Novak Djokovic returns to great form by winning his 21st grand slam.

BDair comments on Jul 11, 2022:

He now enjoys an advantage over all of the 'fully vaccinated' players, who will be struggling with myocarditis and thrombosis.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 11, 2022:

@BDair I was using data you provided. Show me the data that contradicts your data. 😂😂😂 https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Age-Race-Ethnicity.aspx

Novak Djokovic returns to great form by winning his 21st grand slam.

BDair comments on Jul 11, 2022:

He now enjoys an advantage over all of the 'fully vaccinated' players, who will be struggling with myocarditis and thrombosis.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 11, 2022:

@BDair Here are the data from the PubMed article you provided: 1626 cases of myocarditis were found in a group of 192,405,448 vaccinated individuals. The study did not determine how many of those myocarditis cases were actually attributable to the vaccine. Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that all of the myocarditis cases in this study were caused by the vaccine. That would mean individuals in this group had a .0000084 chance of getting myocarditis as a result of the vaccine. In other words, their chance of getting myocarditis from the vaccine was 1 in 118,768. The death rate from myocarditis is very low, and the evidence so far shows those with myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccines recover quickly. Your chances of getting myocarditis from having COVID-19 are 30 times higher than from the vaccine. (!) The death rate from COVID-19 among people 18 to 34 years of age is 1.7% (according to the California Department of Health). In other words, 17 out of every thousand 18 to 34-year-olds who contract COVID-19 die from it. In a world where no one is vaccinated against COVID-19, your chances of eventually contracting the virus is about 100% In California alone that would translate to about 1,836,000 (one million eight hundred thirty-six thousand!) 18 to 34-year-olds dying from COVID-19. Happily, the vast majority of Californians are vaccinated, and we are not suffering casualties at anywhere near that rate. Bottom line, it is far, FAR riskier to get COVID-19 than it is to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Was Sophia A. Nelson persecuted for her Christian faith?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 11, 2022:

This was already posted somewhere else on Agnostic.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 11, 2022:

@Lilac-JadeCanada Believe it or not, you are not apolitical. Almost no one is. Posting this video was a political act. As was your post of two days ago of a video titled Bye Bye Boris, and your post a week ago that began "It’s the strangest thing about this church - it is obsessed with sex, absolutely obsessed." You're political as hell. Just saying. And by the way, I like your politics. 😉

Churches closing their doors in record numbers

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 9, 2022:

I wish this news was as good as it sounds on the surface. Unfortunately, the closure of many small churches is mirrored by the expansion of attendance at mega churches. I'll be happy when they're all closed down.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 11, 2022:

@pnullifidian 🙂✌️

Novak Djokovic returns to great form by winning his 21st grand slam.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 11, 2022:

@Castlepaloma implies that the USA is trying to force tennis jock Nadal to be vaccinated. Nothing could be farther from the truth. We in the United States, like Australia and many other countries have merely presented Nadal with a simple choice; be vaccinated against COVID-19 or don't enter our ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 11, 2022:

@Castlepaloma That is pretty much the type of response I expected from you: a total avoidance of the hard data showing that the mRNA vaccines are both safe and effective. Congratulations on living up to expectations.

Novak Djokovic returns to great form by winning his 21st grand slam.

BDair comments on Jul 11, 2022:

He now enjoys an advantage over all of the 'fully vaccinated' players, who will be struggling with myocarditis and thrombosis.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 11, 2022:

Who says all the other players have mayocarditis and/or thrombosis? What bullshit!

Anti-LGBTQ writer claims she's being "silenced" for her Christian faith

Buttercup comments on Jul 10, 2022:

I wish these karens really were silent

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 10, 2022:

@Castlepaloma Yeah I guess that's a Karen characteristic too. 😂

Anti-LGBTQ writer claims she's being "silenced" for her Christian faith

Buttercup comments on Jul 10, 2022:

I wish these karens really were silent

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 10, 2022:

I feel sorry for any decent women who are actually named Karen. Must be a drag to have to change your name because it has become synonymous with stupid, conniving, manipulative, egocentric, insensitive, selfish, wasteful, foolish, backward, materialistic, greedy, stilted, chauvinistic, ignorant, and generally assholish.

The sequoias are burning (again).

CourtJester comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Sequoia seeds will not grow unless they are first burned.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 10, 2022:

@CourtJester Dude, the evidence is so massive, so extensive, I could not begin to list it all here. Besides, I have already given you plenty to chew on in previous posts. It's obvious that you have your blinders on, and you are not going to do your homework. This is goodbye CJ. I'm done with you.

Churches closing their doors in record numbers

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 9, 2022:

I wish this news was as good as it sounds on the surface. Unfortunately, the closure of many small churches is mirrored by the expansion of attendance at mega churches. I'll be happy when they're all closed down.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 10, 2022:

@snytiger6 Interesting hypothesis. Sounds a lot like what we see in the Republican Party as a result of gerrymandering. Moderates cannot win a primary.

The sequoias are burning (again).

CourtJester comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Sequoia seeds will not grow unless they are first burned.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 10, 2022:

@CourtJester Jesus Fucking Christ, CJ. Pull your head out man. It's happening the world over. But you know what? I'm not going to waste my time listing all the ways its happening here. If you can't see it, there is nothing I can say to convince you. So you just toddle on and be you. Whatever. I have better things to to.

Kavenaugh is not fit to be a judge on any court, nevermind a Justice of the Supreme Court.

mcgeo52 comments on Jul 10, 2022:

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 10, 2022:

Oh gawd! What next? 😂

The sequoias are burning (again).

SeaGreenEyez comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Oh no. 😢😰😢 There's not going to be anything wondrous left in this country. 😢 And given the world thinks we're all violent murderous heathens, even wonders abroad may be left unseen by us if we don't change our collective identity sooner than later. #this #is #heartbreaking

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 10, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin I know; they are rubbing their hands in anticipation.

The sequoias are burning (again).

CourtJester comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Sequoia seeds will not grow unless they are first burned.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 10, 2022:

@CourtJester Look CJ, I really don't give two shits what you think. If you want to go on being an ignorant bore, that is your prerogative. However, if you want to know how things really are vis-a-vis climate science, I suggest to find out what climate scientists are saying.

PA State House GOP Silencing Freedom of Speech

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 9, 2022:

This just goes to show how fundamentally weak Republicans perceive themselves to be. They know that they cannot prevail in a free and open exchange of ideas. They must use force in order to "win." How ironic that Pennsylvania, where our democratic republic was born, may be precisely where it ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 9, 2022:

@barjoe Thank you. I will adjust my language.

The sequoias are burning (again).

CourtJester comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Sequoia seeds will not grow unless they are first burned.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 9, 2022:

18 out of the 20 largest fires in California history occured since 2003. 14 out of the 20 largest fires in California history occured since 2012. 9 out of the 20 largest fires in California history occured since 2020. Do you see the trend?

Churches closing their doors in record numbers

jlynn37 comments on Jul 9, 2022:

The way things are going, the USA will become one large church.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 9, 2022:

Perish the thought!

What part of separation of church and state do these cretins not understand??? [yahoo.com]

Fernapple comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Sadly nothing has ever done more for the Christian church, than the separation of church and State in the USA, in counties where there are state churches, the church is almost dead. But in America the church is a free industry, able to do whatever it likes for profit, power and influence, and ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 9, 2022:

Time to revoke their tax exempt status.

The sequoias are burning (again).

SeaGreenEyez comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Oh no. 😢😰😢 There's not going to be anything wondrous left in this country. 😢 And given the world thinks we're all violent murderous heathens, even wonders abroad may be left unseen by us if we don't change our collective identity sooner than later. #this #is #heartbreaking

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 9, 2022:

Should I have mentioned that the greatest enablers of this political fiasco call themselves Christians?

The climate crisis is the biggest threat we face. Period. Full stop.

CourtJester comments on Jul 8, 2022:

Really??? We’ve been going to die in three years for the past 25 years. That’s why Obama purchased a house on the beach in Martha’s Vineyard. Being one of the top 3 most informed men on earth; he knows that the polar caps are melting and that house will be gone in three years. Similar ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 9, 2022:

@CourtJester Through the 20th century the USA was the greatest polluter on Earth, producing a quarter of all greenhouse gases with only 5% of the world's human population.

The climate crisis is the biggest threat we face. Period. Full stop.

CourtJester comments on Jul 8, 2022:

Really??? We’ve been going to die in three years for the past 25 years. That’s why Obama purchased a house on the beach in Martha’s Vineyard. Being one of the top 3 most informed men on earth; he knows that the polar caps are melting and that house will be gone in three years. Similar ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 9, 2022:

Who said anything about 3 years? This is a catastrophe that will play out over centuries. It is also true we are seeing effects measurable on the scale of years or decades, so rapid are the changes taking place. The effects of increased greenhouse gases are all around us: melting glaciers, rising sea levels, intense and prolonged drought and resultant forest fires, increased atmospheric moisture and resultant flooding, movement of habitat ranges of some species (including pathogenic ones) toward the poles or uphill as they seek to compensate for higher temperatures, extinction of species that cannot move or have nowhere to go, melting of permafrost and resultant release of methane and CO2, etc., etc. All of these things were predicted by climate scientists, but the changes are happening faster than expected. The pace of change is accelerating.

The climate crisis is the biggest threat we face. Period. Full stop.

rainmanjr comments on Jul 8, 2022:

POTUS Joe is aware of that and making inroads internationally. Since we are stymied politically much is being done to promote technologies. That might be our best hope, anyway. It will also be great for economies around the world since buying equipment and building new things circulate money better ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 9, 2022:

@rainmanjr You are absolutely right: what we do as individuals will not be enough. Not until we are all moving in the same direction, with a national/international concerted effort backed by government policies and rules favorable to transition.

The climate crisis is the biggest threat we face. Period. Full stop.

rainmanjr comments on Jul 8, 2022:

POTUS Joe is aware of that and making inroads internationally. Since we are stymied politically much is being done to promote technologies. That might be our best hope, anyway. It will also be great for economies around the world since buying equipment and building new things circulate money better ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 8, 2022:

On this issue we should already be on a war footing. We should have already nationalized the entire fossil fuel industry and be winding it down while pouring all of its profits into green energy alternatives. As it is, we are left as individuals to try and reduce our carbon footprints as best we can. And there is a lot we can do as individuals. Personally, I have sworn off flying. I recycle every scrap of paper. I have reduced my driving down to less than half the national average. I drive a compact car. I take short showers, and skip as many as possible. I have reduced my consumption of meat, and all but eliminated beef from my diet. I use only LED lights in my house, and don't leave lights on where I don't need them. Solar panels and an electric car are coming in the not too distant future.

I live in Southwestern Ontario Canada.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 6, 2022:

Very sorry to hear of your town's troubles. As far as letting the dumbass run his mouth in the town council, it's a shame that people had to be subjected to a lot of drivle. However, you might take solace in that if you give these assholes enough rope, they often hang themselves. Letting them drone...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 8, 2022:

@Tiredofdrama Hence the appellation "hypocrite."

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.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 8, 2022:

@nicestuff Yes, I was referring to the rabid, Bible-thumping pro-lifers. Thankfully, they are not the majority. The majority of Americans would allow abortions in the first trimester at least, and would not restrict it through the second in cases of rape or incest.

What will this so called Conservative Court do if a case on creationism appears on their docket?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 7, 2022:

I would have to have more details before making a prediction.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 8, 2022:

@Buck @Buck Rachel Maddow is a multi-millionaire, and she's not heterosexual. Michael Jordan is a multi-millionaire, and he's not white; Jerry Seinfeld is a multi-millionaire, and he's not Christian. Ask any of them what they think of this country. The 6 "conservatives" on the Court are not nut jobs; they are intelligent and educated individuals. I have to admit that, even though I disagree vehemently with some of their rulings. Four of them have committed serious ethical breaches. Thomas should have recused himself from the White House documents case involving his wife. Given the very believable testimony of Anita Hill, his nomination arguably should never have been confirmed. Coney-Barret, Kavenaugh, and Gorsuch all prevaricated in their confirmation hearings, misleading the Judiciary Committee into thinking that they respect stare decisis more than they actually do. Kavenaugh also has a problem similar to that of Thomas. I found Ms. Blasey-Ford very credible. It's obvious that right-wing ideology is now driving SCOTUS decisions. But it would be a mistake to underestimate these people. They are very canny operators. It will be a challenge, going forward, to argue successfully for certain liberal causes. But not impossible. The question of a right to abortion has been kicked back to the states. That is not the end of the world. It means people will have to get off their asses and vote for their preference. It could actually result in a major shift in the balance of political power. Overturning Roe could very well blow up in Republicans' faces. As for expanding concealed carry, I am ambivalent on that. Criminals don't care about the law; they are already carrying. Allowing law-abiding citizens to carry legally levels the playing field. If I had my druthers, no one would carry. But that's not the world we live in. As for public money going to religious schools, I think it's a horrible idea. But the Maine ruling is actually rather limited. It says that if the state gives money to private schools, it has to give money to ALL private schools, religious and non-religious alike. If the people of Maine don't want to fund religious schools, they can simply stop giving money to private schools. (I don't see why private schools should receive public money anyway. Do you?) Finally, the last big ruling this term involved the EPA's authority to regulate CO2. I think this is the worst decision of all, given that climate change is an existential threat to millions of species including our own. And combating global warming is something that will require collective action in a rapidly closing window of opportunity. On this issue we should already be on a war footing. We should have already nationalized the entire fossil fuel industry and be winding it down while ...

Kavenaugh is not fit to be a judge on any court, nevermind a Justice of the Supreme Court.

twill comments on Jul 7, 2022:

Dems refused to come out and say what was going on with his nomination. FUCK THEM

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 7, 2022:

I'll give you this: Dianne Feinstein should retire. It's time for some new blood.

What will this so called Conservative Court do if a case on creationism appears on their docket?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 7, 2022:

I would have to have more details before making a prediction.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 7, 2022:

@Buck [A] It's not a shit-hole country. It's a good country with some serious problems. [B] I don't even know what "a case on creationism" means. [C] I don't get all worked up about shit that hasn't even happened, and may not ever happen. When was the last time the Supreme Court heard a case on creationism? In Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987), the Supreme Court held that a Louisiana law mandating instruction in “creation science” whenever evolution was taught in public schools violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment. I don't think they would even hear another such case. Do you see a massive grassroots movement, anything comparable to the anti-abortion movement, in favor of teaching creationism? No. What compelling argument could he put forward to make the Court hear such a case? I can't think of one.

Christian activist: I 'pray with' Supreme Court justices ruling on my cases

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 7, 2022:

If her claim of praying with the justices is true, she (Nienaber) is self-aggrandizing. Isn't pride one of the seven deadly sins? If not, she is a liar. Either way she's a sanctimonious a-hole.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 7, 2022:

@Alienbeing I agree, but how would that work? A Senate impeachment trial? Good luck with that.

There have been, on average, 11 mass shootings per week so far this year in the USA.

OldGoat43 comments on Jul 6, 2022:

The way I see it, this is the human version of the lemming's mass suicides from overpopulation.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 7, 2022:

@OldGoat43 I know he wanted to have the US military shoot peaceful American protesters down in the streets. I haven't heard about any itchy fingers on the nuclear button.

There have been, on average, 11 mass shootings per week so far this year in the USA.

noworry28 comments on Jul 6, 2022:

Yep nothing ever changes.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 7, 2022:

@jlynn37 Gawd forbid! 🤮

There have been, on average, 11 mass shootings per week so far this year in the USA.

OldGoat43 comments on Jul 6, 2022:

The way I see it, this is the human version of the lemming's mass suicides from overpopulation.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 7, 2022:

@OldGoat43 All good points but still it's not enough to really affect the population size. If it ever did get that big, it would, Ironically, provide an argument for letting in more immigrants. The MAGA-hatters would just love that! 😂

Multiple Choice Quiz: Senator Ron Johnson says his staff people were acting on their own, ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 7, 2022:

I choose all but A. If the Repub Party still had any honor or integrity, he would have been expelled from congress by now...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 7, 2022:

Huge "if." (Yuge!)

Multiple Choice Quiz: Senator Ron Johnson says his staff people were acting on their own, ...

Garban comments on Jul 6, 2022:

BCD interesting and appropriate acronyms linked below: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bcd

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

bad conduct discharge... absolutely appropriate 😂

Multiple Choice Quiz: Senator Ron Johnson says his staff people were acting on their own, ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2022:

I don't think there are enough choices for right answers. Like Ron Johnson is an immoral, lying piece of excrement for one, I'm sure others can come up with other options. I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire and the nearest toilet was 20 miles away and I was about to burst.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

I'll add that in for you 😂

Could this "conservative" majority be any more radical?

p-nullifidian comments on Jul 6, 2022:

And they claim that only liberals legislate from the bench! 🤦‍♂️

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

Yeah, speaking of activist judges...

Could this "conservative" majority be any more radical?

Willow_Wisp comments on Jul 6, 2022:

I assume that by conservative majority you mean the court. Conservatives in no other portion of our society can be considered the majority. I get it, no one wants to associate with assholes. If you lie down with dogs you get up with fleas.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

Yes, I was referring to the Court.

There have been, on average, 11 mass shootings per week so far this year in the USA.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2022:

I just have no words left.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

Feels surreal, don't it? Like deja vu all over again...and again...and again...

They forgot teachers.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2022:

I don't think a "rational" Republican really exists. At least I haven't met any. I think they're all a few bricks shy of a full load with seriously warped morals. And teachers, seriously, one of our local school districts is having a 40% or greater turnover this summer.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

I don't agree with Cheney on many things, but credit where credit is due, she's really coming through for us on the J6 Select Committee.

There have been, on average, 11 mass shootings per week so far this year in the USA.

racocn8 comments on Jul 6, 2022:

Even though Crimo threatened to kill family members, police only seized his knife collection, and didn't charge him, By not charging him, he didn't get flagged when he bought the rifles. Also, Crimo's father assisted in the purchasing. Both Crimos are Trumpers. The shooter frequented far right ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

Bingo! 🎯

There have been, on average, 11 mass shootings per week so far this year in the USA.

OldGoat43 comments on Jul 6, 2022:

The way I see it, this is the human version of the lemming's mass suicides from overpopulation.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

This isn't big enough to make a dent in the population. But it's enough to terrorize it.

There have been, on average, 11 mass shootings per week so far this year in the USA.

noworry28 comments on Jul 6, 2022:

Yep nothing ever changes.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

The rise in mass shootings is a change, just not a positive one. But I know what you mean.

On average every 13 hours 59 mins and 37 seconds we have a mass shooting in this country.

Betty comments on Jul 6, 2022:

People like the feeling of power. Politicians will not challenge that because they will lose support.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

@dalefvictor 🤞🤞

DeSantis signs Bill into Law making students and faculty profess their religious and political views

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 5, 2022:

As, Mel Brooks sang in his movie, History Of The World, Part I, " The Inquisition, what a show!" Yeah, these assholes want to take us back to the Middle Ages and The Spanish Inquisition, etc. Where anybody with a viewpoint they don't like can be put on trial and or persecuted. They are the modern ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

Torquemada....ya can't talk 'im outta nada.

DeSantis signs Bill into Law making students and faculty profess their religious and political views

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Jul 5, 2022:

Geezus H.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin Christ on crutches!

DeSantis signs Bill into Law making students and faculty profess their religious and political views

JonnaBononna comments on Jul 5, 2022:

I'd just have to fill that form out with 100% nonsensical bullshit.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 6, 2022:

I'm not sure which of these I would go with: 7-Day-Adventure for Latter Day Sinners Temple of Your Mama's Big Hiny 666th Congregation of Dawg Eat My Sacred Shorts DeSantis You Sanctimonious Prick

DeSantis signs Bill into Law making students and faculty profess their religious and political views

JonnaBononna comments on Jul 5, 2022:

Also, how terrifying is it that if Trump isn't the repugnantan candidate in '24, DeSantis will be?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

Perish the thought. 🤮

Twelve religious group members arrested over Australian girl's death [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on Jul 5, 2022:

In Idaho the law protects parents who do this.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

Washington law too, apparently.

...and in the park, and at the grocery store, and watching a parade on Main Street, and...

rainmanjr comments on Jul 5, 2022:

Since guns are tied to militias, in the 2nd, let's ban militias. A nation with 5 military branches really doesn't need the public creating more so make them illegal and remove their weapons. YW.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

@rainmanjr Christian nationalists lie and cheat. If we do that then we're no better.

...and in the park, and at the grocery store, and watching a parade on Main Street, and...

rainmanjr comments on Jul 5, 2022:

Since guns are tied to militias, in the 2nd, let's ban militias. A nation with 5 military branches really doesn't need the public creating more so make them illegal and remove their weapons. YW.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

@rainmanjr Bitching and moaning without actually changing anything can get old pretty fast. You end up looking weak and pathetic. Just because you suck it up and move on does not mean you forget or are not free to bring up the issue at any time in the future.

...and in the park, and at the grocery store, and watching a parade on Main Street, and...

rainmanjr comments on Jul 5, 2022:

Since guns are tied to militias, in the 2nd, let's ban militias. A nation with 5 military branches really doesn't need the public creating more so make them illegal and remove their weapons. YW.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

@rainmanjr He got the Justice Department going on an investigation into the Trump Campaign, and he did complain bitterly about having his nominations held up. We all did. But McConnell held all the cards.

...and in the park, and at the grocery store, and watching a parade on Main Street, and...

rainmanjr comments on Jul 5, 2022:

Since guns are tied to militias, in the 2nd, let's ban militias. A nation with 5 military branches really doesn't need the public creating more so make them illegal and remove their weapons. YW.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

@rainmanjr I there had been a lever to pull, Obama would have pulled it. But if Moscow Mitch was committed to not allowing a hearing or a vote on Garland, there wasn't anything to be done except vociferate. That's assuming you're not willing to put two small caliber bullets in the back if his head.

Highland Park Shooting: Person Of Interest Robert Crimo Went To Trump Rally Dressed As "Where’s ...

BufftonBeotch comments on Jul 5, 2022:

There looks to be some inbred facial deformity there.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

Prolly an incel, like kkgator said.

...and in the park, and at the grocery store, and watching a parade on Main Street, and...

rainmanjr comments on Jul 5, 2022:

Since guns are tied to militias, in the 2nd, let's ban militias. A nation with 5 military branches really doesn't need the public creating more so make them illegal and remove their weapons. YW.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

@rainmanjr Pour a lot of resources into an effort that you know is going to fail? Doesn't sound like a winning strategy to me.

Highland Park Shooting: Person Of Interest Robert Crimo Went To Trump Rally Dressed As "Where’s ...

KKGator comments on Jul 5, 2022:

You know, if that pos had been black, he would not have been taken alive. Instead of killing PoC, the cops need to be saving the taxpayers some money, and taking these mass-murders out on the spot. I'm sick of this shit.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

@barjoe I know what you mean. That's my visceral reaction too. But think about it. That he let them take him alive shows that he's a pussy....exactly the kind of symbol that should be associated with trumpism. It's perfect!

Highland Park Shooting: Person Of Interest Robert Crimo Went To Trump Rally Dressed As "Where’s ...

KKGator comments on Jul 5, 2022:

You know, if that pos had been black, he would not have been taken alive. Instead of killing PoC, the cops need to be saving the taxpayers some money, and taking these mass-murders out on the spot. I'm sick of this shit.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

I think it is better NOT to make martyrs of them. First, suicide by cop is for them an easy way out. Second, we get to study the live bug under a microscope. Third, we may get him to elucidate his affiliation with Trumpism. It is worthwhile to highlight and publicize the association of such losers with the Trump movement.

Highland Park Shooting: Person Of Interest Robert Crimo Went To Trump Rally Dressed As "Where’s ...

Garban comments on Jul 5, 2022:

What do they put in that GOP cool aid that creates these hateful zombies? 🙁

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

Trumpism does not create these guys; it just attracts alienated and disaffected white men that were (are) already out there. Trump has convinced them that he cares about them, and they're too desperate and too stupid to see that he only cares about himself and is just using them.

...and in the park, and at the grocery store, and watching a parade on Main Street, and...

rainmanjr comments on Jul 5, 2022:

Since guns are tied to militias, in the 2nd, let's ban militias. A nation with 5 military branches really doesn't need the public creating more so make them illegal and remove their weapons. YW.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

That would require a constitutional amendment...a steep climb in the best of times.

If the conservatives on the Court won't let the EPA regulate greenhouse gases, and Republicans in ...

JackPedigo comments on Jul 3, 2022:

Just more evidence of how out of touch some in SCROTUS are. Wonder how the three liberals feel? Maybe the newest member will speak out.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

@JackPedigo Facts vary? I think you mean estimates. At current consumption levels, there is somewhere between 40 and 70 years worth of oil left in the ground. That is if we go by the unaudited field data from most of the oil-producing countries. (They do have an incentive to shade their estimates downward to keep prices higher.)

"I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form.

silverotter11 comments on Jul 4, 2022:

The thing about ol' Billy Graham is he used the whole system thinking he could control it to gain an edge for his beliefs. Like many on the right thought they could control trump while using him to gain their edge. None are willing to accept their ideals are not that popular but believe if they ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

The ones we have to worry about don't have any ideals other beyond getting money and power. They're just using the true believers like pawns.

An open letter to white evangelicals: We’re done with you.

ErichZannIII comments on Jul 3, 2022:

I saw this on Facebook. It's so true.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 5, 2022:

@ErichZannIII What a clusterfuck. Glad I'm not a part of it.

An open letter to white evangelicals: We’re done with you.

ErichZannIII comments on Jul 3, 2022:

I saw this on Facebook. It's so true.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 4, 2022:

@ErichZannIII The problem is that so many people don't know what to block. Their friend sends them some wacko conspiracy theory and they believe it. And its the biggest platform, so a lot if bad shit gets passed around. And that little weasel Zuckerberg put profit over country, and let it happen.

Doing the Numbers Tomorrow we celebrate our nation's birthday.

Jolanta comments on Jul 4, 2022:

It is a very sad state of affairs.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 4, 2022:

@Jolanta In a country of 325 million people with this many guns there are going to be shootings. But this is not the biggest thing we have to worry about. In the short term, it's white Christian nationalism or theocratic fascism. We have to tamp that down first, because their aim is to keep the filthy rich wealthy. That means keeping the status quo vis-a-vis burning fossil fuels. We can't have action to combat climate change until that old guard is shoved aside. That will require political will. The fossil fuels industry has so far been able to delay the inevitable by casting doubt on science. But as climate disaster becomes a reality for more and more people, denial is becoming less and less effective. I think we are approaching the point where the old liars are going to be discredited widely enough to turn the tide. I am hopeful because younger people know that they are staring down the barrel of a gun, that they will not he able to live out their natural lives without being severely slammed by climate change. They don't just want change; they NEED change; they DEMAND change. And they are the future. Mist of the bad shit that the USA has done over the last century was done in order to keep oil and gas flowing. The Marine Corp anthem goes, "From the halls of Montezuma to the shores if Tripoli..." Why those places? Because Libya and Mexico are sitting on lots of OIL! Imagine a world where fossil fuel is no longer a factor; one where all energy is harvested locally, from the sun, from wind, from tides, and from the Earth's internal heat. Breaking up energy suppliers will have a democratizing effect on the whole world.

Leap-of-faith year

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2022:

Only on the Republican calendar.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 4, 2022:

Instead of birds, flowers, waterfalls, or mountains, it has pictures of oil wells and cruise missiles.

If the conservatives on the Court won't let the EPA regulate greenhouse gases, and Republicans in ...

JackPedigo comments on Jul 3, 2022:

Just more evidence of how out of touch some in SCROTUS are. Wonder how the three liberals feel? Maybe the newest member will speak out.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 4, 2022:

@JackPedigo You're right that it's a finite resource. But there is still a hell of a lot of it left. If we burn a tenth of what is left we're toast.

Doing the Numbers Tomorrow we celebrate our nation's birthday.

Jolanta comments on Jul 4, 2022:

It is a very sad state of affairs.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 4, 2022:

This country has been through worse. We'll get through this.

Doing the Numbers Tomorrow we celebrate our nation's birthday.

Silver1wun comments on Jul 4, 2022:

Suggestion: Look up 'democracy'. We've never had one. The founders sought to avoid one. The closer we've moved toward one, the worse our government and society have become. The closer we become to a democracy, the more we resemble the empires of the past that our founders knew about (knowing ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 4, 2022:

Democratic republic OK?

Doing the Numbers Tomorrow we celebrate our nation's birthday.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 3, 2022:

No offense, but people use paragraphs for a reason....

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 4, 2022:

@PondartIncbendog I divided it up into paragraphs. I hope that helps.

Doing the Numbers Tomorrow we celebrate our nation's birthday.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 3, 2022:

No offense, but people use paragraphs for a reason....

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 4, 2022:

I guess you have not read much John Stuart Mill. He wrote sentences that went on for pages. 😂

An open letter to white evangelicals: We’re done with you.

ErichZannIII comments on Jul 3, 2022:

I saw this on Facebook. It's so true.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 3, 2022:

A golden nugget embedded in a steaming pile of horse shit. 😂

An open letter to white evangelicals: We’re done with you.

silverotter11 comments on Jul 3, 2022:

The right lost it's fucking mind over a blow job and the lie attached but thought nothing of grab 'em by the pussy comment. The right then goes on to justify ever damn vile thing that comes out. :(

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 3, 2022:

@Betty In my experience culture comes down from the top. In corrupt cultures, the underlings collect the proceeds (from extortion, bribery, bookmaking, blackmail, robbery, pimping, prostitution, sale of illicit guns, drugs, stolen merchandise, etc., etc.), take a small slice for themselves and pass the rest on to their superior. And so it goes up the chain. Napoleon Bonaparte pioneered this system, sending his woefully underpaid tax collectors out with the understanding that they would supplement their own salaries on the job.

An open letter to white evangelicals: We’re done with you.

CourtJester comments on Jul 3, 2022:

Just remember; the Klan was an arm of the democrat party.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 3, 2022:

Dear boy, it's the Democratic Party. And Abraham Lincoln was a member of the Republican Party. That was over 150 years ago. A few things have changed since then.

If the conservatives on the Court won't let the EPA regulate greenhouse gases, and Republicans in ...

JackPedigo comments on Jul 3, 2022:

Just more evidence of how out of touch some in SCROTUS are. Wonder how the three liberals feel? Maybe the newest member will speak out.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 3, 2022:

It really shows how much power the fossil fuel industry has in this country. But we will break their death grip on us yet.

If the conservatives on the Court won't let the EPA regulate greenhouse gases, and Republicans in ...

CourtJester comments on Jul 2, 2022:

Global warming is nothing more than a liberal tax and controls scheme. Obama (a man that made only a few hundred thousand dollars a year) just purchased a $12,000,000 mansion on the ocean at Martha’s Vineyard and still talks about rising sea levels. I’m calling Bull Shit.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 3, 2022:

@CourtJester 🤣🤣🤣

If the conservatives on the Court won't let the EPA regulate greenhouse gases, and Republicans in ...

CourtJester comments on Jul 2, 2022:

Global warming is nothing more than a liberal tax and controls scheme. Obama (a man that made only a few hundred thousand dollars a year) just purchased a $12,000,000 mansion on the ocean at Martha’s Vineyard and still talks about rising sea levels. I’m calling Bull Shit.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 2, 2022:

@CourtJester Your surrender is accepted.

If the conservatives on the Court won't let the EPA regulate greenhouse gases, and Republicans in ...

yvilletom comments on Jul 2, 2022:

Where are we? We are voting more Democrats into Congress.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 2, 2022:

@Theresa_N Speaker Pelosi is a pragmatist. The Democratic Party is a very diverse bunch. Getting them all to work as one is like trying to herd cats. Nancy works with what she's got. I doubt that anyone could have held the coalition together better.

If the conservatives on the Court won't let the EPA regulate greenhouse gases, and Republicans in ...

Barnie2years comments on Jul 2, 2022:

Right where the Republicans want us: back in the “laisser faire” 1920’s, when corporate robber barons controlled the government with little regulation and entire waterways were poisoned and air barely breathable in Urban areas. And mainly the poor and middle income paid taxes.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 2, 2022:

Right you are. And this is only possible because the elites have successfully controlled the national discourse, convincing many average citizens to vote against their own interests. The playbook is simple: find a convenient scapegoat or two (say, immigrants and welfare mothers; throw in some tree huggers for good measure), jump up and down while screaming about high taxes, defund the schools and water down school discipline so the level of discourse is set by the lowest common denominator, flood the country with guns so everyone is terrorized into keeping their heads down, flood social media with disinformation and wacko conspiracy theories, keep the Kardashians in the spotlight and cast aspersions on intellectuals, indoctrinate the youth in the fallacy that unregulated market capitalism is self-correcting and solves all problems, set up some think tanks to produce slick brochures full of specious arguments casting doubt on science, claim the moral high ground on hot-button cultural issues like abortion and gun rights, bribe some politicians, blackmail some others, pay lip service to the sanctimonious church pricks, get the Supreme Court to allow unlimited dark money in politics, and voila! The rich get richer and the average American is consigned to perpetual serfdom!

If the conservatives on the Court won't let the EPA regulate greenhouse gases, and Republicans in ...

CourtJester comments on Jul 2, 2022:

Global warming is nothing more than a liberal tax and controls scheme. Obama (a man that made only a few hundred thousand dollars a year) just purchased a $12,000,000 mansion on the ocean at Martha’s Vineyard and still talks about rising sea levels. I’m calling Bull Shit.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 2, 2022:

To go on burning fossil fuels is to commit ourselves to a murder/suicide pact. The climate system has natural feedbacks that will exponentially amplify the warming we cause. We have very little time in which to stop burning fossil fuels before these feedbacks are running so strongly that we can no longer halt them. One feedback that is relatively easy to visualize involves Arctic sea ice. Unlike the South Pole, which lies in the middle of a continent, the North Pole is situated in the middle of an ocean. Normally, the Arctic Ocean is covered year-round by a thick layer (about 20 feet) of sea ice. Until recently, this ice typically melted a little around the edges in the summer time, but most of it remained intact year-round. Due to its high reflectivity, Arctic sea ice has an important role in regulating global climate. During the Arctic summer, when Earth's North Pole is tilted toward the sun, the white ice cap reflects 90% of the solar radiation that hits it. The ocean beneath the ice stays cool. If that ice cap is taken away by melting, however, then what is left is a dark ocean that absorbs 90% of the radiation that hits it. The ocean then warms up. That heat is distributed all around the world by ocean and atmospheric currents. Over the last half century, the thickness of the Arctic Ocean ice pack has diminished by about 90%, and the area that it covers in summer has steadily shrunk. If current trends persist, the Arctic Ocean will be virtually ice-free by 2050. Another natural feedback loop involves the permafrost. The land surrounding the Arctic Ocean is normally frozen to a depth of over 200 meters year round. This permafrost is composed mostly of wind-blown silt, frozen water, and the largely intact frozen remains of plants. There are also some animal remains (you have undoubtedly heard of woolly mammoths being discovered in the melting permafrost), as well as bacteria and fungi which, when thawed, come to life and continue doing what they were doing before they froze. Bacteria and fungi play an important role in the recycling of organic matter. They break down dead organisms and return their atoms back to the environment. This recycling usually takes the form of gas emissions, specifically CO2 and CH4 (methane). Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, about 60 times more efficient at trapping heat than CO2. The permafrost covers vast swathes of land in Alaska and Siberia, and the organic material it contains is sufficient, if totally thawed and converted to CO2 and methane, to instantly triple the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. We are already seeing devastating warming effects resulting from an increase in CO2 concentration from about 300 ppm (parts per million) at the start of the Industrial Revolution to around ...

If the conservatives on the Court won't let the EPA regulate greenhouse gases, and Republicans in ...

CourtJester comments on Jul 2, 2022:

Global warming is nothing more than a liberal tax and controls scheme. Obama (a man that made only a few hundred thousand dollars a year) just purchased a $12,000,000 mansion on the ocean at Martha’s Vineyard and still talks about rising sea levels. I’m calling Bull Shit.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 2, 2022:

My dear boy, I hope you won't take this personally, but you obviously know jack shit about climate science. (You also apparently have no idea how much money an ex-president can make on a book deal and/or a lecture tour.) Here is a little primer on climate science history for you. Please endeavor to absorb it. In 1822, Jean-Babtist Joseph Fourier calculated that Earth's atmosphere would be much colder than it is if the incoming radiation from the sun were the only warming effect. His idea that the Earth’s atmosphere acts like an insulator was the first formulation of what we now call the "greenhouse effect." Fourier, however, did not use that term. In 1856, Eunice Newton Foote, an amateur scientist and prominent suffragette, for the first time tested the heat-trapping abilities of different gases. In 1859, John Tyndall wrote, "...the atmosphere admits of the entrance of the solar heat; but checks its exit, and the result is a tendency to accumulate heat at the surface of the planet.” In 1896, Svante Arhenius was the first to use basic principles of physical chemistry to calculate estimates of the extent to which increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide will increase Earth's surface temperature through the greenhouse effect. These calculations led him to conclude that human-caused carbon dioxide emissions, from fossil-fuel burning and other combustion processes, are large enough to cause global warming. Around 1899, Nils Gustaf Ekholm wrote, "The atmosphere plays a very important part of a double character as to the temperature at the earth’s surface, of which the one was first pointed out by Fourier, the other by Tyndall. Firstly, the atmosphere may act like the glass of a green-house, letting through the light rays of the sun relatively easily, and absorbing a great part of the dark rays emitted from the ground, and it thereby may raise the mean temperature of the earth’s surface. Secondly, the atmosphere acts as a heat store placed between the relatively warm ground and the cold space, and thereby lessens in a high degree the annual, diurnal, and local variations of the temperature.” In 1958, while working under the direction of Roger Revelle at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Charles Keeling began monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from a station on Mauna Loa, in Hawaii. Keeling's data, when plotted on a graph, showed not only the annual fluctuation of carbon dioxide due to seasonal changes in photosynthesis, but also continuous year-to-year increases in overall CO2 concentration that roughly matched the human emissions from burning fossil fuels. This graph, which came to be known as the "Keeling curve," shows that atmospheric CO2 is not only increasing, but that the increase has been accelerating. While Keeling ...

We're not out of the woods.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 1, 2022:

Donnie boy is only the face of the issue, there are too many folks out there who think he did no wrong and even idolize him. That makes me throw up just a little just typing that.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 2, 2022:

True but that face has egg all over it, thanks to the J6 Select Committee.

We're not out of the woods.

Organist1 comments on Jul 1, 2022:

No, we are most certainly not out of the woods yet!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 2, 2022:

@Organist1 I feel you sister.

Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses may get access to elders' files on them

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 1, 2022:

The idea that a Christian church would keep records on people seems to run contrary to its supposed core principle of redemption and forgiveness. If they really believe that, why keep files on people? Well, there is a possible explanation: maybe its all about money. 🤑💰

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 2, 2022:

@ErichZannIII Note to self: never join any organization where signing a non-disclosure agreement is a prerequisite.

We're not out of the woods.

Organist1 comments on Jul 1, 2022:

No, we are most certainly not out of the woods yet!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 1, 2022:

I like your hopeful "yet." 😎👍

Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses may get access to elders' files on them

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 1, 2022:

The idea that a Christian church would keep records on people seems to run contrary to its supposed core principle of redemption and forgiveness. If they really believe that, why keep files on people? Well, there is a possible explanation: maybe its all about money. 🤑💰

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 1, 2022:

@ErichZannIII When I wrote "Christian" that included the LDS. In the case of Scientology, it's definitely about money. In fact, it's definitely about money for the Christians too.

Mr. Attorney General, ITMFA!

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 29, 2022:

Too funny! But I have no faith in Merrick Garland, or the Dems, having the balls to make it happen...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 29, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin The ACA passed the Senate 60-39, which was the minimum required. There had to be Republican votes. No Republicans were ever going to sign on to Medicare for all. Not ever. If you think that they ever were you are living in a fantasy world. As for indicting Cheato, frankly I think you are too pessimistic. Time will tell. Stay tuned.

Mr. Attorney General, ITMFA!

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 29, 2022:

Too funny! But I have no faith in Merrick Garland, or the Dems, having the balls to make it happen...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 29, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin Ahhh, well, Medicare for all was never going to happen under Obama. Not because he didn't want it, but because there just never were the Republican votes for it. But Obama did get the next best thing, or at least something good passed, and now 14 million people who didn't have health insurance AT ALL now have it. It's a big deal. We are both old enough to remember Tricky Dicky resigning the presidency. That was a first. What Cheato did is far worse and is also a first, and we are seeing the evidence of his guilt in these hearings. Stay tuned. Done Cheato will be indicted.

It's speech that should be protected just as much as Christian prayers, right?

of-the-mountain comments on Jun 28, 2022:

When actual history is probably stranger than the fairytale religious deceitful dogma pushed for the last two thousand years!!!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 29, 2022:

I would not go that far.

It's speech that should be protected just as much as Christian prayers, right?

p-nullifidian comments on Jun 28, 2022:

In this fictional story, it would seem more likely that Joseph was the father. The authors of Matthew and Luke go to great lengths to trace Jesus’ supposed genealogy back to David, beginning with his father, Joseph.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 29, 2022:

The Bible has gone through several rounds of translation. From Hebrew to Greek to Latin to English, German, French, etc. In one of those early translations, I think it was the Hebrew, Mary was described with a word that means "young woman." And apparently that word was translated as "virgin." And it's been downhill ever since. 😂

Mr. Attorney General, ITMFA!

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 29, 2022:

Too funny! But I have no faith in Merrick Garland, or the Dems, having the balls to make it happen...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 29, 2022:

I know you don't, and I understand why you feel that way. We in this country have a really bad record of holding powerful people to account. But this time it might he different. I hope I'm not Charlie Brown and the Select Committee is not Lucy and Cheato's indictment/conviction is not the proverbial football. 😂

Greta Thunberg on Twitter: "If we delay emission cuts we “will miss a brief and rapidly closing ...

Reignmond comments on Feb 28, 2022:

Greta is just a little kid who has learned to parrot 1960s enviro-rhetoric. She knows nothing. Listening to her is like getting your education from memes. Go to the actual science.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 29, 2022:

@ChestRockfield Excuse me, I misspoke. The airline passenger's carbon footprint from one flight LA to Paris is about one third that of a US motorist from one year of driving. Average miles driven: 11,500 Average miles per gallon: 22 11,500 mi ÷ 22 mph = 523 gal 523 gal x 19.6 lbs CO2/gal = 10,251 lbs CO2 = 4.6 metric tons CO2/year/US driver CO2 per passenger on a flight from Los Angeles to Paris: 1.6 metric tons The average US driver's annual carbon footprint is about 4.6 metric tons CO2. The carbon footprint of each passenger on a fight from Los Angeles to Paris is 1.6 metric tons. 4.7 tons CO2 ÷ 1.6 tons CO2 = 2.9375

The Justices that overturned Roe are “Constitutionalists.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Constitutional originalism does not address the simple reality that times change and conditions differ. And, while the framers were exceptionally smart, they could not foresee all the changes that would take place two or three hundred years down the line. To remain relevant, interpretations of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 28, 2022:

@lerlo OK anything not specifically addressed in the Constitution is automatically left to the states to decide. I get that. When Gorsuch, Kavenaugh, and Barret stated in their confirmation hearings that Roe was "settled law," implying that they would respect stare decisis and let Roe stand, was that a lie under oath? Can they be impeached for that?

The Justices that overturned Roe are “Constitutionalists.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Constitutional originalism does not address the simple reality that times change and conditions differ. And, while the framers were exceptionally smart, they could not foresee all the changes that would take place two or three hundred years down the line. To remain relevant, interpretations of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 27, 2022:

@Alienbeing ✔️✔️

The Justices that overturned Roe are “Constitutionalists.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Constitutional originalism does not address the simple reality that times change and conditions differ. And, while the framers were exceptionally smart, they could not foresee all the changes that would take place two or three hundred years down the line. To remain relevant, interpretations of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 27, 2022:

@Buck ✔️

The Justices that overturned Roe are “Constitutionalists.

KKGator comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Alito cited some bullshit 16th century English dude as some sort of "explanation". Along with a lot of other bullshit. Fuck the 6 justices who ruled to strip basic rights from Americans. They're all liars and scumbags. I hope they die painfully, and soon.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 26, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin Roberts voted in favor of Citizens United, one of the worst decisions ever.

The Justices that overturned Roe are “Constitutionalists.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Constitutional originalism does not address the simple reality that times change and conditions differ. And, while the framers were exceptionally smart, they could not foresee all the changes that would take place two or three hundred years down the line. To remain relevant, interpretations of the ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 26, 2022:

@Buck Yes, amendments may he made, but it is extremely difficult. Can you see an amendment legalizing abortion passing in today's polarized political environment?

We need to understand that Ukraine was NEVER a willing part of Russia.

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Yeah, Putin wants Ukraine back under his thumb, but more than that, he wants it's resources. It's all about the oil.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 26, 2022:

The sunflower oil.

The Justices that overturned Roe are “Constitutionalists.

KateOahu comments on Jun 26, 2022:

They are not. They are “Originalists”. And their assumptions about what was originally intended are wrong. They want to take away civil rights of a vast group of people, especially non-binaries. Women need to stop this shit.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 26, 2022:

@LucyLoohoo Warren Zevon got it wrong when he wrote "Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun." This implies a political conversion, when what really happened was Stockholm syndrome.

The Justices that overturned Roe are “Constitutionalists.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Maybe those assholes have no right to breathe. Color me not sympathetic if any of them are assassinated, not that it will ever happen. They have too much security provided them by now, and anyway, the left gave up violence decades ago, unlike our own modern domestic terrorists on the right.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 26, 2022:

Let's not forget that it was liberals who won the Civil War and WWII. Standing up for democracy is a liberal project.

The Justices that overturned Roe are “Constitutionalists.

racocn8 comments on Jun 26, 2022:

This is NOT about abortion. It was never about Pro-Life, which is obvious. This was ALWAYS about having a dog-whistle to mobilize fascist Christian voters. And NOW, that has morphed into a culture-war sledge-hammer. The fascist Christian judges have openly admitted they intend to undo every ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 26, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin Right on. Hope it doesn't come to that, but if it does I'll be right there with you.

Might as well enroll him/her/them in paramilitary training while we're at it.

ChestRockfield comments on Jun 26, 2022:

We're about to have a whole ton of extra kids no one wants, so maybe they're counting on one problem solving the other?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jun 26, 2022:

That's dark and twisted, but the scary thing is that doesn't sound so far-fetched. (Soilent Green is people!)