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It is with a whole lot of irony I note that according to Luke, any contemporary, official record of...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 24, 2019:

That would technically make him an illegal alien, I guess. His people did supposedly emigrate to Egypt and back without going through Customs.

My weekend guest left a day early.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 24, 2019:

Sounds to me like you're better off. Read a book.

Tax whiner shut down beautifully. [twitter.com]

Paul4747 comments on Aug 19, 2019:

I apparently missed it....

‘Part of me wanted to leave’: Lone attendee of Steve King town hall turns out to be a ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 18, 2019:

Suppose he'll try to spin that as a "huge" town hall crowd?

Bernie Sanders is adjusting to a new campaign role: Front-runner [usatoday.com]

Paul4747 comments on Aug 18, 2019:

You're a little out of date. That was April.

Calling Out Corporate Control of US Media, Sanders Campaign Launches 'Bern Notice' Newsletter...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 18, 2019:

Well, demonizing the media worked for Trump, so why not? You can't blame the media for low poll numbers or lack of donors. If people are behind you, then they're behind you, and that will be reflected in the coverage. Right now, he's 1 out of 20 (or more) candidates with over a year to go, and he's not doing anything to help himself, in my view.

Everyone loves the Beatles

Paul4747 comments on Aug 18, 2019:

Except for people who don't love the Beatles.

I donate 100% of my President’s salary, $400,000, back to our Country, and feel very good about ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 18, 2019:

Refresh my memory- wasn't it the Republicans who criticized Obama for going to Hawaii 2 or 3 times a year? Where are they when their own presidents spend 3 or 4 months a year on vacation?

Let's Respect Each Other's Beliefs

Paul4747 comments on Aug 18, 2019:

What if someone believes in, for example, human sacrifice? Do we respect that?

Former MSNBC Reporter Krystal Ball Exposes Mainstream Media Bias She also talks about the time ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Is this the same Krystal Ball who ran the "People's House Project" PAC, of which it was reported last year, "thus far, nobody has benefited more financially from the group than Ball herself. Of the $445,000 Ball raised for the group, she paid herself more than a third of that—$174,000—in salary, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission. The majority of her salary—$104,000—came in the first three months of this year alone. That's nearly eight times more than the nearly $22,000 the PHP has used to support its dozen endorsed candidates, some of whom have received just a single $1,000 contribution"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystal_Ball Consider the source when you see these "shocking exposes".

Woman arrested for holding black teens at gunpoint

Paul4747 comments on Aug 17, 2019:

I see several parts to the story here. First, if she had gone through a home invasion previously, it's conceivable that she had fear. That fear was misguided, though, and I doubt she would have been afraid of some white kids in football jerseys coming to her door. Second, she certainly overreacted. You don't open the door and hold people at gunpoint if you think they might be planning to break in; not if you're thinking rationally. But fear impairs rational thinking. Finally, her being married to a jail administrator may have led her to certain attitudes about how law enforcement should be done. She probably felt entitled to make a citizen's arrest, but had no basis to do so. The situation could have ended tragically and it's a lucky thing for everyone involved that it didn't.

Against Literalism—'The Satanic Verses' Fatwa at 30 - Quillette

Paul4747 comments on Aug 17, 2019:

I finally picked up a copy. I'll be reading it soon to find out what all the commotion is about...

Praise the Lord! Gawd apparently designed humanity for rape.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 17, 2019:

For the first time ever I am without words.

Congratulations to @bobwjr for reaching level 9 !! Woohoo.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 17, 2019:

I comment here, partly for Bob's sake, but mainly because it will net me another point toward my own Level 8. ;)

The corporate masters doing their job and unions leaders being complicit.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 17, 2019:

Union management didn't really have a choice in the matter if they wanted to see their membership get paid. "Complicit" isn't necessarily the best word. As a former steward, I have had to make the best of a bad situation many times and explain when we were stuck doing what the management wanted, regardless of what we preferred, because the Civil Service rules and the contract didn't really give us a choice in the matter.

Shell requires workers to attend and not protest

Paul4747 comments on Aug 17, 2019:

"Attendance was not mandatory,... but they forfeited the day's pay if they skipped the event." Isn't that, by anybody's definition of the word, "mandatory"?

When Did Christians Become Comfortable with the Loss of Truth? | Sojourners

Paul4747 comments on Aug 16, 2019:

Since they let one party co-opt their religion and then let that tail wag their dog.

Trump Lost More Money Than Any American for 10 Years, Says Tax Info – Rolling Stone

Paul4747 comments on Aug 16, 2019:

And we can see why he refuses to reveal his tax returns. Funny how Republicans defend his right to privacy, yet if Hilary had refused to turn over her taxes, they would bay for her blood. (I don't mean figuratively, they would want blood samples to see if she were an alien or who knows what.)

There are some things religions cannot control:

Paul4747 comments on Aug 16, 2019:

If you have her number, tell her she's welcome to drop by my place. I can use some meditation...

The reason that Trump is constantly unleashing attacks on others, and strange thoughts (like ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 16, 2019:

About 60 percent of people have known that all along, but where is the indication that his base are realizing it? They seem more rabid than ever these days.

Anniversary/Healing?

Paul4747 comments on Aug 16, 2019:

Friendly advice, bud, since you seem to be soliciting such; let it go. You're remembering the anniversary of when you last saw this person, who then didn't see you for over 7 months after that? You are chewing this problem over in your mind and it doesn't seem to be getting you very far. I understand why you would be upset and disappointed when you thought this relationship was going to go somewhere, and it came to nothing, but by the sound of it you had a lucky escape. Reading of your several hundred texts a day reminded me of the enormous amount of texts that I would receive from my "girlfriend" (stalker?). My suspicion looking back is that she was deeply insecure and needed constant reassurance. The only way to avoid these sort of traps is not to ignore your own instincts. If something seems odd in a person's behavior, then it's a warning sign, not just eccentricity. If your own behavior is changing to accommodate someone else, why would you do that? Would you want to do that for the rest of your life? Then why do it for the sake of a date? Why do it for the shot at getting laid? A 7+ month texting relationship would be another good sign, but I understand how people are very good at stringing others along and making it seem as if any day now, something is going to happen. And we want to see the best in others. If you keep going over and over things in your head to work out whether it was all your fault; it was not. Being human is not a flaw, or rather, all humans are flawed. I think the best thing you can consider, if you are having a hard time with this, is seeing a therapist and talking it out with someone qualified.

Strange how people have to resort to insults when they don't like someone's opinion "AnneWimsey ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 15, 2019:

Hey, leave me out of it.

Ralph Nader: Big Pharma Must Be Stopped

Paul4747 comments on Aug 14, 2019:

I'm sorry, I stopped listening to Nader after he fucked up the 2000 election, then blamed Gore for losing. Kind of the way far left radicals did to Hilary in 2016. Can we find some even-farther-right nutjobs and secretly sponsor them to run for President next year? Maybe they'll siphon votes away from trump. Turnabout is fair play.

The slow-motion crucifixion of Julian Assange

Paul4747 comments on Aug 13, 2019:

Like any other common criminal? Not really that incredible.

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 12, 2019:

And look how he wound up. I'm going to stick with my current "treating my enemies like the poison toads they are", while applauding the better people who can find it in themselves to rise above anger. My weapon is generally sarcasm and angry wit, mind you- not violence. I know I do not have the Buddha Mind. MLK possessed the Buddha Mind, as he frequently acted out of a place of perfect love. I still act out of ego and hate.

Perusing Craigslist this morning and...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 12, 2019:

What would be the possible benefit of that.....? (Don't mind me, just passing through....)

Karl Marx … I joined QUORA and used this name as I did with another organisation.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 11, 2019:

Not like you tried "Groucho".

When the rich rob the poor it's called "business". When the poor fight back it's called "violence".

Paul4747 comments on Aug 11, 2019:

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.- John Kenneth Galbraith

Jeffrey Epstein's death is a perfect storm for conspiracy theories

Paul4747 comments on Aug 11, 2019:

If that jail is anything like the prison where I've worked for 20 years, there are between 40 and 120 prisoners to every officer, and there is a constant stream of people coming to you asking for things- paperwork, toilet paper, soap, asking why the phones don't work, where are my visitors, what time is dinner, this guy is bothering me all the time- and rules to enforce; don't pass items from cell to cell, don't cluster around the tables, don't group up on the yard. There are fights, there is contraband beng found, there are reports to write and endless paperwork and administration coming through checking on you, and between all that, you find time to make your required rounds every 20 or 30 minutes. There's no TIME to put one particular prisoner under special surveillance unless he's been singled out and put in observation, which evidently Epstein wasn't. Were remarks made that the world would be better off without him? Probably; by both staff and prisoners. In which case, it was unprofessional conduct and should be investigated, but will never be proven. But there was no case of any officers deliberately leaving him to hang himself. This was no conspiracy. It happens in prison. Usually it's a cry for attention, but not this time.

Is the term "Christian White Supremacy" appropriate?

Paul4747 comments on Aug 11, 2019:

No term involving anybody being "supreme" is appropriate, since it bears no relation to reality.

Single payer, ACA or private insurance? Which would you rather have?

Paul4747 comments on Aug 10, 2019:

I would prefer the option that costs less, covers most, and is more efficient, when I can compare all three options. Right now, I technically have private insurance (Blue Cross) funded by my government employer, so which category do I fall in?

Photos of the Week: Vegas Grasshoppers, Poultry Inspection, Eagle Eyes - The Atlantic

Paul4747 comments on Aug 10, 2019:

Oh. For a minute there I thought you said "*Vegan* grasshoppers"....

Proper dinner

Paul4747 comments on Aug 10, 2019:

I've been eating a lot of baked fish lately; salmon or tilapia. I get big packs of individually flash-frozen and sealed fillets and then bake one or two at a time. A dash of pepper and hot sauce and we're in business.

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 10, 2019:

As someone who has spent 20 years working inside the walls, suicide watch very rarely lasts more than a few days after the actual attempt, then the prisoner is returned to population. The specialized observation cells are not usually "fish bowls", they're just cells stripped of everything but a concrete slab, mattress, and a toilet. Often there's a camera in the cell monitored from the officer's station. General population prisoners are allowed out of their cells for hours at a time. The notion that a cellmate would have been there to prevent a suicide is a red herring. If anything, the other prisoner would have left him plenty of space to do whatever he wanted, likely knowing who he was, and might have egged him on. Prisoners have standard oxford shoes with shoelaces. Even without those- they have bedding. A sheet tied to the window bars or the bunk makes a noose. I've even seen prisoners who ripped up mattresses or tore their suicide-prevention garments up to make threads for hanging attempts. It takes 3-5 minutes for brain death once blood flow is cut off. Rounds are made every 30 minutes in the Michigan prison system. Even if the Federal system is different, still, do the math.

Liberal snowflake President Gerald Ford with teammate Willis Ward at the University of Michigan in ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 10, 2019:

Michigan's proud of Ford... within reason. Pardoning Nixon before his impeachment trial to spare the nation embarrassment was a fumble as far as I'm concerned.

Jeffrey Epstein dies while in DOJ supervised prison, shortly after being taken off suicide watch.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 10, 2019:

Suicide attempts are extremely common among those awaiting trial, especially on charges like this. New revelations had just come out. The only thing that's likely to be revealed by the investigation was a lax approach by the officers and administration, who should have had him on a tighter watch.

Jeffrey Epstein dead after apparent suicide in New York jail - The Washington Post

Paul4747 comments on Aug 10, 2019:

"Epstein’s death comes less than 24 hours after a court unsealed a massive cache of records, laying out disturbing details about Epstein’s alleged activities and the people in his orbit who might have observed them. Sigrid McCawley, another lawyer for alleged victims, said the timing was “no coincidence,” and she was hopeful the government could continue to investigate “those who participated and facilitated Epstein’s horrifying sex trafficking scheme that damaged so many.” “The reckoning of accountability begun by the voices of brave and truthful victims should not end with Jeffrey Epstein’s cowardly and shameful suicide,” McCawley said. Attorney Lisa Bloom, who represents two alleged victims, said on MSNBC that she plans to file a civil lawsuit against Epstein’s estate in an effort to collect money for her clients. She called on the executors of his estate to freeze Epstein’s assets and not begin to distribute them to his beneficiaries. The death is sure to draw intense scrutiny of the Bureau of Prisons and the Metropolitan Correctional Center. The high-rise federal detention center in downtown Manhattan has a fearsome reputation; one inmate who spent time there and in Guantanamo Bay famously said Guantanamo Bay was “more pleasant” and “more relaxed.”"

You are brave.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 10, 2019:

I am legend.

How Lasers Are Utterly Transforming Our Understanding of the Ancient Maya, Bringing Their Whole ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 10, 2019:

Erik von Daniken always knew the Mayans had lasers! And the Nazca lines are landing fields for ancient astronauts!!!

Armed Man Arrested at Walmart 'Testing Right to Bear Arms' | Time

Paul4747 comments on Aug 9, 2019:

Yeah. He's an asshat. And I write as a gun owner. It serves no purpose to walk around in body armor with a rifle over your shoulder, especially right now. That's not "exercising your rights", it's deliberately alarming people, and, for law-abiding owners like me, it's as counterproductive as it gets. IF- and that's a big "if"- I ever can afford an AR type rifle, and then do buy one, it would be because I miss my old clunker that I carried at Fort Benning. It will be in a gun safe or else in a case on the way to and from the range. Never slung over my shoulder in public to show off my "rights". Please don't judge the 99.9 percent of gun owners in America by the actions of the 0.1% who make the news.

Cop: Can anyone describe the robber?

Paul4747 comments on Aug 9, 2019:

And on my radio call, I would probably state "Suspect is hatless."

Walmart pulls violent game displays, will still sell guns

Paul4747 comments on Aug 9, 2019:

After decades of research shows no connection (that is NO, zero, zip, nada, niente) between video games and violent acts by players. But the Columbine shooters played Doom; and people who play videogames don't have a very effective lobby in Washington; so it's pretty safe to blame them.....

Obama shreds trump and the republicans

Paul4747 comments on Aug 9, 2019:

For all those who don't have you tube or just prefer to read, here's a link to the text of the speech: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/09/07/president-barack-obamas-speech-transcript-slamming-trump/1225554002/

It's Thursday! In the wake of this week's madness it wouldn't hurt to move around a little.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 8, 2019:

Payday. Last day of my workweek.

Hitler did in fact disarm its citizens.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 8, 2019:

What is the relevance of this topic? I'm assuming this is a gun control issue, yet again. "Hitler was in favor of gun control; therefore if you're in favor of gun control, you're like Hitler." Well, Hitler also had a mustache. Hitler had a dog. Hitler was a vegetarian (EEK)!! I could go on. Any number of average traits can be associated with Hitler. By this alone, that does not make them good or bad. Hitler was against communism. I'm against communism. Does that make me Hitler?

Top of the morning my fellow nonbelievers! Since my slumber what have the apologist done to det us ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 8, 2019:

Now say what?

A Database Showed Far-Right Terror on the Rise. Then Trump Defunded It.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 4, 2019:

Oh, well, *yes*, of course jihadists killed more people in America. There was 9/11. But that was one specific incident, since when, the right wing has more than made up ground, "fighting back" as they would portray it. Hate is no way to answer hate. But trump thinks it's a political tool and he doesn't want it called out.

Let's make the republicans go the way of the Whigs.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 4, 2019:

I hate to mention, a great many Northern Whigs pretty much became Republicans. So, the same party by a new name....?

I listened in on a religious station( and ther are many here)- the lady was touting the persecution ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 2, 2019:

By some coincidence I saw a fundamentalist magazine touting all the problems of "martyrs" in Muslim lands. While it's true that they have laws against following other religions, it's amazing how impervious to irony these Xians are when you consider that they want almost the same laws for "infidels" here. (And practically the same penalties, in some cases.)

Today I was at Dick’s Sporting Goods looking at shoes when this tall, ugly white dude walked up ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 2, 2019:

I'm lost. What do politics have to do with sneakers?

Op-Ed: 'Medicare for All' isn't the only way to cover everybody - Los Angeles Times

Paul4747 comments on Aug 2, 2019:

The only sensible thing I heard the Democrat version of Trump say so far is: We need a public option which employees can opt into, cheaper than private insurance, and then let employees pocket the difference which their bosses would have paid for their health insurance. If the public option (funded by their premiums and by a wealth tax, as well as rolling back the trump tax cuts) is just as good or better than private insurance, more will flock to it by choice, and eventually private insurance will wither on the vine. (I'm paraphrasing... but you get the idea.)

I'm new here (a clear 'Duh' statement).

Paul4747 comments on Aug 2, 2019:

Have a point on me.

Im going to go out with a guy I met online who says he's a primal dom.

Paul4747 comments on Aug 2, 2019:

Use your own judgment, and if he seems okay, then good luck to you. My caveat would be to wonder if he advertised himself as this first thing, or if he took some time getting to know you before the subject came up (so to speak).

‘Sick’: Black rag dolls made to ‘slam into walls’ pulled from shelves over racism complaints...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 28, 2019:

I don't know what kind of doll would be acceptable to slam into a wall. It's not the "black" thing, it's the "shaped like a person" thing as far as I'm concerned.

Passenger Dressed as a Clown Causes Mass Brawl on Cruise Ship

Paul4747 comments on Jul 28, 2019:

Well, I can understand wanting to punch a clown....

- Ex-Miss Michigan joins Trump campaign after losing title

Paul4747 comments on Jul 28, 2019:

Fuck. Once again I have to be ashamed of being from Michigan.

How do you pronounce ASAP?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 28, 2019:

Just like it sounds

Why We're Moving Forward With Impeachment - The Atlantic

Paul4747 comments on Jul 27, 2019:

But we can't depend on that. We need to move forward with voting the SOB out next year. Whoever the Democratic nominee is, just hold your nose and vote for him or her. Get out there and vote. Because even if the House impeaches, the Senate will not convict, and you KNOW it. The next election is the only way.

Just to share...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Funnily enough, I became anti-Christian when "they" started murdering doctors at abortion clinics. And yet, my ex-wife and daughter are both Christian. It's a bit of a poser, that. And I know several Muslims who never chopped a head off, and enjoy all kinds of American things. I would go so far as to say they love this country. There's always a "THEY" out there to stereotype and hate as being the very worst of them all, and you can pretend that every single member of the group is just like that- but if you face reality, you will have to admit that every individual is different.

Pro-Trump Republican running against Ilhan Omar arrested for theft | Daily Mail Online

Paul4747 comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I'm calling bullshit on her claim that PTSD made her shoplift. Number 1, my PTSD never made me black out and do things that I couldn't remember. (Granted, I've done things I wanted to forget.) Number 2, where she even gets PTSD is unclear, since her entire experience comes from volunteer work with veterans. Likewise, she's the only one who knows that Minnesota crime rates are up 80%. Everyone else seems to think they're at a 17 year low. https://www.cityrating.com/crime-statistics/minnesota/ Now, the terrorist recruiting capitol thing... well, Fox news is the one who coined this term, unsurprisingly. 45 members of the Somali community evidently have tried to join terrorist organizations as quoted from the FBI. https://www.foxnews.com/us/how-rep-ilhan-omars-minnesota-district-became-the-terrorist-recruitment-capital-of-the-us-officials-highly-concerned But 45 is hardly a flood. By those standards, the trump administration is the white supremacist recruitment poster boy of the world. The lack of self-awareness among the Republicans is staggering. Her backwards trump logo in her selfie just says it all to me.

Bernie Sanders: US policy in Mideast can't be 'pro-Israel, pro-Israel, pro-Israel'

Paul4747 comments on Jul 27, 2019:

It's the religious hard right wing in both Israel and America that keeps the 2-state solution out of reach. As long as Jewish and Christian extremists insist that Israel has a "God given" right to all of the land in the "historic" Israel, those seeking a genuine diplomatic solution will be at a disadvantage. Diplomacy is based on compromise. There's no compromise when one side has already staked out, in advance, a position that says, "We get everything and that's that." The only way forward is for Israelis to vote out their hard right government and vote in moderates who genuinely want a solution, and for Americans to do the same. Sadly, we alternate between administrations who want a peace process (Clinton, Obama) and those who pander to the religious right (Bush, trump...).

Generally, as perhaps too often said before, I'm a broad church skeptic, and have little interest in...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

I seem to recall Hitchen writing along the same lines. You're in good company.

Impeachment fizzles against Trump Trump wins again against weak democrats.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

I think your takeaway here is wrong. It's a matter of realism on the part of the House Democrats to consider that, even if they impeach Trump, the Republican-dominated Senate will never, ever convict him, no matter how glaring his guilt. And it is glaring. Trump very clearly committed obstruction of justice, and a Republican questioning Mueller basically scored an own goal and had Mueller come out and say so in his testimony. Trump can be charged and go to prison after he leaves office. It's only his status as a sitting president and the DOJ guidelines that prevented him from being charged months ago. It's the weakness of Republicans, who put their party loyalty above the law and their nation, that stands out here. Their fear of offending Trump and his partisans is sheer cowardice. They've done incalculable damage to our nation and it's impossible to guess where it might end.

Saikat Chakrabarti Is Building a Millennial Movement - The Atlantic

Paul4747 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

He's too late... The Millenium was in 2001. We got over that. It was a big flash in the pan.

U.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

*The stupid, it burnssss....* If this article is accurate in quoting a report that 96% of the opening prayers in the House and Senate are Christian prayers, it looks very much like a violation of the Establishment Clause.

McConnell blocks two election security bills | TheHill

Paul4747 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

A long game is in play here. More election security means it would be harder for Trump to cry "Rigged Election!" if/when he loses next year. And there's a propaganda motive as well. To stick with the narrative that there was no Russian interference in 2016, they have to pretend there's no danger of more interference in 2020.

Stolen from Facebook Rick Aiello July 21 at 10:32 AM "The sentence I hear most from ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

But every one of those things will be derided as either "too much" or "not enough". Bailed out the auto industry (a move begun under Bush)? "We shouldn't be paying big companies to stay in business!" Reduced welfare to only 24% on cash payments? "24 percent? Outrageous! Nobody should get cash for being poor! I work for a living, so should they!!" Protecting wilderness? "He seized private land!!!!" I know the way these arguments go. People who don't want to like Obama or anything he did, will dig and scratch to find any way possible to dislike him and denigrate his achievements. Oh yeah- the big one- Not a single gun was outlawed under the Obama administration. "Yeah, but *he wanted to!!*"

Trump delivered a speech in front of a fake presidential seal showing the Russian imperial eagle ...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

I want the T-shirt

This nut case just decided to come to NC.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Seems like a smooth operator to me. Who draws less suspicion? What, she should wear a mask like a bandit in the movies?

They can't get anything right while being righteous and "supportive" of our troops.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Want to support our troops, Republicans? Finish one war before starting another. Actually listen to your senior officers when they tell you we'll need 250,000 troops to invade and secure a country the size of California; don't try to do it with 1/4 that number, and then blame them when it doesn't work out (you listening, Secretary "you go to war with the army you have, not the army you want" Rumsfeld?). And don't waste their manpower by diverting them to marching in parades.

Big demonstrations in London against Boris.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

He causes a lot of trouble over here too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdL9wQdWZ9g (This is the first thing I think of when I hear his name- it probably always will be...)

Once upon a time in Hollywood...... Only Tarantino. Two thumbs up.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Huh? Missing link, or screenshot, or something....

Can you make yourself not ticklish?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

It depends on the circumstances, I guess. With my current lady love, though, why would I want to? ;)

Anyone learning Spanish or teaching it?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Donde esta la zapateria? (I learned that from *Pulp Fiction*)

I need a hero. I’m holding out for a hero til the end of the night. Any takers?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 25, 2019:

I would, except I'm spoken for.

Trump vows to end birthright citizenship with executive order

Paul4747 comments on Jul 25, 2019:

I'm reminded of Ahab boasting that he would strike the sun if it offended him....

Mueller testimony made clear that Trump was involved with Russia and sought to obstruct.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Then the real media would be as bad as Fox "News". Do we really want that?

Lunching in the Bay Horse pub, Heighington, near Darlington.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 25, 2019:

"31 degree heat..." I realize the metric system makes more sense. It's logical that water should freeze at zero and boil at 100. And yet that doesn't stop me thinking that 72 is a nice, comfortable temperature. :|

What does it mean when men say they are god-fearing men?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 25, 2019:

My experience of prison inmates who are all devout Christians now, tells me that they have no internal moral code or self-control, but only avoid doing evil because they're afraid of a supernatural punishment. If they had any kind of personal morality, they wouldn't be murderers, thieves, rapists and child abusers in the first place.

It’s interesting to me that saying anything remotely positive about religion brings accusations of...

Paul4747 comments on Jul 25, 2019:

I haven't the time to read all the below comments, so I don't know if anyone has pointed out the logical fallacy inherent in your post- the Appeal To Authority. It doesn't actually matter *what* Einstein believed or how intelligent he was. His views on religion have no bearing. Whether he was a giant of physics (and he was) is irrelevant to his qualifications as a religious commentator. His views have **exactly** the same weight as yours, mine, or anyone else's who has given rational consideration to those beliefs. And my conclusion, after much consideration and debate, is that the only rational conclusion is that there is no God as described in any of the "holy books" or mythologies of humankind. That Einstein believed there was a God, which personified the laws of the Universe, was his privilege. Whether or not he felt sympathy toward religious believers as opposed to "hard" atheists, is nothing to do with me or anyone else. And once again, his qualifications as a physicist did not give him any qualifications as a theologian.

Jeffrey Epstein on suicide watch after accused sex trafficker is found injured in New York jail

Paul4747 comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Well, that's a darn shame. I can't imagine why he would feel like killing himself. (insert sarcastic face)

Channels dropped My tv service provider seems to be fighting with CBS.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 24, 2019:

I haven't firsthand, but I have seen this kind of notice on channels in my area. Cable providers will get into feuds with local channels over the rates they pay and the channels will refuse to let them air if they don't get what they want sometimes. If enough viewers complain, sometimes they'll come to an agreement rather than lose the revenue from people switching services. It doesn't affect me anymore since I just stream things through the PS4. I do miss CNN, but that's about it...

This is sarcasm but then again.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 24, 2019:

Listening to the hearings, I'm fairly certain the Republicans on the committee don't know what those words mean either.

Where can I find the opt out of Humanist.com button?

Paul4747 comments on Jul 24, 2019:

Sorry to see you go.

Fareed Z.

Paul4747 comments on Jul 24, 2019:

Always been a fan of Fareed's.

Trump may think being called a racist will help him win in 2020 - AOL News