([cnn.

Druvius comments on Feb 13, 2023:

Contemporary version of debating how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

Ballooning Concerns “Rebekah Jones tweet giving NORAD explanation for all these UFO detections ...

Druvius comments on Feb 13, 2023:

Yes, at any one time there must be numerous, balloons, trash bags, whatever sailing over America. As panics go, this one is pretty silly.

She must REALLY like chicken!! A Cook County School Cafeteria Worker Stole $1.

Druvius comments on Feb 13, 2023:

This sort of theft is endemic in institutional kitchens.

1st infant in Kentucky surrendered anonymously at ‘baby box’ BOWLING GREEN, Ky.

Druvius comments on Feb 11, 2023:

Fantastic law, will save lives. There just needs to be an extensive public awareness campaign so the women in circumstances who need this (think teenagers in horrible homes for starters) are aware of it.

Biden means business when he says the US is going to start manufacturing. [news.yahoo.com]

Druvius comments on Feb 9, 2023:

Interesting, kinda sounds like protectionism, which usually backfires. And unless other countries join in, it's just going to hurt the USA. And the day when the US says jump and everyone jumps are LONG over. Even our allies are evading sanctions on Russia, can't imagine why anyone would go along with this. We'll see I guess.

Good afternoon all non-conservatives.

Druvius comments on Feb 8, 2023:

Balkanization might well be in America's future, hasn't been this polarized since the Civil War. Coins, yeah!

International investigation shows Russian missile shot down flight MH17 in 2014 over Ukraine.

Druvius comments on Feb 8, 2023:

For rabid American Cold War propaganda, just tread the comments. For those who want informed commentary and history on America's latest and possibly most foolish proxy war: https://www.fff.org/2023/02/03/what-does-unprovoked-mean/?fbclid=IwAR3Kh03Lcd9ognAlJaA7LSWkwmRrzLpk4jhErJSUZeFgM6TQnxql70ezLyA

I quote:- On Truth Social, Mr Trump dismissed the reports as "fake disinformation".

Druvius comments on Feb 7, 2023:

It could also be read as a double negative. But yes, erudite he is not.

Columbia Journalism Review Russiagate Post-Mortem Is a Good Start | Opinion | fairfieldsuntimes.com

Druvius comments on Feb 7, 2023:

Russiagate, like 9/11 Truthers, was a theory sans evidence or logic from the get go. But Americans, the most propagandized people on Earth, treat their favorite "news" headlines as gospel.

Large mammals shaped the evolution of humans: here’s why it happened in Africa ...

Druvius comments on Feb 6, 2023:

This is informed speculation. We do know that humans originated in Africa, exactly what evolutionary. pressures led to us is going to be debated for a long time.

The theory does have certain merits.

Druvius comments on Feb 4, 2023:

I think it's an alien reality show sitcom, but same difference.

PRC Spy Balloon Shot Down

Druvius comments on Feb 4, 2023:

Much ado about nothing.

WH won’t admit Palestine occupied, Israel has nukes – Mondoweiss

Druvius comments on Feb 2, 2023:

And once again Israel and the US demonstrate they pick and choose what international laws they will honor ... thus making a mockery of international law and their pronouncements supporting it.

All Gibberish.

Druvius comments on Feb 2, 2023:

And all soaked in blood.

This is cool.

Druvius comments on Feb 1, 2023:

Whatever floats his boat. People spend 500k for cars that can't be parked in public places, this was peanuts.

[cnn.

Druvius comments on Jan 30, 2023:

I live near Grant's Pass. All hill country with tiny little enclaves of rural people in every hollow in the hills. Many of them with extreme anti-government views. Great area for someone to hide out in. Even if he's caught no guarantee he will be convicted. :(

ANECDOTAL I, and everyone that i know who have had their vaccines are fine, even when we had Covid.

Druvius comments on Jan 29, 2023:

Yerp, anecdotal evidence isn't evidence at all.

Lawmaker sees anti-drag bill, raises with 'religious indoctrination' ban

Druvius comments on Jan 29, 2023:

The GOP gets more ridiculous every day.

Iran suffers drone strike days after US and Israel launched joint military drill in the region | Fox...

Druvius comments on Jan 29, 2023:

Israel routinely wages war on its neighbors, not to mention its own occupied territories. I would think thats a poor long term strategy for a nation.

[huffpost.

Druvius comments on Jan 28, 2023:

Nasty stuff that, hopefully it's found. Still, was someone carrying it in their pocket? Wouldn't something like that be transported in a case or something? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident

ROBERT PARRY: Ukraine, Through the US Looking Glass On the 5th anniversary of his death, we ...

Druvius comments on Jan 28, 2023:

Essentially Putin intervened in a Civil War. A Civil War the US had a huge role in instigating. Sadly most Americans, especially among the Dems, have fully bought the "Putin is Hitler" twaddle. WW3 might be the result.

After Man Kills Wife, Kids and Self, Obituary Says He Cherished Family

Druvius comments on Jan 27, 2023:

The mind, formerly boggled, reels uncontrollably.

Teacher shot by 6-year-old says school was warned 4 times, announces lawsuit

Druvius comments on Jan 26, 2023:

Interesting, wondered what the background to this was. The kid sounds like a disturbed little monster. A cousin had a kid like that, had to be watched EVERY second. I mean, a parent usually was in school with him? Jesus. Reading this I conditionally have more sympathy for his parents, they might not be as negligent as I first thought. And yes, sounds like the school's response was utterly incompetent. I mean this day and age cops are often called to school over utterly trivial problems ... multiple reports of a student with a gun and the cops weren't called? Sheesh.

I thought this one was very appropriate for those who still support Biden and Harris and think the ...

Druvius comments on Jan 25, 2023:

Every president in my life has done a fabulous job at protecting the rich, corporate America, and the Pentagon.

Biden Proposes Renters’ Bill Of Rights — Here’s What It Will Do

Druvius comments on Jan 25, 2023:

Good. Housing is a necessity, not a luxury. It absolutely should be regulated to prevent abuse.

Doomsday Clock 2023 says the world is closer than ever to global catastrophe

Druvius comments on Jan 24, 2023:

The US has chosen to fight a proxy war of choice with the world's second most powerful nuclear power. This is madness, and may very well end in a nuclear war. No one wins in a nuclear war.

More Biden Docs Found | New Lies From George Santos | T's Disastrous Eulogy For Diamond - YouTube

Druvius comments on Jan 24, 2023:

Boy, Trump has aged in the past few years. And sounds more confused than ever.

Iowa GOP Bill Would Ban SNAP Recipients From Buying American Cheese, White Bread

Druvius comments on Jan 24, 2023:

Punching down ... as American as apple pie.

This is what happens when criminally insane people get hold of guns: [abc.net.au]

Druvius comments on Jan 24, 2023:

No, this is what happens when you combine a country awash in easily obtainable guns with a sick culture that fetishizes guns, violence, and violent retribution.

SARCASM WARNING: It’s Not a Gun Problem—Americans Are Just Super Extra Evil, Crazy, and Stupid ...

Druvius comments on Jan 24, 2023:

A culture that fetishizes guns, violence, and violent retribution is certainly part of the problem.

[abcnews.

Druvius comments on Jan 21, 2023:

This link has the whole sordid story. Evil manipulative middle aged man, vulnerable young women. https://www.thecut.com/2022/04/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-students.html

In Debt-Limit Fight, Trump Wants Republicans to Play a Dangerous Game of Chicken

Druvius comments on Jan 20, 2023:

Trump has never exhibited anything that could be called leadership, so no surprise.

A FFRF post (from Twitter).from one of my favorites, Bill Maher....

Druvius comments on Jan 20, 2023:

"Faith is the gift of believing without evidence."

You know GOP decisions are bad when this happens [apnews.com]

Druvius comments on Jan 20, 2023:

Yes, the Evangelical's overreach may have awakened the dragon. The majority of Americans, and that includes tens of millions of NON EVANGELICAL Christians, want abortion to be safe and legal for perfectly valid reasons.

I was happy to run across this article.

Druvius comments on Jan 19, 2023:

The right wing evangelicals really make moderate Christians look bad.

Taliban buying blue ticks on Twitter.

Druvius comments on Jan 19, 2023:

Why is Afghan government officials being on Twitter a problem? There are lots of other hideous governments all over Twitter?

DeSantis Blocks African American Studies, Breaking Florida’s Anti-CRT Law

Druvius comments on Jan 19, 2023:

Well, hatred and racism are OK if sanctioned by law. @@

Planned Parenthood set on fire just 2 days after state passes abortion rights law Nobody was ...

Druvius comments on Jan 19, 2023:

If they catch the perpetrator, I suggest exiling him to Afghanistan where he will be welcome.

Art professor sues after firing over Prophet Muhammad images

Druvius comments on Jan 18, 2023:

Organizations that publicly post images of Muhammad, especially insulting ones, for no reason other than outrage generation ... I have problems with that. In this case from what I know, no such motive was present and believers were fully warned. So yeah, I think her cause is just.

Mississippi Democrat files 'trigger' bill to bring prayer back to public schools

Druvius comments on Jan 18, 2023:

Imagine people so insecure in their faith that they want it forced on children by law.

Pentagon is struggling to explain more than 170 fresh UFO reports, new document reveals ...

Druvius comments on Jan 18, 2023:

Well yeah, if they explained them, people might wonder why the Pentagon is throwing money away on this nonsense.

Why some people can't tell left from right [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on Jan 16, 2023:

Effortless for me, but sure couldn't explain why I have no trouble with it.

The Trump and Biden classified-document revelations are not the same - The Washington Post

Druvius comments on Jan 14, 2023:

Unfortunately, nuance like that is beyond the typical Trump supporter. And no doubt many on the right wing outrage machine are no doubt claiming the situations are identical. Sigh.

Biden admin plans to restore religious equality protections gutted under Trump

Druvius comments on Jan 14, 2023:

The fact that Biden is taking years to undo Trump stuff that could have been done immediately speaks volumes.

Missouri Republicans' Dress Code for Women Blasted: 'So Many Questions' -- Newsweek

Druvius comments on Jan 14, 2023:

This is why we can't have nice things.

Is the cat going...

Druvius comments on Jan 13, 2023:

Down. If it was going up, the stairs are incorrectly built and a serious trip hazard.

Transgender youth health care bans have a new target: adults | The Hill

Druvius comments on Jan 13, 2023:

Forcing society to cater to their religious bigotry. At least they're consistent.

In view of the drama over both Trump and Biden still in possession of classified documents that ...

Druvius comments on Jan 11, 2023:

As I understand it, the number of "classified" documents churned out by Washington is mind numbing. Got the most bloated "security" bureaucracy the world has ever seen, as long as that's the case, nothing will change.

Dr.

Druvius comments on Jan 11, 2023:

The video has already been pulled and he sent her a cease and desist order. Not sure what grounds he would have for suing her. And yes, she is a piece of work for doing this, but that was never in doubt.

A US federal agency is considering a ban on gas stoves | CNN Business

Druvius comments on Jan 11, 2023:

Yes, CNN is publishing twaddle. No such ban is being considered, they are just looking into ways to make them safer. The mainstream media is more a joke every day.

More than a dozen special operations soldiers at the center of a drug trafficking probe.

Druvius comments on Jan 11, 2023:

I served in the 70s, corruption and theft was common. I doubt it's changed much, why would it?

Re: Transgenderism Hard to argue with sensible logic. 😏[youtube.com]

Druvius comments on Jan 9, 2023:

The first few lines were a study in false arguments, no need to listen further. Just a bigot saying things other bigots will agree with. Thanks again for self owning!

Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court | Reuters

Druvius comments on Jan 8, 2023:

I hope this isn't a harbinger of things to come. Scary times.

Presidents ranked from worst to best CBS News

Druvius comments on Jan 8, 2023:

Well, I think a number of presidents on this list deserve much lower rankings, but these things are all very subjective.

2 Men Accidentally Set Themselves on Fire Trying to Burn Down an Immigration Center - VICE

Druvius comments on Jan 7, 2023:

"Prejudice is strongly correlated with low IQ" illustrated.

I'm a HUGE fan of high-speed rail.

Druvius comments on Jan 5, 2023:

Watching politicians destroy California's high speed rail for local political points was in a nutshell what's wrong with America.

Do you think there might be a viable future in the nuclear power industry?

Druvius comments on Jan 3, 2023:

Nuclear power is vastly better than burning fossil fuels to generate power. So I sure hope it has a future.

Now that's something you don't see every day...?

Druvius comments on Jan 2, 2023:

I raise you alligator farm, 1907-1953. :)

Self Cemetary.. wonder how that works?!?! Lol

Druvius comments on Jan 2, 2023:

"I grew ill, I died, I buried myself" ---Stephen Leacock ;)

Good that these two strengthen ties. Humanity may win yet. [msn.com]

Druvius comments on Jan 1, 2023:

Yes, Taiwan and China will reunite someday. The more peaceful the better.

Time to delete your Facebook. [idcommunism.com]

Druvius comments on Dec 28, 2022:

The Facebook algorithm deletes any post with even a passing reference to Nazis, I've had a few innocuous such posts of my own deleted.

Whoopi Goldberg Reiterates False Claim That Holocaust Wasn't Racist

Druvius comments on Dec 27, 2022:

I'm old, I remember when you could say things like "The world is round" or "Nazis are bad" and no one would disagree.

Zelenskyy: Ukraine War Would Stop If Russia's Vladimir Putin Should Suddenly Die

Druvius comments on Dec 25, 2022:

LOL. Granted one hears a lot of idiotic crap from thoroughly propagandized Americans, but that one takes the cake.

Ukraine: Endgame

Druvius comments on Dec 25, 2022:

One never really knows, but Russia has four times the population of Ukraine, and the GNP disparity is vastly greater. Hard to imagine Ukraine will do well in any war of attrition.

The FBI seeks to manipulate public opinion via social media. Is this their role?

Druvius comments on Dec 25, 2022:

The FBI has been a thoroughly politicized arm of the swamp all my life, nothing new.

We have one of these fake musicians in front of our local WFoods store.

Druvius comments on Dec 25, 2022:

Punching down, stock in trade for modern "conservatives."

So much for global warming……

Druvius comments on Dec 24, 2022:

"So much for global warming" Another hysterical self-own by Jester, never met someone so proud to wave their ignorance around.

The McProxy War Continues: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Druvius comments on Dec 23, 2022:

Propaganda so thick you can cut it with a knife.

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE [en.

Druvius comments on Dec 22, 2022:

The offensive could not possibly have succeeded since part of the plan was "capture enough fuel to continue the attack." And no, I don't believe they did.

Driving is a right a car is property , there's no reason for a license or registration nor taxes.

Druvius comments on Dec 22, 2022:

The Supreme Court settled this very issue some years back. No, driving a car isn't a right. No need to vote, you're simply wrong.

[washingtonpost.

Druvius comments on Dec 21, 2022:

Wow, he regarded the Sentinelese as "Satan's last stronghold on Earth." Not only misguided, but one sick f**k.

[washingtonpost.

Druvius comments on Dec 21, 2022:

Hope he got a Darwin Award, he earned it.

Schools lose fight for anonymity after censored tours at human rights museum

Druvius comments on Dec 20, 2022:

Snowflake Evangelicals are soooo tiresome. It's not that hard, teach your freaking kids to avert their eyes if there's something you don't want them to see.

Jan. 6 Committee Updates: Panel Votes For Criminal Referrals for Trump

Druvius comments on Dec 19, 2022:

If. IDK, I think Trump's star is sinking so in many ways it doesn't matter. He's a second rate grifter who only got where he is because of three lucky breaks in his life. A fourth break seems unlikely.

Pentagon says no aliens on Earth

Druvius comments on Dec 18, 2022:

At this point the evidence for aliens is the same as the evidence for ghosts or angels. Contemporary folklore/myth.

Ohio teacher told principal using students' preferred pronouns violated her religion.

Druvius comments on Dec 17, 2022:

If your job is not compatible with your faith, choose another job. "This job won't allow me to be an ignorant hateful bigot" isn't a violation of your religious freedom. You're perfectly free to find a job that doesn't care if you're a hateful bigot.

Would you trust a Tesla? Don't think I would.

Druvius comments on Dec 17, 2022:

A friend has a car capable of auto driving, fun, but the technology isn't there yet. She only uses it in crash avoidance mode, where it's useful.

Great, Japan seems to have abandoned its pacifist defense policy introduced after WW II.

Druvius comments on Dec 17, 2022:

Hopefully you're being facetious, militarism is the problem, not the solution.

Jan.

Druvius comments on Dec 16, 2022:

Maybe. I suspect in a functioning republic he long ago would have been tried/jailed. The US is far from a healthy republic though. Even if he is tried and jailed suspect that would just more polarize the nation. What a mess.

You can't help but feel sorry for the people that live there and have to put up with the radical ...

Druvius comments on Dec 15, 2022:

Yet no Americans felt sorry for them under 25 years of an American imposed dictatorship.

This from 1994 [facebook.com]

Druvius comments on Dec 15, 2022:

Spare me. Perpetual motion machines are nonsense.

Message From the Future: Your Acceptance of Evil Has Condemned Us All - Chris Floyd - Empire ...

Druvius comments on Dec 14, 2022:

There was a glimmer of understanding and hope during Vietnam, but corporate acquisition of mainstream media in the eighties shut it down. The empire is finally reaching its end, at least in this iteration. What the future holds is anyone's guess, but a sea change is afoot.

The greatest leap forward in energy production in our lifetimes: [newyorker.com]

Druvius comments on Dec 13, 2022:

The cost to use energy exceeded the cost of energy in the 50s, so more energy isn't solving any problems.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Could’ve Led a Better Armed Insurrection on Jan. 6

Druvius comments on Dec 12, 2022:

"ill advised and legally precarious" is right. Still, got to give her her props, the Jan 6 insurrection made the Beer Hall Putsch look good. It was an amateurish badly planned coup attempt. Saying it could have been better planned and executed isn't wrong.

Kanye West, Trump, Antisemitism May Pull Christian Nationalists Apart

Druvius comments on Dec 12, 2022:

So nice seeing the right form up circular firing squads.

Watchdog Group Names Kanye "Antisemite Of The Year"

Druvius comments on Dec 11, 2022:

Is there an idiot of the year award too? I looked up how Hitler treated blacks. They were third class citizens relegated to only the most menial jobs. Subject to disappearance at the slightest perceived transgression. Black POWS, when not simply summarily executed, were worked to death as slave labor.

Restaurant Denies Christian Group Service Over its ProLife and LGBTQ Stances

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2022:

It's legal in all cases, businesses do not have to provide service to people they don't like. They just can't discriminate because of things like race, religion, etc.

"No Question of Russian Involvement" in "Alleged" German Coup | The Independent

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2022:

Yes, the Kremlin denied involvement. One plotter (a Russian national) reached out to his embassy for help. That is the entirety of the evidence of "Russian involvement" in this coup, which by every other indication was modeled on Right Wing nonsense like the Sovereign Citizen movement and QAnon.

WTF.

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2022:

Anti fascism in one guise or another has been around since the 1930s, so that's a fail. ISIS was founded in 1999. BLM did start under Obama, but BLM is a good thing. And the War on Cops is as real as The War on Christmas: It doesn't exist. Typical hater BS.

Americans Dumbed Down on Russia - Antiwar.com Original

Druvius comments on Dec 7, 2022:

Russiagate was as dumb a conspiracy theory as Stop the Steal, but thoroughly propagandized Dems don't get that. and thus they are supporting the most dangerous proxy war the US has engaged in since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Scary times indeed.

Construction starts in Australia on the world's largest radio telescope [engadget.com]

Druvius comments on Dec 6, 2022:

We live in a Golden Age of space exploration.

US Supreme Court weighs clash between free speech and gay rights [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on Dec 6, 2022:

Except there are no free speech issues here.

Ukrainian drones strike two different Russian air bases deep inside Russia. [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on Dec 5, 2022:

We are witnessing the next generation of warfare.

When does life begin?

Druvius comments on Dec 3, 2022:

The ancients had it right. When one draws their first breath.

Savannah teenager shot while volunteering for Warnock campaign

Druvius comments on Dec 3, 2022:

The far right has certainly engaged in incitement to violence.

A bit different.

Druvius comments on Dec 1, 2022:

If you have objections to doing your job, change careers.

Why I dislike NATO.

Druvius comments on Dec 1, 2022:

NATO should have been dissolved in 1989. Instead it's now a pork barrel institution for the arms industry and a partner in US global aggression. Fail.

Senate passes bill protecting same-sex marriages [washingtonpost.com]

Druvius comments on Nov 30, 2022:

It's a mixed blessing. :/

Bwaaaaahahahahaha.

Druvius comments on Nov 30, 2022:

The wonderful thing about racists is they always self-own! Only someone steeped in racism could come up with stupid sheet like this.

Twitter stops enforcing its COVID misinformation policy

Druvius comments on Nov 30, 2022:

Innocent people will die, but hey, profit! Merika!