The shooter Patrick Crusius writes in his Manifesto: "This attack is in response to the Hispanic ...

Moravian comments on Aug 4, 2019:

Invasion of Texas ?. He needs a history lesson https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/History_of_Texas

Just remember.

Moravian comments on Aug 4, 2019:

But if it is locked and you don't have the key ?

Declassified CIA Document Reveals Iraq War Had Zero Justification - News Punch

Moravian comments on Aug 4, 2019:

So ?. when has the lack of any valid reason other than the promotion of their own interests stopped the USA from invading other countries ?.

Gov.

Moravian comments on Aug 4, 2019:

Apparently the president and first lady sent their prayers to El Paso by twitter or whatever it is called. The wonders of modern technology !!

Spam and eggs.

Moravian comments on Aug 3, 2019:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=monty+python+spam+sketch+youtube=detail=F20FCBA3A871C33D3570F20FCBA3A871C33D3570=VIRE I love spam

HI everyone,when I was a lad at school in England most of the kids were Mods,me as well, until the ...

Moravian comments on Aug 3, 2019:

A girl with great taste. I was a rocker in the early '60's. Motorbike, leather jacket etc but I liked the Mod's music. However I soon saw the error of my ways and became a hippy until the corporate world enslaved me. happy days.

The one thing I still have issues with is the fundamental idea of property.

Moravian comments on Aug 3, 2019:

I agree. In Scotland , much of the less productive land is divided into sporting estates which are bought and sold as a commodity. As no more land is being made the prices keep increasing and many are now owned by wealthy foreigners and are used as their personal kingdom. Fortunately we have freedom of access over all open land in the country and freedom to wild camp, although this is abused by some who leave a mess behind them. I think the native Americans had the right approach. They did not own the land. I am currently reading a book about the colonisation of the West by European settlers as seen from the "Indians" perspective entitled "Bury my heart at Wounded Knee" A fascinating story but very repetitive..Settlers make treaty with Indians,Settlers break treaty, battles ensue and on and on until the native tribes are decimated and corralled into tiny areas. It makes me almost ashamed to be descended from those people.

Evangelical christians rationale for natural disasters...

Moravian comments on Aug 2, 2019:

Reminds me of my old granny in the '50's. If the weather was particularly bad "it was them Russians and their sputniks"

You can find everything on the internet... LOL 😄 😆🤭

Moravian comments on Aug 2, 2019:

English TV documentary maker Ben Fogle did a great series where he lived with people living off the grid in remote areas around the world. One guy lived alone in the desert somewhere in the US. Nevada or Arizona I think. The poor fellow had a bad accident which virtually imobilised him for a spell. When Ben asked him how he survived he said "I had my meals delivered daily" so it can be done.

The resurrection of 'new atheism' | USA | Al Jazeera

Moravian comments on Aug 2, 2019:

Absolute bollocks. The author is oversensitive to criticism of Islam. Two points, I have read the books mentioned and they were definitely not written as a reaction to 9/11. He calls people who cannot read classical Arabic illiterate. That would include the majority of Muslims then.

Study finds binge drinking among older Americans on the rise - CBS News

Moravian comments on Aug 2, 2019:

Also in the UK. Apparently 10% of hospital admissions have a drink problem, A news item on BBC yesterday focused on this problem and one elderly guy was praised for reducing his daily intake of beer from 11 pints to 5 pints (remember an imperial pint is 20 fluid ounces). ffs. 5 pints every day would kill me.

Dutch ban on burqas and niqabs takes effect | News | Al Jazeera

Moravian comments on Aug 2, 2019:

Apparently the authorities are finding it difficult to enforce and the police are concerned that a Muslim woman may be less likely to report a crime if she cannot enter a police station with her face uncovered.

Climate Change: rising sea levels This issue is already being faced in many of the world’s ...

Moravian comments on Aug 2, 2019:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26133660 The Thames barrier was built years ago and is being used more frequently now

Manfred Mann. - Pretty Flamingo (1966). Ah! The swinging 60s...my era! [youtu.be]

Moravian comments on Aug 1, 2019:

Great song. I I remember the lead singer was Mike D'abo.The guy with the best acne in show business

Tarrentino's Latest Nonsense Film Honestly, I don't know what I find more disgusting: My ...

Moravian comments on Aug 1, 2019:

Well,it is Hollywood, so I don't suppose we should expect reality. In the article Sharon Tate is called " an army brat". What does that mean ?

Can an atheist pray?

Moravian comments on Aug 1, 2019:

Why would an atheist want to pray and to whom or what?. The author is a member of the Unitarian church which has the following object :- To promote a free and inquiring religion through the worship of God and the celebration of life; the service of humanity and respect for all creation; and the upholding of the liberal Christian tradition. Doesn't sound much like an atheist to me.

Christian Missionary Killed By an Isolated Tribe.

Moravian comments on Aug 1, 2019:

Don't get your point. Chau was killed when trying to reach a primitive tribe on an island where visitors were banned but Treadwell was killed by a bear and was probably just unlucky or maybe complacent. I read the story of McCandless some time ago and he died after eating poisonous plants. He tried to get back to civilisation but could not cross a river barring his way. Neither died because of delusional beliefs.

"Food doesn't have a religion.

Moravian comments on Aug 1, 2019:

Having just read an amazing book about India's independence from the UK in 1947, called "Freedom at Midnight",nothing would ever surprise me about that country..

A good person despite being a star

Moravian comments on Aug 1, 2019:

He seems like a good guy. Another was the late George Michael. After his death it was made public that he had been secretly giving lots of money to charities.

This must stop now

Moravian comments on Jul 31, 2019:

As long a large proportion of Americans think more of their guns than they do of their children this will happen again and again.

The Hell theory

Moravian comments on Jul 31, 2019:

Nothing is going to burn in hell because hell does not exist.

Yep 💯

Moravian comments on Jul 30, 2019:

The obverse of "bad/evil men will do bad/evil things but it takes religion to make good men do bad/evil things

Whilst it’s still Tuesday....Rolling Stones. - Ruby Tuesday (live) [youtu.be]

Moravian comments on Jul 30, 2019:

One of my favourite Stone's songs

Math and Science Education quality around the world... Do you agree?

Moravian comments on Jul 30, 2019:

I am surprised that the UK is so far down the list and the US so high, particularly with science.

MEGA = Make England Great Again (oh, that actually works!).

Moravian comments on Jul 30, 2019:

I'm pleased that you said MEGA and not MUKGA. Intentional or otherwise

[yahoo.

Moravian comments on Jul 30, 2019:

Once again the shooter used a legally bought semi automatic rifle. Do Americans like seeing their children being shot ?

The Beleaguered Tenants of ‘Kushnerville’ — ProPublica

Moravian comments on Jul 29, 2019:

There was a similar landlord in London years ago called Rachman. His name is now used for any similar situation. Kushner should be the same in the USA.

I broke out singing a hymn today.

Moravian comments on Jul 29, 2019:

Yes, but when you sing along with a cheesy pop song with a great tune do you actually take any note of the lyrics ?. Same with religious songs. I sing along with carols at Christmas but if I look at the words , they are ridiculous.

Amazing Simple Home Remedies

Moravian comments on Jul 29, 2019:

Brilliant

John McAfee For President It's true.

Moravian comments on Jul 29, 2019:

Livin' the American dream

Clown starts brawl on cruise ship, [msn.com] When Clowns inspire violence, its time to reassess.

Moravian comments on Jul 29, 2019:

Coulrophobia can do strange things to people.

As of tomorrow --7/29 -- I'll be just ten days out from my 1 year anniversary as a member of this ...

Moravian comments on Jul 29, 2019:

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you.

"Draw your favourite part of Mass"

Moravian comments on Jul 29, 2019:

I misread it as Mars and my favourite place would be the space station where Boris and Trump live out their lives in exile.

What is so special that we have to protect Israel? A major conflict will stem from this. [msn.com]

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

The US wants an ally in the middle east and Israel fits the bill. Many American Jews have emigrated to Israel and there are wealthy influential Zionists in the west who can influence Govt decisions.

What Do You Call the Corner Store? -

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

It's definitely non PC but as most of them here are run by Asians from the Indian sub continent they are still sometimes called "the Pakis"

I’d be afraid to have this on the back of my car! Crazy as they are, they would probably ...

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

Brave man

Sadistic Religious Fanatic: Mother Teresa Was No Saint | Michael Stone

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

The late Christopher Hitchens has already written at length about the poison dwarf

What if poverty was not a priority to fix because it is profitable for some? [theguardian.com]

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

A good example is the housing market in the UK. Prices are kept artificially high because many people make a lot of money from it. "The homes fit for heroes" by the Govt after WW1 did a lot to improve matters but the building industry has not changed much since then. Damp proofing and insulation have improved a bit but houses are still built the same way. Prefabricated houses can be built cheaply and quickly in factories but the building industry is so conservative that this is a step too far. All over the UK prime farmland is being covered in "little boxes" when each town and city has lots of "brownfield" sites which could be used instead. Not so much money in that for developers,landowners and corrupt planning officials though.

I believe that political correctness has actually gone beyond all reason in some ...

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

A lovely guy and a great intellect. I don't watch QI anymore now that he has left it. I believe the term was initially used by the conservative right in politics to describe the far left in politics. they were "politically incorrect". Like many phrases and words in the English language the meaning has changed over the years and now has a much broader meaning and most people use it as meaning the avoidance of offence in speaking about or dealing with groups of people outwith the mainstream. This guy's writing may be worth a look https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Closing_of_the_American_Mind

U.

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

I know very little about politics in Canada but it is still probably a lot more than you know about politics in the UK

The good old days.

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

Vdry profound.!

I haven't been active on here for a while, I have had a lot on my plate what with work and stuff but...

Moravian comments on Jul 28, 2019:

I think you will find that "acts of god" disappeared from insurance policies years ago

When religion conflicts with science it holds no credibility.

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

The mountains were not made by god but by the movement of tectonic plates and volcanic activity. Is your friend aware of that ?

Lost in translation and its not the first time

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I remember a book called "Virgin soldiers" about young UK servicemen in S.E.Asia after WW2 and there was a local Chinese tailor called Fuk U. so maybe they are selling his clothing.

Just gotta say, and it COULD be the Jack Daniels talking, "My experience, in this website, thus far,...

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

And all the comments are witty and insightful, but that could be the beer goggles

The links aren't working.

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Storm in tea cup, or since it is in America, in a coffee cup.Love the names those black women have. Chanda and Lukesha. Who thinks those up ?.

Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain: Italian town to issue €400 blasphemy fines ...

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

It's not April 1st so it must be genuine. People voted for this idiot, hopefully they will think otherwise at the next election.

Beautiful hike today to Lanham Lake, WA. A vicious dog was worrisome.

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I was walking on a local footpath in the forest here and I met a woman with two dogs both unleashed. One of them ran behind me and nipped me on the leg. Just a little nip, didn't break the skin. I told her what he happened and her reply was " They are Romanian rescue dogs"., Bloody Europeans coming over here and biting the locals. Brexit will put a stop to that :-)

The original Blue Suede Shoes from 1955. - Carl Perkins. [youtu.be]

Moravian comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I remember Carl Perkins well but I didn't realise he wrote the song.

A carbon neutral fuel using sunlight and air, developed by Switzerland's ETH Zurich. [ethz.ch]

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Heard it all before. I doubt very much if we will hear of this again.

13 Countries Where Atheists Can Receive The Death Penalty For Simply Not Believing What They Do ...

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Places to avoid.

They look white but say they're black: a tiny town in Ohio wrestles with race | US news | The ...

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Why this fixation with race and colour ?

Tell me something that you miss about the 1970’s. I’ll start - the color orange.

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

The decade that fashion forgot. I miss my relative youth but not much else.

Optimistic Nihilism [youtu.be] This is kind of where I'm at.

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Very good

Someone posted this image on social media. All I could do was shake my head and laugh.

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Erosion of theist brains more like.

Have you seen the make-up of Boris’s new Cabinet?

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

We are often told we need more women in govt. Well we have Priti Patel, hard line Brexiteer and as you say an advocate of bringing back the death penalty. She was previously kicked out of govt for funneling foreign aid to the Israeli army. If this is an example of women in politics, more men please :-) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/priti-patel-paid-£1000-an-hour-as-adviser-to-firm-supplying-mod/ar-AAERn5j?ocid=spartandhp More info on MS Patel :-

I just realized I'm too old to be too young to die.

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Mid life crisis ?

If, as reports suggest, the US administration is attempting to arm separatists in Taiwan, where ...

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Who are "separatists in Taiwan.?.

Your happiness is my misfortune - that is the logic of tribal thinking.

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Don't go along with that. Surely "tribal thinking" is to benefit the tribe and therefore to to the advantage of all in the tribe.

now that i have passed the 81 years yesterday as an atheist assuming that i ever met a god?

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

More like "senile dementia" I think.

'In God We Trust' Signs Go Up In South Dakota Public Schools, As Required By Law : NPR

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

I understand that this was in response to a serious school shooting. Don't do anything about the proliferation of guns or the mental health of children. This is much easier and cheaper.

Climate denial until the end!

Moravian comments on Jul 26, 2019:

29C up in the highlands yesterday and I'm loving it, but then I don't have to work in it.

Tinariwen Threatened Ahead Of North Carolina Concert Date : NPR

Moravian comments on Jul 25, 2019:

very sad

I was listening to a song, and the main thrust of the lyrics were: If you walked a mile in my shoes.

Moravian comments on Jul 24, 2019:

Walk a mile in someones shoes, then you are a mile away and have his shoes

Who knows anything about cable companies, their program offers, or their outrageous prices?

Moravian comments on Jul 24, 2019:

In my visits to the US it surprises me how awful and expensive TV is. I pay around £150 a year for a TV licence and get around 20 channels on Freeview using a roof mounted aerial. Other programmes can be accessed on catchup online

For the Britts - is it too soon to welcome you to the club: Putin, Trump, Johnson alliance?

Moravian comments on Jul 23, 2019:

We will know in a couple of hours. I am dusting off my "red" passport to be sure.

Folks seem to be amazed that the USA is considered "The Gunfighter Nation".

Moravian comments on Jul 23, 2019:

I love Clint Eastwood films but at 89 I think it is more likely to be "big iron in his hip" than "on his hip"

I feel guilty.

Moravian comments on Jul 23, 2019:

Why don't you get the pronouncement by Pope Francis that hell does not exist and show her that ?. It would have some authority coming from him

[newsmax.

Moravian comments on Jul 23, 2019:

I'm sure the Saudis would love to see their sectarian war with Iran moved up a notch. Instead of just bombing the shit out of the poor bastards in Yemen let the Yanks bomb the Iranians directly.

U.S. Bombed Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia in 2016

Moravian comments on Jul 23, 2019:

And now Trump wants to add Iran to the list. No point in spending $trillions on the military industrial monster and then not use it.

Can the U.K. afford to prop up the E.U.? [brexitcentral.com]

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

More alarmist crap from a Brexiteer. but he is making a good case for staying in the EU

I can't fiqure out how to get to level 2 so i can contact other members

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Seems like you got there

I'm sure John McCain is bouncing that dead fetus on his knee and giving it candy.

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Pass the sick bag please

It is the agnostic individual who is the most intellectually honest.

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

As opposed to whom ?

The god of the gaps will never die, so long as personal subjectivity prevails.

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

It would be difficult to survive without basic knowledge, but the mysterious ?? Don't get it.

Last call finds us all

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Do you have any facts to back up your assertion ??

Is anyone watching the Open Golf from Royal Portrush?

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Well done Shane Lowry. Very well deserved and good to see a new name on the old trophy

My new favorite joke!

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

We don't serve neutrinos in here A faster than light neutrino went into a bar

I agree that making fun or otherwise criticizing someone's religion is in bad taste and can be ...

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

I used to attend a sceptics "meet up" group in Edinburgh and their mantra was "attack the idea, not the person". I go along with that.

The risk physicians take when going on social media

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

The intactivists do seem a bit extreme but I do not go along with the doctors statement that male circumcision is a beneficial thing. To do this to a baby that cannot give permission is wrong. As for doing it for religious reasons ?. that is totally bizarre. So god made man in his image but didn't get it quite right so some correction is required.

[youtube.com] From earlier post

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

Great song. Should be on classic rock group

Morning coffee results in a $1,000 fine and expulsion from Venice

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

It would probably have cost them close to that for two cups of coffee in a pavement side cafe anyway. Lots of stories of tourists being ripped of by unscrupulous traders. A place to avoid I think.

Blaise Pascal was right.

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

I am currently reading a book on the partition of India at Independence in 1947 and that saying certainly is so true. There were other factors certainly but hundreds of thousands died because Muslims.Hindus and Sikhs could no longer co exist.

At my grandaughter's birthday party, I observed my former husband and felt concerned.

Moravian comments on Jul 22, 2019:

"not my circus,not my monkeys". I must remember that for future use ;-)

Some women just have all the fun...

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

So do some turkeys

If you think you had a bad day

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

ouch. Not the nuts he wanted to catch.

Well got a few out of Islamorada last night. Grovers Tails and runners oh my. 😃

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

A good catch but nothing to show what size they are

Ignoramus on Deer Crossing Signs - YouTube

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

Probably the same woman who thinks we should scrap summertime as the extra hour of daylight would exacerbate global warming.

Here’s how low-income Americans are ‘punished for being poor’ - MarketWatch

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

A culture which makes having access to personal transport essential is also to blame.Virtually no public transport, no sidewalks in suburban areas.., and virtually no cycle tracks.

Do your family and friends think you're going to hell?

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

Pope Francis: 'There Is No Hell'. Pope Francis says, "They are not punished, those who repent obtain the forgiveness of God and enter the rank of souls who contemplate him, but those who do not repent and cannot therefore be forgiven disappear. There is no hell, there is the disappearance of sinful souls.". Take note, even the holy father dismisses the idea of hell. I am a bit wary of posting this as I was pilloried for being less than sympathetic to a woman on here who was heartbroken that she was realising that heaven did not exist. Honestly neither heaven,hell, or purgatory exist.

Just a reminder of how dangerous the times are for atheists, agnostics and non-Christians.

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

How can you possibly take anyone called "newt" seriously.?, and his brothers "frog" and "toad" are just as bad.

I love the much underappreciated Glacier Peak 💚.

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

great photo

The rise of the Satanic Temple in Canada

Moravian comments on Jul 21, 2019:

Don't get it but it sounds to me that some people still want religion but without the god bit.

Big game hunter killed when shot elephant collapsed on top of him

Moravian comments on Jul 20, 2019:

Never mind a Darwin award. Give the guy a JUMBO award

The Moon landing was racist! OK. Why don't we send the trashy four to Mars? One way trip!

Moravian comments on Jul 20, 2019:

Of course it was racist. Bloody aliens landing on the moon

Do you believe President Donald Trump is racist? | | kearneyhub.com

Moravian comments on Jul 20, 2019:

There is a lengthy article in today's Times about Trump. None of it very flattering. He is described as either an incompetent buffoon who blunders his way from one disaster to another or a scheming calculating populist genius. probably the truth is somewhere in the middle. There is a quote from Prof Louis Gates of Harvard who says he is not a racist in the accepted sense of the word but an opportunist as he is not principled enough to be a racist. Many of his supporters are racist or at least resentful of the perceived advantages given to ethnic majorities over the past few years and he is playing on this to his advantage

This is going to be a long post, with math .

Moravian comments on Jul 20, 2019:

You must have time on your hands. Surely all but a few extreme bible worshipers now accept that the flood story is purely mythalogical and relates to a localised flood in the middle east

How telling...

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Probably not as many as the servicemen killed in Bush's war on terror.

Elon Musk Sees His Neuralink Merging Your Brain With A.I.

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

I already posted this. Musk is smoking too much dope I think,

MBreaking newsflash here in the U.

Moravian comments on Jul 19, 2019:

Tit for tat. an Iranian tanker bound for Syria was seized by UK forces recently.