I'm starting to think that not only might it be an economics and jobs matter to focus on installing ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 31, 2021:

Yes, but it will take years to bring manufacturing back to the US causing a great amount of greenhouse gases just through construction.

Embarassing oops moment

Theresa_N comments on Jan 31, 2021:

Some things you just need to laugh at afterwards.

Selfish baby!!!

Theresa_N comments on Jan 31, 2021:

Well, as cats do, you get to eat her.

Family problems with Trans, ugghh.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 31, 2021:

Sorry I can't be of help, my family ostracized me.

There are several current office holders in the Repug party who would qualify as mentally ill if I ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 30, 2021:

It seems to me that politics as a profession attracts sociopaths to its ranks. This includes both Repuglicans and Democrats. But some are more functional than others and since we can't get rid of all of them, weed out those most dangerous to self and others and keep an eye on the rest.

"In his Calcutta talk, Merton affirmed: " I think that we have now reached a stage of religious ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 30, 2021:

Merton was a student of many religions, I especially like his books on Zen. I wonder where he would have gone on his journey if he hadn't died so unexpectedly.

January 29, 1964 The British film Dr.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 29, 2021:

Just watched this again just a week or so ago. How little things have changed in the world, other than getting worse of course.

Why were chainsaws invented? The horrifying reason in the link below 😨😨 [the-sun.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 29, 2021:

I was thinking it was used for amputations but child birth!?

If you are old enough to remember

Theresa_N comments on Jan 29, 2021:

Certainly I remember!

I cooked this Pork steak for my dinner.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 29, 2021:

It looks yummy.

Is a 66% effective vaccine really a vaccine?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 29, 2021:

Well, AstraZeneca has been found to be 6% effective in elderly.

Sad news this morning.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 29, 2021:

Sad, such a great actor.

A micro generation between boomers and xers - jonesers.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 29, 2021:

I think I was one of the last of the true boomers. I was born 12/31/54 and was barely too young for Woodstock but remember Nixon well. I got into the tale end of the demonstrations against Vietnam but just a few years later was being arrested at the Pentagon. My favorite music is psychedelic and folk but wasn't introduced to the Grateful Dead until my late teens.

The Kinks. - You Really Got Me. [youtu.be]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 29, 2021:

I can always enjoy some Kinks.

Alternate Facts? How About an Alternate Being? [rawstory.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 27, 2021:

The Repuglican party should be made illegal like the nazi party was in Germany.

Pency is "resentful," is he?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 27, 2021:

Well, he's not welcome to my couch. My dog doesn't like transphobes.

What a drag to see newly elected President Biden kneeling and praying in that church near the ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 27, 2021:

My personal experience with many religions has given me the knowledge that some churches are worse than others. Some of the worst are the evangelicals who are worse than Roman Catholics. Of course they're bad in different ways but the evangelicals who want to take over the politics of this country far out number the RC's who do.

Titan’s Largest Methane Sea is Over 100 Meters Deep: [sci-news.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 26, 2021:

Fascinating. Now if there was a easier way to get out there.

So the trans ban is being lifted in the military.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 26, 2021:

This was brain fart. What I should have said was I had mixed feelings about anyone joining the military.

A few more for us.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 25, 2021:

I like the Lindsay Graham one.

SCIENCE & HEALTH 1/25/2021 A study of chronic pain patients found that "approximately one-third...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 25, 2021:

I've been on cannabis for a pretty long time and can attest that it helps, doesn't eliminate the pain but helps a lot more than anti-inflamatories.

The fight between those who define autism as a medical condition and those who see it as a mere ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 25, 2021:

Just what we don't need.

This is going to be good. [youtube.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 25, 2021:

I'm glad my dad died before the far right news took over completely.

To me, the difference between Agnostics Atheists can be boiled down to this: atheists are ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 23, 2021:

Hardly pessimistic, if there were a god(s) that would be a bad thing.

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) Wither the 50-states' ratification and ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 23, 2021:

Enforcement and compliance will not happen. All the nuclear countries are against it and they're the ones with the power. I wish it were otherwise and would do nearly anything I could to make it so but there's nothing I can do.

Not sure at which point..

Theresa_N comments on Jan 23, 2021:

Good for social distancing.

Arizona's recreational marijuana sales for several dispensaries started yesterday at 4:20 PM.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 23, 2021:

I don't know if I'll live long enough to see expanded medical cannibis and legal recreational cannibis here in MN. Right now I'll just make do with vaping thc concentrate.

What a great band!......The Moody Blues. - The Story In Your Eyes. [youtu.be]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 23, 2021:

They were my favorite band for a number of years and my favorite music to trip too.

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire”.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 23, 2021:

Very true, the best teachers are arsonists (figuratively).

STATE UPDATES 1/22/2021 The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee held a hearing on a...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

From everything I've seen Cuomo has been nothing less than the biggest neo-liberal out there. I'm so glad he's not my governor.

No shit Sherlock...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

You know you can request your file under the Freedom of Information Act.

She's very young, only four months old now, but she's four feet tall.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

Nice plant, mine never grew that big.

Your in big trouble!!!

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

This one is my favorites and I've seen a lot of them.

Anyone ready to start a McConnell Pinata group? [alternet.org]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

I'd join.

Trumpanzees are pretty fuckin’ stupid. Another Richard Barnett. [politico.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

And justices releasing known flight risks on bail.

So many of these are hysterical. One of my personal favorites.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

I love these Bernie memes. They've returned the joy that is Bernie to my heart.

Malham Cove, in Yorkshire.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

Even more fun can be some long primes but the only one I ever had was a poor quality 400mm.

Mount Huangshan, China

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

No thanks, I'm afraid of heights.

There should be some law somewhere or a regulation in congress to get rid of quacks like this qanon ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

There will always be "crazies." As a congressperson she should be ejected from the House.

Trump Departs White House to Find His Company in Shambles Donald Trump returns to his company ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

He could have a bunch of low rent motels, filled with prostitutes, that's his sort of business. He could even have arrangements so that he can "grab them by the pussy."

Trump Supporter Who Took Private Plane to Storm the Capitol and Then Begged for a Pardon Is Now ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

Good thing she is feeling repercussions from her seditious activity.

A lot of truth in this

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

The problem is if they aren't raised right or circamstances are favorable. Plenty of tragedy happens to kids and dogs that isn't caused by the way they are raised.

NEW DRUG CZAR APPOINTED President Joe Biden named a new acting director for the White House ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 22, 2021:

While Biden sips his alcohol laden beverage he raises cannabis prohibitionists to places of status. Hypocrite!

No worries officer I gots him and he ain't goin nowheres...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 21, 2021:

That's a Siamese cat for you, always dominant.

Narcissism - In ancient mythology , Narciss was a young man , who , when he one day saw his ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 21, 2021:

I'm certain tRump spends lots of time watching videos of himself.

This circus keeps writing itself! Lol!!! [nytimes.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Another pay wall. I will continue to pay The Guardian which never insisted that I pay in the years before I paid.

Article on how QAnon will either disappear or get worse.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 21, 2021:

QAnon in crisis, another article about what's happening with QAnon: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/qanon-in-crisis-as-day-of-reckoning-fails-to-materialize/

President Biden replaced Andrew Jackson's portrait with Ben Franklin's portrait in the oval office.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 21, 2021:

The Prime Minister complained "It's because he's half Kenyan and hates GB" about Obama when he removed it.

Well, I hear the 'Dawn Chorus' has begun to sound already so I guess it won't be long before the ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Noble bird.

What Message Did Biden’s Religious Inauguration Speech Send to Atheists?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 21, 2021:

It's pretty discouraging to be ignored. We'll see if he carries on with his injections of religion into government and well if he does he'll have lost me.

[newsthump.com] Still keeping up his normal routine as much as possible

Theresa_N comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Playing golf and watching fascist television is all he'll do. That's pretty much all he's done for four years apart from ruining the country.

Franklin Graham Falsely Claims Christians Weren’t Involved in the Capitol Siege | Hemant Mehta | ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 21, 2021:

His father was bad, but he's ten times worse.

I wanna make you crave for this 😂☺ Goodnight 💤

Theresa_N comments on Jan 21, 2021:

If I didn't have a severe toothache I would crave it, but it would be too cold on my tooth right now.

A view from the uk [youtu.be]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Thank you for this. I read The Guardian's GB news coverage and am amazed there isn't much discussion on the part of this forum about news in GB. Brexit was hardly mentioned at all by members of this site who live in GB.

Am I the asshole?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 21, 2021:

Things are often difficult with in-laws and parents. I know it was difficult for me with my in-laws. Political differences, dietary differences, and skepticism can be barriers. I'm glad I'm not married anymore, even though I loved my ex.

Not a meme but note the serene look on my face as I drink my first post-Trump beer this afternoon.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

If it were me, I'd be having a Guinness.

SpaceX Starlink launch: How to watch Falcon 9 drop 60 satellites into orbit Wednesday - CNET

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

This is causing severe problems for astronomers. I think it should be put to a stop.

Betty White supports gay marriage: ‘I don’t care who anybody sleeps with’ / LGBTQ Nation

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

I've loved her ever since Golden Girls was first on the air, after all her character was from Minnesota.

Local Crazy Train I am trying to refrain from posting anything on Facebook that might cause ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

That's what you get when you let fascists run wild on Faux News and social media.

Google News - Trump leaves parting Oval Office letter for Biden

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

He doesn't have a billion dollars.

The Beatles - Get Back...a sneak peek from Peter Jackson. [youtu.be]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

Great video and music! Still one of my favorite bands. Kinder and gentler than the Stones.

The Main Scum, and his Spoor Will Be Around for a While, Damn: [alternet.org]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

They'll do less harm now that they don't have the "bully pulpet."

I dont have much knowledge about the US government and political issues but I can sense that ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

It's certainly true that Biden is a lot better than Duterte who's a lot worse than tRump. You have my sympathy.

Way to go, Joe!!! [bloomberg.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

So far, so good!

Today is Joe Biden's inauguration in the United States (and many Americans are breathing a sigh of ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

Good article.

Is science able to deliver true knowledge?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

While I'm an atheist, can there be anything we really know? The brain is involved in knowing anything and as far as we know this all might be an illusion.

Letters From An American 01/19/2020

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

Yes, tRump is the worst president since reconstruction.

Karma bitch

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

Probably a coke addict. His father is a diet Coke addict.

Maybe Buffalo Boy is right, just not in the way he thinks.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

There's no god and patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.

Happy Inauguration Day! I thought it would never get here.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

So far so good but he's not even president yet.

Saw an advertisement for , "Micicalwatt ," a simple plug in device , based on Tesla's concept of A/C...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

It's certainly a scam.

Another fail for the far right.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

I'm afraid "the war on terror" doesn't count as a real war, neither does the "war on drugs." ;)

I spotted this on the Conservative Atheist Group, I guess it depends upon your perspective but what ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

California has a lot going for it but not as much as Canada, until they get a conservative government.

Tuesday and I have too many

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

I like the Star Trek The Next Generation one.

Tic toc. 24 hours to go...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

The good news is the fascists have seemed to go to their secret places and leave the rest of us alone for awhile.

Autism is

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

We have just as much empathy, if not more, than "normies." We just have trouble with social cues.

Even a Sex Doll Can't Find a Decent Man!!! [mirror.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Phil Specter should have had one of those, he wouldn't have gone to prison and died there.

It's the preferred method

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Not 4k? You're behind the times. ;)

[youtu.be] The Ronettes and Be My Baby Phil Spector may be dead but his music lives on

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Phil Spector was a deplorable human being. He tortured, often physically every woman he was involved with.

Slow motion footage of a live ejection seat test in flight from a Martin-Baker test aircraft: ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Now that is a retro clip, from the early '50s I'd say. I love old films about aircraft. My dad was a small plane pilot and I went flying with him more than a few times. I wish we had gone to air shows though.

My favorite guy on the Left.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Assange is a mixed bag as is this guy talking about him. As free speech advocates should know, as should everyone else except for the fascists, tolerance of intolerance leads to no tolerance at all. I support Assange's free speech except when it aids fascists, as it did in '16. Not his revealing military secrets, which shouldn't have been secrets, but his aiding fascists, called Repuglicans in this country. No I didn't support Hillary in '16, but I didn't support tRump either. Assange hated Clinton so much he supported tRump.

Isn't this swell? Japan has it's own QAnon! [globalvoices.org]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

To those saying discrimination against minorities is just a "cultural thing," all discrimination is "cultural." Take the indigenous people of Japan, they are badly oppressed by the majority of Japanese. Black Amerikans who live there aren't treated well either. Oppression of minorities is becoming more evident all over the war with many countries becoming nationalist.

There are hundreds of groups on this site and I am not a member of most of them, however I would not...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

It would help if you said what groups they were. I have not requested ANY groups to be shut down as it's very easy to hide them. I think it's literally criminal that there is a QAnon group here and would like that one to be shut down. They are not agnostic or atheist and are considered to be dangerous by even tRumps FBI.

There are plenty of cultural Jews on both sides of the Donald Trump story, but I'm liking this one a...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

I hate sites that have a pay wall. I'd never pay a site that has a pay wall. I give money to The Guardian, they don't have a pay wall.

I think all the people that stormed the capital should be changed under trumps executive order ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

No they should be tried for insurrection. That's 20 years.

Isn't this swell? Japan has it's own QAnon! [globalvoices.org]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Yes, they aren't fond of minorities in Japan either.

So its not against the law to sell presidential pardons ?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

I think there are more investigations needed than Biden and the congress have time for.

No military parade for Diaper Donnie! He’s lucky they don’t drag him down the street by a rope ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Yes, he should be executed and buried at sea, so his followers can't visit his grave.

Yes... we have lift off!!

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

The rapture is pretty much an evangelical/fundie idea, something I didn't believe in even when I was flirting with such beliefs.

Wondering what happened to this group?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Don't know and don't really care. I blocked it and that was fine with me, I block groups I don't care about. Not that I'd ever say it shouldn't be here, just I'm not interested. I wish men (and some women) didn't want to look at objectifying pictures but as long as it can be blocked I don't make a fuss.

STATE UPDATES 1/18/2021 New Jersey Gov.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Some good news. The legalization of psilocybin seems to be gaining steam in a couple of places. That's good, I have given up on psilocybin or LSD ever being legal in my lifetime but maybe in other's.

It is sad that the Guard in DC have had to be vetted even as they are deployed.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

He's right. We really cannot trust police and military after the events of nearly two weeks ago. All of them, all across the country, should be checked to see if they are sympathetic to far right causes and those that are should be fired and banned from being either police or military. The "constitutional sheriffs," those that believe they are the highest law enforcement in the country, should be the first banned.

FUN!!! [zynn.be]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Doesn't look fun to me, it looks like a nightmare.

I saw this so i thought i would share it 😂 those damn incels

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Yes, it's probably true that 98% of straight cis-gendered men are transphobic.

Covid-19 friendly communion

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Doesn't look like bread and wine. Probably neither. No thanks.

Really, it's an honor...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

My hate for him is only second to that for the tRump family. Please people, your being manipulated by a monster.

Today is MLK day. As an atheist I celebrate a religious leader. How is that?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Watched One Night In Miami and it's about Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, and I forget who, one night to discuss justice, human rights, and religion. Very good.

The AstraZeneca Factory in Baltimore - Marginal REVOLUTION

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

There are no vigorous studies that have shown that half a dose is as effective as a full dose. The half dose results were not fully examined because it was a mistake. The vaccine currently being used here in the US has over a 90% effectiveness and that is much higher than the AstraZeneca one.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. EVERYONE!

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

A great man who wasn't appreciated as much as he should have been. He was not naive and impotent, he fought for real justice for everyone. He was against the Vietnam war and was for economic justice and was killed for it.

What a man baby!!!!

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

He is a baby in many ways. The fact is he's one of the most damaged people in recent presidential history. If he hadn't been rich he probably would have been a serial killer.