If Biden runs again in 2024, will he keep Kamala Harris as his running mate?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 18, 2022:

Biden only ran reluctantly in 2020. And with his record of accomplishments he can retire with honor. Hopefully he will endorse Gavin Newsom as his successor. Not that I don't think Harris couldn't do the job; I'm sure she could. But getting her elected might be a stretch. And the stakes are so ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 20, 2022:

@Alienbeing I just think that these days, the religious right patriarchy is feeling more empowered and less willing to negotiate.

George Carlin - Saving the Planet - YouTube

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 20, 2022:

George's material certainly stands the test of time. I would just offer this one update: as he said, back in the day, the extinction rate was about 25 species a day. Now its over 250 a day. 😐

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 20, 2022:

@David1955 Actually 250/day may be a little high. Current estimates are running around 150 -200 per day. Still, it way higher than the natural rate without human impacts .🙁

Overlapping interests: A crook attacks the legal system that would hold him accountable.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 19, 2022:

Shameless, lying fucking hypocrites, every one of them! That summarizes the whole party, esp. the pols in it, in a nutshell...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 20, 2022:

Republicans who support Done Cheato are either fascists or invite fascism to this country. I never thought I would see this in my lifetime.

Overlapping interests: A crook attacks the legal system that would hold him accountable.

HippieChick58 comments on Aug 19, 2022:

Abe Lincoln would be so ashamed of how far the rethuglican party has deteriorated.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 20, 2022:

@AnneWimsey No, it was honest Abe 🙂

Overlapping interests: A crook attacks the legal system that would hold him accountable.

HippieChick58 comments on Aug 19, 2022:

Abe Lincoln would be so ashamed of how far the rethuglican party has deteriorated.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 19, 2022:

I doubt that he would recognize it at all. But he certainly knew human nature, and the lamentable existence of charlatans and liars in our midst. Hence his famous quote: "You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time."

If Biden runs again in 2024, will he keep Kamala Harris as his running mate?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 18, 2022:

Biden only ran reluctantly in 2020. And with his record of accomplishments he can retire with honor. Hopefully he will endorse Gavin Newsom as his successor. Not that I don't think Harris couldn't do the job; I'm sure she could. But getting her elected might be a stretch. And the stakes are so ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 19, 2022:

@Alienbeing Good question. In the most simplistic terms, I would say that times change and conditions differ. Could you see such an amendment passing today? (I can't.)

If Biden runs again in 2024, will he keep Kamala Harris as his running mate?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 18, 2022:

Biden only ran reluctantly in 2020. And with his record of accomplishments he can retire with honor. Hopefully he will endorse Gavin Newsom as his successor. Not that I don't think Harris couldn't do the job; I'm sure she could. But getting her elected might be a stretch. And the stakes are so ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 19, 2022:

@Alienbeing You apparently did not read the whole article. Here is the important part you missed: "The rati­fic­a­tion dead­lines that Congress set after it approved the amend­ment have lapsed, and five states have acted to rescind their prior approval." The 38th vote for ratification occurred AFTER the deadline. Therefore it did not count. The proposed amendment WAS NOT ratified. That's why the US Constitution DOES NOT include an Equal Rights Amendment.

If Biden runs again in 2024, will he keep Kamala Harris as his running mate?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 18, 2022:

The video clip was edited to make her look bad. I can identify at least two cuts in the tape, the first more obvious than the second. So much for the veracity of Sky News.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 19, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin Historically the VP position has tended to be a nothing job, so no surprise that KH is keeping a relatively low profile.

Cheato should be worried. It doesn't take 6 hours to plead the 5th.

Barnie2years comments on Aug 18, 2022:

Trump said fifth almost 500 times in his testimony. So maybe.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 19, 2022:

Okay, if the questions are long, then yeah.

If Biden runs again in 2024, will he keep Kamala Harris as his running mate?

CourtJester comments on Aug 18, 2022:

He won’t remember who she is by next year.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 18, 2022:

He (Biden) is 1000 times smarter and more competent than you will ever he on your best day, CJ.

"What documents?

racocn8 comments on Aug 18, 2022:

Sadly listened to a friend recite Fox horse shit about Hillary's emails in a zoom discussion this weekend. I used to think this guy was fairly bright, but apparently one can be bright and still be seduced into a cult.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 18, 2022:

It's amazing, the Svengali-like power Done Cheato has over people. Of course, he couldn't do it without the help of the alt-right media: Fox News, Newsmax, OAN, Breitbart. Unfortunately, the fascist movement in America is now bigger than Trump. They don't need him anymore, and are ready to see DiSantis as their new Mussolini.

Alito’s Call to Arms to Secure Religious Liberty New York Times, Aug.

racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2022:

Alito has demonstrated his unfitness (desire to disregard foundational Constitutional concepts) and in so doing, violate his oath. He and the others should be summarily impeached for seditious conspiracy and removed from their positions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAplGu1RxPg

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 17, 2022:

I look forward to hearing the rest of "The Scheme."

Some of the best news in almost six years has come out in the last couple of weeks. 🙂

Barnie2years comments on Aug 17, 2022:

Now if only one could at least take a big ol' bite out of his ass!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 17, 2022:

I think it's going to happen 😎🤞

Alito’s Call to Arms to Secure Religious Liberty New York Times, Aug.

yvilletom comments on Aug 17, 2022:

SCOTUS will have to allow expressions of militant non-xianity from spectators.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 17, 2022:

They should but that's not the way they're going.

Salman Rushdie - Writing under death threats | DW Documentary

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 16, 2022:

I have read the Satanic Verses and a few other things by Rushdie. He's a good writer and the fatwa against him is a blatant attack on free speech and free thinking. That religious fanatics think they have to resort to such tactics illustrates just how weak is their faith in the power of their own ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 16, 2022:

@rainmanjr Alas, I doubt even the Webb telescope's power to kill human superstition once and for all. But I'm sure it will contribute to the enlightenment of many.

If only people would stick to basics, and perhaps start with something like this.

Buttercup comments on Aug 14, 2022:

Science is like a little kid who answers "why?" to everything. One thing pseudosciences have in common is they end with an appeal to authority. Once they reach a wall they quit, "because the bible says so" is obvious. Astrology started as science but once they accepted "it's written in the stars" as...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 14, 2022:

Actually there is something to evolutionary psychology. For instance, the field has provided evidence that based on scent alone, women can detect which man has an immune system most different from her own, and in a blind test will choose him over other prospective mates. This makes sense only in evolutionary terms. The combination of genes coding for more immune system diversity provides offspring with a higher chance of survival, all other things being equal. There are other examples as well.

If only people would stick to basics, and perhaps start with something like this.

anglophone comments on Aug 14, 2022:

If anybody tells me that they have "scientific proof" of anything that tells me that they are mentally defective.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 14, 2022:

Evidence, ok. Proof? Rare as hen's teeth. That's the great thing about science. It always leaves the door open for new information and an updating of our knowledge.

Choking hazard 😃

HippieChick58 comments on Aug 13, 2022:

Oh for damn sure!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 13, 2022:

He's going to try and get a civil war started. Mark my words.

Contortionist party, pretzel logic

HippieChick58 comments on Aug 13, 2022:

Republicans have some twisted damn priorities.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 13, 2022:

They claim to be for the kids but shoot down the child tax credit and refuse to regulate the biggest cause of child deaths (guns).

Cheato hits speed bump to monetizing his post presidency

HippieChick58 comments on Aug 13, 2022:

His retirement will be a tad different than he hoped it would be. It will be rather..... CONstrained.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 13, 2022:

And CONtained within a 5 x 10 cell if all goes well 😂

@MichelleGar1.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 12, 2022:

Wouldn't a direct message to her inbox be more effective? Or am I missing something?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 13, 2022:

@AnneWimsey No, should I have? I never try to communicate with them. My offer stands if you ever need help messaging.

Cheato hits speed bump to monetizing his post presidency

dkp93 comments on Aug 13, 2022:

We'd be more than happy to pay for his retirement...in prison.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 13, 2022:

I think he will look really good in orange. 😂

Choking hazard 😃

mischl comments on Aug 13, 2022:

I would have mercy and pity on the poor jerk if he weren't so goddamn evil. But he should have NEVER been elected in the first place.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 13, 2022:

@Garban Yeah it's not like he just stumbled into this situation. He has been actively building toward it his whole life. His niece called it when she said he would do to the country what he did to her family, i.e. tear it apart.

Choking hazard 😃

mischl comments on Aug 13, 2022:

I would have mercy and pity on the poor jerk if he weren't so goddamn evil. But he should have NEVER been elected in the first place.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 13, 2022:

I feel absolutely no pity for the rotten scumbag.

Choking hazard 😃

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2022:

Repubs are incapable of feeling shame, unless it's about getting caught at something criminal, and also immune to admitting hypocrisy, no matter how clear and obvious it is..

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 13, 2022:

No, His Majesty Orange Foolius is incapable of admitting he was wrong.

Choking hazard 😃

mischl comments on Aug 13, 2022:

I would have mercy and pity on the poor jerk if he weren't so goddamn evil. But he should have NEVER been elected in the first place.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 13, 2022:

Truer words were never spoken!

Choking hazard 😃

creative51 comments on Aug 13, 2022:

Am sure it must taste yummy to him...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 13, 2022:

Ain't karma a bitch? 😂

Choking hazard 😃

xenoview comments on Aug 12, 2022:

tRump took the 5th because he knows he's guilty.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 13, 2022:

Exactly! 😎👍

@MichelleGar1.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 12, 2022:

Wouldn't a direct message to her inbox be more effective? Or am I missing something?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 12, 2022:

@AnneWimsey Wow, that is weird. Have you taken it up with Admin? I would be glad to message her on your behalf...pass on your message.

@MichelleGar1.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 12, 2022:

Wouldn't a direct message to her inbox be more effective? Or am I missing something?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 12, 2022:

@AnneWimsey I get that it was for MG. Why did the rest of us need to see it? Just curious.

Texas lawsuit aims to gut birth control and HIV medication coverage from health insurance plans - ...

Leetx comments on Aug 11, 2022:

Why can't evangelicals just leave normal people alone ? sick folks

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 12, 2022:

Reminds me of Rodney King: "Why can't we all just get along?" Look how that worked out.

Texas lawsuit aims to gut birth control and HIV medication coverage from health insurance plans - ...

JackPedigo comments on Aug 11, 2022:

So another clear intrusion of the church and state. Seems too many are clueless as to the meaning and importance of the first amendment. How about healthcare covering Viagra? More proof positive these rules are aimed at women.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 12, 2022:

They know very well what the 1st Amendment says vis-a-vis church and state separation, and they say to Hell with that. They want a Christian theocracy, period.

School challenges ruling on pre-game prayer

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 10, 2022:

Give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile. 😡

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 11, 2022:

@Redheadedgammy No shit. I have never seen it this bad.

Brings to mind...what would you do for a Klondike?

rainmanjr comments on Aug 11, 2022:

She should have gone to St James Place.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 11, 2022:

St. James Infirmary!

Brings to mind...what would you do for a Klondike?

rainmanjr comments on Aug 11, 2022:

> But I won't do that

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 11, 2022:

"It will never happen to me. "

Indiana ranks number one for infrastructure in CNBC’s Top States for Business report

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 10, 2022:

Let's see how California compares: Biggest economy in the US ✔️ Obamacare = Covered California ✔️ Cost of living is not low, it's HIGH State budget surplus ✔️ The weed is good and legal ✔️ Abortions safe and legal ✔️ Atheism alive and well ✔️ Good roads, but high ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 11, 2022:

@PadraicM Re Florida man, I had not heard, so looked him up and read 50 anecdotes. That's 20 minutes I'll never get back, but forewarned is fore-armed. 😂

Hey! Don't flip me off you son of a bitch!

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 10, 2022:

Typical New Yorker behavior. Getting to be so everywhere nowadays.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 10, 2022:

@Beowulfsfriend About 25 years ago I was in Manhattan on a sales trip. I was standing on a corner, waiting for a light off Times square a pair of tall, stylishly-dressed young women smiled at me as they crossed over to my side and climbed into a Checker cab. In the back seat, one of them turned to face the back window, opened her blouse, and showed me her bare breasts. Continuing on to my hotel, I checked in at the front desk and walked over to the elevators. The door slid oped just in time to reveal a guy projectile vomiting on the elevator floor. Needless to say, I took the stairs Luckily I was only on the 5th floor. Ya just gotta take the bad with the good, right? 😂

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 9, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 10, 2022:

@FrayedBear Bush for sure is a war criminal. And I'm no fan of the collateral damage from Obama Administration era drone strikes. But Clinton? The Serbs deserved to get their asses kicked. You're one for three on that score. As for Trump, he badmouths everyone who isn't a white supremacist or Christian nationalist. It doesn't exactly make him a paragon of virtue. Meanwhile, he is a pathological liar, a tax evader, a bank and insurance fraudster, a racist bigot, a scam artist (see Trump University), a cheapskate (see all the contractors he stiffed and screwed), a 3rd rate TV personality (The Apprentice was a shitty show on multiple levels), and, of course, a treasonous insurrectionist. But he will look splendid in an orange jumpsuit. 😂

Indiana ranks number one for infrastructure in CNBC’s Top States for Business report

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 10, 2022:

Let's see how California compares: Biggest economy in the US ✔️ Obamacare = Covered California ✔️ Cost of living is not low, it's HIGH State budget surplus ✔️ The weed is good and legal ✔️ Abortions safe and legal ✔️ Atheism alive and well ✔️ Good roads, but high ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 10, 2022:

@SeaGreenEyez I'm doing the same. Bragging and bitching. 😂

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 9, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 10, 2022:

@FrayedBear Under Vlad the Invader, a true despot and tyrant, with no rule of law, no freedom of speech, no free press, no civil rights protections, no representative democracy, no accountability for thieving oligarchs? No. Russia would not be better than the USA. Check it out bra: we are in the process of proving that we truly have rule if law here in the US. A former president is under investigation by Congress and by the Justice Department, and he just had his house raided by the FBI. It's a beautiful thing! 😂

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 9, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 10, 2022:

@FrayedBear I think it would be really tough. As it is in any kleptocracy.

A NC high school football coach is converting kids to Christianity

DenoPenno comments on Aug 9, 2022:

The an has no business teaching anything in a public high school and he should be removed as soon as possible.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 10, 2022:

That prolly ain't happening.

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 9, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 10, 2022:

@FrayedBear If you have been paying attention at all, you already know that I have been and continue to be openly critical of some US policies and actions at home and abroad. But I also believe that this country has great potential. And we have made progress, though it has been frustratingly halting and slow. One thing is for sure: it's a hell of a lot better than Russia under Vlad the Invader.

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

TheMiddleWay comments on Aug 9, 2022:

Aaaaannnnndddd.... ....just like that a post that could have united us under the common love of Olivia Newton John... ... devolves into a fucking pissing contest between kids, complete with childish cries of "he started it!" No fucking wonder you three are *consistently* blocked by people ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 10, 2022:

I'm soooo sorry @TMW, that your feathers got ruffled. I really had no idea you have such delicate sensibilities. Not that knowing it would make the slightest difference. You see, there is always a larger context. ONJ had a good life and she entertained us all, and that was arguably possible only because she lived and worked in a country with rule of law, freedom of the press, respect for women's rights, liberal democracy, etc., etc. I would bet dollars to doughnuts that ONJ herself would not want her death to be used to distract us from the ongoing threat from men who would destroy the country she loved. So if someone suggests that we should all just forget, even for five minutes, about the sons of bitches who would enslave us, I am going to object. Go ahead and block me if you want.

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 9, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 10, 2022:

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

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 9, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 9, 2022:

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

I went on a date with a Christian.

Garban comments on Aug 9, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 9, 2022:

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

I went on a date with a Christian.

skado comments on Aug 9, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 9, 2022:

Any supposed renunciation of evolution by Darwin is apocryphal.

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

Mofo1953 comments on Aug 9, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 9, 2022:

Too much information bra 😂

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

ChestRockfield comments on Aug 9, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 9, 2022:

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

It takes one to know one.

Barnie2years comments on Aug 8, 2022:

Makes even the cockroaches sick! 😂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 8, 2022:

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

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

skado comments on Aug 8, 2022:

This great book had a huge impact on my worldview.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 8, 2022:

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

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

Paul4747 comments on Aug 7, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 7, 2022:

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

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 7, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 7, 2022:

@suesue2222 ✔️

Matt Powell: The government should execute certain drag queens

dalefvictor comments on Aug 6, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 7, 2022:

I hope we are not there yet.

Stuck the landing!

rainmanjr comments on Aug 6, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 6, 2022:

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

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

Garban comments on Aug 4, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 4, 2022:

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

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

Garban comments on Aug 4, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 4, 2022:

There is no ladder tall enough....

[bsa.

Dyl1983 comments on Aug 3, 2022:

Like that's ever going to happen.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 4, 2022:

We can dream, right?

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Aug 3, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 3, 2022:

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

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

KKGator comments on Aug 3, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 3, 2022:

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

Here we go again.

CourtJester comments on Aug 2, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 3, 2022:

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

Here we go again.

CourtJester comments on Aug 2, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 2, 2022:

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

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

@ChestRockfield Definitely a bleak outlook.

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

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

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

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 1, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

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

We shall NOT. Piss off! Sanctimonious pricks.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 31, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

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

We shall NOT. Piss off! Sanctimonious pricks.

racocn8 comments on Jul 31, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

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

We shall NOT. Piss off! Sanctimonious pricks.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 31, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

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

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

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

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

rainmanjr comments on Jul 31, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

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

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

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 31, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

I think he will flee the country.

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

Dhiltong comments on Jul 31, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Aug 1, 2022:

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

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 31, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

@rainmanjr Yeah it's pretty cool 😎👍

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

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

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

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

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

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

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

rainmanjr comments on Jul 30, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

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

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

Garban comments on Jul 30, 2022:

You need help.😉

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin Right back atcha.

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 30, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 31, 2022:

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

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

Garban comments on Jul 30, 2022:

You need help.😉

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 30, 2022:

I know 😂

This will not end well.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 29, 2022:

I just want it to end!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 29, 2022:

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

Republicans are being cruel towards veterans?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 29, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 29, 2022:

@TomMcGiverin Exactamundo mi amigo!

This will not end well.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 29, 2022:

I just want it to end!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 29, 2022:

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

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

Garban comments on Jul 29, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 29, 2022:

I think they ARE having all those effects.

Wicked Witch of the West Wing

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 29, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 29, 2022:

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

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

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 29, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 29, 2022:

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

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

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 27, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 28, 2022:

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

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

ASTRALMAX comments on Jul 27, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 28, 2022:

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

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

ChestRockfield comments on Jul 27, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 28, 2022:

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

She's right, you know.

NostraDumbass comments on Jul 27, 2022:

Merchants of drought.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 28, 2022:

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

She's right, you know.

NostraDumbass comments on Jul 27, 2022:

Merchants of drought.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 28, 2022:

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

She's right, you know.

rainmanjr comments on Jul 27, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 28, 2022:

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

She's right, you know.

rainmanjr comments on Jul 27, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 27, 2022:

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

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

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 27, 2022:

Patriarchy.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 27, 2022:

You took the word right out of my mouth! 😂

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 26, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 27, 2022:

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

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

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 26, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 26, 2022:

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

Can’t stand this annoying cretin.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 25, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 26, 2022:

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

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

Druvius comments on Jul 24, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 24, 2022:

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

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

Druvius comments on Jul 24, 2022:

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

Flyingsaucesir replies on Jul 24, 2022:

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