A RIDDLE Where would you find and American flag that is always flying, never lowered or raised, ...

Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 30, 2020:

Ask Ralph Cramdon from the Honeymooners 😊😋

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 30, 2020:

Funny. Yes, I see. You do know. How many others know NOW. Good clue.

So right and wrong at the same time

webspider555 comments on Mar 30, 2020:

Did it happen in Washington DC or AC

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 30, 2020:

@St-Sinner Tesla of course. Remember Edison pushed for DC and ironically, some of his demonstrations helped push Westinghouse into the forefront. Edison electrocuted an elephant using AC.

This month Princeton released the latest volume of Einstein’s papers, covering the period May ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 30, 2020:

Some have postulated that had Hitler not gone after the Jews, he may have captured and held Europe and who knows what else. He chased off many intellectuals; he could have had close to or more than a million more soldiers as well. In another dimension - not likely.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 30, 2020:

@creative51 I know. And he used the Jews as a scapegoat to reinforce his growth as the leader. Thus, anything one would postulate would need things to have fallen in a different manner, something highly unlikely to have happened.

Will common sense prevail after this crisis is over especially given the climate crisis?

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 30, 2020:

My agnostic response: will it really end My atheist response: no, I see no evidence to say it will My religious/spiritual response: of course, we are all gaud's children My old, passed Southern Mother's response: bless your heart

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 30, 2020:

Actually, and now I feel almost badly, my Mother would never say that. When asked why we hadn't been raised Southern Baptist, she said, "I didn't want to inflict that upon you kids."

A good news story. Alabama girl lost in forest with dog. [npr.org]

maturin1919 comments on Mar 30, 2020:

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 30, 2020:

I never read that. Did that girl survive? It is King after all, correct?

Yeah lucky

HankSherman comments on Mar 30, 2020:

Spending our time running through the house naked, making love on kitchen table...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 30, 2020:

I wish. I returned to Pennsylvania for appointments and my sweetie is in Chicago. Now everyone is on hold. And appointments postponed and Trump still in charge like a baby in wet diapers.

The world is running low or out of condoms. What may that mean for after the stay at home?

Paracosm comments on Mar 29, 2020:

They really should work on a more effective form of male birth control.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 29, 2020:

After my daughter was born, I got snipped. Safest method to end procreation for sure.

Dolly Parton says virus is 'lesson' from God: [msn.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Every thing is a lesson from gaud. Except when we have free will and we don't. We choose to be gay or evil. Except when our actions are gaud's will. Then there are the times we are supposed to disobey the law for gaud, except when that law is from the new savior, tRump. Follow christ and his ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog sorry sheep. I wrote a play in college, all with the intent of ending on a really bad joke. The joke - Why did gaud make women? Because sheep can't cook.

Coronavirus memes unlimited ....

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 28, 2020:

The teacher is not the problem - so true, so often. I have stories of parents that came in all sizes of dumb. And, some really great ones as well.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 28, 2020:

@AnonySchmoose I had a couple of parents set up a meeting through the administration so as to talk to me about their son, who was failing my class - not due to his lack of intelligence. I expected the worse. In some ways that is what I got, but far from what I expected. They came in to assure me they were on my side and supported everything I was doing. You know what I really wanted to say to those parents? Take away the motorcycle you bought him and then see how he responds.

Pparently there is anew pgm on netflix that is providing America's youth with inspirarion .

dalefvictor comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Could you name it so I can check it out?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 28, 2020:

Tigerking........ looks really bad reality show about a guy who keeps big cats.

Just wanted to tell you....

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Now, find us a photo of Buffalo Gals.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 28, 2020:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEbo-kzXsAAXz56?format=jpg=large

Well, it was bound to happen.

bobwjr comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Sorry but it will get worse until we stay home

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 28, 2020:

I agree. Some have to go to work. The rest of us need to stay in. And the US needs more testing - find the asymptomatic and keep them home.

Well, it was bound to happen.

bingst comments on Mar 28, 2020:

Is your daughter a healthcare worker?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 28, 2020:

Airline attendant.

Trump Signals Break with Medical Experts as His Base Attacks Fauci Conservative commentators ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 27, 2020:

I expected this to happen. The repucks are now the pro-death party.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 27, 2020:

@Bobby9 ????🖕????

Oops shes pissed off

St-Sinner comments on Mar 26, 2020:

Not fair. Where is the battered men's shelter?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 27, 2020:

Closed due to the virus

How many Federal agencies are there in US?

Charlene comments on Mar 26, 2020:

430..

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 26, 2020:

In a 2015 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, one senator noted that “The Federal Register indicates there are over 430 departments, agencies, and sub-agencies in the federal government.” The online Federal Register Index depicts 257.Aug 26, 2015

How many Federal agencies are there in US?

Charlene comments on Mar 26, 2020:

430..

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 26, 2020:

If we are guessing, I like the number 420.

If anyone can listen the whole way through this, you are more adept at survival than I.

whiskywoman comments on Mar 26, 2020:

he was ok when he started then he got all bent and religious and fucked up his career to me and he cant sing this song

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 26, 2020:

Yep. One of his last "major" starring roles caused some problems with the studio when he refused to kiss a costar, his movie love interest. Stupid.

I'd like to make an analogy to dead religions and the Jesus story.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 24, 2020:

You could argue the same idea for many religions. It comes down to giving out promises of a better life ahead, just like snake oil salesmen and politicians have long done. All major religions have something else on their side for proliferation - they attracted and snagged leaders who forced those ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@Allamanda Science and education. Of course, one could argue that Henry VIII had all that and still found a use for religion for control.

Social distance

LaDizdeOdd comments on Mar 24, 2020:

BEARY FUNNY! BEARY FUNNY!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 24, 2020:

Well, Piglet was "hogging" Poo's space.

US Air Force Reserves finally drops proselytizing video after MRFF demand! [dailykos.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I have a "horror" story of religion from my time in the Navy. I had put down no preference for religion. In retrospect maybe I should have chosen atheist, but I was young. Or been a Bud, like a friend - looked cool on his dog tags. Anyway, I was having difficulties with my then fiancee and just ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@Davesnothere I think that was the same with me 76 to 81

US Air Force Reserves finally drops proselytizing video after MRFF demand! [dailykos.com]

praytothemilkjug comments on Mar 24, 2020:

I would need to leave the military if I had to be part of "the god squad", that is vile.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 24, 2020:

The army recognizes Wicca now - don't see any videos of them.

After the North American Beer Festival, all the brewery presidents decided to go out for a beer.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 24, 2020:

Canadian, eh..

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 24, 2020:

@OnTheInside back in the 70's a friend got me hooked on a Czech beer, Pilsner Urquel which he said was the closest, at the time, to his favorite German beers (He had lived and worked there - he went back and stayed). He would keep half warm, for himself and the rest chilled for me and others.

Taking beach cleanups seriously.

dalefvictor comments on Mar 24, 2020:

This could be used on the forests next. Have to stop those fires.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 24, 2020:

Don't tell tRump

Incoming memes!

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 23, 2020:

Superb. Love the spider.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 23, 2020:

@RavenCT Always, more or less. I had it ingrained that killing a spider in the kitchen was "bad luck."

I thought about posting in the Covid group, but am looking for more input on how people are feeling.

Allamanda comments on Mar 23, 2020:

You'd have to specify a country for this to work, no?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 23, 2020:

trying to get a feeling from everyone, not just a single place. Some are better than others.

The boys look so youthful in this vid.

Marionville comments on Mar 23, 2020:

There is nobody between Mick and Keith....but Brian Jones is between Mick and Bill Wyman.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 23, 2020:

my mistake. i saw Brian and didn't look close enough or would have realized there was a bass.

Finland has just closed their borders. No one will be crossing the finish line.

Merseyman1 comments on Mar 23, 2020:

Good one!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 23, 2020:

Makes one wonder, just how long were people waiting for this so as to drop that joke.

A little gem I discovered while flipping through the internet. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 22, 2020:

(form lareviewofbooks.com) The deliberately parochial “In the Neighborhood” feels like a final farewell to Los Angeles, in which he both complains about and celebrates his Silver Lake backyard. In the music video (filmed by the great cinematographer Haskell Wexler), Waits prances down an ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 22, 2020:

They filmed in Minnesota. Not sure where.

Spring, Spring, Spring.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 22, 2020:

I wasn't sure who was singing. Johnny Mercer wrote the song. I think that is Howard Kiel, but if someone else knows, I am fine with being corrected.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 22, 2020:

@Marionville Thank you for the update, and yep you are totally correct.

500,000 infected?

Paul4747 comments on Mar 21, 2020:

By his own math, the professor is probably wrong to say 500,000 people walking around America with an active infection. Even if every one of the 1,600 who tested positive infected another 50 people, the high end of his "25 to 50", that's 80,000. And every person passing it to 50 people is way ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@Flowerwall Right. And we got our first case when South Korea did - they did and are doing massive testing and have kept the death rate ultra low. We have not done much testing, only the sick w/ symptoms, the well connected and the rich. A lot of people are sure to have it and not having tested ALL the numbers are mere estimates. I wouldn'tbe surprised to learn, after the fact, that the 500k number is low.

Prehistoric girl had parents belonging to different human species | New Scientist

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 21, 2020:

According to DNA, scientists now KNOW sapiens sapiens inter bred with at least three other groups. Not all humans carry all three. Many only carry one, like Northern Europeans have up to 3 percent Neanderthal DNA.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@RussRAB I had not heard that. I cannot say for certain other than Europeans do have a higher percentage. It makes sense some cross over would occur in other places, depending on ranges. Denesovians seem to have been mainly in the East and the Himalaya mountain areas. Again, I do not know of their range; I was under the impression that Neanderthals and Denesovians did not over lap, but again things and knowledge change yearly.

I just discovered that one of my old student's mother has a career, now, as an evidential medium.

Novelty comments on Mar 21, 2020:

I’m just reading from your reaction that you feel this brand of spirituality or whatever to be less than credible. I’m still learning about a suspected global consciousness invoked to explain why frequently useful or creative ideas seem to pop up simultaneously all over the world. It’s why ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 21, 2020:

Well, it depends. How much cash does someone take to offer a person who is suffering from grief, and how does one judge honesty from fraud. I use the word honesty as maybe some ate not purposely trying to defraud and believe they can connect to the dead.

I just discovered that one of my old student's mother has a career, now, as an evidential medium.

Allamanda comments on Mar 21, 2020:

the student is a medium, or her mother?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 21, 2020:

The mother

I just discovered that one of my old student's mother has a career, now, as an evidential medium.

AnonySchmoose comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Sorry ... Is it your friend or her mother who is the evidential medium?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 21, 2020:

Her mother. I knew them years ago. Very smart kid of two well-educated parents.

I hope we can be so civilized

Novelty comments on Mar 21, 2020:

We have no claws, fangs, armor, nor do we have an over abundance of speed or strength. The only superpower we have is teamwork. 💋

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@t1nick short lived no doubt as sapiens sapiens most likely killed off any other groups to grow with us. And, of course, the Earth continues to change and evolve and in, at the most, next 5 billion years all life will die as the sun expands.

I hope we can be so civilized

Novelty comments on Mar 21, 2020:

We have no claws, fangs, armor, nor do we have an over abundance of speed or strength. The only superpower we have is teamwork. 💋

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 21, 2020:

@t1nick Surprising to some to note, humans are among the largest 1 percent of animals on Earth. Thus, our predators are few and with our "intelligence" we have become the "dominant" species, so to speak.

[youtu.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Some people age at better rates. Compare him to Keith Richards at 29, lol.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 21, 2020:

Keith through the years. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/keith-richards-year-by-year-photos/

Military Intelligence?

Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 21, 2020:

Military intelligence is an oxymoron 😜😋

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 21, 2020:

It is a good, humorous quote and I served in military Intel. That said, watching first Bush II give it a bad name by using intelligence not fully vetted and now the Orange Turd destroying the infrastructure is depressing.

Brian Hyland "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" [youtube.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 20, 2020:

My sisters used to watch an early evening music and dance show out of Baltimore and I specifically remember this. Any one remember Jerry Blavitz, "The geetter with the heater"?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 20, 2020:

@FearlessFly He still does a show, Saturday evenings at 6pm (I think) on WXPN 88.5 out of Philadelphia. I am one county too far West to get it on the radio, but who uses a radio except when driving? Not that I listen to his show very often. He likes to go way back, which is good sometimes, especially some 50's soul. Tonight is Funky Fridays.

Alright, the following is for those interested in odd finds.

Marionville comments on Mar 20, 2020:

Some interesting looking stuff there...will take a listen to them all later and tell you what I think. I’m not familiar with them all.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 20, 2020:

Much of Stanley's collection appears to be very rare and unknown.

[youtu.

Redheadedgammy comments on Mar 20, 2020:

Couldn't sleep, been up since 3 am so decided to quit tossing and turning and just get up. It's now 4:20 am so came to the site to see if you posted anything, and here is the perfect song for me right now. I think I'm just sad about having to sell my home and start all over so to speak. Lifted is...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 20, 2020:

I, too, slept poorly last night. Late last night I went and watched live cams around the world and even in daylight areas there was lesser movement than normal.

I am getting annoyed at FB "friends" from my past that I attempt to tolerate or ignore.

Fernapple comments on Mar 19, 2020:

You could copy and paste their own earlier comments back to them, that should be fun. ( With the bonus that it will get you blocked by a lot of people, you would be better off not knowing. LOL )

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 19, 2020:

I've already said pretty much this in my feed. My old students and liberal friends responded well; from them, I hear crickets. And for a few individuals I asked where did the hoax go to.

Two of my friends are in self-isolation (not to worry, they're fine.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 18, 2020:

My ex-bro-in-law used to sell wood for the government. American purchasers just wanted the cheapest shit in the forests, while the European and Japanese would pay thousands for certain trees. A tall Black Oak could get more than 80k, in the 90's.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@dalefvictor Right, Americans just wanted to pulp wood, while the Japanese were building furniture, also the European market as well I believe.

Supernatural measures: Japanese curse guards toilet paper

Merseyman1 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

I lived in japan for 6 years. They are superstitious indeed, but not religious.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 18, 2020:

It is a beautiful place. I was young enough to hike up Fuji.

It was a good day in Illinois.

Novelty comments on Mar 18, 2020:

See it gets better incrementally. Although it chafes me that they referred to her as “Pro-Abortion” instead of “Pro-Choice” no one is Pro-Abortion, abortion is just a necessary medical procedure. I’m not “Pro-Animal abuse” even though I eat a small amount of meat from time to time. I ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 18, 2020:

The right is winning the name game, like the "death tax" b.s. that only hit people with over 12 or 14 million - such a crock.

Fred Astaire - One for My Baby 1943 [youtube.com]

Marionville comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Gotta be Sinatra for this one I’m afraid. A Shoemaker should stick to his last...Fred Astaire’s last was his footwork not his voice!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 18, 2020:

You said what I was thinking.

Phew the virus is making for fresh memes anyway?

BudFrank comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I liked this one too

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 18, 2020:

Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish

Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum Refuse to Close During Coronavirus Scare | Hemant Mehta | ...

RussRAB comments on Mar 15, 2020:

More than half the cases in South Korea are from members of one religious cult which told members not to be concerned about infection because their religious belief protected them. Might we see the same phenomenon here in the US among evangelicals? We have already seen Jim Bakker trying to bilk his ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 17, 2020:

Except SK acted after the discovery and are testing up to 20k people a day. And, SK has one of the lowest death rates at less than a percent. Test, Test, Test should be the mantra, but not here.

Old ad...OMG 🤨

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I had a doc in the 80's thst still smoked- he allowed one vice, so if you were overweight you couldn't drink or smoke, etc. He later burned his house to the ground and tried to blow up his office - bad divorce (cancelled his insurance).

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 17, 2020:

@Lorajay uh.... okay, not terrible, just very odd. Found a more personable one after my insurance sent me elsewhere (first guy after him was terrible, with shag carpeting in his office).

Three Little Pigs

Cast1es comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Soundslike he've been hanging out in the local bar .

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 17, 2020:

Bars only get talking or singing frogs.

THE CURE FOR CORONAVIRUS HAS GONE VIRAL....[nymag.com]

bobwjr comments on Mar 16, 2020:

He should be prosecuted and jailed

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 17, 2020:

@Philip21 Married doesn't mean sleeping together. And, didn't he like little boys, or was that another of those asses?

More corona memes

Booklover comments on Mar 17, 2020:

Checking on dolphins...make sure you have your towel ready.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 17, 2020:

They said, "Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish."

Johnny Carson [youtube.com]

NHjulie comments on Mar 16, 2020:

I wonder what the reason was?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 16, 2020:

He made a joke one night about a toilet paper shortage and literally caused one across the United States. I don't remember the year. He had to come back on the air the next night and tell everyone to calm down, it was a joke.

US capitalism’s response to the pandemic: Nothing for health care, unlimited cash for Wall Street ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 16, 2020:

And if you do not have testing, you can claim all is peachy-keen!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 16, 2020:

Exactly.

When the kids are in charge...

Cast1es comments on Mar 16, 2020:

Not too many major snow storms the end of April , in the major portion of the US .

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 16, 2020:

I was in college in 83 at Penn State, and on April 1st we had an ice storm close the campus. (I was an older, married student - back when the GI bill was worth something and one could afford college).

morning, everyone over 65 .

dave1459 comments on Mar 16, 2020:

So you got all the toilet paper! 😂

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 16, 2020:

My girlfriend went to Costco at Xmas and bought me a big thing of to and paper towels - I was like holy shit, got enough for most of the year. Now I'm thinking I can trade a roll for a steak when hungry Lol

How much respect do religious believers deserve?

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 16, 2020:

People, in general, deserve common respect and decent treatment. Their beliefs and opinions deserve nothing if not backed up by evidence and facts and scientific research/ study.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 16, 2020:

I need to add - too many of THEM (terrible horrible evil men), especially the evangelicals, have beliefs that do not respect the dignity of others, especially women and people of color. Those deserve shit.

As an African American I am at awe with the internet and information and .

anglophone comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Not just some sects of Christianity. Look at some sects of Islam.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 15, 2020:

All religions have dangerous sects. I'd even be wary of spaghetti monster types, et al.

N.J. bill to remove religion as reason to avoid vaccinating kids enrages parents at hearing - nj.com

Mofo1953 comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Fuckem!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 15, 2020:

Took the words out of my mouth.

Google is building me my own personal website.

KKGator comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Yeah, and then google said it wasn't happening as fast as 45 claimed it was. He's such a damnable liar.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 15, 2020:

Google surprise! Orange Turd, duh.

I am making a public service announcement.

Varn comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Does not ultraviolet light instantly break down viruses? I suppose there’d be shaded areas, even on a clothesline.. So where’d ya drive, to yur secret bunker :-)

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 15, 2020:

That was asked and the medical professional said no.

I did not know where to place this, from humor to politics to perverted music, thus here it is.

Pralina1 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

Is that her for real ? How can she remember more than 4 words . Wow . Just wow . Hideous critter . Wow .

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 14, 2020:

It is, sadly, real.

MSNBC Guest Calls Meghan Markle 5 Clicks Up From Trailer Trash While discussing Prince Harry ...

Merseyman1 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

Ms. Mather, Harry, Meghan, I don't care about any of them...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 14, 2020:

More important things to think about, like no soccer and a moron BFF of our Orange Turd in office. Although, just a guess, but I would think these royal watchers are a pretty racist and xenophobic group.

I tried these, anyone else?

Sticks48 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

No fucking way. One small step away from clown shoes.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 14, 2020:

Ah yes, clown shoes. They felt good on my big ass toes -

Ain't that the truth?

Novelty comments on Mar 14, 2020:

Isn’t he a pirate?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 14, 2020:

Yes, yes he is. And he even snorted part of his father's remains.

Coronavirus fears show how "model minority" Asian Americans become the "yellow peril" "

Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 14, 2020:

It's ignorant people who do this stuff...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 14, 2020:

And the Repucks are purposely doing so. They are calling it the Chinese or foreign virus. Viruses are not ethnic. Especially pandemic. They want the fearful leader, bonespur private's mistakes to be blamed elsewhere.

I did not know where to place this, from humor to politics to perverted music, thus here it is.

Apunzelle comments on Mar 14, 2020:

What the actual what.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 14, 2020:

Exactly

March 13, 2020: With empty shelves, cancelled events, closing schools, rising infection, high ...

Druvius comments on Mar 14, 2020:

You're not impressed by the crack team of grocers he assembled to fight Covid-19? https://united-cats.com/2020/03/13/i-have-no-words-grocers-to-fight-a-pandemic/

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 14, 2020:

All he kept saying in-between patting himself for his great response effort was "some great guys behind me" all business for profit. He has found a way to enrich himself in this for sure. Weeks ago, at least 5 places said they could make tests; now, suddenly, this one place will develop and have it ready in a week for 1 to 2 million. South Korea is testing 15k to 20k per day. And not just the sick, as others can carry the virus.

Shamelessly advertising for Amazon...

Bobbyzen comments on Mar 14, 2020:

The sheep apron made me laugh out loud 😂

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 14, 2020:

The real question is - who would wear it and would you really want to eat there?

Waiting for the almighty update...

Novelty comments on Mar 13, 2020:

If it changed each time you looked up a verse I’d be a believer. On paper anyway. Electronically not so much.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 14, 2020:

Don't say that, we don't want to lose you. Technically, a "real" xtion would know that the new testament overrides the old one, thus allowing them to eat pork, etc. The new testament and GeeZeus don't mention homosexuality and push ideas like being nice and accepting to ALL people.

How many remember this TV show from back in the dark ages...

Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 12, 2020:

The guy on the left looks very familiar.. Annette Funicello comes to mind... Is that Bobby Darin?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 12, 2020:

@NHjulie I know. I just id the film. It says "this tv show"

Do you agree?

Moravian comments on Mar 12, 2020:

Who is she ? She is what we call here "waffle gabbit"

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 12, 2020:

A key tRump staffer, Kellyanne Conway. A witch of a bitch. Her husband George is consistently trolling tRump on Twitter. I expect Kellyanne not getting fired means she knows more than the average staffer.

Schools close, Tom Hanks, trouble in the big banks, no vaccine, quarantine, no more toilet paper ...

AnonySchmoose comments on Mar 12, 2020:

Also, the Europe to US travel ban. Everything is weird now. And somewhat dangerous everywhere.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 12, 2020:

Boris, the spider, is BFF of tRump, the orange menace, and Putin, the evil emperor.

How many remember this TV show from back in the dark ages...

Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 12, 2020:

The guy on the left looks very familiar.. Annette Funicello comes to mind... Is that Bobby Darin?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 12, 2020:

You are correct - from the film Ski Party.

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967 [youtube.com]

Outlier comments on Mar 11, 2020:

ha ha look at Neil young w/ lamb chops

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 11, 2020:

Hey, my high school senior photo resembles that remark. 😁

Joe Biden Obviously Has Dementia and Should Withdraw | Ted Rall's Rallblog

Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 11, 2020:

Why test now? Trump wasn't tested... And even with dementia, still better than trump..

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 11, 2020:

@altschmerz if you have to ask, you don't have a clue

Another four years of pretty much the same.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 11, 2020:

Nobody wants us.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 11, 2020:

@AnneWimsey Youngens most likely. If we old folks are welcome, sure. But, health insurance????

The romance of a wedding

St-Sinner comments on Mar 10, 2020:

Lol, coming soon in the home near you.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 10, 2020:

One government ag

What I think about COVID-19 this morning - Google Docs

DenoPenno comments on Mar 8, 2020:

I didn't give it much thought this morning. I'll try to not give it so much thought tomorrow either. I hope it is bothering the hell out of germaphobe Trump.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 9, 2020:

Today's leak story from the White House is the germaphobe and staff is freaked out over his CPAC contact. If Karma existed - it needs to do its job. And no, I don't believe in it; tRump gets sick it is happenstance.

Tell me why, I don't like Mondays? [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 9, 2020:

Mondays" is a song by Irish new wave group The Boomtown Rats about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego. According to Geldof, he wrote the song after reading a telex report at Georgia State University's campus radio station, WRAS, on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 9, 2020:

I was in San Diego at the time. I remember it well. The girl was 16/17 at the time. The adults died shielding the kids. She fired from her house in direct sight. As the girl was a loner, the father had bought her a rifle to join the shooting team. I remember seeing in the news when the girl, then a fully grown adult in her 30's, was denied probation to get out of jail. She did not seem remorseful and made some angry remarks.

Spinning out of control...

Cutiebeauty comments on Mar 9, 2020:

I realize it's a joke but do you seriously think a women doesn't have the right to make decisions about her own body??

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 9, 2020:

When I was of breeding age, and even now, I always felt the final choice was the woman's. I used to think that I would have liked to be consulted on possible options, but never wanted that to be a law (some states) because, quite simply, a lot of men are dicks (pun intended). Some people are just plain idiots - got into an argument when I told some old fart he had no right to control my daughter's body. He accused me of wanting to kill his grandkids. I had a lot of juicy comebacks, but kept it at the non satirical fuck off level.

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brentan comments on Mar 8, 2020:

These guys will never wise up to the scriptures' explanation that the wrath of God comes from the way people treat each other. All you have to do to know this is read the damn book. Ezekiel chapter 16 is a good example. But it doesn't take a prophet to know something bad is coming down the pike when...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 8, 2020:

It is always breaking down and rebuilding. Who rules stays rich and the land and the religions. Sometimes bloodlines change, sometimes big collapses and sometimes slower ones.

Please relate to us a time or times in your life when your production of EVIDENCE altered a judgment...

DenoPenno comments on Mar 8, 2020:

I sort of invent things to alter problem areas in carpentry and design as well as some things mentally. This comes from my inner desire to save money and not spend senselessly. In the end it spills over into inner workings of how I think and is responsible for needed changes in design or procedure. ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 8, 2020:

@Mcflewster As you walk by Franklin's home in Philadelphia you are eye level to the base of his large living room window. Gives a whole new perspective on how he enjoyed sitting in there naked to watch people pass on the street. They discovered human bones, a lot, in his home in London.

Little present for you

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 8, 2020:

So cute.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 8, 2020:

My son had an extremely tiny cat. From kittenhood on. Sadly, such small cats often have abbreviated lives.

Reminder to the group - if you don't quite know how to handle someone feeling suicidal kindly do not...

AncientNight comments on Mar 8, 2020:

It's about time they got a 3-digit number for the Suicide Prevention Hotline! Unfortunately, it's going to take some time to get it set up and running.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 8, 2020:

Well, the government has announced they are - then again, I think that got started either under Obama or by Obama appointees.

I think it’s important to realize that we are very fortunate to live in a time that we can think ...

Mofo1953 comments on Mar 7, 2020:

All religions suck at these lack of principles, people were linched and hanged in trees up to the 60s by christians, christians jailed muslims in Kosovo, Hindus are slaughtering muslims in India, we all know what muslims do to others. Chinese buddhists also slaughtering muslims in China. All ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 7, 2020:

Even Chinese atheists (communist party) are killing and imprisoning musies and some xtions and, even some practitioners of Qi Gong (I do it - it is like a slow version of Tai Chi). The Chinese have a Qi Gong master with 60 million followers - too scary to allow someone like that around.

I think it’s important to realize that we are very fortunate to live in a time that we can think ...

genessa comments on Mar 7, 2020:

people are still burned at the statek beheaded, run out of town and shunned. a certain wapo journalist was cut up a lot worse that into quarters pretty recently. and even back in the day, people could think freely. they just could not express their thoughts freely, and even in the united states, ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 7, 2020:

Every month our BFF, Saudi Arabia, does public beheadings. They even behead witches. And if you read the evidence needed to be found guilty, it is similar to 17th and 18th century Europe and America (The Crucible covers it well).

This news article is loaded with facts and should scare everybody in this room and educate some.

t1nick comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Despite your adamant insistence that this is fact, truth, and logic, this is still an Alt-right propaganda piece. He sprinkles reasonable sounding statements, then makes spurious and hyperpolitical conclusions that only follow if you buy in to his brand of paranoia, isolationism, and propaganda....

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 7, 2020:

@Drew69 Drew, I know things seem difficult and frustrating when, like your hero tRump, you get your little dick hands in an uproar. You should read more by @Cutiebeauty, one of the smartest and informed people here. That said, no wonder so many people ban you with your biased cherry picked FACTS dissolved in the acid of truth and reality. I have tried my best to be nice, Drew. It is getting difficult to do so. Yes, I know that you,Drew think I'm an ass. That is fine, you are a damaged psyche and need guidance. Sorry, Drew, I can't be the guy to do so. Oh, no, I did not watch - Tucker Carlson is a pathetic piece of shit who speaks pseudo facts, at best, and bows at the feet of his savior. Drew, you may need to go back to your church buddies and admit your failure to convert people with working brains. Again, Drew, look for some reasonable guidance.

Oh...this Mormons!

Killtheskyfairy comments on Mar 7, 2020:

These guys never bother me! My name must be on a list or something. Too bad! I have laughed at them and called them stooges who follow a religion started by a lecherous con man. I ask which planet are they going to after they die and to see their magic underwear.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 7, 2020:

I was getting JW's every couple of months. Then I stuck, true but weird, plastic Spider-Man on my front door window and they haven't knocked since. Spider-Man is a real super hero. 😁

IT IS FRIDAY.

richiegtt comments on Mar 6, 2020:

Never in my life from 1st grade on did I ever eat a school prepared lunch .My mother always gave me lunch in a brown paper bag that I took to school.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 6, 2020:

In elementary school, the only time I ate was on pancake days - all you could eat, one at a time - full plate size.

Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me [youtube.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 6, 2020:

I heard an interview with him - long, long ago. He said there were thousands of better singers and musicians than he was; he just happened to have perseverance and luck.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@FearlessFly I thought he was being humble. Not very rock starish.

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Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 6, 2020:

Have fun. May your knowledge outweigh your questions.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 6, 2020:

@Marionville Yeah!

IT IS FRIDAY.

praytothemilkjug comments on Mar 6, 2020:

I went to Stanner High in NYC . I swear the burgers never hurt a cow lest they be composed of them. But we had everything we always had, but fish was the name of the game. I seldom bought lunch at all in 4 years. Perhaps a dozen times. Nothing was big enough or tasty enough, and while it was not ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 6, 2020:

One of the big athletes (still keep track on FB) used to stand by the trash cans. "You're not eating that?" We all gave him our left overs. He was never a bully.

Trump Says Folks With Mild Coronavirus Can Still Go To Work In a recent interview with Sean ...

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 6, 2020:

Aaannndd, has Anybody but this dickwit defined "mild case"???? Because I have other problems, what might be mild to you could be somewhat otherwise for me. What a fucking IDIOT! Just when I think I could not hate him any more....!!!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 6, 2020:

Just like the dips who say I never get the flu, who may be carriers killing others, and don't get vaccinated. Yea, go to work and infect others - such pure stupidity.

Spock's Vulcan salute should replace handshakes in coronavirus era - CNET

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Yes it should. Except for tRump and pence

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 5, 2020:

I won't touch them - middle finger

So Corvid19 is spreading.

Jolanta comments on Mar 5, 2020:

China have a much better “control “ of its population. If they say you stay put then that’s what happens, unlike most western countries.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 5, 2020:

Yep. At least one American was told to stay home and await results. He went to a mixer on a Friday, that Monday his results said positive. So much for containment. Our supreme leader is blowing it off as no worse than a cold and a political ploy out to hurt him.

Happens to my wife all the time.

St-Sinner comments on Mar 5, 2020:

I agree. Some people come to mind. LOL

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 5, 2020:

Yes, yes they do.

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Cast1es comments on Mar 5, 2020:

I used to ow n a Volkswagon Beetle . Loved that little car ! I believe I was the first woman to wear a pantsuit to the Agency I worked for , too . Eventuallly , they made an announcement over the PA system that there was no rule against women wearing pants to work . I believe that was because some ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 5, 2020:

@Cast1es When I was in 10th grade, the school announced girls could wear jeans. A very rural and conservative area. That year I received numerous threats about getting a forced haircut; I was big enough that no one tried.

The political lessons of Sanders’ Super Tuesday defeat - World Socialist Web Site

AstralSmoke comments on Mar 5, 2020:

I am progressing towards anarchy.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Mar 5, 2020:

@Ian-Duggan Many people are lured by power away from their early beliefs. Tom Hayden, the founder of SDS - Students for a Democratic Society- became a Democratic representative from California. Somewhere I have a letter from him when I was 17.