The Sumerian writings talk about the Anunnaki taking their dna and mixing it with the dna of the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I find Exogenesis an interesting idea that at the present is no more than a hypothesis, unfortunately a lot of quacks and followers of the con man von Däniken have dragged the whole concept in to disrepute by passing of fantasy and speculation as evidence. There are circumstantial reason to keep ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 30, 2018:

@david75090 Fair enough, you know what I have and have not read, you really want to believe things people tell you in fictional books, your faith cannot and will not be shaken. Man, you would have made a great Mormon, want to buy some alien proof undies? Very reasonable price :)

The Sumerian writings talk about the Anunnaki taking their dna and mixing it with the dna of the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I find Exogenesis an interesting idea that at the present is no more than a hypothesis, unfortunately a lot of quacks and followers of the con man von Däniken have dragged the whole concept in to disrepute by passing of fantasy and speculation as evidence. There are circumstantial reason to keep ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 30, 2018:

@david75090 I am an atheist, I have no interest in the Bible only fact, of which these gentlemen have none, just speculation and avarice, I could care less if one load of bullshit contradicts another load of ancient bullshit. They ask the gullible to replace one delusion with another, one drain on their time and resources with another. The only difference being that these modern charlatans don't have the excuse of being ignorant primitives, they are just amoral.

@Admin a friend just told me about a fella she thought could be a scammer - but she couldn't block ...

RavenCT comments on Oct 30, 2018:

So in the meantime (Until whatever it is gets fixed) you can go to the "gear icon" and click on it - and then open the block tab - and enter a member name and block from there - this is a screen shot of that from my block page:

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 30, 2018:

I did this and it still does not block them completely

The Sumerian writings talk about the Anunnaki taking their dna and mixing it with the dna of the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I find Exogenesis an interesting idea that at the present is no more than a hypothesis, unfortunately a lot of quacks and followers of the con man von Däniken have dragged the whole concept in to disrepute by passing of fantasy and speculation as evidence. There are circumstantial reason to keep ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 30, 2018:

@david75090 And you have the gal to say **I** don't know what **I** am talking about, next you'll be asserting the Velikovsky hypothesis was viable too. Stichin has been debunked by every reputable scientist and historian who had read his pseudo intellectual, inaccurate, money grubbing, waffle. His source material has been translated and commented on many times since with none of the "imaginative" reinterpretation found in the texts by him, yet he is held up as an authority by the ancient astronaut-er, as guys like William Curtis and Ted Driggers are held up as "Creationist scientist" by the Adam and Eve crowd, except of course they are not because their doctorates are in totally unrelated subjects (Theology and Business respectively) Stichin's doctorate is not in archaeology, history, linguistics or any of the sciences it is in ***Economics.*** Would you let a doctor of economics operate on your child, just because he the right to call himself Doctor? Much of Von Däniken work has been shown to be deliberately dishonest and since the eighties he has been almost universally accepted as a clever writer of mockumentary fiction, with photos taken from odd angles to make a small knee cap of a chalk carving bird look ten times the size and appear like a helicopter pad, plaques flipped upside down to make house hold items look like (vaguely) space crafts and out right lies about where items were found to shove them in to his frankly ridiculous "theories" and I use the word ironically. He is a quack, and inspired subsequent generations of quacks to follow him on to the gravy train of public gullibility and I am sorry mate but you are obviously one of them.

Can you identify that movie- Part 7?

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 30, 2018:

The howling?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 30, 2018:

Don't quote me but I seem to recall the Bar in the Howling is called OLY's

Name your favorite?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Ace of Wands A great horror kids show, unfortunate all but a few episodes of series three are lost.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 30, 2018:

@Sheannutt Not a lot of people have unfortunately, but it was a huge hit in the UK and Australia in the early 70s, very much touted as ITV's answer to Doctor Who. Tarot is a stage magician and inventor many magic trick, he is also however a psychic detective and able to communicated telepathically with his stage assistant and his pet owl Ozymandias. Over the three series he and his assistants and road manager faced everything from a resurrected ancient Egyptian gods, the London Mob, the rouge sorcerer Mr Stab, a group of Technomancers and a powerful psychic named Mr Peacock able to create illusions so real in the minds of his victims that they are driven to suicide or madness. Many of the episodes were written by horror and Sci Fi master P.J. Hammond . The show was pulled after three seasons thanks to complaints from professional busy body Mary Whitehouse and her "National Viewers' and Listeners' Association," (commonly known as the blue rinse mafia) who claimed it was encouraging satanism and sexually permissiveness. Then most of the episodes were "accidentally" destroyed. It was replaced by the much tamer "Tomorrow People" and until the early 21st century when an Australian TV Station found copies of the whole of Series three and one episode each from series one and two, which were released to great demand on DVD.

PERNICIOUS: per-ni-cious.

brentan comments on Oct 29, 2018:

Tr...............Iago, the villain in Othello.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 29, 2018:

Very apt

An all powerful "god" who can do everything:

Heraclitus comments on Oct 28, 2018:

Superman had his kryptonite, and Yahweh had his iron. :)

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 28, 2018:

Strangely an aversion to Iron is a consistent theme in many mythologies, Satan for instance has three natural enemies salt, silver and Iron, elves and fairy folk are supposed to be repelled by iron especially magnetic iron which is why coffins were bound with iron straps and horse shoes over doors forbid entry to faeries.

The Sumerian writings talk about the Anunnaki taking their dna and mixing it with the dna of the ...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I find Exogenesis an interesting idea that at the present is no more than a hypothesis, unfortunately a lot of quacks and followers of the con man von Däniken have dragged the whole concept in to disrepute by passing of fantasy and speculation as evidence. There are circumstantial reason to keep ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 28, 2018:

@david75090 Giving credence to Sitchin because he is not von Däniken is like saying cat poop does not smell because it is not Horse dung. ;)

Do you celebrate Christmas as a family social gathering without God?

WilliamFleming comments on Oct 27, 2018:

No, it’s Yule. Call it Yule please.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 27, 2018:

@brentan and he had not answered so I did, if you find acts of kindness rude, I invite you to block me.

Do you celebrate Christmas as a family social gathering without God?

WilliamFleming comments on Oct 27, 2018:

No, it’s Yule. Call it Yule please.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 27, 2018:

@brentan If you ask a question and don't want it answered why ask it?

Do you celebrate Christmas as a family social gathering without God?

WilliamFleming comments on Oct 27, 2018:

No, it’s Yule. Call it Yule please.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 27, 2018:

My niece only ever calls this time of the year as Yule

Do you celebrate Christmas as a family social gathering without God?

WilliamFleming comments on Oct 27, 2018:

No, it’s Yule. Call it Yule please.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 27, 2018:

@brentan North western Germanic, including the Gauls and southern Scandinavia

Perfect movie for this time of year.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 27, 2018:

One of my wife's favourite films

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 27, 2018:

@Sheannutt So does she, almost always gets played on a double bill with either the Witches of Eastwick or The Craft

Has anyone seen this?

Charles1971 comments on Oct 27, 2018:

I saw Halloween last weekend. It was a fairly decent slasher/horror movie. I've seen better horror movies and much much worse ones. This one falls in the middle. It's worth watching if you're in the mood for a fairly typical slasher movie. Just an FYI, this movie completely ignores Halloween 4 ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 27, 2018:

Not typical at all, in fact it breaks every trope of the slasher genre, deliberately and completely.

Has anyone seen this?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 27, 2018:

Saw it yesterday, really enjoyed, great new take on the franchise.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 27, 2018:

@GuyKeith There is a lot in the film, but since it successfully tries to be both a sequel and a remake, this is to be expected. I have noticed a trend recently of older actresses and former scream queen becoming the major players in horror films in the last few years (notably Lin Shaye in Blumhouse productions and Meg Foster returning in Jeepers Creeper 3 etc ) So Jamie Leigh Curtis here reprising an older mentally scarred Laurie Strode is neither surprising nor disappointing suffice to say she dominates the film completely. The opening scenes are nightmarish and draw the viewer in immediately, this film like the original more than tips a wink to Psycho but plays with those references cleverly. The foreshadowing is both subtle and clever and the underlying theme of obsession ties the tangled subplots together logically and with suspenseful tension. If you go in to this expecting Halloween resurrection, or Rob Zombies blood fests you are going to be disappointed, if you are prepared for an intelligent psychological horror thriller with an intelligent script and indiscriminate violence against not only teenagers but people of all ages, you will not be disappointed. With this film the slasher movie belatedly comes of age.

"What is normal?" Gordi La Forge. "Normal is what is everyone else is and you are not." Dr. Soran.

powder comments on Oct 26, 2018:

Median average. Need a group to judge normal. We are all individuals.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 26, 2018:

Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't need to follow me. You don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals! Crowd: [in unison] Yes! We're all individuals! Brian: You're all different! Crowd: [in unison] Yes, we are all different! Man in crowd: I'm not... Crowd: Shhh! M. Python

Political correctness was not even the original term it was called Alternate insert target here.

Wangobango3 comments on Oct 14, 2018:

Wake the fuck up. P.C. Is just a sideshow, a distraction, while the 1% finish looting the Treasury. The real story of the last couple of decades is the massive transfer of Weath to the Wealthy from everyone else. Keep your eye on the ball.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 25, 2018:

@ailurophile Had I said Rockefeller instead of Rothschild would you have called me anti-christian? Don't be lazy, I'm part Jewish myself and being Jewish does not except you from being greedy, a crook, amoral or any other failing of any other religion or race. The Rothschild family have always been bankers first since the 17 hundreds, everything else a distant second. So call me anti capitalist, anti banker or any other ill informed tripe you like, but calling out bankers of any race for treating their customers like shit has nothing to do with what ever god delusion they do or do not follow.

As a survivor of multiple traumas, MeToo is profoundly important to me.

UpsideDownAgain comments on Oct 25, 2018:

I don't think the fear of false accusation should be dismissed any more than the fear women face of attack. If we are truly going to fix this problem it will be by considering the concerns of both sides and finding solutions that address them both. If we can better protect women from assault *and* ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 25, 2018:

@meili Well said.

I think I understood all his words!

MarkWolf comments on Oct 24, 2018:

Where do I find out whether there’s an alternative word for ‘thesaurus’?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 25, 2018:

Yes Banking house, it is the original meaning of the word "thesauros" which is also the root word of Treasure

What is your opinion on infant circumcision?

Green_eyes comments on Oct 24, 2018:

Had both my boys done as babies. Didn’t think twice. My ex had to be done as an adult and was insistent but we had that conversation early on and were both in favor. I wouldn’t say this is violent physical abuse. It’s a medical procedure that takes less than five minutes.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 25, 2018:

@Green_eyes Of course I am perfectly aware of the difference, and both are obnoxious, both are the deliberate mutation of the genital organs of an infant BY AMPUTATION with no consent is in no way a false equivalency especially in the context of intent. Circumcision has nothing to do with hygiene, it is a barbaric religious practice designed to lessen or in the case of FGM obliterate the pleasurable side of "Dirty Sex" and make it simply for procreation. That you chose to cut off a part of your infant child's body for no good reason, make my appreciation of your proxy choices on their behalf and your "Training" pretty low. However to return to the original post, and doubly so in your case how can you as a medical professional justify unnecessary and elective surgery.

What is your opinion on infant circumcision?

Green_eyes comments on Oct 24, 2018:

Had both my boys done as babies. Didn’t think twice. My ex had to be done as an adult and was insistent but we had that conversation early on and were both in favor. I wouldn’t say this is violent physical abuse. It’s a medical procedure that takes less than five minutes.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 24, 2018:

For what possible purpose? Would you have had female circumcision done if they were girls? If not why not? This is simply elective involuntary surgery done on an infant, how can you possibly justify that?

What is your opinion on infant circumcision?

Sticks48 comments on Oct 24, 2018:

I have absolutely no problem with my being snipped.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 24, 2018:

@Sticks48 fair enough

What is your opinion on infant circumcision?

Sticks48 comments on Oct 24, 2018:

I have absolutely no problem with my being snipped.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 24, 2018:

@Sticks48 Good for you, but you must admit you have never had the chance to compare, you simply had a fait accompli dumped on you. I personally find the idea of infant genital mutilation horrific in men and women.

Donald Trump used a word he's 'not supposed to.' Here's why. - CNNPolitics

Dietl comments on Oct 24, 2018:

Trump (two weeks later): "Not only am I a Nationalist, I also believe in social programs like the school system. So I'm also a kind of Socialist. I'm a National Socialist, what's wrong with that? Being a Nazi just means you think highly of your country while also supporting the school system." This...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 24, 2018:

Clever

What is your opinion on infant circumcision?

Sticks48 comments on Oct 24, 2018:

I have absolutely no problem with my being snipped.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 24, 2018:

But was it done to you in infancy without your consent?

What do you think would have happened if feudalism would have been left in tact to evolve...

Matias comments on Oct 24, 2018:

It would look like as in Russia, where we witness a modern version of feudalism: Putin is a kind of tzar, with his buddies as vassals who get their "fiefs" (as governors or mayors in the province, or as bosses of Rosneft or Gazprom or any other company). And if some of them falls out with the ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 24, 2018:

*trumped up* "fiscal fraud" LOL that phrase is so much more meaningful these days ;)

First, let me say that the Kavanaugh appointment was a disgrace.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 23, 2018:

21st century USA folks

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 23, 2018:

@genessa No you voted instead for a woman who has been proven a liar on no end of occasions who married a proven liar and adulterer and made excuses for him, then operated a foundation linked to no end of corruption and in contravention of all governmental protocol operated a private server out of her basement and so on and so on. But even then I would still trust her more than some one who took seriously a group who carried out religious anti magic ritual to protect an alleged sex criminal from the machinations of a coven of witches and did not collapse laughing, but instead put it out a serious story in the MSM.

First, let me say that the Kavanaugh appointment was a disgrace.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 23, 2018:

21st century USA folks

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 23, 2018:

@genessa Are you saying she is a witch too?

I experience this similar sentiment when I date. Suddenly I am "too much, too loud"

Our_existence comments on Oct 22, 2018:

There's a strong woman which I encourage. Then there are women who can act more like a man then most men. There has to be a balance. Bare foot, pregnant and in the kitchen is not the right place to be....unless the woman chooses that lifestyle.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 23, 2018:

@Our_existance I know, I was an abused spouse too, you seem to have fared better than I, I gave up literally everything (except for one guitar, a type writer and six video tapes) to get away from her and it was worth every penny. I know women can be abusers too.

I experience this similar sentiment when I date. Suddenly I am "too much, too loud"

Our_existence comments on Oct 22, 2018:

There's a strong woman which I encourage. Then there are women who can act more like a man then most men. There has to be a balance. Bare foot, pregnant and in the kitchen is not the right place to be....unless the woman chooses that lifestyle.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 23, 2018:

@LucyLoohoo My point exactly this is a power trip thing, not a gender issue, and unfortunately a small number of women believe *being a woman* gives them that power by right. eg. I can physically abuse a man but he cannot fight back I can verbally bully a man he cannot stand up to me with out appearing sexist I can call all men bloody stupid or pigs, they cannot generalize about women Women can be thought justified in being utterly chauvinist but can never be called sexist because women by definition cannot be sexist. and now the latest horror. Accusation by a woman against a man requires a presumption of guilty until proven innocent. This, ironically, of course is quite literally the mentality of "the Witch Hunt" the greatest crime against women in history.

Has anyone ever seen?

RileyStevens comments on Oct 21, 2018:

One of my favorites. https://youtu.be/gukIa86UAQI

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

wonderful film, one of Vincent price's better performances, plus William Castle could work wonders with nothing budgets.

I experience this similar sentiment when I date. Suddenly I am "too much, too loud"

Our_existence comments on Oct 22, 2018:

There's a strong woman which I encourage. Then there are women who can act more like a man then most men. There has to be a balance. Bare foot, pregnant and in the kitchen is not the right place to be....unless the woman chooses that lifestyle.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

@Our_existance Yes I had a lecturer at university who was a total Misandrist, I was the only man in her psychology of humour class and when it appeared I was going to get a higher mark than any of her other students "Lost" ten pages of my module essay and marked me down, fortunately I had lodged a second copy and was able to prove a complaint against her, but in the time taken to resolve the issue and bring a complaint against her the secondary marker could only increase my grade by 10% and so I lost out on my 1st by only a few points. Irrational prejudice is hard to prove, but it's effects can be devastating.

SPOILERS S11 E3 - Rosa Discussion post.

MarvelAnn comments on Oct 21, 2018:

Also, I'd like to say that while I realize Chibnall's showrunner credentials are all in drama...I'm wondering if he knows this is a sci-fi show.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

@Aivery completely correct, the reason it stayed a police box was to save money on not having to build a new one every few weeks, incidentally the same goes for why Doctor who has no question mark on the titles as originally intended, the Graphics department charged by the letter and including the space the punctuation mark would have taken the title over ten characters and cost double the price, so it was left off.

SPOILERS S11 E3 - Rosa Discussion post.

MarvelAnn comments on Oct 21, 2018:

I liked the episode. The ending was a bit forced...didn't need the history recap. I think pondering about the bad guy would have been more appropriate.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

@MarvelAnn It was co-created by Sydney Newman, head of children's programming at the BBC in 1963 as a replacement for Pathfinders another Kids adventure show, and until the film revival in 1996 was always produced by the BBC children's programming department. It is why the budgets for classic who were always so low.

Did you ever have a crush on an animation or in my warped case a puppet?

AtheistReader comments on Oct 22, 2018:

Of course I did. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqWwHI604n4

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

@MsDemeanour "She" is a robot

I experience this similar sentiment when I date. Suddenly I am "too much, too loud"

Our_existence comments on Oct 22, 2018:

There's a strong woman which I encourage. Then there are women who can act more like a man then most men. There has to be a balance. Bare foot, pregnant and in the kitchen is not the right place to be....unless the woman chooses that lifestyle.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

@ailurophile I supposed it refers to the classically masculine traits like bravery, physical prowess, fair and just behaviour to others and emotional control. Which is a course a nonsense if you have ever seen a woman react to her family being threatened, deal with a crisis or break up a fight between siblings without undermining either of them. But contrarily I know many men who display an abundance of traditionally feminine traits such as gentleness, kindness, nurturing and nursing instinct, natural parenting and empathy. I believe the perceived imbalance is pretty much a myth brought about by social constructs.

IMPORTUNE.

Charlene comments on Oct 22, 2018:

Televangelists need to stop imploring people for their hard earned cash. It's importune and degrading to beg for More money..

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

Ah the prosperity gospel, let this be the only commandment **"God Needs Cash"**

IMPORTUNE.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 22, 2018:

Yes in the English law importuning is the equivalent criminal offence to soliciting when the prostitute is homosexual male .

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

@Marionville Yes it is stupid, but apparently a man can solicit another man for sexual intercourse, only importune him for immoral purposes. Legally sexual intercourse requires the presence of a vagina...apparently.

IMPORTUNE.

Catrachel1111 comments on Oct 22, 2018:

This word describes the plot of Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

That Sam I am, that Sam I am, I do not like that Sam I am......

I experience this similar sentiment when I date. Suddenly I am "too much, too loud"

glennlab comments on Oct 22, 2018:

Strong women can be sexy.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

damn right, and helpful too. You get much farther in this life withe strong partner than with a passenger.

I experience this similar sentiment when I date. Suddenly I am "too much, too loud"

coralisthree comments on Oct 22, 2018:

Let our voices be heard!

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

Let everyone's voice be heard, so long as they have something helpful and intelligent to say, uneducated loud mouths of either sex would do better to spend some time listening.

I experience this similar sentiment when I date. Suddenly I am "too much, too loud"

Our_existence comments on Oct 22, 2018:

There's a strong woman which I encourage. Then there are women who can act more like a man then most men. There has to be a balance. Bare foot, pregnant and in the kitchen is not the right place to be....unless the woman chooses that lifestyle.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

@ailurophile It's called freedom of choice, something we should all have in all situations but are all often denied for reasons of expediency, practicality and legality.

I experience this similar sentiment when I date. Suddenly I am "too much, too loud"

silverotter11 comments on Oct 22, 2018:

Oh Yeah! On the job I am one of the crew, I'll stride confidently around, and I am called a bitch when I expect the guys to get the work done before goofing off.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

No if you are the boss or the manager as I was for twenty odd years, both men and women will call you a complete bastard bitch or worse if you tell them to do what they are bloody well paid for, it's part of the job nothing to do with gender. The worker hats the manager, the manager hates the director, the director hates the proprietor and every on thinks the next one up the ladder it a lazy useless incompetent.

Today's rant Political correctness was not even the original term it was called Alternate ...

MikeInBatonRouge comments on Oct 22, 2018:

Okay, counter-rant: you have painted a picture in which identity-based discrimination and oppression are relics of the past. They are not. I can speak better to the American experience than to the British, but the rise of White Christian nationalism in both countries is evidence of my point. ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

You make a lot of fair points, I agree there is not and will never be "Nirvana" I for one would not want it because a benign dictatorship is still a dictatorship, but when the good intentions of the past are discredited by the successor of today and play in to the hands of the oppressors I am so reminded of the words of Kipling The Disciple He that hath a Gospel To loose upon Mankind, Though he serve it utterly-- Body, soul and mind-- Though he go to Calvary Daily for its gain-- It is His Disciple Shall make his labour vain. He that hath a Gospel For all earth to own-- Though he etch it on the steel, Or carve it on the stone-- Not to be misdoubted Through the after-days-- It is His Disciple Shall read it many ways. It is His Disciple (Ere Those Bones are dust ) Who shall change the Charter, Who shall split the Trust-- Amplify distinctions, Rationalize the Claim; Preaching that the Master Would have done the same. It is His Disciple Who shall tell us how Much the Master would have scrapped Had he lived till now-- What he would have modified Of what he said before. It is His Disciple Shall do this and more.... He that hath a Gospel Whereby Heaven is won ( Carpenter, or cameleer, Or Maya's dreaming son ), Many swords shell pierce Him, Mingling blood with gall; But His Own Disciple Shall wound Him worst of all!

"Human power depends on mass cooperation, mass cooperation depends on manufacturing mass identities ...

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 21, 2018:

No, that was Lenin's idea. It is shown thruout history that One person, who can lead the masses, is what creates change! Martin Luther King? Lincoln? Even Hitler? Etc etc etc Leadership, not "the masses" en masse

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 22, 2018:

@AnneWimsey Yeah I watched Doctor Who last night too. Rosa Parks an Übermensch if ever there was one :)

"Human power depends on mass cooperation, mass cooperation depends on manufacturing mass identities ...

AnneWimsey comments on Oct 21, 2018:

No, that was Lenin's idea. It is shown thruout history that One person, who can lead the masses, is what creates change! Martin Luther King? Lincoln? Even Hitler? Etc etc etc Leadership, not "the masses" en masse

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2018:

where the Übermensch leads the herd follows

"Human power depends on mass cooperation, mass cooperation depends on manufacturing mass identities ...

LucyLoohoo comments on Oct 21, 2018:

We are a ''story-telling'' species...and a tribal one, too. Put these together and it's not always a good result.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2018:

Pan Narrans.

Damn, that was a new personal record for Bob…

Cutiebeauty comments on Oct 21, 2018:

Is it in? Rolf

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2018:

the most soul crushing three words in the history of mankind.

2 Kings 2:23-24 (King James Version): And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going ...

BriWilly comments on Oct 21, 2018:

So who was being called “Baldy”?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2018:

Elisha

Genesis 38:9-10 9 Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his ...

Leafhead comments on Oct 21, 2018:

Suicide is the ultimate sin. WTF?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2018:

No wanking is

One of us was more pragmatic than the other. Neither of us has succeeded.

HankSherman comments on Oct 21, 2018:

Roy Rogers and Lash LaRue were my hero's....I even got a bullwhip when I was nine or ten.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2018:

Lash La Rue was so cool when I was a kid, then I grew up and realised I was watching a guy dressed in black leather using a whip a little too expertly

Quote of the day: "Blind believe in authority is the greatest enemy of truth." Albert Einstein

gater comments on Oct 19, 2018:

That depends on if the authority is truthful.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2018:

@gater You are saying there is such a thing as objective / universal truth?

Abortions: should there be a time limit?

Marine comments on Oct 20, 2018:

There should be a time limit except for medical reasons for the mother. If the baby has progressed to the point it could survive outside the mother I feel it would be murder also.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2018:

I agree if the being has progressed to the point it can survive outside the mother then it is no longer a termination or an abortion it is induced labour or a Cesarean birth or if death is induced murder, it comes down to the point when your define it as a zygote, an embryo, fetus and a baby. However until that point, it is the choice of the mother or host if mother is too emotive a term. Accidental, or unwanted pregnancy ruins lives, pregnancy from rape or desertion also do so. The choice to carry to term either for motherhood or adoption MUST be left with the mother as must be the choice to discontinue the pregnancy, until such point as the survival of the infant is no longer reliant upon her and each case must be assessed with this in mind. The capability of survival with an acceptable quality of life for both mother and child should I feel be the deciding factor.

Abortions: should there be a time limit?

Mike1947 comments on Oct 20, 2018:

How about rape or incest? A difficult question......

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2018:

@Renickulous The None Toleration of rape and empathy for the victim of rape is just a "Cultural Bias" that can be overcome with a scientific approach... seriously tell me I misunderstood that disgusting implication, surely you did not mean that?

Abortions: should there be a time limit?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 20, 2018:

With some individuals the limit for deciding to abort should maybe extended to 73 years mentioning no names

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 21, 2018:

@Gurahl Just to be clear, laughing at you not with you ;)

Daniel Dennett

GuyKeith comments on Oct 20, 2018:

The Religiously Impaired, however, are experts at Special Pleading.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

all too true

Quote of the day: "Blind believe in authority is the greatest enemy of truth." Albert Einstein

gater comments on Oct 19, 2018:

That depends on if the authority is truthful.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

@gater So how else do you ascertain the trustworthiness of the authority?

GOP Declares War on Women

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 20, 2018:

There are in every ideology a small sub section of the oppressed who really like being so, and will be proudly paraded about by the oppressors as proof that they are not anti- what ever. I recall my own grandmother complaining that if she had to go through bad treatment by men, why should women's ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

@LucyLoohoo Love that hat by the way :)

GOP Declares War on Women

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 20, 2018:

There are in every ideology a small sub section of the oppressed who really like being so, and will be proudly paraded about by the oppressors as proof that they are not anti- what ever. I recall my own grandmother complaining that if she had to go through bad treatment by men, why should women's ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

@LucyLoohoo it was actually more of a comment on the comment by @JackPedigo further down the thread, that despite the behaviour of Trump and co, there will still be right wing women willing to support him even a the cost of selling out the cause of women's rights and dignity if favour of familiar misogyny and a handsome paycheck.

Quote of the day: "Blind believe in authority is the greatest enemy of truth." Albert Einstein

genessa comments on Oct 19, 2018:

i'm sure that would be "belief," not "believe." yes, of course. but the key word is "blind," not "belief." it is okay to believe what you're told when you've checked it out, especially if you trust the particular purveyor (but still verify, because even good people can make mistakes). the ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

@genessa Fair enough, :)

Quote of the day: "Blind believe in authority is the greatest enemy of truth." Albert Einstein

gater comments on Oct 19, 2018:

That depends on if the authority is truthful.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

It is irrelevant whether the authority is truthful or not, always check, never accept unquestioningly anything, it is both the first step on the road to gullibility and the end of critical thinking.

Quote of the day: "Blind believe in authority is the greatest enemy of truth." Albert Einstein

genessa comments on Oct 19, 2018:

i'm sure that would be "belief," not "believe." yes, of course. but the key word is "blind," not "belief." it is okay to believe what you're told when you've checked it out, especially if you trust the particular purveyor (but still verify, because even good people can make mistakes). the ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

It is actually “Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” ― Albert Einstein The version with Believe is prevalent on the internet and originates from an Indian web site where google translate brought the quote back in to English incorrectly and was unthinkingly copied on to various web sites. The original quote is easily verifiable.

anamnesia the antonym of amnesia being unable to forget anything

mollygirl comments on Oct 20, 2018:

Jorge Luis Borges had a short story called "Funes the Memorious" about a man who is thrown from a horse, becomes crippled but also finds himself unable to forget anything.That interferes with his ability to think abstractly. At the end he exists in something like a fever dream. There is a lot more ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

Thanks I look that up

Touche....;

Marionville comments on Oct 20, 2018:

The other one fraught with danger is.....”does my bum look big in this?” The answer must always be “No” ! ?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

@Marionville I'm sure there is someone who would have you no other way.

GOP Declares War on Women

JackPedigo comments on Oct 20, 2018:

And the women in the GOP? A woman (Susan Hutchinson) is running for the senate seat against Maria Cantwell.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

Sad isn't it.

Touche....;

Marionville comments on Oct 20, 2018:

The other one fraught with danger is.....”does my bum look big in this?” The answer must always be “No” ! ?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

Unless the lady in question is black and from new York in which case the correct answer is always "Hell yes" you can even buy butt enhancing pants there

I was looking for JC but I found this………….

Marionville comments on Oct 20, 2018:

Can never look at a cartoon of Top Cat without hearing Phil Silver’s voice.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

@Marionville So did I as Top cat was based on Bilko, in the same way the Fintstones was based on the Honeymooners. In both cases the cartoon rip off outlasted and became more popular that the original. Hannah Barbara has a stable of hugely talent voice over artist, for example most people thought Huckleberry hound was voiced by Bing Crosby but was Daws Butler. The grand old man is Frank Welker he still does cartoon work today at the age of 73 having started off as a teenager his break coming when he was hired to play Fred in Scooby Doo (No one else has ever voiced the character, other than as a child, in over fifty years) but has also played every thing from Odin in Thor cartoons to Nibbler in Futurama and the American roar of Godzilla.

I was looking for JC but I found this………….

MarlaRochelle comments on Oct 20, 2018:

Loved that cartoon

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

Me too

I was looking for JC but I found this………….

Marionville comments on Oct 20, 2018:

Can never look at a cartoon of Top Cat without hearing Phil Silver’s voice.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

It was actually a brilliant impersonation by voice artist Arnold Stang, however the character of Benny was played by Maurice Gosfield who also played the equivalent part of private Doberman in the Phil Silvers Bilko show.

TRIPTYCH: trip·tych: (NOUN) a picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together ...

brentan comments on Oct 20, 2018:

Here's an unusual one (I guess it has to be) by Hieronymus Bosch:

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

Bosch is by turns both horrifying and fascinating.

Why do theists think that it's OK to try to force their beliefs down my throat when they find out ...

Hyponema comments on Apr 12, 2018:

Everyone has the right of free expression in an open society and that means we all have to tolerate other people's beliefs even if we disagree with them. Theists telling you what they think is OK. That's compatible with tolerance. If they beat you up or refuse you a job then that is not OK. Living ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 20, 2018:

"OR... is it that you find people with a passionate commitment to their beliefs irritating because you don't have anything you are committed to as deeply?" No it is because Christian beliefs are evil and barbaric that I find them irritating, when someone by dint of their fantasy thinks it is okay to tell me and those I love we are EVIL, are going to BURN FOR ALL TIME and are not fit to be around decent people because we don't subscribe to their their sick fantasy, I am going to exorcise my free expression to tell them that if they frighten my kids or grand kids again with that shit, their testicles are going to have a short sharp conversation with my steel toe capped boots so they had better start praying pretty sharpish for their imaginary god to magic them up a jock strap.

For those of you into zombie movies, I am trying to find this one zombie flick that came out around...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Can you recall anything else about the film?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 18, 2018:

@mistymoon77 here is a copy of the German release poster, does it look familiar?

For those of you into zombie movies, I am trying to find this one zombie flick that came out around...

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Can you recall anything else about the film?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 18, 2018:

@mistymoon77 Portuguese horror flick, Tomb of the Blind Dead 1972, has Zombie Knights Templar riding grey horses with red cloaks it might be what you are thinking of, it is pretty rare but was a bit of watershed film SFX wise for the time.

Victim blaming is biblical Deuteronomy 22:23-24 23 If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin ...

linxminx comments on Oct 17, 2018:

Oh, and she was "in a town." Apparently you can be stoned to death for being in a town. Us women, we're ornery and all...we do horrible things like...be in a town.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 18, 2018:

The Bible seems to make it clear that a woman being a woman leads men in to sin, so they should stop being "not men" and then everything will be okie-dokie. It's just a habit you know, you can break it if you really want to.

Victim blaming is biblical Deuteronomy 22:23-24 23 If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin ...

Heraclitus comments on Oct 17, 2018:

So if you are mute, or just too freaked out to scream, you are out of luck. What if you scream but no one is near enough to hear you? Do you still get stoned?

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 18, 2018:

Apparently

Victim blaming is biblical Deuteronomy 22:23-24 23 If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin ...

EMC2 comments on Oct 17, 2018:

What if it is a modern day rape, Just claim fake news rape and mob attack and you are free to roam the country.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 17, 2018:

that's if they don't make you a supreme court judge

What if god was an alien?

joeymf86 comments on Oct 16, 2018:

Oh you mean Scientology? All hail Xenu!!

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 17, 2018:

not a meme a screen shot

Nobody does religious parody better than the Irish! Father Ted.

IrishTxJudy comments on Oct 16, 2018:

Oh my I loved watching that. If you weren’t catholic it was hard to understand. My kids didn’t get it but my late husband and I used to just roll with laughing

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 16, 2018:

I was raised by a Salvationist and a Baptist, became Methodist and ended up Mormon and the humour is the same with all clergy, they are all weird misfits, crooks and hypocrites living a lie of a respectable front. I love Father Ted, best and most ruthless religious parody ever.

HAGIOGRAPHY: hag-i-og-ra-phy.

Pralina1 comments on Oct 15, 2018:

And it's a Greek word I am pretty sure , Thankyouverymuch ? I used to hate that word ! Bcz it was actually a real class in high school , not elective either , once a week , study about the holy lives of the holy saints . Or holy ?Pretty much !

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 16, 2018:

It is Greek from Hagio = holy and Graphy = writing

Since it is ONLY less than 10 weeks from Christmas, I need your help.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 15, 2018:

Okay cannot resit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnEJrwYXXsI

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 16, 2018:

@GuyKeith What is really amazing is that this film was taken so serious at the time, it was perhaps the first film ever to have a tie in graphic novel release to promote it

Since it is ONLY less than 10 weeks from Christmas, I need your help.

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 15, 2018:

Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014) (Purrrrrrfecty aweful) Arnold Schwarzenegger's Christmas in Connecticut (1992) (Arnies only film as a director) A Christmas Horror Story (2015) (William Shatner links four horror stories about a psychotic Santa, Zombie elves, and Krampus) Kirk Cameron's ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 15, 2018:

@GuyKeith By the way have you seen the 1959 and 1973 remakes of Miracle on 34th Street, both are truly cringe-worthy.

Since it is ONLY less than 10 weeks from Christmas, I need your help.

NoMagicCookie comments on Oct 15, 2018:

Worst of the worst: The Star Wars Christmas Special.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 15, 2018:

seconded as simply the worst anything ever put on film

Since it is ONLY less than 10 weeks from Christmas, I need your help.

Pralina1 comments on Oct 15, 2018:

Hideous .

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 15, 2018:

that reminds me of another one A Carol Christmas (2003) With Tori Spelling, as a female Scrooge called Carol Cartman.

Did Jesus actually exist? yes for yes no for no

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 14, 2018:

There were several claimants to the title Joshua, rendered in Latin as Iesus and in English as Jesus around the non specific time of the Gospel settings, incidents and sayings from the lives of at least nine of them appear in the Gospels as ascribed to The fictional life stories of the Carpenter of ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 15, 2018:

@Triphid You agreed it was compiled at the first council of Nicaea NOT written there, I admit it was Written Down by scribes but I can't imagine anyone would be so petty as to say that this was actually arguing transcribing and authorship can be confused. Contending the books comprising the new testament were authored in 325 CE at Nicaea is tantamount to claiming the complete works of Shakespeare was written in 1790 because that was the first time they were collected and published together. I'll say this one more time your claim that *** "Er, historical FACT states that the N.T. was written post the Council of Nicaea in 325C.E. ergo, some 3 Centuries after the mythological events were supposed to have occurred." *** Is incorrect in the context of my post, that the books of the new testament with the exception of the fake Paul epistles, were ALL written within the first centuries after the supposed events took place, but not before 66 C.E. NOT in 325 C.E. Some editing was done later such as the introduction of the Resurrection story to the gospel of mark as late as the 6th century, but again that is addition and subtraction not authorship. Now enough of this pointless quibbling.

Did Jesus actually exist? yes for yes no for no

TheGreatShadow comments on Oct 14, 2018:

Jeebus never did. The Romans kept track of every little thing! Not one note refering to him. Outside of the the bible. No one that wrote the bible ever met him! The earliest was Josephous, which was proven to be a forgery for 100's of years! The earliest of people that wrote the bible was about 40 ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 15, 2018:

@Amisja " I believe this guy existed and the lack of evidence is part of the reason." I read as far as this and am afraid had to come to conclusion you and I will never even agree to differ because that is perhaps one of the most stupid statements I have every heard.

Did Jesus actually exist? yes for yes no for no

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 14, 2018:

There were several claimants to the title Joshua, rendered in Latin as Iesus and in English as Jesus around the non specific time of the Gospel settings, incidents and sayings from the lives of at least nine of them appear in the Gospels as ascribed to The fictional life stories of the Carpenter of ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 15, 2018:

@Triphid So you admit you are wrong then, good.

On this day back in 1951 ?❤?

GuyKeith comments on Oct 15, 2018:

I found Lucy to be annoying and Ricky to be wooden, but my father loved this show more than life itself. If for no other reason, just thinking of this show brings a smile to my face. "Speed Her Up!"

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 15, 2018:

It was good when Lucy was allowed to shine, for example in the episode where Lucy does a Harpo Marx type routine as a hobo with a cello is hilarious.

On this day back in 1951 ?❤?

Lavergne comments on Oct 15, 2018:

I always thought about Lucy when I watch Debra Messing in Will and Grace.....seemed to have that same comedic style.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 15, 2018:

There is a noticeable influence from the one on the yes

On this day back in 1951 ?❤?

Gohan comments on Oct 15, 2018:

She helped Gene Roddenberry with his vision when CBS wouldn't fund it.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 15, 2018:

@Sheannutt Yes Series one of Star Trek was a Desilu Production

Political correctness was not even the original term it was called Alternate insert target here.

Wangobango3 comments on Oct 14, 2018:

Wake the fuck up. P.C. Is just a sideshow, a distraction, while the 1% finish looting the Treasury. The real story of the last couple of decades is the massive transfer of Weath to the Wealthy from everyone else. Keep your eye on the ball.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 14, 2018:

One word Rothschilds

It finally hit me tonight why I like the new series so much so quickly and why it seems so familiar.

LEPeff comments on Oct 14, 2018:

I miss Elizabeth Sladen.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 14, 2018:

We all miss her, had she still been alive she could have been the doctor herself ( ;) well maybe)

Name your favorite ??

AmiSue comments on Oct 14, 2018:

The Philadelphia Story

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 14, 2018:

Love that film

Did Jesus actually exist? yes for yes no for no

jafbm comments on Oct 14, 2018:

I recently finished "Nailed" by David Fitzgerald where basically he says that outside the bible, there is no written evidence of a historical Jesus.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 14, 2018:

Excellent book as is The Jesus Myth by G. A. Wells a classic of the theory

Did Jesus actually exist? yes for yes no for no

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 14, 2018:

There were several claimants to the title Joshua, rendered in Latin as Iesus and in English as Jesus around the non specific time of the Gospel settings, incidents and sayings from the lives of at least nine of them appear in the Gospels as ascribed to The fictional life stories of the Carpenter of ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Triphid I think you may mean the NT was COMPILED after the first council of Nicaea 325C.E from a selection of existing documents many of which were rejected because they were too compliant with the Gnostic, anabaptist or cathar forms of Christianity. **THAT** *is* a fact. LOOK IT UP So the general consensus among historians is that of the four gospels Mark was written about 66 CE, Luke slightly later and was a contemporary of Matthew, John was the last written on Patmos at about 120, going by the dating of some of the philosophy espoused in the gospel.

Did Jesus actually exist? yes for yes no for no

Amisja comments on Oct 14, 2018:

I believe the person of Jesus probably existed.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Amisja That Jesus the teacher is not Jesus of Nazareth he is the Jesus of the apocryphal book the wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach which was removed from the protestant canon so as not to "confuse" the faithful

Did Jesus actually exist? yes for yes no for no

TheGreatShadow comments on Oct 14, 2018:

Jeebus never did. The Romans kept track of every little thing! Not one note refering to him. Outside of the the bible. No one that wrote the bible ever met him! The earliest was Josephous, which was proven to be a forgery for 100's of years! The earliest of people that wrote the bible was about 40 ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Amisja No there is one section on one page that mentions Jesus in the whole of Josephus and almost everyone agrees it is a later insert, what is interesting is that Josephus dedicated a whole undisputed chapter to John the Baptist and all that HE is described as being believed to be the messiah and certainly NO ONE's herald.

Did Jesus actually exist? yes for yes no for no

Matias comments on Oct 14, 2018:

Virtually all New Testament scholars and Near East historians, applying the standard criteria of historical investigation, find that the historicity of Jesus is effectively certain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus However, even if we found some definitive evidence that ...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 14, 2018:

No they find that incidents and sayings ascribed to him are historical, but not all to the same person and not all in the time period between 1 and 33 CE

Do you accept or reject objective morality?

LenHazell53 comments on Oct 12, 2018:

No such thing as objective morality, circumstance should dictate action not moral certitudes. There is no so called objective moral truth that in one circumstance or another would be considered an act of evil. My general rule is pragmatic, if an action preserves or creates a greater good in terms...

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 14, 2018:

@Lancinator because well being is subjective as well, as I think I pointed out.

I just sat through a vid made of trailers for upcoming movies.

GuyKeith comments on Oct 14, 2018:

If you want some bad writing, try sitting thru 30 minutes of the Lost In Space re-hash. Horrible.

LenHazell53 replies on Oct 14, 2018:

could not agree more, almost as bad as that Flash Gordon atrocity a few years back that decided what Flash Gordon could really do without was all them there spaceships.