BOSS LEVEL (On Hulu) This was fun. GoT meets Groundhog Day?

Druvius comments on May 29, 2021:

I didn't even realize he was in the movie until I posted the poster. :/

Is "riot" the right adjective for January 6th? [youtu.be]

Druvius comments on May 28, 2021:

"Normal tourist visit" isn't an option? ;)

Woman in racist Central Park confrontation sues over firing

Druvius comments on May 28, 2021:

White privilege illustrated. The fact that her blatantly ignoring the rules was the cause of the incident has somehow morphed into her as the victim? Give me a break.

Some facts for your perusal. [americasfrontlinedoctors.com]

Druvius comments on May 28, 2021:

A right wing political organization masquerading as a medical organization. A new low.

Christian Writer: The Pandemic Was God’s Way of Stopping Gay Pride Parades | Beth Stoneburner | ...

Druvius comments on May 28, 2021:

A God killed millions of innocent people to stop parades that hurt exactly no one? Couldn't he have just caused rainstorms on the parades?

Idaho Mom Lori Vallow Daybell Deemed Unfit To Stand Trial For Death Of Her Kids | HuffPost

Druvius comments on May 28, 2021:

The US Constitution is bullshit? I doubt that argument will fly in court.

Heroic San Jose Victim ‘Ran Around Building’ Warning Colleagues to Hide From Shooter ...

Druvius comments on May 27, 2021:

The fact that people like this exist gives me hope for the human race. The fact that America won't do what needs to be done to prevent such horrors gives me despair for our nation.

'Build me a robot so I never have to get into a grain bin': NU grads invent robot to protect farmers...

Druvius comments on May 27, 2021:

Grain is much deadlier than water to fall into, there have been all too many tragedies: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-community-grieves-after-three-girls-die-in-grain-loading-accident/article26803903/

What'd I tell you?

Druvius comments on May 26, 2021:

As an expatriente living in the US, that saddens me. America's cop fetish is nothing to emulate.

Let's form a viable Third Party. We need it!

Druvius comments on May 26, 2021:

Unfortunately after Shirley Chisolm's surprisingly strong showing in the seventies, the GOP/Dems set it up so that the chances of a viable third party are almost nonexistent. A healthy democracy has multiple parties reflecting multiple POVs, as many European and other democracies show. The US is a long ways from a healthy democracy.

Grand jury to consider Donald Trump charges [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on May 26, 2021:

I hope they've got good solid evidence. I certainly have no difficulty imagining he might have committed the crimes he's accused of, but pinning them on him if this was done under the aegis of a corporation might be tricky.

COVID origins: Biden asks US intelligence for report in 90 days

Druvius comments on May 26, 2021:

I'm sure they will produce the intelligence he wants, America's intelligence agencies are very reliable that way.

Stray Cat Follows Couple Right Into Their Home - YouTube

Druvius comments on May 26, 2021:

I've gotten at least one cat that way. :)

Blinken vows to repair relationship with the Palastinians

Druvius comments on May 25, 2021:

Your neighbor is keeping a family member in a cage, starving them and periodically beating them. And your goal is to be on good terms with the person in the cage? How is this helping?

Under new Florida law, social media companies can be fined for banning political candidates

Druvius comments on May 25, 2021:

Hoist by their own petard. This is prima facie unconstitutional, corporations have freedom of speech. We'll see how it plays out though.

Mast Upgrade: UK experiment could sweep aside fusion hurdle [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on May 25, 2021:

Yeah, but the idea that fusion is going to be some huge improvement over modern fission reactors is hype at best. It's already quite clear that the plants will be much more complicated and expensive to build and run than fission plants. There's all sorts of other problems too, from copious nuclear waste to the ugly fact that a fusion plant could easily be used to create weapons grade Uranium. https://thebulletin.org/2017/04/fusion-reactors-not-what-theyre-cracked-up-to-be/

For any and all of you who have questioned why your prays were never answered, I found the ...

Druvius comments on May 24, 2021:

Some sick sheet there.

Teen Vogue Explains How to Use Menstrual Blood in Witchcraft to Their 12-17 Year Old Readers

Druvius comments on May 23, 2021:

I got offered "Moon muffins" at a party once. I passed. Whatevs, and certainly preferable to "menstruation huts" and other such demonization of menstruation.

KFC is 3D PRINTING chicken meat using 'animal flesh cells' at 'meat of the future' Russian lab

Druvius comments on May 23, 2021:

Well, cruelty free meat. Like eating roadkill. People eat sausages, hot dogs, spam etc already. This is just a cruelty free version off same.

An ironic note: all jobs have some dishonesty, the lawyer who wins cases by presenting twisted ...

Druvius comments on May 23, 2021:

"Of organized religion, organized government, and organized crime ... only organized crime is honest about what its doing."

Too Bad Her Mom Didn't Abort This Skank Ho!

Druvius comments on May 23, 2021:

Unless she is supporting birth control, family planning, and sex education ... all she is ending is legal safe abortion.

Talk me through this?

Druvius comments on May 23, 2021:

Well, that's a sticky wicket. I agree with others, sounds like he was an adult who habituated to predatory behavior. Not a good candidate for rehabilitation. Not having met him though, I wouldn't want to cast judgment. Maybe he has owned what he did and is determined to better himself. Your concerns sound perfectly reasonable and understandable to me, I would certainly feel uncomfortable about going. That being said, unlike others in here, I would go to the wedding. She's your dear friend, it's her wedding, she wants you to be there. That's all that really matters. Game theory also says to go. If you go and suss out that he's a creep, you can back away from the friendship later. If you go and turns out he is a new person, all good, right? If you don't go, no matter who he is, you've done possibly irreparable damage to a friendship.

Is this why women live longer than men? 😂 [youtube.com]

Druvius comments on May 23, 2021:

LOL, reminded me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilwUXv_Kq7A

CNN Drops Rick Santorum After Racist Comments About Native Americans | HuffPost

Druvius comments on May 23, 2021:

That people in power can say such shockingly ignorant things shows why Critical Race Theory most definitely needs to be taught in schools.

I find I am already less interested in the news and am becoming complacent about the future.

Druvius comments on May 23, 2021:

Related, fear Sells unfortunately: https://www.alternet.org/2021/05/behavioral-scientist/?fbclid=IwAR0MTFlYH-nW6k7_44NmnndTLW8NZPElERLYv4Deq1NL6ZrZK8iTl8U8dBs

I can only imagine the righteous ire and indignation of people if they saw on the news that, from ...

Druvius comments on May 23, 2021:

Yes, living in a country where whites are advantaged in every way is infuriating. Claiming this is the equivalent is both ignorant and offensive, white fragility and distressed privilege illustrated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-M

🐍 May 22, 1931 🐍 The first sale of canned rattlesnake meat was made by George Kenneth End of ...

Druvius comments on May 22, 2021:

It's pretty boring meat, tasteless chicken. No surprise it never caught on, basically survivalist meat.

The Swedish over 50% of personal income as tax and are not socialist.

Druvius comments on May 22, 2021:

Some good friends spent a sabbatical year in Sweden. They had nothing but good things to say about it.

[livescience.] possible rescue attempt made to Pompeii based on skeleton found.

Druvius comments on May 21, 2021:

Eventually AIs might sort this sort of question out. Pompeii preserved a snapshot of the past, we're going to be developing the film for the foreseeable future.

California no longer a desirable place to live. [reason.]

Druvius comments on May 21, 2021:

It's gotten more crowded and expensive, but it's still California. Richest state in richest empire the world has ever seen, I don't think it's going to depopulate anytime soon.

Alabama lifts ban on teaching yoga in public schools but still bars ‘namaste’ | Alabama | The ...

Druvius comments on May 21, 2021:

Christians are so strong in their faith that their children must never come into contact with alternative views. Wait, what? Strikes me as a position of weakness and cowardice. What are they afraid of?

Ya drive down the road but it's blocked by the neighbor so you shoot a bottle rocket at his house ...

Druvius comments on May 21, 2021:

Shirts like this are popular in the Israeli military. Says it all.

CA prison guards ignored decapitation, state report alleges | The Sacramento Bee

Druvius comments on May 20, 2021:

The CA prison system by law (inspired by fundamentalist Christian thinking) is 100% punishment, 0% rehabilitation. Basically the worst possible approach to a prison, guaranteeing terrible prison conditions and high recidivism rates.

This Woman Abandoned Atheism For Christianity.

Druvius comments on May 20, 2021:

So a confused self-proclaimed atheist with reality testing issues becomes a confused self-proclaimed Christian with reality testing issues. Sad story.

Wait... Aren't human beings mammals?

Druvius comments on May 20, 2021:

Being hooked up to tubes in the ICU is going to get a lot worse.

🍅 May 18, 1994 🍅 For the first time, the FDA approves the sale of a genetically engineered ...

Druvius comments on May 18, 2021:

Well, safer, since irradiating seeds to get random mutations was a mainstay of the prior technology to develop new types of plants.

'Who Knows What Would Have Happened?

Druvius comments on May 18, 2021:

It's all too common. Happened to a black friend of mine. Fortunately not only was he at work when the cop allegedly bought drugs from him, his job had a time clock. Still took a year and a lot of hassle to clear up, and cop suffered no penalty.

[sciencenews.org] It never appeared difficult for me to see fake news is fake.

Druvius comments on May 17, 2021:

All the mainstream news is fake. Fox is the most obvious, they just simply lie. The rest are more subtle, but they are faithfully towing the corporate/Pentagon/White House line and people think they are hearing news. As a Russian visitor once observed: "Wow, in the old Soviet Union we had to shoot reporters to get them to repeat the Kremlin's lies. In America the reporters do it voluntarily!"

Does it come with a warranty???

Druvius comments on May 17, 2021:

Like the Vietnam War joke: "For Sale, ARVN M-16. Never fired, only dropped once."

Very 'Scary' Cat Is Obsessed With A Tiny Almond | The Dodo Cat Crazy | Pets | bloomeradvance.com

Druvius comments on May 15, 2021:

wow

North Carolina minimum marriage age rises to 16 in bill OK’d by Senate

Druvius comments on May 15, 2021:

Same people objecting to this no doubt scream about Muslim forced child marriages. Even 16 is wrong, 18 at bare minimum. Sadly forced child marriage is all too common in the US still.

Texas lawmakers move to raise penalties on owners of Teslas and other electric vehicles | TheHill

Druvius comments on May 15, 2021:

I thought it was crazy until I read the article. Gasoline taxes fund road infrastructure. It's not unreasonable that EVs pay their fair share of such taxes, they are using the same roads. Calling this a "penalty" is misleading at best. I don't know if this bill is equitable, but the premise is sound.

I was about to post about how proud I was for not caving in to have sex with someone I wasn’t ...

Druvius comments on May 14, 2021:

Women are taught to be available for men who put the right moves on them, men are taught that women are obligated to have sex with them if they put the right moves on them. We all need to get past this.

Richard Dawkins: It’s “Wise and Sensible” to Abort Fetuses with Down Syndrome | Hemant Mehta |...

Druvius comments on May 13, 2021:

"Sometimes I wonder if his desire for headlines outweighs his humanity." Only sometimes?

I find it hilarious how politely political folks have nothing to say about how fucked up our country...

Druvius comments on May 12, 2021:

What, exactly, has Biden effed up? The economy is fine, stock market great, Covid getting under control. Yes, TDS was real, but you seem to be exhibiting BDS.

The straight dope from a smart Kiwi. [principia-scientific.com]

Druvius comments on May 12, 2021:

Stopped reading at "tyrannical measures." If one thinks that the minor inconvenience of public health measures is tyranny, one has never experienced tyranny in any form. No need to read further, when the premise is absurd, what follows will be worse.

Conspiracist: The Unvaccinated Are Being Treated Just Like Jews in the Holocaust | Beth Stoneburner ...

Druvius comments on May 11, 2021:

Anyone comparing the minor inconveniences of public health measures to things like Jim Crow or the holocaust clearly has never experienced anything remotely like actual oppression in their life. It's the sort of thing people who have lived an utterly privileged life would say.

Texas Judge Throws Out NRA's Bankruptcy Case As 'Bad Faith'

Druvius comments on May 11, 2021:

Sounds like the right decision to me. Trying to use the letter of the law to evade the intent of the law works better in movies than in real life.

IsraeliCruelty [twitter.

Druvius comments on May 10, 2021:

It's not a good look.

Mushrooms on Mars: Do These Images Show Proof of Life on Mars?

Druvius comments on May 10, 2021:

No. That the mainstream press is promoting this nonsense shows just how low journalism standards are these day.

If the election wasn't "stolen", why are Democrats so vehemently opposed to the audits?

Druvius comments on May 9, 2021:

Because there has been zero evidence presented to indicate the widespread fraud Trump alleges, so at this point continuing to pursue the imaginary issue is destroying faith in America. Since by every indication the election was free and fair, why is Trump so vehemently refusing to accept that he lost? The first election in US history where the loser refused to concede, how is that anything but destructive to the republic?

This one makes a lot of sense.

Druvius comments on May 9, 2021:

This post is a illustration of this: https://theoutline.com/post/7083/the-magical-thinking-of-guys-who-love-logic?fbclid=IwAR2MRdBgpg-9XQaC8vgLuGjO6BnyW-PHtStwNq33ZTmtMhVXjtB60JLYxEs

This one makes a lot of sense.

Druvius comments on May 8, 2021:

"This needs to go under the title "Conservatives Trying to Define Socialism but Just End Up Describing Capitalism Again." "

This is an item up for sale at icollector.

Druvius comments on May 8, 2021:

It was a sacred Navajo symbol before the 30s, dunno when these rugs were made. https://www.cpr.org/2018/08/15/those-are-sacred-navajo-symbols-not-swastikas-on-that-pueblo-art-collectors-rug/

I am soooo ready to forget Trump and move on.

Druvius comments on May 7, 2021:

Yes, the GOP is transforming into a Trump cult as I type. The Jan 6 insurrection was his Beer Hall Putsch. This could still get really ugly, though his age, incoherence, and incompetence are mitigating factors.

Mapping Police Violence

Druvius comments on May 6, 2021:

Just another example of America's deep rooted structural problems.

JUST A THOUGHT Ok so I’ve divided humanity into two gangs called the Rods and the Cones.

Druvius comments on May 2, 2021:

And the sciences of advertising and propaganda, not to mention much of America's education system, have worked very hard and very successfully to ensure as many rods as possible.

Unhinged Lawmaker Arrested After Trying To Be a Substitute Teacher. He Terrified The Students.

Druvius comments on May 2, 2021:

The new normal in Trumptopia.

The 13th Warrior, one of Antonio Banderas best roles in my opinion. [youtube.com]

Druvius comments on Apr 30, 2021:

Yes, he was very good in this. An underappreciated movie. And Vikings really did duel with three shields as portrayed, and it was generally frowned upon, because it often meant the loss of a good fighter. As also portrayed. Great movie.

The most dangerous place on Earth | The Economist

Druvius comments on Apr 29, 2021:

Another horrifying fossil from the misbegotten Cold War. Sadly until we live in a world where the great powers recognize self-determination, situations like this will be cause for disagreement and war. I think the parties involved should sit down and negotiate a settlement, that certainly has to be preferable to China ending the rebellion by force or a nuclear war attempting to prevent same.

QAnon fans are obsessed with Arizona vote "audit," still hoping for Trump comeback | Salon.com

Druvius comments on Apr 29, 2021:

So much psychological projection.

While Delivering FL Senate Invocation, Pastor Says Welfare Rewards “Laziness” | Hemant Mehta | ...

Druvius comments on Apr 28, 2021:

Coded racism. He thinks of his fellow humans as animals. That's GOP Christianity for you.

A friend sent this and I thought it worth sharing.

Druvius comments on Apr 27, 2021:

Yes, ants do have some interesting behaviors around drops of water. The idea this is some sort of ant science or ants recognizing rights, give me a break. Anthropomorphism illustrated.

Private school in Miami won't hire teachers who are vaccinated

Druvius comments on Apr 27, 2021:

Too bad there is no vaccine for stupid.

Hopefully the US Supreme Court will rule in favor of the New York rifle association as its total ...

Druvius comments on Apr 27, 2021:

Why would more gun violence be a good thing? More people running around with guns will mean more accidental, stupid, and impulsive shootings. More innocent dead and wounded people in a country that is already the shame of the developed world for its horrific amount of gun violence. How is this a good thing?

"Critical" Race Theory [city-journal.org]

Druvius comments on Apr 26, 2021:

Fearmongering about straw man enemies seems to be all the right has to offer these days, it's frankly kind of bizarre. This article is a wonderful example of same.

I have been known to do it myself

Druvius comments on Apr 26, 2021:

Hard cheese, it's a fine practice . Bread, nope, any mold and it's all mold. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/food-and-nutrition/faq-20058492

Derek Chauvin: Why the look on his face was something worse than hate - CNN

Druvius comments on Apr 25, 2021:

"NHI" is in fact a known police term. 'No human involved.'

Climate change is real and we need to stop or review subsidies to oil and fishing and agriculture...

Druvius comments on Apr 25, 2021:

Yerp, it's not too late, but getting there fast. https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/a-decisive-decade-for-climate-action/

The Spaghetti Harvest, Aired by BBC News on April 1 1957 🍝😂 [youtu.be]

Druvius comments on Apr 24, 2021:

Apparently at the time pasta was little known in most of the UK, so not terribly surprising some folks fell for it. A classic.

Vintage Oddities Part 4_ 1- Prototype night vision goggles, USSR 1930.

Druvius comments on Apr 24, 2021:

I've seen the fire suit before. Couldn't find anything on it, but I strongly suspect it was a fail. Reading about it, the big danger for firemen is steam burns. My suspicion is a suit like this would just make that more likely. Neat pic though.

A man I deliver parts to still thinks that Trump is really president and going to reappear at any ...

Druvius comments on Apr 23, 2021:

Seceding from the nation wasn't good enough for Trump and company, plus it would require actual management and leadership skills which Trump patently doesn't possess. So him and his followers have seceded from reality itself. Breathtaking in a way.

When I said George Floyd looked like a thug and a common criminal, people started calling me racist ...

Druvius comments on Apr 22, 2021:

No need to call you a racist, you're announcing it loud and clear to the world.

Okay, let's talk about why Ma’Khia Bryant is different from George Floyd

Druvius comments on Apr 21, 2021:

Did he make ANY attempt to determine what was going on, did he tell her to drop the knife? Nope, another case of policeman sees what he thinks is a weapon in the hands of a black person and "free fire zone!" Something that happens to blacks regularly. Shootings like this are the problem, not "good policing."

It's serious folks.

Druvius comments on Apr 18, 2021:

Sadly millions of his followers believe it as well.

Ex-KGB Agent Says Trump Was a Russian Asset. Does it Matter?

Druvius comments on Apr 12, 2021:

Huh? Relations with Russia hit new lows under Trump in every respect, including more sanctions, and Trump sold tons of weapons to Ukraine. If he was a Russian asset, Putin got exactly NOTHING from him. Worst buy he ever made.

Tom Horn Says an Asteroid Will Strike Earth in 2029, Unleashing an ‘Alien Virus’ That Will Give ...

Druvius comments on Apr 11, 2021:

Oh, China has a flyby mission scheduled for 2022. We'll get a close up look at this bad boy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis#Planned_Chinese_mission

Tom Horn Says an Asteroid Will Strike Earth in 2029, Unleashing an ‘Alien Virus’ That Will Give ...

Druvius comments on Apr 11, 2021:

A new level of unhinged.

WOW! That was fast!

Druvius comments on Apr 11, 2021:

Saw this one too:

A bit kinky, not?

Druvius comments on Apr 11, 2021:

:)

An expansion on Murphy's Law.

Druvius comments on Apr 10, 2021:

Doug's law of embedded problems: "Inside every problem there is a bigger problem struggling to be free."

BLM leader buys 1.4m dollar place in LA?

Druvius comments on Apr 10, 2021:

Is there some point you're trying to make?

" We should have never trusted them" Let us not forget the goal of the left is to make as many ...

Druvius comments on Apr 10, 2021:

"Let us not forget the goal of the left is to make as many people depended on the government is possible." That's certainly not the case in the United States. Your "argument," and that's a diplomatic way to refer to this collection of lies, straw man arguments, and other logical fallacies goes downhill from there. There really is no left in the USA anymore, just a right wing corporatist/war party and an extreme right wing corporatist/war party.

A late easter joke; I just heard it today.

Druvius comments on Apr 8, 2021:

The original punchline was "Brylcreem, it puts life in your hair!" Old jokes never die, they just get recycled every generation. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6F4GtyRfto

Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot-Reuters/Ipsos poll

Druvius comments on Apr 6, 2021:

More than half of white Americans think that whites are a discriminated against minority now. Safe bet there's a good overlap here.

Christ! We're eating here!

Druvius comments on Apr 2, 2021:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/4sx5ro/jesus_holds_up_the_bread/

Utah is banning porn on cellphones - this is why | The Independent

Druvius comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Anytime a politician claims something is "sending a message," you know you're being lied to.

Mah.Thur.Fah.Curse. The Dems are gatekeepers in the service of their corporate puppetmasters.

Druvius comments on Mar 29, 2021:

You'd think that eight years of Obama doing the same would have clued people in, nu?

I know just the spot.

Druvius comments on Mar 26, 2021:

I write messages on the wall when remodeling. Lot's of fun.

The art of the possible’: Biden lays out pragmatic vision for his presidency The distillation of ...

Druvius comments on Mar 25, 2021:

In other words, he ain't gonna do anything his corporate masters don't approve of. Who would have guessed?

I think many things confuse them...

Druvius comments on Mar 24, 2021:

People who proclaim "Hitler is a socialist" might as well tattoo on their forehead "I'm too stupid to use Google."

The premise of this group is good, but it starts off incorrectly.

Druvius comments on Mar 24, 2021:

Most people understand that "assault weapons" in common usage means large capacity magazine fed semi-automatic rifles based on a military design. In fact the only people who claim not to understand this are gun nuts trying to confuse the issue because there are no reasonable sporting, self defense, or hunting reasons for such weapons to be in civilian hands.

Alabama GOP passes resolution naming Trump ‘one of the greatest’ presidents [nypost.com]

Druvius comments on Mar 23, 2021:

Because saying it makes it true, talk about the "post truth" era. @@

Kind of hard to blame Trump for the mess we have at the southern border right now!

Druvius comments on Mar 23, 2021:

Wow, what a mind numbingly idiotic characterization of Biden. That's how the GOP operates now, they have no policies of their own (11 years now since they promised an alternative to the ACA!) so ridiculous straw man arguments about the Democrats are all they have. Illustrated nicely here, thanks for posting!

Maybe people that didn't vote at all shouldn't receive it either.

Druvius comments on Mar 21, 2021:

So in other words, the enormous number of people that weren't able to vote because of decades of GOP voter suppression laws, shouldn't get a stimulus check ... because?

Got my first Moderna vaccination today, so I’m taking it easy.

Druvius comments on Mar 20, 2021:

I was sick for a day after my first Pfizer shot. First vaccine reaction ever. Oh well, it's worth it.

Russian Disinformation Campaign Aims to Undermine Confidence in Pfizer, Other Covid-19 Vaccines, ...

Druvius comments on Mar 10, 2021:

"Websites linked to Russian intelligence services." Let me guess, no actual proof or evidence supporting this was provided? And we can also use logic ... why would Russia do something so pointless, self destructive, traceable, and utterly in the interests of US anti-Russian propaganda? Makes no sense, but since Washington said it it must be true, right?

Bolsonaro's policies are causing Brazil to become a 'factory' for superpotent Covid-19 variants, say...

Druvius comments on Mar 9, 2021:

This is why I will continue masking and practicing social distancing after I get vaccinated.

Preparing for Retaliation Against Russia, U.

Druvius comments on Mar 8, 2021:

You can't make this shit up. Oh, wait, the US has been making this shit up to justify our global empire since 1945.

Remembering Allan McDonald: He Refused To Approve Challenger Launch, Exposed Cover-Up [npr.org]

Druvius comments on Mar 8, 2021:

The shuttle was one of the biggest fails in American history, should have been scrapped after Challenger. They went on to lose another before the whole sorry mess was shut down. Most dangerous passenger vehicle ever put into service, one dead for every eight trips.