HOW the hell is this not a Sex Crime against a Child?

FrancoFran comments on Apr 2, 2023:

Stay out of school

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 2, 2023:

@Trajan61 I was a high school teacher for two decades, spanning three presidential administrations: Bush, Obama, and Trump. Bush's signature education law, NCLB, was an unqualified disaster. It had administrators running around like in a Chinese fire drill, throwing students into courses for which they were not prepared. In other words, setting them up for failure. Bush was also a big supporter of funding parochial schools at the expense of secular public schools through voucher programs. Student achievement did not improve under Bush. Things went more smoothly under Obama. Student engagement was higher, and administrators showed a modicum of intelligence. Trump appointed an idiot named Betsy DeVos to the office of Education Secretary. DeVos carried out a full court press to defund public schools and empower religious schools in their place. Also, students were not unaware of Trump's jaded and racist views, and, consequently, were much more unsettled, angry, and unfocussed than ever. Academic achievement during the Trump years was the lowest I ever saw in my carreer. In sum, once again Mr. @Trajan61, you have demonstrated that you don't know what you're talking about. Congratulations. 🎉

HOW the hell is this not a Sex Crime against a Child?

FrancoFran comments on Apr 2, 2023:

Stay out of school

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 2, 2023:

That is bad advice. People need more education, not less. But it wouldn't hurt if school administrators would pull their heads out of their asses.

HOW the hell is this not a Sex Crime against a Child?

richiegtt comments on Apr 2, 2023:

In this new degenerate woke society it depends on who commits the crime in regards to the punishment if any

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 2, 2023:

Can we please be done with the word "woke"? It's so overused that it has lost whatever meaning it once had. Also: society has always had its degenerate elements. The KKK, for instance. And, yes, men who like to fuck other men in the ass. The difference? The former is a terrorist organization, and the latter generally happens between consenting adults, and, if kept private, is nobody's business. In any case, it has always been there. Alexander the Great was a flaming homosexual! I think the very public displays of the LGBTQ community (gay pride parades, etc.) are a natural (over)reaction to the many many years of oppression and abuse they have suffered. I hope for their sakes they learn to tap the brakes....before there is a backlash to the backlash which followed the other backlash. Everybody needs to chill out.

How would you start a world crisis bomb Fire?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Apr 1, 2023:

How about simply apply the rule of law? Holding a few assholes accountable is a lot better than global thermonuclear war, don't you think?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 1, 2023:

@Castlepaloma Anarchy/chaos is not the answer. I guarantee, you would not like it.

The Covenant School tragedy shows how more prayers will never stop gun violence

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 28, 2023:

Look at where the Done Cheato held his most recent rally: Waco, Texas, site of the Branch Davidian mass suicide. They were an apocalyptic cult, a bunch of religious fanatics in the thrall of one asshole, David Koresh, who taught his followers that they had to be armed to the teeth with all kinds of ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 1, 2023:

@Trajan61 The Branch Davidians committed mass suicide. https://academic.oup.com/book/34788/chapter-abstract/297612444?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege#:~:text=The%20FBI%20voiced%20concern%20that,not%20seen%20any%20such%20preparation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/02/02/koresh-planned-mass-suicide-branch-davidian-witness-says/dda5e763-e03c-44ea-ba9b-10503f1c395c/

THE PROCESS: Investigation ✔️ Grand jury ✔️ Indictment...

Thibaud70 comments on Apr 1, 2023:

Or... riots (check) .... chaos (check) .... civil war (check)....

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 1, 2023:

Culture war we got. Civil war? Not yet anyway.

THE PROCESS: Investigation ✔️ Grand jury ✔️ Indictment...

Garban comments on Mar 31, 2023:

3/14th of the process is done according to your list. So maybe before he hits the centennial mark we’ll get closure? 😉

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 1, 2023:

We should see steps 4 through 6 completed on Tuesday. The trial should only take a few days, maybe a week. Of course Cheato's lawyers are going to try and delay the process as much as possible. Still, I don't see the trial going into May. Then there will be appeals, of course. He'll try to take it to the Supreme Court, but I doubt they will hear the case.

Yet another school mass shooting YLE 03/28/2023

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 29, 2023:

"She" (the shooter) had both X and Y chromosomes...like most of the other AR15-wielding mass murderers.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 1, 2023:

@Smurfing101 OK. So?

THE PROCESS: Investigation ✔️ Grand jury ✔️ Indictment...

Organist1 comments on Mar 31, 2023:

I can't wait for the time when I can turn on my TV and not hear that vile person's name anymore.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 31, 2023:

His name will live in infamy.

Happy Days are Here Again!

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 31, 2023:

What makes you think this page might die?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 31, 2023:

@barjoe what video?

Most Valuable Player

Garban comments on Mar 30, 2023:

Does she deserve praise or pity? 🍄

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 31, 2023:

@St-Sinner The encounter (we should not call it an affair, since it only lasted 30 seconds) occurred in 2014, two years before the payment. Cheato made no move to hush it up until the Access Hollywood tape came out, three weeks before election day 2016.

Done Cheato on his way to be fitted for a new suit.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 30, 2023:

Just the perfect color for him!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 31, 2023:

🍊 🍊🍊

Most Valuable Player

Garban comments on Mar 30, 2023:

Does she deserve praise or pity? 🍄

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 31, 2023:

She bested a seasoned con man, so I think congratulations are in order. 😂

Donald trump indicted‼️‼️

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 30, 2023:

This is a great for for the rule of law in America! 🙂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 31, 2023:

@barjoe Hahaha! Fuck MAGA! 😂

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 29, 2023:

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Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 30, 2023:

@K9JetLee999 Oh I get it bra. That's why I only date younger women.

Senate votes to end COVID-19 National Emergency by Nathaniel Weixel The Senate on Wednesday passed...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 30, 2023:

Good. The emergency should be officially over. We have good vaccines, and around 250 million Americans have gotten the jab. Not enough for herd immunity, but vaccine refuseniks have the right to gamble with their own lives. And there's no sense in trying to eliminate virus from our population. New ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 30, 2023:

@Castlepaloma "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Do you remember when the Ayatollah in Iran called the USA "The Great Satan"?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 30, 2023:

The American experiment is not over. Far from it. The video's producer sets up a straw man: the "myth" that America has not meddled in the affairs of other countries. That is no myth; it is a historical fact. America has a long history of interfering in other countries. Much of this was ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 30, 2023:

@puff Think you can beat Deep Blue at chess? I bet not 😂

Do you remember when the Ayatollah in Iran called the USA "The Great Satan"?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 30, 2023:

The American experiment is not over. Far from it. The video's producer sets up a straw man: the "myth" that America has not meddled in the affairs of other countries. That is no myth; it is a historical fact. America has a long history of interfering in other countries. Much of this was ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 30, 2023:

@rainmanjr, @puff I find that the greatest limitations on me are self-imposed, through either mental or physical weakness.

Do you remember when the Ayatollah in Iran called the USA "The Great Satan"?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 30, 2023:

The American experiment is not over. Far from it. The video's producer sets up a straw man: the "myth" that America has not meddled in the affairs of other countries. That is no myth; it is a historical fact. America has a long history of interfering in other countries. Much of this was ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 30, 2023:

@rainmanjr Good question. Touche!

Do you remember when the Ayatollah in Iran called the USA "The Great Satan"?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 30, 2023:

The American experiment is not over. Far from it. The video's producer sets up a straw man: the "myth" that America has not meddled in the affairs of other countries. That is no myth; it is a historical fact. America has a long history of interfering in other countries. Much of this was ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 30, 2023:

@rainmanjr Nah bra, nothingness is no fun.

Do you remember when the Ayatollah in Iran called the USA "The Great Satan"?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 30, 2023:

The American experiment is not over. Far from it. The video's producer sets up a straw man: the "myth" that America has not meddled in the affairs of other countries. That is no myth; it is a historical fact. America has a long history of interfering in other countries. Much of this was ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 30, 2023:

@273kelvin No doubt we are going through a rough patch. And it will probably get worse before it gets better. I think a lot of our current malaise is connected to the steep learning curve involved with the (dis)information age. We have yet to figure out how to live with our own technology. Social media is a double-edged sword.

The Covenant School tragedy shows how more prayers will never stop gun violence

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 28, 2023:

Look at where the Done Cheato held his most recent rally: Waco, Texas, site of the Branch Davidian mass suicide. They were an apocalyptic cult, a bunch of religious fanatics in the thrall of one asshole, David Koresh, who taught his followers that they had to be armed to the teeth with all kinds of ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 30, 2023:

@ChestRockfield No. The Branch Davidians used gasoline as an accelerant. Remember, theirs was an apocalyptic cult. Very similar to Jonestown...

Yet another school mass shooting YLE 03/28/2023

Diogenes comments on Mar 29, 2023:

There will be no stopping this entertainment/game of murdering people, that the perpetrators have never met, or have any knowledge of, until they are viciously dealt with. PUT A STOP TO IT!!! Public hangings, or whatever it takes. Why is it the victim is the only one that gets "capital punishment"?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 30, 2023:

@Diogenes Trump is stupid, yes, but he's also crafty. He has gotten away with a lot, and that takes a certain kind of talent. It's not that I respect him; I don't. But it's never a good idea to underestimate your enemy. As for trannies, I'm sure the class is not monolithic. Some are smart, some are stupid. But one thing they all have in common: they're all dealing with some heavy shit.

Do you remember when the Ayatollah in Iran called the USA "The Great Satan"?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 30, 2023:

The American experiment is not over. Far from it. The video's producer sets up a straw man: the "myth" that America has not meddled in the affairs of other countries. That is no myth; it is a historical fact. America has a long history of interfering in other countries. Much of this was ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 30, 2023:

@puff You wish. But none of our problems are insurmountable. We have been in worse shape and got through it.

Yet another school mass shooting YLE 03/28/2023

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 29, 2023:

"She" (the shooter) had both X and Y chromosomes...like most of the other AR15-wielding mass murderers.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 30, 2023:

@Smurfing101 "She" had two AR15-style rifles. Apparently, one was an AR15. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/28/us/covenant-school-shooting-nashville-tennessee-tuesday/index.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/audrey-hale-nashville-school-shooting-guns-b2309177.html

Yet another school mass shooting YLE 03/28/2023

Diogenes comments on Mar 29, 2023:

There will be no stopping this entertainment/game of murdering people, that the perpetrators have never met, or have any knowledge of, until they are viciously dealt with. PUT A STOP TO IT!!! Public hangings, or whatever it takes. Why is it the victim is the only one that gets "capital punishment"?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 30, 2023:

@Diogenes The vast majority of mass shootings end with the killing of the shooter. This is common knowledge, and would not be lost on anyone planning a mass shooting. Shooters do not expect to survive. That's why they tend to leave written manifestos (as this last one apparently did). I don't think joy has any role in the mass shooter's killing. If it did, they wouldn't they do it covertly, try to get away with it, so they could do it again and again? But that's not what they do. Instead, they put themselves into a situation from which there is no escape. It's essentially suicide by cop.

Overheard at GOP fundraiser: "Egalitarian multiculturalism? Where's the fun in that?"

Garban comments on Mar 29, 2023:

Whining about the wokeness of the thoughtful, is the weakness of the hateful.🙁😖

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 29, 2023:

Well said! Can I quote you on that?

Push those buttons 😂

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 29, 2023:

David has been hanging out au naturel for ages, and now it is offensive?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 29, 2023:

Christians have a long history of teaching people to hate their bodies.

Yet another school mass shooting YLE 03/28/2023

Diogenes comments on Mar 29, 2023:

There will be no stopping this entertainment/game of murdering people, that the perpetrators have never met, or have any knowledge of, until they are viciously dealt with. PUT A STOP TO IT!!! Public hangings, or whatever it takes. Why is it the victim is the only one that gets "capital punishment"?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 29, 2023:

The perpetrators are usually attention-seeking and suicidal, so I don't see how public execution would be a deterrent.

I was always told that health care in Canada was paid for but hard to get for lack of doctors.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 29, 2023:

I'm not going to judge a healthcare system that I have zero personal experience with. And I'm not going to give credence to what some unknown talking head says on youtube. Not without having examined their credentials. (Joe Rogan is certainly not a credible source.)

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 29, 2023:

@Castlepaloma no thanks

Do you believe in life after death

David_Cooper comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Whatever it is in us that's sentient, that cannot be destroyed as it cannot be made out of more than one part. If it was made out of more than one part without any of the component parts being sentient, the whole composite thing could not magically be sentient. So, that sentient thing is not ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 29, 2023:

@David_Cooper Just so you know, I stopped reading your ridiculous diatribe at the first comma. 😂

Remember you heard it here first (from me) that covid escaped from the Chinese lab.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 24, 2023:

The true origin of SARS CoV-2 has not been determined, but it most likely came from an animal.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 29, 2023:

@FrayedBear FYI, I don't waste my time reading any links you provide. Considering on all your past writings, it's obvious that you are working on behalf of authoritarians (Putin, Trump, et al) against liberal democracy. You have absolutely no credibility here.

Do you believe in life after death

David_Cooper comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Whatever it is in us that's sentient, that cannot be destroyed as it cannot be made out of more than one part. If it was made out of more than one part without any of the component parts being sentient, the whole composite thing could not magically be sentient. So, that sentient thing is not ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 28, 2023:

@David_Cooper Gerald Edelman was Director of the Neuroscience Institute at UCSD...not an uninformed mind by any measure. What are your credentials?

What rule of law demands:

CourtJester comments on Mar 27, 2023:

Keep it up

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 27, 2023:

Yep, we have already waited too long 😂

Do you believe in life after death

David_Cooper comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Whatever it is in us that's sentient, that cannot be destroyed as it cannot be made out of more than one part. If it was made out of more than one part without any of the component parts being sentient, the whole composite thing could not magically be sentient. So, that sentient thing is not ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 27, 2023:

@David_Cooper Rather than engaging in meaningless speculation, why don't you just try reading up on the subject? If you really want to know what consciousness is, try reading Gerald Edelman's book, Bright Air, Brilliant Fire. Then lets talk.

Do you believe in life after death

David_Cooper comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Whatever it is in us that's sentient, that cannot be destroyed as it cannot be made out of more than one part. If it was made out of more than one part without any of the component parts being sentient, the whole composite thing could not magically be sentient. So, that sentient thing is not ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 26, 2023:

@David_Cooper Okay, an earthworm has a nerve ganglion, which is very rudimentary type of central nervous system. It can have sensations such as pain, so it is technically sentient. However, the earthworm does not have consciousness. In any case, in all animals, when the body dies and the nervous system stops functioning, all sentience (and consciousness, if it was present) ceases. Neither sentience nor consciousness is eternal.

Add threatening a public official to the charges. [independent.co.uk]

Garban comments on Mar 25, 2023:

Subtle isn’t he.🙄

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

@Garban One thing the Cheato era has brought us: we are learning a lot about tribal thinking. It turns out that people will go along with just about any infamy in order to remain in good stead with their tribe. Now I understand how Mussolini and Hitler did it. Trump is running all the same plays.

Remember you heard it here first (from me) that covid escaped from the Chinese lab.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 24, 2023:

The true origin of SARS CoV-2 has not been determined, but it most likely came from an animal.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

@puff Uh huh... you're a conspiracy theorist. I get that. And that's fine. You be you. Before I started getting flu shots every year, I regularly got the flu, and was miserable for a few days every year or two or three. Then I got a really bad case that left me with permanent eustachian tube dysfunction. After that I started getting the shot, and have never had flu again. Now I miss fewer work days. I never feel like I might die. I have had 4 vaccine shots against SARS CoV-2, and had not so much as a sniffle while millions of unvaccinated people have dropped like flies from COVID-19, all around me. But hey, don't listen to me. You do you. 😂

Do you believe in life after death

David_Cooper comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Whatever it is in us that's sentient, that cannot be destroyed as it cannot be made out of more than one part. If it was made out of more than one part without any of the component parts being sentient, the whole composite thing could not magically be sentient. So, that sentient thing is not ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

@fishline79 You're welcome.

Do you believe in life after death

K9Kohle comments on Mar 24, 2023:

There is a limited amount of energy " simply states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. So you can never get more energy out than is contained in the fuel you put in. The second law states that no machine can ever be 100% efficient." So when we die I like to think we return to the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

All our energy comes from the sun. The vast majority of this is dissipated as heat, which eventually escapes to outer space. When we die, our cells and tissues decompose, and the little energy contained in those structures is passed on to detritivores (maggots, earthworms, protists, fungi, bacteria) who use what energy they can, all of which is eventually dissipated as heat.

Do you believe in life after death

David_Cooper comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Whatever it is in us that's sentient, that cannot be destroyed as it cannot be made out of more than one part. If it was made out of more than one part without any of the component parts being sentient, the whole composite thing could not magically be sentient. So, that sentient thing is not ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

@David_Cooper A worm can feel pain, but it is not sentient. It does not "suffer" in the sense that humans or dogs suffer. A worm does not even have the consciousness of lizard. And a lizard does not have higher-level consciousness. A lizard does not make plans for the future. It does not experience nostalgia, or grief, or joy, or sadness, or love. It only lives in the here and now, and acts on instinct (an inherited set of genetically coded behaviors). Pain is a sensation that evolved as a survival mechanism. Without pain, an organism will do life-threatening damage to its body. If the body dies, it cannot reproduce. Pain is universal in animals because, over billions of generations, individuals who did not feel pain died before they could reproduce. A brain is much more than a simple geometrical arrangement of atoms. A brain is an exquisitely complex network of highly interconnected neurons, with an astoundingly large number of possible inter-communication patterns. A human brain has around 100 billion neurons, each of which is connected to around ten thousand other neurons via synapses. The thing that can feel pain doesn't go anywhere. It just changes into a thing that cannot feel pain (or joy, or sadness, or mirth, or ennui, or anything at all).

Add threatening a public official to the charges. [independent.co.uk]

Garban comments on Mar 25, 2023:

Subtle isn’t he.🙄

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

@Garban You're doing better than me. I have yet to hear any of my idiot acquaintances who voted for Cheato recant their sins.

Do you believe in life after death

David_Cooper comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Whatever it is in us that's sentient, that cannot be destroyed as it cannot be made out of more than one part. If it was made out of more than one part without any of the component parts being sentient, the whole composite thing could not magically be sentient. So, that sentient thing is not ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

@fishline79 All of our energy comes from our food. The energy in our food comes from the sun. As it moves up through the food chain, energy is constantly dissipated in the form of heat. Our cells use food energy to do various kinds of work (including the building of body cells and tissues). Brain work is mostly pumping ions across selectively permeable membranes. This is the basis for action potentials in neurons, which in turn are the basis of all thoughts, sensations, dreams, hallucinations, desires, fantasies,...every kind of cognition. When a human body dies, the set of chemical reactions needed for life ceases, and a new set of reactions begins to break down the body and release what little energy is contained there. The reactions of decomposition also release heat. That's it. What we sometimes refer to as "life force" is really just a set of chemical reactions, most of which are facilitated by biochemical catalysts called enzymes. When the body can no longer maintain its chemistry within certain narrow limits (a process called homeostasis), it dies. Finis.

Add threatening a public official to the charges. [independent.co.uk]

Garban comments on Mar 25, 2023:

Subtle isn’t he.🙄

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

@Garban I just looked it up (on Wikipedia). Biden got 81,283,501 votes. Cheato got 74,223,975.

Add threatening a public official to the charges. [independent.co.uk]

Garban comments on Mar 25, 2023:

Subtle isn’t he.🙄

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

@Garban I was just using the approximate number who voted for Biden in 2020. But I'm sure the actual number is higher.

GOP COPD (chronic obstructive personality disorder)

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2023:

Guilty by reason of being female/poor/not white male...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

...non-Christian, gay, lesbian, bi, trans, historian, scientist, journalist, anti-fascist, critical thinker,...

Add threatening a public official to the charges. [independent.co.uk]

Garban comments on Mar 25, 2023:

Subtle isn’t he.🙄

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

He's never been held to account before. Now the walls are closing in on him, and he's getting desperate. And 80+ million Americans are loving it!

Billy Raymond Counterman's Words Were So Terrifying the Supreme Court Got Involved

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 19, 2023:

Also in dire need of protection from haters: election workers.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

@Alienbeing Okay, I see you really can't or don't want to address the original proposition. That's fine. Your surrender is accepted. 😂😂😂

He's right to be worried.

CourtJester comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Shit.... The democrats send billions to Ukraine, they send a chunk back as donations to the democrat party, they purchase some weapons and the dealer or manufacturer makes their political donation, then the Ukrainian government pockets the rest. This war wont end any time soon. It would cost ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

@CourtJester You're the one who levelled the allegation. It's up to you to back up your claim. Wassamatta CJ? Cat got your tongue?

Remember you heard it here first (from me) that covid escaped from the Chinese lab.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 24, 2023:

The true origin of SARS CoV-2 has not been determined, but it most likely came from an animal.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

@FrayedBear Why are you so intent on pushing this conspiracy theory? Why don't you just admit that nobody knows where the virus originated? The greatest likelihood is that it evolved the ability to infect humans (it already was in certain mammals) and then jumped from an animal to a human. So why go with the unlikely conspiracy theory for whish there is no definitive proof? Is it because you seek to undermine all liberal democracies, or just the USA? How much is Vlad the Invader paying you, Russian Bear?

Remember you heard it here first (from me) that covid escaped from the Chinese lab.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 24, 2023:

The true origin of SARS CoV-2 has not been determined, but it most likely came from an animal.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 25, 2023:

@puff Who are "they"? BTW, there is nothing inherently wrong with altering the definitions of scientific terms. This kind of refinement occurs all the time in science, as more and more is learned. For instance, the definition of the word planet was altered (by the International Astronomical Union) and this led to the downgrading of Pluto's status from planet to planetoid. If the definitions of pandemic and vaccine were altered, there were probably very good reasons for the modifications. Do not fear change. Change is inevitable.

He's right to be worried.

CourtJester comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Shit.... The democrats send billions to Ukraine, they send a chunk back as donations to the democrat party, they purchase some weapons and the dealer or manufacturer makes their political donation, then the Ukrainian government pockets the rest. This war wont end any time soon. It would cost ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 24, 2023:

@DenoPenno Maybe, maybe not. Depends on who replaces Putin. A lot of Russians don't want this war.

Remember you heard it here first (from me) that covid escaped from the Chinese lab.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 24, 2023:

The true origin of SARS CoV-2 has not been determined, but it most likely came from an animal.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 24, 2023:

@Castlepaloma You did not answer my question. Who changed the definition of a virus? When and where did this take place?

Remember the TV commercials?

richiegtt comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Every time I hear a commercial using a great old song I think of all the young people who never heard it until then and will for ever think of it as a song about the product.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 24, 2023:

The commercials aired in the 1970s, contemporaneously with the song. So in this case, I don't think misleading today's young people is an issue. Anyway, we all have far more information at our fingertips today. For instance, there is an app that can "listen" to a snippet of any musical recording and immediately tell you the artist, title, genre, release date, etc., etc. Then you can find any number of YouTube videos of performances of the piece.

Remember you heard it here first (from me) that covid escaped from the Chinese lab.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 24, 2023:

The true origin of SARS CoV-2 has not been determined, but it most likely came from an animal.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 24, 2023:

@Castlepaloma "...they keep changing the definitions of the word virus." I have not heard anything of the sort. What is your source for this? Who would "they" be? 😂

He's right to be worried.

CourtJester comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Shit.... The democrats send billions to Ukraine, they send a chunk back as donations to the democrat party, they purchase some weapons and the dealer or manufacturer makes their political donation, then the Ukrainian government pockets the rest. This war wont end any time soon. It would cost ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 24, 2023:

@CourtJester The "non-liberal news"? What's that? 😂 It's a very serious allegation. If it's true, people need to be indicted. Whoever they are, whatever political party they belong to. Just show us the evidence.

Do you believe in life after death

David_Cooper comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Whatever it is in us that's sentient, that cannot be destroyed as it cannot be made out of more than one part. If it was made out of more than one part without any of the component parts being sentient, the whole composite thing could not magically be sentient. So, that sentient thing is not ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 24, 2023:

To be sentient means to possess higher level consciousness. Consciousness is a product of complex neural activity in a brain. When the body dies, the brain stops functioning, and that is the end of sentience in that being.

He's right to be worried.

CourtJester comments on Mar 24, 2023:

Shit.... The democrats send billions to Ukraine, they send a chunk back as donations to the democrat party, they purchase some weapons and the dealer or manufacturer makes their political donation, then the Ukrainian government pockets the rest. This war wont end any time soon. It would cost ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 24, 2023:

Kickbacks...a serious allegation. Do you have any evidence to back it up?

Billy Raymond Counterman's Words Were So Terrifying the Supreme Court Got Involved

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 19, 2023:

Also in dire need of protection from haters: election workers.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 24, 2023:

@Alienbeing Yeah it really sounds like that you have lost track of the original proposition. You're stuck on your own little side argument.

He's right to be worried.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2023:

he's gonna get his ass bit so damn bad!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 24, 2023:

🤞🤞

Billy Raymond Counterman's Words Were So Terrifying the Supreme Court Got Involved

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 19, 2023:

Also in dire need of protection from haters: election workers.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 23, 2023:

@Alienbeing I have yet to hear you make a legal argument.

Britain dumping depleted uranium in Ukraine?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 22, 2023:

You're citing Pravda (a Putin organ) here? Really? Wow.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 22, 2023:

@FrayedBear 🐂💩

Britain dumping depleted uranium in Ukraine?

Petter comments on Mar 22, 2023:

Not "dumping" it. Shooting it at the war-mongering Russian tanks that have illegally invaded Ukraine, after the Russian president declared war on Ukraine.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 22, 2023:

@puff You're quibbling. (That would get you expelled from Annapolis or West Point.)

Billy Raymond Counterman's Words Were So Terrifying the Supreme Court Got Involved

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 19, 2023:

Also in dire need of protection from haters: election workers.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 22, 2023:

@Alienbeing It sounds like you have lost track of what we were talking about. 😂

That moment when you realize, there are illogical atheist that believe in greater supernatural than...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 21, 2023:

I think characterizing atheists as believing in warped space/time or reverse time travel is a bit overblown. First, who exactly are you referring to? What exactly did they say or write, and in what context? Are you sure they weren't simply playing with ideas? Second, the warping of space/time by ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 22, 2023:

@rainmanjr You mean the distinction between hypothesis and theory? In discussing any science topic, it is a distinction that everyone should make.

That moment when you realize, there are illogical atheist that believe in greater supernatural than...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 21, 2023:

I think characterizing atheists as believing in warped space/time or reverse time travel is a bit overblown. First, who exactly are you referring to? What exactly did they say or write, and in what context? Are you sure they weren't simply playing with ideas? Second, the warping of space/time by ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 22, 2023:

@rainmanjr So what? You don't really need me to explain the importance of using appropriate language, do you? It's not about winning my friend. I'm a science educator. This is right up my alley. I'm glad I could help. 🙂

That moment when you realize, there are illogical atheist that believe in greater supernatural than...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 21, 2023:

I think characterizing atheists as believing in warped space/time or reverse time travel is a bit overblown. First, who exactly are you referring to? What exactly did they say or write, and in what context? Are you sure they weren't simply playing with ideas? Second, the warping of space/time by ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 22, 2023:

@rainmanjr Please describe the rigorous testing that your hypothesis has undergone.

That moment when you realize, there are illogical atheist that believe in greater supernatural than...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 21, 2023:

I think characterizing atheists as believing in warped space/time or reverse time travel is a bit overblown. First, who exactly are you referring to? What exactly did they say or write, and in what context? Are you sure they weren't simply playing with ideas? Second, the warping of space/time by ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 22, 2023:

@rainmanjr Big difference between "attempts to unify" and unifies. 😂

Billy Raymond Counterman's Words Were So Terrifying the Supreme Court Got Involved

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 19, 2023:

Also in dire need of protection from haters: election workers.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 22, 2023:

@Alienbeing Uh, no, not really.

That moment when you realize, there are illogical atheist that believe in greater supernatural than...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 21, 2023:

I think characterizing atheists as believing in warped space/time or reverse time travel is a bit overblown. First, who exactly are you referring to? What exactly did they say or write, and in what context? Are you sure they weren't simply playing with ideas? Second, the warping of space/time by ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 22, 2023:

@rainmanjr No, my friend, they are not the same. A hypothesis is an educated guess, one that can be tested for accuracy. Hypotheses that, after rigorous testing, turn out to be unassailably true are called facts. For instance: Alfred Wegener hypothesized that the American continents had once been connected to Europe and Africa. He based this hypothesis on the shapes of the continents and on certain fossils and rocks found on both sides of the Atlantic ocean. A theory is a unifying explanation for a diverse set of facts. For instance, the Theory of Plate Tectonics explains... why the continents look like they once fit together, why there are volcanic mid-ocean ridges, why there is a "ring of fire" around the Pacific ocean basin, why the western part of California is sliding northward along the San Andreas fault, why deep earthquakes are often concentrated in Benioff zones, why there are pieces of ocean floor in the Sierra Nevada mountains and in the Himalayas and the Alps, etc., why no ocean floor rocks are more than about 100 million years old, why ocean floors have "striped" magnetic anomaly patterns, why there are tsunamis, why there are island arcs, Why Turkey recently experienced those massive earthquakes, etc., etc., etc. The explanation for all of these facts is called the Theory of Plate Tectonics. It says that the Earth's rigid crust is broken up into plates, and these move around constantly, driven by convection currents in the mantle. These movements are the cause of all the afore-mentioned phenomena, and many more that I have not mentioned. Now you know homie. Don't blow it. 🙂

That moment when you realize, there are illogical atheist that believe in greater supernatural than...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 21, 2023:

I think characterizing atheists as believing in warped space/time or reverse time travel is a bit overblown. First, who exactly are you referring to? What exactly did they say or write, and in what context? Are you sure they weren't simply playing with ideas? Second, the warping of space/time by ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 21, 2023:

@rainmanjr I think you mean "hypothesize."

Like two peas in a pod...

Julie808 comments on Mar 21, 2023:

Even having to share a cell with Trump wouldn't be enough punishment for Putin. Prison is too tame for either of them, in my opinion, but better than allowing them to continue creating such havoc in the world.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 21, 2023:

Trump should be confined to a small cell. Vlad deserves nothing less than death by impaling.

Long overdue:

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2023:

About damn time!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 21, 2023:

Hopefully tomorrow. 🙂🤞

This Christian claims her three amputated toes were regrown during a prayer service

Petter comments on Mar 20, 2023:

Three toes. Sounds like a slothful woman. I had two fingers on my right hand surgically put back together, but that was thanks to a miracle of modern medical procedures and an excellent surgeon. P.S. Thanks to another modern development in Europe, that has yet to reach the US, my treatment was ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 21, 2023:

@snytiger6 What do you call the guy who graduated last in his med school class? Doctor.

This Christian claims her three amputated toes were regrown during a prayer service

Castlepaloma comments on Mar 20, 2023:

She could have had a cross breed mother from a lizard. Only a very very long shot in a mad mad lab experiments.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 21, 2023:

Salamanders have more regenerative powers.

Billy Raymond Counterman's Words Were So Terrifying the Supreme Court Got Involved

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 19, 2023:

Also in dire need of protection from haters: election workers.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 21, 2023:

@Alienbeing It is a matter for interpretation. Unless we can get one or more justices privately saying what they actually think in texts messages, emails, or on a hot mike, we will probably never find definitive proof. Notwithstanding the lack of such evidence, the basic facts of the case do sustain the notion that the Court's "conservative" majority is siding with the religious"right" on the question of abortion. In giving the slightest credence to the idea that a fertilized egg or an embryo is a person they are going along with a religious opinion that is not supported by science. They broke 50 years of precedent to make that ruling. The reasoning given in the majority opinion is laughably weak, and really only serve as a smoke screen. So to opine that the Court is following a religious agenda is not at all crazy.

Florida English professor fired after parent complaint over racial justice lessons | The Hill

DenoPenno comments on Mar 19, 2023:

Is DeSantis WOKE? He apparently does not want any racial justice. Make you a bet that he thinks Kindergarten kids are being primed for sex change operations and gender reassignment too. Some of this is the silliest crap I have ever heard.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 19, 2023:

@KKGator I agree 😎👍

Florida English professor fired after parent complaint over racial justice lessons | The Hill

DenoPenno comments on Mar 19, 2023:

Is DeSantis WOKE? He apparently does not want any racial justice. Make you a bet that he thinks Kindergarten kids are being primed for sex change operations and gender reassignment too. Some of this is the silliest crap I have ever heard.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 19, 2023:

It's not clear whether he actually believes his own 🐂💩 or is just pandering to the MAGAts (a la Tucker Carlson/ Sean Hannity/Laura Ingram/Faux News).

Florida Drag Queen: DeSantis' Laws Like 'How Nazis Rose to Power' -- Insider

freedom41 comments on Mar 19, 2023:

DeSantis is wanting anyone who isn't a straight white or Hispanic christain to get the hell out of the state . Where in big trouble if he runs for president in 2024.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 19, 2023:

DeSantis will not win the Republican primary. Worry instead about Trump and what his MAGAt hordes will do when he loses another general election.

Crime/fraud exception trumps attorney-client privilege 😂😂😂 [abovethelaw.com]

Barnie2years comments on Mar 19, 2023:

And most are running for the door, except for those looking for their 15 minutes of fame.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 19, 2023:

A number have already lost their law licences 😂

What other IEDs? Well, MAGA, for one.

CourtJester comments on Mar 16, 2023:

The democrats can’t drive the car for two years then blame the previous owner after they drive off the road and start plowing into trees.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 17, 2023:

@CourtJester CJ, you blame the bomb squad for not finding and defusing the bomb in time! How about hold accountable the one who rigged the place to explode? Did you miss the part about how the Trump-appointed regulators failed to use the tools they had available to them? Or did you simply cinch down your blinders and skip the whole article? For all the noise he made about hiring the "best" people, Trump famously often installed unqualified sycophants, political hacks, and ideologues in key government positions. They're ticking time bombs; one just blew up.

What other IEDs? Well, MAGA, for one.

CourtJester comments on Mar 16, 2023:

The democrats can’t drive the car for two years then blame the previous owner after they drive off the road and start plowing into trees.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 16, 2023:

Trump loosened Dodd-Frank bank regulations in 2018. The remaining regulations MAY have been enough to keep SVB stable, but Trump-appointed regulators did not use what power they had. And so here we are. Surely you're not going to try to deny that Republicans are forever clamoring for less government regulation. It's their signature thing. And when the shit hits the fan, they blame Democrats for not cleaning up the mess fast enough. Happens every time. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/14/politics/facts-on-trump-2018-banking-deregulation/index.html

The bastards have no shame.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 15, 2023:

They say ''please"??????

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 15, 2023:

They say "Waaaaaaaaaah!" 😭

No question it's an error. But was it forced, or unforced?

rainmanjr comments on Mar 15, 2023:

It’s domestic so will help insure prices don’t rise from decisions of foreign nations and organizations. I’m for doing this.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 15, 2023:

Okay, a very thin silver lining to this dark cloud.

Ivermectin Influencer Died. His Followers Are Worried About Their Own ‘Severe’ Symptoms.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 15, 2023:

😂😂😂 Sad? Not! 😂😂😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 15, 2023:

@barjoe Exactly. And now he's dead. Good thing.

Has anyone seen ([metacritic.com], the latest movie from M. Night Shyamalan?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 15, 2023:

I almost never watch horror films, especially ones that presume supernatural forces (i.e. gods, angels, devils, and related rot).

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 15, 2023:

@OldMetalHead You do you bra 😂

Ivermectin Influencer Died. His Followers Are Worried About Their Own ‘Severe’ Symptoms.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 15, 2023:

😂😂😂 Sad? Not! 😂😂😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 15, 2023:

@barjoe If he had been just quietly doing his thing, then it might be kinda sad. The fact that he had been loudly trying to influence others to follow his lead changes everything. To me, the irony is positively delicious. There is a lovely symmetry here that tickles me. So yeah, I'm laughing! 😂😂😂

India government opposes recognising same-sex marriage - court filing | Reuters

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 13, 2023:

India's population will soon eclipse that of China. Meanwhile, the glaciers that feed the Indus and Brahmaputra rivers continue to shrink, and the monsoons are becoming increasingly unreliable. You see where I'm going with this? When it comes to populations and famines, the rule is, the bigger they ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 13, 2023:

@jackjr And they're superstitious as hell, and they have nuclear weapons! What a combo! 😂

India government opposes recognising same-sex marriage - court filing | Reuters

rainmanjr comments on Mar 12, 2023:

No surprise. India. They are a pathetic society, as well, in my view and always have been (Gandhi not withstanding).

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 13, 2023:

I don't think their society is worse than ours.

From our Too True Department:

St-Sinner comments on Mar 11, 2023:

Many people will buy Trump's case and he might very well have the last laugh. We were laughing at him, Hillary called them 'deplorables' and what happened next is what we're are still talking about.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 13, 2023:

@St-Sinner I don't think we should ever expect to score a resounding, unqualified, and lasting victory . Hell, we convincingly kicked the Nazis asses in WWII, and yet here they are popping up again 80 years later. The problem is that crime pays, so that motivation is always there. The battle between good and evil is an ongoing match between opponents of comparable capabilities.

From our Too True Department:

St-Sinner comments on Mar 11, 2023:

Many people will buy Trump's case and he might very well have the last laugh. We were laughing at him, Hillary called them 'deplorables' and what happened next is what we're are still talking about.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 12, 2023:

@St-Sinner Uh, no, Republicans don't "keep winning." The MAGAts lost in 2018, 2020, and 2022. Republicans might be good at jailing poor Black and Hispanic men, but they are also good at pardoning rich white men. Done Cheato has been "invited" to testify before a grand jury in New York next week. This is normally the last thing that happens before an indictment is handed down. So it's kinda early to be saying that Trumpty Dumpty is getting off Scott free. A DA down in Georgia says that "indictments are imminent." We'll see what that means. DOJ's special counsel Jack Smith still has time to indict Trump. If it's going to happen, it has to be this year. Again, we shall see.

From our Too True Department:

St-Sinner comments on Mar 11, 2023:

Many people will buy Trump's case and he might very well have the last laugh. We were laughing at him, Hillary called them 'deplorables' and what happened next is what we're are still talking about.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 12, 2023:

The great thing about court cases is that evidence is laid out methodically, and it all becomes part of the public record. So everyone can see the evidence. If the evidence is compelling, it makes it harder to argue that its all just a witch hunt. Will some people never be swayed, no matter what evidence is presented? Sure! But I think we can peel some away from the MAGAt base. Meanwhile, with a guilty verdict in hand, we can push back harder. Let's see how many MAGAt mother fuckers want to go to war on behalf of a convicted criminal. Plus we show the world that the USA really has rule of law, that no one is above the law. 😎

Question: why does a trust fund baby trade his dignity and reputation for money?

FrayedBear comments on Mar 11, 2023:

What's a "trust fund baby"?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 12, 2023:

A person born into a wealthy family. Carlson is an heir to the Swanson frozen foods dynasty.

"Toxic" only begins to describe it.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 5, 2023:

My ex is addicted to that circus, a huge part of why he's my ex.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 11, 2023:

@HippieChick58 His world resides uncomfortably under a small rock. 😂

Question: why does a trust fund baby trade his dignity and reputation for money?

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Mar 11, 2023:

Because he is an entitled, ignorant, greedy swine is my best bet.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 11, 2023:

@Gwendolyn2018 He is definitely self-interested. In that he and Trump are identical.

Teen sues SC school district after teacher assaults her for not saying Pledge

DenoPenno comments on Mar 11, 2023:

The real issue never had anything to do with the pledge. It's all about power and Marissa is black.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 11, 2023:

I didn't really watch her show, but one night while channel surfing I heard Judge Judy ask, "How do you know when a teenager is lying?" She then answered he own question: "Their lips are moving." She wasn't wrong. As a high school teacher for 20 years, I can testify that some students can be truly obnoxious. I actually understand the urge to grab them hy the shoulders and shake them. I have deep sympathy for any teacher who reaches their breaking point and gives in to such an urge.

Question: why does a trust fund baby trade his dignity and reputation for money?

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Mar 11, 2023:

Because he is an entitled, ignorant, greedy swine is my best bet.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 11, 2023:

But Carlson's own words to his colleagues clearly show that he knows Trump is a lying slimeball. Tucker is not at all under Cheato's spell. This is much worse than plain ignorance. However I think you are onto something when you mention greed and entitlement. But does that really cover it? There must also be another element like hate, or anger, or fear at work here.

Renowned liberal Atheist Richard Dawkins claims Liberals and Leftists are cowards in regards to ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 10, 2023:

I have the highest regard for Professor Dawkins, but I suspect that he did not consider the full range of natural variations among liberals. Speaking as an example of the agnostic/atheist variety, I can say my attitude toward Christianity, Judaism, and Islam is fairly even-handed. I say, a pox on ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 10, 2023:

@BufftonBeotch Yes, in this country, the Xtians are, by a large margin, the greatest threat to freedom.

Walgreens Says It Won't Sell Abortion Pills In 20 GOP-Led States

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 5, 2023:

I won't do business with Walgreens, or Chick-fil-A, or Hobby Lobby.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 8, 2023:

@barjoe Wow,nice list! Some of those I have never even heard of though. AT&T ist on my list too. There aren't any BP stations near me, and I can always get gas at a lower price than Shell offers. (I try to boycott ALL oil companies by simply driving less. I manage to get most of my shopping, banking, mailing, and food takeout done by bicycle, so my mileage is only about 6,000 miles per year.) The nearest Lowes is more than twice as far away than the nearest Home Depot, which I can and often do visit by bicycle.

Scatology 101

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2023:

And all of them together are horse s_it.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 8, 2023:

We used to call it road apples 😂