Ukraine (and China) Update: Boss Pelosi stares down China

Druvius comments on Aug 4, 2022:

First sentence says it's racist jingoistic twaddle, no need to read further.

Kansas voters overwhelmingly say 'No' to stripping abortion rights from the state constitution | ...

Druvius comments on Aug 3, 2022:

Well, nice to see good news for a change.

[huffpost.

Druvius comments on Aug 3, 2022:

One has to wonder if his lawyer was so disgusted by the sleazeball that he sent the texts on purpose?

Alex Jones needs to be made to suffer and to pay for all the pain that he has caused to innocent ...

Druvius comments on Aug 3, 2022:

Second only to Rush Limbaugh in the social harm he has caused. Hope they take every dime he has and will have.

Informed opinion [newsweek.com]

Druvius comments on Aug 2, 2022:

A case study in bad science reporting.

Uhm.

Druvius comments on Aug 2, 2022:

AirBnB removed the listing and promised to look into any listing that might be former slave quarters. Me, meh, depends on how it was listed I suppose, it's not necessarily bad, there must be huge numbers of buildings in the US that once held slaves.

Trump Demands CNN Stop Saying That He's Lying About 2020 Election - YouTube

Druvius comments on Aug 2, 2022:

Trump actually believes the election was stolen, so this is no surprise.

This will piss off the GOP. We killed one of their own. [news.yahoo.com]

Druvius comments on Aug 1, 2022:

Death squads aren't justice. It's sad when Americans celebrate such.

28 women file suit over 'night of terror' in Indiana jail, alleging incarcerated men bribed jail ...

Druvius comments on Aug 1, 2022:

More like living in a third world failed state all the time. Merika!

Oklahoma's board of education downgrades school district's accreditation over CRT complaint - CNN

Druvius comments on Jul 31, 2022:

Imagine being so ashamed of your history that you outlaw teaching it.

What the restaurant was doing was totally legal.

Druvius comments on Jul 31, 2022:

I'm sure he was just concerned ...

DUCK!!!!! A 25-ton Chinese rocket booster will crash to Earth Saturday. What's the risk?

Druvius comments on Jul 30, 2022:

You're far more likely to be hit by lightning.

Hell, you can't even go to a baseball game anymore without some woke ass Karen fucking shit up.

Druvius comments on Jul 30, 2022:

Mr Feelgood doing it again, outraged at something that has ZERO to do with politics or anything really. That's the modern GOP, avoid real issues but get faux outrage over stuff that either didn't happen or has nothing to do with politics.

Breaking Agreement to Use a Condom Is a Sex Crime, Canada High Court Rules

Druvius comments on Jul 30, 2022:

California passed a law along the same lines.

It’s funny because it’s true

Druvius comments on Jul 30, 2022:

And no, YOU'RE funny for unironically posting twaddle like this.

It’s funny because it’s true

Druvius comments on Jul 30, 2022:

Only the GOP would celebrate a recession. Gotta love CourtJester, self-owns with almost every post.

The Dawn of the Apocalypse Chris Hedges “The powerlessness many will feel in the face of ...

Druvius comments on Jul 29, 2022:

We're through the looking glass for sure. What's going to happen in the next few decades is very likely to get very ugly. In America at least I see a retreat from reason into delusion across a broad spectrum of society over my lifetime. I hope I'm wrong.

‘You're a Black Man In America’: Las Vegas Judge Becomes Target of Police Union for Telling Man ...

Druvius comments on Jul 29, 2022:

Not only are they accusing her of bias, they seem to actually believe their charge. White privilege illustrated, even saying out loud there's a problem is offensive to them.

Alito Decries 'Hostility to Religion' in First Public Remarks Since Abortion Decision

Druvius comments on Jul 29, 2022:

There's not a growing hostility to religion ... there's a growing hostility to efforts to make evangelical Christianity the law of the land.

4,000+ Children Died: Pope Apologizes to Indigenous Groups in Canada over Residential School Abuse |...

Druvius comments on Jul 29, 2022:

Yerp, an apology without reparations and full cooperation with law enforcement investigating past and current offences is just insulting.

Alarm as Earth hits 'Overshoot Day' Thursday: NGOs

Druvius comments on Jul 28, 2022:

"Natural resources should be treated as capital, not profit."

Maybe, an important step in this country’s political system.

Druvius comments on Jul 28, 2022:

The Dems and GOP will lock ranks to prevent that from happening, by fair means and foul. For example on the rare occasion a third party candidate gets into a state legislature, the Dem/GOP just make sure ANY bill they propose goes nowhere. So when it comes time for reelection, they just claim "Look, they got nothing accomplished!" IE the American political system is FAR too corrupt to ever let a third party in the door.

Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard accused (again) of sexually inappropriate behavior

Druvius comments on Jul 28, 2022:

He was a prominent character in the 2006 documentary Jesus Camp. He was charming, handsome, persuasive. Impressive even. Just goes to show, books, covers, etc.

It’s funny because it’s true

Druvius comments on Jul 27, 2022:

Watching you conflate unrelated topics is always hysterical, thanks for the laugh.

Survey: 40% of parents won’t get their child a COVID-19 vaccine

Druvius comments on Jul 27, 2022:

Half of Americans think whites are as discriminated against as minorities. Betting there's some considerable overlap with this crowd.

Any thoughts on Pope Francis' "apology" ?

Druvius comments on Jul 27, 2022:

Unless his apology includes 100% cooperation with law enforcement to identify past and current abusers, it's somewhere between meaningless and insulting. Literally one of these "schools" was operating less than 100 miles from where I went to grade school. We think of evil taking place in far away lands, not suburban Canada.

Term limits

Druvius comments on Jul 27, 2022:

We have term limits. They're called elections. The fact that they don't work as intended shows how badly the system is in need of reform.

Some cities are discussing returns to indoor masking

Druvius comments on Jul 26, 2022:

I never stopped masking and social distancing, Covid is still killing more people every day than WW2, future historians and sociologists will marvel at how a so called developed nation willingly surrendered to a plague.

Pat Benatar won't sing 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' in wake of mass shootings

Druvius comments on Jul 25, 2022:

Good for her, nice to see some Americans still have compassion.

I guess this fits best under Politics, but is anyone else disgusted with the way jingoism and bias ...

Druvius comments on Jul 25, 2022:

Olympic coverage by American media has basically been unwatchable for decades because of this.

Republicans Went From Pushing a ‘Groomer’ Panic to Forcing Kids to Give Birth

Druvius comments on Jul 24, 2022:

Fearmongering is all they have, they've come a long way from the likes of Eisenhower.

FL School Board Candidate: Doctors Who Treat Trans Kids Should 'Hang'

Druvius comments on Jul 24, 2022:

Ah yes, lynching, another classic old American tradition the right wants to bring back to make America great again!

Putin's army is losing momentum as the Ukrainians blow up a dozen Russian ammo dumps with American ...

Druvius comments on Jul 24, 2022:

Wonderful, isn't great to have a war where we can all cheer about! war, death, destruction! Woohoo! Best American manufactured war since Vietnam! This is what makes America great!

Apparently, Jesus is some kind of weird medical groupie.

Druvius comments on Jul 23, 2022:

As an American Christian, I find these depictions of Jesus offensive on many levels. A grotesque misinterpretation of the myth.

Politically and economically, is this the REAL case of the chickens coming home to roost?

Druvius comments on Jul 23, 2022:

LOL, hearing people talk about the"liberal media" is always good for a laugh. The media is somewhere far to the right of Eisenhower, it hasn't been even remotely liberal since the 1970s.

FrayedBear must be a member of the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM).

Druvius comments on Jul 23, 2022:

Sort of the Russian version of the Azov Battalion or The Proud Boys.

Sarah Palin hits comeback trail with fellow loose cannon Trump at her side | Sarah Palin | The ...

Druvius comments on Jul 22, 2022:

From failed VP candidate to failed governor ... what exactly is she coming back to?

Havana Syndrome: PhACT or Fiction? | Skeptical Inquirer

Druvius comments on Jul 21, 2022:

Mass psychogenic illness weaponized into Cold War propaganda, The US doesn't face any real threats, but that wouldn't support the most bloated military budget the world has ever seen, so what threats there are have to be wildly exaggerated. Or made up as in this case.

If they are out there, they probably already found us - Nevada Current

Druvius comments on Jul 21, 2022:

If life like ours is common and interstellar travel is practical, yes, they've been watching us all along. Alas SETI keeps coming up with nada, and some very promising avenues have been explored. At this point the rare Earth hypothesis is looking better all the time.

'My Daughter Was Shot In the Back': Illinois Driver Shoots Into Woman's Car Half a Dozen Times In ...

Druvius comments on Jul 21, 2022:

Nope. Was that a trick question?

Maybe this is a dumb question however it needs to be asked.

Druvius comments on Jul 20, 2022:

The Universe is finite but unbounded, it has no edge, there is no "outside" the Universe.

If this is really what they think is the slippery slope, they really need to take a better look at ...

Druvius comments on Jul 20, 2022:

Slippery slope arguments are usually bollocks. Like "If we allow marriage equality people will want to marry their pets."

Walgreens Boycott Trend After Birth Control, Condom Sales Refused.

Druvius comments on Jul 20, 2022:

Yerp, the SCOTUS has given a green light to people pretending that refusing to serve people because of their own religious bigotry is somehow moral. Nope, it's just hatred and bigotry. Jesus wept.

All along they thought humans were unique in this. [sciencealert.com]

Druvius comments on Jul 19, 2022:

It's by no means accepted science, just one study: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pocket-gophers-farm-soil-roots-fertilize

Joe Rogan Says "Shoot the Homeless People" - Variety

Druvius comments on Jul 19, 2022:

Punching down, as American as apple pie.

Pffft.

Druvius comments on Jul 18, 2022:

Ah yes, the proud GOP tradition of making shit up to get outraged about.

Religious Zealot Worker REJECTS Sale Of Condoms To Female Customer - YouTube

Druvius comments on Jul 17, 2022:

The evangelical right has turned "I'm not going to serve you because I'm a bigot with a perverted mind that can't MYOB" into "I'm being moral by discriminating against you." Breathtaking, really. Oddly enough, they may be fooling themselves, but their God would not be so fooled.

The war on drugs has always been about politics here?!🤷🏻‍♂️ [yahoo.com]

Druvius comments on Jul 17, 2022:

The "war on drugs" has always been about social control, racism, and religious bigotry. You don't turn a social/medical issue into a criminal issue for anything but bad reasons.

Ivana Trump's body found near spilt cup of coffee, pal says home had 'treacherous stairs'

Druvius comments on Jul 17, 2022:

I have a friend whose stairs killed before and put him in the hospital. And if the coffee cup held something other than coffee, even more possible. Who knows though.

Why the omicron offshoot BA.5 is a big deal

Druvius comments on Jul 16, 2022:

300 to 350 deaths a day. Worse than WW2 or Vietnam.

Religion asks too much of people like me.

Druvius comments on Jul 16, 2022:

Not all Christian churches require that, some are perfectly fine with atheists/agnostics. But yes, the ones that do believe in an invisible superfriend that will torture you forever after you die if you don't believe in him, seriously whacked.

Rowdy, the lost cat in the Logan International Airport, has been found safe

Druvius comments on Jul 16, 2022:

There was a case where a cat got lost inside an airliner. Then the airline kept the plane flying! The owners had to get a freaking court order to keep the plane on the ground until the cat had been found!

The real stupidity of the USA is they will complain about China wanting world domination, when in ...

Druvius comments on Jul 16, 2022:

Yerp, the US has had three unprecedented opportunities since 1945 to lead the world into an era of peace and international cooperation. All three times they chose imperial military and corporate dominance and fearmongering.

Those if the Abrahamic Faiths were most often ostracized because they would not tolerate other ...

Druvius comments on Jul 16, 2022:

Yeah, saw some lovely Roman and Greek classical statues in a museum once. They had been crudely vandalized in the Middle Ages by having big crosses carved into them. Imagine being so insecure in one's faith one feels the need to vandalize your ancestors' art.

Societies do not abandon democratic principles on a whim.

Druvius comments on Jul 16, 2022:

IDK, seems grim to me, but anything is possible. Wake Up, America, This Is Collapse: https://eand.co/wake-up-america-this-is-collapse-fe4a8317f939

My sister's memorial service was yesterday and it was about the second time I have been in a church ...

Druvius comments on Jul 15, 2022:

One of my dearest friends got cancer and died in a few weeks. Her brother's entire eulogy was about his attempts to get her to "accept Jesus" before she died. It was grotesque.

COVID-19 vaccines targeting the Omicron variant are on the way — but it could be worth getting a ...

Druvius comments on Jul 14, 2022:

I keep fully vaccinated and never stopped masking and social distancing. Like all dangerous diseases, best to avoid catching it in the first place.

Impressive!

Druvius comments on Jul 14, 2022:

"Satan does his finest work in the name of Our Lord."

Liberals in the USA complain that the Supreme Court is currently ruling against the majority of the ...

Druvius comments on Jul 14, 2022:

You also seem to think it's OK for the majority to vote to strip a minority of their civil rights. Interesting religion.

Liberals in the USA complain that the Supreme Court is currently ruling against the majority of the ...

Druvius comments on Jul 14, 2022:

False equivalency. Liberals respect elections when the vote goes against them, conservatives don't.

A surgeon explains why AR-15-style rifles are so deadly

Druvius comments on Jul 13, 2022:

A few pics of Uvalde would get the message across far more succinctly. Which is why of course we never see them.

It’s not really about whether you consider yourself an atheist or a theist.

Druvius comments on Jul 13, 2022:

I'm not really sure what your argument is. All humans use metaphors. God is a metaphor. So all humans have God?

President Dementia Daily Highlight: [youtube.com]

Druvius comments on Jul 13, 2022:

I love in when GOPers self-own by spreading meaningless silliness like this. Good job making yourselves look irrelevant.

Watching the hearings, I'm once again astounded that anyone could be so addle brained and gullible ...

Druvius comments on Jul 12, 2022:

He actually believes the sheet he spews, and that's incredibly persuasive to people who share his views. It's ironic that the GOP leaders who spent decades sowing the field for him were helpless to stop his rise. Humans are tribal, they DON'T use logic to make their decisions, and people like Trump, Hitler, and their ilk are gifted at exploiting this.

Woman hospitalized after picking up $1 bill in Tennessee

Druvius comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Agreed: "All of the findings that we see on this, and other videos, are inconsistent with fentanyl poisoning and are fully consistent with a stress/anxiety response."

Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds

Druvius comments on Jul 12, 2022:

They'll still vote for him in droves if he gets the nomination.

Hear the latest from Herschel Walker on climate change; "Since we don't control the air, our good...

Druvius comments on Jul 12, 2022:

It's the other way round, but facts don't matter to the right anymore. Nearly $2tn of damage inflicted on other countries by US emissions: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/12/us-carbon-emissions-greenhouse-gases-climate-crisis

Is being gay natural?? poll up so vote!!

Druvius comments on Jul 11, 2022:

Kinda like having a poll about "Is the Earth flat?" or "Is water wet?"

As Greg Lukianoff argues, ‘People all over the globe are coming to expect emotional and ...

Druvius comments on Jul 11, 2022:

No one can come up a straw man argument like a right winger.

biblicallaw republicanlogic useitagainstthem

Druvius comments on Jul 11, 2022:

The Evangelical right cherry picks and distorts whatever they want from the Bible, trying to use logic against them won't work.

15-Year-Old Girl Is About To Be Forced Into Marriage Until Stranger Overhears Evil Plot ...

Druvius comments on Jul 10, 2022:

Polygamy and polyandry between consenting adults, whatevs. But yes, the FLDS cultists that have teenage girls forced into marriages to older men, abhorrent.

No surprise to me.

Druvius comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Yes, it's as carcinogenic as salt. It's a phosphate and should be used carefully, just like countless other chemicals.

Biden in crisis mode as specter of one-term Carter haunts White House | Joe Biden | The Guardian

Druvius comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Biden is a symptom of just how little the Dems elites care about actual Americans (not that GOP elites are any better,) he's a loyal party apparatchik doing what the Pentagon and corporations want. I suspect he won't get reelected, but 2 years is a long ways away.

Why the GOP Keeps Talking About 'Abortions at the Moment of Birth'

Druvius comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Just one of countless lies spread by the anti-bodily autonomy for women crowd.

Detroit Area Police Department Used Images of Black Men for Shooting Target Practice

Druvius comments on Jul 9, 2022:

And this is why many people think policing in America needs to be reformed. Don't hold your breath waiting for same.

To demand tolerance presupposes being tolerant oneself.

Druvius comments on Jul 8, 2022:

I used to be an extremist. Now I'm a moderate, I think all the extremists should be shot.

Democrat policies are the best; aren’t they???

Druvius comments on Jul 8, 2022:

When you can't find actual problems with Biden, make shit up! A garbage meme, but that's pretty much all that comes from the GOP these days: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-u-s-exports-oil-when-we-need-it-here-at-home-11657217775

Russia State TV Host Suggests Moscow Could 'Reinstall' Trump As US President | Business Insider

Druvius comments on Jul 7, 2022:

Not sure that obvious Russian propaganda counts as a "point of view," but points for trying.

The 'Pink and Blue Brain' Myth

Druvius comments on Jul 7, 2022:

A sophisticated "I don't see color" argument.

How Republican-led states are targeting Wall Street with 'anti-woke' laws | Reuters

Druvius comments on Jul 6, 2022:

The GOP, all for freedom of speech except when they disagree with what's being said.

Twelve religious group members arrested over Australian girl's death [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on Jul 5, 2022:

In Idaho the law protects parents who do this.

If our planet has one big breeding ground for movements that verge on the lunatic (or even cross ...

Druvius comments on Jul 5, 2022:

Russiagate, a theory devoid of evidence or reason.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Moore v. Harper. It’s a grave threat to US democracy. - Vox

Druvius comments on Jul 5, 2022:

That gerrymandering wasn't made unconstitutional right after it was invented shows just how thin the veneer of democracy in the US has always been.

Texas education officials proposed changing "slavery" to "involuntary relocation" when teaching ...

Druvius comments on Jul 4, 2022:

Use whatever words you want dude, it's on you, not me.

If the 2020 election was indeed stolen or very corrupt shouldn't a congressional committee be set up...

Druvius comments on Jul 3, 2022:

Yerp, Trump was the first president in US history to refuse to accept the results of a POTUS election. Literally without ANY evidence of widespread fraud. Sad. And there have been previous elections with questionable results, but the participants accepted them rather than contest them for the good of the Republic. Pretty much Trump in a nutshell, all he cares about is himself.

Every echo-chamber needs a positive or negative center of gravity: positive if members of the ...

Druvius comments on Jul 3, 2022:

Tribalism is pretty innate in humans, and the sciences of advertising and propaganda are better all the time at exploiting it.

Last year, Biden said that the build back better plan and policies were working because our July 4th...

Druvius comments on Jul 2, 2022:

Except for public schools, libraries, health care, education and countless other things every developed country but the US does, LOL.

One of the reasons so many military vets have drunk the Kool-Aid.

Druvius comments on Jul 2, 2022:

Here's an article about the people really influencing US public opinion and policy. Hint: not Russia: https://mises.org/wire/who-really-makes-us-foreign-policy-who-benefits-and-who-loses

One of the reasons so many military vets have drunk the Kool-Aid.

Druvius comments on Jul 2, 2022:

OMG, 100 sponsored ads! Among what, millions? As Russiagate nonsense goes this one is one of the lamer ones.

Proposal Renames Slavery As 'Involuntary Relocation' In Texas Public Schools - YouTube

Druvius comments on Jul 1, 2022:

White fragility is such a sad pathetic thing. An example of "say you're a giant snowflake without actually saying it." Blacks are afraid of being killed for their skin color, bigots are afraid of feeling uncomfortable.

Today, July 1st marks the first day of a three day long battle at Gettysburg, PA in 1863 during the ...

Druvius comments on Jul 1, 2022:

Oh, the CD self-guided tour of the battlefield is highly recommended.

Today, July 1st marks the first day of a three day long battle at Gettysburg, PA in 1863 during the ...

Druvius comments on Jul 1, 2022:

There's film of the reunion too.

Today, July 1st marks the first day of a three day long battle at Gettysburg, PA in 1863 during the ...

Druvius comments on Jul 1, 2022:

Lee's biggest strategic and tactical errors, I've heard his health issues may have affected his judgement.

Oregon School’s Ridiculous Battle Over ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Ends With Book Ban

Druvius comments on Jul 1, 2022:

Fiddles, Rome, etc.

I KNEW IT!!! I always said Americans would fuck the world over.

Druvius comments on Jun 30, 2022:

It's about industry passing health and environmental costs to the public, pure greed at public expense.

Clarence Thomas suggests Covid vaccines are developed using cells of ‘aborted children’ - ...

Druvius comments on Jun 30, 2022:

Aborted children is an oxymoron. Clarence is a simple ...

LOL.

Druvius comments on Jun 29, 2022:

Well, by definition EVERYONE has rights by virtue of being a human being. That's why they're called human rights. Governments often curtail and limit those rights in practice, but they still exist.

Will this experiment in the USA we call democracy last?

Druvius comments on Jun 29, 2022:

It's not looking good, the government has served corporate and pentagon interests with few exceptions my whole life, and the facade of democracy gets thinner every election.

[msn.com] What do the "useful idiots" have to say about this. Another war crime by Putin

Druvius comments on Jun 29, 2022:

Another reason to do everything possible to avoid wars, and do everything possible to end them once they start.

You can't just throw away money like that.

Druvius comments on Jun 29, 2022:

Downstream solutions are as American as apple pie, but far less useful. this way they can pretend they are trying to do something without actually doing something.