I'm at my mother's death bed, and I'm politely having to keep my mouth shut.

DharmaBum50 comments on Oct 2, 2019:

As my wife was dying, I had to sit through all the Catholic last rites hocus-pocus. When she did eventually die, I just wanted to sit with the body for a while in silence, but then my best friend (a New Ager like your wife) wanted to perform a ritual similar to the one you described. My mother-in-law got all up in arms about it, and I told her, "Why not? It's not any more ridiculous than the Catholic bullshit." Didn't help family relations, I don't guess, but my tolerance for that kind of stuff is limited. Sorry you had to go through it, too.

Yes... just imagine!

DharmaBum50 comments on Oct 2, 2019:

The hypocrisy involved is painful. And then there's the snowflake angle....

My favorite scene..

DharmaBum50 comments on Oct 2, 2019:

And let's not forget an important part of this scene--the American flag in the paw of the Cowardly Lion.

Exactly how I feel.

DharmaBum50 comments on Oct 2, 2019:

The enthusiasm will diminish some when Ayatollah Pence assumes office (assuming the whole administration isn't rendered illegitimate, as it should be), but until then, I'll be partying like a motherfucker.

All rise...

DharmaBum50 comments on Oct 2, 2019:

*The Madness of King George* is unfolding right in front of us on a daily basis.

...here's tomorrows news a little early

DharmaBum50 comments on Oct 2, 2019:

If it were about "the Power of the People [or] their VOTE," [sic] he wouldn't be squatting in the Oval Office even as we speak. Three million more people voted for "the other guy."

Un-fucking-believable!!! 😱 🤯 Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested: Inside His Border War...

DharmaBum50 comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Underlying all this is tRump's disdain for and irritation at “the laws the way they are," as he puts it towards the end of the article. What he means is that they are inconvenient and something to be circumvented, and this was all entirely predictable not only for his fascist agenda but also for his status as a businessman who is totally used to ruling his empire as an autocrat. I cringe anytime I hear a candidate of either party campaigning on their success as businessperson.

Sounds about right!!!!

DharmaBum50 comments on Oct 1, 2019:

But pineapples would be so much more painful!

When he is impeached we, the nation, will go into a deep morning Oh good good morning.

DharmaBum50 comments on Oct 1, 2019:

"Morning in America" will have a whole new meaning.

Now it makes sense! [youtube.com]

DharmaBum50 comments on Oct 1, 2019:

Rudy is almost as bad at drag as he is at lawyering. Almost.

Fingers are crossed

DharmaBum50 comments on Oct 1, 2019:

Love the details--the MAGA hats, the Russian flag.

William Barr Had President Trump Ask Australia, Britain for Help in Russian Interference Probe

DharmaBum50 comments on Oct 1, 2019:

Maybe a little music for the occasion .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMK4SsBnzA0

Damn Fake news is apparently enough to get you convicted, and resign from Congress. [cnbc.com]

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Adios!

Yup makes sense

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 30, 2019:

That's a tough one. Hold on while I have another beer and try to figure it out.

Trump's latest impeachable offense: Threatening the life of a CIA officer | VozWire

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Just dig that hole deeper, motherfucker!

Here's how the GOP does it!

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Excellent diagram of the GOP MO.

ACTUNG! Oktoberfest cooking has BEGUN! - German country ribs mit sauerkraut, apfel, brezel, scharfe ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

And where's the beer? In the cook?

ACTUNG! Oktoberfest cooking has BEGUN! - German country ribs mit sauerkraut, apfel, brezel, scharfe ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Das sieht schmackhaft aus! (It looks tasty!)

Trumper at his best

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

What an embarrassment. The young guy canvassing for Bevin's competition, Andy Beshear, says Andy is polling better than Bevin. I surely hope he's right.

Rashida Tlaib is selling these 😂 [wnem.com]

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Ordering!

For your Saturday evening enjoyment

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

The problem with the second meme is that this "expert" businessman has managed to bankrupt four casinos despite "the house always winning." SMFH

This would be hysterical! He'd probably be like the Bergermeister Meisterberger and make whistles ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

The "sexy whistleblower" is also in time as a Halloween costume idea! https://www.wholesalehalloweencostumes.com/products/sexy-sexy-whistleblower-costume

Would this surprise you?

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

The artistic talent required to paint a swastika and obvious weight loss portrayed in this picture would. Otherwise, no. LOL

Completely and utterly perplexed, I tell you!

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Let's see, who was president in 1999? Hmmm, a Democrat.... Well, in that case, ....

I think they have enough hate to go around.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Yep, I'm sure they'll dig up enough hate to spread around. That's one thing there's an endless supply of for them.

They just can't leave the poor guy alone 😂

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

And then he just digs himself into a deeper hole by misspelling "describing" and misidentifying an apostrophe as a hyphen.... It would be fun to watch if he weren't supposed to be representing us on the world stage. :-(

90+ degrees outside.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Looks tasty. My partner got me to make my own chili recipe recently, though with the ongoing heat and drought to the south of you as well, I was much more into the idea of a tuna/pasta salad.

I am so grateful for my friends.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 28, 2019:

A timely post with the ninth anniversary of my wife's death coming up in a week or so. If it hadn't been for the friends I have scattered all over the world, I would have ended it long ago. Gratitude works wonders in getting through depression.

Hi, I'm new.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 28, 2019:

That can be a tough one. My late wife and I spent most of our marriage as nonbelievers with a Buddhist slant, but when she got cancer, she went back to the Catholic church. She never demanded that I convert, as your spouse is doing, but her newfound spirituality made discussions of whether or not we would see each other in an afterlife difficult. Religion sucks--I felt it tearing us apart at a difficult time when we should have been coming together. Good luck finding a resolution.

Great article! [theconcourse.deadspin.com]

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 28, 2019:

Brilliant! "Donald Trump is one of the worst people his generation produced, a vain and vicious and relentlessly exploitive nullity. But there is something pitiable in watching him try to defend himself with the weapons he’s been given by the culture that created him. He opens his mouth to answer for what he’s done and finds that these silly, sordid questions are all he has."

Lets Dance!!!

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 27, 2019:

With torches and pitchforks?

The "Emperor's" New Clothes! What do you think?

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 27, 2019:

+o( +o( +o( +o( +o(

What are some things you trust more than Trump?

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 27, 2019:

My luck at cards and dice.

Eric Trump brags about foreign development deal right after complaining about the supposed ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 27, 2019:

IOKIYAR

C'est apropos--this is appropriate (even if on the eve of a dream!) Dance with me! [youtu.be]

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 26, 2019:

I'm a shitty dancer, but ...

This is the beginning of the end for Trump.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 26, 2019:

I surely hope you're right.

Do not forget that trump directly quoted hitler.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 26, 2019:

Once upon a time, logical fallacies mattered in argumentation. All Nazi girls have long braids. Greta Thunberg has long braids. Therefore, Greta Thunberg is a Nazi. Sigh.

What Trump finally falls I'm throwing a party with drinks for everyone who comes .

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 25, 2019:

ImPeachMints. It's a cocktail I concocted a couple years ago. Quite tasty--not sure how it compares with @bookofmoron's drink.

Lets play a game.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 25, 2019:

Golden Shower

Lets play a game.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 25, 2019:

Cheeto Bandito

FYI.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 25, 2019:

Me, too--including this one...

OHHHH this is too funny.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 25, 2019:

It's like the fucking Keystone Cops!

Trump Administration Threatens to Withhold Highway Funds from California [thefiscaltimes.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 25, 2019:

That comparison is priceless!

The leaning tower of Trump, the empire is falling! ;-)

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

I'll believe it when I see it. People were saying the same thing in anticipation of the Mueller Report's release.

Trump's dreary U.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

If only tRump's words had the same effect on me, I'd be cured of my insomnia. Instead, the elevated blood pressure puts me at risk for a cardiac event.

I am really struggling to try and stick to my resolution to not be sooo angry anymore but seriously ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

In the interest of lower blood pressure, I've tried resolutions like that, too, but they've failed miserably. How long did you stick by yours?

I'd swear to it!

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

But how can you be cool without a smartphone?

We all know trump is a flat out racist.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Just because there's no mention in the Declaration doesn't mean it isn't lurking in there in the form of beliefs of that time. If you consider that the equality and "certain unalienable Rights" discussed therein applied only to propertied white adult males, it was not only racist but sexist as well--though in acknowledging this, we are looking at those times through the lens of present-day ideas of equality.

Would you buy it????

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

It would have to be published like the *Encyclopedia Britannica*, with something like its annual *Book of the Year*--except it would have to be monthly just to keep up with the ongoing stream of lies.

Breaking NEWS!!! trump get nobel peace prize...Sorry he gets the piece of SHIT prize!!!!

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

The Hershey's Kiss award! Oh wait...

Column: Trump pulls ‘reverse-Nixon’ over Ukraine call: ‘I AM A CROOK!’ - Chicago Tribune

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

"...We don’t want our people ... creating to the corruption already in the Ukraine” is "perfectly normal and easy-to-understand English?" How do you *create to* something? LOL

Good Morning My Hippies! Looks like it rained last night.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 24, 2019:

Hope you have a safe and enjoyable trip!

🤯😱😄🤪😳🙃 Hahahahahahahaha! Donald Trump at UN: President said he deserves Nobel ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 23, 2019:

Mind-boggling delusions of grandeur.

If all religion ended tomorrow, what do you think would happen to all the churches,etc.?

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 23, 2019:

I've been to some churches that have been turned into restaurants. I especially enjoy sitting at a bar that was formerly an altar....

Drip, drip, drip.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 23, 2019:

Well, look at the bright side--corruption is a topic he actually *is* an expert on. ;-)

Tis true

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 23, 2019:

Still in the 90s here in KY, so I'm not really getting those vibes just yet.

So sad but true!!!!

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 23, 2019:

Our addiction to fossil fuels will be the end of us.

Something to keep you awake and terrified at night!

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

NOOOOOO!!!!

Well Nancy, what are you waiting on?

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Same thing she's always waiting on--a spine.

The best word smith in our history

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Perhaps some of his ramblings put into verse the same way Donald Rumsfeld's were. Here's a sample: Knowing As we know, There are known knowns. There are things We know we know. We also know There are known unknowns. That is to say, we know There are some things We do not know. But there are also Unknown unknowns, The ones we don’t know We don’t know. -- Donald Rumsfeld, 2003

I am so frustrated with the Democrats in the House.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 22, 2019:

I agree wholeheartedly (though I have plenty of spit to spare). And then they wonder why people vote third party.

I'm flying out on a one week business trip to the Netherlands.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

I lived in Asia and the Middle East for fifteen years, from 1985 to 2000. It was a dissatisfaction with the American way of life that drove me to leave the country for that amount of time in the first place, but as I acculturated overseas (especially in the Buddhist countries I lived in, not so much in the Muslim ones LOL), it became even more profound. I have been back "home" again for going on twenty years, but in the words of Thomas Wolfe, you can't go home again--especially as the country descends into this current weird combination of fascist corporatism and evangelical theocracy.

TRump moves troops to Saudi Arabia. The start of WW III is on the horizon.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

And of course, the timing of this announcement has *nothing* to do with the increased focus on the Ukraine whistleblowing scandal... ;-)

We are seeing this unfold. Bye, bye America!

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 21, 2019:

Just for the record, this is actually a spurious quotation. https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/end-democracyspurious-quotation The closest actual quotation with this intent is from the Jefferson/George Logan letter of November 12, 1816, saying: "I hope we shall take warning ... and crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and to bid defiance to the laws of their country." He was totally spot on with this observation, but unfortunately, the country has marched onward for two centuries heedless of his warning. In Donald tRump, we are merely witnessing the most extreme--and fascist--example of this heedlessness.

What happens if tRump gets indicted?

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 20, 2019:

No worries--he's a "very stable genius." LOL

That look....

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 19, 2019:

OMG ROFLMAO

How do you feel about religious displays in the workplace?

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 19, 2019:

As long as they're in personal cubicles or offices, it's the occupant's business--though I'd have my own paraphernalia reflecting my own views in my space. If there are public displays or proselytism, that's another story. All that said, I'm soooo glad I'm self-employed and work at home....

[scientificamerican.com] How Diversity Makes Us Smarter. Agree/Disagree?

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 19, 2019:

As someone who has spent a fair chunk of his life in other cultures, I couldn't agree more.

I just read an article about how evangelicals are doing a wonderful job of creating atheists.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 19, 2019:

It's good to hear, but it's not happening fast enough.

Why do the press keep interviewing Trump about current affairs?

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 19, 2019:

It's especially baffling when you consider his labeling of them as "the Fake News Media" and "Enemy of the People."

I'm curious as to how people see the differences in the hippie period (60's) on the East and West ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 18, 2019:

I was in the South, but I kinda remember looking as zoned out as you sitting next to the Eno River in NC....

The Doors at the Hollywood Bowl [youtube.]

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 18, 2019:

Nice timing. Just watched the Oliver Stone movie (again) last week.

How is this for a new development? An "allergic reaction to religion." [alternet.org]

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 18, 2019:

And it's an allergy I don't aim to treat at all.

For the second day in a row, the New York Fed injected billions of dollars into the market ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 18, 2019:

My heart thanks me for divesting on Coronation Day, 2017.

BREAKING NEWS MSNBC-Trump cancels California's emission standards set by Obama.

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 18, 2019:

Where, oh where, is the rightwing hue and cry over states' rights?

How can Trump continually defy the laws of this nation, the mandates of Congress and the decisions ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 17, 2019:

You're spot on about the Democrats' political cowardice. Mark my words, they'll fuck up in 2020, too.

I'm ready everyday👍🤗

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 17, 2019:

Was ready for one up in Wisconsin recently, but back home in Kentucky, where it's still in the 90s and hasn't rained in two months, no, I don't think so.

Manhattan district attorney subpoenas 8 years of Trump tax returns [cnn.com]

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 17, 2019:

Well, ....

Stormy was/is qualified

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 17, 2019:

Perhaps as a mushroom connoisseur....

If the wild incompetence and racism of the Trump administration makes you feel nostalgia for George ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 16, 2019:

Thank you for the perspective. When W left tRump's inauguration/coronation/investiture, or whatever you want to call it, and was overheard saying that it was some "weird shit," I was tempted to view him more kindly. A more realistic view has him as a step in the evolution of American fascism.

Definitely twilight zone president

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 16, 2019:

Great song that picks up on that very theme.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjEC49hTitI

How many times have I said that?

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 15, 2019:

Been there, done that. Last time, I was gone for fifteen years.

There are some guns i definitely support the right to own and use

DharmaBum50 comments on Sep 15, 2019:

Hope it becomes a trend before the election!

Truth Decay!

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 27, 2019:

Aaaack, I can smell it from here! +o(

I am the Chosen One, King of Israel!

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 27, 2019:

He wants to be king so bad, let his "reign" end like George III's.

I'm hoping somewhere around the Mediterranean, folks eat waffles.

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 27, 2019:

Going back on that cabbage soup diet soon? LOL

Danish politician offers Trump a deal! 2 minutes, very funny! [mobile.twitter.com]

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 27, 2019:

"Just grab ... your pen...." LOL

Good Morning Fellow Hippies.

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 27, 2019:

Is it winter up there already?

The Mediterranean Diet plus exercise seems to be working. But:

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 27, 2019:

Try labeling the hoisting of the glass as "curls." (BTW, the above picture will be me this coming week next to a small glacial lake in Wisconsin.)

Finally got a damn Instapot.

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 27, 2019:

I'm still holding off on an Instant Pot, but seeing other people's success stories with them will probably lead me to end up buying one. My main reason for not doing so thus far has been my indecision about what size to get--I'd like to try canning with it, but I've heard varying information about that. At any rate, I'm more likely to get an Instant Pot of some sort before I get a smartphone. LOL

[politico.

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 26, 2019:

He has broken it time and again. The question is, when is Congress going to grow a pair and do its job of holding him accountable?

I am so glad to see John Oliver address this issue.

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 26, 2019:

And there is another aspect to this bias problem that is addressed even less: transphobia https://ihpi.umich.edu/news/bias-may-affect-providers-knowledge-transgender-health

Trump Tower Greenland!

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 26, 2019:

Blends right in!

Empty seat at G-7 trump brought off useless POS

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 26, 2019:

On a positive note, at least he wasn't there to spout off ignorant climate-change-denying bullshit, hinder everyone else's efforts, and further embarrass us as a nation.

I thought this was satire, then I saw a second article about it.

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 26, 2019:

OK, *The Onion,* here's your challenge: see if you can top that!

Missing POS and Mrs. POS

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 25, 2019:

Cardboard cutouts of corruption.

Then and Now. Feel Free to post your favorite tunes of Neil Young.

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 25, 2019:

This is one of my favorites by him, and a favorite version because it's hard. It's Neil Middle-Age, I guess, from the 1991 "Weld" album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgDy1SQ6hnw

This isn't, strictly speaking, directly about the talking yam.

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 25, 2019:

Hopefully the one truth he ever uttered.

Whatever helps! Joe Walsh to take on Trump in 2020 Republican primary [cnn.com]

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 25, 2019:

Any chink in the armor of the Republican monolith is good--though I will never ever vote for what that party has become.

Good Morning My Hippies.

DharmaBum50 comments on Aug 25, 2019:

I haven't seen the TV series, but I read the book and saw the 1990 film, screenplay by playwright Harold Pinter. Both are creepy as hell because of how much American society currently seems hell-bent on making this fiction reality. What makes the film even more chilling for me is that parts of it were filmed in the part of North Carolina I'm from. I recognized some locales in Raleigh, and the hanging scene takes place in front of the Duke Chapel (I'm a Duke alumnus).