Flyingsaucesir's Profile

I want this guy back in office.

FrayedBear comments on Apr 9, 2022:

@Dyl1983 does that include the contempt of the world that Americans didn't have the moral fortitude to revolt against him & what America has become? Strangely Trump did call out on many of your current problems. The irony of his silly red MAGA hat was missed by many.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 14, 2022:

@FrayedBear We still have a free press here, unlike Russia. And the reporting is being verified by thousands of citizens stitching together data from many sources, including ships, satellites, and people on the ground. It's called open source intelligence. So we have a pretty good idea of what's going on in Ukraine. Putin's army is bombing women and children. They're bombing hospitals, schools, theaters, and apartment buildings, things with no military strategic value. They are targeting civilians. It's mass murder. And it's not the first time we have seen this. Putin did the same things in Syria, Chechnya, and Georgia. The fucker is is a war criminal, a psychopath, a monster. He must be stopped. And he will be.

I want this guy back in office.

FrayedBear comments on Apr 9, 2022:

@Dyl1983 does that include the contempt of the world that Americans didn't have the moral fortitude to revolt against him & what America has become? Strangely Trump did call out on many of your current problems. The irony of his silly red MAGA hat was missed by many.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 14, 2022:

@FrayedBear Vladimir Putin speaks openly of his opinion that the nation of Ukraine has no right to exist. And it is clear that Russians invaded Ukraine, not the other way around. The evidence of war crimes committed by the Russian military is abundant. The total destruction of the sovereign state Ukraine is the goal. This all fits the definition of genocide. Russians are carrying out genocide against Ukrainians as we speak. Putin is like a schoolyard bully. If you give in to his demands, he will only demand more. We all understand this. The only thing that will change Putin's mind about his current adventure is defeat on the battlefield. If he were to succeed in Ukraine, he would only be emboldened to continue. This we cannot allow, as it threatens democracy everywhere. We people who are accustomed to liberty, would rather die than live under the tyranny of a criminal like Putin. You think you scare us with your thinly-veiled threats if nuclear holocaust? You do not. We will continue to support the Ukrainian people with money, food, weapons, and economic sanctions against Russia until the the last of Putin's thugs have been hounded out of their country. Glory to Ukraine!

I want this guy back in office.

FrayedBear comments on Apr 9, 2022:

@Dyl1983 does that include the contempt of the world that Americans didn't have the moral fortitude to revolt against him & what America has become? Strangely Trump did call out on many of your current problems. The irony of his silly red MAGA hat was missed by many.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 13, 2022:

@FrayedBear "fascist genocidal Ukrainians" and other spurious charges.

Interesting podcast, almost an hour long conversation with a Yale professor of history, about the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 12, 2022:

fascinating!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 13, 2022:

Right? I have already listened twice, and will probably do so again.

What was the point?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Apr 12, 2022:

Wow, they really showed their true colors, huh?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 12, 2022:

I call myself an agnostic with atheistic tendencies. I think the probability that God exists is vanishingly small but not zero.

One was a warrior, and one pissed away a sizeable inheritance.

DenoPenno comments on Apr 12, 2022:

Trump even bankrupted a casino. Does money laundering do that?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 12, 2022:

Pure incompetence.

I wish I had a nickel for every time he has whined "It's so unfair."

St-Sinner comments on Apr 11, 2022:

Who among Democrats coast to coast has the guts to get him? It has been 7 years and counting. He has proven to be not just Teflon but untouchable. He is 2 steps ahead of every and all Democrats combined every single time. As much as I dislike him, I am beginning to dislike sissy Democrats more....

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 11, 2022:

We shall see. The Attorneys General of New York State and the USA are closing in.

I want this guy back in office.

FrayedBear comments on Apr 9, 2022:

@Dyl1983 does that include the contempt of the world that Americans didn't have the moral fortitude to revolt against him & what America has become? Strangely Trump did call out on many of your current problems. The irony of his silly red MAGA hat was missed by many.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 11, 2022:

@FrayedBear You better look for someplace else to sell that garbage; nobody here is buying it 😂

And the Oscar for playing the victim goes to...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 11, 2022:

He is just a good supply of hot sulphuric air and a drain on the planet's oxygen.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 11, 2022:

Yessss, a great big gas bag...

I wish I had a nickel for every time he has whined "It's so unfair."

Mooolah comments on Apr 11, 2022:

Don't forget SEVEN bankruptcies. Every 7 years there is another one. Pay up America for his "great "business sense. Guffaw.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 11, 2022:

I posted a brief list of the loser's debacles about one day ago. You might find it interesting (or enraging). 🤣

Fighting for democracies everywhere. Glory to Ukraine!

LucyLoohoo comments on Apr 10, 2022:

I can think of more than a few corpses I'd like to see in that box....how about you?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 11, 2022:

@LucyLoohoo If by pustule you mean Trump (I prefer "festering carbuncle"), first I want to see him thoroughly discredited, humiliated, and financially stripped down to his stinky socks (since money is his prime interest in life). THEN let him rot! 🤣

What the heck was Georgia's 14th District thinking?

Lorajay comments on Apr 11, 2022:

It doesn't look promising for 2024. https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-faces-2022-primary-bloodbath-district-oragnizers-2021-2

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 11, 2022:

Green has "connections to the QAnon conspiracy-theory movement and ardent support of false election-fraud claims. More recently, she faced backlash for her past support for social-media posts advocating the execution of Democrats and claiming the Parkland, Florida, school shooting was staged." These things should be automatic disqualifiers for public office.

I want this guy back in office.

RichCC comments on Apr 9, 2022:

On the one hand you're right -- he did nothing. But on the other hand(s?) his existence at the top enabled and encouraged the criminals and kleptocrats who put him there. They did massive harm to America's civil rights, democracy and government -- and the economy and our environment. It will ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 11, 2022:

@FrayedBear It's true that the USA has done some very bad stuff: getting involved stupid wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan top my list. And there is more, including propping up dictators in Central and South America....yeah, we agree on that. But we have also done good things, like building up Europe and Japan post WWII, and providing lots of aid to people struggling around the world. The USA is far from perfect, but we continue to stumble forward towards a better version of ourselves. We leave that potential open. I would say it is a harder path than one where you simply relinquish all hope and responsibility for self-improvement to a deeply corrupt autocratic system where individual expression fades to a monotonous grey, where people are fed a steady diet of disinformation, where the complicated, multicultural history of a people is reduced to a simplistic fairy tale where time stopped for 1000 years after the birth and baptism of a Viking prince.

I want this guy back in office.

FrayedBear comments on Apr 9, 2022:

@Dyl1983 does that include the contempt of the world that Americans didn't have the moral fortitude to revolt against him & what America has become? Strangely Trump did call out on many of your current problems. The irony of his silly red MAGA hat was missed by many.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 11, 2022:

@FrayedBear The old geezer got more done in 12 months than Trump did in 48, including getting a BIG infrastructure bill passed, and successfully combatting a global pandemic. He also patched up the damage Trump did to our relations with our NATO allies, and is doing a good job leading the free world's effort to help Ukraine defend herself against a nuclear-armed genocidal maniac. Let's see...what else? Oh yeah, he appointed a magnificently qualified jurist to the Supreme Court, the economy has grown gangbusters, and the unemployment rate is at a historic low. So, you're sure old Joe has done nothing? 🤣🤣🤣

Tucker Carlson is Now Advocating For Violence Against Teachers.

anglophone comments on Apr 10, 2022:

If Fucker Carlson is advocating violence against teachers, can I advocate for violence against him?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 10, 2022:

Just put it in the form of a rhetorical question, e.g. "Why hasn't someone chained Tucker behind their pickup truck and dragged him down a gravel road until there's nothing left but a bloody rag?" Something along those lines. 🙂

Fighting for democracies everywhere. Glory to Ukraine!

LucyLoohoo comments on Apr 10, 2022:

I can think of more than a few corpses I'd like to see in that box....how about you?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 10, 2022:

Putin is currently my favorite candidate on a short list.

What the list does not include: 6.

Trajan61 comments on Apr 10, 2022:

He was a damn sight better president than the one we have now. No war, no runaway inflation and he would have still been president if it hadn’t been for Covid. Hard times often bring about bad leaders. The Great Depression brought about the rise of Adolf Hitler. Covid brought about Joe Biden’s ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 10, 2022:

@Trajan61 The Keystone XL should never have been started. Firstly, it crosses tribal lands where they don't want it. We should respect their wishes, and I think they have good reasons to object. Ecologically sensitive habitats and water supplies are endangered by the pipeline. There never was a pipeline that didn't leak sooner or later. Furthermore, we should be moving away from fossil fuels anyway. Their continued combustion is driving us toward climate catastrophe. The warming that has already occurred is costing us upwards of 100 billion dollars a year in damages from wind, flood, fire, drought, expansion of the ranges of pathogen-carrying insects, and sea level rise. And this is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. If we blow past the tipping points in the natural system, then it's basically game over. You won't have to worry about inflation, because there wont be an economy.

What the list does not include: 6.

Trajan61 comments on Apr 10, 2022:

He was a damn sight better president than the one we have now. No war, no runaway inflation and he would have still been president if it hadn’t been for Covid. Hard times often bring about bad leaders. The Great Depression brought about the rise of Adolf Hitler. Covid brought about Joe Biden’s ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 10, 2022:

Man, you can't lay the inflation rate on Joe Biden! That was set up by fiscal policy going back decades! Borrowing trillions of dollars to carry out the Iraq war fiasco had WAY more to do with today's inflation than anything Biden has done. Hell, he's only been in office 16 months! You are really funny! 😂 And as for war, Joe Biden got us OUT of the only one American soldiers were actively participating in (that is, Afghanistan). If you're talking about Ukraine, Trump's attempt to extort a personal favor from Zelensky by threatening to withhold military aid (aid Ukraine needed to fight off Russia's aggression) no doubt emboldened Putin to escalate his crimes against humanity there. If that fat fuck Trump had had his way, the NATO alliance would be far less unified right now, and Putin might be much better situated to obliterating a democratic nation. Thanks to Joe Biden's leadership, the Alliance is strong and Putin is getting his ass kicked. Glory to Ukraine! Dude, you are truly hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣

What the heck was Georgia's 14th District thinking?

davknight comments on Apr 10, 2022:

In that part of the country, their pastors and preachers tell them who to vote for.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 10, 2022:

Ay caramba.

If Putin wins in Ukraine, democracies everywhere are screwed.

racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2022:

We shouldn't be forgetting Le Pen and Orban.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 10, 2022:

...and Lukashenko...

If Putin wins in Ukraine, democracies everywhere are screwed.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 10, 2022:

Putin bit off much more than he could chew, and soon he'll be chewing humble pie.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 10, 2022:

I think you're right; he's going to break his pick ⛏️.

For anyone who hasn't seen this yet, it's a must-see 🙂 [twitter.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 10, 2022:

OMG, this is fantastic!! MTG is a few dangerous bricks shy of a full load.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 10, 2022:

I knew you would like that 😂

The arc of the moral universe bends toward justice.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 10, 2022:

I'd love to see him in the general prison population, however... sigh, that won't happen.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 10, 2022:

Guantanamo is too good for him, but I'd settle for Levenworth.

Never thought I would see it in my country, but here it is:

davknight comments on Apr 10, 2022:

We need to re-open Fort Jefferson, in the Dry Tortuga's, as a maximum security prison. Then, we fill it up with the entire Trump family, and all their criminal associates. For food, they could eat each other. For water, they could drink sea-water. Then, we could surround it with saltwater ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 10, 2022:

Why coddle them?

What the list does not include: 6.

CourtJester comments on Apr 9, 2022:

We didn’t have war, inflation, and $4.00+ gas though. It’s almost like he did the job he was hired to do.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 10, 2022:

@nogod4me That comment is right in line with others he has made where there was no note of sarcasm....makes me think it's the former, not the latter.

Never thought I would see it in my country, but here it is:

racocn8 comments on Apr 9, 2022:

I always knew the Evangelical Christians envied the resolve and depravity of Germany's Nazis. Trump opened the closet door. Their complete devotion to end democracy gives pause. The Nazis speak of sub-humans(untermenschen), but it's more projecttion as they fit the bill perfectly. I wish god would ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

Oooooo, dark!

What the list does not include: 6.

LucyLoohoo comments on Apr 9, 2022:

May we all live long enough to see this through!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

From your lips to gawd's ear 😂

Never thought I would see it in my country, but here it is:

rainmanjr comments on Apr 9, 2022:

"Don't worry. Be happy." Bullies always go too far and cause themselves great backlash. That is happening to 45 and Putin, I think, as we speak. POTUS Joe is on the correct side of this change.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

Hope you're right

What the list does not include: 6.

rainmanjr comments on Apr 9, 2022:

That's what I keep asking, too. Why are we Dems trying to cancel him from running? If we can't beat him we are most certainly going to have a harder time elsewhere. His star is fading fast (probably still doing business in Russia so breaking sanctions, for instance) so let's hope he is their ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

I hope he does run...it will certainly bring our people to the polls.

Never thought I would see it in my country, but here it is:

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 9, 2022:

I know, I am quite unsettled by the direction the world is going right now.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

"Unsettled" is a nice way to put it. If I had hair, it would be on fire.

What the list does not include: 6.

Garban comments on Apr 9, 2022:

10. Backed *failed* attempt to violently overthrow 2 democracies.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

We know that but it has not been proven in court yet. All the other stuff has.

Be well, people!

Fernapple comments on Apr 9, 2022:

We don't get Fox news here. Am I missing something ?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

Nope, you're not missing anything (other than rank demagoguery).

This stunning example of biblical exegesis came in the mail the other day.

nogod4me comments on Apr 9, 2022:

They are insane.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

Deluded, at the very least.

An Arkansas official bragged about injecting Christian prayers at meetings

kmaz comments on Apr 9, 2022:

I've heard of a similar development, in one of the administrations a few years ago, in a town near here. I don't know how common this is across the US, but for want of more information I suspect it happens here and there, with local officials banking on the fact that small-town local blatant ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

We can only hope...

This stunning example of biblical exegesis came in the mail the other day.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 9, 2022:

I was getting a few letters like that some time ago. It got so when they arrived in my mailbox I just ripped it up and dropped it in the recycling on my way into the house. I don't need to waste any of my time with that bullcrap. Had it had a decent return address I was going to write back and point...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

Solidarnosc! (The slogan of the Yugoslavian trade union the broke the Soviet grip on the nation.)

I want this guy back in office.

RichCC comments on Apr 9, 2022:

On the one hand you're right -- he did nothing. But on the other hand(s?) his existence at the top enabled and encouraged the criminals and kleptocrats who put him there. They did massive harm to America's civil rights, democracy and government -- and the economy and our environment. It will ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

@FrayedBear Now you are spouting Putin's propaganda....Frayed(Russian?)Bear

I want this guy back in office.

FrayedBear comments on Apr 9, 2022:

@Dyl1983 does that include the contempt of the world that Americans didn't have the moral fortitude to revolt against him & what America has become? Strangely Trump did call out on many of your current problems. The irony of his silly red MAGA hat was missed by many.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

The American people deserve some credit; they did vote the festering carbuncle out of office in 2020.

I want this guy back in office.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Apr 9, 2022:

Oh I wouldn't say he does nothing. He has exploited every fault line in society and torn the country in half. That's something. As for daddy's girl...I wonder what she told the Committee. Probably nothing.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 9, 2022:

@anglophone Fingers crossed 🤞

The woman who kept aborted fetuses in her home works for an atheist

KKGator comments on Apr 8, 2022:

Hope Handy spends a REALLY long time in prison. Along with everyone who aided and abetted her.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

@KKGator Okay... lock her up!

Republicans have always made themselves out to be the fiscally responsible ones.

Trajan61 comments on Apr 8, 2022:

Reagan was a much better president than Obama!! I don’t know where your getting your information on the deficit but you are dead wrong about Obama!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

😂😂😂😂 you're such a kidder! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? - Freakonomics

xenoview comments on Apr 8, 2022:

You are born to live and live to die.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

@xenoview We make the meaning.

Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? - Freakonomics

xenoview comments on Apr 8, 2022:

You are born to live and live to die.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

@xenoview A rather nihilistic view, no?

The woman who kept aborted fetuses in her home works for an atheist

of-the-mountain comments on Apr 8, 2022:

Just another conservative sociopath psychopath using any means possible to become the poster person for obstructionist republican fascists!!! She stole or should I say intercepted/ kidnapped these fetuses from a courier from a disposal company for medical waste!!!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

She's really a wack job, isn't she?

Republicans have always made themselves out to be the fiscally responsible ones.

St-Sinner comments on Apr 8, 2022:

I am a democrat, so I side with Obama but remember there are conservative groups on this platform where the hero and zero are switched. There are no universal truths in politics.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

Ahem, excuse me, but here is a universal truth: Joe Biden won the 2020 election fair and square. It's the most observed, analyzed, audited, re-audited, scrutinized, and litigated election in human history, and the results all provide the same consistent message: Donald J. Trump is a loser! Here's another truth, this one not universal, but damn close: the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 are safe and effective. Another: Critical Race Theory is not taught in K-12 public schools; it's a graduate-level college course. Another: Donald J. Trump incited a mob to attack the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Shall I go on?

Republicans have always made themselves out to be the fiscally responsible ones.

BD66 comments on Apr 8, 2022:

Budget Deficit in 2008: 2008 $458B Budget Deficit in 2016: 2016 $585B https://www.thebalance.com/us-deficit-by-year-3306306

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

Yeah, Obama came into office on the heels of the biggest financial meltdown since the Great Depression, inherited two hot wars (the one having been started by a Republican president under totally false pretenses) basically saved the country from financial ruin, and we ended up with a deficit that was only slightly larger than when he took office. A truly spectacular record of achievement! I don't even want to contemplate the disaster that that double-dufus, walking-brain-fart, Trump would have made of the same situation.

The woman who kept aborted fetuses in her home works for an atheist

KKGator comments on Apr 8, 2022:

Hope Handy spends a REALLY long time in prison. Along with everyone who aided and abetted her.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

I think she's more of a candidate for a mental institution.

After his massive tax break for the wealthy was signed into law in 2017, Trump addressed a group of ...

CuddyCruiser comments on Apr 8, 2022:

There’s no hope for the stupid or brain dead. Remember, he’s ‘god’ to most of his followers.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

Another invented god who is merely a bad caricature of a human being.

After his massive tax break for the wealthy was signed into law in 2017, Trump addressed a group of ...

KKGator comments on Apr 8, 2022:

The fact that 45 maintains ANY level of relevance is appalling. His supporters are brain-dead zombies.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

In spite of mounting evidence to the contrary, the number of Republicans who think the 2020 election was stolen has actually gone up in the last year. It's really scary how many Americans are completely divorced from reality.

After his massive tax break for the wealthy was signed into law in 2017, Trump addressed a group of ...

RichCC comments on Apr 8, 2022:

The story at the link is dated Dec. 24, 2017. While agree with the thought, I hope Trump gradually becomes old news. Here's a link to a more recent opinion on how Republicans treat America. -- ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

@RichCC No no, don't apologize! You hit the nail on the head. Republicans seem to see life as a zero-sum game; somebody has to lose if someone else gains. It's a very stilted view of the world. By the way, thanks for this metaphor: "...conservatives wouldn't care if the world burned to the ground as long as they were in charge of the ashes." That's a beauty! 😎👍

After his massive tax break for the wealthy was signed into law in 2017, Trump addressed a group of ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 8, 2022:

We may need to eat the rich very soon here..

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

The story that Marie Antoinette, referring to poor, starving Parisians, said "Let them eat cake," is almost certainly apocryphal. However, Trump and his Republican lackeys express a real fetishism of wealth and disregard for working people every day. For example, see the link the Daily Beast provided by RichCC above. 😡

After his massive tax break for the wealthy was signed into law in 2017, Trump addressed a group of ...

RichCC comments on Apr 8, 2022:

The story at the link is dated Dec. 24, 2017. While agree with the thought, I hope Trump gradually becomes old news. Here's a link to a more recent opinion on how Republicans treat America. -- ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 8, 2022:

When Trump said what he said back in 2017 it hit me like a thunderbolt, and I have carried the memory with me ever since. I posted the quote because, for me, it's one of those rare moments where the truth is captured, like an insect in crystallized tree sap. And Trump's tax break for the rich is still in force, so the quote is still relevant. Your Daily Beast article is very timely and also spot-on. Thanks for sharing! 👍

Trump himself is only a symptom, not the cause.

Charles1971 comments on Apr 7, 2022:

As much as I thoroughly despise Trump I don't believe that he will ever spend a single day in prison. He'll somehow manage to slime his way free.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 7, 2022:

And then there could be civil lawsuits...

Trump himself is only a symptom, not the cause.

Charles1971 comments on Apr 7, 2022:

As much as I thoroughly despise Trump I don't believe that he will ever spend a single day in prison. He'll somehow manage to slime his way free.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 7, 2022:

Alas, you are probably right. But we should certainly try.

Trump himself is only a symptom, not the cause.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 7, 2022:

I'd love to see him in jail.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 7, 2022:

@SnowyOwl What Trump did was unprecedented. I don't think it is reasonable to assume that Dems will ever want to try it. Especially not if these perps go to jail for it.

Trump himself is only a symptom, not the cause.

Retiredsteve comments on Apr 7, 2022:

Only 5 years?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 7, 2022:

Yup. I know, it seems light...but in Trump's case it could very well be a life sentence. Have another cheeseburger Don! 😂

The Republicans in Congress will never stop protecting the fossil fuel industry.

Buttercup comments on Apr 7, 2022:

Wouldn't work, Joe Manchin is as bad as any republican.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 7, 2022:

Sad but true. But Manchin (and Sinema) can get away with their intransigence only because large majorities in their constituencies don't really appreciate just how dangerous climate change really is. It is, at its root, an educational problem. The fossil fuel industry, through its think tanks and lobbyists, has succeeded in casting doubt on the science, with the result that large portions of the electorate don't know what to believe. But reality has a way of busting through. Twenty years ago, the damage caused annually by climate change was costing Americans around 17 billion dollars a year. Now the price tag is closer to one hundred billion dollars a year. And in another two decades it could be over half a trillion dollars a year. The fact is, the warming of the planet is accelerating, and we are fast approaching tipping points in the natural system which, once passed, will be irreversible and will bring on widespread catastrophe. And we may get there sooner than most people think, if we don't change course immediately. The good news is that the technology needed to replace fossil fuels has already been invented. We just need to scale up its use.

If Obama had taken one document from the White House when he left office, Republicans would have ...

racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2022:

The FBI should be all over that. That they aren't is a bad sign.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 6, 2022:

However, we just heard that the Justice Department has been quietly investigating Trump's inner circle's role in the effort to overturn the 2020 election. They issued subpoenas for two months and we heard nothing about it. So maybe there are things we don't know about here too. Fingers crossed. 🤞

Please Alaska, don't send this person to Washington! We already have too many wack-a-doodle populist...

richiegtt comments on Apr 6, 2022:

One of the tougher questions asked of her “what newspapers and magazines do you read” She was too stupid to even mention some she didn’t read and make believe she actually read them .

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 6, 2022:

I remember that! 🤣

Bipartisan Gottheimer Amendment Passes, Will Study Ways to Determine if a Driver is Impaired by ...

Alienbeing comments on Apr 6, 2022:

I am in favor of eliminating all laws against the sale, possession or use of marijuana. However I can save our Government some time and money. Don't bother with the study...... yes, a person who recently used pot would be an impaired driver. I know from experience. So what? A person who just drank ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 6, 2022:

We know prohibition doesn't work. It just creates black markets, and empowers criminal gangs.

We hold this truth to be self-evident:

DenoPenno comments on Apr 6, 2022:

Trump is always full of shit and sometimes we get a video of toilet paper stuck to his shoe as he boards an airplane. Anyone remember that?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 6, 2022:

Oh yeah! I remember!

They're so pro-life, that they want to kill you.

Redheadedgammy comments on Apr 6, 2022:

😡 I detest all these white repub men! I guess asking for them to do something about the men who impregnate the women is too much? I think a Vasectomy for all men at the age of say 12, would help! They can get it reversed when the Marry and want kids!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 6, 2022:

It's no mere coincidence that many Texans are in the sway of Bible-thumping, patriarchal, wacko fundamentalist Christianity. Get rid of that and many other problems go away too.

His recent grandstanding in the Jackson Judiciary Committee hearings were the latest in a long ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 5, 2022:

Politicians like Lindsey hope you will forget what they said in the past. Lots of supporters do forget. I'm a person who does not and I work with people who seriously hope Trump is coming back.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 6, 2022:

I fervently hope your coworkers' hopes are dashed.

What are the odds that Viktor Orbán's recent landslide victory in Hungary was legit?

racocn8 comments on Apr 5, 2022:

We should arrange regime changes for these autocrats, Putin-style, or any other ways.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 6, 2022:

Putin deserves nothing less than what befell Mousolini.

What are the odds that Viktor Orbán's recent landslide victory in Hungary was legit?

Paul4747 comments on Apr 5, 2022:

I asked this same question yesterday...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 5, 2022:

Great minds run in the same ruts 😂

What are the odds that Viktor Orbán's recent landslide victory in Hungary was legit?

yvilletom comments on Apr 5, 2022:

Zero. Non-existent.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 5, 2022:

Seeing as Orbán controls the media, I'd say that's a pretty good guess.

Latest IPCC report says we have the means to avert catastrophe but we are sitting on our hands.

yvilletom comments on Apr 5, 2022:

We dion’t have the will to avert catastrophe.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 5, 2022:

It's looking that way I'm afraid 😳

The "genius" weighs his options.

Paul4747 comments on Apr 4, 2022:

Was there meant to be a link here?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 4, 2022:

@LovinLarge Sorry, I just realized that the image did not load. Take another look, it should make sense now.

The "genius" weighs his options.

Paul4747 comments on Apr 4, 2022:

Was there meant to be a link here?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 4, 2022:

Sorry, I just realized that the image did not load. Take another look, it should make sense now.

The "genius" weighs his options.

AnneWimsey comments on Apr 4, 2022:

Which "genius"? Putin? Drump? Moscow Mitch? Alex Jones? Annnddd etc......

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 4, 2022:

Sorry, I just realized that the image did not load. Take another look, it should make sense now.

The "genius" weighs his options.

Paul4747 comments on Apr 4, 2022:

Was there meant to be a link here?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 4, 2022:

No

Legal Term of the Day: Consciousness of Guilt.

Garban comments on Apr 2, 2022:

When is Garland going to grow balls and do something?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 3, 2022:

@Retiredsteve Bannon screwed himself... I love it! 🤣🤣🤣

Local news reports are full of people complaining about the price of gasoline.

BD66 comments on Mar 31, 2022:

>>Loss of land and infrastructure due to rising sea levels. Rate of sea level rise looks pretty steady since 1900: https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/ >>Crop failure and famine due to heat waves. Calories consumed per capita has risen steadily for the past 60 years. The US ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 1, 2022:

@BD66 I have looked at the data too. Sea level rise is accelerating right along with the acceleration of terrestrial glacier melt occurring world wide. For example, in the summer of 2019, the rate of glacial melt running off of Greenland was roughly equal to the mass of twenty thousand elephants jumping into the sea every second. Nothing resembling this had ever been observed before. Over the last century, sea levels have increased by about a foot. They are projected to be be between one and four feet higher than they are today by the end of this century. This will be catastrophic for many of the world's major cities which are located at or near sea level. But four feet is still a conservative estimate. Some scientists see a potential for an increase of ten feet or more. It all depends on what happens in Antarctica. The rapid disappearance of sea ice we are seeing today could allow the land-based glaciers behind them to flow rapidly into the sea. If that happens, strap on your water wings kids! For the moment, per-capita calorie intake has nothing to do with crop failures. Grain stores are big enough to get us through short-term shortfalls in production. But as failures become more frequent, eventually we will reach a point where stocks are not enough to get us over the hump. People will go hungry. In the meantime, food prices will continue to rise. As if they are not high enough already. It's true that the post World War II period has been relatively peaceful. But, as the current conflict in Ukraine illustrates, when war breaks out, civilians are often caught in the crossfire. Climate change is a threat multiplier, increasing competition for critical resources like food and fresh water as these become more scarce. Many analysts agree that the peace dividend is over. Expect more war in the future. If it's true that the timber industry is thriving, that is indeed good news. But how long can it last if the forests are dying from drought, insect pests, and fires brought about by a new and inhospitable climate? I have always been an alpinist at heart. From a young age I learned to love the forests of the San Gabriel Mountains, and in my 20s I briefly lived in Washington state. So I know what a healthy forest looks like. I have recently visited forests from Colorado to California, Montana to Monterrey. I have never seen so many dead trees. It's quite alarming, actually. Over the last century, the incidence of category 5 hurricanes has almost doubled. The 2020 hurricane season had so many named storms that, for the first time in recorded history, meteorologists needed every letter in both the English and Greek alphabets. Due to higher atmospheric and ocean temperatures, storms are carrying much more water vapor now than in the historic past. ...

Local news reports are full of people complaining about the price of gasoline.

barjoe comments on Mar 31, 2022:

@Flyingsaucesir Have you filled up your tank lately? Some people have a long commute to work. You know, to earn a living? So it's pretty shocking when someone has to pay $100 to fill up their tank. Then they go to buy groceries and everything is sky hi. They certainly can't afford to buy a Tesla. ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Apr 1, 2022:

@barjoe Rome was not built in a day. Again, the Green Revolution is not business as usual. It represents a radical change in the way we operate, on many levels. But it is not an engineering problem; it's a political problem. It requires vision and cooperation. I know that's a big ask...

Local news reports are full of people complaining about the price of gasoline.

BD66 comments on Mar 31, 2022:

>>Loss of land and infrastructure due to rising sea levels. Rate of sea level rise looks pretty steady since 1900: https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/ >>Crop failure and famine due to heat waves. Calories consumed per capita has risen steadily for the past 60 years. The US ...