They call themselves progressive because they don't want the secret out that they are retarding ...

Druvius comments on Jan 1, 2022:

It's ableist, not taboo. The right wants to return to the 1950s because social progress apparently terrifies them. And I love self owning right winger posts.

Druvius replies on Jan 1, 2022:

@Redneckliberal As soon as someone mentions Marx, I just walk away. Marx is a fantasy evil figure on the right, 99.9% of progressives left Marx behind a century ago. You know you're dealing with someone who isn't living in the real world.

I'm sentimental, what can I say. ;)

David1955 comments on Dec 29, 2021:

Like, "Hey, can you find me.... -- another young girl? Sure Jeff." Like that?

Druvius replies on Dec 29, 2021:

@St-Sinner He was a boot fetishist ... who knew? ;)

COVID-19 Omicron variant may protect against severe Delta infection, research suggests ...

Paul4747 comments on Dec 29, 2021:

If we're stuck with Covid (and evidence suggests we are), I guess it's just as well to have a less-lethal variety take over. What worries me is that this is far from the last mutation.

Druvius replies on Dec 29, 2021:

Yes, this isn't ever going to be "just the flu" as some are even still claiming.

Conservative Pastor: Homosexuality is a “Demonic Spirit” Coming After Our Kids | Hemant Mehta | ...

abyers1970 comments on Sep 23, 2021:

When I became a father , Christianity made less and less sense to me. I love my kids and if one were gay I’d still love them and wish them the best. There is no way I could punish them for eternity with unspeakable torture. That shit doesn’t make sense to me.

Druvius replies on Dec 28, 2021:

The idea that a loving God would torture people for eternity is something a demented 2 year old would come up with. Any adult that believes such is disturbed at the least.

Conservative Pastor: Homosexuality is a “Demonic Spirit” Coming After Our Kids | Hemant Mehta | ...

BufftonBeotch comments on Sep 24, 2021:

If there were a g-d and he hated f-gs, why would he have made them so fucking fabulous?

Druvius replies on Dec 28, 2021:

LOL Excellent point, gays are proof that God indeed is fabulous and loves us all.

Guest post by former Pharma executive Duane Armstrong [creativedestructionmedia.

Druvius comments on Dec 28, 2021:

Shaking your head at the lies and poor logic contained in this nonsensical article?

Druvius replies on Dec 28, 2021:

@Organist1 When an article starts with an argument from authority, followed by an irrelevant anecdote, you can be fairly certain that what follows will be BS. This one is true to form.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Kwanzaa 'Fake Religion Created by a Psychopath'

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 27, 2021:

A rare instance where MTG and I agree… Kwanza, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, etc. belong in the same category… falsehoods created by psychopaths!

Druvius replies on Dec 28, 2021:

@p-nullifidian Wow, you're as racist and ignorant as MTG. I bet you agree on all sorts of things.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Kwanzaa 'Fake Religion Created by a Psychopath'

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 27, 2021:

A rare instance where MTG and I agree… Kwanza, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, etc. belong in the same category… falsehoods created by psychopaths!

Druvius replies on Dec 28, 2021:

Um, Kwanzaa is not a religion in any way, shape, or form.

Ellen Greenberg: Teacher's 2011 Death Ruled Suicide, Family Suspects Murder | PEOPLE.com

Druvius comments on Dec 27, 2021:

There have been suicides by multiple stab wounds, but the devil is in the details. Not being a forensics expert and knowing almost nothing about the case, who knows. Presumably the family has hired a good forensics specialist to go over the autopsy report.

Druvius replies on Dec 27, 2021:

@barjoe We know nothing, how many of the stab wounds were superficial for example? Multiple stab wound suicides often have numerous hesitation stabs. Yes, anything is possible, in this case the actual forensic experts in these matters are the only ones whose opinions matter, not distraught family members or sensation seeking magazine writers.

Orbit - Webb/NASA

Organist1 comments on Dec 27, 2021:

I can wait to see what it finds!

Druvius replies on Dec 27, 2021:

@hankster L2 is practically a satellite parking lot, half a dozen probes there already and more on the way.

Orbit - Webb/NASA

Organist1 comments on Dec 27, 2021:

I can wait to see what it finds!

Druvius replies on Dec 27, 2021:

It's first picture has already been taken ...

for those worried about climate change but still have the ability to think for themselves.

Druvius comments on Dec 26, 2021:

An example of just how stupid a person can be? This really belongs in the humor section, there's no science here.

Druvius replies on Dec 27, 2021:

@callmedubious Just the first sentence does it: "Climate always changes and it has done so for millions of years without soccer moms driving the kids in SUVs." Yes, it has, so what? The climate for the last 11,000 years or so has been remarkably stable, and now it's changing at an unprecedented rate. That's the issue we're dealing with, or pretending doesn't exist as this blogger is. The debate about the reality of global warming and what's causing it has been over for at least two decades, it's kind of quaint seeing someone apparently stuck in the 1990s.

My cousin and her husband were very good friends for years with a couple that lived down the street ...

Druvius comments on Dec 27, 2021:

I'm pretty numb from this idiocy at this point.

Druvius replies on Dec 27, 2021:

@LovinLarge Why thank you. :)

My cousin and her husband were very good friends for years with a couple that lived down the street ...

Druvius comments on Dec 27, 2021:

I'm pretty numb from this idiocy at this point.

Druvius replies on Dec 27, 2021:

@LovinLarge Exactly, despite their increasingly paranoid fantasies, I know no leftists who wish mass death on the right. But watching them do it to themselves despite the left's best efforts at public health, oh well.

Some of the loony members of this forum seem to think that everything is black or white but the ...

Druvius comments on Dec 24, 2021:

Multi layered stupidity meme, impressive.

Druvius replies on Dec 26, 2021:

@SnowyOwl Yerp. Exactly. A surgeon is not an expert on infectious diseases, it's like thinking a lumberjack would know how to fight Dutch Elm disease.

Parents Who Let Baby Die Because “God Makes No Mistakes” Win Major Court Ruling | Hemant Mehta ...

Triphid comments on Apr 20, 2021:

Well now, IMO, there are 2 HUGE and Glaring mistakes in that Sky Daddy allowed both those 2 to breed and that they were ACTUALLY born in the first place.

Druvius replies on Dec 23, 2021:

That was my thought, God created people who would let a child die rather than provide them with medical care? Pretty big mistake if you ask me.

If you wear a mask or get vaccine, you're fired [nbcnews.com]

Petter comments on Dec 21, 2021:

What an evil twit. Evangelicals are a national hazard.

Druvius replies on Dec 21, 2021:

@Beachslim7 Taking measures to prevent the spread of a terrible disease is public health, not communism or socialism.

I’d be inclined to agree there..

Druvius comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Change out 'government' for 'news' and it's even more spot on.

Druvius replies on Dec 21, 2021:

@yvilletom that was my point. :)

Since the word “cult” is usually pejorative, it goes without saying that no professed ...

Druvius comments on Dec 19, 2021:

Since the number of Marxists in America is effectively zero, who cares? Trumpism is a cult, now that's scary and relevant. He's killed far more of his followers than Jim Jones, and his followers are still following him!

Druvius replies on Dec 19, 2021:

@phxbillcee One does meet the occasional socialist, I've known a few. Politically though it's a nonexistent party that hasn't figured in elections for 50 years or more. I lived in Berkeley for decades, met few to none Marxists. Because people are sharing Marx inspired memes doesn't make them Marxists.

Since the word “cult” is usually pejorative, it goes without saying that no professed ...

Druvius comments on Dec 19, 2021:

Since the number of Marxists in America is effectively zero, who cares? Trumpism is a cult, now that's scary and relevant. He's killed far more of his followers than Jim Jones, and his followers are still following him!

Druvius replies on Dec 19, 2021:

@Beachslim7 LOL, yes, according to Trump cult belief anyone to the left of Trump is a Marxist. You can call people you disagree with Marxists all you want, doesn't actually make them Marxists.

Another warning for socialists. [m.youtube.com]

RiturajRao87 comments on Dec 18, 2021:

Bullshit

Druvius replies on Dec 19, 2021:

@Beachslim7 Snort

Another warning for socialists. [m.youtube.com]

RiturajRao87 comments on Dec 18, 2021:

Bullshit

Druvius replies on Dec 18, 2021:

Yeah, any anti-socialist stuff you see is going to be the current political equivalent of "reefer madness." Plus socialism as a political force is long gone in the USA, I think the party has under 20k members and having made a decent electoral showing in 50 years or more. And the idea that Biden and the Democrats are socialist doesn't pass the laugh test. That's the right though, they have no actual answers for the country's needs, so scaremongering about nonexistent threats is what they do.

Just a news for the BLM haters and Jan 6 comparerers - man who burned stores during George Floyd ...

Willow_Wisp comments on Dec 16, 2021:

As far as I'm concerned treason is a capital crime. Insurrection is defined to be different than treason however, a designation I do not agree with. At the very least they're worse than hate groups like the KKK, worse than cults, they're trying to kill democracy, and I'm all for their execution ...

Druvius replies on Dec 17, 2021:

You're not wrong. In many countries they would have been rounded up and executed, with many applauding.

Interesting article, I've certainly wondered myself, an age of unreason is upon us.

Organist1 comments on Dec 15, 2021:

Mass hysteria is an interesting phenomenon to which people are prone. Just think back to the Salem witch trials, or even the accusations made toward pre-school teachers in the 1990s, who were accused of Satan-worshiping. I'm not sure what survival value it had when it first developed, but probably ...

Druvius replies on Dec 15, 2021:

No need to go back in history, it's happening right now in US embassies, the so called "Havana Syndrome": https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4603

Who believes in the Big bang scientific creation myth?

ASTRALMAX comments on Dec 14, 2021:

What Existed Before The Big Bang? https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/universe/what-existed-before-the-big-bang.html

Druvius replies on Dec 15, 2021:

There's all sorts of theories about what the Big Bang originated from, some might even be testable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo&t=5s

Not indict Trump for sedition?... WTH, He should be barred from holding office ever again.

Charlene comments on Dec 13, 2021:

The Civil War has already started, ignore what is happening in Red States at your own peril. If you live in one, you need to decide what you're going to do when it breaks out, flee or fight will be your only options. Fleeing comes with the dangers of attempting to cross the border(s)

Druvius replies on Dec 13, 2021:

@Charlene I fear we will suffer the worst civil unrest since the 60s, if not the Civil War. Scary times.

Not indict Trump for sedition?... WTH, He should be barred from holding office ever again.

Charlene comments on Dec 13, 2021:

The Civil War has already started, ignore what is happening in Red States at your own peril. If you live in one, you need to decide what you're going to do when it breaks out, flee or fight will be your only options. Fleeing comes with the dangers of attempting to cross the border(s)

Druvius replies on Dec 13, 2021:

This is why I just moved out of a red state to a blue state.

Gaetz, Bannon Say Shock Troops Should Take Control If Trump Wins in 2024

freedom41 comments on Dec 10, 2021:

You can't run a country from a jail cell. No matter how much they want him back in power.

Druvius replies on Dec 12, 2021:

@snytiger6 All of which have already been struck down as unconstitutional, or will be instantly if it comes to it, since they are just that. I'm sure a lot of people will scream and moan and do all they can to block him, but without changing the constitution, Trump is qualified to run for and take office as POTUS.

With Donald Trump’s ‘next coup’ underway, it’s a bit rich for the U.

Krish55 comments on Dec 11, 2021:

It's for propaganda against Russia and China.

Druvius replies on Dec 11, 2021:

Exactly, promoting the "new" Cold War. Then the little business of many of our allies not exactly being in any way shape or form democracies.

Gaetz, Bannon Say Shock Troops Should Take Control If Trump Wins in 2024

freedom41 comments on Dec 10, 2021:

You can't run a country from a jail cell. No matter how much they want him back in power.

Druvius replies on Dec 11, 2021:

@snytiger6 No, there are only 3 requirements to run for POTUS. "being a natural born citizen, being at least 35 years old, and having lived at least 14 years as a resident of the United States." Eugene Debbs in fact did run for POTUS once while incarcerated in a federal prison.

Gaetz, Bannon Say Shock Troops Should Take Control If Trump Wins in 2024

freedom41 comments on Dec 10, 2021:

You can't run a country from a jail cell. No matter how much they want him back in power.

Druvius replies on Dec 11, 2021:

Trump can still be elected and serve as POTUS even if he is in jail.

I had no idea the Girl Scouts were so progressive. ;)

Lorajay comments on Dec 10, 2021:

I wish

Druvius replies on Dec 10, 2021:

There are Greta Thunbergs out there. :)

Iowa: Criminalizing Books and Arresting Teachers and Librarians

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2021:

I fled Iowa just in time.

Druvius replies on Dec 8, 2021:

@TomMcGiverin Hmm, I did but it didn't take. Fixed now, I hope, lol.

Iowa: Criminalizing Books and Arresting Teachers and Librarians

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2021:

I fled Iowa just in time.

Druvius replies on Dec 8, 2021:

@TomMcGiverin Yep. Moved to a blue state with mild winters. :)

BioNTech, Pfizer vaccine neutralises Omicron with three shots [france24.com]

barjoe comments on Dec 8, 2021:

I am not sure Pfizer is being truthful. There is no way for them to know this at such an early point.

Druvius replies on Dec 8, 2021:

You're talking blatantly faking lab tests that can easily be replicated, that seems unlikely.

[nbcnews.

Dhiltong comments on Dec 5, 2021:

Interesting how you claim mainstream media isn’t covering the protests by giving links to protest coverage from 2 mainstream media outlets............

Druvius replies on Dec 5, 2021:

Exactly, the sad truth is that these deluded protesters shouldn't get ANY media time, it just encourages their homicidal selfishness. Getting a haircut is more important to me than fighting the spread of a deadly disease!

Police use Taser on girl having seizure at Kevin Gates concert

SnowyOwl comments on Dec 2, 2021:

All the guys I knew in high school that wanted to be cops (nobody in university wanted to be a police officer) were knuckle draggers. One guy was so excited about being accepted into the police academy because he figured he could beat the crap out of people and not have to be worried about getting ...

Druvius replies on Dec 2, 2021:

My BIL said something similar "Remember the kids in school who everyone picked on? They're the ones who became cops when they grew up."

Fauci says US must prepare for omicron variant: 'Inevitably it will be here' (in the U.S.)

linxminx comments on Nov 28, 2021:

I think what is currently happening in South Korea shows that we can't be casual with Covid. South Korea, who has been an example to the world in dealing with Covid, has 90% of their population vaccinated, eased restrictions, and Blam!!! Covid cases are rising rapidly. I just got my Covid ...

Druvius replies on Nov 29, 2021:

@snytiger6 Plans. There are plans to fight global warming too. We'll see.

Fauci says US must prepare for omicron variant: 'Inevitably it will be here' (in the U.S.)

linxminx comments on Nov 28, 2021:

I think what is currently happening in South Korea shows that we can't be casual with Covid. South Korea, who has been an example to the world in dealing with Covid, has 90% of their population vaccinated, eased restrictions, and Blam!!! Covid cases are rising rapidly. I just got my Covid ...

Druvius replies on Nov 28, 2021:

Exactly, this is the worst global crisis and mass death event since WW2, and every nation on Earth should be pulling together like the Allies did then. I'm not holding my breath.

As I have always said, people not just men in power are capable of being toxic Allegations of ...

Druvius comments on Nov 27, 2021:

Why is this a problem for the "MeToo" crowd?

Druvius replies on Nov 28, 2021:

@LenHazell53 No, I don't look to the extremists of a movement to generalize about a movement. Most sexual predators, like most rapists and murderers, are men. That there are some female such is simply not relevant to this, and certainly isn't a "problem" for it.

As I have always said, people not just men in power are capable of being toxic Allegations of ...

Druvius comments on Nov 27, 2021:

Why is this a problem for the "MeToo" crowd?

Druvius replies on Nov 27, 2021:

@LenHazell53 Sounds like a straw man argument to me, never met any feminist of any stripe who thought "metoo" was a male only problem. And why would it be a problem, it's coming to light and being addressed. That has nothing to do with the fact that it is indeed mostly men in power that are the problem.

From some not fun facts : Dogs like squeaky toys because it mimics the sound of their dying ...

KateOahu comments on Nov 26, 2021:

Is any of this true?

Druvius replies on Nov 26, 2021:

It was technically legal for a few months, and a few we're "mailed" as gags or publicity stunts. Anyone can be nominated for a Nobel Prize, Trump was nominated. The Kellogg's thing is trues, dogs, idk.

4 was shocking...I mourned Hodor!

BD66 comments on Nov 24, 2021:

I heard Glenn was going to get killed in the next episode, so I stopped watching Walking Dead.

Druvius replies on Nov 24, 2021:

Yerp, that's where I quit too.

Thankfully Kyle Rittenhouse was cleared on all five charges! Hell the charges against were nothing ...

LovinLarge comments on Nov 19, 2021:

This ruling gives you gun nuts a free pass to go around shooting people. Promoting further violence is not a positive or healthy direction for the good ol' USA.

Druvius replies on Nov 20, 2021:

@LovinLarge Facts mean nothing to the celebrating murder folks.

Thankfully Kyle Rittenhouse was cleared on all five charges! Hell the charges against were nothing ...

Captain_Feelgood comments on Nov 19, 2021:

And so it begins.... The anti-gun, anti-right to self defense, anti-right to peacefully assemble, anti-reason liberals will start rioting in the streets, burning down their own community, attacking innocent bystanders for being white,,, etc, etc... But yeah, we're the ignorant, asinine ones.. 🙄 ...

Druvius replies on Nov 20, 2021:

Celebrating murder, self owning at its finest.

[cnn.com] This is very bad.

Druvius comments on Nov 17, 2021:

What else is new? Covid-19 had many terrifying characteristics from the get go. Humanity could easily have set up a global system to prevent something like Covid from getting out of control, experts were sounding the alarm about emergent diseases more than 4 decades ago. Instead most governments are...

Druvius replies on Nov 17, 2021:

@Organist1 "Nature bats last."

JK Rowling Banned From New Harry Potter Project With Original Cast

rainmanjr comments on Nov 17, 2021:

She is his creator and has every right to her opinions. I will not be attending HBO's little retro.

Druvius replies on Nov 17, 2021:

There's actually no rights issues even involved here.

JK Rowling Banned From New Harry Potter Project With Original Cast

rainmanjr comments on Nov 17, 2021:

She is his creator and has every right to her opinions. I will not be attending HBO's little retro.

Druvius replies on Nov 17, 2021:

@rainmanjr Not in the slightest, no, it doesn't. Words have consequences sometimes, deal with it.

JK Rowling Banned From New Harry Potter Project With Original Cast

rainmanjr comments on Nov 17, 2021:

She is his creator and has every right to her opinions. I will not be attending HBO's little retro.

Druvius replies on Nov 17, 2021:

Everyone has a right to their opinions. And the people running the retro have the right not to invite her.

If Any Of You Were Ever Considering Buying A Tesla.

BD66 comments on Nov 15, 2021:

A man of Musk's stature and accomplishments is foolish to engage with a despicable troll like Sanders.

Druvius replies on Nov 15, 2021:

@BD66 In other words you don't have a freaking clue what you're talking about, Bernie is as close to Karl Marx as Trump is to Lincoln.

If Any Of You Were Ever Considering Buying A Tesla.

BD66 comments on Nov 15, 2021:

A man of Musk's stature and accomplishments is foolish to engage with a despicable troll like Sanders.

Druvius replies on Nov 15, 2021:

You got the names reversed, typo I assume.

Oregon School Board Reverses Decision to Fire Two Anti-Trans Educators | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

Heavykevy1985 comments on Nov 12, 2021:

They have every right to oppose legislation that go against their beliefs. No matter are created on Tumblr, there are only two genders

Druvius replies on Nov 14, 2021:

@Heavykevy1985 Yes, you're a hateful bigot trying to justify your religious dogma with semantic dogcrap. Got it, no need to elaborate.

Oregon School Board Reverses Decision to Fire Two Anti-Trans Educators | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

Heavykevy1985 comments on Nov 12, 2021:

They have every right to oppose legislation that go against their beliefs. No matter are created on Tumblr, there are only two genders

Druvius replies on Nov 14, 2021:

Um, that's religious dogma. In reality gender is a spectrum with two peaks, there's XY females and XX males just for starters with countless other variations.

'Needs to Be Investigated as a Crime': Florida School Board Member Files Criminal Complaint Over ...

LucyLoohoo comments on Nov 13, 2021:

What a short-sighted, dim-witted, ''holier-than-thou" PRIG! I'd like to imagine her toasting in whatever afterlife she imagines!

Druvius replies on Nov 13, 2021:

She dies and meets God: "You preached WHAT in my name?"

A biking Evangelical pastor says that we have no crisis at the border.

RussRAB comments on Nov 13, 2021:

Well, at least one reasonable thing coming from an evangelical preacher. Does this Mark a division between trump enthusiasts and the evangelicals? I rather doubt it.

Druvius replies on Nov 13, 2021:

@RussRAB They have nothing that helps the American people. Which basically means ... they have nothing.

A biking Evangelical pastor says that we have no crisis at the border.

RussRAB comments on Nov 13, 2021:

Well, at least one reasonable thing coming from an evangelical preacher. Does this Mark a division between trump enthusiasts and the evangelicals? I rather doubt it.

Druvius replies on Nov 13, 2021:

@DenoPenno The hyperbole from the right about the border is beyond ridiculous, racist fearmongering is all it is. It's a party with no platform, no ideas, no solutions, no help for the average working class American so fearmongering is all they have.

Record number of new gravitational waves offers game-changing window into universe Scientists say...

yvilletom comments on Nov 9, 2021:

So much fiction; so little fact.

Druvius replies on Nov 12, 2021:

Yes, the detection of gravity waves is another nail in the coffin of Electric Universe cosmology. Deal with it.

China's leader for life? [yahoo.com]

Druvius comments on Nov 12, 2021:

He has approval ratings most world leaders could only dream of, I notice the article neglects to mention that. You have a stunningly effective and popular leader, why not?

Druvius replies on Nov 12, 2021:

@Flowerwall I'm able to make up my own mind, love how westerners think they know everything about how the world's countries should be run.

Vermont Becomes First State to Require Access to Condoms in Public Schools | PEOPLE.com

racocn8 comments on Nov 11, 2021:

They must have entertaining recess breaks.

Druvius replies on Nov 11, 2021:

Let the water balloon condom wars begin!

Boohooohoooo..this pos needs the death penalty along with his mommy dearest.. [rawstory.com]

Secretguy comments on Nov 10, 2021:

Yes! I hope he doesn't get off because of the dumbass prosecutor. Fry his ass,

Druvius replies on Nov 10, 2021:

@Charlene Yeah, the judge isn't even pretending to be impartial.

America seems to have a thing for putting prejudicial idiots in Congress.

Tejas comments on Nov 10, 2021:

You seem to have a thing for commenting on anything American. Seeing as you are not from here how about minding your own business?

Druvius replies on Nov 10, 2021:

Until America stops minding the world's business, foreigners have every reason to comment on the lunacy coming out of Washington these days.

The Science of Six Degrees of Separation - YouTube

JackPedigo comments on Nov 9, 2021:

So does that mean we are connected to such 'wonderful' people as tRump, Putin and all the wannabe dictators and scofflaws in the world!? Guess so.

Druvius replies on Nov 9, 2021:

No, it doesn't

For atheists, the idea of aliens seems real.

racocn8 comments on Nov 7, 2021:

Numerous documents show that the DOD and CIA have conducted a concerted campaign of disinformation, disparagement and intimidation of anyone reporting UFOs. Part of the motivation for the Pentagon's revelations last summer related to lifting the gag orders against such reporting from service ...

Druvius replies on Nov 8, 2021:

@racocn8 lol The pentagon videos are a joke, all completely explained.

Colin Powell's Death from COVID Argues for More Vaccination, Not Against Them, Experts Say

BDair comments on Oct 21, 2021:

The Jib Jab of death. Increased morbidity follows the vaccination roll out in virtually every country. The more they jab, the worse it gets. https://www.bitchute.com/video/oboxCxSY5CXS/?list=notifications=false

Druvius replies on Nov 8, 2021:

@BDair You are indeed a brain fucked idiot. Were you dropped on your head as a baby?

For atheists, the idea of aliens seems real.

racocn8 comments on Nov 7, 2021:

Numerous documents show that the DOD and CIA have conducted a concerted campaign of disinformation, disparagement and intimidation of anyone reporting UFOs. Part of the motivation for the Pentagon's revelations last summer related to lifting the gag orders against such reporting from service ...

Druvius replies on Nov 8, 2021:

Or to be more on point, there is literally nothing to discredit, why would they bother. Makes about as much sense as the CIA trying to discredit angel or ghost sightings. Sounds like crap made up by UFO cultists to make it seem like there is something to the flying saucer phenomena. There isn't.

[cbsnews.com] NOT good news.

Druvius comments on Nov 8, 2021:

The US learn something from what's happening abroad? LOLROFL, we can't even learn from what's happening in the US. Fortunately those of us who never stopped taking Covid seriously are at much lower risk now. I just got my six month booster and never stopped masking and social distancing.

Druvius replies on Nov 8, 2021:

@Organist1 Almost a certainty something worse is to come, and the US is ill prepared to deal with it. In some ways our lifetimes have been a very ahistorical bubble of freedom from plagues and disease.

For atheists, the idea of aliens seems real.

racocn8 comments on Nov 7, 2021:

Numerous documents show that the DOD and CIA have conducted a concerted campaign of disinformation, disparagement and intimidation of anyone reporting UFOs. Part of the motivation for the Pentagon's revelations last summer related to lifting the gag orders against such reporting from service ...

Druvius replies on Nov 8, 2021:

LOL. Call your local Air Force base and tell them a flying saucer just landed in your yard. They will tell you to call your local police and hang up. They might just hang up. LOL

Eight dead, including teens, after a crowd surge at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival ...

silverotter11 comments on Nov 7, 2021:

I read the headline on this story and the first thought that came to mind was the ending of the movie Chinatown - just change the names, the sentiment is the same. Not gonna waste time looking for fucks to give.

Druvius replies on Nov 7, 2021:

@TheoryNumber3 It's especially sad to me the heartless comments based on the fact this occurred in Texas. So they would be sympathetic if it happened in a Blue State? I fear the left is becoming as heartless as the right, it's not a good look.

Eight dead, including teens, after a crowd surge at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival ...

silverotter11 comments on Nov 7, 2021:

I read the headline on this story and the first thought that came to mind was the ending of the movie Chinatown - just change the names, the sentiment is the same. Not gonna waste time looking for fucks to give.

Druvius replies on Nov 7, 2021:

@Apunzelle Heartless is right.

Real reason why Terry McAwful lost Deep Purple Virgina...

Druvius comments on Nov 3, 2021:

At least Obama sounded sincere when he made empty progressive promises he had no intention of delivering on. Biden can't even manage that.

Druvius replies on Nov 4, 2021:

@JackPedigo Ultimately we don't I suppose, but an argument that could be made about any unaccomplished politician isn't a very strong argument.

QAnon Rally in Dallas Fails to Revive JFK Jr. From the Dead

p-nullifidian comments on Nov 3, 2021:

Maybe Q is actually Harold Camping, the guy who kept re-predicting the second coming of Jesus Christ, and who “died” in 2015! 😉

Druvius replies on Nov 3, 2021:

@p-nullifidian As I've said before, it's still the Middle Ages, we just have cooler stuff.

Real reason why Terry McAwful lost Deep Purple Virgina...

Druvius comments on Nov 3, 2021:

At least Obama sounded sincere when he made empty progressive promises he had no intention of delivering on. Biden can't even manage that.

Druvius replies on Nov 3, 2021:

@JackPedigo Especially if they don't even try.

QAnon Rally in Dallas Fails to Revive JFK Jr. From the Dead

p-nullifidian comments on Nov 3, 2021:

Maybe Q is actually Harold Camping, the guy who kept re-predicting the second coming of Jesus Christ, and who “died” in 2015! 😉

Druvius replies on Nov 3, 2021:

I'm thinking Q is an alien anthropologist doing his doctoral dissertation on "gullibility among Earth's dominant anthropoid ape species."

Texas lawmaker says 850 books ranging from race to sexuality could cause 'discomfort'

wordywalt comments on Oct 28, 2021:

Texas is rapidly becoming the stinking armpit of southern racism and reactionary right wing authoritarianism

Druvius replies on Oct 31, 2021:

Yerp, they can leave the Union anytime they want, there won't be any "war of northern aggression" this time. And we will gladly take any Texan who wants to flee north.

Texas lawmaker says 850 books ranging from race to sexuality could cause 'discomfort'

Druvius comments on Oct 31, 2021:

So he thinks Texas kids are all snowflakes?

Druvius replies on Oct 31, 2021:

I know, it's just sadly ironic to hear the people screaming about the non-existent cancel culture to engage in actual culture cancellation. Not to mention ... doesn't a legislator have far more important issues to address than school textbooks?

Is the adverage vaxxers a dick or a pussy DP?

Druvius comments on Oct 17, 2021:

Refusing to be vaccinated is deliberately harming others, your delusions to the contrary notwithstanding.

Druvius replies on Oct 29, 2021:

@BDair I hope someday you get exposed to the discipline of "critical thinking," and learn just how ignorant your anti-vax rants are. You baby killing sheet head.

The rise of QAnon was really the beginning of the end of half of America's grip on reality.

rainmanjr comments on Oct 29, 2021:

> “Why this country hasn’t risen up and hung these bastards by now is beyond me,” Todeschini said in a September video complaining about federal vaccine mandates. “These treasonous rat bastards need to be taken out of Washington, D.C. I say get all the children out and nuke it.” Guess...

Druvius replies on Oct 29, 2021:

@rainmanjr Yes, the Dem leaders seem pretty much asleep at the switch. I fear it will take some sort of Oklahoma type bombing to get them to take this seriously. Even it may already be too late, I fear what the next few years will bring.

The rise of QAnon was really the beginning of the end of half of America's grip on reality.

rainmanjr comments on Oct 29, 2021:

> “Why this country hasn’t risen up and hung these bastards by now is beyond me,” Todeschini said in a September video complaining about federal vaccine mandates. “These treasonous rat bastards need to be taken out of Washington, D.C. I say get all the children out and nuke it.” Guess...

Druvius replies on Oct 29, 2021:

Yes, threats of violence by the delusional right are on the rise. Just as ugly as Hitler's "Stab in the Back" lie that ultimately drove the holocaust. Fortunately Dems aren't a tiny defenseless minority, but it klooks likely to get very ugly.

Taiwan: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Tejas comments on Oct 26, 2021:

War should be the very last resort for any event.

Druvius replies on Oct 26, 2021:

So many Americans especially don't understand that. War is the ultimate fail state, it means your leaders have failed.

Taiwan: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Druvius comments on Oct 26, 2021:

It's not worth a war with China. Damned shame the US created this mess in the first place. China is not going to rest until China is reunited, best we can do is work towards this with no bloodshed.

Druvius replies on Oct 26, 2021:

@rainmanjr Exactly. In fact keeping it apart from China reinforces China's autocratic forces. The best thing the west can do is fully integrate China into the world community; increasing education, wealth, and worldliness will eventually transform China into a more democratic nations. Dictatorships collapse from within, democracy isn't something that can be imposed from abroad.

Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks [bbc.]

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2021:

"Why die for Danzig?" I can think of two world wars that started over things just as stupid as this. Taiwan will eventually be reunited with China, it would be a shame if it took a war. Biden's sabre rattling isn't helping. Gotta love the world class hypocrisy in the west too, Crimea WANTED to ...

Druvius replies on Oct 22, 2021:

@barjoe The people of Crimea. You don't even want to acknowledge they exist. Two for two, you're on a roll.

75 years ago: Britain uses Corfu Channel incident to stoke Cold War On October 22, 1946, a ...

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2021:

Skirting and sometimes violating its designated enemies territorial waters is a practice the west continues to this day. Sometimes people die. sometimes wars are even "justified." We really are a sick species.

Druvius replies on Oct 22, 2021:

@Lorajay I sometimes think greed is the most powerful force in the Universe, it's certainly responsible for staggering amounts of suffering on Earth.

Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks [bbc.]

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2021:

"Why die for Danzig?" I can think of two world wars that started over things just as stupid as this. Taiwan will eventually be reunited with China, it would be a shame if it took a war. Biden's sabre rattling isn't helping. Gotta love the world class hypocrisy in the west too, Crimea WANTED to ...

Druvius replies on Oct 22, 2021:

@barjoe I didn't say it was trivial, but France and the UK joined the war and made it a world war for trivial reasons that didn't effect them in any way. Russia didn't invade Ukraine, Crimea seceded and joined Russia. They were never asked if they wanted to be in Ukraine in the first place. And thanks for proving my point, you don't give a shit about what the people of Crimea want.

Elephants are rapidly evolving without tusks to escape ivory poachers, study finds [abc.net.au]

wordywalt comments on Oct 22, 2021:

Not exactly correct. The poachers are harvesting elephants genetically programmed to produce big tusks. That leaves the gene pool just those without that genetic tendency.

Druvius replies on Oct 22, 2021:

You literally just described how evolution works.

Elephants are rapidly evolving without tusks to escape ivory poachers, study finds [abc.net.au]

barjoe comments on Oct 21, 2021:

Poachers should be shot on sight.

Druvius replies on Oct 21, 2021:

They are in many countries.

Covid is here to stay.

Druvius comments on Oct 21, 2021:

Yerp. In the 60s a global vaccination program eliminated Smallpox. Wouldn't work today with the rise of the Age of Idiocy.

Druvius replies on Oct 21, 2021:

@Castlepaloma You are indeed an idiot.

Alabama woman found dead 12 days after going inside police van, authorities say

Druvius comments on Oct 18, 2021:

She wasn't left in the van, she entered it on her own. The van shouldn't have been left unlocked, so the police will be civilly liable, but doesn't sound like any crime was committed.

Druvius replies on Oct 21, 2021:

@SeaGreenEyez Oh, there's a lot of questions, and the cops will pay a huge settlement since the van should have been locked. It just doesn't sound like they knew she was in the van and just forgot about her and left her.

Can't wait to see this horror movie come to life.

PondartIncbendog comments on Oct 19, 2021:

So they are Jesusweenies?

Druvius replies on Oct 20, 2021:

They clearly should have had this name looked at by a focus group of five year olds. :)

Scientific knowledge continues to push back the boundaries of superstition and religious dogma but ...

Fit50something comments on Oct 18, 2021:

For the record, I do not agree that neurology disproves the soul. I'm not claiming that the soul exists. I'm just saying that I think this particular statement is conjecture.

Druvius replies on Oct 18, 2021:

@Word At this point the evidence for supernatural agency in the universe is zero.

Scientific knowledge continues to push back the boundaries of superstition and religious dogma but ...

Fit50something comments on Oct 18, 2021:

For the record, I do not agree that neurology disproves the soul. I'm not claiming that the soul exists. I'm just saying that I think this particular statement is conjecture.

Druvius replies on Oct 18, 2021:

No, it's basically accurate. There is no magic genie animating our brains. https://qz.com/789780/neuroscience-and-psychology-have-rendered-it-basically-unnecessary-to-have-a-soul/ and https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/liver-fairies/

Tax the rich

CourtJester comments on Oct 17, 2021:

The top 10% of wage earners pay 74% of all US income taxes.

Druvius replies on Oct 18, 2021:

@CourtJester Yes, they have all the money, wealth inequality has reached staggering levels. I love it when MAGAs self-own.

No shit. The climate disaster is here. [theguardian.com]

yvilletom comments on Oct 17, 2021:

Who promised Homo sapiens a permanently suitable place to live?

Druvius replies on Oct 18, 2021:

@yvilletom So what?

No shit. The climate disaster is here. [theguardian.com]

yvilletom comments on Oct 17, 2021:

Who promised Homo sapiens a permanently suitable place to live?

Druvius replies on Oct 17, 2021:

That's not the question. Homo sapiens had a permanently suitable place to less, but our actions are rapidly making it far less suitable. We did this.

Best Halloween watch ever.... [youtu.be]

Druvius comments on Oct 16, 2021:

This was great, did she ever resolve the copyright/trademark issues that forced her to stop producing new content?

Druvius replies on Oct 17, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Sweet, thanks, I'll check it out. Brilliant parody.

CAUSES of 99% COVID DEATHS = UNVACCINEED.

Druvius comments on Oct 15, 2021:

Anti-vaxxers fall in the same category as 9/11 Truthers, YECers, and flat Earthers. Fabulous at motivated reasoning and cherry picking; immune to logic, facts, and science. Basically cultists, like "Stop the Steal" believers. I just wish they'd wear tinfoil hats to identify themselves, would save a ...

Druvius replies on Oct 16, 2021:

@AnneWimsey Motivated reasoning and cherry picking can "prove" anything; as truthers, flat earthers, stop the stealers, and anti-vaxxers demonstrate every single day.

CAUSES of 99% COVID DEATHS = UNVACCINEED.

BDair comments on Oct 15, 2021:

The more they vax, the worse it gets.

Druvius replies on Oct 15, 2021:

Bragging about being an idiot is not a good look, FYI.

‘Imeach Biden’ demands gun-toting, spelling-challenged Rep. Lauren Boebert [nydailynews.com]

Dhiltong comments on Oct 15, 2021:

That’s all she’s got. I’m a property owner in her district. She is totally worthless as a representative......

Druvius replies on Oct 15, 2021:

You have the sympathy of all Americans still grounded in reality.

This can no longer be called "migration". This is Hijrah invasion. [bbc.com]

nicknotes comments on Oct 14, 2021:

I hear muslim couples have 8 children.

Druvius replies on Oct 14, 2021:

Look into the quiverfull movement.

Bow-and-Arrow Rampage in Norway Treated as Apparent Terrorist Attack

Barnie2years comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Imagine how many more he could have killed with an AK or an AR and several hundred rounds of ammunition!

Druvius replies on Oct 14, 2021:

My thought too, thank goodness this was the only weapon he could get.

Millenials are fucking deadbeats.

Diagoras comments on Oct 14, 2021:

Really? You're basing this statement on a new York post article about a single case?

Druvius replies on Oct 14, 2021:

LOL, exactly.