We need to understand that Ukraine was NEVER a willing part of Russia.

Druvius comments on Jun 26, 2022:

No, Putin is trying to protect ethnic Russians living in Ukraine and prevent NATO from deploying first strike weapons next to Russia's heartland. Putin is a ruthless mofo, but a completely rational actor. This all could have been avoided with diplomacy, but so far Washington would prefer to see Ukraine destroyed than negotiate in good faith.

WWII poster

Druvius comments on Jun 26, 2022:

The army quietly ran brothels in Italy during the early war so troops wouldn't get STDs. Some religious prick heard about it and made a huge stink, closing them down. And for the rest of the war about a division's worth of troops were out of action at all times because of STDs. Posters like this didn't work.

In ditching Roe, Alito cites civil rights, minimum wage cases. Be afraid, says dissent. | Reuters

Druvius comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Yes, we are very likely to see every civil right recognized since ww2 overturned.

It starts with one right, and then others follow.

Druvius comments on Jun 25, 2022:

I fear you are right. This will get a whole lot uglier now that the American Taliban control the SCOTUS.

LMFAO Seems poor little Trumpy is upset. [msn.com]

Druvius comments on Jun 25, 2022:

I can only hope it's the beginning of the end for Trump's political future.

It’s time to say it: the US supreme court has become an illegitimate institution | Jill Filipovic ...

Druvius comments on Jun 25, 2022:

She's not wrong, shared.

[youtube.com] Irreversible Damage?

Druvius comments on Jun 24, 2022:

It's a moral panic inflamed (if not created out of whole cloth) by bad political actors. I wish it was just hysteria.

It's not about babies. They don't care about the lives of babies.

Druvius comments on Jun 24, 2022:

It was never about babies, it's about forcing women to conform to Evangelical interpretations of Christian life.IE make them into breeding stock subservient to men.

They need a Constitutional Amendment on Abortion: 1.

Druvius comments on Jun 24, 2022:

The GOP almost certainly has the votes to scuttle any attempt to amend the constitution. :(

All I'm trying to say is " Could we just tone down the stupid for a century or two, give the human ...

Druvius comments on Jun 23, 2022:

Nope, people who have more money than they could spend in hundreds of lifetimes would be slightly less rich. Can't have that.

Looks like Brazil, Russia, India, China & Sth Africa aka BRICS are keen to bypass SWIFT and form ...

Druvius comments on Jun 23, 2022:

Yes, America's insane sanctions habits are basically hastening the downfall of America's global financial dominance. Watching a world superpower shoot itself in the face is frankly weird.

“The pathetic thing that grows out of this condition is called faith: in other words, closing ...

Druvius comments on Jun 23, 2022:

"Faith is the gift of believing without evidence."

Well hell... Will they outlaw cigarettes next? How about ice cream? Beer? 🙄 [forbes.com]

Druvius comments on Jun 23, 2022:

No. No. No. Thanks for illustrating the slippery slope fallacy.

RINO Hunting Permit Ad This is truly one of the most insane (frighteningly so) political ads I've...

Druvius comments on Jun 23, 2022:

Just the RINO acronym shows the GOP is no longer a political party, it's a cult.

If He Loses, Trump Will Concede Gracefully - WSJ

Druvius comments on Jun 22, 2022:

Trump was screaming about non-existent voter fraud in the months before the election, anyone who thought he would concede gracefully was living in a fantasy world.

Turkey and Russia in talks over a "safe transit" of grain shipments from Ukrainian ports held by ...

Druvius comments on Jun 22, 2022:

Actual diplomacy, which the US refuses to engage in. Good for them, Ukraine can burn for all Washington cares.

Biden administration to reverse Trump-era rules on landmines - The Washington Post

Druvius comments on Jun 22, 2022:

Wait, Biden is going to actually undo something Trump did? Wow.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Thinks Elon Musk Is Black, SLAMMED After Calling Tesla Founder ...

Druvius comments on Jun 22, 2022:

And Musk thinks DeSantis would make a good president. They're meant for each other. (And even if it was meant as a joke, it's a pretty tasteless joke.)

Texas Republicans want to secede from the United States. Could they do it? | The Independent

Druvius comments on Jun 21, 2022:

They can't legally secede, but at this point I'd be happy to see them and a number of other states form their own Handmaid's Tale nation.

Dems denied Hunter Biden's laptop even existed, and claimed it was Russian propaganda.

Druvius comments on Jun 21, 2022:

The fact that the diary was provided by Project Veritas is a huge red flag, I'll wait till more comes out before leaping to any conclusions.

[thefreethoughtproject.com] How do these "law enforcement" officers live with themselves?

Druvius comments on Jun 21, 2022:

If the cops were white it may not be all that hard to understand.

These congressional hearings have been a watershed in good oversight, and caused many to flee the ...

Druvius comments on Jun 20, 2022:

Interesting stuff, but not sure it's changing many minds. Trump and his supporters ACTUALLY BELIEVE the election was stolen, but belief without evidence is what people do best. The Trumpers think it was a failed effort to protect democracy! People believe what they want to believe, left and right.

"Danger... Danger... Will Robinson"

Druvius comments on Jun 20, 2022:

loved that show as a kid, a shame it got cancelled at the height of its popularity.

Pro Trump candidate calls for killing of parents of gay kids. Go figure. [youtu.be]

Druvius comments on Jun 20, 2022:

This sort of pure hate speech has been way too normalized on the evangelical right. Pastor, too, snort. Some Christian.

Left Quake in Columbia! Ex-Rebel Wins President.

Druvius comments on Jun 20, 2022:

Interesting on multiple levels, for what it is and what it portends. US "relations" with Latin America are strained now.

As they lied about Iraq . . . .

Druvius comments on Jun 19, 2022:

The US is using the same infantile propaganda to justify this war as they've used in so many others. Now they're talking about "years" of war. Washington is always happy to spill other people's blood.

On all these shootings and the "everybody needs a carry permit" mindset: I now await the day, ...

Druvius comments on Jun 19, 2022:

They'll just be hailed as heroes. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/28/colorado-gunman-police-officer-killed

Fascinating.

Druvius comments on Jun 16, 2022:

And I freaking LOVE how the comments IGNORE the point of this post ... Biden's war isn't working out the way he fantasized. Let's just pretend Ukraine is winning. LOL. Except it isn't funny, people are dying, and Biden's only answer is "Prolong the war!" This is madness.

I’m guessing Biden has possibly been comprised by Russia….. [bloomberg.com]

Druvius comments on Jun 16, 2022:

No, he's just an idiot who provoked a poorly thought out war that is having unintended consequences. As all major wars do.

Coming up on the 50th anniversary for a ‘preview’ of what’s happening today in the US.

Druvius comments on Jun 16, 2022:

Yes, the political climate in America has changed considerably since then, not to mention independent media being turned into corporate infotainment for selected demographics. There is essentially no crime Trump could commit in any political context that would cost him widespread loss of support. In fact even if convicted of such a crime it would simply be spun as left wing persecution and might well energize his supporters to greater heights.

Could have been really bad but fortunately it wasn't. [npr.org]

Druvius comments on Jun 16, 2022:

A country at war with itself, it's a symptom of much deeper malaise.

Have you seen the price for concert tickets lately?

Druvius comments on Jun 16, 2022:

Acoustic radar, what was used before real radar was invented and deployed.

My gosh! I turned on the TV and turned it to FoxNews since I haven't heard any crap from the right ...

Druvius comments on Jun 14, 2022:

And people watch CNN and MSNBC and think they're being informed to. What an amazing fantasy sheetshow the US has turned into since The Fairness Doctrine was scrapped.

Late Night with Seth Meyers - Blockbuster Jan.

Druvius comments on Jun 13, 2022:

I have a hard time seeing these as anything but political theater, and I loathe Trump and what he has done. Terrible times.

A conversation with a Google AI that believes it is sentient.

Druvius comments on Jun 13, 2022:

Roko's basilisk gets closer every day. I for one hail our future AI overlords.

Now that's funny... We Can Reduce Gun Violence, Even Without New Laws [slate.com]

Druvius comments on Jun 13, 2022:

The GOP has already passed laws preventing this.

Copied this from FB, there was nothing to show where it came from.

Druvius comments on Jun 13, 2022:

The motivated reasoning people use to pretend Trump was Putin's puppet is amazing, this is a fine example of same.

Feminist gets 3 years in prison for saying men cant be lesbians [sovereignman.com]

Druvius comments on Jun 13, 2022:

Lies. She has yet to be sentenced, unlikely she'll face any jail time.

I want to know how you lefties explain this one Feminist facing 3 years in prison for ...

Druvius comments on Jun 13, 2022:

Why are people on the right so obsessed with other people's genitals? It's frankly perverted.

Ottawa Denies Outrageous Request To Fly Russian Flag - CBC

Druvius comments on Jun 13, 2022:

"Unprovoked." LOL

Jan. 6 panelists: Enough evidence uncovered to indict Trump.

Druvius comments on Jun 12, 2022:

On the one hand, Trump in jail would be fine by me. On the other hand it might well inspire his supporters more to get him reelected by fair means or foul. Scary times.

Republicans pitch religious, family values as gun violence solution | The Hill

Druvius comments on Jun 12, 2022:

In other words they are offering nothing but magical thinking. Typical.

President Biden urges Congress to pass bipartisan gun framework: '

Druvius comments on Jun 12, 2022:

Political theater and military pork is all Washington is good for these days.

Republicans Make Bizarre Anti-Gun Control Arguments as House Passes Gun Reform Bill | The Daily Show

Druvius comments on Jun 10, 2022:

There aren't any good arguments against gun control, so bizarre arguments are all they have.

For months, Putin claimed to "denazify" Ukraine and counter the "NATO threat" or, alternatively, to ...

Druvius comments on Jun 10, 2022:

A propaganda speech to inspire his followers, nothing more, similar to the twaddle coming from Washington to support the war. He's been saying for ten years he will act to protect ethnic Russians and prevent NATO first strike weapons from being deployed next to Russia's heartland. We and the fool in Ukraine ignored him, and now we have a stupid avoidable war.

Insurrectionists Complain About Being 'Profiled' In Scathing 'Daily Show' Sketch

Druvius comments on Jun 10, 2022:

Def a "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes" moment.

Trump Air Force One Paint Job Could Overheat Planes: Report

Druvius comments on Jun 9, 2022:

Didn't they also remodel Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden?

World's Finest Car then but the rules of the road changed.

Druvius comments on Jun 9, 2022:

Where the hell are they that Dumbo the Flying Elephant is outside their windows? ;)

Election-Denier Who Tweeted Weird Things About Jews Nominated by GOP

Druvius comments on Jun 9, 2022:

I've lived in America since 1963, there has always been the oddball candidate, but nothing like the widespread magical thinking that has infected much of the modern GOP. I can't see it ending well.

Why is repeat offender Donald Trump still a free man? . [theguardian.com]

Druvius comments on Jun 9, 2022:

Most of Washington now is just doing government theater while they and their corporate patrons loot America. Any resemblance to a nation of laws is purely coincidental these days.

Brookings girl finds tracer in car

Druvius comments on Jun 9, 2022:

Most likely put there by someone she knew, that would certainly be the first pool of suspects to check out.

Not good, IMO [aljazeera.

Druvius comments on Jun 9, 2022:

Trump really messed up withdrawing from the JPCOA.

Will Science Someday Rule Out the Possibility of God? | Live Science

Druvius comments on Jun 9, 2022:

No, by definition science can neither prove nor disprove the existence of an invisible supernatural being. That being said, by the early 19th century science had shown there was simply no need to invoke the supernatural to explain the Universe and our existence. That people still believe in their invisible superfriend isn't going to be changed by further scientific refinement of our understanding of the Universe.

Preacher: Teachers "grooming" kids should be beheaded on live TV

Druvius comments on Jun 9, 2022:

Sheet like this is why Jesus is spinning in his grave. On the plus side if there really is a Christian heaven etc, would love to be there when people like this meet their maker: "You preached WHAT in my name????"

Kids, you'll be voting age soon.

Druvius comments on Jun 9, 2022:

The Dems have controlled Congress and the White House a number of times and didn't pass gun control legislation, just two parties playing "good cop, bad cop" while they both sell us out to the Pentagon and corporate America.

How to be straight lessons are now on the school curriculum, a least in church sponsored schools it ...

Druvius comments on Jun 9, 2022:

There is no way to lovingly and compassionately tell someone "My invisible superfriend is going to torture you forever for being the way he made them." It's sick sheet no matter how expressed, not to mention the opposite of Christ's teachings.

Sen. John Thune says Americans need AR-15s to fend off "prairie dogs."

Druvius comments on Jun 8, 2022:

There are bolt action 223s, the idea that an AR-15 is required to shoot vermin is either shockingly ignorant or deliberately disingenuous.

"They don't do fuck all worth doing".

Druvius comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Or Iraq, Serbia, Libya, Syria, etc. It's OK for the US and its allies to wage war as they please, but Russia does it and it's suddenly a big deal. Hypocrisy on steroids, especially since Putin's war is at least as justified as numerous American wars.

The Great War - World War Zero - The Russo Japanese War 1904-1905 (Documentary) [youtube.

Druvius comments on Jun 8, 2022:

Fascinating war. Historians didn't understand until after 1945 and Japan's archives were examined just how badly the Japanese had outfoxed the Russians.

Let's be very clear about one thing: if you want to find American supporters of PUTIN's illegal ...

Druvius comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Russiagate is brilliant propaganda. The Dems can support continuing a horrible war Washington's expansionist policies in Europe made inevitable, while virtue signaling to the Moon. Like Vietnam and many other US proxy wars, it likely won't end well, but Lockheed etc will be rolling in the bucks so who cares?

Former GOP congressman: Jan. 6 was an "attempted coup" by Trump

Druvius comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Fortunately Trump couldn't plan or manage a coup any more than he could run a business.

In another discussion on this site, someone called Tom wrote this to me: "You have spoken like a ...

Druvius comments on Jun 6, 2022:

You're not wrong.

Zoinks I wonder who gave him that idea?

Druvius comments on Jun 6, 2022:

The Masada Syndrome illustrated.

American Theocracy

Druvius comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Yes, the country may balkanize, civil war is possible. Maybe the country will peacefully split into red and blue states. but I suspect it will get much uglier than that.

We first sent men to the moon over fifty years ago.

Druvius comments on Jun 5, 2022:

LOL, first saw on a T-shirt in the 80s: "If they can send one man to the Moon, why can't they send them all?"

Presidents ranked from worst to best CBS News

Druvius comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Kind of a sophomoric analysis, definitely with a pronounced Neocon slant, but hey, CBS "news."

The Sordid Details Okay, friends, I promised to stop tantalizing and start telling, so here goes:...

Druvius comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Yikes, he has serious boundary issues. You dodged a bullet, good for you.

Here's a sick and perverse way to start your Sunday: Twas’ 24 days into the month of May, ...

Druvius comments on Jun 5, 2022:

Taking "Thoughts and prayers" to a truly sickening extreme.

CMA Fest Bans Confederate Flag Ahead Of Festival’s 2022 Return | Whiskey Riff

Druvius comments on Jun 4, 2022:

Good. The display of the Confederate Flag should have been made illegal in 1865. It's pure hate speech representing the greatest crime in American history. And that's before its adoption by white supremacists and other contemporary hate groups.

On the PBS Newshour tonight, New York Times columnist David Brooks opined that for Republicans, ...

Druvius comments on Jun 4, 2022:

"The Big Lie" is very similar to Hitler's "Stab in the back" myth. A terribly destructive political belief, that may well tear America apart.

I don't care what the founding fathers would say or want. They aren't here.

Druvius comments on Jun 3, 2022:

Their intent was to create a living document that would make the US a nation of laws with guaranteed rights for all. To focus on the literal meaning of minutiae painfully applied to the modern world is deliberately misconstruing their intent.

A good explanation on why the Russians have done a good job, so far, handling sanctions and ...

Druvius comments on Jun 2, 2022:

Only the US and its close allies are on board with sanctions, so I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for them to work. What might work is diplomacy, but the US is prepared to fight to the last Ukrainian instead.

Investigation Scorecard XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX MUELLER INVESTIGATION Purpose: investigate Russian ...

Druvius comments on Jun 1, 2022:

Actual evidence of Russian interference found: None. Dem version of Benghazi.

Depp verdict is in and Johnny came out the victor.

Druvius comments on Jun 1, 2022:

Proof of the adage "It takes two fools to have a fight."

Chimpanzees combine calls to form numerous vocal sequences: [sciencedaily.com]

Druvius comments on May 31, 2022:

Fascinating. Attempts to teach chimps grammar have been total fails, a chimp can't parse the difference between "Dog bits man" and "Man bites dog." This would seem to indicate that wild chimps do use grammar in some way. This could well lead to new understanding of the evolution of language, one of the great biological mysteries. Or it could be researchers seeing what they want to see. Will be curious to see how this story evolves. Thanks for posting.

Religion without belief — Most Japanese reject religious belief while embracing multiple forms ...

Druvius comments on May 31, 2022:

I'm an ignostic episcopalian. It's certainly possible for religious institutions to function as healthy parts of society without the magic beans element. The right wing evangelicals have given Christianity a bad name in the US and elsewhere.

Students protest against Seattle university's ban on hiring LGBTQ employees : NPR

Druvius comments on May 31, 2022:

Jesus wept.

Princeton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy - TPM – Talking Points Memo

Druvius comments on May 30, 2022:

Yerp, our elections have been a farce for decades. Performative democracy, not real democracy.

Never trust recruiters

Druvius comments on May 30, 2022:

Yeah, my recruiter lied through his teeth. Typical and understandable.

Scamming the suckers..

Druvius comments on May 30, 2022:

Saw a couple issues of "The American Rifleman" during Obama's terms. The cover pic was always Obama with lurid headlines about how this n------ in the White House was going to take your guns! They didn't actually print n------- but the implication was obvious.

How is Miss Sally who teaches 3rd grade going to do better than cops who have decades of firearms ...

Druvius comments on May 29, 2022:

In the history of stupid ideas, this one is Olympic class. Giving guns to untrained teachers is going to cause a lot more problems than it solves. Some of them WILL fall into the wrong hands. And when the cops arrive, how do they tell who the shooter is? But when one conforms the facts to fit one's ideology, it sounds perfectly reasonable.

Just received a notice our governor puts out for people of this state.

Druvius comments on May 29, 2022:

Sadly wouldn't surprise me that when the GOP controls congress again, they will prohibit laws like this on a Federal level.

I feel the same way

Druvius comments on May 29, 2022:

Yerp, many Americans don't give a crap about what anyone thinks outside of their own ideological base. One of the reasons rampant stupid has made the US dead last in so many ways compared to the rest of the developed world.

Sorry, I'm on a tear this morning.

Druvius comments on May 29, 2022:

Anyone who says things like that sees people as stereotypes of their gender. Pass.

Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (Bill of Rights) It has long been argued ...

Druvius comments on May 29, 2022:

DC vs Heller established that it is an individual right, so the ammosexuals can relax, they're not going to ban guns. That being said, tons can be done to reduce gun violence without impacting anyone's rights. Shotguns and revolvers are all one needs for home defense, there is utterly no reason for the public to be able to get magazine fed semi-automatic weapons whose only purpose is military, IE killing lots of people really fast.

The Roman Catholic Church saw fit to canonize the torturer and murderer known as Mother Terese of ...

Druvius comments on May 29, 2022:

The "schools" they ran for native children in the Americas complete the picture if additional proof is needed. Basically an organized pedophile ring.

From a friend on Facebook: I've seen a lot of people share a false equivalency about how we ...

Druvius comments on May 28, 2022:

There are no good arguments against trying to reduce America's hideous gun violence problem, so all they come up with is irrelevant BS.

We can reduce gun violence in the U.S. YLE

Druvius comments on May 27, 2022:

Yes, tons could be done to reduce America's frightening levels of gun violence. The problems aren't how to do it, but unlike tobacco or automobile safety, it's become an extremely partisan issue. As long as the GOP is dead set against any and all efforts to address the problem, national efforts are a no go. States can make progress at least.

Montana bars birth certificate changes, even with surgery

Druvius comments on May 26, 2022:

The party of freedom taking away freedom. On the other hand, every step the right takes back towards the Middle Ages the more they marginalize themselves.

Why were the cops milling about outside?

Druvius comments on May 26, 2022:

Interesting. If true, a damning indictment of these cops, and by extension their training and leadership. If there is ever a situation where the cops on the scene should move in immediately, this is it.

I'm a Christian Pastor. Evangelicals Have to Be Defeated in 2022.

Druvius comments on May 25, 2022:

It's going to be horrifying, and the Dems are sleepwalking right into it. That's because the Dem elite couldn't care less, their wealth and power will shield them. The poor and working class will be the ones suffering.

Good. Josh Duggar sentenced to 12 years in prison [people.com]

Druvius comments on May 25, 2022:

Well deserved from what I know.

The theoretical, non-experimental physicist AE may be in trouble.

Druvius comments on May 25, 2022:

Quack theory, been around a decade or more, nothing has come of it.

WTAF?

Druvius comments on May 24, 2022:

Imagine, one of the two major political parties of the greatest empire the world has ever known proposing magic and superstition as a solution to a terrible social problem.

Times of India got a hold of a leaked audio leak of China's military plans to take over Taiwan.

Druvius comments on May 24, 2022:

Taiwan is legally a rebellious province of China, so their claim on it is pretty unimpeachable. No surprise they have plans to invade, they likely have had such plans since 1949. Another stupid Cold War fossil conflict. It would be nice if everyone could sit down and work out a solution, but diplomacy simply isn't practiced by the US anymore, so it could end up generating a war. Seems unlikely in the near future, but the world is changing.

Not beyond the realm of possibility...

Druvius comments on May 24, 2022:

Jeeze, talk about simply stealing another person's work. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2008-11-24

Go ahead: tell me again how people who commit heinous crimes are "redeemable.

Druvius comments on May 24, 2022:

Few people make that claim, I have no problem with life in prison with no possibility of ever being released for a crime of this nature.

WTF is wrong with these scum bags!! these self-entitled, arrogant assholes that think this shit up.

Druvius comments on May 24, 2022:

Sadly the GOP has completely lost touch with reality. They no longer even have a political platform outside of trolling and fearmongering. Generally bad things happen when a powerful political movement embraces paranoid nonsense, I don't see this ending well.

Sacramento 'Gas for Guns' buyback program runs out of gift cards in under 1 hour : NPR

Druvius comments on May 23, 2022:

These programs are wildly successful, and get guns out of homes where they are unwanted and improperly stored. Exactly the sort of situation where they get into the wrong hands.

What side of history do you want to be on?

Druvius comments on May 23, 2022:

"Vote for us because we aren't the GOP" has been the most failed election strategy in American history. Yet many people still seem to think it's a viable strategy. Trump winning in 2024 looks more likely every day sadly enough.