WAGGING THE DOG?

Fernapple comments on May 12, 2021:

The usual reason most wars start, is because a politician can't solve the domestic problems, and needs a diversion. That is why Putin is restarting the cold war.

Why Confederate Lies Live On For some Americans, history isn’t the story of what actually ...

Fernapple comments on May 12, 2021:

I think your second line answers your first.

If a Christian infiltrates atheist group, is it cross-contamination?

Fernapple comments on May 12, 2021:

Groan.

"If they come for the innocent without stepping over your body, cursed be your religion and your ...

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2021:

Powerful statements, yes.

Atheist Debates - The American Church in 1965 [youtube.com]

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2021:

The slide of religion into a partnership with the fascist far right, and other criminal activities is not a mystery. It is inevitable. Because as secular political institutions, western democratic governments especially, but also international organizations, (the UN, the WHO, etc.) secular charities, and legal institutions, increasingly rise in power and importance, and increasingly, in a global world, find it convenient not to attach themselves to specific groups. They increasingly take charge of most of the profitable and moral activities of human life. Which leaves religion to find a market place for its services, where? They can only move their search for power and profit into the immoral fringes, because that is the only zone left.

So: Question for the gardners/naturalists here: Is this typical sparrow behavior?

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2021:

Good homes for sparrows are in short supply, sometimes they will steal the nests of swallows by forcing them out after they have built them.

Kim Jong Un Had Conductor Executed by Firing Squad Following Celebration, South Korean Paper Says...

Fernapple comments on May 11, 2021:

He had his former girlfriend executed in much the same way, just because his new wife did not like her. Getting more like Caligula every day.

Re Questioning: What is the ultimate aim of those who follow religions?

Fernapple comments on May 10, 2021:

Yep that is it. Never have to think, never address a moral problem (there are none ). You only have to read one book, and if that is too, hard someone will read it for you. And you will always be told that you are going to get everything you want, later if not now, so that you never have to take the main challenge of becoming adult, which is the understanding that "I want." is not the same as " Its True". Perpetual spoiled childhood.

This made me start looking for the steepest hill to be built on . . .

Fernapple comments on May 10, 2021:

I would not think it is the steepest by any means. But Knaresborough near me is fairly impressive and pretty.

Omni Calculator

Fernapple comments on May 10, 2021:

Interesting and useful site, thank you. Especially as it told me that I am healthy, and don't need to loose weight. (Perhaps there is something wrong with it after all.)

Theoretical physics is the field that develops theories about how nature operates.

Fernapple comments on May 10, 2021:

Hypothesis not theory. Hypothesis is before confirmation by experiment and pier review, theory is after, theoretical physics is perhaps misnamed, because it is concerned with hypothesis, but the making of hypothesis is a legitimate activity. Some parts of physics do veer off into the realms of religion it is true, and it would no doubt benefit from more critical attacks, but there are a growing number of people within physics who are attacking the basic assumptions.

Current opinions on Covid vaccinations (and other things) never cease to amaze me.

Fernapple comments on May 10, 2021:

Ask him why huge numbers of people would want to take part in a plot like that, and what would they gain from it. The 'why' question is often the hardest for them to answer.

I'm an Atheist, more over a antitheist.

Fernapple comments on May 10, 2021:

Psychoactive substances may have been part of the mixture in many cases, but they would be by no means needed to kick start religion. Humans are perfectly able to make mistakes, see things that are not there and invent things to deceive others, without chemical help. We are only of very limited intelligence, prone to error, and it was needful to invent and construct slowly over many years elaborate structures, such as philosophy and science, just to get us to begin reasoning even a little bit. You may find it interesting to research, "false positive errors", and Richard Dawkin's "memes theory".

“There is no exercise better for the heart, than reaching down and lifting people ...

Fernapple comments on May 9, 2021:

And none worse than being told. " No. We prefer life in the cesspit."

Religion is the worship of Man Prove Me Wrong

Fernapple comments on May 9, 2021:

No, man worships of his own art works. Think of the irony of the Christians, belittling the existing Roman imperial religions, by saying that when they put up idols, they worshiped just dead things made of wood and gold, fashioned by the hands of men. Yet arrogantly claiming to be superior, because their god was invisible; which really just meant, not made of wood and gold, but just made out of paper and ink. And sometimes the paper and ink is literally worshiped in its own right, think about that, next time you see someone put their hand on a bible in court. While the difference between worship of human art, and worship of humans matters. Because, unlike men, arts are practically immortal, so that yesterdays arts can take on lives of their own and inflict themselves on future generations, often in disastrous, unintended and unforeseen ways. ( The Christians made a straw-man argument anyway, since the idols were merely representations and not worshiped in their own right, but what religious person ever cared about being truthful. )

In our modern times of equality, shouldn't the female portion of Mennonites be referred to as ...

Fernapple comments on May 8, 2021:

No, ' delusional sheep ' suits them all.

- How do you drink your whiskey? - I take a sip in my mouth and then swallow.

Fernapple comments on May 8, 2021:

Take a sip, yes, but don't forget to swirl it round and suck in air to get the full flavour.

Is the grass green?

Fernapple comments on May 8, 2021:

The grass is 'mainly' green. Or the grass is 'generally' green. You raise a good point. Since it is a good idea in debate, especially where your opposite is likely to use such low devices such as straw man arguments, to anticipate that, and straw-man or at least qualify yourself first when you make a statement. That way you both steal their thunder and block the straw-man argument. And if they still press on with it, you can point out that they are at the very least inattentive, and that you already covered that.

End of the world

Fernapple comments on May 8, 2021:

I am sixty plus, and have lived through about twenty, world endings, as published by major churches. They say that science and religion are not in conflict, but they also say, the main core value of scientific proof, is repeatability.

Manufacturing or installation or materials failure.

Fernapple comments on May 8, 2021:

It may only be days to fledging, don't worry too much, and try to fix it between broods.

A question to the senate.

Fernapple comments on May 8, 2021:

Being from the UK I am prone to irony. Try doing that on a site full of Americans !!

Attn: Admin I've posted nicely at least six times before, now I'm making a demand: we want a ...

Fernapple comments on May 7, 2021:

P.S. to my earlier. We also need a Tin Foil Hat emoji. P.P.S. Why is the spell checker on here so out of date, it does not even include emoji ?

Evil Bible . Com – Fighting Against Immorality in Religion

Fernapple comments on May 7, 2021:

Sad that it says though, that the Bible is a hard read due to its archaic language, because of course that is making the same mistake that many Christians do, assuming that the King James especially, is the only version. When in fact, not only are some of the more modern versions easier to read, but they have much better scholarship than the K.J. which is perhaps the most distorted and wildly reinvented version there is.

"Harken yee unto me thou who shalt listen for Verily I tell thee that upon this the 8th day, not the...

Fernapple comments on May 7, 2021:

Put aside a little of the money, or all of it, you would spend on cigs every day, and watch the pile grow rapidly, until you have enough to give yourself a big treat. Incentive and a reminder of your achievement.

There is an article in the New Yorker that is about UFO's.

Fernapple comments on May 7, 2021:

I would seek medical help. Since, while it may just be possible that visitors will one day arrive here from another solar system, it is so highly unlikely that we, as the only sample we have, will ever reach other star systems, even imagining impossibly advanced technology, it is very unlikely that anyone else will, ever. It is much more likely that I have become delusional, medical help needed.

“We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we ...

Fernapple comments on May 7, 2021:

Though sometimes for his own good, you have to point out that the zipper on his trousers is undone.

Attn: Admin I've posted nicely at least six times before, now I'm making a demand: we want a ...

Fernapple comments on May 7, 2021:

Puke, Thumbs down, Bye Bye and Thank You.

Nature is the best gardener/landscaper I know!

Fernapple comments on May 6, 2021:

Always, to me no art, even gardening, is of any value if it does not increase our reverence for nature.

First-known pregnant mummy discovered | Live Science

Fernapple comments on May 6, 2021:

Strange that it is only the first, of all the thousands of mummies know, many pregnant women must have died. You can only assume that they normally removed the fetus.

Does this bother you?

Fernapple comments on May 6, 2021:

Yep. Funny that ain't it.

(Well, it is "non-invasive" in one sense, but I wonder about the acid left behind.

Fernapple comments on May 6, 2021:

A new use for an old idea, odd nobody thought of it before. But the obvious downside is that you are probably going to need a huge amount of electricity, for small amounts of metal. Which could be costly, so it may only work for the really expensive types.

ANOTHER KEYBOARD BITES THE DUST.

Fernapple comments on May 5, 2021:

How big are her paws ?

“The Christian religion, not only was at first attended by miracles, but even at this day cannot...

Fernapple comments on May 5, 2021:

If you survive life without a logical sceptical brain, that's a miracle.

Has anyone else considered the possibility that religious festivals in the distant past, only ...

Fernapple comments on May 5, 2021:

Sorry, but not a new idea, people have been aware of the obvious cheat for centuries. The ancient Greeks even had a legend about how the Gods were cheated out of the best share. According to which. When the first burnt offering was made, the gods got to choose which bits were theirs and which were left for the humans to eat. But the crafty priests, ( it may have been Prometheus, I don't recall, ) wrapped some of the bones and the inedible offal in a thin layer of the best fat. Then they asked the gods which bits they wanted to be theirs ever afterwards. The gods of course chose, what looked like a large lump of the finest fat, but was in fact just bones. The story was probably told by the ancient Greeks tongue in cheek. But it explained how the division was made. There is a little more here. https://www.learnreligions.com/method-of-sacrifice-in-ancient-greece-4079925

I’m baaaaaaaaaaaack!

Fernapple comments on May 5, 2021:

Good, welcome, you have been missed.

All our considerations of extraterrestrial life are rooted in a fundamental limitation: our senses.

Fernapple comments on May 5, 2021:

Our senses are not the only limitation, just distance alone is enough, to detect the signs of life, which is a very tiny thing, as far as we know, (Life on earth is just a couple of miles thick, at most, film, on the surface of a planet, which as a whole, makes up less than a thousanth of one percent of the solar system. ) at the distance of other stars, would be practically impossible even if it was exactly like ours. The distances are such that it is likely we could only see the emissions from very advanced technological cultures, which may be far less common than life itself, and may be short lived anyway. Technology may quickly lead to self destruction, or many life forms which develop it, may just abandon it. The only other things which could be detected are things like oxygen in the atmosphere of exo-planets, but that requires very catching them at very rare moments when light passes though those atmospheres as they pass across the face of stars, and needs very high quality detection.

There's just no stopping spring growth in my back fern garden!

Fernapple comments on May 5, 2021:

Wow lovely, you are far in advance of me here in the UK , ours have hardly started yet. Mind you we have just had the coldest April on record, so we are not likely to but lush with spring growth yet.

15 Things You Didn’t Know About Cats and Dogs | Vetsource

Fernapple comments on May 4, 2021:

Good read, thank you.

I seem to have gone through something I can't explain.

Fernapple comments on May 4, 2021:

Sounds like an infection, if it is or if it is not, see a doctor and antibiotics should quickly sort it out, and if it is something more serious they will tell you.

Everyone thinks I’m a submissive because I’m wearing this collar.

Fernapple comments on May 4, 2021:

I always wondered why vicars alway seem to have such a bad flea problem.

Hi all. I am new here. Any advice or guidance in finding my way around is appreciated much.

Fernapple comments on May 4, 2021:

Hello and welcome. Just get stuck in.

A tub of margarine fell on my foot three weeks ago and it still hurts.

Fernapple comments on May 4, 2021:

If your feet are not healing well, it is a good idea to get your sugar levels and blood pressure checked. I don't want to worry you, it may be nothing, but it can be a symptom of serious underlying disease, poor circulation and slow healing in the feet are one of the first signs.

Just curious (but meant as a serious question, not a joke, however offbeat it may be): Has anyone...

Fernapple comments on May 3, 2021:

If they have a bilateral symmetry, which is very common on earth, so may be so elsewhere, it will be quite likely that one side will be slightly dominant. It may even be to the extent, that like some crabs say, they may have bilateral bodies, but with one side heavily modified, even with different limbs. Or they may of course not be bilateral at all, like starfish, or jellyfish.

Wombat? Close enough.

Fernapple comments on May 3, 2021:

Warthog. Its trying to hide its ugly face.

He doesn't even want to hear about that "common ancestor" crap...

Fernapple comments on May 3, 2021:

And some apes are good looking, unlike humans, horrible lanky bald things, with just odd tufts of hair, in exactly the places you would not want tufts of hair. Ugh.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan calls for Muslim countries to force Western governments to criminalise ...

Fernapple comments on May 3, 2021:

Given the near to broken state of Pakistan's economy, I think that the only country that would be a disaster for would be Pakistan. But that is probably what the imams want. Keep the people poor and ignorant, and they wont have the resources needed to ask questions.

Apparently, most people don't really want to be happy.

Fernapple comments on May 3, 2021:

Sorry your link does not work.

Someone again asked if agnostics are scared to say they are atheists.

Fernapple comments on May 2, 2021:

If god speaks in the forest where no one hears him, what difference does his mere existence make ?

So tired, tired of waiting...

Fernapple comments on May 2, 2021:

Or maybe that is what they tell everybody.

Can you spot the Copperhead Snake on the path.

Fernapple comments on May 2, 2021:

Boy that is some camo.

I like to watch evangelist performances, nice manipulative psychology lessons.

Fernapple comments on May 2, 2021:

No thank heavens, it is enough that I waste such a lot of time on this site. OK, joke , but yes you can learn a lot from them, and then you start to be aware of just the same methods being used everywhere. Every animal has a special adaption, the hare runs fast, the falcon flies fast, the lion is strong, the mole digs well, etc.. Yet many people wonder what special adaption humans have, and think we must be without one perhaps. But it is obvious really. We are the animal which tells lies, and has a special talent for that, beyond all others. Not just to other humans, but our lies are so good, even the animals living on the farm think we love them, when in fact we only keep them because we intend to eat them.

I think if anyone wants to know how silly the human being is, just go to tiktok and start swiping up...

Fernapple comments on May 2, 2021:

But pigs and dogs of course are unclean, even though they are Allah's creation too, never fathomed the logic of that. ( It may be that the prophets cats told him to put that bit in of course. ) LOL

When history comes alive

Fernapple comments on May 2, 2021:

Someone was very clever spotting the similarity and putting those two together.

I was brought up in a Christian home and became a Christian at eight years old, as time passed i ...

Fernapple comments on May 2, 2021:

Hello and welcome to the site. I think that your first line says it all. Can you really become a Christian at eight ? ! What does an eight year old understand about theology, history, life, and what knowledge did the eight year old you have of the world or any alternate belief systems, to make a judgment ? Were you really a Christian, or were you just an intellectually abused and indoctrinated child ? And what does it tell you about a belief system, that expects people to join forever at eight, and never points to any alternatives, or asks for any open criticism. One thing you will find here is a range of opinion on nearly everything, as well as support, for nearly everything.

I'm so glad this site exist.

Fernapple comments on May 2, 2021:

Its a good people site, and no matter what you have to talk about, we have enough diversity that there will always be some who want to listen and share.

Has your interest in religion increased or decreased after leaving your religion? Why?

Fernapple comments on May 1, 2021:

1. Never was religious and was raised in a largely secular household. 2. First encountered religion at school, and gained a good knowledge of Christianity there, but no other religion. ( UK schools are often Christian. ) 3. Not really applicable, but I have learned more over the years. 4. Still study it a bit, because I am interested in everything. 5. The Christian schooling I was given, made me realize just what a threat to every value I hold good religion was, and the sense of pity for all those people still trapped by those darker aspects of human culture, motivates me perhaps even more than the need I have to defend the things, like the environment, science, human rights, reason, etc., which I do value. 6. Faded a little since I know enough for my needs to combat it, and a lot of it is dull. 7. Very few.

“The only intelligent tactical response to life’s horror is to laugh defiantly at ...

Fernapple comments on May 1, 2021:

If I remember rightly, he was not exactly a big sack full of laughs himself though.

A picture speaks a thousand words

Fernapple comments on May 1, 2021:

Clever photo. Well done whoever.

Is there truly any difference between a "cult" and a "religion".

Fernapple comments on May 1, 2021:

A religion is a cult that has managed to get itself political power.

Oh yes they can...

Fernapple comments on May 1, 2021:

Times change it seems. At first I did not get the joke, because I mistook the ink blot card, for the top of a laptop with a logo on it.

it feels good to see the fireflies flash.

Fernapple comments on May 1, 2021:

I have never seen that, they are very rare to nearly extinct in the UK. They are on my bucket list when we can travel again.

Hmmm, wonder what a female box looks like...never mind, I finally remembered!

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

Not sure if that's, pawn or porn, depends on number perhaps.

What is "a night with ebon pinion" anyway?

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

It is that which precedes. "Dawn placing her rose tinted fingers in the sky, over a wine dark sea."

Bertolt has always had a strong philosophical point worth considering.

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

The original meaning of the Greek word "idiot", was someone who takes no interest in politics.

Way too early

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

Mouse mat, I love literalism.

Hehehehehehehehehe!!!!!!

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

I have seen the first photo before, and with good reason assume it is real. Which just makes you wonder if the human race has a future worth anything.

climate change friday

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

"At some point, we lost sight of the fact that harm to nature, is harm to ourselves." And possibly that began at the point, when the Abrahamic religions started to tell us that we were not part of nature, but a special creation of god set above nature. Another stupid thing they started.

"an agnostic is an atheist without balls" agree or disagree?

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

I am an atheist to all the gods of religion, because I can prove to my own satisfaction, that they do not exist. However there are deist gods, and beliefs in possible super-natures, so vague, that their existence or not can not be proved. So that while I am quite certain they probably don't exist, my respect for the principle that nothing should ever be held to be absolutely certain, in which I do have the "brains" (Not balls, since I do not use those for thinking with.) to believe absolutely, it being the only absolute I allow, is such that I am happy with agnostic, and willing to tolerate even deists as friends in alms.

"an agnostic is an atheist without balls" agree or disagree?

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

Oh no , not that boring old thing again !

Who is the originator of the theory that the Covid vaccines are being administered to change DNA?

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

May have been more than one person. It is a fairly obvious stupid joke, that it would not be surprising if several different idiots thought of it. And such is the nature of the inter-net that every stupid joke is going to be taken seriously by someone, and then spread as fact to the gullible who will pass it on. The banal game of. "Lets see if we can get someone to believe something really stupid. " Is an old sad and long worn out one, and nobody ever found the bottom. But there is always a new generation wanting to have a go.

Start with the smartest demographic group of people in the world -> Add religion -> Dozens of people...

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

Who needs safety barriers and ushers, when the god bloke is watching over you all.

Life is a series of disappointments and I just added you to my list.

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

Sorry that is not news to me. A lot of other people got there first.

"Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

And so that the parents can go home after church for sex. The churches wanted more children to fill the pews, so it encouraged its livestock to breed.

I always act as though I'm senile so if I ever do become senile people will never know.

Fernapple comments on Apr 30, 2021:

There are many of us in that boat.

Health is in the mind as much as it is in the body, most of us will never look like a movie star or ...

Fernapple comments on Apr 29, 2021:

I would be very pleased if she let herself go. Especially if it was somewhere interesting, and doubly if I could tag along too. It is not how you look but how you live, that not only, "gets you a life", but that ultimately makes you attractive to others.

Logic puzzle

Fernapple comments on Apr 29, 2021:

Yes, because Mary is either married or unmarried. If Mary is married, the married Mary is looking at unmarried Peter. And if Mary is unmarried, then married Paul is looking at unmarried Mary.

The Cascade Mountain foothills are alive with flowers!

Fernapple comments on Apr 29, 2021:

Lovely pictures, thank you, I hope you enjoyed the walk despite the infection and that it clears quickly. I take it that Camas is the common name for Camasia, I wonder which came first, is the scientific name based on the popular name, or is the popular name just a shortening of the scientific name ? Update. Don't worry I looked it up. It seems that they are both derived from the native American, Quamash, though I do not know what that means.

"What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the ...

Fernapple comments on Apr 29, 2021:

Since his one purpose in life, above all others, was to challenge the supposed lies of the Catholic Church, that would seem to be a bad case of serious double values.

We've all been wondering the same things. Why the F am I here?

Fernapple comments on Apr 29, 2021:

Hello and welcome, enjoy the site. Its a fairly normal brand of deism you seem to be expressing, and that is fine with many of us, including me. Since I think that the god question is irrelevant, it is only faith in received folly, religion, or a supposed knowledge of gods purpose and wishes, which really impacts on life, to bad effect. You will perhaps though encounter some on the site who are not friendly to any god idea, however deistic.

Another good question

Fernapple comments on Apr 28, 2021:

Like most religious leaders I suppose, he was only against fornication, when it was other people doing the fornicating.

Biological classification uses taxonomic ranks, including among others (in order from most inclusive...

Fernapple comments on Apr 28, 2021:

Dawkins alway said that the meme theory was mainly a metaphor, not to be taken too literally. But that they should all be considered as mainly parasites, though many are beneficial parasites of course. However, certainly a sort of classification does already exist, since we see memes as parts of subcultures, and subcultures as parts of cultures, so that there is a nesting rank based classification by default already there. Cultures certainly are parasites too, and certainly can cause mental illness, that is observable. But that is where the idea of classification breaks down a little, since memes are a part of a culture, and a culture depends on its memes to live, more like cells within a body than individuals within a species. Yet it does explain neatly, why science and philosophy, are by nature, forced to be anti-cultural, since it is their function to provide the only treatments we have against culture, otherwise known as received folly, and the illnesses caused by that.

Will trump do a PSA for his flock encouraging them to get vaccinated ?

Fernapple comments on Apr 27, 2021:

barjoe posted this the other day. https://agnostic.com/discussion/591888/ozymandias

"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Fernapple comments on Apr 27, 2021:

"So." Very simple sentence.

My sister has been fighting a recurrence of cancer for about seven years.

Fernapple comments on Apr 26, 2021:

Sorry to hear that. But they fake offering of prayers, can sometimes conceal real caring, the most deluded of humans can still be human. One small thing is, do not feel you are being selfish, or guilty, if you look after yourself in these times. For should your sister need you then you are much more useful strong and rested.

Spent some fun time with soapy water . . .

Fernapple comments on Apr 25, 2021:

That sort of photo takes a lot more doing than it looks, great shot.

Saturday 4-23-21 I AM & U R - as ALL is - GOD - as Energy in Life – being EVERY thing - ALL ...

Fernapple comments on Apr 25, 2021:

If you want to understand the eternal. Try reading some boring stuff over and over.

Ozymandias

Fernapple comments on Apr 25, 2021:

Always loved that poem, love it even more now. LOL

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man ...

Fernapple comments on Apr 25, 2021:

At seven, you think your parents know everything. At seventeen, you think they are stupid and the dumbest people on the planet. At twenty seven, you think they were just normal with the failings of their generation. At thirty seven, you think they were really wise, and you were young and foolish once. And at fifty seven, you think that the seventeen year old was right, and stupid has been passed on genetically.

Especially you, Mathew, Mark, Luke and John.

Fernapple comments on Apr 24, 2021:

Mathew, Mark, Luke and John, some sort of heavy metal band ?

Just another service I provide...

Fernapple comments on Apr 24, 2021:

And you are very good at it.

Am I the only one who has adverse reactions to some posters but instead of blocking them, I continue...

Fernapple comments on Apr 24, 2021:

Never blocked anybody, I came to learn and the weirder they are the more I learn, and the more I think they need help sometimes.

Coat them with chocolate and give them out for Halloween?

Fernapple comments on Apr 24, 2021:

Its very true. The secret is, that you can not buy a Brussels Sprout. You have to grow your own, by the time they reach the shops, all that was once good about them is long gone, they keep good for a couple of hours at most after picking.

Today was a rough day, emotionally.

Fernapple comments on Apr 24, 2021:

I am sorry to hear that. Freedom for places like the Ukraine often comes at a high cost, and sadly not all that cost is paid by those who nations celebrate as national hero's.

Today's Republican party is an agitated, schizophrenic admixture of 2 ideologies: (1) an oligarchic...

Fernapple comments on Apr 24, 2021:

Number two, is the bait to keep those who are not oligarchs, voting for those who are. While keeping their attention fixated on the nearly none existent socialist menace, keeps them for noticing that the gold is coming out of their own pockets. While using schools and churches, to stifle real education, stops them developing the mental self sufficiency real education brings, and keeps them digging the gold out of their pockets to buy consumer goods from the oligarchs, in the hopes they will fill the void within. Makes perfect sense really.

When I first started on this site some 3 years ago, most of the posts are genuine personal personal...

Fernapple comments on Apr 24, 2021:

That's the way the web is going as a whole. Plus there are more old established members now who may have shot all their bolts.

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

Fernapple comments on Apr 23, 2021:

The one question that conspiracy theorists alway never seem to think about is. Yes, but why would anyone do that anyway?

This is the Orchid Rock Rose.

Fernapple comments on Apr 23, 2021:

This is a wild pink rock rose, I photographed growing wild in Portugal, a couple of years ago when we could still travel.

This is the Orchid Rock Rose.

Fernapple comments on Apr 23, 2021:

The flowers last several days for me, here in England, so it must be a climate thing.

There was a video that was removed soon before a lot had seen it.

Fernapple comments on Apr 22, 2021:

Pity the video was not downloaded and stored.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Albert Einstein

Fernapple comments on Apr 22, 2021:

Most of the time it does not.