I am the Goofus to everyone else's Gallant Dear Readers, when you're new in town and there are ...

Novelty comments on Feb 10, 2019:

We must have a long conversation about this new thing called G.P.S.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 10, 2019:

???

A very dangerous opinion by a Supreme Court Justice.

242Foxtrot comments on Feb 10, 2019:

Time to set up a GoFundMe to send Clarence on an all expenses paid hunting trip with Dick Cheney.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 10, 2019:

Yea, but will the Texans allow Clarance to carry a gun there?

Uh-Oh: Trump Voters Realizing They Didn't Get Tax Cuts - YouTube

MissKathleen comments on Feb 10, 2019:

“If you believe in trickle down economics”, you are a damn fool.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 10, 2019:

Voo-doo economics. Of course the dick head who invented that phrase continued it and fucked people over with student loans that are in perpetuity and bankruptcy won't cancel them, but you can bankrupt 6 businesses and still be a "rich" president.

Trump and the wall.

hankster comments on Feb 9, 2019:

erectawall dysfunction?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 9, 2019:

We have a wiener or I mean winner.

Trump Pulling Out Of INF Missiles Treaty Is A Gift To Putin And Russia

EllenDale comments on Feb 9, 2019:

Sorry to disagree, but it is not a mistake on a grand scale. Donald Dump is in collusion with Putin, and it was calculated. I wonder in which one-on-one, private, no US personnel in attendance tete-a-tete it was discussed. What a traitor Dump is to the country!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 9, 2019:

I agree fully. The 87 treaty busted Russia's balls as they were broke. Trump just handed Putin something he has long coveted. And the Trumpites are too brainless to understand.

Have you gone on a date with someone you met on this site?

SkotlandSkye comments on Feb 8, 2019:

4 so far. There are a LOT of toads.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 8, 2019:

Kiss them and a prince shall appear ?

This is funny but it actually makes me want to cry because ....

RedneckProfessor comments on Feb 8, 2019:

As a poor man, I wouldn't want to date one of the 1% anyway. ?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 8, 2019:

Best response.

Weed yes or no?

chelseachills comments on Feb 8, 2019:

It should have always been legal!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 8, 2019:

@MissKathleen that has been known all along. It was outlawed in the U.S. because of bigotry and misconceptions. It was thought to be more heavily used by Mexican farm laborers. It was, but not to the extent propagandized.

Summer is coming, time to get ready for the beach. This guy blew it.

creative51 comments on Feb 8, 2019:

Damn! Got more guts than me!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 8, 2019:

Figuratively and literally.

This song has been stuck in my head for the last three days.

mistymoon77 comments on Feb 8, 2019:

Great album.. I had this on 8 track back in the day. :) Shoobydo is one of my faves.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 8, 2019:

I had it on cassette. On a ship at the time.

Good Morning

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 8, 2019:

Many, many days. Today comes to mind.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 8, 2019:

@Amisja no worries. Brain is good. Back is sore, took off yesterday. Thanx for asking.

Poor Javert...he was only doing his job :'(

AtheistReader comments on Feb 7, 2019:

As in Les Miserables? Inspector Javert? Hmmmmmm.... He is a bureaucratic fanatic, IMHO. They can be quite dangerous and harmful. He is a cold and inflexible bureaucrat, alienated from the human idea of mercy. I have no sympathies for the inspector. Or were you talking about another Javert? ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 8, 2019:

@Amisja I love Hugo. I despise the Disneyfication of his works, especially The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The description on, I believe, the last page of the two lead characters' ashes blowing away may be sad, but so beautiful.

Knowing the Path and Walking the Path brings different results.

bleurowz comments on Feb 8, 2019:

You know by living it, not by thinking it.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 8, 2019:

A very Taoist statement.

Anyone else read this on Patheos? [friendlyatheist.patheos.com]

DGJ0114 comments on Feb 7, 2019:

LMAO ? ??- hilarious and most Christians won't figure out!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 8, 2019:

@KKGator tRump really loves two Corinthians

Lets just put it out there and own it... Pro-Choice or Anti-Choice

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I'm just sick of the whole shit being an issue. Leave someone else's body alone. Start spending more in prevention and intelligent sex education and the rate of abortions will drop. And stop being an asshole when I admit I am pro-choice for women and as a man I don't get a choice, if my ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@mzbehavin I was accused of wanting to kill some asshole's grandkids when I said he had no right to tell any women, especially my daughter what to do at anytime. Fuck his religion. He sure didn't want me telling him he couldn't own a gun because guns kill, or even as he said people kill with guns.

This goes for romantic relationships, but it also applies to family members, I have regretfully ...

Paul4747 comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Yeah.... it seems to go for my ex-wife. I mean, good for her that the divorce didn't tear her up or anything, but it says it all about the marriage, doesn't it?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@Minta79 a bit if a mixed bag. Depends on the nuance of the reading. Also, what was the relationship based on to begin with?

Debunking A Century of War Lies [youtube.

Infoguy211 comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I would love to see most of our troops sent home, and Defense spending slashed by 2/3.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

We spend way too much money in "defense" with the longest peaceful borders in the world. Pretty stupid.

Human composting

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I'm all for it. Of course my first choice would be as the Zoroastrians do: leave you out for the birds, then grind the bones and put the powder in bread and leave that out for the birds. And bone is good for birds, the often need extra calcium.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@JackPedigo I would prefer to miss the crucifixion, but once dead, hang me up.

Human composting

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I'm all for it. Of course my first choice would be as the Zoroastrians do: leave you out for the birds, then grind the bones and put the powder in bread and leave that out for the birds. And bone is good for birds, the often need extra calcium.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX I looked, you are lucky, up in Oregon. Here, burials, except for Jews and Muslims have to be fully encased in concrete boxes to prevent leakage and the only other option is fire cremation. I have told my kids not to claim the body if the medical school for some reason refuses. Then the state will either burn me or out me in a wooden box and stick me on an island in the river near the capital for a potter's field. No concrete. And plain old wood.

Human composting

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I'm all for it. Of course my first choice would be as the Zoroastrians do: leave you out for the birds, then grind the bones and put the powder in bread and leave that out for the birds. And bone is good for birds, the often need extra calcium.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX I know. I've arranged for my body to go to science, then burned. I hate the idea of being hermetically sealed, such a waste of resources and space.

You might be a hillbilly if...

LiterateHiker comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Do you know why it's so hard to solve a Redneck murder? Because the DNA is all the same and there's no dental records. - Jeff Foxworthy https://rwrant.co.za/30-of-the-best-jeff-foxworthy-you-might-be-a-redneck-quotes/

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

And the trailer is always littered with Mountain Dew, Marlboros, shine jars, and spit jars.

Poor Javert...he was only doing his job :'(

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I love how his thinking is encapsulated in Stars.The lyrics are epic, Miltonian, I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urxk4mveLCw

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@Amisja I taught the book many times. I used to use the scene where the Nun lies to show that sometimes truth is not the best option. The students easily saw the connections to a number of ideas, like the hiding of Jews, etc. Except for one student who stuck to his lying is never acceptable as it is one if the commandments. He became a Lutheran minister. I do have some hope for him. He has, last count I knew, handed out 11 keys to his church (which I've never stepped into, I did let him buy me lunch) to what most over here would call illegal immigrants. Our ICE has not, as of yet, broken into any churches to arrest anyone. They have tricked people out, even holding their legal children hostage.

Poor Javert...he was only doing his job :'(

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I love how his thinking is encapsulated in Stars.The lyrics are epic, Miltonian, I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urxk4mveLCw

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@Amisja great minds. ?

Poor Javert...he was only doing his job :'(

AtheistReader comments on Feb 7, 2019:

As in Les Miserables? Inspector Javert? Hmmmmmm.... He is a bureaucratic fanatic, IMHO. They can be quite dangerous and harmful. He is a cold and inflexible bureaucrat, alienated from the human idea of mercy. I have no sympathies for the inspector. Or were you talking about another Javert? ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@brentan that is correct. His mother was a whore. And there in lies the rub as his philosophy says no one can change, yet he grew up without being a criminal. Shame, guilt, and fear of slipping into his own genetics. He also never questions the church, shown when the Nun lies, twice to him, to save Jean. Remember how he ends up because his beliefs are exposed as false by Jean's actions. I love the musical, but it misses so much of a great novel, a massive tome.

Hahahahahaha

Novelty comments on Feb 7, 2019:

There were a bunch of crows in the parking lot at work in the trees making a commotion but there was one crow way louder than the others but I couldn’t see him, then this big green parrot flies up with like four crows on his butt then I hear a hawk scream and the crows scattered as the parrot flys...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@Mortal go for it.

Will be sending you some videos of life after death soon. ??

maturin1919 comments on Feb 7, 2019:

@Amisja

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

Hah.

Hahahahahaha

Novelty comments on Feb 7, 2019:

There were a bunch of crows in the parking lot at work in the trees making a commotion but there was one crow way louder than the others but I couldn’t see him, then this big green parrot flies up with like four crows on his butt then I hear a hawk scream and the crows scattered as the parrot flys...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

Every day, about 11 to 12 a group of crows gather in the alley behind my place. They hang around, caw, and just gather before flying southward toward tourist food places. I imagine they are regrouping. Once in a while I go out and talk at them and they chastise me. Twice, during the early fall, still summerish weather I took some field corn, stripped it and lay a pile of kernels on the ground and walked off. After a while some brave souls drifted down and ate at it. Since then ivevbern thinking about the crow experiment that showed they recognize faces. I've been too busy and lazy, but contemplate seeing what they do if I were to start feeding them on a certain day

Monty Python

Amisja comments on Feb 7, 2019:

Oh no

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

Not their best, but come on - The Life of Brian should be in an Agnostics Hall of Fame.

Only 5 Weeks until St Patrick's Day! What is your town/city doing to prepare for this Irish ...

Amisja comments on Feb 7, 2019:

https://youtu.be/ePA8q40PHJA Just leaving this here...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@Amisja I've seen his progressive agenda. Abortion in Ireland, while we have states trying to outlaw what our top court ruled 40 plus years ago as legal.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

brentan comments on Feb 7, 2019:

It's entitled to *some* privacy.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

HIPPA gives rights to chickens too.

If it was possible, would you vote for former President Obama again?

AtheistReader comments on Feb 7, 2019:

If the choice was between Drumpf and Obama, hell yes. I would vote for W. Bush if he was the only other choice compared to Drumpf. I would vote for almost anyone else compared to Drumpf. But I know there are worse than him. It isn't the Presidential election that matters really. We really need ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

Against Trump, I would bring back Buchanan. Of course now he could be the first OPENLY gay President. And, no, being gay didn't influence how badly he governed. Grieving may have influenced his actions or lack there of. His Veep died before swearing in; they were lovers.

Only 5 Weeks until St Patrick's Day! What is your town/city doing to prepare for this Irish ...

Amisja comments on Feb 7, 2019:

https://youtu.be/ePA8q40PHJA Just leaving this here...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@Amisja Vardakat *?* I won't look. And I expect Brexit happens with no solution to N. Ireland will bring an Nirexit. Then, maybe a Scotexit. I'll go look now. It is Varadkar. Close, no cigar. Guarantee closer than most US citizens. And remember we stole the term Americans, as every nation over here have Americans technically, they no longer want to admit it. We are the United States of America; just as Mexico is by its law the United States of Mexico. It would be like if the Swiss were the only ones called Europeans in Europe. I expect a smart person like you knows all this.

Trump Has Nothing Left to Say

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Trump seemed to want to take credit for the women there. As one comedian said, Trump could claim some responsibility just like polio can claim the creation of a vaccine.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@Sticks48 We had already cut them off in a number of places and threatened their access to Dutch and other European holdings in Asia. They had already started a war and conquest in China, which we did very little about. They attacked us as a preemptive means to prevent our further involvement with their goals. There are theories that the U.S. was squeezing Japan into attack us to give us an excuse for war. We don't know what those in charge really planned back then and most likely never will know. However, our policies were meant to contain an expansionist Japan. Side note: in 40 we could have gone to war with Germany. We stopped them from occupying Greenland and captured some of their troops sent there. We sent them home and the Germans did no more. We then occupied the place and after the war tried to buy it. Imagine a 51st state of Greenland. Texans would have been livid.

Trump Has Nothing Left to Say

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Trump seemed to want to take credit for the women there. As one comedian said, Trump could claim some responsibility just like polio can claim the creation of a vaccine.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@GuyKeith I'll throw out this - that is only relavent for the European and African fronts. Japan started its invasion of China and Pacific expansion long before those occurred.

Only 5 Weeks until St Patrick's Day! What is your town/city doing to prepare for this Irish ...

Amisja comments on Feb 7, 2019:

https://youtu.be/ePA8q40PHJA Just leaving this here...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

I never wear a hat, and no way green beer enters me. And I can usually name the PM. I mispronounce, but know, a number of counties, even have a set of caves named for my family. My father talked about his Irish Uncles here not getting jobs due to being Irish. My dad was born here in 22, the youngest, and i in 55. I never knew my Grandparents. I have some Irish Republican friends on FB; they keep me posted on certain politics. And, Thin Lizzy, the Greatest Rock band from Ireland, does an excellent version of Whiskey in the Jar. I also know that the Guinness brothers are more English. And that one got exploded.

Some of my favorite memes.... Feel free to steal/share :-)

thinktwice comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I followed a car the other day that had what was once a pretty good bumper sticker saying subtly that religion was a crutch... It looked like it had been vandalized...someone tried to scratch through it, etc. It is sad when people feel they need to attack a car bumper sticker...and it is scary as...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

@thinktwice My friend who teaches German and Latin on line has many home schoolers and he treads a fine line. In his case he is an American (European descent) monotheistic Hindu. We never argue religion as he is open to everything. His story on the woman who taught him is fascinating - she and her husband were communists in the twenties. They moved to Russia and got deported for complaining in 1929. Had they been Russians...…….

Some of my favorite memes.... Feel free to steal/share :-)

thinktwice comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I followed a car the other day that had what was once a pretty good bumper sticker saying subtly that religion was a crutch... It looked like it had been vandalized...someone tried to scratch through it, etc. It is sad when people feel they need to attack a car bumper sticker...and it is scary as...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 7, 2019:

I just had an idea. Put a sticker near by that says: My Other Sticker is a Camera.

People who spell it as "Ghandi" fill me with rage.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 6, 2019:

My first thought: How much is a Gandhi signature worth?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 6, 2019:

@jerry99 now I want one. thnx.

Me! Me! Me! Me!

thinktwice comments on Feb 6, 2019:

My phone is at home...I never lock it... I would never disrespect the privacy of anyone especially in a relationship...I don't care if there was anything "wrong" going on...I never open up mail that is not addressed to me either or even open up drawers that are not mine...this is sort of a sad ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 6, 2019:

Only way to go.

Over-population is the real cause of climate change – it's killing us all off

Skeezwazzle comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Agenda 21.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 6, 2019:

@Redheadedgammy agenda 21 is a non binding UN resolution looking at finding some relief and is going nowhere - except straight to the Glen Beck (book on it) conspiracy theorists. I wonder which side stands the guy who mentioned it, and why, with such mystery.

May we take a break from all the atheist stuff for a second.

darthfaja comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Sure! Tell me what this is! I’ll give you the answer later.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 6, 2019:

A representation of the golden ratio that god altered with exterior genitalia.

May we take a break from all the atheist stuff for a second.

davknight comments on Feb 6, 2019:

A man is laying in his death bed. The only others present are a priest, and an undertaker. Priest: "Do you have any last words my son?" Dying Man: "I'm dieing" Priest: "Yes?" Dying Man: "I'm dieing" Priest: "We know that! What did you want to say?" Dying Man: "I'm dieing just like Jesus!" ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 6, 2019:

That's a winner.

Many of Shakespeare's quotes and even, due to the language interpretation today, his words are ...

BestWithoutGods comments on Feb 5, 2019:

As a retired lawyer, I thank you for the clarification! :)

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 6, 2019:

?? Having taught Shakespeare at an independent school, I had a tee shirt with the quote and wore it sometimes to sporting events to watch my kids, knowing the lawyer parents would misconstrue it. I never told them any different, til now.

What a fucking idiot he is.

ghettophilosopher comments on Feb 6, 2019:

You actually watched it...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 6, 2019:

@KKGator I had a list about his B.S. and treatment of vets and so many ignored it. Then his 35 percent turned on vets that didn't support him. I found myself defending McCain against outright lies, a man I would never vote for. Etc.

What a fucking idiot he is.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 6, 2019:

TYT and some others ran parts and fact checked. The most asshole part, there were many, along with claiming he stopped a nuclear war with North Korea, was his the only way things keep running smoothly is to end partisan investigations.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 6, 2019:

@KKGator Yep. And the election of more woman in Congress. Trevor Noah said, he sort if was, like polio was responsible for a vaccine.

Do you have the time?

EllieUnique comments on Feb 5, 2019:

Cheesus!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 5, 2019:

H. Crisp

It just baffles me that so many of the liberals think Trump pulling out of the that idiot Obama’s ...

48thRonin comments on Feb 5, 2019:

It was Iran’s money to begin with not our friend the Shaw and if we can at slow them down on becoming weaponized nuclear then any leader should want that.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 5, 2019:

@48thRonin There is a whole list of countries caught in the 70's. Some I read about, some I studied in college, some we discussed in the military in school. And some got away with it: Israel and South Africa - and we knew - I saw photos of a water blast. The Navy said send everything back to DC, it was not a nuc, it was phosphorescent fish rising to the surface. I can speak about this because 1 - long past seven years and 2 - South Africa admitted to it in 85. I just discovered that even though they dismantled their bombs, they still have 40 pounds of enriched uranium. Four to eight pounds to make a bomb, do the math.

It just baffles me that so many of the liberals think Trump pulling out of the that idiot Obama’s ...

48thRonin comments on Feb 5, 2019:

It was Iran’s money to begin with not our friend the Shaw and if we can at slow them down on becoming weaponized nuclear then any leader should want that.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 5, 2019:

The Shaw may have gotten closer to building a nuc than the current admin. In 72 Nixon shut him down. Nixon may have been a drunken dick (pun intended) but he did do some good on occasion.

Wanna feel old? Who owned one!?

greyeyed123 comments on Feb 5, 2019:

Only rich people had those. I bought a trac phone in 2014. I still have it. It makes and receives calls. I feel like I am on Star Trek...except it doesn't flip.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 5, 2019:

Exactly.

Open for business.

brentan comments on Feb 5, 2019:

I think Shakespeare wrote the plays because of the Catholic connection to his work.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 5, 2019:

Excellent possibility as his mother was a "converted" Catholic.

"Ted Bundy looked right through me," Sally said.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 5, 2019:

There are some sick ass people out there and I have met some in mental wards that are one small step from being in that world (or they are and I never knew). I remember one sexual predator who would back off any time I said, and politely, to do so, yet he terrified the women and always pushed the ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 5, 2019:

@Amisja I do know that. My personal history has had me on both sides of a hospital mental ward. I've encountered many people, good people, who have been damaged by others more than their choices in life or even their genetics.

Many of Shakespeare's quotes and even, due to the language interpretation today, his words are ...

greyeyed123 comments on Feb 5, 2019:

"O Romeo, Romeo,wherefore art thou Romeo?" always amuses me when people think Juliet is just wondering "where he at".

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 5, 2019:

@FableAce not needed because at the time everyone knew its meaning

Many of Shakespeare's quotes and even, due to the language interpretation today, his words are ...

John_Tyrrell comments on Feb 5, 2019:

In this case, it is the context that is misconstrued, not the words themselves. The word have not changed meaning. But there are indeed numerous instances in Shakespeare and other contemporary and near-contemporary (eg KJV) works where the words themselves have changed meaning.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 5, 2019:

Exactly

Many of Shakespeare's quotes and even, due to the language interpretation today, his words are ...

Ashley6245 comments on Feb 5, 2019:

Shakespeare's plays written in English can be misinterpreted after 400 years but Christians still stand by a bible written in Hebrew/Greek thousands of years ago and translated thousands of times. ?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 5, 2019:

Good point.

Here is something musically political, sort of.

273kelvin comments on Feb 5, 2019:

Nothing new under the sun. Taking the piss in 1941 https://youtu.be/gYdmk3GP3iM

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 5, 2019:

A friend sent me that exact clip in my email ?

I'm trying an experiment.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 4, 2019:

There is one member I want to block me. He won't. I think I ran into a scammer last week. I ignored the question/reply til the next day and it was gone with no evidence of the person at all anywhere. They were a three, listed as religious and spiritual, and offered their email.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX if I block him he wins with his con annoyance and I don't get to know my comments to him with lots of thumbs up support

Ahhh family time

Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 4, 2019:

I was home schooled so I missed all this quality family time lol

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 4, 2019:

Ahhh. I taught at the school where my kids went, on scholarship. The school paid for science projects for all kids. However, one year, two, well to do, upper school parents decided to pay their kids costs. The junior science teacher dropped the bill for my son on my desk and, literally, ran from the room and hid. My buddy, Ralph, the department head, saw me enter the science lab fuming (the bill was over 400 dollars) and took the bill and told me not to worry and he would "have words with the idget"

The REAL football!

ATDayHiker comments on Feb 4, 2019:

And the ticket prices were a lot more reasonable.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 4, 2019:

I went to the CONCAFA when it was up here. I waited for the prices to drop (Americans still haven't come fully around, as in the initial prices were high, but not enough tickets sold). I had great seats with my sons in Phila (300$ each seats for 16$ each) watching Chile play Panama. Pretty sure the group of Chile fans nearby paid full price, etc.

Hurry Moses! The "Chosen ones" are building a golden calf!

SkotlandSkye comments on Feb 4, 2019:

In a world before typewriters, ink, and paper.....when gods hung out on mountaintops....or embodied golden statues.....

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 4, 2019:

Lewis Black does a good routine on Moses, especially how the xtions misinterpret everything.

American Sports popularity by country

Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 4, 2019:

No baseball in America! Lol

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 4, 2019:

It is big in Japan and Korea. I was teaching one year when the baseball classic occurred. I had a Japanese and Korean student and that year and their teams played the championship. They were more rabid than the most rabid American team fan.

So, who's watching the Superbowl?

icolan comments on Feb 3, 2019:

That's the game with the little ball and the sticks, right? Or maybe it is the one with the bigger ball and the hoop? Oh, wait, I know, it's the one with the net, and the ball, and the ice skates, and the clubs.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@icolan only the dandelions and after a small toke

So, who's watching the Superbowl?

richiegtt comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Watching rich over paid people throw a ball around and listening to the annoying screaming fans is not enjoyable to me,but pure torture.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 3, 2019:

They aren't real fans at the super bowl or corporate bowl. I don't know, but what's the average ticket cost this year?

What? There's a limit? 🐶🐱

tinebean comments on Feb 3, 2019:

? because you won't eat supper if you are full of treats!! Ok just one more...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 3, 2019:

Oh yes they will eat supper.

Hindu temple in KY vandalized [friendlyatheist.patheos.com]

SeaGreenEyez comments on Feb 3, 2019:

I'm so sick of this nefarious shit. I'm starting to think that unless & until some of these homegrown terrorists are made examples of, these hate crimes will mature into endless Synagogue shootings. *smfh*

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 3, 2019:

And the f'ing attitudes of certain individuals. The local Staples in Gettysburg (I won't go there now) dipped their flag on Veteran's day as they should, but would not put it down after the Pittsburgh shooting, because, they told me that doing so would either damage their very large flag or the building. I called corporate and the crickets haven't returned a call or my email. Oh, and by the way, they dipped it again for the death of Bush I. If anyone else wants to ask about that, be my guest, tell me if you get a response.

This is fucked up. [chinasmack.com] [fwacata.com]

48thRonin comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Yeah sadly that’s nothing new either but thankfully it’s only been Asians doing it in their countries. I’ve seen some wolf brigade cosplays a couple of years ago that looked like Nazi uniforms but they didn’t have any of the symbolism thankfully.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 3, 2019:

I saw that was happening elsewhere in Asia as well. Saddened me to see folks in Thailand doing it, as I like that place.

Touchdown!!!!

freeofgod comments on Feb 3, 2019:

I much prefer the Puppy Bowl. And the dogs don't thank anyone : )

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 3, 2019:

As an agnostic, dyslexic, insomniac, I tend to lie awake at night contemplating the existence of a dog.

American Football explained..

Novelty comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Is it Superbowl Sunday? I think I heard a commercial that they're doing that today, they should make it interesting by ALL the players taking a knee.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@Mortal my point seems vague but aimed at trajin the emperor. I agree with you.

American Football explained..

Novelty comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Is it Superbowl Sunday? I think I heard a commercial that they're doing that today, they should make it interesting by ALL the players taking a knee.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@Mortal there are a number of us vets who know what the constitution is and why if you don't like someone's first amendment rights you can say your own shit, just know if your shit is illegal you are going to be viewed as a backward lugnut. Not aimed at you, Mortal.

Hawaii has a bill that will legally prohibit adults under the age of 30 from buying cigarettes ...

Novelty comments on Feb 3, 2019:

I am a smoker, I just put one out. I think cigarettes should be illegal everywhere. I've been smoking at least two packs of cigarettes a day for forty six years. I've tried to quit so many times, I'm hopelessly addicted. If they weren't in every gas station in California I might suffer a while ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 3, 2019:

Appreciate your honesty. I don't think prohibition ever works. I would rather legalize about everything. Use the money from law enforcement for education and prevention and healthy detox programs. Although, I would put laws against companies pushing their products and places like big pharma "bribing" doctors. End all those damn ads. I'll admit I don't know what will work best.

This is massively illegal, isn't it? [nymag.com]

KKGator comments on Feb 3, 2019:

It's a monstrous joke coming from him. He's just pandering to his fucking idiot base. It's a complete violation of the Constitution. Another document he hasn't read, nor understands. Why is he even allowed to keep breathing?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@KKGator I fear that as well.

This is massively illegal, isn't it? [nymag.com]

KKGator comments on Feb 3, 2019:

It's a monstrous joke coming from him. He's just pandering to his fucking idiot base. It's a complete violation of the Constitution. Another document he hasn't read, nor understands. Why is he even allowed to keep breathing?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 3, 2019:

He complains often about the restraints the constitution puts upon him.

This is massively illegal, isn't it? [nymag.com]

greyeyed123 comments on Feb 3, 2019:

In public school, Bible as literature classes are not illegal. Bible as religion classes are. Undoubtedly certain areas will try to blend the two with a wink and a nod. ... I have no problem with it as long as it is an elective and taught as literature, not religion (or science, lol).

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 3, 2019:

That us the fear.

What is it that makes people take videos or pics of people they killed?

bookofmorons comments on Feb 2, 2019:

the "enemy" is often dehumanized and this emphasizes that belief

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 2, 2019:

I would lean to the idea of dehumanization. Stories go back through the Milinium

Co-worker: "I just don't think white people and black people should marry each other.

Amisja comments on Feb 2, 2019:

Dave this 100% racist and utterly ignorant. In UK less than 10% of the population is 100% caucasian. There is far more genetic divergence within races than between them. I am officially the whitest person earth (According to 3 out of 3 fellas) and even I have Asian friends who are paler than me. ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 2, 2019:

These types, usually xtion, could be called veiled racists in that until they open their mouths you don't know by their politeness.

Proportionality.

SeaGreenEyez comments on Feb 1, 2019:

Why is Arpaio is still on the map? Who cares? He should be in prison, and not just for Contempt. For gross human and civil right offenses (for a start.) He's an epic POS.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@48thRonin Don't mess with the Pagans. My interactions have all been cool. They hang at the AMVETS and will always intervene on the side of a vet. I prefer not to be in theirs or anybody else's debt. I stay the quiet guy listening to music, having a seldom drink, occasional herbal smoke, and coke.

Mitch McConnell, Who Voted To Lift Russian Oligarch’s Sanctions, Reportedly Has Deep Ties To ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Feb 1, 2019:

-He has sold out to the highest bidder always. His Taiwanese father in law bought him: a wife and a ten plus million dowry. And the old man gets US laws protecting the shipping of coal, but NOT with requirements that the coal be from the US. His daddy in law is the world's biggest shipper of coal...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@dokala They wear earplugs and eyeshades and have corks up their asses. Oddly, McCON is not well liked in Kentucky, he just happens to be a repub. He has made comments to the primary voters that they need him to keep their "Little" and "insignificant" state relevant as he leads the Senate.

God's Power: Seems to be trending downward...

Nardi comments on Feb 1, 2019:

Holy graph batman!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 1, 2019:

Butt boy wonder, we still have our all inclusive and all containing utility belts.

Hmmm??? ?

maturin1919 comments on Feb 1, 2019:

64 kmph, if my limited math skills have served me well.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@maturin1919 I know. I was going to say, but slipped away for a moment. ?

Hmmm??? ?

maturin1919 comments on Feb 1, 2019:

64 kmph, if my limited math skills have served me well.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 1, 2019:

Convert to miles please.

If Catholic Ireland can approve of abortion why can't we put this issue to bed finally and approve ...

Marine comments on Feb 1, 2019:

The rights that go with gender should not be up for debate. It is time to stop wasting the time and effort of these people and let them get on with being creative. They have more to offer and should not spend their lives trying to correct how they were born or refusing to have a child that was not ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 1, 2019:

Food, shelter, work, better living conditions and health care including birth control, along with improved education will reduce population better than controls, especially draconian laws like China tried. Of course, which is easier to implement and which would give more average people a say about their lives? Those in power will lean toward control when the world starts to implode; by then it may not matter as other elements start to kill off human kind.

Absolutely fing true!

creative51 comments on Feb 1, 2019:

California gets earthquakes and fires to punish them for their attitude.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 1, 2019:

God's wrath???????? Uh, no. It's just not nice to fool with Mother Nature and create climate change. How are our Bacon Crisp Mates in Australia today?

I have a demon on my wall. Do you think it's a sign and can I make any money off this?

Triphid comments on Feb 1, 2019:

A can of paint and a paint roller will certainly exorcise that demon BUT do NOT call in a Catholic Priest to do the job, they can't be trusted in my opinion.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 1, 2019:

Eh. Just be wary when they take off their robes to paint and have nothing in underneath.

Do we really need a radical person like this on the foreign affairs committee??

creative51 comments on Feb 1, 2019:

I am surprised you chose Trajan as your handle. From wikipedia "Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman history, leading the empire to attain its maximum territorial extent by the time of his death. He is also known for his ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@creative51 both ARE Caucasian and why the fuck does that matter, unless you point it out for racist reasons, as we already fucking know which ethnicities are Caucasian. BTW some if your ilk wouldn't count the Spanish, calling them Hispanic.

Happy Friday Hippies.

Robecology comments on Feb 1, 2019:

Happy Friday, all you old hippies...OK...anyone still got a pair of bell bottoms in the closet? I kept one....LOL!

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 1, 2019:

No longer. ? Some may have some that aren't so old as the style retros from time to time, especially with women's clothing.

Seriously.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 31, 2019:

So, who is your favorite hero in the Avengers films?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@Bierbasstard Star Lord messed up.

Polar..Netflix original film...was John Wick on Steroids..!!!!!

Ravenwolfcasey comments on Jan 31, 2019:

I loved this insane movie..it was shocking..and creative....you can't look away...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Feb 1, 2019:

If you made it the first 18 minutes the rest was gravy

So I've been on this app I talked to three different men they're not single they were all in other ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 31, 2019:

I came here for intellectual discussion. And i found someone I plan to stay with til forever. Stay or don't. Try the conservative guys.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@AmieSwain being snarky

Don't forget the cost if the F-35.

powder comments on Jan 31, 2019:

150000 is probably just the liberation of Mosul. Free education was introduced in Australia in the 70's. The beneficiaries, today's politicians, are doing their best to dismantle it. Our Poly's suck too.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@powder when they were having more troubles in the South with unhappy Islamists I said this is what will happen and I was right: the Thais will ask for social leaders to get control, then wait, and wait, and wait, and then, maybe, wait again, then, if nothing changes they will kick in every door there and root out the problem.

Don't forget the cost if the F-35.

powder comments on Jan 31, 2019:

150000 is probably just the liberation of Mosul. Free education was introduced in Australia in the 70's. The beneficiaries, today's politicians, are doing their best to dismantle it. Our Poly's suck too.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@powder Thailand is an interesting and great place. How can one be scared during a coup, aside from those thrown out, when the soldiers had to be ordered to allow no more dancing girls and not to allow tourists to hold their guns for pictures. They loved their old King. I enjoyed visiting. My daughter lived there a year and still engages with friends from there.

Tree Stump House - what do you think?

thinktwice comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Not my taste...it looks tacky to me...but, I bet kids love it...in the right neighborhood, it would fit in just fine...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@thinktwice that's why stone and brick and a well respected artist.

Tree Stump House - what do you think?

thinktwice comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Not my taste...it looks tacky to me...but, I bet kids love it...in the right neighborhood, it would fit in just fine...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@thinktwice I used to joke that if I won the lottery I would build a house in the richest part of town. It would be brick and stone, and massive like the others, but designed to look like a house trailer and I would hire an artist to design and put a rusty car art in the yard.

Obama Was Also Chosen by God, Says Trump’s Spiritual Adviser

patchoullijulie comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Trump has a spiritual adviser????

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 31, 2019:

Yeah. The bitch who just said that everyone should send her their last year's salaries.

Seriously.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 31, 2019:

So, who is your favorite hero in the Avengers films?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@commie1776 I guess I was just redefining hero...………….as what someone else might choose.

Seriously.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 31, 2019:

So, who is your favorite hero in the Avengers films?

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@commie1776 I was thinking Thanos. He is the "villain" who wipes out half of the universe to make life better for the survivors.

Whatever happened to global warming?

maturin1919 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Discover the difference between weather and climate and get back to me.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 31, 2019:

I just started to say that. ?

Oppose political censorship and fascist threats against the ISO and DSA in Portland! [wsws.org]

FrayedBear comments on Jan 31, 2019:

How long before Krystal Nacht? I'm leaving my copy of Mein Kampf prominently in the window alongside Dicken's Oliver Twist and David Copperfield.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 31, 2019:

I'm waiting. Nearer to election time when he is in trouble, we need watch out for anything.

Donald Trump's Spiritual Adviser Paula White Suggests People Send Her Their January Salary or Face ...

mzbehavin comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Guess she joined this club. What a bunch of crooks.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 30, 2019:

That fuckface only oprned his mega facility up after a hurricane for flood victims after much embarrassing press.

A friend of mine called this a fabulous find from the 70's, so I am sharing. [youtu.be]

wrinkledaddypimp comments on Jan 30, 2019:

you do know who crumb is right. I am posting a link because I don't think the pic should be posted https://danielteolijr.wordpress.com/2017/08/30/its-the-birthday-of-american-cartoonist-r-crumb/

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I knew of the artist. I didn't know if they were the same fellow.

[statesman.com]

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 29, 2019:

And that is your WTF moment for today. Mistrial and grounds for a new trial by the prosecution.

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@SeaGreenEyez Good.

[yahoo.

jerry99 comments on Jan 30, 2019:

They claim it's religion neutral but is clearly intended to bring Christian brain-washing into the public schools: "The American Civil Liberties Union blasted both the attempt to infuse Bible literacy courses in pubic schools and Trump’s support of it. Its concern is that, notwithstanding ...

Beowulfsfriend replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@Elganned and The Book if the Dead, the two Chinese versions and the Egyptian version, but the ones pushing this shit know nothing of even their roots. I had a guy try to argue the Trinity always existed and no councils voted on it. He did quote the same bibly verses used at the councils.