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I recently read a summary of an interview with Richard Dawkins.
Flowerwall comments on Sep 18, 2019:
I would want to hear the specific context of the comments before saying I agree or disagree with what he's said. Nationalism is a threat to WHAT exactly? Certainly it can be a negative, but it can have beneficial sides as well. Religion a THREAT? In the hands of extremists, yes, in general sense, ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2019:
@Moravian
** I have heard Trump say he is a nationalist with all that it entails. America first etc.**
Exactly Trump is a nationalist, but he is in no way a Patriot
**No Brexit is not a good thing you have been misinformed**
In this I agree with you completely, Brexit is a disaster endeavouring to happen, the only difference between a Brexit with a deal and a no deal Brexit is the measure of the catastrophe that will ensue.
Flowerwall comments on Sep 18, 2019:
I would want to hear the specific context of the comments before saying I agree or disagree with what he's said. Nationalism is a threat to WHAT exactly? Certainly it can be a negative, but it can have beneficial sides as well. Religion a THREAT? In the hands of extremists, yes, in general sense, ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2019:
@Moravian
** I have heard Trump say he is a nationalist with all that it entails. America first etc.**
Exactly Trump is a nationalist, but he is in no way a Patriot
**No Brexit is not a good thing you have been misinformed**
In this I agree with you completely, Brexit is a disaster endeavouring to happen, the only difference between a Brexit with a deal and a no deal Brexit is the measure of the catastrophe that will ensue.
I recently read a summary of an interview with Richard Dawkins.
Flowerwall comments on Sep 18, 2019:
I would want to hear the specific context of the comments before saying I agree or disagree with what he's said. Nationalism is a threat to WHAT exactly? Certainly it can be a negative, but it can have beneficial sides as well. Religion a THREAT? In the hands of extremists, yes, in general sense, ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2019:
@Moravian
Oh come on, you know better than to make that quote and credit it to Johnson, Johnson wrote extensively on Patriotism in for example "The Patriot" 1774
for example
"A patriot is he whose publick conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country;" Samuel Johnson in "The Patriot"
"a man may have the external appearance of a patriot, without the constituent qualities; as false coins have often lustre, though they want weight." ibid
*(John effectively in this section predicts Nationalism as a false form of patriotism the word would not be formalised until 1844)*
"Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country." ibid
"It is the quality of patriotism to be jealous and watchful, to observe all secret machinations, and to see publick dangers at a distance. The true lover of his country is ready to communicate his fears, and to sound the alarm, whenever he perceives the approach of mischief." ibid
"He that wishes to see his country robbed of its rights cannot be a patriot. " Ibid
The quote you give appears nowhere in the writings of Johnson, it is from *"Boswell's Life of Johnson, by James Boswell"* 1791 seven years after the death of doctor Johnson by a man who only knew Johnson in his dotage, without context, though most scholars believe it to be exclusively about the attempts an acquaintance (possibly his wife's lover) to redeem their tarnished reputation.
Flowerwall comments on Sep 18, 2019:
I would want to hear the specific context of the comments before saying I agree or disagree with what he's said. Nationalism is a threat to WHAT exactly? Certainly it can be a negative, but it can have beneficial sides as well. Religion a THREAT? In the hands of extremists, yes, in general sense, ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2019:
@Moravian
Oh come on, you know better than to make that quote and credit it to Johnson, Johnson wrote extensively on Patriotism in for example "The Patriot" 1774
for example
"A patriot is he whose publick conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country;" Samuel Johnson in "The Patriot"
"a man may have the external appearance of a patriot, without the constituent qualities; as false coins have often lustre, though they want weight." ibid
*(John effectively in this section predicts Nationalism as a false form of patriotism the word would not be formalised until 1844)*
"Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country." ibid
"It is the quality of patriotism to be jealous and watchful, to observe all secret machinations, and to see publick dangers at a distance. The true lover of his country is ready to communicate his fears, and to sound the alarm, whenever he perceives the approach of mischief." ibid
"He that wishes to see his country robbed of its rights cannot be a patriot. " Ibid
The quote you give appears nowhere in the writings of Johnson, it is from *"Boswell's Life of Johnson, by James Boswell"* 1791 seven years after the death of doctor Johnson by a man who only knew Johnson in his dotage, without context, though most scholars believe it to be exclusively about the attempts an acquaintance (possibly his wife's lover) to redeem their tarnished reputation.
synesthesia
sin-uh s-thee-zhuh
noun
a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is ...
JenBeberstein comments on Sep 18, 2019:
I have always been fascinated by synesthesia. I wonder if people who experience it find it beautiful or annoying.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2019:
They don't know, it is normal to them, I believe it was Tchaikovsky who for years believed that the lowering of the lights at a symphony was to allow the audience to see the colours more clearly.
JenBeberstein comments on Sep 18, 2019:
I have always been fascinated by synesthesia. I wonder if people who experience it find it beautiful or annoying.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2019:
They don't know, it is normal to them, I believe it was Tchaikovsky who for years believed that the lowering of the lights at a symphony was to allow the audience to see the colours more clearly.
Prayers for Brexit?
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2019:
More idiocy from the religious! Oh yes...let’s pray because the politicians are complete arses, lets pray that god will strike them all with wisdom and statesmanship, that should work!! Even I would be converted if I saw the power of prayer do that magic trick!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2019:
Prayer is historically the most sanctimonious way of doing fuck all and still feeling justified in patting yourself on the back for it.
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2019:
More idiocy from the religious! Oh yes...let’s pray because the politicians are complete arses, lets pray that god will strike them all with wisdom and statesmanship, that should work!! Even I would be converted if I saw the power of prayer do that magic trick!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2019:
Prayer is historically the most sanctimonious way of doing fuck all and still feeling justified in patting yourself on the back for it.
I recently read a summary of an interview with Richard Dawkins.
Flowerwall comments on Sep 18, 2019:
I would want to hear the specific context of the comments before saying I agree or disagree with what he's said. Nationalism is a threat to WHAT exactly? Certainly it can be a negative, but it can have beneficial sides as well. Religion a THREAT? In the hands of extremists, yes, in general sense, ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2019:
Do not confuse patriotism with nationalism, to do so accidentally is forgivable, to do so deliberately is not only intellectually dishonest it corrupt and propagandist.
Religion poisons societies, poisons minds and ultimately always has the aim of eliminating that which is "other" in favour of itself.
Flowerwall comments on Sep 18, 2019:
I would want to hear the specific context of the comments before saying I agree or disagree with what he's said. Nationalism is a threat to WHAT exactly? Certainly it can be a negative, but it can have beneficial sides as well. Religion a THREAT? In the hands of extremists, yes, in general sense, ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 18, 2019:
Do not confuse patriotism with nationalism, to do so accidentally is forgivable, to do so deliberately is not only intellectually dishonest it corrupt and propagandist.
Religion poisons societies, poisons minds and ultimately always has the aim of eliminating that which is "other" in favour of itself.
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WilliamFleming comments on Sep 17, 2019:
It takes a stretch to equate opposition to illegal immigration with racism.
But go ahead, accuse everyone with whom you disagree of being a racist—that’s in vogue now. It’s the kind of rhetoric that is going to result in Trumps being re-elected because people aren’t as dumb as is ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
@WilliamFleming Good
WilliamFleming comments on Sep 17, 2019:
It takes a stretch to equate opposition to illegal immigration with racism.
But go ahead, accuse everyone with whom you disagree of being a racist—that’s in vogue now. It’s the kind of rhetoric that is going to result in Trumps being re-elected because people aren’t as dumb as is ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
@WilliamFleming Good
One should not laugh but.
St-Sinner comments on Sep 17, 2019:
Trump is the master of filing lawsuits and fighting lawsuits. These suits probably will never see the light of day during his terms.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
well that is maybe for the best since he cannot benefit from the no litigation of a sitting president clause when they throw the book at him.
St-Sinner comments on Sep 17, 2019:
Trump is the master of filing lawsuits and fighting lawsuits. These suits probably will never see the light of day during his terms.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
well that is maybe for the best since he cannot benefit from the no litigation of a sitting president clause when they throw the book at him.
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WilliamFleming comments on Sep 17, 2019:
It takes a stretch to equate opposition to illegal immigration with racism.
But go ahead, accuse everyone with whom you disagree of being a racist—that’s in vogue now. It’s the kind of rhetoric that is going to result in Trumps being re-elected because people aren’t as dumb as is ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
@sassygirl3869 he, @WilliamFleming , is trolling, the technique is called sealioning, "a type of trolling or harassment which consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility."
He knows that this is not about illegal immigration, he knows it is systematic incitement to racism for the purpose of generating fear in order to erode the freedoms of all, only and idiot would think otherwise and what ever else he may be William is no fool, but he likes the attention being a contrarian brings him along with a sense of self import and and pseudo intellectual smugness.
Now sit back and wait for him to pontificate extensively on why I am wrong.
WilliamFleming comments on Sep 17, 2019:
It takes a stretch to equate opposition to illegal immigration with racism.
But go ahead, accuse everyone with whom you disagree of being a racist—that’s in vogue now. It’s the kind of rhetoric that is going to result in Trumps being re-elected because people aren’t as dumb as is ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
@sassygirl3869 he, @WilliamFleming , is trolling, the technique is called sealioning, "a type of trolling or harassment which consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility."
He knows that this is not about illegal immigration, he knows it is systematic incitement to racism for the purpose of generating fear in order to erode the freedoms of all, only and idiot would think otherwise and what ever else he may be William is no fool, but he likes the attention being a contrarian brings him along with a sense of self import and and pseudo intellectual smugness.
Now sit back and wait for him to pontificate extensively on why I am wrong.
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WilliamFleming comments on Sep 17, 2019:
It takes a stretch to equate opposition to illegal immigration with racism.
But go ahead, accuse everyone with whom you disagree of being a racist—that’s in vogue now. It’s the kind of rhetoric that is going to result in Trumps being re-elected because people aren’t as dumb as is ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
We are not saying opposition to illegal immigration is racism, we are saying that THAT campaign add was fundamentally racist, designed to instill fear and horror.
Showing "illegals" in grainly slowed down B&W footage, with no sound other than spooky music and threatening angles, it is text book demonisation, scare tactics.
Then the "Good Guy" she shown in bright colours, with affirming music and sound, a utopian ideal to be striven for.
WilliamFleming comments on Sep 17, 2019:
It takes a stretch to equate opposition to illegal immigration with racism.
But go ahead, accuse everyone with whom you disagree of being a racist—that’s in vogue now. It’s the kind of rhetoric that is going to result in Trumps being re-elected because people aren’t as dumb as is ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
We are not saying opposition to illegal immigration is racism, we are saying that THAT campaign add was fundamentally racist, designed to instill fear and horror.
Showing "illegals" in grainly slowed down B&W footage, with no sound other than spooky music and threatening angles, it is text book demonisation, scare tactics.
Then the "Good Guy" she shown in bright colours, with affirming music and sound, a utopian ideal to be striven for.
One should not laugh but.
davknight comments on Sep 17, 2019:
But will Trumpy's IRS turn them over?
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
They have not subpoenaed them from the IRS they have gone for his accountants.
davknight comments on Sep 17, 2019:
But will Trumpy's IRS turn them over?
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
They have not subpoenaed them from the IRS they have gone for his accountants.
Eponym...
Naming a person, place or thing after another person...
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2019:
Hence eponymous characters who share their name with the name of the text
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
A character such as Hamlet or MacBeth are eponymous characters they being the character who the play is named after, you can also have eponymous characters in poems such as Don Juan, books such as Moll Flanders and even games such as Sonic The hedgehog.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 16, 2019:
Hence eponymous characters who share their name with the name of the text
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
A character such as Hamlet or MacBeth are eponymous characters they being the character who the play is named after, you can also have eponymous characters in poems such as Don Juan, books such as Moll Flanders and even games such as Sonic The hedgehog.
Tall twisting tower is made from wood that shapes itself as it dries Read more: [newscientist.com]
Charlene comments on Sep 16, 2019:
Cool, bendy houses!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
So Peter Pan can have a trendy bendy Wendy house?
Charlene comments on Sep 16, 2019:
Cool, bendy houses!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 17, 2019:
So Peter Pan can have a trendy bendy Wendy house?
Welcome to the insanity and fuchwittery of Australian feminazism:
'No one’s holding a gun to ...
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2019:
Guess which woman has never been objectified as a sex object and which woman wants all other women to be sacked for being "objectified"
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2019:
@demifeministgal I had thought you simply made a mistake, but I was wrong you are just blinkered by your own prejudices and obsession.
As for what I know about it I wrote a whole essay on scopophilic fetishisation vs positive body image a few years ago. I am one of only three men in a family of 15 and have raised daughters of my own.
So on top of everything else you are presumptuous, not very intelligent behaviour for the purposes of leading by example from one espousing equality in intellectual assessment of the sexes.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2019:
Guess which woman has never been objectified as a sex object and which woman wants all other women to be sacked for being "objectified"
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2019:
@demifeministgal I had thought you simply made a mistake, but I was wrong you are just blinkered by your own prejudices and obsession.
As for what I know about it I wrote a whole essay on scopophilic fetishisation vs positive body image a few years ago. I am one of only three men in a family of 15 and have raised daughters of my own.
So on top of everything else you are presumptuous, not very intelligent behaviour for the purposes of leading by example from one espousing equality in intellectual assessment of the sexes.
Welcome to the insanity and fuchwittery of Australian feminazism:
'No one’s holding a gun to ...
demifeministgal comments on Sep 12, 2019:
I think it was their choice to be objectified and sexualized... they seem to think that because they chose the job, that erases the objectification/sexualization... it does NOT. However, it is their choice and they should have been consulted on this beforehand and still financially compensated for ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2019:
@FrayedBear You used the correct term, she does not know what she is talking about, my first wife was OCD and because things had to be her way or no way at all, projected her wants need and obsession on to everyone else, often violently, being obsessive compulsive means being in charge of your whole environment obsessively, things and people.
You are correct @FrayedBear
demifeministgal comments on Sep 12, 2019:
I think it was their choice to be objectified and sexualized... they seem to think that because they chose the job, that erases the objectification/sexualization... it does NOT. However, it is their choice and they should have been consulted on this beforehand and still financially compensated for ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2019:
@FrayedBear You used the correct term, she does not know what she is talking about, my first wife was OCD and because things had to be her way or no way at all, projected her wants need and obsession on to everyone else, often violently, being obsessive compulsive means being in charge of your whole environment obsessively, things and people.
You are correct @FrayedBear
Welcome to the insanity and fuchwittery of Australian feminazism:
'No one’s holding a gun to ...
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2019:
Guess which woman has never been objectified as a sex object and which woman wants all other women to be sacked for being "objectified"
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2019:
@demifeministgal No that is not what I am implying, try reading what I actually said and comprehending it, it is not my fault if your educational establishment failed you.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2019:
Guess which woman has never been objectified as a sex object and which woman wants all other women to be sacked for being "objectified"
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 16, 2019:
@demifeministgal No that is not what I am implying, try reading what I actually said and comprehending it, it is not my fault if your educational establishment failed you.
peccadillo--a small, rather unimportant offense or sin
t1nick comments on Sep 15, 2019:
Usually associated with sexual or political offences
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
John Profumo springs to mind
t1nick comments on Sep 15, 2019:
Usually associated with sexual or political offences
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
John Profumo springs to mind
fulsome--offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive, overdone, or gross, unctuous, ...
brentan comments on Sep 15, 2019:
That's a good one!
Johnny Cash once used that word in a song about a prison he didn't like.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@Remiforce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDktBZzQIiU
brentan comments on Sep 15, 2019:
That's a good one!
Johnny Cash once used that word in a song about a prison he didn't like.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@Remiforce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDktBZzQIiU
Missouri’s Attorney General Refers 12 Predator Priests for Prosecution
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LenHazell53 comments on Sep 15, 2019:
"For many others, the statute of limitations has run out. "
FUCK THAT in such case there should be no statute of limitation (there should not be any at all in my opinion) raping a kid no matter how long ago is something should never be forgiven or forgotten!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
I agree, there is no such thing in UK law and I find the idea that if you can get away with something for long enough it is all just forgotten about abhorrent to the very concept of law and Justice.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 15, 2019:
"For many others, the statute of limitations has run out. "
FUCK THAT in such case there should be no statute of limitation (there should not be any at all in my opinion) raping a kid no matter how long ago is something should never be forgiven or forgotten!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
I agree, there is no such thing in UK law and I find the idea that if you can get away with something for long enough it is all just forgotten about abhorrent to the very concept of law and Justice.
“This world is dangerous Elsa, not because of those who do evil but because of those who look on ...
WilliamFleming comments on Sep 14, 2019:
Which is the evil and which is the good? It’s not always clear. I’d say that it is our duty to work for our self-interest, and that our self interest is the wellbeing of all.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
Sadly in such situations "all" is usually interpreted as the ruling class.
WilliamFleming comments on Sep 14, 2019:
Which is the evil and which is the good? It’s not always clear. I’d say that it is our duty to work for our self-interest, and that our self interest is the wellbeing of all.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
Sadly in such situations "all" is usually interpreted as the ruling class.
“This world is dangerous Elsa, not because of those who do evil but because of those who look on ...
davknight comments on Sep 14, 2019:
"And so, for that reason, I'm going to let the Americans in on the Atomic Bomb!"--Al Einstein
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@Varn They already had it or ast least the raw materials, had it not been for the efforts of the Norwegian resistance and the allied bombing raids on the Heavy water plants in Norway In February 1943 (Operation Gunnerside), the Germans would have had atomic weapons first and we would all be writing in Deutsch.
Instead V2 rockets were loaded with conventional warheads that were devastating, but nowhere near as effective as they would have been.
davknight comments on Sep 14, 2019:
"And so, for that reason, I'm going to let the Americans in on the Atomic Bomb!"--Al Einstein
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@Varn They already had it or ast least the raw materials, had it not been for the efforts of the Norwegian resistance and the allied bombing raids on the Heavy water plants in Norway In February 1943 (Operation Gunnerside), the Germans would have had atomic weapons first and we would all be writing in Deutsch.
Instead V2 rockets were loaded with conventional warheads that were devastating, but nowhere near as effective as they would have been.
Is your reality mine?
Gareth comments on Sep 14, 2019:
No amount of whataboutism can exonerate this s.o.b.
Always ignore anything that comes after the "but" and there you have it.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@FrayedBear
It maybe be reductionist but it metaphorically boils down to the poor excuse that the man who beats his children can be understood if not forgiven because he himself was beaten as a child.
I cannot accept that.
Gareth comments on Sep 14, 2019:
No amount of whataboutism can exonerate this s.o.b.
Always ignore anything that comes after the "but" and there you have it.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@FrayedBear
It maybe be reductionist but it metaphorically boils down to the poor excuse that the man who beats his children can be understood if not forgiven because he himself was beaten as a child.
I cannot accept that.
Watching this today.
Our_existence comments on Sep 14, 2019:
There is evidence that the Jesus in the Bible is not the real Jesus. His teaching was much more esoteric based on some books found in Coptic Egypt. We know virtually nothing about him from about age 14 until age 30ish.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@altschmerz True but I could name twenty scholars of equal renown who say he didn't.
There is not enough evidence to say definitively he did exist, there is lots of evidence for 9 other Jesus' who all make up parts of the gospel jesus. I choose to embrace the latter, I maybe wrong, but I err on the side of caution.
Our_existence comments on Sep 14, 2019:
There is evidence that the Jesus in the Bible is not the real Jesus. His teaching was much more esoteric based on some books found in Coptic Egypt. We know virtually nothing about him from about age 14 until age 30ish.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@altschmerz True but I could name twenty scholars of equal renown who say he didn't.
There is not enough evidence to say definitively he did exist, there is lots of evidence for 9 other Jesus' who all make up parts of the gospel jesus. I choose to embrace the latter, I maybe wrong, but I err on the side of caution.
Watching this today.
Our_existence comments on Sep 14, 2019:
There is evidence that the Jesus in the Bible is not the real Jesus. His teaching was much more esoteric based on some books found in Coptic Egypt. We know virtually nothing about him from about age 14 until age 30ish.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@Our_existence, @MojoDave Very likely some one did, but around the time of the various dates the gospels set themselves in there were 9 people adopting the title of Jesus (Jesus ben Stada was on historical record as having been crucified by the romans for proclaiming himself king of the Jews) , and the gospel jesus (title not name) quotes or carries out acts from all of them and two others who did not call themselves Jesus (Hillel the elder and Apollonius of Tyre)
So I agree there is ample evidence that some of the sayings and doings of at least 1 Jesus were Buddhist, he may even have been a Lama and found by other Buddhists seeking the reincarnation of a previous leader (the wise men/magi) but the Jesus of the Gospels is a made up character encompassing the "best bits" of various stories, much like the character of Robin Hood takes legends from at least four sources, but the man himself never existed as told in myth.
Our_existence comments on Sep 14, 2019:
There is evidence that the Jesus in the Bible is not the real Jesus. His teaching was much more esoteric based on some books found in Coptic Egypt. We know virtually nothing about him from about age 14 until age 30ish.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@Our_existence, @MojoDave Very likely some one did, but around the time of the various dates the gospels set themselves in there were 9 people adopting the title of Jesus (Jesus ben Stada was on historical record as having been crucified by the romans for proclaiming himself king of the Jews) , and the gospel jesus (title not name) quotes or carries out acts from all of them and two others who did not call themselves Jesus (Hillel the elder and Apollonius of Tyre)
So I agree there is ample evidence that some of the sayings and doings of at least 1 Jesus were Buddhist, he may even have been a Lama and found by other Buddhists seeking the reincarnation of a previous leader (the wise men/magi) but the Jesus of the Gospels is a made up character encompassing the "best bits" of various stories, much like the character of Robin Hood takes legends from at least four sources, but the man himself never existed as told in myth.
Watching this today.
Our_existence comments on Sep 14, 2019:
There is evidence that the Jesus in the Bible is not the real Jesus. His teaching was much more esoteric based on some books found in Coptic Egypt. We know virtually nothing about him from about age 14 until age 30ish.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@Our_existence Interesting idea that backs up the theory if Jesus thought of Jews as Gentiles?
Our_existence comments on Sep 14, 2019:
There is evidence that the Jesus in the Bible is not the real Jesus. His teaching was much more esoteric based on some books found in Coptic Egypt. We know virtually nothing about him from about age 14 until age 30ish.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 15, 2019:
@Our_existence Interesting idea that backs up the theory if Jesus thought of Jews as Gentiles?
Watching this today.
Our_existence comments on Sep 14, 2019:
There is evidence that the Jesus in the Bible is not the real Jesus. His teaching was much more esoteric based on some books found in Coptic Egypt. We know virtually nothing about him from about age 14 until age 30ish.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2019:
He probably never existed, the gospel Jesus is composite character, one of them was definitely at least aware of Buddhist prayer mantras since he mocks them
Matthew 6:7
"And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words."
Our_existence comments on Sep 14, 2019:
There is evidence that the Jesus in the Bible is not the real Jesus. His teaching was much more esoteric based on some books found in Coptic Egypt. We know virtually nothing about him from about age 14 until age 30ish.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2019:
He probably never existed, the gospel Jesus is composite character, one of them was definitely at least aware of Buddhist prayer mantras since he mocks them
Matthew 6:7
"And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words."
So, Ive had two family members share their testimony about recieving prophecy.
Fred_Snerd comments on Sep 3, 2019:
We should all pitch in to ask Derren Brown to blow her mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgdJ9-s3HEg
Here's a scam in action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYdlX_Wn1K4
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2019:
Sorry I could never take anyone called Pop Off seriously, my grandmother used to tell us she was going to pop off to the shops and it was a common euphemism for people dying where I grew up.
Fred_Snerd comments on Sep 3, 2019:
We should all pitch in to ask Derren Brown to blow her mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgdJ9-s3HEg
Here's a scam in action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYdlX_Wn1K4
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2019:
Sorry I could never take anyone called Pop Off seriously, my grandmother used to tell us she was going to pop off to the shops and it was a common euphemism for people dying where I grew up.
Is your reality mine?
273kelvin comments on Sep 14, 2019:
My ex was from Malawi and told me about an amusing incident that proves that racism is not confined to whites.
Robert Mugabe to the tobacco growers of Zimbabwe ;
"I must congratulate you on an excellent harvest. This year you have grown 10% more tobacco than last year. This is good for you and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2019:
@273kelvin It is a sad truth that almost invariably the formerly oppress make the most efficient oppressors.
273kelvin comments on Sep 14, 2019:
My ex was from Malawi and told me about an amusing incident that proves that racism is not confined to whites.
Robert Mugabe to the tobacco growers of Zimbabwe ;
"I must congratulate you on an excellent harvest. This year you have grown 10% more tobacco than last year. This is good for you and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 14, 2019:
@273kelvin It is a sad truth that almost invariably the formerly oppress make the most efficient oppressors.
In the company of new people, I suspect most of us would have no reservations in uttering the ...
Daco2007 comments on Sep 13, 2019:
“There are actually people who believe the bible was written by an invisible "GOD"!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Invisible? Ha that would be stupid, we all know god lived outside of time and space and that THAT is why we can't see him.
(NB For the hard of thinking....The above is sarcasm!)
Daco2007 comments on Sep 13, 2019:
“There are actually people who believe the bible was written by an invisible "GOD"!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Invisible? Ha that would be stupid, we all know god lived outside of time and space and that THAT is why we can't see him.
(NB For the hard of thinking....The above is sarcasm!)
In the company of new people, I suspect most of us would have no reservations in uttering the ...
WilliamFleming comments on Sep 13, 2019:
The difference is that only a tiny minority believe in a flat earth while huge numbers still believe in resurrection and virgin birth, or at least they give the ideas lip service. “There are actually people” is an opener that would be sure to offend, but you could simply give your personal ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Offending people is sometimes the best way to get them to listen to ideas they would otherwise politely ignore.
Besides which, offence is only a defence mechanism for the wilfully stupid, and such people deserve all the mockery and offence the they get.
WilliamFleming comments on Sep 13, 2019:
The difference is that only a tiny minority believe in a flat earth while huge numbers still believe in resurrection and virgin birth, or at least they give the ideas lip service. “There are actually people” is an opener that would be sure to offend, but you could simply give your personal ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Offending people is sometimes the best way to get them to listen to ideas they would otherwise politely ignore.
Besides which, offence is only a defence mechanism for the wilfully stupid, and such people deserve all the mockery and offence the they get.
In the company of new people, I suspect most of us would have no reservations in uttering the ...
WilliamFleming comments on Sep 13, 2019:
There are actually people who believe that the universe, all the laws of nature, and ourselves with conscious awareness included sort of fell into existence by accident, and that no further questions need be asked.
The idea is patently ridiculous, but believe it or not, some of them are lurking ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Yes they are called followers of Abrahamic religions.
God came in to existence because he always existed by accident and created the universe because of reason, sound like a freaking big accident to me.
The one group of people for the most part who never contend this "the universe, all the laws of nature, and ourselves with conscious awareness included sort of fell into existence by accident, " bullshit are educated and serious atheists
I would go so far as to say all sane atheist totally disregard are fecking stoopid the statement "no further questions need be asked."
WilliamFleming comments on Sep 13, 2019:
There are actually people who believe that the universe, all the laws of nature, and ourselves with conscious awareness included sort of fell into existence by accident, and that no further questions need be asked.
The idea is patently ridiculous, but believe it or not, some of them are lurking ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Yes they are called followers of Abrahamic religions.
God came in to existence because he always existed by accident and created the universe because of reason, sound like a freaking big accident to me.
The one group of people for the most part who never contend this "the universe, all the laws of nature, and ourselves with conscious awareness included sort of fell into existence by accident, " bullshit are educated and serious atheists
I would go so far as to say all sane atheist totally disregard are fecking stoopid the statement "no further questions need be asked."
zaftig--(of a woman) having a fully rounded figure, plump
AmelieMatisse comments on Sep 13, 2019:
Renoir and Rubens loved to paint them!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Portliness was seen as a sign of prosperity and fecundity
AmelieMatisse comments on Sep 13, 2019:
Renoir and Rubens loved to paint them!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2019:
Portliness was seen as a sign of prosperity and fecundity
A list of British films with Good Hollywood remakes
Gaslight (1940 / 1944)
The Lodger (1927/ ...
GuyKeith comments on Sep 10, 2019:
The 1951 version with Alastair Sim is my favorite, and I think the best of the Scrooge Movies. My review, of course
http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/26251/a-christmas-carol-1951/
This version has held up magnificently and the B&W lighting is perfect. Another thing this 1951 version does is it ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2019:
@GuyKeith Marvelous review, and a timely reminder that we are marching as a society backward in to the worst mores of the 19th century
GuyKeith comments on Sep 10, 2019:
The 1951 version with Alastair Sim is my favorite, and I think the best of the Scrooge Movies. My review, of course
http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/26251/a-christmas-carol-1951/
This version has held up magnificently and the B&W lighting is perfect. Another thing this 1951 version does is it ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2019:
@GuyKeith Marvelous review, and a timely reminder that we are marching as a society backward in to the worst mores of the 19th century
Please join the new group &letsunite that i created per the requests of many who wanted more details...
NoPlanetB comments on Sep 12, 2019:
This post does NOT belong in the Senate. Post it in the General Forum. Stop posting your personal agenda here.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2019:
The destruction of the planet is her "personal agenda"
Yet you call yourself No Planet B?
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NoPlanetB comments on Sep 12, 2019:
This post does NOT belong in the Senate. Post it in the General Forum. Stop posting your personal agenda here.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2019:
The destruction of the planet is her "personal agenda"
Yet you call yourself No Planet B?
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A history of the Bible: who wrote it and when?
[historyextra.com]
DenoPenno comments on Sep 11, 2019:
Lots of people over a very long timeframe. The bible is made up of many smaller books that were never designed to be put together as one big book. People decided on which books would or would not be a part of the whole, and we have more than one version of the bible. The book of Revelation was ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2019:
@david75090 there were two councils of Nicea and the council of Ancara.
But that was just the start, the cannon was altered when the Marcionites were incorporated in to the RC and brought with them the Epistles of Paul, before this when the orthodox and the catholics churches schismed they both altered the cannon. The Coptic Christians had a different cannon as did the Ethiopian church and during the reformation the Anglicans cut out 15 books and added in two.
Time and again the cannon of the babble has changed and every denomination claims to have the right one and refuse to believe the others exist.
DenoPenno comments on Sep 11, 2019:
Lots of people over a very long timeframe. The bible is made up of many smaller books that were never designed to be put together as one big book. People decided on which books would or would not be a part of the whole, and we have more than one version of the bible. The book of Revelation was ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2019:
@david75090 there were two councils of Nicea and the council of Ancara.
But that was just the start, the cannon was altered when the Marcionites were incorporated in to the RC and brought with them the Epistles of Paul, before this when the orthodox and the catholics churches schismed they both altered the cannon. The Coptic Christians had a different cannon as did the Ethiopian church and during the reformation the Anglicans cut out 15 books and added in two.
Time and again the cannon of the babble has changed and every denomination claims to have the right one and refuse to believe the others exist.
A list of British films with Good Hollywood remakes
Gaslight (1940 / 1944)
The Lodger (1927/ ...
GuyKeith comments on Sep 10, 2019:
The 1951 version with Alastair Sim is my favorite, and I think the best of the Scrooge Movies. My review, of course
http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/26251/a-christmas-carol-1951/
This version has held up magnificently and the B&W lighting is perfect. Another thing this 1951 version does is it ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2019:
I would agree Simm was pretty much the definitive Scrooge for many people, however in 1984 George C. Scott gives a remarkably dark interpretation of the old miser that is equal but different to that of his predecessor. The film also features a truly terrifying performance by Angela Pleasence as the Ghost of Christmas past showing she had inherited all of her father's talent for horror.
GuyKeith comments on Sep 10, 2019:
The 1951 version with Alastair Sim is my favorite, and I think the best of the Scrooge Movies. My review, of course
http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/26251/a-christmas-carol-1951/
This version has held up magnificently and the B&W lighting is perfect. Another thing this 1951 version does is it ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2019:
I would agree Simm was pretty much the definitive Scrooge for many people, however in 1984 George C. Scott gives a remarkably dark interpretation of the old miser that is equal but different to that of his predecessor. The film also features a truly terrifying performance by Angela Pleasence as the Ghost of Christmas past showing she had inherited all of her father's talent for horror.
Oooh, look at this clever marketing scheme .
rogueflyer comments on Sep 4, 2019:
Sounds like something that would be part of Fox News.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2019:
Has anyone told them about the evil presence haunting that house on Pennsylvania Avenue?
rogueflyer comments on Sep 4, 2019:
Sounds like something that would be part of Fox News.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2019:
Has anyone told them about the evil presence haunting that house on Pennsylvania Avenue?
Oooh, look at this clever marketing scheme .
Bierbasstard comments on Sep 4, 2019:
I see dead people.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2019:
He *smelled* dead people
Bierbasstard comments on Sep 4, 2019:
I see dead people.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2019:
He *smelled* dead people
paraskavedekatriaphobia
From Greek Παρασκευή (Paraskeví, “Friday” ) + ...
Charlene comments on Sep 9, 2019:
Blame the Knights Templars greed..😂😂😂😂😂
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2019:
It was not their greed but that of the King Philip the fourth of France and Pope Clement V, conspiring together to steal the order's wealth (they never got it, no one to this day knows what happened to the Templar's loot).
Charlene comments on Sep 9, 2019:
Blame the Knights Templars greed..😂😂😂😂😂
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2019:
It was not their greed but that of the King Philip the fourth of France and Pope Clement V, conspiring together to steal the order's wealth (they never got it, no one to this day knows what happened to the Templar's loot).
Speaker Bercow is the latest in the exodus from the house of commons, announcing his resignation ...
Petter comments on Sep 9, 2019:
He jumped before he lost his seat in the next election when, against convention, candidates will be standing against him. Why? Because the speaker is supposed to be utterly impartial. Bercow has been taking sides.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2019:
Personal I don't feel that preventing perversion of the parliamentary process to favour one side over the other or to prevent a subversion of democracy by a dictatorial succession of prime ministers "bias" I see it as him doing his job.
However since the Telegraph has decided to take the line that Bercow doing so was some how undemocratic, they were bound to have a few people agree with them.
Petter comments on Sep 9, 2019:
He jumped before he lost his seat in the next election when, against convention, candidates will be standing against him. Why? Because the speaker is supposed to be utterly impartial. Bercow has been taking sides.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2019:
Personal I don't feel that preventing perversion of the parliamentary process to favour one side over the other or to prevent a subversion of democracy by a dictatorial succession of prime ministers "bias" I see it as him doing his job.
However since the Telegraph has decided to take the line that Bercow doing so was some how undemocratic, they were bound to have a few people agree with them.
Most people admit to sulking after arguments like Orang-utans with half saying women rule the roost ...
UpsideDownAgain comments on Sep 9, 2019:
I'm skeptical about the claim that women are ruling the roost. Worldwide, women are most often oppressed and it takes a concerted effort by the whole community for that to change. Men with their larger physical body will naturally dominate unless there's enough influence from forces stronger than ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2019:
@UpsideDownAgain Such special pleading as this IS the problem, it is easy to say men are stronger than women, bigger than women etc, but it simply is not born out by facts.
Yes a man will punch or kick a woman, will be a brutal monster, but a man as a general rule will not wait till a woman is asleep and then pour boiling fat over them, I know of at least twenty cases of women attacking men in their sleep or threatening to do so leading to sleep deprivation.
Women are often bigger than their husbands, as in my case, my first wife was eight inches taller than me and seven stone heavier, after we parted she also ended up in court for beating up another woman after being paid by her husband to do so as was also being abused by his wife but refused to raise a hand to a woman.
I have been hit with pans, burned with cigarettes, emotionally and mentally abused and left with scars both physical and psychological just as bad as bruises and abrasions visited on any woman by a violent man.
In all this I never raised a hand to my former partner and after she drove me away divorced me for desertion, after which I discovered she had throughout our relationship had six other relationships with women and men including my own brother.
So don't even try to tell me I was never frightened, and in your own words "we need to recognize the true nature of the situation" and stop relying on time worn cliches and tropes that all men are bastards and or idiots and that all women are victimised angels.
UpsideDownAgain comments on Sep 9, 2019:
I'm skeptical about the claim that women are ruling the roost. Worldwide, women are most often oppressed and it takes a concerted effort by the whole community for that to change. Men with their larger physical body will naturally dominate unless there's enough influence from forces stronger than ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2019:
@UpsideDownAgain Such special pleading as this IS the problem, it is easy to say men are stronger than women, bigger than women etc, but it simply is not born out by facts.
Yes a man will punch or kick a woman, will be a brutal monster, but a man as a general rule will not wait till a woman is asleep and then pour boiling fat over them, I know of at least twenty cases of women attacking men in their sleep or threatening to do so leading to sleep deprivation.
Women are often bigger than their husbands, as in my case, my first wife was eight inches taller than me and seven stone heavier, after we parted she also ended up in court for beating up another woman after being paid by her husband to do so as was also being abused by his wife but refused to raise a hand to a woman.
I have been hit with pans, burned with cigarettes, emotionally and mentally abused and left with scars both physical and psychological just as bad as bruises and abrasions visited on any woman by a violent man.
In all this I never raised a hand to my former partner and after she drove me away divorced me for desertion, after which I discovered she had throughout our relationship had six other relationships with women and men including my own brother.
So don't even try to tell me I was never frightened, and in your own words "we need to recognize the true nature of the situation" and stop relying on time worn cliches and tropes that all men are bastards and or idiots and that all women are victimised angels.
Speaker Bercow is the latest in the exodus from the house of commons, announcing his resignation ...
Geoffrey51 comments on Sep 9, 2019:
It’s all a total dog’s breakfast very cleverly contrived to make sure everyone keeps their eye off the ball.
Is there some folktale about the mouse that sits underneath the kings throne who knows everything by listening and so knows all that is happening without being observed.
...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2019:
I often wonder who is more dangerous
He who knows much but understands little
or
He who understands much but knows almost nothing
Geoffrey51 comments on Sep 9, 2019:
It’s all a total dog’s breakfast very cleverly contrived to make sure everyone keeps their eye off the ball.
Is there some folktale about the mouse that sits underneath the kings throne who knows everything by listening and so knows all that is happening without being observed.
...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2019:
I often wonder who is more dangerous
He who knows much but understands little
or
He who understands much but knows almost nothing
Most people admit to sulking after arguments like Orang-utans with half saying women rule the roost ...
UpsideDownAgain comments on Sep 9, 2019:
I'm skeptical about the claim that women are ruling the roost. Worldwide, women are most often oppressed and it takes a concerted effort by the whole community for that to change. Men with their larger physical body will naturally dominate unless there's enough influence from forces stronger than ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2019:
I understand your skepticism given the public history of spousal abuse, but as a victim of such, I can say the reverse side of the coin is hidden by the shame that so many people, male people, have had to endure, by way of mockery and judgement rather than bringing husband beating in o the public arena for so long. Thankfully this is changing and the truth is that neither men or women have a monopoly on being a complete ass.
That unpleasantness aside couples are often made up of one partner who is an efficient administrator and one who wants a quiet life, in many such cases it is the woman who runs the household with the husband quietly pretending to be henpecked in order to get out of tasks he has no interest in or desire to take on.
Again the need for such a facade is crumbling as people become more and more honest.
In my own life time I saw how my grandfather worked hard each day and came home to an efficiently run house with his leisure time and holidays laid out for himself and my Grandmother by her efforts alone. However to all appearance for the outside world Granddad ruled his castle with a rod of iron, when to the family we knew it was a matriarchy he could never hope to oppose, nor did he want to.
UpsideDownAgain comments on Sep 9, 2019:
I'm skeptical about the claim that women are ruling the roost. Worldwide, women are most often oppressed and it takes a concerted effort by the whole community for that to change. Men with their larger physical body will naturally dominate unless there's enough influence from forces stronger than ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2019:
I understand your skepticism given the public history of spousal abuse, but as a victim of such, I can say the reverse side of the coin is hidden by the shame that so many people, male people, have had to endure, by way of mockery and judgement rather than bringing husband beating in o the public arena for so long. Thankfully this is changing and the truth is that neither men or women have a monopoly on being a complete ass.
That unpleasantness aside couples are often made up of one partner who is an efficient administrator and one who wants a quiet life, in many such cases it is the woman who runs the household with the husband quietly pretending to be henpecked in order to get out of tasks he has no interest in or desire to take on.
Again the need for such a facade is crumbling as people become more and more honest.
In my own life time I saw how my grandfather worked hard each day and came home to an efficiently run house with his leisure time and holidays laid out for himself and my Grandmother by her efforts alone. However to all appearance for the outside world Granddad ruled his castle with a rod of iron, when to the family we knew it was a matriarchy he could never hope to oppose, nor did he want to.
The nature of our present physical form
Deiter comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Many prominent neuroscientists aren’t on board with this whole free will idea.
Otherwise, whatever: As long as I can have burritos and make flippy floppy from time to time.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2019:
So prominent neuroscientists aren’t on board with this whole free will idea, but that being the case we cannot take them seriously because their conclusion CANNOT be a result of free will, they must've been fooled into thinking this and passing it on.
Deiter comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Many prominent neuroscientists aren’t on board with this whole free will idea.
Otherwise, whatever: As long as I can have burritos and make flippy floppy from time to time.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2019:
So prominent neuroscientists aren’t on board with this whole free will idea, but that being the case we cannot take them seriously because their conclusion CANNOT be a result of free will, they must've been fooled into thinking this and passing it on.
China creates first cloned kitten: 'Meets the emotional needs of young generations'
Charlene comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Geez..cloned kittens..what's next..😁😁
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@Killtheskyfairy and dogs and frogs people will be next, genetically engineered people shortly thereafter
Charlene comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Geez..cloned kittens..what's next..😁😁
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@Killtheskyfairy and dogs and frogs people will be next, genetically engineered people shortly thereafter
China creates first cloned kitten: 'Meets the emotional needs of young generations'
Charlene comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Geez..cloned kittens..what's next..😁😁
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2019:
Cloned people obviously, have you read "Brave new world"
Charlene comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Geez..cloned kittens..what's next..😁😁
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2019:
Cloned people obviously, have you read "Brave new world"
Despite Tiny Carbon Footprint, Bahamas Is Ground Zero of Climate Crisis
slydr68 comments on Sep 7, 2019:
About 100 companies are responsible for 70% of the emissions contributing to climate change...to me, those 100 companies need to be making major changes or be shut down by a responsible government...but, we don't have one of those right now...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2019:
I am afraid that the "beloved" capitalist society we live in, is so often described as "our way of life" by the governments of the west, that such a plan is antithetical to the very nature of their societies.
It is the inevitable logical outcome of capitalism that it consumes itself after coming to the final tragic conclusion that one cannot eat money.
slydr68 comments on Sep 7, 2019:
About 100 companies are responsible for 70% of the emissions contributing to climate change...to me, those 100 companies need to be making major changes or be shut down by a responsible government...but, we don't have one of those right now...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2019:
I am afraid that the "beloved" capitalist society we live in, is so often described as "our way of life" by the governments of the west, that such a plan is antithetical to the very nature of their societies.
It is the inevitable logical outcome of capitalism that it consumes itself after coming to the final tragic conclusion that one cannot eat money.
The US Had An Insane Plan To Drop A Nuclear Bomb On The Moon In The 1950s | IFLScience
AnneWimsey comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Ummmmm, that'ssupposed to be "kirkland", not "kirtland", methinks. And "armour" with a British spelling??????? This thing Reeks!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@AnneWimsey
I suggest you look in the history of operation paperclip and the long term plans those scientists were roped in to in exchange for pardons for war crimes, that stretched decades ahead.
There was no indication in the OP that the plan was immediately planned to be instituted, and as I pointed out below by 1958 bothe the USA and the USSR were exploding atomic bombs in space at about the same level the ISS orbits now.
Given these facts I have no problem giving credence to the idea that a planned atomic test on the moon is an historical possibility.
In answer to you final question the German V2 rocket could already reach between German and the UK in 1944, Rockets could reach the outer atmosphere by 1958 a year before this report was written sputnik had been place in orbit and Explorer 1 had orbited the earth for the USA and Telstar would be in orbit in less than 4 years.
an unmanned ship would reach the moon in 1959 The first human-made object to touch the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2, on 13 September 1959 only three months after this report was written.
AnneWimsey comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Ummmmm, that'ssupposed to be "kirkland", not "kirtland", methinks. And "armour" with a British spelling??????? This thing Reeks!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@AnneWimsey
I suggest you look in the history of operation paperclip and the long term plans those scientists were roped in to in exchange for pardons for war crimes, that stretched decades ahead.
There was no indication in the OP that the plan was immediately planned to be instituted, and as I pointed out below by 1958 bothe the USA and the USSR were exploding atomic bombs in space at about the same level the ISS orbits now.
Given these facts I have no problem giving credence to the idea that a planned atomic test on the moon is an historical possibility.
In answer to you final question the German V2 rocket could already reach between German and the UK in 1944, Rockets could reach the outer atmosphere by 1958 a year before this report was written sputnik had been place in orbit and Explorer 1 had orbited the earth for the USA and Telstar would be in orbit in less than 4 years.
an unmanned ship would reach the moon in 1959 The first human-made object to touch the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2, on 13 September 1959 only three months after this report was written.
Christian School Demands “Full Access” to Some Students’ Social Media Accounts
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Charlene comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Fuck them and their Holy than Thou bullshit..
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2019:
Well put
Charlene comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Fuck them and their Holy than Thou bullshit..
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2019:
Well put
A list of Ten Classic British Films that had Incredibly bad Hollywood remakes
Alfie (2004 / 1966)...
AmelieMatisse comments on Sep 6, 2019:
Oh no, I loved The Italian Job.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse @Booklover
You'll love the original, the car chase is much better and 100% authentic no SFX used, just great stunt driving and custom 1968 Mini Coopers
AmelieMatisse comments on Sep 6, 2019:
Oh no, I loved The Italian Job.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse @Booklover
You'll love the original, the car chase is much better and 100% authentic no SFX used, just great stunt driving and custom 1968 Mini Coopers
The US Had An Insane Plan To Drop A Nuclear Bomb On The Moon In The 1950s | IFLScience
AnneWimsey comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Ummmmm, that'ssupposed to be "kirkland", not "kirtland", methinks. And "armour" with a British spelling??????? This thing Reeks!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2019:
It maybe the English spelling but the institution is real
AnneWimsey comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Ummmmm, that'ssupposed to be "kirkland", not "kirtland", methinks. And "armour" with a British spelling??????? This thing Reeks!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2019:
It maybe the English spelling but the institution is real
The US Had An Insane Plan To Drop A Nuclear Bomb On The Moon In The 1950s | IFLScience
AnneWimsey comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Ummmmm, that'ssupposed to be "kirkland", not "kirtland", methinks. And "armour" with a British spelling??????? This thing Reeks!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2019:
No there is a massive military base in Kirtland San Juan County new Mexico the town and base named for Col. Roy C. Kirtland
AnneWimsey comments on Sep 7, 2019:
Ummmmm, that'ssupposed to be "kirkland", not "kirtland", methinks. And "armour" with a British spelling??????? This thing Reeks!
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2019:
No there is a massive military base in Kirtland San Juan County new Mexico the town and base named for Col. Roy C. Kirtland
A list of Ten Classic British Films that had Incredibly bad Hollywood remakes
Alfie (2004 / 1966)...
AmelieMatisse comments on Sep 6, 2019:
Oh no, I loved The Italian Job.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2019:
Have you seen both versions?
AmelieMatisse comments on Sep 6, 2019:
Oh no, I loved The Italian Job.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2019:
Have you seen both versions?
A list of Ten Classic British Films that had Incredibly bad Hollywood remakes
Alfie (2004 / 1966)...
273kelvin comments on Sep 6, 2019:
I have to say that I liked the ladykiller's remake. I don't normally like second-hand films but the Coen bros did a great job. Tom Hanks filled Alister Sims' shoes very well and the jokes made me laugh. Which tbh I don't do much at films I watch on my own.
All the rest I would agree are crap ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2019:
Alastair Sim was not in the Lady killers, it was Alec Guinness
273kelvin comments on Sep 6, 2019:
I have to say that I liked the ladykiller's remake. I don't normally like second-hand films but the Coen bros did a great job. Tom Hanks filled Alister Sims' shoes very well and the jokes made me laugh. Which tbh I don't do much at films I watch on my own.
All the rest I would agree are crap ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2019:
Alastair Sim was not in the Lady killers, it was Alec Guinness
College Care Package
AmiSue comments on Sep 4, 2019:
Snacks, condoms and a Groucho Marx book.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 4, 2019:
The Groucho Letters is a fun read
AmiSue comments on Sep 4, 2019:
Snacks, condoms and a Groucho Marx book.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 4, 2019:
The Groucho Letters is a fun read
Ballmer peak.
Marionville comments on Sep 4, 2019:
Interesting...I think I already knew this by using myself as a yardstick. I know that after a small amount of alcohol before a performance I sing better, especially technically difficult pieces....but drinking too much has the opposite effect of course.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 4, 2019:
@TheGreatShadow Wow used to be air traffic controllers, which I always found worrying
Marionville comments on Sep 4, 2019:
Interesting...I think I already knew this by using myself as a yardstick. I know that after a small amount of alcohol before a performance I sing better, especially technically difficult pieces....but drinking too much has the opposite effect of course.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 4, 2019:
@TheGreatShadow Wow used to be air traffic controllers, which I always found worrying
Hey all, just in case you haven't heard, I'm a scammer..no proof, no nothing.
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Dagnabbit I thought there was something funny about you
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2019:
@EdEarl I maybe wrong but I think it was invented as a pseudo cuz by Gabby Hayes
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Dagnabbit I thought there was something funny about you
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2019:
@EdEarl I maybe wrong but I think it was invented as a pseudo cuz by Gabby Hayes
Agnes Moorhead, 1938🤗
NHjulie comments on Sep 2, 2019:
Of course I remember her mostly as Endora, the mother on Bewitched but also saw her in many smaller parts in movies and some Twilight Zone episodes.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2019:
I always remember her as Endora, but also in old dark house thriller "The Bat" (1959) as the prototype Jessica Fletcher novelist turned detective Cornelia van Gorder. She was co starring with Vincent Price in this film so guess who the killer was.
NHjulie comments on Sep 2, 2019:
Of course I remember her mostly as Endora, the mother on Bewitched but also saw her in many smaller parts in movies and some Twilight Zone episodes.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2019:
I always remember her as Endora, but also in old dark house thriller "The Bat" (1959) as the prototype Jessica Fletcher novelist turned detective Cornelia van Gorder. She was co starring with Vincent Price in this film so guess who the killer was.
Researcher crushes Jiminy 'Cricket' myth - UPI Archives
Beowulfsfriend comments on Sep 3, 2019:
He is a reformed Mormon cricket.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2019:
No reformed Mormon Cricket is some sort of non aggressive baseball 😏
Beowulfsfriend comments on Sep 3, 2019:
He is a reformed Mormon cricket.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2019:
No reformed Mormon Cricket is some sort of non aggressive baseball 😏
Patriotism .
WilliamFleming comments on Sep 3, 2019:
When there is a perceived threat people unify in order to meet that threat. If there is no perceived threat politicians will create one.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2019:
Provoke a problem
Provoke a reaction
Offer a solution
The classic tactic of the dictator
WilliamFleming comments on Sep 3, 2019:
When there is a perceived threat people unify in order to meet that threat. If there is no perceived threat politicians will create one.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2019:
Provoke a problem
Provoke a reaction
Offer a solution
The classic tactic of the dictator
Is there phenomenology without a self?
snthszr comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Those who meditate deeply, though, claim to detach experience from the idea of a self, and apparently FMRI scans have indicated that activity in the area of the brain that many consider a potential neurocorrelate (the Default Mode Network) to the feeling of self is dialed way down while meditating. ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 2, 2019:
I personally use meditation for exactly the opposite, to better know my "self" and understand my experiences and their impact upon me fully.
snthszr comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Those who meditate deeply, though, claim to detach experience from the idea of a self, and apparently FMRI scans have indicated that activity in the area of the brain that many consider a potential neurocorrelate (the Default Mode Network) to the feeling of self is dialed way down while meditating. ...
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 2, 2019:
I personally use meditation for exactly the opposite, to better know my "self" and understand my experiences and their impact upon me fully.
Is there phenomenology without a self?
Heraclitus comments on Sep 1, 2019:
No, how would you do that? What is experience without a self to experience?
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 2, 2019:
Beautifully stated.
Heraclitus comments on Sep 1, 2019:
No, how would you do that? What is experience without a self to experience?
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 2, 2019:
Beautifully stated.
Is there phenomenology without a self?
PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 2, 2019:
None of human pursuits are truly objective.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 2, 2019:
True since even adopting an objective stance is a subjective decision.
PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 2, 2019:
None of human pursuits are truly objective.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 2, 2019:
True since even adopting an objective stance is a subjective decision.
MY New Pooch
KhoKho
She is a 20 month year old Shar Pei
Wildflower comments on Sep 1, 2019:
She is sweet! I've been thinking seriously about getting a dog.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 2, 2019:
You won't regret it, a good dog makes a home complete
Wildflower comments on Sep 1, 2019:
She is sweet! I've been thinking seriously about getting a dog.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 2, 2019:
You won't regret it, a good dog makes a home complete
Exodus 22:18 (ASV): Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.
brentan comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Scapegoats are very necessary at every level of society.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Only in society made up of morons
brentan comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Scapegoats are very necessary at every level of society.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Only in society made up of morons
How come the Dislike emoji was changed? :(
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 1, 2019:
For me it seems to have changed on the drop down menu but not on that which is actually posted.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 1, 2019:
@MissKathleen no not 💩 just a 😐 face
LenHazell53 comments on Sep 1, 2019:
For me it seems to have changed on the drop down menu but not on that which is actually posted.
LenHazell53 replies on Sep 1, 2019:
@MissKathleen no not 💩 just a 😐 face
Neurasthenia: A term first used in the early 1800's by alienists (that is what ...
itsmedammit comments on Aug 30, 2019:
I find it interesting that the shrinks were called alienists.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 30, 2019:
It is fascinating because though Alienist sounds like Alien which originates in the Latin Alienus (foreigner) it is actually from the completely unrelated Latin word alienatus (insanity).
itsmedammit comments on Aug 30, 2019:
I find it interesting that the shrinks were called alienists.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 30, 2019:
It is fascinating because though Alienist sounds like Alien which originates in the Latin Alienus (foreigner) it is actually from the completely unrelated Latin word alienatus (insanity).
I bought a cedar chest at a local thrift store and it is missing some veneer (no, that is not what ...
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 30, 2019:
Why on earth do idiot religious folk always think that if you do not believe in God you must worship the devil? Are they really that thick?
It's like saying "I don't drive a car," and the immediate response being "Oh you must drive a van then" and when you say no and that you simply don't drive, ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 30, 2019:
@Gwendolyn2018 Precisely
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 30, 2019:
Why on earth do idiot religious folk always think that if you do not believe in God you must worship the devil? Are they really that thick?
It's like saying "I don't drive a car," and the immediate response being "Oh you must drive a van then" and when you say no and that you simply don't drive, ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 30, 2019:
@Gwendolyn2018 Precisely
The nature of Philosophy is ambiguous, though basically it is merely the thoughts and reflections on...
dare2dream comments on Aug 28, 2019:
False on all accounts.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 30, 2019:
@DonaldHRoberts
"The greatest philosopher I ever knew could not even read."
Ladies and gentlemen todays submission for the dumb remark of the year award.
Unless of course "The greatest philosopher" was your dog or other pet, because I can only surmise he or she being such qualified him or her as "The greatest philosopher (you) ever knew" in a VERY limited company.
dare2dream comments on Aug 28, 2019:
False on all accounts.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 30, 2019:
@DonaldHRoberts
"The greatest philosopher I ever knew could not even read."
Ladies and gentlemen todays submission for the dumb remark of the year award.
Unless of course "The greatest philosopher" was your dog or other pet, because I can only surmise he or she being such qualified him or her as "The greatest philosopher (you) ever knew" in a VERY limited company.
BOBBY-DAZZLER.
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 30, 2019:
Possibly an evolution from the 1950's expression Bobby-Socker for an attractive young woman.
Bobby socks being a fashionable decorated ankle sock, marketed to young women who enjoyed up beat music and dance in the 1940's and 1950s to draw attention to ankles and calves.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 30, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
Ah now you are talking 😁
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 30, 2019:
Possibly an evolution from the 1950's expression Bobby-Socker for an attractive young woman.
Bobby socks being a fashionable decorated ankle sock, marketed to young women who enjoyed up beat music and dance in the 1940's and 1950s to draw attention to ankles and calves.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 30, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
Ah now you are talking 😁
Please tell us exactly how this temporary UK government is playing dirty and who is the instigator?
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 29, 2019:
This proroguing is a perfectly normal parliamentary procedure during Party conference season, the closing of parliament for 4 to 10 days to allow for the government to take instruction (at least in theory) from the respective party memberships.
What is NOT normal is to prorogue the queen to close...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 29, 2019:
@Mcflewster WTF? That is not what I said at all. There is more than historical precedent for how and when and for what length of time proroguing may be acceptable, what Boris has done is basically treasonous, where it not for tradition and her great age, the queen should have been expected to decline the request and might well have done so in years gone by.
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 29, 2019:
This proroguing is a perfectly normal parliamentary procedure during Party conference season, the closing of parliament for 4 to 10 days to allow for the government to take instruction (at least in theory) from the respective party memberships.
What is NOT normal is to prorogue the queen to close...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 29, 2019:
@Mcflewster WTF? That is not what I said at all. There is more than historical precedent for how and when and for what length of time proroguing may be acceptable, what Boris has done is basically treasonous, where it not for tradition and her great age, the queen should have been expected to decline the request and might well have done so in years gone by.
Anyone ever seen Burt Lancaster's first film, "The Killers" was released on this date in 1946.
242Foxtrot comments on Aug 28, 2019:
A good one! This is number 29 on the list of 250 all time best Film Noir. Not too shabby.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2019:
Siodmak, was a unique and talent director of the golden age.
242Foxtrot comments on Aug 28, 2019:
A good one! This is number 29 on the list of 250 all time best Film Noir. Not too shabby.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2019:
Siodmak, was a unique and talent director of the golden age.
Anyone ever seen Burt Lancaster's first film, "The Killers" was released on this date in 1946.
freedom41 comments on Aug 28, 2019:
No, since I wasn't born until 31 years after its release.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2019:
That is the great thing about film, it lasts an awful long time
freedom41 comments on Aug 28, 2019:
No, since I wasn't born until 31 years after its release.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2019:
That is the great thing about film, it lasts an awful long time
I literally was wrong.
AmelieMatisse comments on Aug 27, 2019:
It seems as if usage of a word in a wrong context goes on for a while it becomes the norm and acceptable. It is annoying though
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse
Saying an Urban dictionary makes "it okay" is like saying books on aromatherapy are medical texts or that Ambrose Bierce's "Devil's Dictionary" is of equal merit to the Oxford dictionary because it has the word Dictionary in it's title.
AmelieMatisse comments on Aug 27, 2019:
It seems as if usage of a word in a wrong context goes on for a while it becomes the norm and acceptable. It is annoying though
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse
Saying an Urban dictionary makes "it okay" is like saying books on aromatherapy are medical texts or that Ambrose Bierce's "Devil's Dictionary" is of equal merit to the Oxford dictionary because it has the word Dictionary in it's title.
Mores - Pronunciation is moray - but please don't confuse it with the tropical eels which have no ...
brentan comments on Aug 28, 2019:
Developed from the saying "what's more.....", usually followed by "we've always done it this way".
Not to be confused with the scouts' delight - smores - which seems to have come from 'somethings more to eat'.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2019:
completely wrong I'm afraid
Mores comes from the Latin Mor/mos meaning a tradition, whereas More comes from the proto germanic moros meaning a greater amount.
Totally different etymological root
Incidentally Smores is actually spelled S'mores on both sides of the atlantic smore is Swedish for butter.
brentan comments on Aug 28, 2019:
Developed from the saying "what's more.....", usually followed by "we've always done it this way".
Not to be confused with the scouts' delight - smores - which seems to have come from 'somethings more to eat'.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2019:
completely wrong I'm afraid
Mores comes from the Latin Mor/mos meaning a tradition, whereas More comes from the proto germanic moros meaning a greater amount.
Totally different etymological root
Incidentally Smores is actually spelled S'mores on both sides of the atlantic smore is Swedish for butter.
I literally was wrong.
AmelieMatisse comments on Aug 27, 2019:
It seems as if usage of a word in a wrong context goes on for a while it becomes the norm and acceptable. It is annoying though
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2019:
When I was at primary school misuse of words, slang and hyperbole was not tolerated by teachers who believed strongly that such bad habits needed to be corrected and discouraged from the first instance.
Unfortunately having seen my children educated by teachers who are barely comprehensible and speak in trite pop culture idiom it does not surprise me that the language is suffering and degenerating to a collection of monosyllabic grudges Americanisms and expletives.
AmelieMatisse comments on Aug 27, 2019:
It seems as if usage of a word in a wrong context goes on for a while it becomes the norm and acceptable. It is annoying though
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2019:
When I was at primary school misuse of words, slang and hyperbole was not tolerated by teachers who believed strongly that such bad habits needed to be corrected and discouraged from the first instance.
Unfortunately having seen my children educated by teachers who are barely comprehensible and speak in trite pop culture idiom it does not surprise me that the language is suffering and degenerating to a collection of monosyllabic grudges Americanisms and expletives.
I literally was wrong.
Marionville comments on Aug 27, 2019:
Meanings often change, or develop a secondary meaning over time. This becomes acceptable through common usage.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2019:
I have heard this argument used many times (especially by my son who has a masters degree in English) and I admit for some nouns, proper nouns and pronouns it is true, as it is for metaphors. We have discussed here before how brand names and metonyms can become synonymous with other words, however there is a difference in my opinion between proper English, common usage, colloquialisms and slang and what should be tolerated rather than accepted in to the lexicon.
However changing the meaning of adjectives and verbs (and by extension adverbs) is a very dangerous practice that can and has lead to dangerous misunderstandings and even fatalities.
Some words should remain stable in meaning and retain a place as a common frame of reference for all speakers of the language, to do otherwise has been demonstrated amply as a hazardous state of affair by theologians and those of a religious bent who simply rewrite the dictionary for the purposes of theological apologia. For example faith, worship, scripture and witch have all taken on new meanings for no other purpose than equivocation.
Marionville comments on Aug 27, 2019:
Meanings often change, or develop a secondary meaning over time. This becomes acceptable through common usage.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2019:
I have heard this argument used many times (especially by my son who has a masters degree in English) and I admit for some nouns, proper nouns and pronouns it is true, as it is for metaphors. We have discussed here before how brand names and metonyms can become synonymous with other words, however there is a difference in my opinion between proper English, common usage, colloquialisms and slang and what should be tolerated rather than accepted in to the lexicon.
However changing the meaning of adjectives and verbs (and by extension adverbs) is a very dangerous practice that can and has lead to dangerous misunderstandings and even fatalities.
Some words should remain stable in meaning and retain a place as a common frame of reference for all speakers of the language, to do otherwise has been demonstrated amply as a hazardous state of affair by theologians and those of a religious bent who simply rewrite the dictionary for the purposes of theological apologia. For example faith, worship, scripture and witch have all taken on new meanings for no other purpose than equivocation.
WHATABOUTERY.
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 25, 2019:
In Philosophy and Rhetoric this known as a the Tu Quoque (You Too) logical fallacy and falls broadly under the umbrella of Ad hominem, since it attacks the interlocutor and not the argument, indicating a potential hypocrisy and mocking it.
My guess is that Tu Quoque (2 Cock) mixed with the word ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 25, 2019:
@Marionville
Thank you, I love the depth of your research in to word history.
However considering that Tebbit was blown up by the Ira and survived but his wife was crippled in the Brighton Bomb attack in 1984, Lord Fitt might have being been a BIT insensitive?
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 25, 2019:
In Philosophy and Rhetoric this known as a the Tu Quoque (You Too) logical fallacy and falls broadly under the umbrella of Ad hominem, since it attacks the interlocutor and not the argument, indicating a potential hypocrisy and mocking it.
My guess is that Tu Quoque (2 Cock) mixed with the word ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 25, 2019:
@Marionville
Thank you, I love the depth of your research in to word history.
However considering that Tebbit was blown up by the Ira and survived but his wife was crippled in the Brighton Bomb attack in 1984, Lord Fitt might have being been a BIT insensitive?
You really can not make some shit up.
AnneWimsey comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Shameful, ignorant, and elected......
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 25, 2019:
@mcgeo52
Well consider she was subject to gasps, but was not declared out of order, was not booed off the stage and was not arrested for incitement to racial hatred. Some one wanted to hear what the bitch had to say, and those someones all have a vote.
AnneWimsey comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Shameful, ignorant, and elected......
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 25, 2019:
@mcgeo52
Well consider she was subject to gasps, but was not declared out of order, was not booed off the stage and was not arrested for incitement to racial hatred. Some one wanted to hear what the bitch had to say, and those someones all have a vote.
You really can not make some shit up.
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Just goes to prove that Trump has made that which was unacceptable three years ago legitimate again, when your president calls you a fine person the racist ignorant pigs are going to believe him.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 25, 2019:
@altschmerz I know, but I have noticed in both the USA and the UK a growing arrogance and sense of self righteousness in people previously more cautious in what they might publically say.
When candidates like this "person" can openly campaign on a "white's only" essentially apartheid platform and not suffer the fate I assume the example you cited did or even be arrested for incitement., the social shift has gone in a very negative direction.
That it has happened so quickly is terrifying, the day after the Brexit vote I was in a shop and heard people yelling triumphantly that now we were "out" they would soon see the back of "All the F----ing P---ies" and trying to explain Pakistan was not in Europe, simply elicited the response that it didn't matter they were all C--ns and Brexit made it clear they were on borrowed time, England for the English and all that shit.
It is horrible and turning the tide is going to be difficult when (and if) these right wing hate mongers fall out of popularity with the idiot brigade.
In the USA where guns are so easily available if Trump loses legitimately in 2020 I fear you will see outraged armed mobs on the streets crying "fake news" and "Fix" and demanding he remain and if the Army or the national guard sides with such a mob it does not bare thinking about.
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Just goes to prove that Trump has made that which was unacceptable three years ago legitimate again, when your president calls you a fine person the racist ignorant pigs are going to believe him.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 25, 2019:
@altschmerz I know, but I have noticed in both the USA and the UK a growing arrogance and sense of self righteousness in people previously more cautious in what they might publically say.
When candidates like this "person" can openly campaign on a "white's only" essentially apartheid platform and not suffer the fate I assume the example you cited did or even be arrested for incitement., the social shift has gone in a very negative direction.
That it has happened so quickly is terrifying, the day after the Brexit vote I was in a shop and heard people yelling triumphantly that now we were "out" they would soon see the back of "All the F----ing P---ies" and trying to explain Pakistan was not in Europe, simply elicited the response that it didn't matter they were all C--ns and Brexit made it clear they were on borrowed time, England for the English and all that shit.
It is horrible and turning the tide is going to be difficult when (and if) these right wing hate mongers fall out of popularity with the idiot brigade.
In the USA where guns are so easily available if Trump loses legitimately in 2020 I fear you will see outraged armed mobs on the streets crying "fake news" and "Fix" and demanding he remain and if the Army or the national guard sides with such a mob it does not bare thinking about.
It: chapter two..
Anyone heard about it?
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 24, 2019:
I'm waiting to be able to sit and watch the whole story in a sitting.
Though to be honest I don't think anyone is going to displace Tim Curry in my mind as the definitive Pennywise.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@GuyKeith
Both Tim Curry is Legend
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 24, 2019:
I'm waiting to be able to sit and watch the whole story in a sitting.
Though to be honest I don't think anyone is going to displace Tim Curry in my mind as the definitive Pennywise.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@GuyKeith
Both Tim Curry is Legend
disconsolate adjective
dis·con·so·late | \ dis-ˈkän(t)-sə-lət \
1 : CHEERLESS
...
Marionville comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Or...as we Scots say DISJASKIT.....😢
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
I love that, what a perfect word
Marionville comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Or...as we Scots say DISJASKIT.....😢
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
I love that, what a perfect word
I'm aware that this meme is designed to upset me.
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 24, 2019:
This meme is a reworking of a moral panic campaign run by the British "News" Paper the Daily Express in 2015, the give away is the mention of free medical care, free school meals and education is almost verbatim.
The kick back ultimately lead to the Express changing hands from notorious Porn Barron...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@bigpawbullets A good comparison, except that because of its glory days during the first and second Wars, the Express has a tendency to be taken seriously, no matter how ludicrously ----ist (fill in preducidice of your choice).
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 24, 2019:
This meme is a reworking of a moral panic campaign run by the British "News" Paper the Daily Express in 2015, the give away is the mention of free medical care, free school meals and education is almost verbatim.
The kick back ultimately lead to the Express changing hands from notorious Porn Barron...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@bigpawbullets A good comparison, except that because of its glory days during the first and second Wars, the Express has a tendency to be taken seriously, no matter how ludicrously ----ist (fill in preducidice of your choice).
VESTIGIAL.
Charlene comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Can we say that Boris & Donald have Vestigial brains?
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
I wonder if it came to pass that Donald and Boris married would they be known Dobo or Doboy?
Charlene comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Can we say that Boris & Donald have Vestigial brains?
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
I wonder if it came to pass that Donald and Boris married would they be known Dobo or Doboy?
Makes sense.
oldFloyd comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Can you say delusional. Along with approximately 37% of the American public.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
As an outsider I cannot help but conclude many many people in the USA are suffering from Stockholm syndrome, they know they are in a cage, they know they are abused but have grown to love the bars, feel safe within them and as does the beaten wife they see the abuse by government agencies and social tradition as a sign of love and protection.
They are so comfortable within their cell that everything outside seems unknowable, wrong, frightening and dangerous.
Better the devil you know?
oldFloyd comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Can you say delusional. Along with approximately 37% of the American public.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
As an outsider I cannot help but conclude many many people in the USA are suffering from Stockholm syndrome, they know they are in a cage, they know they are abused but have grown to love the bars, feel safe within them and as does the beaten wife they see the abuse by government agencies and social tradition as a sign of love and protection.
They are so comfortable within their cell that everything outside seems unknowable, wrong, frightening and dangerous.
Better the devil you know?
Cruising the Internet today and came across a perfectly luscious word for this group.
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 22, 2019:
Naval gazing actually can induce a trance like state, prolonged bending of the neck limits bends and partially closes the veins and arteries in the neck, lowering the blood flow to the brain, starving it of oxygen and inducing sleepiness, trance like feelings and or hallucination.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@bradnyijuan Totally serious, my Grandmother had to have corrective surgery to straighten the kinked veins in her neck, the lack of oxygen to her brain was causing hallucinations and the cause was from continual bending of the head forward caused by arthritic weakness.
She had to wear a support collar for the remainder of her life.
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 22, 2019:
Naval gazing actually can induce a trance like state, prolonged bending of the neck limits bends and partially closes the veins and arteries in the neck, lowering the blood flow to the brain, starving it of oxygen and inducing sleepiness, trance like feelings and or hallucination.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@bradnyijuan Totally serious, my Grandmother had to have corrective surgery to straighten the kinked veins in her neck, the lack of oxygen to her brain was causing hallucinations and the cause was from continual bending of the head forward caused by arthritic weakness.
She had to wear a support collar for the remainder of her life.
Metonym: a thing or concept not called by its own name but by another word that is closely related ...
Marionville comments on Aug 24, 2019:
We use Westminster for our government in just the same way. Hoover instead of vacuum cleaner is another good example. It comes from the Greek metonymia (a change of name).
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
These (apart from Westminster which is a metonymy) are actually not metonyms they are generic trademarks.
It's a subtle difference but since metanym means literally "beyond the name" they usually refer to a point of origin or something metaphorical.
For example the final example given in the OP "Horny" refers to a metaphor of an erect male member being like the growth of Antlers on male stags in the mating season, or the thickening of skin to a hard horn like crust when male lizards prepare to fight for mating rights.
Marionville comments on Aug 24, 2019:
We use Westminster for our government in just the same way. Hoover instead of vacuum cleaner is another good example. It comes from the Greek metonymia (a change of name).
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
These (apart from Westminster which is a metonymy) are actually not metonyms they are generic trademarks.
It's a subtle difference but since metanym means literally "beyond the name" they usually refer to a point of origin or something metaphorical.
For example the final example given in the OP "Horny" refers to a metaphor of an erect male member being like the growth of Antlers on male stags in the mating season, or the thickening of skin to a hard horn like crust when male lizards prepare to fight for mating rights.
Christopher Hitchens had slight variations on this over the years but this is a composite of my ...
Joanne comments on Aug 23, 2019:
Catholicism accepts evolution so this scenario is more problematic to them. But, Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Conservative Christians insist that humans were created only six to ten thousand years ago--and closer to six. There are still a multitude of problems with their scenario, but they don't ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@brentan It is not meant to be humorous, all I have stated is either historical fact or a reasonable inductive conclusion.
Joanne comments on Aug 23, 2019:
Catholicism accepts evolution so this scenario is more problematic to them. But, Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Conservative Christians insist that humans were created only six to ten thousand years ago--and closer to six. There are still a multitude of problems with their scenario, but they don't ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@brentan It is not meant to be humorous, all I have stated is either historical fact or a reasonable inductive conclusion.
How to stop men from picking up a precious wood sculpture?
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 23, 2019:
Sorry but if you leave something that looks like an ash tray on a table in a room people are going to think it is a bowl or an ash tray simple as that.
I have a display cabinet in my front room and anything precious to me (mainly presents or achievements by my kids and grand kids, but some art and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@RiverRick It is traditional in some parts of England that ashtrays have an ornate base with a delve in them into which a fitted brass, steel or glass bowl sits, and to be honest I agree it seemed to be this was the functional purpose of the art, and as such was meant to be picked up and moved to where needed.
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 23, 2019:
Sorry but if you leave something that looks like an ash tray on a table in a room people are going to think it is a bowl or an ash tray simple as that.
I have a display cabinet in my front room and anything precious to me (mainly presents or achievements by my kids and grand kids, but some art and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@RiverRick It is traditional in some parts of England that ashtrays have an ornate base with a delve in them into which a fitted brass, steel or glass bowl sits, and to be honest I agree it seemed to be this was the functional purpose of the art, and as such was meant to be picked up and moved to where needed.
How to stop men from picking up a precious wood sculpture?
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 23, 2019:
Sorry but if you leave something that looks like an ash tray on a table in a room people are going to think it is a bowl or an ash tray simple as that.
I have a display cabinet in my front room and anything precious to me (mainly presents or achievements by my kids and grand kids, but some art and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@LiterateHiker
You are quite right I do know nothing about Northwest Pacific Coast Native art, and so too I expect do about 98% of other people.
Is it altogether reasonable for you to expect every other person to have such knowledge in order to fit in with your personal tastes?
I am very versed in the art and culture of ancient Egypt, I would not dream of expecting anyone else who came in to my home to understand and show respect to a statue of Sekhmet I have in my front room, so I keep it safe.
I am sorry if you find it unreasonable for "men" not to mistake the (quite reasonable) uses and purposes of your art without prior knowledge, but I find it unreasonable for my entire sex to be labeled as uncultured and bad mannered because you choose to have your home fitted out to favour your enthusiasms with not thought for the protection of your art or the sensibilities of others.
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 23, 2019:
Sorry but if you leave something that looks like an ash tray on a table in a room people are going to think it is a bowl or an ash tray simple as that.
I have a display cabinet in my front room and anything precious to me (mainly presents or achievements by my kids and grand kids, but some art and ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@LiterateHiker
You are quite right I do know nothing about Northwest Pacific Coast Native art, and so too I expect do about 98% of other people.
Is it altogether reasonable for you to expect every other person to have such knowledge in order to fit in with your personal tastes?
I am very versed in the art and culture of ancient Egypt, I would not dream of expecting anyone else who came in to my home to understand and show respect to a statue of Sekhmet I have in my front room, so I keep it safe.
I am sorry if you find it unreasonable for "men" not to mistake the (quite reasonable) uses and purposes of your art without prior knowledge, but I find it unreasonable for my entire sex to be labeled as uncultured and bad mannered because you choose to have your home fitted out to favour your enthusiasms with not thought for the protection of your art or the sensibilities of others.
Christopher Hitchens had slight variations on this over the years but this is a composite of my ...
Joanne comments on Aug 23, 2019:
Catholicism accepts evolution so this scenario is more problematic to them. But, Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Conservative Christians insist that humans were created only six to ten thousand years ago--and closer to six. There are still a multitude of problems with their scenario, but they don't ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 23, 2019:
@brentan Since most of the events of the gospels are plagiarized from elsewhere it is likely that someone once did arrange with his followers to drug him with a catalypsey inducing drug on the "Sponge on a stick" which the Romans would find very funny as sour wine soaked sponges on sticks were their version of toilet paper, they were literally making an arse of him.
They then take him down after paying a soldier to prod him with a spear instead of breaking his legs, and revive him afterward.
The same thing happened a few centuries later when the highwayman Jack Shepard was hanged, after being drugged to fake an quick death, he was then taken down, revived and spirited away to the USA.
Joanne comments on Aug 23, 2019:
Catholicism accepts evolution so this scenario is more problematic to them. But, Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Conservative Christians insist that humans were created only six to ten thousand years ago--and closer to six. There are still a multitude of problems with their scenario, but they don't ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 23, 2019:
@brentan Since most of the events of the gospels are plagiarized from elsewhere it is likely that someone once did arrange with his followers to drug him with a catalypsey inducing drug on the "Sponge on a stick" which the Romans would find very funny as sour wine soaked sponges on sticks were their version of toilet paper, they were literally making an arse of him.
They then take him down after paying a soldier to prod him with a spear instead of breaking his legs, and revive him afterward.
The same thing happened a few centuries later when the highwayman Jack Shepard was hanged, after being drugged to fake an quick death, he was then taken down, revived and spirited away to the USA.
For the most part, I agree with these ... what say you ?
dare2dream comments on Aug 23, 2019:
Yes, that describes toxic monogamy. That does not mean there is no such thing as a healthy monogamy.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 23, 2019:
Exactly what I want to say.
dare2dream comments on Aug 23, 2019:
Yes, that describes toxic monogamy. That does not mean there is no such thing as a healthy monogamy.
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 23, 2019:
Exactly what I want to say.
Christopher Hitchens had slight variations on this over the years but this is a composite of my ...
Joanne comments on Aug 23, 2019:
Catholicism accepts evolution so this scenario is more problematic to them. But, Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Conservative Christians insist that humans were created only six to ten thousand years ago--and closer to six. There are still a multitude of problems with their scenario, but they don't ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 23, 2019:
Well even in that scenario God spent thousands of years damning everyone and basically not giving a shit.
Joanne comments on Aug 23, 2019:
Catholicism accepts evolution so this scenario is more problematic to them. But, Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Conservative Christians insist that humans were created only six to ten thousand years ago--and closer to six. There are still a multitude of problems with their scenario, but they don't ...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 23, 2019:
Well even in that scenario God spent thousands of years damning everyone and basically not giving a shit.
[disclose.
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 23, 2019:
I think the first minute of this clips sums it up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b811-wtthOQ
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 23, 2019:
@sassygirl3869 Me too
LenHazell53 comments on Aug 23, 2019:
I think the first minute of this clips sums it up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b811-wtthOQ
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 23, 2019:
@sassygirl3869 Me too
Men's Friends vs. Women's Friends
LOL....
Do you agree?
VictoriaNotes comments on Aug 22, 2019:
That cracked me up, especially the two claiming he's still there.
As a man, do you agree that your 10 best (guy?) friends would cover for you?
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 22, 2019:
@VictoriaNotes I had the same problem with my first wife, on top of which she was violent and abusive. When we split up six different people said, oh you found out about her affair then, all six were talking about different affairs four men and two women with who my "loving wife " had been sleeping. I actually never left her, she kicked me out for having an affair (that never happened) with a female work colleague.
VictoriaNotes comments on Aug 22, 2019:
That cracked me up, especially the two claiming he's still there.
As a man, do you agree that your 10 best (guy?) friends would cover for you?
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 22, 2019:
@VictoriaNotes I had the same problem with my first wife, on top of which she was violent and abusive. When we split up six different people said, oh you found out about her affair then, all six were talking about different affairs four men and two women with who my "loving wife " had been sleeping. I actually never left her, she kicked me out for having an affair (that never happened) with a female work colleague.
Men's Friends vs. Women's Friends
LOL....
Do you agree?
VictoriaNotes comments on Aug 22, 2019:
That cracked me up, especially the two claiming he's still there.
As a man, do you agree that your 10 best (guy?) friends would cover for you?
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 22, 2019:
@Jolanta
"And what would a man say if his wife went to a party without him and did not come home until the next day?"
Probably if he is English, he would say something like *" Where the hell are all my clean socks?"*
VictoriaNotes comments on Aug 22, 2019:
That cracked me up, especially the two claiming he's still there.
As a man, do you agree that your 10 best (guy?) friends would cover for you?
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 22, 2019:
@Jolanta
"And what would a man say if his wife went to a party without him and did not come home until the next day?"
Probably if he is English, he would say something like *" Where the hell are all my clean socks?"*
QUIDNUNC.
dede18 comments on Aug 19, 2019:
the dedicated followers of “The Inquirer” ... okay, I admit i glance at the front page while in the checkout line, but usually bursts into laughter and saying to a bystander “REALly. ???”
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 19, 2019:
@dede18 Ran every week from 1973 to 2007 all over the world, specials are still published now and then
Edit apparently it still exists as an internet publication available to print out or read online.
dede18 comments on Aug 19, 2019:
the dedicated followers of “The Inquirer” ... okay, I admit i glance at the front page while in the checkout line, but usually bursts into laughter and saying to a bystander “REALly. ???”
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 19, 2019:
@dede18 Ran every week from 1973 to 2007 all over the world, specials are still published now and then
Edit apparently it still exists as an internet publication available to print out or read online.
QUIDNUNC.
dede18 comments on Aug 19, 2019:
the dedicated followers of “The Inquirer” ... okay, I admit i glance at the front page while in the checkout line, but usually bursts into laughter and saying to a bystander “REALly. ???”
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 19, 2019:
Weekly world news was even better
dede18 comments on Aug 19, 2019:
the dedicated followers of “The Inquirer” ... okay, I admit i glance at the front page while in the checkout line, but usually bursts into laughter and saying to a bystander “REALly. ???”
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 19, 2019:
Weekly world news was even better
What's the biggest red flag when meeting new people?
Cutiebeauty comments on Aug 18, 2019:
Avoiding direct questions...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 19, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty That's why I got out of sales a long time ago, one of the few professions where being a smarmy git is a professional requirement
Cutiebeauty comments on Aug 18, 2019:
Avoiding direct questions...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 19, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty That's why I got out of sales a long time ago, one of the few professions where being a smarmy git is a professional requirement
What's the biggest red flag when meeting new people?
bobwjr comments on Aug 18, 2019:
Meet my church group or send me money
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 19, 2019:
The good con man does not ask for your confidence they offer you theirs.
bobwjr comments on Aug 18, 2019:
Meet my church group or send me money
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 19, 2019:
The good con man does not ask for your confidence they offer you theirs.
What's the biggest red flag when meeting new people?
Cutiebeauty comments on Aug 18, 2019:
Avoiding direct questions...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 19, 2019:
Hmm interesting how do you define direct? 😉
Cutiebeauty comments on Aug 18, 2019:
Avoiding direct questions...
LenHazell53 replies on Aug 19, 2019:
Hmm interesting how do you define direct? 😉
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