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 10, 2022:

Yes it does.

This certainly doesn't sound like a good future.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Jan 10, 2022:

When I was an undergrad in California in the mid-70s, I had to take a geology class. The instructor discussed earthquakes and showed some videos (though they were "movies" back in the day) that demonstrated what happens when people build in earthquake zones. Fill dirt, i.e. around bodies of water,...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 10, 2022:

I have seen where people have bought lots, fully covered with water currently, waiting for more land fills to occur on the bay's shallows.

This is what we Brits call "A right royal fuck up" :-)

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I hope Maxwell turns them all over, including Andrew and Trump and Clinton and Gates etc. Every last one.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@puff She will be getting a new trial most likely - read about the juror who went public claiming he pulled the jury by telling his story. He just hired a lawyer; apparently, when he "read" the list of questions he missed the one on declaring anything about abuse. Defense will ask for a mistrial on the grounds they wouldn't have seated him. There is a good chance the trial gets redone; or seeing her possible punishment, she may decide to talk.

The 10 Most Ridiculous Scientific Studies [time.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I don't any would hold a candle to : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ig_Nobel_Prize_winners

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 9, 2022:

Yea, the whole H2O stuff with water memory, etc was weird then and now.

Trucker resentenced to 10 years after Colo. Governor steps in

BD66 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

They did not mention this fact in the article, and it's very important. He was driving 85 mph in a 45 mph speed zone.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 9, 2022:

And knew all the truck's mechanical problems.

Am I the only person who has to stop people telling me about their breaches of health orders?

Ray13 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

The thing that baffles me the most is since the covid vaccines are free, to us, why not get it? I"ve paid over $100 for a shingles shot and again for a pneumonia shot. If I can get any vaccine for free I'm jumping on that! And I had more of a reaction from the Shingles shot than any of the covid...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@DenoPenno Or smallpox - imagine if the Continental Army had refused Washington's vaccine mandate.

Mike Flynn likens insurrectionists to Jesus at event for candidate tied to Jan 6th ...

BD66 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

He might have something there. Didn't Jesus rampage through the temple destroying things? And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 9, 2022:

Most likely his intent to allude to said story. Neither he nor the idiots listening understand the Jesus stories. Jesus never pushed for an anti government movement. Jesus stories were aimed, originally, at a religious change in power at the religious level.

Hi dear agnostic friends.

Beachslim7 comments on Jan 8, 2022:

Everyone here is a communist; nothing modern about these folks. They want a regressive society

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 8, 2022:

@Beachslim7 So, am I part of the 99? I guess the FBI missed that when I got a top secret clearance during the Cold War. Me thinks though dost protest too much. (Aquired from Shakespeare's Hamlet, the original Marxist)

Hi dear agnostic friends.

Beachslim7 comments on Jan 8, 2022:

Everyone here is a communist; nothing modern about these folks. They want a regressive society

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 8, 2022:

Well comrade, when Lenin's birthday comes around we can have cupcakes 🧁. After all, since "everyone here" is a communist, that makes you one as well. Everyone everywhere rejoice with that happy spirit filling their souls, the spirit of our savior Karl Marx rising from the dead and giving us hope for our salvation into the heaven we call communism. Amen 🙏.

How many wpm can you type ?

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 6, 2022:

Pretty good - low 60s when I get cranking. I had to learn in the Navy, the old fashioned way, "AQAZ forever."

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 6, 2022:

Not competitive - that's some crazy shit. Secretaries I knew averaged 120 or so.

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Cast1es comments on Jan 6, 2022:

Actually , Lilith was , according to the Hebrew testaments , Adam's first wife . Adam was upset because she was his equal , so he asked God for a different wife . Cane killed Able . That would leave both Lilith and Cane unattached . Not all that was written , was kept in the good book . Some ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 6, 2022:

@silverotter11 I think quite possibly.

Your thoughts on a religion that has fathers hate their gay children?

Beachslim7 comments on Jan 5, 2022:

Probably because they want grandchildren.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 6, 2022:

Those are some of the most annoying people.

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Cast1es comments on Jan 6, 2022:

Actually , Lilith was , according to the Hebrew testaments , Adam's first wife . Adam was upset because she was his equal , so he asked God for a different wife . Cane killed Able . That would leave both Lilith and Cane unattached . Not all that was written , was kept in the good book . Some ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 6, 2022:

Lilith, by some accounts, turned into a demon and now hunts baby souls in their cribs.

Pope Francis says choosing pets over kids is selfish [bbc.com]

St-Sinner comments on Jan 5, 2022:

I agree with it and that's why pets in Western societies live better than kids in many societies and quite frankly here in the US. Caring for pets is good but not prioritizing children over pets is selfish. Look at Paris Hilton and the likes + the dog fashion shows. It looks far better funded than ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 5, 2022:

Overspending on pets while ignoring the poor is absolutely inexcusable. The idea of pushing people to have kids, in an already overpopulated world is asinine. According to one, small, poll, more people would have kids or more kids if they could afford to do so. So, if the Poop wants more kids, push the world for universal health care and living wages.

Back when school boards were more concerned with how we covered our bodies than what we learned.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 4, 2022:

Sophomore year in HS, girls were allowed to wear jeans. Before, they needed skirts or pants suits. AND, it was a f'ing farmer school - out in the hicks.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 4, 2022:

@glennlab We all had shoes, even the Amish kids (at school). Yes, in elementary school, a couple Amish families sent their kids, mostly because they could walk and our elementary school was a lot closer than the nearest Amish school.

Very important bracelet

zeuser comments on Jan 4, 2022:

Nah, leave it there. I'll be dead, and whoever looks into this will probably find it to be enormously entertaining.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 4, 2022:

Like the son who discovered his aged mom's porn and swinger's info, and was all upset. More power to her, I say.

Beau of the Fifth Column - Let's talk about Schumer and the filibuster.... [youtube.com]

bobwjr comments on Jan 4, 2022:

As always common sense

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 4, 2022:

Beau is good at that. I need a tee that reads: Be Like Beau.

Hi all. Newbie here, first post. What is your greatest fear?

snytiger6 comments on Jan 3, 2022:

My greatest fear is that the U.S. will soon no longer have a democracy, because the republicans will whine whenever they lose that "the election was rigged", and even though they have no evidence people will believe then and work to undermine democracy.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 3, 2022:

I fear that us almost inevitable at this point.

Yep, that explains it.

Fernapple comments on Jan 3, 2022:

Creepy.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 3, 2022:

My first thought, no matter the religious aspect or not.

You socialists are so misinformed.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 2, 2022:

Who pays for the tax cuts given to the top 1%? There aren't many Socialists in Congress - so, your attack is bullshit. Forcing companies to pay stock dividends and not keep money for a "rainy day" has brought about more in corporate welfare from the government - including, but not only, the auto...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 2, 2022:

@Beachslim7 OK, dumbass, learn to fucking read. Trump gave the 1% biggest gift in history. So, fucking "dumbass," I mentioned that as a big fucking problem. AND, who bailed out the fucking banks and auto companies, "dumbass?" Also, dumbass, define socialist. Biden, sure as fuck, isn't one. Got figures on that 20% inflation, DUMBASS? Get back to me later, Dumbass.

Beau of the Fifth Column - Let's talk about how the US and China's contest will end.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 2, 2022:

I need to watch this. I will try and check back later. Without watching, I can tell you how it will end - by 2040, Taiwan will be a part of China, if not sooner. I just hope Xi waits. He has become a wildcard, now that he has been granted Presidency for life and been placed on a level with Mao.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 2, 2022:

The US has become too immersed in the idea that it will remain the big boy forever. Not going to happen. The US won't even be the 3rd largest population in coming years.

Christians are balking at the the revised Bible.

glennlab comments on Dec 31, 2021:

There have been arguments over what should be included in the book of Christian mythology since the first century. Augustine thought he would put it to rest in the third century when they cobbled together what would be included in the Greek bible. The Coptics and Etheopiana were excluded as well ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 31, 2021:

@glennlab also ignore the Ethiopian Bible with two books of Enoch. Enoch has very little mention in the traditional bibly of Europe, yet he was so well liked by god that he didn't die - he "walked with god," taken to heaven without death. One would think he might have had something worth reading about 😁

[cnn.

Storm1752 comments on Dec 31, 2021:

Verten comedians? You don't even bother to correct your spelling errors? Or do you even know how to spell VETERAN? Why do you persist? Nearly ONE MILLION dead because of this misguided defiance of common sense and hard, cold SCIENCE. Isn't that enough for you? I thought atheists we're supposed to ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 31, 2021:

@Flyingsaucesir Maybe you owe Castlepaloma an apology, HE may be at times misguided, but HE has HIS gender as MALE on HIS bio. Look before you shoot off your face.

Oh look, here comes 2022.

Castlepaloma comments on Dec 31, 2021:

Only missing all the zombies and robots jumping from the over crowded train.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 31, 2021:

Have to save something for 2023.

Interesting conversations are going on here: [reddit.

Davekp comments on Dec 30, 2021:

Definitely not a bad idea. I"ve always felt police (or anyone required to carry a firearm for employment purposes) should have a form of malpractice insurance. If we can't afford to give them training, make their accountability financial. Speak to them through their wallet.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 30, 2021:

@Davekp I'm not disagreeing. Every shop teacher that I knew kept extra insurance on themselves in case of kids having accidents. Having a form of malpractice insurance, charged to the individual, and the cost linked to their actions could have some positive effects.

Interesting conversations are going on here: [reddit.

DenoPenno comments on Dec 29, 2021:

Better training and different training is so needed here in the US. One big problem is when officers want to hide and cover up a bad cop.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 30, 2021:

@Umbrella_Guard Check out the Dutch military and its union. I was in the military, right after Vietnam, and there was a growing tide for having a union. I even attended a meeting. Congress took time that year to pass a law/statute making military unions illegal.

Interesting conversations are going on here: [reddit.

CuddyCruiser comments on Dec 29, 2021:

The only real police reform really needed is to increase penalties for the ones who abuse their authority and or break the law. Police officers receive extensive training in the use of deadly physical force, self defense, the use of firearms as well as some first aid applying, plus undergo many ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 30, 2021:

Not all police receive extensive training in firearms, etc. Bigger cities and probably all state levels do, but some bumfuck sheriff's departments and small towns do squat.

Interesting conversations are going on here: [reddit.

phoenixone1 comments on Dec 29, 2021:

And how will they pay back the Student Loans?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 30, 2021:

Just like many cities get professionals with talent.

Interesting conversations are going on here: [reddit.

Davekp comments on Dec 30, 2021:

Definitely not a bad idea. I"ve always felt police (or anyone required to carry a firearm for employment purposes) should have a form of malpractice insurance. If we can't afford to give them training, make their accountability financial. Speak to them through their wallet.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 30, 2021:

Most government agencies, even at local levels carry some sort of insurance. Usually it is capped at a million dollars. The school I taught at had a million dollar policy; we had a sex case go on for years, much after I was gone - I wasn't deposed (I reported it) til about 4 years after the case started. Anyway, the family wanted the school to pay, more than an insurance company, and demanded 2 million; they eventually won.

Found this on facebook.

JoeB comments on Dec 28, 2021:

That would have been a spectacularly unsuccessful rebellion then, ending in the ending of slavery four years after it was abolished throughout the British Empire. Fortunately, it didn't happen that way.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 29, 2021:

@JoeB And yet there were still slaves Slavery still exists in some outlawed areas and not bothered by the established government like, Madagascar and Saudi Arabia.

Unbelieveable moron

phxbillcee comments on Dec 29, 2021:

WTF???

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 29, 2021:

Yea. WTF.

Found this on facebook.

JoeB comments on Dec 28, 2021:

That would have been a spectacularly unsuccessful rebellion then, ending in the ending of slavery four years after it was abolished throughout the British Empire. Fortunately, it didn't happen that way.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 28, 2021:

Slavery hadn't ended throughout the empire. This was part of the Baptist War, and a slave rebellion did occur. It only lasted a little over a month.

It's never wise to jump to conclusions. [metro.co.uk]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Dec 27, 2021:

Bltch

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 27, 2021:

@Lorajay Nor I. Actually, I looked up what this was about online - I didn't understand at first. There are photos.

Well that's just grate!

Beowulfsfriend comments on Dec 27, 2021:

You should see what they did to Barbie. She may never recover. Ken is in hiding, but G.I. Joe is looking for some payback.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 27, 2021:

@AnonySchmoose Too horrible to tell. They are beyond evil.

In case you wondered what they believed

Beowulfsfriend comments on Dec 23, 2021:

The reason the Morons changed about black people in heaven occurred in 1978, after the last President with balls to call out religious groups threatened to pull their tax exempt status. Then, suddenly, the latest prophet, or what ever the fuck they call their leader, had a vision from god changing ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 25, 2021:

@p-nullifidian And, right after that, their leader, then, had a dream for changing rules.

Cosmology according to the "Word of god!"

KateOahu comments on Dec 24, 2021:

lol

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 24, 2021:

@p-nullifidian Yep.

Cosmology according to the "Word of god!"

KateOahu comments on Dec 24, 2021:

lol

Beowulfsfriend replies on Dec 24, 2021:

@MsKathleen Yep. She visited my ship - I still have a pin: "The Ranger is a Ten." Woo-hoo. From the pain in the ass her visit created, I'm glad I missed it, TAD to Omaha.