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Forget wars, forget exPresident's home being raided, Australia mourns the death of Olivia ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 9, 2022:

ONJ was great, but I am (we are) NOT forgetting about Putin's illegal, immoral, illegitimate, and ill-conceived invasion of Ukraine. Nor are we taking our eye off the Orange Foolius and Christian nationalists who are trying to turn us into a theocratic dictatorship.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 10, 2022:

@FrayedBear You had me scratching my head over the nonsequitur questions about petrol, matches, and psychopaths. It was a splendid diversion, misdirecting attention away from your heroic defense of Vlad the Invader and his little sidekick, Done Cheato, aka Orange Foolius. You really should have quit while you were ahead. Instead, you tipped your hand and we all got a look at your cards. Now we can all see that you not only support the corrupt authoritarians who who make serfs of us all, but also sympathize with the fanatical religious terrorists that would blow us all to smithereens. Thank you for clarifying your position, Frayed Russian bear.

Forget wars, forget exPresident's home being raided, Australia mourns the death of Olivia ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 9, 2022:

ONJ was great, but I am (we are) NOT forgetting about Putin's illegal, immoral, illegitimate, and ill-conceived invasion of Ukraine. Nor are we taking our eye off the Orange Foolius and Christian nationalists who are trying to turn us into a theocratic dictatorship.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 9, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay I'm assuming you are speaking to Frayedbear.

I went on a date with a Christian.

Garban comments on Aug 9, 2022:

Don’t give up. Do you seriously think you’re going to find someone that agrees with everything you think? That’s called a pet; not a partner. You may make a great trustworthy partner or just a friend, through mutual respect for each other’s endearing foibles. Maybe! Good luck!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 9, 2022:

The origin of species and existence of an omnipotent sky daddy are pretty big things to disagree over. I will not have a science denier living under my roof.

I went on a date with a Christian.

skado comments on Aug 9, 2022:

I would happily engage her on that topic. It doesn’t matter what Darwin might have said on his deathbed or at any other time. The greatest bulk of supportive evidence for evolution has been collected since his death, not prior. Darwin didn’t invent evolution - he (along with Wallace and a few ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 9, 2022:

Any supposed renunciation of evolution by Darwin is apocryphal.

Forget wars, forget exPresident's home being raided, Australia mourns the death of Olivia ...

Mofo1953 comments on Aug 9, 2022:

She was a beautiful woman with an angelic voice, cancer is a shitty disease and I for one jacked off to her physical video countless times, rest in peace Olivia.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 9, 2022:

Too much information bra 😂

Forget wars, forget exPresident's home being raided, Australia mourns the death of Olivia ...

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 9, 2022:

Would have been much better if Trump would have died of breast cancer.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 9, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay Frayedbear started it. He really wants us to forget about Ukraine, not just in the moment, but forever. Putin is counting on short attention spans, hoping we will be distracted. But let's face it. The death of ONJ from natural causes is nothing compared to the ongoing slaughter of innocents in Ukraine by a bloody Russian dictator. Just imagine YOUR house, YOUR city, YOUR country being shelled and strafed daily.

It takes one to know one.

Barnie2years comments on Aug 8, 2022:

Makes even the cockroaches sick! 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 8, 2022:

The guy really is a piece of shit. I hope he dies soon so I can piss on his grave.

From Carl Sagan, 1995. You can download the book as a pdf here: [docs.google.com]

skado comments on Aug 8, 2022:

This great book had a huge impact on my worldview.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 8, 2022:

@MsKathleen What page is the highlighted text you posted from?

The word is actually "amok," which is Malay for "crazy motherfucker with a machete hacking your ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 7, 2022:

That has become an alternate pronunciation and/or spelling, though. Remember "Hocus Pocus'" only funny bit, where one witch mentions "Running amok" and the ditzy one starts singing "Amuck, amuck, amuck," until someone gives her a smack...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 7, 2022:

I don't think I ever saw Hocus Pocus, but I'll take your word for it 😂

Anyone interested in chipping in on some land (20 acres, 40, more?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 7, 2022:

There is bound to be quite a fight over the best places...and I don't mean just legal battles.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 7, 2022:

@suesue2222 ✔️

Matt Powell: The government should execute certain drag queens

dalefvictor comments on Aug 6, 2022:

No, the government should execute certain Republicans. Apparently, they are into it.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 7, 2022:

I hope we are not there yet.

Stuck the landing!

rainmanjr comments on Aug 6, 2022:

Bob Dole says "Bob Dole thinks this is mean but funny." That's a joke. Actually, Bob Dole is the elephant under the house.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 6, 2022:

Didn't Bob Dole die recently? I did not care for his policy positions, but I do miss the old Republican Party he represented...the one that still believed in democracy.

Equating Alex Jones with rats is terribly unfair....to rats!

Garban comments on Aug 4, 2022:

Shameless what *people* do for money. Jones has a lot of climbing to do in order to be ranked with rats.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 4, 2022:

The jury awarded the family 4 million dollars in compensation for Jones' lies. And that does not include punitive judgement. They're still working on that. I'm hoping it will be at least 30 times the compensatory amount.

Equating Alex Jones with rats is terribly unfair....to rats!

Garban comments on Aug 4, 2022:

Shameless what *people* do for money. Jones has a lot of climbing to do in order to be ranked with rats.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 4, 2022:

There is no ladder tall enough....

[bsa.

Dyl1983 comments on Aug 3, 2022:

Like that's ever going to happen.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 4, 2022:

We can dream, right?

Nick Anderson's Blurred Lines This cartoon was received in an e-mail with the following ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 3, 2022:

One more illustration of why we need to get the money out of politics. Overturn Citizens United!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 3, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin Your pessimism is very....consistent 😂

Iranian father Mohammad Kazem Lashkari, 43 Shot dead his 15 year old daughter with a shotgun in her ...

KKGator comments on Aug 3, 2022:

Islam is one of the most fucked up religions ever. Christianity is a close second. They are all evil.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 3, 2022:

Uh, the Christianity of Christian nationalists is just as fucked up as Islam.

Here we go again.

CourtJester comments on Aug 2, 2022:

I’m miffed on the matter. I’m always a bit torn by a death. It never gets comfortable. But it’s always reaffirming when a vaccinated person passes. There’s more of them than unvaccinated currently. It’s similar to a methhead that dies. A lost life lost always sucks; but there’s one less ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 3, 2022:

@CourtJester Do you ever get the feeling you are being ignored? 😂

Here we go again.

CourtJester comments on Aug 2, 2022:

I’m miffed on the matter. I’m always a bit torn by a death. It never gets comfortable. But it’s always reaffirming when a vaccinated person passes. There’s more of them than unvaccinated currently. It’s similar to a methhead that dies. A lost life lost always sucks; but there’s one less ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 2, 2022:

Vomited straight from a troll's mouth: "it’s always reaffirming when a vaccinated person passes." 🙄

New Rule: Let the Population Collapse | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

In the subfield of biology known as population dynamics, there is this thing called a boom and bust cycle. When resources are plentiful, the population booms. When resources become scarce, or waste products build up to toxic levels, the population busts. Now the human population has been booming for...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

@ChestRockfield Definitely a bleak outlook.

New Rule: Let the Population Collapse | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

In the subfield of biology known as population dynamics, there is this thing called a boom and bust cycle. When resources are plentiful, the population booms. When resources become scarce, or waste products build up to toxic levels, the population busts. Now the human population has been booming for...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

@ChestRockfield True, true, all too true. I would not bet against things getting ugly. They already are ugly. Will they become catastrophic? Probably. Does it absolutely have to be this way? No. I guess that's what makes this situation so tragic. I'm glad I decided long ago not to have kids.

With the mountain of evidence turned up by the J6 Committee, and the fact that DOJ is officially ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 1, 2022:

I think you're being overly optimistic. Even if we don't get him again, I think we will likely have an even worse Repub prez in two years, a smarter and more effective fascist, and this time, he will succeed, along with already having both houses of congress already controlled by his party. Our last...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

I hear you. Ron DiSantis is a contender for the Republican nomination. And if it isn't him, there are plenty of other fascist assholes to choose from. But none of this is new; this country has been through worse and recovered. The big difference this time around is social media and the digital age. Pretty soon anyone will be able to produce a convincing deep fake. And we already know people cannot tell truth from fiction. So it will be interesting...

We shall NOT. Piss off! Sanctimonious pricks.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 31, 2022:

I gave up on that one, I've been known to disconnect on sanctimonious pricks at work. It's fun. But they have to really push it before I d/c, I've done it twice and I'm still employed. My hope for the not too distant future is that we have a very high solid wall between church and state with no ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

@Diogenes I don't care if they wear a turban, a fez, a straw hat, or a yarmukle, as long as they do their job well and honestly.

We shall NOT. Piss off! Sanctimonious pricks.

racocn8 comments on Jul 31, 2022:

Owning SCOTUS, the Christian Nationalists will overreach with their typical clumsy bullying attitude. The kids and young adults will reject this in a final spasm of disaffection. SCOTUS's corruption will eventually be seen as one more coup attempt and all their bad judgments will be overturned, ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

Yes, I think you are right. We will eventually turn this around, but it will take time.

We shall NOT. Piss off! Sanctimonious pricks.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 31, 2022:

I gave up on that one, I've been known to disconnect on sanctimonious pricks at work. It's fun. But they have to really push it before I d/c, I've done it twice and I'm still employed. My hope for the not too distant future is that we have a very high solid wall between church and state with no ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

If we don't shore up that wall it will be the end of this democracy.

New Rule: Let the Population Collapse | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

In the subfield of biology known as population dynamics, there is this thing called a boom and bust cycle. When resources are plentiful, the population booms. When resources become scarce, or waste products build up to toxic levels, the population busts. Now the human population has been booming for...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

@ChestRockfield You refer to the infamous Senator Inhoff...I remember well his vacant rambling. But things are changing fast; it's becoming impossible to deny... people are waking up.

With the mountain of evidence turned up by the J6 Committee, and the fact that DOJ is officially ...

rainmanjr comments on Jul 31, 2022:

That’s my read. His 15+ minutes are over.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

Yup. There are plenty of metaphors that cover his situation. The dam is breaking. We're turning his picture to the wall. He's worn out his welcome. Giving him the bum's rush. 86ing him....😂

With the mountain of evidence turned up by the J6 Committee, and the fact that DOJ is officially ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 31, 2022:

I want him humiliated so bad he never shows his face in public again. I don't think that is gonna happen, but just for it to be on the record of what a slime ball he is is a great start.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

I think he will flee the country.

With the mountain of evidence turned up by the J6 Committee, and the fact that DOJ is officially ...

Dhiltong comments on Jul 31, 2022:

If this country is stupid enough to re-elect that clown, I’m outa here. With my son and daughter in law being naturalized Australian citizens and grandson born there, for reasonable fee I’m in the club.....

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

I guess I could go to Canada or Mexico, but I think I would rather stay here and fight the fascists. It would be an honorable way to live and die.

Exploring the Cosmos in VR with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Mark Zuckerberg

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 31, 2022:

Always a pleasure to hear NDGT speak! Not so much MZ.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

@rainmanjr Yeah it's pretty cool 😎👍

New Rule: Let the Population Collapse | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

In the subfield of biology known as population dynamics, there is this thing called a boom and bust cycle. When resources are plentiful, the population booms. When resources become scarce, or waste products build up to toxic levels, the population busts. Now the human population has been booming for...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

@ChestRockfield I realize that the permafrost is giving off methane and CO2. But we have technology that can remove CO2 from the atmosphere, and the sun provides about a kilowatt of energy per square meter of Earth surface per day, and we have technologies that can harvest that pretty efficiently. My point is that we have all the tools to combat climate change. It's not a technological hump we have to get over. It's a political one.

New Rule: Let the Population Collapse | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

In the subfield of biology known as population dynamics, there is this thing called a boom and bust cycle. When resources are plentiful, the population booms. When resources become scarce, or waste products build up to toxic levels, the population busts. Now the human population has been booming for...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

@ChestRockfield For the record, I am not saying that we have not crossed the Rubicon; my sense is that we are close to it and may have crossed already. But I want to hear from the experts (realizing that their opinions vary and may or may not reflect reality.

Scientists establish link between religious fundamentalism and brain damage - Alternet.org

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

I would like to see more information about the study, like its published title, authors names, their qualifications, etc. Notwithstanding the lack of information, the inflexibility of mind demonstrated by religious fundamentalists does imply some sort of cognitive defect. 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

@MerlinZap OK..Jordan Grafman of Northwestern University— I read it too fast the 1st time 😎👍

Back in the mid '70s, around the time that the first Star Wars movie came out, there was a popular ...

rainmanjr comments on Jul 30, 2022:

Sweet Jesus with an AR-15! I think you've lit on something. The Force, created by Campbell, would tend to validate that the plot contained inside references to religion. Chuy was on Luke's side, which also seems a Biblical reference in this context, and Joe had a very playful sense of humor. What's...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

Obi Wan? Could be O vi Juan = Or I saw John... Doesn't really work for me...😂

Back in the mid '70s, around the time that the first Star Wars movie came out, there was a popular ...

Garban comments on Jul 30, 2022:

You need help.😉

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin Right back atcha.

New Rule: Let the Population Collapse | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

In the subfield of biology known as population dynamics, there is this thing called a boom and bust cycle. When resources are plentiful, the population booms. When resources become scarce, or waste products build up to toxic levels, the population busts. Now the human population has been booming for...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

@ChestRockfield Who is your source saying the Rubicon has been crossed?

Back in the mid '70s, around the time that the first Star Wars movie came out, there was a popular ...

Garban comments on Jul 30, 2022:

You need help.😉

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 30, 2022:

I know 😂

This will not end well.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 29, 2022:

I just want it to end!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 29, 2022:

@HippieChick58 What we need is a safe and effective vaccine against stupidity.

Republicans are being cruel towards veterans?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 29, 2022:

Not only do they (Republican senators) not care about veterans, they also don't care about the rest of us. They only care about themselves. Look at how they allow the fossil fuel industry to keep its stranglehold on the energy sector, while the thermometer inches ever higher and the floods, fires, ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 29, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin Exactamundo mi amigo!

This will not end well.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 29, 2022:

I just want it to end!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 29, 2022:

Unfortunately, it is not likely to ever really completely end. Like the flu, the Christian nationalism disease is endemic in this country.

Is this a sign that the sanctions are having their intended effect?

Garban comments on Jul 29, 2022:

I’m *hoping* sanctions have multiple effects: 1 Damaging Putin’s economy. 2 Undermining Putin’s domestic power. 3 Western European energy diversification. 4 Demonstrating the impact a unified boycott can have.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 29, 2022:

I think they ARE having all those effects.

Wicked Witch of the West Wing

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 29, 2022:

And East Wing; North and South as well. And he's no witch, just flat wicked.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 29, 2022:

He thinks he's a king but really he's just Putin's pawn.

Is this a sign that the sanctions are having their intended effect?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 29, 2022:

I hope so, that conflict is dragging on far too long.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 29, 2022:

Better strap in. It's probably going to go on for a while yet.

Islam allows a man to have four wives. Why does Islam not allow a woman to have four husbands?

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 27, 2022:

We subjugate the fuck out of our women and treat them like second-class citizens/property/incubators now. Don't think we have much room to talk about how any country or religion treats their women.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 28, 2022:

@ChestRockfield It's true that there are many women who support the subjugation of women. In fact, one could argue that it couldn't happen without their active collusion.

Islam allows a man to have four wives. Why does Islam not allow a woman to have four husbands?

ASTRALMAX comments on Jul 27, 2022:

Islam allows a man to have four wives with the provision that he can support them. I believe that there is a requirement that he has to treat all of them equally with no favouritism. A rich man regardless of his religious or non-religious views can have many mistresses and the same could be said...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 28, 2022:

@Gwendolyn2018 She does run the risk of stoning by the Taliban if caught fornicating...but so does a man, if he is not politically connected...

Islam allows a man to have four wives. Why does Islam not allow a woman to have four husbands?

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 27, 2022:

We subjugate the fuck out of our women and treat them like second-class citizens/property/incubators now. Don't think we have much room to talk about how any country or religion treats their women.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 28, 2022:

I would not say that about all American men. But it seems true about Christian nationalists. They are open about their desire for patriarchy. And of course Madison Avenue has long objectified women in advertising.

She's right, you know.

NostraDumbass comments on Jul 27, 2022:

Merchants of drought.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 28, 2022:

@NostraDumbass Yeah the fossil fuel industry ran the same plays pioneered by the tobacco industry. Mother fuckers. Rot them all.

She's right, you know.

NostraDumbass comments on Jul 27, 2022:

Merchants of drought.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 28, 2022:

Isn't "Merchants of Doubt" the title of a Frontline documentary?

She's right, you know.

rainmanjr comments on Jul 27, 2022:

I blame the American people, who were warned with graphs and many, many, facts which they ignored, and laugh at every report of weather-caused damage to their homes/cities/states. I think Americans are a cancer upon Earth and deserve what is coming. Politicians were merely playing to their demands ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 28, 2022:

@rainmanjr I'm not saying the public isn't responsible; we are. But to really address the problem will require collective action, because we have to create a whole new infrastructure. An ad hoc approach will not be sufficient. And the fossil fuel industry has dedicated a lot of resources toward sowing doubt about the science, which has decreased the necessary sense of urgency.

She's right, you know.

rainmanjr comments on Jul 27, 2022:

I blame the American people, who were warned with graphs and many, many, facts which they ignored, and laugh at every report of weather-caused damage to their homes/cities/states. I think Americans are a cancer upon Earth and deserve what is coming. Politicians were merely playing to their demands ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 27, 2022:

Druvius is right: fossil fuel think tanks created spurious arguments sowing doubt, lobbyists took them to Capitol Hill.

Islam allows a man to have four wives. Why does Islam not allow a woman to have four husbands?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 27, 2022:

Patriarchy.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 27, 2022:

You took the word right out of my mouth! 😂

Religion has had 1,000's of years to prove god exists...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 26, 2022:

Among the Dead Sea scrolls was one containing what Biblical scholars call the Thomas Gospel. One of its more interesting Jesus quotes has him stating that "the kingdom of the father is here on Earth, but men do not see it." I take that as an admission that there is nothing supernatural about Heaven ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 27, 2022:

@racocn8 I think it depends on which Christian you are talking to. They are a diverse bunch.

Religion has had 1,000's of years to prove god exists...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 26, 2022:

Among the Dead Sea scrolls was one containing what Biblical scholars call the Thomas Gospel. One of its more interesting Jesus quotes has him stating that "the kingdom of the father is here on Earth, but men do not see it." I take that as an admission that there is nothing supernatural about Heaven ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 26, 2022:

@racocn8 Nice piece of research! Well done! My source for the quote was a lecture Joseph Cambell gave at Eselin Institute in 1969. The context that you have provided does not change my loose interpretation. I still think it tends to downplay supernaturalism in favor of a more Earthly meaning. At least I don't see anything here to directly contradict that.

Can’t stand this annoying cretin.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 25, 2022:

Kirk Cameron? Never heard of him. Apparently he is an ignorant moron?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 26, 2022:

@richiegtt Thanks...he sounds like a crashing bore.

Putin's army is losing momentum as the Ukrainians blow up a dozen Russian ammo dumps with American ...

Druvius comments on Jul 24, 2022:

Wonderful, isn't great to have a war where we can all cheer about! war, death, destruction! Woohoo! Best American manufactured war since Vietnam! This is what makes America great!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 24, 2022:

I will admit, however, that I always enjoy seeing a bully get his nose bloodied. I just wish it didn't have to be innocent civilians and unwilling conscripts who end up paying the ultimate price.

Putin's army is losing momentum as the Ukrainians blow up a dozen Russian ammo dumps with American ...

Druvius comments on Jul 24, 2022:

Wonderful, isn't great to have a war where we can all cheer about! war, death, destruction! Woohoo! Best American manufactured war since Vietnam! This is what makes America great!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 24, 2022:

Hey, I would MUCH rather that Putin had stayed home. As most of us would have.

Putin's army is losing momentum as the Ukrainians blow up a dozen Russian ammo dumps with American ...

OldGoat43 comments on Jul 24, 2022:

I would love to hear that the Ukraine Army has been supplied with long range ballistic missiles to hit targets farther into Russia.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 24, 2022:

Western restraint is meant to deny Putin the excuse to use nukes. I think this is prudent, don't you?

FrayedBear must be a member of the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM).

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 23, 2022:

I have gone 15 rounds with that nut job, metaphorically knocking his sorry dick in the dirt time and time again. I will give him this: he keeps on picking himself up and trying again. It got me thinking, why would anyone put their self through such a humiliating exercise? I conclude that he must be ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 24, 2022:

@FrayedBear blah, blah, blah... 😂😂😂

What is the Secret Service hiding?

linxminx comments on Jul 23, 2022:

I thought the Secret Service was exempt for sharing their procedures and protocol? That would make sense since sharing this info could potentially reveal their methods of security surrounding POTUS. Isn't SS personnel coming forward to testify that Trump threw a hissing fit when not getting to go ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 23, 2022:

@linxminx I agree; the evidence is overwhelming. The Costanza defense cannot save the Done Cheato.

Is anyone else stumbling on the technology highway?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 23, 2022:

To one degree or another, all the effing time. 🤣

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 23, 2022:

@LiterateHiker Well I might be a doofus with or without it, but this technology increases the probability exponentially. 😂

What is the Secret Service hiding?

linxminx comments on Jul 23, 2022:

I thought the Secret Service was exempt for sharing their procedures and protocol? That would make sense since sharing this info could potentially reveal their methods of security surrounding POTUS. Isn't SS personnel coming forward to testify that Trump threw a hissing fit when not getting to go ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 23, 2022:

I think the Committee will be careful not to reveal any tactical/procedural secrets. Anyway, they are only interested in nailing Trump's orange hide to the outhouse wall. 😂

What is the Secret Service hiding?

David1955 comments on Jul 22, 2022:

While they're at it, maybe they could FINALLY investigate the role of the alleged so-called 'Secret' Service in the JFK assassination in 1963 as well. Is it possible that all that 'heroes' and 'brave men and women' baloney flogged to death by US mainstream media and their assets in Hollywood could...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 23, 2022:

Let's not forget their little pecadillos with prostitutes in Panama. 😂

Orange on orange 🍊

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 22, 2022:

At least the new suit matches his skin tone.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 22, 2022:

Exactly.

What is the Secret Service hiding?

racocn8 comments on Jul 22, 2022:

Putin's subversion of the US was thorough, but everyone's blaming it all on Trump only... We wouldn't want to upset the Magas now, would we? (Except half of them support Putin over Ukraine, fucking traitors) Can we recall that Trump, Flynn, Giuliani, Bannon, Stone and even the Overstock guy, ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 22, 2022:

You think Russia ties are what the SS is covering up? I think it's something more banal; something more to do with J6....

Walgreens boycott called after employees refuse to sell contraception due to religious beliefs

MaryChristmas comments on Jul 21, 2022:

Let me file this with the other retail establishments I refuse to enter because I'll never go there again.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 22, 2022:

Hobby Lobby, Chick-fil-A...

Climate change deniers.

puff comments on Jul 21, 2022:

Think of a seasonal graph that waves up and down. Those ups and downs are still happening but the trend of the graph is creeping up. As the trend changes, the graph will start getting more spikes away from the norm as it is in flux, once the new averages and medians get settled, the spikes will ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 22, 2022:

@puff The human impact has already been recorded in the geological record. That's why they named the present and ongoing geologic age the Anthropocene.

Climate change deniers.

puff comments on Jul 21, 2022:

Think of a seasonal graph that waves up and down. Those ups and downs are still happening but the trend of the graph is creeping up. As the trend changes, the graph will start getting more spikes away from the norm as it is in flux, once the new averages and medians get settled, the spikes will ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 21, 2022:

@puff I think you mean "geological" time. That, BTW, is a very long scale. Too long for any future stabilization to do us any good.

Climate change deniers.

puff comments on Jul 21, 2022:

Think of a seasonal graph that waves up and down. Those ups and downs are still happening but the trend of the graph is creeping up. As the trend changes, the graph will start getting more spikes away from the norm as it is in flux, once the new averages and medians get settled, the spikes will ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 21, 2022:

There will not be any "new normal" as long as we keep pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. It's just going to get hotter and hotter.

Climate change deniers.

Silver1wun comments on Jul 21, 2022:

This desertification has been going on for over 10,000 years and it is arguably human caused, but only arguably. It has progressed since long befote ourvexascerbation and pollution in the environment and will cycle with or without our contribution. We aren't really that important.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 21, 2022:

@Silver1wun Your assertion that global warming is not anthropomorphic is just so much brain-dead science denial. You can try and dress it up as something else, but if you put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig.

Why I, as an Atheist, Am No Longer a Humanist

MyTVC15 comments on Jul 21, 2022:

I do not see how the speaker's beliefs conflict with humanism. You can look at it this way: humans are separated from other beings by the fact that we are more self aware and have a higher level of consciousness which I think make us responsible to the other beings and to the planet. We are the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 21, 2022:

@MyTVC15 No worries; I was not offended. I simply saw an error and corrected it. I agree that we have a special responsibility to preserve and protect the natural world. 😎👍

Why I, as an Atheist, Am No Longer a Humanist

MyTVC15 comments on Jul 21, 2022:

I do not see how the speaker's beliefs conflict with humanism. You can look at it this way: humans are separated from other beings by the fact that we are more self aware and have a higher level of consciousness which I think make us responsible to the other beings and to the planet. We are the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 21, 2022:

Wr are NOT the only beings on this planet capable of rational thought, nor is there evidence that we are the most self-aware. Whales, dolphins, elephants, and the other great apes are all self-aware and capable of rational thought. What distinguishes humans from other animals is our use of a specific type of symbolic language: writing. Whales dolphins, and apes communicate via sound waves, and can be taught to read and understand graphic symbols. Even some birds can communicate in human language. So we humans are really not all that special.

Climate change deniers.

Silver1wun comments on Jul 21, 2022:

This desertification has been going on for over 10,000 years and it is arguably human caused, but only arguably. It has progressed since long befote ourvexascerbation and pollution in the environment and will cycle with or without our contribution. We aren't really that important.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 21, 2022:

Wrong, wrong, wrong. We humans are not unimportant contributors; we are prime movers. Were it not for our burning of fossil fuels, the Earth would be headed towards a cooling period, possibly an ice age. The fact that we are breaking records in the other direction is all down to us. This was predicted more than 150 years ago. The relationship between burning of fossil fuels and rising CO2 levels is well understood. And the relationship between rising CO2 concentration and increased atmospheric and oceanic temperatures is also quite well known. And the relationship between higher temperatures and more frequent and severe storms, heat waves, drought, flooding, etc. is well documented. Humans are forcing climate change. So significant is our impact that a new geologic age has been named for us: the Anthropocene.

Court OKs sale of 43 Catholic Church properties to settle sex abuse claims

JackPedigo comments on Jul 19, 2022:

At least the Canadians haven't got an increasing zealous pro religious government, yet. Be interested to see how that would work here.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 19, 2022:

We would have to convince white "Christian" men that they are not automatically entitled to political power merely because of their particular combination of race, religion, and gender. Good luck with that.

Why was the Done Cheato so upset?

DharmaBum50 comments on Jul 18, 2022:

OMFG, I'm howlin'! I wonder if Randy Rainbow has thought about doing this ... ;)

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 18, 2022:

I couldn't get the melody out of my head all day 🤣

Why was the Done Cheato so upset?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 18, 2022:

Reality is starting to catch up to him.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 18, 2022:

It's nipping at his heels 😂

From our Wistful Nostalgia Department:

Matias comments on Jul 18, 2022:

What happened ? The sixties happened, with their "anything goes", in all spheres of society (science, politics, art, media....). And then social media happened and amplified the whole shit

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 18, 2022:

In the 60s the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act were passed, and the USA became a democracy for the first time in its history. Before that, it was only a democracy for privileged white Christian males. And as the country's demographics have shifted, the privileged group has seen their power wane. Now they are embracing fascism because democracy does not work for them like it used to. THAT'S what happened.

Religion asks too much of people like me.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 17, 2022:

i need to see evidence. And I mean measurable, reproducible, independently- verifiable evidence, not some 2000-year-old scriptural mumbo jumbo. I can't accept any god-based religion because there is no evidence of and god. Period.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 17, 2022:

@racocn8 Well said!

Bernie Sanders: Joe Manchin Is Intentionally Sabotaging President Biden's Agenda

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 17, 2022:

Manchin says there is no money for climate action, but that's only because he wants to protect this ridiculous tax code that only benefits the wealthy. The Trump tax law was/is/will be a disaster for the country.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 17, 2022:

@jlynn37 I am for funding Ukraine, but there is no doubt that the US military budget is bloated beyond all reason.

Every society can be described as a struggle for power among several groups (example: the ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 17, 2022:

To answer your question, IMO there is no absolute morality. It is whatever the group says it is. I think that we could approach something like a universal morality if everyone was well educated in science, and we let science provide a baseline for our understanding of nature. For instance, ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 17, 2022:

@DenoPenno Right! But instead of focusing on that measurable thing, many so-called Christians insist on the holy spirit/moment of fertilization thing that they basically just fabricated out of thin air.

So far, only minions have faced Justice. Stay tuned.

David1955 comments on Jul 16, 2022:

Stay tuned, but don't get your hopes up. I wouldn't. It's always the minions in America, always. Always the monkeys, never the organ grinders. Been saying that here for years... after Trump became President... before and after Mueller.... now this Committee ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 17, 2022:

I agree. But I can't help hoping. I'm definitely rooting for the home team.

So far, only minions have faced Justice. Stay tuned.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 16, 2022:

I think there is evidence that indicates otherwise.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 17, 2022:

I agree. I think the Done Cheato is done.

Commentary from Jeff Childers at 'Coffee & Covid' - Remember how Moderna and Pfizer always said ...

JacarC comments on Jul 15, 2022:

Lies, lies, and continued lies from those who were in control, and are still insisting we inject children with experimental drugs... And all the fascists who are ready to cancel anyone who complains. More children will be damaged by the 'vaccine's' than will be helped. Stupid stupid stupid.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 16, 2022:

@BDair Fake news.

Commentary from Jeff Childers at 'Coffee & Covid' - Remember how Moderna and Pfizer always said ...

JacarC comments on Jul 15, 2022:

Lies, lies, and continued lies from those who were in control, and are still insisting we inject children with experimental drugs... And all the fascists who are ready to cancel anyone who complains. More children will be damaged by the 'vaccine's' than will be helped. Stupid stupid stupid.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 15, 2022:

Show me the evidence of all this supposed damage to people caused by vaccines.

Right on Mom!

JacarC comments on Jul 15, 2022:

Wokists are the worst hateful group in the west at this time.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 15, 2022:

I don't know if you are kidding or if you are serious.

Commentary from Jeff Childers at 'Coffee & Covid' - Remember how Moderna and Pfizer always said ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 15, 2022:

I've had Covid twice, the last time very recently, so it had to be one of the new Omicron variants, and this time it was much milder than last time overall, so I am glad I have had the vaccines and boosters. If not, I assume it would have been much worse for me this time.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 15, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin The hospitals (and morgues) are full of unvaccinated people. But you can't tell him anything. He drank the conspiracy theory kool-aide.

To a degree I do have some sympathy with the religious fundamentalist and literalist.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 15, 2022:

I don't agree that moderate religious sects are more "shallow, narcissistic, dishonestly cherry picking, manipulative, self serving, and corrupt" than fundamentalist ones. I think it's the other way around.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 15, 2022:

@Fernapple I have maintained for a long time that moderate religionists are enablers of their more fanatical brethren. Around the world, fundamentalist sects are the most dangerous, the most violent, the most determined to gain power, and the most willing to twist and cherry pick their own creed to suit that end. In the USA, we find nominal Catholics and Protestants among the ranks of the Christian nationalists, but the vast majority of them are Evangelical Christians. They are our own, home grown, American Taliban.

Right on Mom!

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 15, 2022:

Religion says to "love" one another, but churches teach you to hate anyone who isn't your tribe.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 15, 2022:

@Matias I'd say it's a 50/50 toss up.

Right on Mom!

rainmanjr comments on Jul 15, 2022:

This conversation occurred just before turning on the channel of Carols (Hymns) and opening the Christmas shit. Maybe it was actually on Easter, preparing for the egg colorings. One can tell because they're whiter than Pat Boone.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 15, 2022:

Actually I'm not completely comfortable with the message in this meme. I think the subject requires a bit more nuance. For instance, Christians that actually follow the teachings of Jesus are not full of hate. It's people who simply use the religion as cover to forward their own selfish aims, to "get over," as it were, who are the ones we have to watch out for. Christian nationalists fall into this category.

One tiny bright spot re: the hard-core religious strict-constructionists: it appears to me that they...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 14, 2022:

Uh, that is not progress if they think the Earth is only 6,000 years old. That's knuckle-dragging, backward, flabby thinking. That's intellectual malpractice. That's pathetic.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 14, 2022:

@AnneWimsey Am I being too serious? Sorry. Occupational hazard. 😂

Medical ethical questions arising from political bans on abortion Post by Rebecca Solnit ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 7, 2022:

She's asking the sanctimonious "pro-life" pricks to actually think, to consider a host of real possibilities. This is undoubtedly too much for their poor brains.