I was going to tell you all a joke about trickle-down economics.

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

If you lined-up all the economists in the world end-to-end, they would still point in the wrong direction. :)

Heard this on the radio driving down the Thruway.

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

"I Am Waiting" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards that was first released on the Rolling Stones' 1966 album Aftermath. The music of the song is one of several Rolling Stones songs from this period that shows Appalachian and English folk influences. As he does on "Lady Jane," another song from Aftermath, Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones plays a dulcimer on "I Am Waiting." Jack Nitzsche plays harpsichord. Bill Wyman's slow and "eerie" bassline and the acoustic guitars add to the effect. In the song's unusual structure, the refrains are louder and rock harder than the slow verses. In Janovitz's interpretation, the harder refrains permit Jagger to "vent the frustration" that has been built up through the verses.

Take the survey in the attached image of my text from the trump campaign and tell him what a ...

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

. .. hmmm, attempting to 'access' obfuscated URLs is not a practice I recommend :P

So much for freedom of the press in our country

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

. . . that Constitutional restriction ONLY applies to **government** :P

Is Aljazeera popular in the united states?

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/al-jazeera/

Radiohead. - High and Dry. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

Yorke performed an early version of "High and Dry" with the band Headless Chickens while he was a student at University of Exeter in the late 1980s. Yorke said the lyrics were about "some loony girl I was going out with", but became "mixed up with ideas about success and failure".

Everyone yearns for everlasting true love, but most people who can't find it just give up and settle...

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

I typically refer to it as a "wonderful madness" :)

This is funny!

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

. . . depression is a disease :P

[twitter.com] who will like an idiot like you 🤣😂😅

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

NOBODY ? again with the BS :)

"Nanny State" social media platforms decide what information we are allowed to observe.

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

. . . this 'meme' is fake news . . . even as a (MS) monoposoft bigot, I know that Bill Gates is way MORE than a software developer. There are plenty of ways to hear them 'speak' :P

Sperm don't swim anything like we thought they did, new study finds | Live Science

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

. . . wow, precession -- whoda thunk it !

I think he may be onto something here...

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

TOP 10 REASONS TO STUDY ECONOMICS 1. Economists are armed and dangerous: "Watch out for our invisible hands." 2. Economists can supply it on demand. 3. You can talk about money without every having to make any. 4. You get to say "trickle down" with a straight face. 5. Mick Jagger and Arnold Schwarzenegger both studied economics and look how they turned out. 6. When you are in the unemployment line, at least you will know why you are there. 7. If you rearrange the letters in "ECONOMICS", you get "COMIC NOSE". 8. Although ethics teaches that virtue is its own reward, in economics we get taught that reward is its own virtue. 9. When you get drunk, you can tell everyone that you are just researching the law of diminishing marginal utility. 10. When you call 1-900-LUV-ECON and get Kandi Keynes, you will have something to talk about.

I'm good with next Tuesday, too.

FearlessFly comments on Aug 2, 2020:

. . . actually he wants to **delay** the election :P

Bohemian Rhapsody played by 100+ year old fairground organ [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

. . . thundering and lightning :)

Well...I guess I'd stop imagining?

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

I imagine I would stop also :)

HERMAN HERMITS - SHE'S A MUST TO AVOID .

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

"A Must to Avoid" is a song written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri, performed by Herman's and Hermits and produced by Mickie Most.

Life of sin.

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

"Better to laugh with the sinners than die with the saints" -- Billy Joel :O

TED Talk: Katrina Spade - "When I Die, Recompose Me" Obviously, I'm not into the religious aspect...

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Good idea(s). I imagine funeral industry ads describing "worm food" :P

We alway knew "Umbrella Man" was a white supremacist or some such. [usatoday.com]

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

I suspected he was 'police' :P

Singularity Principle (FULL MOVIE) - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

. . . not really a big SciFi fan, but saving it for later . . .

I'm Fat Shamming here.

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

I like Bill, and this is all correct, but I like him better when he is a comedian.

Christians have such a bad memory...

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Given ALL the current BS, how does anyone know this wasn't ? :O

A singer I really like a lot is Christina Perri.

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

The song was included on Perri's debut EP, The Ocean Way Sessions (2010), and appeared on Perri's debut studio album, Lovestrong (2011). The song was co-written by Perri, Drew Lawrence, and Barrett Yeretsian. Perri drew inspiration for the song from a real-life experience with a love interest who wanted to rekindle a broken relationship. "Jar of Hearts" has been described as an autobiographical song for Perri, recalling an ex-boyfriend who wanted to reconnect after a tough breakup. Seeing writing duties by the song's performer Christina Perri,[clarification needed] additional writing is seen by Drew Lawrence and Barrett Yeretsian; production by the song's writers Barrett Yeretsian and Christina Perri. "Jar of Hearts" is a rock-oriented tune that is about shunning the continued advances of a former flame who was ungrateful while together, yet now wants to rekindle a failed romance.

Mike Pompeo Says Bill Barr Will Determine Whether To Postpone The Election

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

The Constitution give Congress the power to set the date, by statute.

94 DAYS, AND HERE COMES AUGUST: [united-cats.com]

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Silly, Random, & Fun

DNC Does Victory Lap, Spits In Progressives' Faces - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Aug 1, 2020:

. . . hmmm, those "shot-down" are platform positions, NOT legislation :P

Azzow Fred_snerd

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

IIRC, fred said he had blocked 170 ? but Azzow ? wth (added later) . . . sorry, the 170 wasn't fred . . .

Patti Smith - Because The Night [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

"Because the Night" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith that was first released in 1978 as a single from the Patti Smith Group 1978 album Easter. Springsteen struggled with the song almost four months until his engineer, Jimmy Iovine, got involved. At the time, Iovine was also producing the album Easter for Patti Smith at the Record Plant, New York, where Darkness was being recorded at the same time. Iovine says, "Now, Bruce was very understanding and very flexible, because he realized that this was my first real break as a producer. Anyway, one night whilst we were lounging around the Hotel Navarro in New York I told Bruce I desperately wanted a hit with Patti, that she deserved one. He agreed. As he had no immediate plans to put ‘Because the Night’ on an album, I said why not give it to Patti. Bruce replied, ‘If she can do it, she can have it.’"

Good job video conference interview shirt or poor judgment? I'm on the fence here. Help me out.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

To the hiring manager of my last job (10yrs as a health care data code monkey) I actually said "I won't blind you with my brilliance, but neither will I baffle you with baloney!" -- it worked :O

I had a great time today at the seaside .

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kina_Grannis https://secondhandsongs.com/work/9272/versions

What is the solution to high prescription drug Prices do you think? [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

I recommend the book "Bad Pharma" -- a very good read : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15795155-bad-pharma

Status Quo - What You're Proposing [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

The song was reprised, in 2014, for the band's thirty-first studio album Aquostic (Stripped Bare). It was featured in the ninety-minute launch performance of the album at London's Roundhouse on 22 October, the concert being recorded and broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series.

I have 2 questions for the group, one of which isn't exactly related to GNU and so might need to be ...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

I'm running Kubuntu 18.10 and 19.10. In both cases plasma is the default WM, but I also have installed cinnamon-session and xfce4-session -- I think whichever one is installed last becomes default, selectable at login. I am not very network knowledgeable, but it seems to me that IOT and privacy are kinda at odds :P

Sometimes it's ok to be happy when someone dies? Your thoughts please [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

I found that to be **funny** :)

Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart [youtube.]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Though the album version was not recorded until 1990, the song was originally written in the late 1980s; it was performed live as early as 1989. The backing track was built around many samples, primarily the main riff from Herbie Hancock's track "Bring Down the Birds" from the Blowup soundtrack and Vernon Burch's "Get Up", which provided the drum track and also formed the basis for the breakdown featuring a slide whistle. Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins provided guest vocals, and the rap is provided by Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest

YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Apart from math, science doesn't PROVE anything (it can disprove some things). There is always doubt/error/new ideas.

Too soon? George H.W. Bush, American War Criminal [youtube.]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

I recently finished "The Brothers" (Dulles) which also made some of these allegations

Why We Should Not Fear Death [youtube.]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

. . . 'not born' is not the same as dead

Good morning I’m actually in a rush to get ready because I’m off for the coast this morning.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

The song was written by Debbie Cook and recorded by the lead singer of the band, Cathy Lesurf. The release was shrouded in controversy after reports that the song was actually inspired by a trip to Rhyl, another town in North Wales. It was said[by whom?] that Bangor was chosen as the lyric due to it having an extra syllable that flowed better with the song. There were rumours of an outcry among local councillors and businesses in Rhyl about the missed opportunity for tourism which would have been generated. Cook stated that the song was specifically written about Bangor.

95 DAYS, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME: [united-cats.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Any day I'm upright and drawing breath is a cause for a little celebration. I don't celebrate getting **older** -- it is not for sissies. :)

Here is an interesting and useful article to check out.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

I used to advocate this browser extension, still good but now is subscription based. https://www.newsguardtech.com/how-it-works/

Here is an interesting and useful article to check out.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Factcheck and Snopes are good for individual articles. For "consider the source" I go to : https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

From 900 CE an antibiotic salve. [gizmodo.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

. . . hmmm, I posted this yesterday : "100 million years old. And alive ?"

Lincoln Project: Wake Up Long for a Lincoln Project video (6 minutes), but truly well done.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

. . . the last two lines you quoted are the only part I liked about this one :P

Mel Tormé & Skeewiff - Coming Home Baby [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

"Comin' Home Baby" is a song originally written as an instrumental by Ben Tucker and first recorded by the Dave Bailey Quintet in 1961, and shortly thereafter by Herbie Mann. Lyrics were added by Bob Dorough, and the vocal version became a US Top 40 hit for American jazz singer Mel Tormé in 1962. The song has since been covered numerous times.

Rep. John Lewis Essay: It's Your Turn to Let Freedom Ring | Time

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

The PBS Newshour ended tonight with a tribute : (queued-up for only the tribute) . . . include remarks at his funeral service by former presidents. https://youtu.be/Nppc3x3HJzI?t=2572

It seems to be ingrained in every Republican's DNA to steal anymore. [msn.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

. . . hmmm , a congresscritter unethical ? just shocking :P https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/us/larry-householder-ohio-speaker-arrested.html

Bedtime has come around again and tonight I’m posting an old one from Billy Joel.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Joel shared that the melody and chord progression for this song came to him while he was dreaming. In an interview on the Howard Stern Radio Show on November 16, 2010, Joel revealed that the inspiration for writing the name of the song and how it sounds in the chorus was directly taken from the last line in the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons song "Rag Doll"; which incidentally was also a larger inspiration for Joel's later song, "Uptown Girl". The song, which Joel had written for his first wife (and also his business manager at the time) Elizabeth Weber, was not liked by either Joel or his band, and Joel had originally decided against making the track a part of The Stranger, but at the request of both Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow (both were recording in other studios in the same building at the time), he agreed to put the song on the final mix.

James - Sit Down (2001 final live performance ) - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

The song's lyrics were written in the autumn of 1988 as a homage to author Doris Lessing and singer Patti Smith, who had inspired the lead singer of James, Tim Booth. In an interview with Dave Simpson of The Guardian on the effect of the song, James guitarist Larry Gott stated, “Sit Down is one of those songs that encourages people to put their arms around strangers. As soon as we launch into the opening bars, they start smiling. Then they turn to someone next to them or their girlfriend or boyfriend and hug them, and then they start singing every single word. As a musician, that's incredibly humbling.”

Investor Ownership Of American Farmland May Be Good For The Environment : NPR

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

I think the big problem is monoculture -- beef, potato, and corn

Today is a great day to post an Ella Fitzgerald song.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnXLVTi_m_M

I have just finished watching the Eulogy for John Lewis, by President Clinton and President Obama, ...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

(pedantic) I think it is more accurate to say we know when LIES are being told. . . Philosophers have been 'discussing' the idea of 'truth' since at least the ancients.

I turned 28 today. Cool 😎 😁What are some things that help you get through the years?

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

. . . nice pic :) . . . at my age, . . . youth is wasted on the young :)

the magazine sounds interesting. hopefully there'll be some comics.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

. . . hmmmm, I'm seeing stuff from folks who have BLOCKED me ! . . . is that a feature, or a bug ? :O :)

the magazine sounds interesting. hopefully there'll be some comics.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

. . . not aware of "the magazine"

Neil Postman: “Our children are the living messages we send to a future we will not see.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

IMO, the word 'respect' has a VARIETY (too many) of 'connotations' . . . as in the Godfather -- kissing a ring (or ass) DISrespect -- as in pissing-off the wrong person, perhaps with dire (or deadly) consequence(s) . . . and (too many) in-between :P

Some friends are worth loosing if it means being truly happy.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Some 'philosophies' I (try to) live by : "Sugar coating leads to truth decay" -- Swami Beyondananda I say what I mean and mean what I say -- that doesn't make me a mean person. Why should ANYONE **suffer** (what they consider to be) foolishness in silence ? I don't, and I sincerely wish no one did. I don't use the word 'friend' lightly. :)

Why It Matters That Seth Rogen Spoke Out Against Israel BY HADAS THIER Seth Rogen grabbed ...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

"there were people there" . . . kinda like when Europeans conquered North/South America(s). :O :P . . . not bragging, just sayin'

How about that?

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

. . . pretty sure I have seen/read-about this before -- don't remember where/when.

Please change the absolutely useless flat mouth emoji to one of sadness.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

I'd like to see another (less 'grrr' ) **dislike** emoji :P

The universal language at it's best. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

"Misty" is a jazz standard written in 1954 by pianist Erroll Garner. He composed it as an instrumental on the traditional 32-bar format and recorded it for the album Contrasts (1955). Lyrics were added later by Johnny Burke. It became the signature song of Johnny Mathis. The song has been recorded many times, including versions by Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, and, most recently, by alternative rock band Qui.

Ohio Players - Fire - Live [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

The song was recorded at Mercury Records' Chicago-based studio. While performing it in California, the band let Stevie Wonder hear the basic track for the song and he predicted that it would become a big hit. The song is noted for its sound of a siren recorded from a fire truck, heard at the beginning, as well as in the instrumental break in the middle. The edited version avoided much of the repetition of the music. The composer of Wild Cherry's hit song "Play That Funky Music" has indicated that "Fire" was the inspiration.

Should Facebook get broken-up ? why/not ?

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_antitrust_law

Mountain - Don't Look Around [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

"Don't Look Around" was featured on the soundtrack of Pineapple Express (2008).

Does the fact that both Democrats and Republicans agree that extra money should be given to ...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

I worked a lot of years in (union) construction in MN. The pay was great, time out-of-work was a "way of life". Employers paid-into the program based on how much employees were not working so in construction, they always were paying in at the maximum. Despite me having lots of time working, I had lots of periods of collecting unemployment based on my (high) wages. So I was always getting the maximum allowed. But that 'taught' me to not live beyond my means and "save for the 'rainy' days". ymmv

For the heck of it, I clicked on a few profiles today of people I used to see posts and comments ...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

. . . better to be pissed-off than pissed-on :)

Suzi Quatro - She’s In Love With You 1978. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Good one.

Which verse are you smoking?

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Silly, Random I could say weed is "against my religion", but that would by **lying** :O :P

Are you on 5G yet?

FearlessFly comments on Jul 30, 2020:

. . . bwaaahaaahaaa, my $15 'flip phone' will never :O :)

Expanding musical horizons

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

. . . there are a handful of groups dedicated to (just) music of many varieties on the website.

BOYZ II TO MEN. END OF THE ROAD. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

It was released in 1992 and was written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons.

ERIC BENET (FEAT. TAMIA) SPEND MY LIFE WITH YOU. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

"Spend My Life with You" is a Grammy-nominated R&B song by R&B singer Eric Benét, featuring R&B singer Tamia. Released as the second single from Benét's second studio album A Day in the Life (1999).

What, what,, WAAAAIIITT??? Did you just say that?? [vimeo.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

. . . there are two or three previous posts about this 'video'

Religious Shunning

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

. . . how did you get to level 3 by joining today and one referral, one post -- no comments ?

[youtube.com] Thinking about Peter Green (RIP) - Albatross is on my regular playlist.......

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

"Albatross" is a guitar-based instrumental by Fleetwood Mac, released as a single in November 1968. Santo & Johnny's "Sleep Walk" (1959) reportedly inspired Peter Green for his 1968 instrumental "Albatross", although the composition also resembles Chuck Berry's 1957 instrumental "Deep Feeling", itself derivative of the 1939 recording "Floyd's Guitar Blues" by Andy Kirk and his 12 Clouds of Joy, featuring guitarist Floyd Smith. In Green's biography [Celmins 1998], an early inspiration for "Albatross" was said to have been "a group of notes from an Eric Clapton solo, played slower."[

How It's Done: Colorado Reporter Puts on a Clinic in How to Accurately Report on Violent Rioters ...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

. . . no bias or gaslighting going on ? hmmmm https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/red-state/

Trump Legal Adviser: Church/State Separation is “Nowhere in the Constitution” | Hemant Mehta | ...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

"that’s just nowhere in the Constitution" -- that's actually correct "nowhere in American law" -- that's total BS

There was this kid who was always in trouble at school; fighting, not doing his work, breaking ...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

I was a teacher (Science, PhyEd) at a Catholic 'middle' school for one year. The principal was a very likeable nun, the students feared her. Two 'vignettes' I was given (by other teachers there) this "procedure" If the class/student was getting "unruly", take the 'worst offender' out into the hall for a 'chat" BANG the locker LOUDLY so the entire class would hear (not see) it, then send the student to the principal. :P At a parent teacher conference -- three teachers, both parents -- for the 'behaviour problem' in my homeroom (6th grade), the father (pounding his one fist into the other palm) said "If my kid gets out-of-hand LET HIM HAVE IT!". I'm thinking 'No more wondering why the kid has problems' :O

Is any spiritual belief a sign of unintelligence to you?

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

"if they're open to pushing past absurdities" "a lot choose to think little of me because they think they're smarter" . . . hmmmm, IMO, not great conversation starters ! :P

I am a misfit when it comes to socializing, and that comes across as lack of confidence, but it is ...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

"Every woman I dated won't tell me what she really wants from me, as if I am supposed to know what her needs are telepathically" "Other than cunnilingus, I don't know what women want in a mate" . . . hmmm, I don't think describing women with such sweeping generalities is a great way to go about it. :O

Minneapolis Police Reportedly Identify Viral 'Umbrella Man' As White Supremacist : Live Updates: ...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

It would be good if this is the right guy, AND a case can be brought, but this seems weak : "While the man's face was obscured by a gas mask in the video, Christensen reportedly wrote in the affidavit that his height lines up with the video, and noted a "striking resemblance in the eye, nose bridge and brow area."

It’s that time of the afternoon here (5 pm) when I’m contemplating whether to have my usual G & ...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

"You're My Favorite Waste of Time" (also known as "My Favourite Waste of Time") is a song written and first released by American singer Marshall Crenshaw. Written by Crenshaw while in Beatlemania, the song was inspired by the Hollies and featured tongue-in-cheek lyrics about his wife. Crenshaw said of Bette Midler's version, "I guess there must have been something in it that struck her as funny—that appealed to her sense of humor perhaps, whatever that is."

Violent Femmes [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

Like the band's first album, the songs were mostly written by singer/guitarist/lyricist Gordon Gano when he was in high school. The Christian-related lyrics on Hallowed Ground were thought by some to be ironic, despite Gano being a devout Baptist. The other two members of Violent Femmes were atheists, and initially refused to perform those songs, but after their debut had been recorded, they relented and several of Gano's religion-themed songs were recorded for Hallowed Ground. Gano stated in 1989, "At the time, Brian (Ritchie) was very aggressively anti-anything Christian. He said he didn't want to be playing in a band that was expressing something that he felt so vehemently against."

Here's the most recent update I could find. I think it fixes a few things.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

Silly, Random, and Fun

What to consider before suggesting an open relationship to your partner.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

I advocate (during conflict) : . . . eliminate accusations (sentences that have "you" as the subject) . . . talk in "I" terms, not "you" terms -- I want, I hear, I think . . . no assumptions, ask clarifying questions I contend that misunderstanding is typically incredibly easy, and real understanding is typically incredibly hard.

I am seeing some comments suggesting that Joe Biden is beginning to suffer from dementia and should ...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 29, 2020:

The Mother Jones interview with Mary Trump (clinical psychologist) is illuminating. :O https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/07/watch-mary-trump-on-why-donald-trump-lies-why-hes-racist-and-why-she-wrote-her-book/

[youtu.be] parkway drive "wishing wells" something a little darker this time.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

(from epitath.com) Opening with ominous vocals and haunting acoustic guitar, “Wishing Wells” soon erupts into a furious and full-throttle metal assault. Captured in one shot, its starkly filmed video marks a deep departure from Parkway Drive’s usual high-production aesthetic. The video features front man Winston McCall giving a powerful close-up performance of “Wishing Wells” with fierce intensity. According to Parkway Drive—frontman Winston McCall, guitarists Luke Kilpatrick and Jeff Ling, bassist Jia O’Connor, and drummer Ben Gordon—“Wishing Wells” is a meditation on the pain and confusion of loss. “‘Wishing Wells’ is the compression of grief into song,” says McCall. “It’s attempting to place blame when there is none, seeking answers where there is only emptiness, and ultimately trying to find some kind of reason and meaning to justify the ultimate loss we will all be faced with in life. This is how this chapter begins and will end.”

Just for grins

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGBE3eLpvm0

Just for grins

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

All hail his noodly appendages ! :O

Humans are predators.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

. . . btw, at a Chinese 50th wedding anniversary, I had shark-fin soup -- didn't care for it. :O

Humans are predators.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

I remember reading (a few years back) that there are 5 shark attacks (not deaths) world-wide yearly, yet 300 people in the US alone die yearly from bee stings ! :P

United States of Conspiracy (full film) | FRONTLINE - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Frontline, my favorite series. tl;dw , saving it for later

Yusuf is trying to get another album out.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Stevens, who is now known as Yusuf Islam, developed a relationship with actress Patti D'Arbanville and the two were a pair throughout a period of roughly two years. During that time, he wrote several songs about her, including "Wild World". The song is in the form of the singer's words to his departing lover, inspired by the end of their romance. Stevens later recalled to Mojo: "It was one of those chord sequences that's very common in Spanish music. I turned it around and came up with that theme—which is a recurring theme in my work—which is to do with leaving, the sadness of leaving, and the anticipation of what lies beyond."

The man in the sky. [m.youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdkyLrDpaUg

Well, I'm probably losing what little love I've found in the past couple of years.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

. . . better to have loved and lost (? )

Tonight at bedtime I’m posting Gary Barlow and Agnetha Faltskog singIng I Should Have Followed You...

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

"I Should've Followed You Home" is a duet sung by Swedish recording artist and ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog and British singer-songwriter and Take That frontman Gary Barlow. Written by Barlow and producer Jörgen Elofsson, it was the third single taken from A. Barlow and Elofsson have worked together in the past and recorded the song first with Barlow's vocals. Fältskog loved the track and was delighted to turn it into a duet, feeling that the two voices together were a fantastic combination. Their recording sessions happened separately so the pair did not finally meet in person until she visited London in May and the two met for the BBC documentary Agnetha: ABBA and After... which was broadcast in June.

T Rex - I love To Boogie [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

"I Love to Boogie" is a song by English glam rock band T. Rex. It was recorded in May 1976 and released as a single in June by record label EMI. It later appeared on T. Rex's final studio album, 1977's Dandy in the Underworld. Its B-side, "Baby Boomerang", was taken from an earlier T. Rex album, The Slider (1972). "I Love to Boogie" was recorded and mixed in a single day by engineer Ian Maidman at Decibel Studio in Stamford Hill, London.

Biden says he'll name a running mate next week. [axios.com]

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

. . . wonder what/if the LP will have to 'say' about his choice. :O

I had a conversation with a member today which I found to be rather odd.

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

. . . thought I would post this as a comment rather that a reply . . . . . . this is PMs 'after the fact' of my being 'ousted' by (one of the group) moderator I referred to below Her : "This is not verbatim from my post, but your comment was off-topic, unnecessar​y, critical and rude. The friendly exchange of ideas and opinions on different topics is appreciated." Me : ""I try hard not to offend; I try harder not to be offended." -- Navy SEAL veteran and congressma​n Dan Crenshaw. Since when is Critical Thinking off-topic on this non-believer website ? CT is different from criticism. Is there an objective criteria for this group for 'friendly' and 'rude', or is it arbitrary ? Since any individual​ can block another, why resort to group removal without warning ? Does that abide by website guidelines ? " Her : "Oh, did I fail to mention the argumentat​ive nature of your post? " Me : "It is hard not to notice your use of the pejorative​. Critical thinkers are open and receptive to all ideas and arguments, even those with which they may disagree." Her : "Some people enjoy arguement and criticism of others, and I am not one" Me : "If someone criticises a source, that NEED NOT be taken personally. How do you imagine CT happening without 'argument' (in the ameliorative sense) ? IMO, the alternative is censorship (despite what 'lipstick' might be put-on it). CT is not (personal) criticism." (You :) Please leave any commentary you'd like on this strange exchange.

Complaint: Trump Campaign Has ‘Laundered’ Millions To Hide Trump Family Payments

FearlessFly comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Trevor Potter, former Republican chairman of the Federal Election Commission, is CLC's founding President. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_Legal_Center