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I see this as knee jerk, up there with Nancy Regan's "Just say no".

Triphid comments on Mar 19, 2020:

So chances possibly are that infected Yankee Troops are going to be landed on OUR shores simply to satisfy the whims and wants of the U.S. War-Mongering Government and our arse-kissing Puppet Politicians. I have a better idea, Send the ones here home NOW and don't let any more come back EVER.

David1955 replies on Mar 19, 2020:

@powder Morrison doesn't need our input. He has God. What else do you need?

Happy days will be here again.

David1955 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Yes, Trump will be reelected. Happy Times, Comrade Sinner in Moscow. You can stop crowing. Why don't you just piss off now and give us a break.

David1955 replies on Mar 18, 2020:

@St-Sinner you just keep saying when Biden is mumbling and drooling not sure where he is and what he is saying, and Trump is making mince meat out of him, and you'll find some way to blame the evil socialists and Bernie.

Happy days will be here again.

David1955 comments on Mar 18, 2020:

Yes, Trump will be reelected. Happy Times, Comrade Sinner in Moscow. You can stop crowing. Why don't you just piss off now and give us a break.

David1955 replies on Mar 18, 2020:

@St-Sinner bullshit. That party is utterly corrupt and the young and progressives have abandoned it. Why, smart ass didn't they win in 2016? Bernie wasn't the nominee. Biden won't win. Prryic victory, but you want Trump anyway.

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David1955 comments on Mar 17, 2020:

I don't understand the contradiction of buying food only a week ahead, but self isolating. Buying only a week ahead means going to supermarkets when things get worse. What is the best thing to do now?

David1955 replies on Mar 17, 2020:

@Allamanda Exactly. I've stocked up but not ridiculously if I have to stay confined for a couple of weeks. The basics, tins, frozen, etc. But beyond that it's a different situation.Who knows? Here's a twist: I'm scheduled to have elective surgery in mid April for hernia repair, home that day. I got the call this week, but by mid April who knows what might be happening. Wait and see, I guess.

Empty Store Shelves, Shortages, High Anxiety Make no mistake.

RoadGoddess comments on Mar 15, 2020:

There isn’t a shred of logic or verifiable evidence anywhere in the claim you just made. This is a site for agnostics, not idiots.

David1955 replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@St-Sinner just the 'evils' of socialism for working people, you know, the poor sods who work their assets off and create the wealth; now the evils of corporate socialism, wall street socialism, military socialism, well, now that's just fine with you, right, my corporate socialist friend?

Empty Store Shelves, Shortages, High Anxiety Make no mistake.

DavidLaDeau comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Socialism has had a bad record in many instances. It has had some successes. If you are suggesting that Bernie as President would make our country socialist that is simply not the case.

David1955 replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@St-Sinner Errrrrrrrrr.. How? "I am against redistribution of wealth by the government of any kind."

Empty Store Shelves, Shortages, High Anxiety Make no mistake.

DavidLaDeau comments on Mar 15, 2020:

Socialism has had a bad record in many instances. It has had some successes. If you are suggesting that Bernie as President would make our country socialist that is simply not the case.

David1955 replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@St-Sinner yes, you often rave here against government bail outs of wall street and other subsidies given to the wealthy and the corporate sector --- oh, WAIT, you don't!

Empty Store Shelves, Shortages, High Anxiety Make no mistake.

RoadGoddess comments on Mar 15, 2020:

There isn’t a shred of logic or verifiable evidence anywhere in the claim you just made. This is a site for agnostics, not idiots.

David1955 replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@St-Sinner non responsive reply, as usual. Who do you think you are dealing with?

Empty Store Shelves, Shortages, High Anxiety Make no mistake.

RoadGoddess comments on Mar 15, 2020:

There isn’t a shred of logic or verifiable evidence anywhere in the claim you just made. This is a site for agnostics, not idiots.

David1955 replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@St-Sinner you've already got socialism in America -- corporate socialism, and public sector services, including the military etc. These facts you REFUSE to acknowledge or respond to because you cannot and you have no reply. Have a good day, my socialist friend.

Empty Store Shelves, Shortages, High Anxiety Make no mistake.

RoadGoddess comments on Mar 15, 2020:

There isn’t a shred of logic or verifiable evidence anywhere in the claim you just made. This is a site for agnostics, not idiots.

David1955 replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@St-Sinner I know you think you're the fool on the hill who knows that others are the fools, but actually, you are just a fool, so stop fooling yourself because you not fooling anyone here. Honestly.

Empty Store Shelves, Shortages, High Anxiety Make no mistake.

Dancing comments on Mar 15, 2020:

How is this proof that socialism doesn't work? This is just proof that there are too many stupid people.

David1955 replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@St-Sinner no, they are not. You can't get away with tripe like that around me.

Empty Store Shelves, Shortages, High Anxiety Make no mistake.

Dancing comments on Mar 15, 2020:

How is this proof that socialism doesn't work? This is just proof that there are too many stupid people.

David1955 replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@St-Sinner news flash. In the USSR they had COMMUNISM.

As Covid19 continues on its merry way, Mr.

Doubting comments on Mar 14, 2020:

Morrison is not a leader. He is incapable of taking sensible initiatives for the common good. He is adept only at obfuscating when held to account. He is fond of shady salesman-like one liners to try to make us all feel he's doing something useful when the fact is he's doing nothing. He ...

David1955 replies on Mar 15, 2020:

I think he missed his true calling: shonk Tele-evangelist shyster. You could imagine him, couldnt you?

As Covid19 continues on its merry way, Mr.

David1955 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

I think Rudd's hand out during the GFC (Gross Fuckup in Capitalism) at least did help to ameliorate the effects, but Christo Scotty's puff up for business and morsels for the "lower orders" will, as you suggest, do not much. They love to give money to business, don't they? Right Wing DNA is the same...

David1955 replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@MsDemeanour I agree. I voted for Labor at the last election. I hoped that despite, not because of, Shorten the ALP might do something good. Never voted Liberal in my life, so, no option there. I liked the Greens in the past, but they've turned into the 'People's Front of Judea' squabbling scene from Monty Python. I don't blame people for their lack of enthusiasm for Labor, but voting for St Scott the Morrison was just inexcusable.

I won't attack everyone with a religious or "spiritual" view.

DavidLaDeau comments on Mar 14, 2020:

Please define "Rabid militant atheist".

David1955 replies on Mar 15, 2020:

Indeed!

I won't attack everyone with a religious or "spiritual" view.

David1955 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

So, any atheist who criticises religion is rabid and militant? Do you also equate "attack" with "criticise"? Your 'agnostic skeptic" position seems like the typical 20th Century agnosticism and atheism. Don't know if you noticed, but that tolerance was rewarded by Islamic fanaticism, religious ...

David1955 replies on Mar 15, 2020:

@Doubting Your either or question is a bit limiting. I would say I hope Atheism and the rise of secularism helps to eradicate religion over time. I would also say that cogent criticisms of religions, as you put it, helps expose existing religious fraudulence and falsehoods, and, linking back to my first sentence, may help prevent such falsehoods taking hold in people, going forward. Bertrand Russell described the struggle against religion as not just going back to The Enlightenment, but all the way to the ancient Greeks. I agree with him, and it is a struggle. For a thousand years we lost; we call it the Dark Ages. No one criticised religion then.

Picard: episode 8.

Infoguy211 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

Like I said on Facebook: Star Trek: Picard is the best Trek since The Next Generation

David1955 replies on Mar 14, 2020:

I don't think you can compare them. STTNG was 20th Century ST episodic tv, like it used it be. Picard is 21st Century one continuing narrative week to week dark grim story telling, like it is now. Old ST used to deal with a multitude of themes, set against a better species and future. It reflected that optimism. New ST is personal story telling set against a grim dark future. It reflects our pessimism, or at least the pessimism that Power wants us to wallow in, as it makes it easier to manipulate us. I keep a critical distance from it.

As Covid19 continues on its merry way, Mr.

David1955 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

I think Rudd's hand out during the GFC (Gross Fuckup in Capitalism) at least did help to ameliorate the effects, but Christo Scotty's puff up for business and morsels for the "lower orders" will, as you suggest, do not much. They love to give money to business, don't they? Right Wing DNA is the same...

David1955 replies on Mar 14, 2020:

@FrayedBear nor mine, or anyone here, but elected he was. Funny, I saw that result coming, even predicted on this site that Shorten would fail, but even now I cannot forgive Australians for the result. I never will. I think it was the last straw for me.

As Covid19 continues on its merry way, Mr.

David1955 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

I think Rudd's hand out during the GFC (Gross Fuckup in Capitalism) at least did help to ameliorate the effects, but Christo Scotty's puff up for business and morsels for the "lower orders" will, as you suggest, do not much. They love to give money to business, don't they? Right Wing DNA is the same...

David1955 replies on Mar 14, 2020:

@FrayedBear yes, we Aussies understand irony. Just look who we elected PM last year.