A better booster campaign YLE 10/24/2022

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2022:

I've had 2 boosters already. I don't have a problem getting a 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th. 12th,...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 28, 2022:

@BDair Here are some major journals that might interest you. However, what you seek is something you would find in good biology, immunology, and/or molecular biology textbooks. American Journal of Epidemiology Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health European Journal of Epidemiology International Journal of Epidemiology The Lancet Journal The New England Journal of Medicine Journal of the American Medical Association The British Medical Journal The Journal of Pathology Journal of Immunological Sciences The Journal of Immunology The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Frontiers in Immunology Immunity Nature Reviews Immunology Science Immunology Human Vaccines Genetic Vaccines and Therapy Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines Journal of Vaccines and Vaccination To answer your question: The mRNA in a vaccine is built according to a viral DNA code called a gene. Whether the mRNA is made in a lab or in a cell makes no difference; mRNA is mRNA. The skeletal muscles are composed of cells. Intramuscular injection introduces the mRNA vaccine 8nto cells. Once the mRNA is in a cell it finds an organelle called a ribosome. There are many ribosomes in the cell's watery cytoplasm. There are also lots of amino acids floating around in the cytoplasm. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. When the mRNA links up with the ribosome, the ribosome begins to act like an enzyme, catalyzing a series of chemical reactions. Each reaction adds a new amino acid to a growing chain of amino acids, called a polypeptide. There are twenty different types of amino acids. Which specific acid goes where in the sequence is determined by the mRNA code. As the ribosome "reads" the mRNA the polypeptide gets longer. When complete, the polypeptide separates from ribosome. It then folds up into the final shape, called a tertiary protein structure. In this case, that structure is the spike protein. It's not really a spike: it's a more complicated shape, more analogous to a key. But even that analogy is not good, because the protein is not long and thin; it's short and squat. This protein fits into a receptor on the surface of a body cell, like a key in a lock. If there were an actual virus, it would thus gain access to the cell. But in the vaccine there is no virus. The presence of these spike proteins is detected by specialized cells of the immune system called T-cells. T-cells are like a general on a battlefield. They rally troops to fight off an invader. T-cells "tell" B-cells to produce antibodies against the spike protein. Antibodies are proteins too. They are custom made by the B-cell to neutralize a specific foreign body (in this case, the spike protein). The general term for any ...

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2022:

I've had 2 boosters already. I don't have a problem getting a 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th. 12th,...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 28, 2022:

@BDair Transparency is a key characteristic of science. Scientists are keen to share their work with the world. The standard for dissemination of information regarding the safety and efficacy of vaccines is publication of peer-reviewed articles in reputable scientific journals. Journalists who cover the science beat read the journals and interview the scientists who write the articles. And just as scientists are constantly double-checking each other's work, so too are journalists. Interested individuals routinely get information from multiple publications. You never rely on just one source. Over time you get to know your sources. You have been seeing their work confirmed for years. Suddenly some unknown source comes out of nowhere with information that is completely at odds with everything you are seeing elsewhere. You look for credentials and associations, but it's thin or nonexistent. You may find that the new source has a criminal history; he/she did time for fraud or practicing medicine without a licence. It's not too hard to determine who is actually doing journalism a who is just blowing disinformation out their ass.

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2022:

I've had 2 boosters already. I don't have a problem getting a 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th. 12th,...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 27, 2022:

@BDair I taught biology for 20 years. What are your science credentials?

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Barnie2years comments on Oct 27, 2022:

Identifying the problem is easy. Coming up with a solution that will wean nearly 50% of the population away from the adrenaline rush of Republican fear mongering is a much harder, if not impossible task. Even more so the 40% of Trumpilcan demented supporters,. Much the way little has been ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 27, 2022:

Obviously books are better than bullets. Even in a country where half the population doesn't read, education is still our best bet. Republicans are masters at communicating their falsehoods. Democrats need to counter them more aggressively. And get a little discipline.

(regarding events that took place around 1940): Introducing Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra ...

CuddyCruiser comments on Oct 27, 2022:

More sad than anything is that no one learned nothing.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 27, 2022:

So true. Here we are almost a century later, with the last of the Holocaust survivors passing away, and American neo Nazis are hanging antisemitic banners on bridges. The Greatest Generation must be spinning in their graves.

(regarding events that took place around 1940): Introducing Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra ...

snytiger6 comments on Oct 27, 2022:

Not too many people are aware that Rachel Maddow has a Phd in Political Science. She also did a podcast I heard on NPR in several parts about Nixon/Agnew ending with Watergate. I was aware of the plot to overthrow the government just prior to WWII. Now I'll have to listen to get a better ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 27, 2022:

Maddow's Nixon/Agnew book, titled, "Bagman," is an excellent read. I lived through the Watergate period and thought I had a pretty good grasp of what took place, but it turned out I had only scratched the surface. I learned a lot from reading Bagman.

(regarding events that took place around 1940): Introducing Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra ...

of-the-mountain comments on Oct 27, 2022:

Smedley Butler has had more than just a small part in the stopping of various outright confrontations both foreign and domestic as Marine Corp officer in both the nineteenth and twentieth century of US Imperialism!!! This country has been under attack internally since it inception by ultra right ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 27, 2022:

Butler's story is soooo revealing about who we are as a nation. It should be required reading in every high school, junior college, and University.

Just so some Americans can read that not everyone agrees with them.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Pretty presumptuous assertion. Or idiotic. Or both. Whatever. BTW, are you actually thinking that anyone here would take seriously anything published by RT? 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 27, 2022:

@Alienbeing Maybe so, but the American people overwhelmingly support social programs like Medicare, Social Security, the Affordable Care Act, the interstate highway system, National Parks, lifeguards, public schools, public libraries, mass transit, fire departments, police departments, the Federal Emergency Management Administration, the National Institutes of Health, the National Weather Service, the Coast Guard, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Archives, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Agriculture, etc., etc. Americans like and want these government programs and institutions. Republican politicians love to try and scare people with a bogeyman they call "socialism." They love to insist that only unfettered capitalism can solve our problems. But the reality is that without a strong regulatory framework, and a robust tax structure, and generous investment in public institutions, capitalism quickly devolves into monopolism and extreme income stratification. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle class disappears altogether. And, unfortunately, Republicans have been very good at selling fear of their bogeyman. They have a genius for making the most innocuous things sound like armageddon. So a perfectly reasonable proposal to set up a framework for making decisions about healthcare expenditures becomes "death panels." And any effort to tackle climate change (and in so doing achieve energy independence not only for the nation but also for individual citizens) is painted as a liberal plot to wreck our competitiveness internationally. And these Republican shibboleths are repeated ad nauseam until people don't know what to think. So they end up voting from a position of irrational fear rather than confident intelligence. And with every Republican success, the middle class shrinks, the ranks of the homeless swell, and the 1% look down from on high, laughing all the way to the bank.

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Pretty presumptuous assertion. Or idiotic. Or both. Whatever. BTW, are you actually thinking that anyone here would take seriously anything published by RT? 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 27, 2022:

@Krish55 On the big thing, the invasion of Ukraine, RT is publishing Putin's propaganda. They cannot say anything else without being shut down and jailed, and possibly killed.

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2022:

So far in this discussion, 22 points have been awarded to various interlocutors, but none to poor, bedraggled, Frayed Bear. The people: 22 Frayed Bear: 0 The people have spoken! 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 27, 2022:

@mcgeo52 I was going to ask that 😂

A better booster campaign YLE 10/24/2022

BDair comments on Oct 24, 2022:

Booster uptake is suboptimal because the shots do not work and nobody wants them. People with two shots and 3 boosters are still testing positive. There are millions of doses of the vaccines that are expiring and headed for disposal, and billions of our tax dollars are going to waste.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 26, 2022:

@Castlepaloma You're soooo wrong about that! In the 70s we had double-digit inflation, mortgage rates were through the roof, high gas prices, long lines to get gas, and sometimes there just wasn't any. We had huge riots, worse than anything we have seen lately. What's worse today is mass shootings. Back in the day only soldiers on active duty in Vietnam had AR-15s. And 55,000 American soldiers were killed there; way more than in Gulf wars 1 & 2 and Afghanistan combined. I know you want to blame Biden for inflation, but it only shows you you know nothing about economics. What devalues your money is spending on things that give no value in return, i.e. misguided and unnecessary wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and huge tax holidays for Corporations and filthy rich mother fuckers. At least what Biden is spending money on are investments in people and infrastructure, worthwhile things. Get a fucking clue man!

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Pretty presumptuous assertion. Or idiotic. Or both. Whatever. BTW, are you actually thinking that anyone here would take seriously anything published by RT? 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 26, 2022:

@Alienbeing Try telling that to the Norwegians and Swedes. They're the happiest people on Earth.

Bannon calls it "flooding the zone with shit.

TomMcGiverin comments on Oct 26, 2022:

None of them will testify under oath, unless it means taking the Fifth for every damn ?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 26, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin Well let's see if/when he runs.

Bannon calls it "flooding the zone with shit.

TomMcGiverin comments on Oct 26, 2022:

None of them will testify under oath, unless it means taking the Fifth for every damn ?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 26, 2022:

It was very nice of Cheato to allow video of himself berating anyone who would take the 5th. We need to throw it in his face mercilessly.

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2022:

So far in this discussion, 22 points have been awarded to various interlocutors, but none to poor, bedraggled, Frayed Bear. The people: 22 Frayed Bear: 0 The people have spoken! 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@FrayedBear Okay, I see you don't handle rejection well. But take heart; there is a solution to your problem: stop spouting Vlad the Invader's party line.

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barjoe comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Marcel de Graaff ꖦ. Like Orban, Meloni, Lukashenko, Vucic and of course Putin. Europe is turning back to fascism. Modi in India is a bundle of sticks. If the Republicans get back into power in the USA, we will become a fascistic state.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@FrayedBear What a steaming pile of...

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Pretty presumptuous assertion. Or idiotic. Or both. Whatever. BTW, are you actually thinking that anyone here would take seriously anything published by RT? 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@Alienbeing I don't mind socialists; it's the fascists we need to worry about.

Bannon calls it "flooding the zone with shit.

rainmanjr comments on Oct 25, 2022:

That's funny because I call Bannon the shit.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@rainmanjr The wheels of justice turn slowly. Sorry, that's all I got right now.

Bannon calls it "flooding the zone with shit.

rainmanjr comments on Oct 25, 2022:

That's funny because I call Bannon the shit.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

He certainly is full of it 💩

A better booster campaign YLE 10/24/2022

rainmanjr comments on Oct 24, 2022:

IDGAF who gets a shot, anymore, or whether they live. My next shot is due in March and I might not get it. Depends on how this election goes.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@rainmanjr Keep your powder dry. There be fascists in these waters.

A better booster campaign YLE 10/24/2022

BDair comments on Oct 24, 2022:

Booster uptake is suboptimal because the shots do not work and nobody wants them. People with two shots and 3 boosters are still testing positive. There are millions of doses of the vaccines that are expiring and headed for disposal, and billions of our tax dollars are going to waste.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@BDair I want them. So do just about everyone I know.

A better booster campaign YLE 10/24/2022

BDair comments on Oct 24, 2022:

Booster uptake is suboptimal because the shots do not work and nobody wants them. People with two shots and 3 boosters are still testing positive. There are millions of doses of the vaccines that are expiring and headed for disposal, and billions of our tax dollars are going to waste.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

Dude, the shots do work. They may not prevent infection, but they vastly reduce the odds of becoming mortally sick.

A better booster campaign YLE 10/24/2022

phoenixone1 comments on Oct 24, 2022:

The upside is...the dumb ones will die out. Thin out the herd. 😁

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

Isn't natural selection an elegant process? I love it! 😂

A better booster campaign YLE 10/24/2022

rainmanjr comments on Oct 24, 2022:

IDGAF who gets a shot, anymore, or whether they live. My next shot is due in March and I might not get it. Depends on how this election goes.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

Get your shot. We need you healthy.

A better booster campaign YLE 10/24/2022

laidback1 comments on Oct 25, 2022:

This is all falling apart.. the only reason so many fell for this in the beginning wàs because of distractions of politics and the novelty of it .. Most All that's over with ,now we see a handful of people in masks.. The vast majority has shifted No one's going to put up with these ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

I don't wear a mask unless it's absolutely required. The reason I feel so confident is that I am VACCINATED and BOOSTED. 🙂

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Alienbeing comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Their agreement, and your's is not necessary, nor even solicited. We don't care.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@FrayedBear How much is Putin paying you, Russian Bear?

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redbai comments on Oct 25, 2022:

... or Russia could withdraw and give back the land they tried to steal. That's an option that would work too.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@redbai Well said! 🎯

How do you respond to the question "Do you believe in God?

Fernapple comments on Oct 25, 2022:

I come from the UK, so I would probably say. "Wow fun, you are the first one ever." Then. "No of course not, do I look weird ?"

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

Best answer so far! 🏆

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Pretty presumptuous assertion. Or idiotic. Or both. Whatever. BTW, are you actually thinking that anyone here would take seriously anything published by RT? 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@LenHazell53 Hey, RT reported correctly that a Dutch member of the EU lobbied to capitulate to Putin, was suspended, and has quit the I&D group. Happy now? Meanwhile, mass-murderer Putin rains down bombs upon Ukrainian civilians. Put yourself in their shoes. Imagine it was your country, your city, your house under attack. Wouldn't you want other freedom-loving countries to help you defend your family, your land, your culture?

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barjoe comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Marcel de Graaff ꖦ. Like Orban, Meloni, Lukashenko, Vucic and of course Putin. Europe is turning back to fascism. Modi in India is a bundle of sticks. If the Republicans get back into power in the USA, we will become a fascistic state.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@FrayedBear I fully supported Ali at the time and still do. America had no business getting involved in Vietnam's civil war. The war in Ukraine is not a civil war. It is a kleptocrat with imperial ambitions invading a sovereign European democracy.

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Pretty presumptuous assertion. Or idiotic. Or both. Whatever. BTW, are you actually thinking that anyone here would take seriously anything published by RT? 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@LenHazell53 Isn't showing courage and determination in the face of naked aggression (or not) precisely the point?

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barjoe comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Marcel de Graaff ꖦ. Like Orban, Meloni, Lukashenko, Vucic and of course Putin. Europe is turning back to fascism. Modi in India is a bundle of sticks. If the Republicans get back into power in the USA, we will become a fascistic state.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@FrayedBear Hundreds of thousands of Russian men are leaving Russia because they don't want to take part in Putin's illegal campaign. These are men with integrity and intelligence. I salute them.

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Pretty presumptuous assertion. Or idiotic. Or both. Whatever. BTW, are you actually thinking that anyone here would take seriously anything published by RT? 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@LenHazell53 Okay, so the far-right Dutchman is feeling weak in the knees. So what? We have our pro-fascists in the USA too. It doesn't mean we capitulate to the naked aggressor.

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barjoe comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Marcel de Graaff ꖦ. Like Orban, Meloni, Lukashenko, Vucic and of course Putin. Europe is turning back to fascism. Modi in India is a bundle of sticks. If the Republicans get back into power in the USA, we will become a fascistic state.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 25, 2022:

@FrayedBear No.

We read the Gab founder's how-to guide to Christian nationalism.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 24, 2022:

Torba's shitty book is on the best seller list? 🤮

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 24, 2022:

@CuddyCruiser So lame 😐

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Jolanta comments on Oct 23, 2022:

What exactly did he say?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 24, 2022:

@Jolanta You're definitely describing Fox News, OAN, Newsmax,...

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 24, 2022:

What a moron 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 24, 2022:

@LovinLarge When it comes to tools I prefer This Old House 😂

Tim Allen Blowing Minds With His PROOF God Is Real - YouTube

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 24, 2022:

What a moron 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 24, 2022:

@LovinLarge I did not know. He comes across as America's Dad in his sitcoms (which I only see for a few seconds while channel surfing).

Christian nationalists are planning a violent takeover of America.

Jk1960 comments on Oct 24, 2022:

There is a big difference between planning and doing.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 24, 2022:

No doubt. And we have always heard murmurings that came to nothing. Well, Oklahoma City was not nothing. But that was only two guys. Now we have tens of millions of confused people with wacky ideas egging each other on through social media (which did not exist back in the day), as well as hostile foreign powers deliberately sowing discord. This moment feels different from anything I have experienced in my lifetime. And I remember well the 60s.

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Jolanta comments on Oct 23, 2022:

What exactly did he say?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 24, 2022:

@Jolanta You're pretty suspicious of the press, huh? I heard it first on PBS, then again on MSNBC, both sources I trust. It's not the first time he has spouted such nonsense. The guy is kind of a lunatic.

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Lorajay comments on Oct 24, 2022:

That is sickening.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 24, 2022:

Yes, and disgusting, disheartening, distracting, distopian, disturbing, disenchanting, dismal...

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phoenixone1 comments on Oct 24, 2022:

Did we learn NOTHING from history? Someone need to throw these fuckwads OFF THE DAMN BRIDGE. Toss that ASSHOLE Kanye along with them.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 24, 2022:

These assholes don't know or care about history.

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Jolanta comments on Oct 23, 2022:

What exactly did he say?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 23, 2022:

KW said he was going "deathcon 3 on Jews."

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WilliamCharles comments on Oct 23, 2022:

Fuck Kanye, but still... Enforce the goddamn Symington Amendment.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 23, 2022:

Excuse me, but what has banning U.S. economic and military assistance, and export credits to countries that deliver or receive, acquire or transfer nuclear enrichment technology when they do not comply with IAEA regulations and inspections got to do with neo Nazis/Christian nationalists in L.A.? And yes, definitely fuck Kanye 😂

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Barnie2years comments on Oct 23, 2022:

Trump isn’t the problem. Kanye isn’t the problem. It’s the thousands, maybe millions given the poll numbers, who have always believed this garbage, but never had millionaire, front page, celebrities out there codifying it for them so they could find each other.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 23, 2022:

Social media + celebrities

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HippieChick58 comments on Oct 23, 2022:

Holy moley. I'd have been flipping a finger, but I'm sure they wouldn't see it. What friggin morons.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 23, 2022:

Brazen frigging Nazi rats out in broad daylight. Time to call the exterminator.

Christian nationalists are planning a violent takeover of America.

Ceaselessmind comments on Oct 23, 2022:

While I feel you are on the right trail, I am seeing a different observable set of data. The religious extremist are indeed making a ruckus. However, overall, the churches as a whole are collapsing in decay from a mass loss of fellowship. People, especially the younger generations, are walking away ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 23, 2022:

You covered a lot of ground, so it may take me a while...please be patient. 1. While it is true that there is a long-term trend towards declining religious affiliation in America, it is a slow process. And, perhaps more importantly, there is also growth in radical evangelical sects. 2. Church attendance is irrelevant when it comes to Christian nationalists. They are not devout believers. They self-identify as Christian, but do not actually follow the teachings of Jesus. Rather, they misinterpret the Bible (and American history) to suit their own aims. 3. The MAGA movement does not need Donald Trump. It predated his rise and will outlive his fall. If anything, he will be seen as a martyr to the cause. (Obviously we still have to prosecute the son of a bitch, but it will not affect the larger movement.) 4. We can argue all day about who killed JFK and why. 5. Before the Fed, American banks were smaller, far more numerous, and far more subject to failure. Many issued their own currency, which often became worthless as banks failed. Panicked runs on banks were fairly common. All this is largely irrelevant to the problem of Christian nationalism we see today. 6. You are spot on about Reagan and Murdoch. Reagan killed the Fair Use doctrine in broadcasting, opening up the airwaves to biased, unbalanced propaganda. And trickle-down economics has been a disaster for America's middle class. 7. You paint with too broad a brush in claiming that Dems are as bad or worse than Republicans. The sad fact is that you have to have money, and lits of it, to even have a seat at the table in American politics. But at least Democrats put forth policies intended to help average Americans. Republicans offer nothing except fear, hatred, and more trickle down bullshit. 8. I don't agree that we should "tear [our government] down and start a new one." That is what the MAGA children want. Rather, we should hew to the rule of law, and continue to seek political solutions. I can imagine an America where the Citizens United decision is reversed, and dark money is taken out of our politics. (It's more plausible than the overturning of Roe v. Wade.)

Christian nationalists are planning a violent takeover of America.

Shaggy2018 comments on Oct 22, 2022:

Really doubt that. They may get some places who will just agree and go along with them. Places like Idaho and Montana...but most of America they don't have even a chance of taking anything cept maybe a few nutjob churches. Lol

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 23, 2022:

Sociology professors Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry have carried out numerous surveys indicating that around 20% of the adult US population are what they call "ambassadors" of Christian nationalism. These people are deeply committed to Christian nationalist ideology. At the other end of the scale in their 4-level hierarchy, are the people Whitehead and Perry call "rejectors," who completely oppose Christian nationalism. Whitehead and Perry also identify a group they call "resistors," people generally oppose Christian nationalism but are open to some of its precepts. Taken together the rejectors and resistors make up about 48% of the US population. Around 32% of the population fall into the "accommodator" category. Accommodators accept most Christian nationalist precepts, but are not completely onboard. Twenty percent of the adult US population is about 41 million people. So basically we are sitting on a powder keg, smoking a fat cigar. 💣

Christian nationalists are planning a violent takeover of America.

mischl comments on Oct 23, 2022:

No matter how you slice it, people who are indoctrinated with religious belief always have to some degree a diminished capacity for discovering and using their own values for making decisions and living their life.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 23, 2022:

In the term "Christian nationalism," the emphasis is on nationalism. Adherents are only nominally Christian. They do not actually follow the teachings of Jesus.

Christian nationalists are planning a violent takeover of America.

Julie808 comments on Oct 23, 2022:

Yes, they've been putting their plan in motion for years. Putting military weapons in the hands of lonely young men just got easier with the Supreme Court decision to lift all state's gun safety laws. Here in Hawaii, we had very few guns in the hands of citizens, but that is changing quickly ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 23, 2022:

Obviously you have been paying attention. 😎👍

Christian nationalists are planning a violent takeover of America.

Shaggy2018 comments on Oct 22, 2022:

Really doubt that. They may get some places who will just agree and go along with them. Places like Idaho and Montana...but most of America they don't have even a chance of taking anything cept maybe a few nutjob churches. Lol

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 23, 2022:

@Shaggy2018 You're old enough to remember Oklahoma City. That was just two guys.

Christian nationalists are planning a violent takeover of America.

Lorajay comments on Oct 22, 2022:

It would be amazing if the Christian principles that I was taught in Sunday school were adopted by Business Leaders.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 22, 2022:

Truly.

Christian nationalists are planning a violent takeover of America.

Shaggy2018 comments on Oct 22, 2022:

Really doubt that. They may get some places who will just agree and go along with them. Places like Idaho and Montana...but most of America they don't have even a chance of taking anything cept maybe a few nutjob churches. Lol

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 22, 2022:

@Shaggy2018 You don't see these people, because, for the most part, they either deny that they are Christian nationalists, or they deny any knowledge of the term (as Michael Flynn does in the Frontline documentary on him). But in fact they are a loose coalition of neo Nazis, white supremacist militias, the KKK, MAGA acolytes, and Christians from every denomination. Many of the people who participated in the January 6 insurrection were (are) Christian nationalists, and they are not stopping there. J6 was a dress rehearsal. Stay tuned.

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laidback1 comments on Oct 19, 2022:

Funny how much more knowledgeable and education experienced people like doctor McCullough and Doctor Robert Malone and so many others ,then you have people like this ... McCullough, prestigious and Malone,100's of patents related to the mRNA technology,Vanderbosshe ,a maker of vaccines who ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 21, 2022:

@laidback1 I've had 4 covid shots (Pfizer) so far, as have everyone in my family and all my friends and their families. None of us have gotten sick from covid or been harmed by the vaccines. Meanwhile, the ICUs, morgues, and cemeteries are full of unvaccinated people. But you go ahead and do you.

Another case of arrested development:

BD66 comments on Oct 21, 2022:

And the voters on the other side are making their decisions based on nonstop propaganda 24/7 from the likes of CNN and MSNBC.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 21, 2022:

Unlike Fox News, OAN, and Newsmax, CNN and MSNBC practice real journalism.

Frontline documentary, Michael Flynn's Holy War [youtu.be]

Redneckliberal comments on Oct 19, 2022:

NEEDS TO BE ELIMINATED

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 21, 2022:

They're already billing him as a "martyr." 😂

Not an exaggeration

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 20, 2022:

Freedom for them, not for the rest of us.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 20, 2022:

They don't even know the meaning of the word.

Two of my favourites in a little skit. Bowie and Gervais. [youtube.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 20, 2022:

I'm accustomed to thinking about politicians (e.g. Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, et al) in those unsparing terms, but not so much entertainers. However, come to think of it, Kanye West certainly qualifies. And Ted Nugent. Let's see, who else...? 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 20, 2022:

@puff https://www.bbc.com/news/60199614

Two of my favourites in a little skit. Bowie and Gervais. [youtube.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 20, 2022:

I'm accustomed to thinking about politicians (e.g. Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, et al) in those unsparing terms, but not so much entertainers. However, come to think of it, Kanye West certainly qualifies. And Ted Nugent. Let's see, who else...? 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 20, 2022:

@puff I happen to agree 100% with the de-platforming (or "cancelling," if you want to call it that) of Alex Jones. Same for Donald Trump. Fact is, the only reason I wouldn't want to see them both tossed into a rock crusher is they don't deserve martyr status. As for Joe Rogan, I never listen to him, but I hear he spreads mis/disinformation on vaccines, so I don't think he deserves a big megaphone. Fuck him. I think Spotify made a bad choice, but that's their prerogative; its a private platform. I and others can also exercise our right to piss on Spotify. Which I do, metaphorically. Any other questions?

Two of my favourites in a little skit. Bowie and Gervais. [youtube.com]

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 20, 2022:

I'm accustomed to thinking about politicians (e.g. Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, et al) in those unsparing terms, but not so much entertainers. However, come to think of it, Kanye West certainly qualifies. And Ted Nugent. Let's see, who else...? 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 20, 2022:

@puff Nah, Neil is my homie. We both despise Donald Trump and Joe Rogan.

COVID-19 State of Affairs: Your Local Epidemiologist 10/18/2022

laidback1 comments on Oct 19, 2022:

Funny how much more knowledgeable and education experienced people like doctor McCullough and Doctor Robert Malone and so many others ,then you have people like this ... McCullough, prestigious and Malone,100's of patents related to the mRNA technology,Vanderbosshe ,a maker of vaccines who ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 20, 2022:

@laidback1 No, it does not make me feel better. It just makes me sad. It's painful to see any scientist betray the core values of science.

Vlad makes Freddy and Michael look like amateurs.

p-nullifidian comments on Oct 19, 2022:

Michael? Who dat? Jason’s the name, right?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 19, 2022:

Michael Myers, the masked killer in the Halloween movies.

COVID-19 State of Affairs: Your Local Epidemiologist 10/18/2022

LuxBear comments on Oct 18, 2022:

Thank you Dr. Katelyn, is the world going to experience yet another lockdown ?That won't be good

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 19, 2022:

Not likely, imho.

COVID-19 State of Affairs: Your Local Epidemiologist 10/18/2022

laidback1 comments on Oct 19, 2022:

Funny how much more knowledgeable and education experienced people like doctor McCullough and Doctor Robert Malone and so many others ,then you have people like this ... McCullough, prestigious and Malone,100's of patents related to the mRNA technology,Vanderbosshe ,a maker of vaccines who ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 19, 2022:

Robert Malone is a lying piece of shit.

Insightful Commentary on the net from 'Debra' to Steve Kirsch Steve: you come from the Left (what...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 19, 2022:

Sounds like a lot of anti-vax gobbledygook: long on drama and short on evidence.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 19, 2022:

@BDair The standard for dissemination of information regarding the safety and efficacy of vaccines is publication of peer-reviewed articles in reputable scientific journals. Your post falls well short of that standard.

Vlad makes Freddy and Michael look like amateurs.

CourtJester comments on Oct 18, 2022:

Where do you think he gets his funding???

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 18, 2022:

The Russian kleptocracy runs on oil and gas sales.

What Putin never expected (but should have):

Druvius comments on Oct 17, 2022:

Cold War propaganda. As stupid as it's ever been.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 18, 2022:

@Druvius Putin's diplomacy: "Give me your country or I'll bomb you into the stone age." The only sensible reply: 🖕

Liberty dies under fascism.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 17, 2022:

As do the weaker and less able members of society.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 18, 2022:

Or whichever out-group gets scapegoated.

What Putin never expected (but should have):

Druvius comments on Oct 17, 2022:

Cold War propaganda. As stupid as it's ever been.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 18, 2022:

This war is not cold. Wish it was.

Executive order 14067.

DenoPenno comments on Oct 17, 2022:

Bitcoin is a joke. Let me paint rocks gold and call them money. The only thing I see so far in digital currency is that money can be put on a card one time or many times. I don't think we will stop this. Big Brother could do a lot of things as a punishment. Garnishment used to be one of them and I ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 17, 2022:

@puff Blockchain currencies use massive amounts of energy (most of which is generated by burning greenhouse gas-producing fossil fuels.) That's reason enough to eschew bitcoin and its digital cousins.

What Putin never expected (but should have):

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 17, 2022:

I expect this will be Putin's downfall, I just wish it would speed things up a bit.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 17, 2022:

Patience, dear. It may take some time.

That "stable genius" mind

NostraDumbass comments on Oct 17, 2022:

Mind?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 17, 2022:

OK, nerve ganglion?

Do these guys really think fascism would be better?

JackPedigo comments on Oct 16, 2022:

Too many simply refuse to understand what their brand is about. Constant accusations of others (failing or not) without offering a counter solution is simply about power and nothing else. After all, it's much easier to point fingers (ignoring the others pointing back) than to take real action. How ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 17, 2022:

It the same thing with the immigration issue. The system is broken, it needs revamping, but Republicans either vote down all proposals or don't even let them come up for a vote. They would rather have the broken system because it provides them with a set of talking points to beat Democrats over the head with. The best word to describe it is cynical.

Prosecutors ask jury to recommend death sentence for Parkland shooter.

David_Cooper comments on Oct 14, 2022:

I'm not convinced that a life sentence with no possibility of release is significantly different from a death sentence. In cases like this where there's no possible doubt about who did it, it may be better to torture the killer for as long as possible in order to deter other shooters and to ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 17, 2022:

@Trajan61 @JackPedigo Hey I tend to agree with the "only the criminals" argument; I think there is some truth to it in the context if the USA, at least in the short term. But the problem is not all that simple. There is evidence that stricter gun controls reduce gun violence. In fact, no other developed country has looser gun laws or as much gun violence as the USA. Therefore it is mighty presumptuous of you to tell a concerned citizen (one who appreciates nuance that apparently is lost on you) that he should he should abandon his homeland just because he doesn't agree with you. Your arrogance is noted. Now why not climb down off your high horse?

Do these guys really think fascism would be better?

BitFlipper comments on Oct 15, 2022:

Nearly everyone who remembers WWII is dead now. Yes, MAGAs believe fascism would be better because it's just a word to them.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 15, 2022:

Evidence that the American educational system has failed in its primary mission.

This is where we are now: a middle school teacher in San Diego County hangs a portrait of Adolf ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Oct 15, 2022:

Reminds me of that old punk rock song by The Clash, White Man In Hammersmith Palace, from the late 70s, "If Adolph Hitler, flew in today, they'd send the limousine anyway"....

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 15, 2022:

They have always been around, at the fringes. But now im dome circles they're mainstream. PS I love The Clash ❤️

Which SCOTUS justices lied in their confirmation hearings, and what did they lie about?

rainmanjr comments on Oct 14, 2022:

Possibly Amy but not the others. They evaded the question and were not pressed to answer further.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 15, 2022:

@rainmanjr How about prevarication? Mendacity? Dissembling? Quibbling? Deliberately misleading? 🤣

Which SCOTUS justices lied in their confirmation hearings, and what did they lie about?

rainmanjr comments on Oct 14, 2022:

Possibly Amy but not the others. They evaded the question and were not pressed to answer further.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 14, 2022:

What about Clarence on Anita Hill's allegations? Or Jeff on Blasey-Ford's? Gorsuch said that Roe was settled law. Wasn't that a lie?

Do these guys really think fascism would be better?

Organist1 comments on Oct 14, 2022:

They don't care. They are childish, uneducated, and willfully ignorant. They only want to own the libs.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 14, 2022:

I'm afraid you're right. They just want to yank out the wiring, burn the house down.

Prosecutors ask jury to recommend death sentence for Parkland shooter.

David_Cooper comments on Oct 14, 2022:

I'm not convinced that a life sentence with no possibility of release is significantly different from a death sentence. In cases like this where there's no possible doubt about who did it, it may be better to torture the killer for as long as possible in order to deter other shooters and to ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 14, 2022:

@JackPedigo Remove guns from society? Probably not possible. But we could do a better job of regulating them.

Prosecutors ask jury to recommend death sentence for Parkland shooter.

Redheadedgammy comments on Oct 14, 2022:

He definitely had a broken brain from being conceived by his mother. I would bet he never got any help either. This is the result of no help for children like this kid. We have a sick society that doesn’t lift a finger for kids like this. He never had a chance to be normal. So very sad that he ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 14, 2022:

@Redheadedgammy I like your big-picture thinking.

Nation-wide, there are some 290-odd election-denying, MAGA-hatter, neo-fascist candidates.

CourtJester comments on Oct 13, 2022:

Let’s see how it turns out. Food prices up 6.8% over the past six months Gas up 100%+ Stock market dumping Inflation Layoffs The democrats are running on a solid platform.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 14, 2022:

How to cause inflation: 1. On the basis of a lie, and with borrowed money, start an unnecessary war in Iraq (Bush) 2. Pour blood and treasure down two rathole, unwinnable wars for 20 years (Bush, Obama, Trump) 2. Blow up the deficit by giving huge tax breaks to corporations and the wealthiest individuals (Trump) 3. Totally mishandle the greatest pandemic in 100 years, stall supply chains (Trump) 4. Encourage Russian imperialist to invade a sovereign European democracy, cut grain and oil supplies (Trump)

Nation-wide, there are some 290-odd election-denying, MAGA-hatter, neo-fascist candidates.

Garban comments on Oct 13, 2022:

All of the republicans on my ballot have yet to distance themselves from the “stop the steal” crap. Most embrace it. They have automatically disqualified themselves from any sort of leadership position. I’ve already mailed it so too late to come clean now. Being in Florida I’m fairly ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 14, 2022:

Seeing as how Florida is already impacted by climate change and is predicted to lose thousands of square miles to rising sea levels, it amazes me how so many of its citizens can embrace a climate science denier.

Student no longer attending Trinity High School following racist social media post ([wmur.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 8, 2022:

It's odd and out of character for the members of the younger generation to exhibit such blatant racism. These kids must have been raised in a very backward environment.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 10, 2022:

@KKGator Sure it is, and it's not limited to white people either.

Can't make this stuff up.

LucyLoohoo comments on Oct 9, 2022:

Funny, but infuriating at the same time!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 10, 2022:

@nogod4me Talk about a zero-sum game!

Can't make this stuff up.

LucyLoohoo comments on Oct 9, 2022:

Funny, but infuriating at the same time!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 10, 2022:

Amazing how many people buy his bullshit.

Student no longer attending Trinity High School following racist social media post ([wmur.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 8, 2022:

It's odd and out of character for the members of the younger generation to exhibit such blatant racism. These kids must have been raised in a very backward environment.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2022:

@MyTVC15 I guess it depends on location. Sigh.

How 'bout that GOP candidate quality? 😂

Theresa_N comments on Oct 8, 2022:

It's what you get when you have the Democratic party funding the worst Repuglican candidates.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2022:

@rainmanjr All that being said, Dems are doing better now than was expected only a few weeks/months ago. SCOTUS helped by overturning Roe.

How 'bout that GOP candidate quality? 😂

Theresa_N comments on Oct 8, 2022:

It's what you get when you have the Democratic party funding the worst Repuglican candidates.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2022:

@rainmanjr It's in Democrats' nature to form circular firing squads. Republicans are much more top-down oriented, exhibit much more disciplined conformity to the Party line.

How 'bout that GOP candidate quality? 😂

Theresa_N comments on Oct 8, 2022:

It's what you get when you have the Democratic party funding the worst Repuglican candidates.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2022:

@rainmanjr Let's also remember that it's a mid-term election, and the party in power almost always takes it on the chin. Inflation (something outside any party's or president's control) is also driving a lot of negative sentiment.

How 'bout that GOP candidate quality? 😂

Theresa_N comments on Oct 8, 2022:

It's what you get when you have the Democratic party funding the worst Repuglican candidates.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2022:

@rainmanjr That's disturbing. If there ever was a time to cohere, it's right now.

How 'bout that GOP candidate quality? 😂

Theresa_N comments on Oct 8, 2022:

It's what you get when you have the Democratic party funding the worst Repuglican candidates.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2022:

@rainmanjr There is no doubt that a wave of authoritarianism is sweeping the globe. But I don't think it will take hold everywhere.

Has retired US State Senator Richard Black succinctly called out the Nordstream & Ukrainian war ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Oct 8, 2022:

Black is just shooting blanks in the dark. He offers not a shred of evidence to back up his position, which he himself characterizes as a "guess," a "hunch," "speculation." Black totally misrepresents Biden's words, and he totally ignores Russia's (Putin's) obvious motive to destroy the pipeline. ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2022:

@Castlepaloma What has this got to do with the bombing of the pipeline?

How 'bout that GOP candidate quality? 😂

Theresa_N comments on Oct 8, 2022:

It's what you get when you have the Democratic party funding the worst Repuglican candidates.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2022:

Yeah it's a very risky tactic. I think the money would be better spent on promoting good state-level Democratic candidates.

American scales of justice ⚖️

xenoview comments on Oct 8, 2022:

After voting rights comes gay marriage and mixed race marriage.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 8, 2022:

And lots more guns

The question is, will revelations of Walker's lying hypocrisy change any of his supporters' minds?

TomMcGiverin comments on Oct 7, 2022:

Of course it won't, what a naive or rhetorical ?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 7, 2022:

Hope springs eternal

Obviously. All Republicans are now terrorists. [washingtontimes.com]

CuddyCruiser comments on Oct 7, 2022:

Someone showing blind Fealty or blind obedience to any one person, or a so called ‘god’ is what I would say is dangerous in a sense, regardless of what their political stripes are. I have several co workers and a number of family members who are Republicans, and none of them support ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 7, 2022:

@CuddyCruiser My take on Antifa and BLM is that their main goal is to call attention to systemic injustice in America. They are simply responding to a long history of oppression. They are unfairly painted by the alt right/MAGA crowd as being violent terrorists. It's true that some protests have turned violent, but there are always a few hooligans in the crowd, no matter what the ideology. By and large, BLM protests are peaceful.

The question is, will revelations of Walker's lying hypocrisy change any of his supporters' minds?

Barnie2years comments on Oct 6, 2022:

Not a chance for the Trumplicans. Some moderate Republicans may, but most of them already were going to boycott this hot mess.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 6, 2022:

I know it's true about many of them. They don't give a shit about policy or integrity. All they care about is POWER.

The question is, will revelations of Walker's lying hypocrisy change any of his supporters' minds?

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 6, 2022:

Time will tell, and pretty quickly.....

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 6, 2022:

Walker said he didn't even know the woman in question. Now we find out that he already had another child with her. What a lying sack of shit!

My adventures continue.

Zealandia comments on Oct 4, 2022:

Glad there’s no snakes where I am in New Zealand! Importation of snakes was banned years ago, not even allowed for Zoos.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Oct 5, 2022:

@Zealandia Bird hunting used to be a big thing with the English upper crusties. They would have big hunting parties and kill hundreds of birds in an afternoon. Between that and cats, how many native species have gone extinct?