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Marjorie Taylor Greene Angered Dildos Reportedly Sold by Kids' Toothbrushes

rainmanjr comments on Dec 18, 2022:

MTG plays to a specific crowd, which composes most of her District, and this is what they want from her. IDK what to do about it outside rolling my eyes.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 19, 2022:

She is just further proof of what has been that case since Slick Willie Clinton first came on the scene, with all of his bimbo eruptions, etc. That was the beginning of politics becoming entertainment for many Americans....

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TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 17, 2022:

I wouldn't get too cheery about the Dem record. Food prices are still sky high, Assange is still getting shafted, DeJoy and Powell are still in their jobs, as Trump appointees, we traded Afghanistan for Ukraine, in the MIC making their profits, our manu jobs are still all overseas, corporations ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 18, 2022:

@Flyingsaucesir I wouldn't hold my breath on that one, and even if he is, he will never serve time. By the time it might ever happen, he will be pardoned by the next Repub prez in two years.

I have been reading the dating profiles on Facebook.

glennlab comments on Dec 17, 2022:

You don't buy a car unless you've driven it, and marriage is a hell of a bigger investment than a car.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 18, 2022:

Another old saying is a man saying that before marrying a woman he would want to, like in buying a car, "Look under the hood", except, in those days, that meant having sex before marriage, which, in those days, was considered offensive and unacceptable to so-called respectable, Christian women. So the analogy between marriage and buying a car, at least in the old days, is a stretch... Since then, times have really changed, as nowadays, the young people seem to be interested in having sex first, the so-called "sex interview", to see if they enjoy each other enough sexually to even bother getting to know each other as people, then proceed to dating, then proceed to buying a house or at least living together, then having a kid, and then finally, and only lastly, getting married, if at all. So, everything appears to be mostly in reverse order, compared to the days when my parents met as single young people, except for maybe the sex part happening after marriage, but before living together and buying the house.

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TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 17, 2022:

I wouldn't get too cheery about the Dem record. Food prices are still sky high, Assange is still getting shafted, DeJoy and Powell are still in their jobs, as Trump appointees, we traded Afghanistan for Ukraine, in the MIC making their profits, our manu jobs are still all overseas, corporations ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 17, 2022:

@Flyingsaucesir None of that for the higher ups and leaders, so again, since it will be limited to the dupes and foot soldiers, I say it's mainly political theater. Believe what you like about it.

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TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 17, 2022:

I wouldn't get too cheery about the Dem record. Food prices are still sky high, Assange is still getting shafted, DeJoy and Powell are still in their jobs, as Trump appointees, we traded Afghanistan for Ukraine, in the MIC making their profits, our manu jobs are still all overseas, corporations ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 17, 2022:

@Flyingsaucesir The Trump tax cuts are still in place. The Dems and Biden are delivering on better Covid policy than Trump, as well as less hatred against the cultural groups the Repubs and their supporters hate, which is about all I expected from them. I hate being right so often. As far as getting votes from their followers, all the Repubs need to deliver to them is lower taxes for the rich and corporations, and continued hatred of the groups they all hate, that is it. And Jan. 6, is something the Repub followers are proud of, so the Dems never punishing the leaders behind that is also a big, hollow issue for them, motivating their supporters to vote Dem, but not anybody else, like me, who sees that it was all empty political theater. You can't consistently win elections based on "We suck less than them"...

A Republican Supermajority In Florida Is Ready To Shred Abortion Rights | HuffPost Latest News

Barnie2years comments on Dec 17, 2022:

Anyone of child baring age should leave the state. Let all those old Republicans fend for themselves.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 17, 2022:

I hear you, but that really smacks of privilege. See my comment below. The only solution I see, for those stuck there, is what the movie Call Jane is about, an underground abortion service run by women, but in FL they would be much more targeted than that group was, in the Chicago area in the late 60s and 70s. They had the mob and the cops looking out for them, because both groups were connected to women who needed their services, so they left them alone. I really doubt that would be as easy in FL these days.

A Republican Supermajority In Florida Is Ready To Shred Abortion Rights | HuffPost Latest News

rainmanjr comments on Dec 17, 2022:

State's rights to decide law. Don't like their laws? Don't go to FL or buy products from FL. If enough people do that they'll rethink those laws.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 17, 2022:

Boycotts like you propose can work, but they take a long time, sometimes decades. Look at South Africa. In the meantime, what are those women without resources or the ability to move away, supposed to do?

Do you have a hard to shop for Xstian on your holiday gift list?

DenoPenno comments on Dec 16, 2022:

Oh, why not? Sarah Palin talks to him on her cell phone. :)

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 16, 2022:

Something tells me that Sarah Palin hears, and talks to, other voices, that also aren't really there, besides Jesus....

Elon Musk Calls for the Prosecution of Anthony Fauci Over the weekend, Elon Musk took to his ...

racocn8 comments on Dec 13, 2022:

If anyone had doubt that Musk is a full-throated asshole. (Hate to break it to you, Johnny, but the Deep State/MIC is alive and well).

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 14, 2022:

So true. Epstein's convenient, mysterious :suicide" is all the proof you need about that, along with the treatment of Assange.

Looking for a new profile photo which one works the best?

FvckY0u comments on Dec 13, 2022:

Go with what picture best speaks to you or what you're trying to convey.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 13, 2022:

@azzow2 Some women want a comedian, some don't. I don't know how to advise you beyond that.

Said every cat at 3 am

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Dec 13, 2022:

It's warm dammit, what's the problem?

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 13, 2022:

Warmth is always the top priority with cats, in where they plant themselves. Like heat-seeking missiles, they will always land in the warmest spot in the house that they can get to..

Said every cat at 3 am

Garban comments on Dec 13, 2022:

“That new kibble gives me gas.”

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 13, 2022:

A woman I used to date had a cat that often farted either in her face or in her direction when near her, at times. I thought it was maybe a passive aggressive cat, lol! To my knowledge, she didn't get rid of the cat, tho probably a lot of people would have...

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will...

ASTRALMAX comments on Dec 11, 2022:

True, until you do or say something that they find disagreeable and everything that you previously said that caused them to feel good is suddenly forgotten.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2022:

That is rather true, and I hate that, when people throw out all past credits you have with them, simply because in the moment, they are mad at you. It is very unfair, and I try to stay above that myself in how I deal with people.

Time of the year for mean comparisons

BDair comments on Dec 12, 2022:

That is not applicable to this particular 60 year old man.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2022:

@Betty Maybe that is the excuse tacky men use for sending dick pics to women on dating sites, to prove what they still have?

Has anyone seen the new friends feature on the Facebook dating?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 12, 2022:

I am on FB, but know nothing about it. Does it cost you any $ if you are already on FB? I am wary of using it, as I could see the potential of scammers using it even more than normal dating sites. Scratch that. I looked it up on Google, there is no web version of it yet, probably never will be. You ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2022:

@azzow2 Not getting or learning how to use a smartphone just for that.

US leaders gather to discuss rights of nonreligious people across the world 'Discrimination against...

racocn8 comments on Dec 11, 2022:

Most people have an inkling of the cruelty and damage done by religious people. However, if people grasped more than this inkling... Even though people hear about the many atrocities, mass murders, and genocides, the sheer breadth and scope of evil-doing done in the name of Jesus is mind-boggling ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2022:

@CuddyCruiser In all honesty, the last US president I actually liked and respected, was Jimmy Carter, which figures, because he was a one-termer, that most people turned on as soon as the Iran hostage crisis happened, which was never his fault, just bad luck for him, that it happened on his watch, when he was not the one who set up the Shah there as a dictator.

US leaders gather to discuss rights of nonreligious people across the world 'Discrimination against...

racocn8 comments on Dec 11, 2022:

Most people have an inkling of the cruelty and damage done by religious people. However, if people grasped more than this inkling... Even though people hear about the many atrocities, mass murders, and genocides, the sheer breadth and scope of evil-doing done in the name of Jesus is mind-boggling ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2022:

@CuddyCruiser Totally with you, man. That is why I refuse to cave into the pressure to be bright-sided and optimistic about the future of America or the world, because the evidence for optimism, just isn't there, and hope really is another name, these days, for wishful or magical thinking..... And I am still disgusted at how Obama, used, and so many rubes bought into, and still do, his phony, manipulative advertising, for "Hope And Change", which I always knew was phony and bullshit, but most people still believe that shit about him and how wonderful things supposedly were during the Obama years and how great he was, etc.. It makes me want to puke when I hear the Dem loyalists spout that shit and treat me as if I am the delusional, crazy one, instead of them...

Here's a chestnut that often comes up when a religious person finds out that I am an Atheist.

BufftonBeotch comments on Dec 11, 2022:

That bit about if "If you don't fear hell what keeps you from breaking into your neighbor's house and beheading them and raping infants?" Close to the Duck Dynasty quote. These thoughts don't enter my mind.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2022:

@BufftonBeotch Good line and quite true! You can bank on that one... And another related line I have always believed in, that I got from a Poli Sci professor, is " You never know who you really are, as far as morals or ethics, until you have been given power, and then been tested or tempted, by someone who asks you to use it or abuse that power, in doing favors for them or for hurting someone you don't like". Because until then, you don't really know who you are, in that area, and nobody else does, either... Lots of people say and think they are very highly moral and ethical, but they have never had to prove it, by being tested or tempted in that sort of situation..

Has anybody else noticed any changes in the trends as far as online dating?

MichelleGar1 comments on Nov 9, 2022:

I could only take 5 minutes or less from the dating option on Facebook, it was too scary for me and overwhelming!

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2022:

And the other thing that sucks, about online dating, esp. if you are a guy, who always has to make the first move, in my dating pool, is that if some other guy wins the competition for a woman who is on the dating site, and then things go sour between them and the woman, in my experience, the woman is never interested in giving any of the also rans, as far as men, another chance with them, by messaging them back later, saying things didn't work out with the man they chose to lock down with and date a while, etc., probably because they never want to admit they made a mistake in choosing the guy they picked, or because by then they have lost track of who else they had begun messaging with before locking down on their top choice, etc. But many times, more often than I can count, I have seen the same woman's profile come up again as active on Match, after being inactive for a while, and then messaged them, telling them I am still interested in meeting them, etc., but they have never given me that second look or chance with them, probably because, as they see it, if I wasn't their first choice in the past, on Match, why should they bother giving me a second look, and also because any woman who is average looking or better, gets plenty of attention from men on dating sites, so their attitude, when they are starting over, is to just only look at the new set of men that have joined Match since the time they dropped off of Match. Same as buying a house, they are only interested in buying from the newer homes on the market, not going back and seeing the homes from before that they passed on. So damned impersonal and callous, the process is. I am always willing to consider, connect again with, and meet women who have passed me up before for someone else, not due to incompatibiility that they sensed on their part, but due to me not being their top choice. But it makes no difference, like anything else, if it's always a one-way street, and that is what I'm so fucking sick of. Women saying they value men who are open-minded, flexible, tolerant of differences between them and a woman, but in the reality, those things count for little or nothing in who they actually choose to date.. It feels to me like lots of women say they value those things in a man, but instead of actually having or choosing to practice those things themselves, they just put those qualities out there as some hollow things they say they want in a man, but have no intention of being themselves, sort of like virtue signaling among pols..

Who’s giving Americans spiritual care?

KKGator comments on Dec 11, 2022:

"Spiritual care"? That's a crock of shit. Mental health care is all people need. I don't want anyone "counseling" me if they believe in ANY god.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2022:

@KKGator I believe you and respect your perspective, but I have met such critters, tho I don't claim that they are common in their professions..

Here's a chestnut that often comes up when a religious person finds out that I am an Atheist.

BufftonBeotch comments on Dec 11, 2022:

That bit about if "If you don't fear hell what keeps you from breaking into your neighbor's house and beheading them and raping infants?" Close to the Duck Dynasty quote. These thoughts don't enter my mind.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2022:

@SnowyOwl The sad reality is that most people operate like that, at what the psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg, who pioneered the study of moral reasoning, calls the conformity level of moral reasoning. These people operate, morally, at the basic level of doing what is needed to conform to the norms of their society, thru obedience to authority and to avoid punishment. Those two factors are all that motivate them in making their moral choices. In Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning, people with higher intelligence, and a more advanced level of moral reasoning, make their moral choices on much more universal and personally held convictions of right and wrong, which involve much more complicated reasons for the actions they choose.

Who’s giving Americans spiritual care?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 11, 2022:

As far as providing spiritual care, ministers are being, and have been replaced, for some time now, by mental health workers, like social workers, therapists, and counselors. It used to be that most religious people went to their ministers for counseling, because it was less embarrassing to them and...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2022:

@BufftonBeotch But nowadays, esp. with the gig economy, many jobs have no benefits whatsover, which is a trend which began decades ago, on the part of employers, to increase their profits and cut their costs. It is also a big reason why most employers, esp. ones in low wage, no benefit industries can't hire and keep staff, because many workers decided, after Covid hit, to no longer put up with taking low wage, no benefit jobs anymore and being exploited by employers, to work high risk jobs for Covid, with no benefits and shitty pay. I still have no sympathy whatsoever for employers these days who can't hire or keep staff. They are reaping what they have sowed, because employers who have continued to pay well and provide good benefits, have always been able to hire and retain staff. It is the exploitive ones who are suffering now, and they fucking deserve every bit of it!

Who’s giving Americans spiritual care?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 11, 2022:

As far as providing spiritual care, ministers are being, and have been replaced, for some time now, by mental health workers, like social workers, therapists, and counselors. It used to be that most religious people went to their ministers for counseling, because it was less embarrassing to them and...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 12, 2022:

@BufftonBeotch All of those suppositions, are very likely true, in a rural area, but I don't live in one of those, and never will again, by choice, because of the terrible mismatch they are for someone like me. In a decent sized city, like I live in, you don't have to worry about such a widespread gossip network, lucky for me. I pity people who, due to either ignorance about such things, or not having any choice about where they live, due to local family ties, or needing the job they have in that town so badly, that they have to stay living in Podunk, no matter how bad it might be for them socially or mentally.

Who’s giving Americans spiritual care?

KKGator comments on Dec 11, 2022:

"Spiritual care"? That's a crock of shit. Mental health care is all people need. I don't want anyone "counseling" me if they believe in ANY god.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 11, 2022:

I think that the two are hard to separate, in the treatment and healing of most people, for their emotional problems, and past traumas. I personally have no issue with a therapist or mental health professional who is a believer in religion, as long as they respect the patient's non-belief, attempt to meet them where the patient is already at, so to speak, and not try to change them on that aspect of not believing. The point is to make the person more functional, less plagued by their mental illness, promote healing of their psyche from trauma, increase their capacity or resiliance to be able to cope with life, to increase their social connections and improve the quality of those connections, and to aid them in finding a life that is more fulfilling to them, not to the helper..

Who’s giving Americans spiritual care?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 11, 2022:

As far as providing spiritual care, ministers are being, and have been replaced, for some time now, by mental health workers, like social workers, therapists, and counselors. It used to be that most religious people went to their ministers for counseling, because it was less embarrassing to them and...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 11, 2022:

@skado Yes and no. The ministers are still free of charge, and so are the mental health workers working at community mental health centers, where they still exist, because those are govt. funded, and either charge nothing for the poor, or a sliding fee scale for those who do have income.

Who’s giving Americans spiritual care?

BufftonBeotch comments on Dec 11, 2022:

As in Catholic church? The last person I would want counseling me would be a damn virgin with no clue to the real world.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 11, 2022:

Sound like a line from the Clint Eastwood movie, Gran Torino...

Here's a chestnut that often comes up when a religious person finds out that I am an Atheist.

SnowyOwl comments on Dec 11, 2022:

I've found it to be a common theme amongst religious types that they feel that Atheists are more likely to be immoral, untrustworthy and even prone to criminal actions, this has been born out in numerous polls and studies. It's one of the reasons why so few politicians who are Atheists will ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 11, 2022:

No doubt. Biggest example is Bernie Sanders, who I have no doubt is an atheist, but because he wanted to be president, he always claimed that he was still Jewish, but non-observant, what a cop-out! But he knew he couldn't get away with adding Atheist to the Socialist label he already had...

Interesting that adults can accept that Santa is a lie but still believe that God is the truth. :D

Dave375 comments on Dec 10, 2022:

When I was a child I pretended Santa was real, even after I knew otherwise. I realized playing along would net me gifts. Perhaps some religious adults have a similar thought process.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 10, 2022:

Agreed. Playing along at least gets you social acceptance, conformity, and maybe some conditional friendship. And there's always the magical hope that you will be rewarded for your faith by some sky fairy..

This exquisite amicus brief was submitted to the US Supreme Court, by the Onion.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 10, 2022:

Maybe I'm too ignorant, or thick, as the British say, but is there any particular case that this brief is supposed to be in reference to?

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 10, 2022:

@itsmeagain Ok, thanks for adding that link, it all makes sense now. I had already heard about the case of the guy writing a satire piece about his local cops and then them going to war against him. To me, The Onion publishes more truth, between the lines of the satire, about how things really are, than all of the corporate media combined...

Cheato's diabolically clever hiding place for classified documents.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 10, 2022:

That's my parody title for that retarded country song, "Digging Up Bones", which I call Picking My Nose..lol..

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 10, 2022:

@Flyingsaucesir See, I've been telling you all for years, that country music sucks! Imagine living somewhere like Iowa, where it's so damned popular and you are constantly bombarded with it on TV and at karaoke, which I go to a few times a week? It's like being the only sane person in the asylum..

For those of us that are the black sheep of the family, how true does this ring for you?

Lauren comments on Nov 30, 2022:

Indeed. And we're usually the only one brave enough to face reality.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 10, 2022:

@ChrisAine You and I finally agree on something...

Sometimes the truth hurts

Julie808 comments on Dec 2, 2022:

I find it refreshing that men are more real and genuine now that dating is no longer the objective at our ages.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 10, 2022:

I was always real and genuine, but look where it got me before I met my late wife, and where it gets me now in online dating. Maybe there's a reason most men are not that genuine, like maybe they get penalized for it by too many single women? Seems to me that many women are a bit disengenuous when they say the want real and genuine, but in reality are more interested in smooth and very confident, even if it's phony charm.... I blame a lot of it on them watching too many Hollywood movies, where the leading men are always 10s in looks, very confident and charming, rather than real and genuine in any realistic way, like average men. Seems to lead to a lot of ridiculous expectations...

Eric Trump says his dad saved religious freedom from Obama | Salon.com

David1955 comments on Dec 9, 2022:

Even on the spectrum of Trump family stupidity this guy is in a class of dumb-fuck all his own. The only family member exception is Mary Trump, who is a terrific lady, the white sheep of the family.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 10, 2022:

Every family has it's despised truth-teller about it. Mary Trump is theirs, and I can totally relate to her... She knows that someone like Donald could have her whacked or at least seriously hurt, and get away with it, as well as frivilously sued, and cost her tons of money to fight it, but yet she still spills the beans on him, knowing it could really personally cost her..

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona: Why I’m registering as an independent

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2022:

You're right, she will not even run for re-election. She already has her cushy corporate or lobbyist job lined up, secretly. In the meantime, she loves the spotlight, and will suck up all she can of it until she leaves office. The Dems should have wrote her off long ago, same with Manchin, but ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 9, 2022:

@CuddyCruiser Ding, ding, you are correct sir! And even Bernie, who is not just in it for the money, like the rest of them in DC, is still pretty corrupt, choosing to suck up to the Dems just to keep his own power and perks in congress, instead of leaving them behind and starting the third party he could have given us back in 2016. He sells out too, just not for money, like the rest of them. And all he gets for it, is a powerless platform to complain about the Dems, but then cave to them every time. So in that way, he serves as a sheepdog to keep progressive voters inside the duopoly, instead of voting outside of it, and making the Dem Party appear to be more different than the Repubs than they actually are. He is the showdog for them to keep the progressives in line, when he has no power in the party and none of its leaders listen to him. He is the lipstick on the Dem Party pig... And I am waiting for the Dem Party apologists and loyalists to show up and bash me in, 3, 2, 1......

Well, after another really long dry spell, I recently got rejected this weekend by two women that I ...

ChrisAine comments on Dec 9, 2022:

It hurts when you can't find a partner in your local community I'm on the same page when it comes to finding love, all the ladies around here are religious or evangelicals which means once you date them, you must accept their beliefs. About finding love online It's my first time to try it here ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 9, 2022:

@ChrisAine Read it however you want to. I was saying that likely no women would date a man who lived overseas, whether he was white, black, green or whatever. Knock off your stupid PC assumption of racism. Man, I hate it when people treat PC as their own fucking religion. If anybody on here thinks I am racist because I don't worship at the alter of PC, like they do, they can fuck themselves. You're an idiot, as far as I'm concerned, and I don't want to engage with you anymore. Fail to respect that, and I will block you.

Well, after another really long dry spell, I recently got rejected this weekend by two women that I ...

ChrisAine comments on Dec 9, 2022:

It hurts when you can't find a partner in your local community I'm on the same page when it comes to finding love, all the ladies around here are religious or evangelicals which means once you date them, you must accept their beliefs. About finding love online It's my first time to try it here ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 9, 2022:

I'm not sure I agree that most profiles are tagged with interest in meeting people for dating. I would bet most of those profiles you're referring to are old and inactive. Most of the members profiles I see these days, who are still actively involved with the site, and posting comments and posts, are tagged with "here for community only". Also, very few members here will find any local dating options, because those who are still active on here are very scattered across the US. So, go ahead and feel this is a dating site, if you like, but unless you are interested in dating other members long distance, and by that I mean at least a few hundred mile away from you, you're probably out of luck for dating members from here. And you don't even live in the US, where most of the members are. Who do you think from here that lives in the US, is going to date a man from Africa?

Hello I'm new here from Uganda.

skado comments on Dec 8, 2022:

Welcome to AgnosticDotCom! To answer your question... you might find love here, just as a person might find love at a grocery store or at a football game, but, like those venues, this is not *primarily* a dating site. It's mostly a site where non-believing religious literalists gather to ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 8, 2022:

It was originally intended to be a dating site and a social discussion site, but the former never really panned out, and in the last several years, it has been a joke for dating. No local dating options except for a very few Americans, plenty of long distance dating options, for people in America, unlike you. But I would say that even men in America are out of luck on here, as no women on here appear to be interested in trying LD dating, and I sure am not.

Do you give money to the red kettle bell ringers outside every store?

Secretguy comments on Dec 8, 2022:

Mostly what I see here is a bunch of cheap dickwads using bullshit arguments to justify their selfishness.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 8, 2022:

I'm not cheap or selfish at all, asshole. I'm a proud socialist, who wants to see everybody get a fair shake and piece of the pie. I gave all of my first Covid relief check from Trump, around 1500$, to my local food bank, how about you? What did you do with yours? I didn't need it and considered it blood money, actually, so I gave it away. Don't be so quick to judge and label all of us as selfish assholes, unless you are without sin or fault yourself, on that score of altruism and generosity, etc..

Do you give money to the red kettle bell ringers outside every store?

TheDoubter comments on Dec 8, 2022:

Remember the Clintons (Bill and Hil)? Donations for campaigns or for other goals ended up in the Clinton Foundation. They probably bought more land in Arkansas

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 8, 2022:

@Secretguy I came to that conclusion about the Clintons long ago, without his help, by watching what they did, not their words. And no, I am very left wing, that's why I hate them. Bill was the first neoliberal, DLC corporate Dem president we had, selling out the working class and pushing them into the arms of the Repubs, He and Hillary did a lot to making Trump our 45th prez. They were part of the disease, he was merely the symptom...

Do you give money to the red kettle bell ringers outside every store?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 8, 2022:

Thanks Julie, very informative. I never give to anyone who is ringing bells, or otherwise panhandling, because I only give to charities I already have researched and then either give online or by mailing them a check, not spontaneously giving in person. I also find it annoying that they and other ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 8, 2022:

@jlynn37 Agreed. Both parties have plenty of money already from their big corporate donors. They don't need money from us peasants, and they don't really care what we want, they just want our votes at election time, and I refuse to give them that as well, as often as possible, esp. in fed elections. The exception is when the greater evil is so extreme, that I hold my nose and vote Dem, not for, but against, the Repub..

Do you give money to the red kettle bell ringers outside every store?

TheDoubter comments on Dec 8, 2022:

Remember the Clintons (Bill and Hil)? Donations for campaigns or for other goals ended up in the Clinton Foundation. They probably bought more land in Arkansas

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 8, 2022:

I have always hated both of the Clintons, for being phony corporate sellouts. Nice to see your comment proves me right about that.

Do you give money to the red kettle bell ringers outside every store?

KKGator comments on Dec 8, 2022:

Nope. I do very little charitable giving.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 8, 2022:

I don't blame you. Few of them are legitimately serving causes I care about.

It’s official.

BBJong comments on Dec 7, 2022:

Congrats♤♡◇♧_-_-_ go for happiness 🔭 🧭-guess u won't set an a alarm clock for a couple of months☺💗

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 7, 2022:

I still have my alarm clock, but very rarely use it. I usually get up around 8 or 9 am. About the only thing I get up earlier for is the rare medical appt. that can't be scheduled later in the day.

Time spent together

Garban comments on Dec 5, 2022:

I use Zoom a lot for work, so I have a general negative opinion of it. If you and the person you are meeting with get satisfaction by all means enjoy whether it’s a date or just a friendly chat.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 7, 2022:

I always feel negatively about online communication compared to in person, face to face, which is much more emotionally satisfying and clearer communication, esp. compared to text messages, whether phone style or e-mails. Even phone voice calls are much clearer, more rewarding, satisfying communication. But if what you care most about these days, like most people is convenience and efficiency, which I don't but most do, then the phone texting is the best. Why I won't get a smartphone or learn to text, besides being too clumsy...

I can't speak to all religions and religious beliefs but in my experience I think what keeps many in...

snytiger6 comments on Dec 6, 2022:

I think that is a part of it. I also think that as humans evolved as "herd" animals, whose ancestors instinctually gathered in groups for safety, that those insticts to belong to group are still at play, and by belonging to a group they feel safe. If that group doesn't change, then they may even ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 6, 2022:

I and many other non believers join Unitarian or Unity churches, so we can have some community, without the religion. Some are willing to make that compromise and go outside mainstream churches to be authentic about their non-belief, some will just do without any church, and some will stay within mainstream religion, no matter how little they believe in it, just to fit and remain in the mainstream herd, like you say. Pity that choose to do that last one, remain inauthentic in their short time on this rock, but I guess some of us have more courage and integrity than others.

Vandalism is getting to be a lot less in my area.

Garban comments on Dec 6, 2022:

Home video monitoring has become more affordable. Vandalism has become a high risk low reward crime maybe.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 6, 2022:

It has also cut way down on people stealing packages off of porches, etc.

Hi, I was curious if anyone else felt as i do about birthdays.

Lauren comments on Dec 5, 2022:

I agree with @Willow_Wisp's thoughts on birthdays providing an opportunity to stay in touch. I have friends whose lives don't intersect with mine much anymore, but birthdays give us a fixed date that we can use as a pretext to get together at least a couple times a year. It was thoughtless of ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 5, 2022:

@K9Kohle789 I agree with your attitude about people needing to be real and loyal with you, or else they don't need to be in your life. As far as being one of the hot chicks in high school, etc., I can't relate to that at all, as I was never confident about my looks, esp. back then. So I guess that is one big diff in us. I suppose youthful beauty has both its pluses and minuses, but I can only imagine them, since I was never part of the cool or beautiful crowd in high school...

It’s official.

glennlab comments on Dec 5, 2022:

I always told clients that anytime you are offered early retirement, take it, otherwise the company will find a way to eliminate you without the benefits.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 5, 2022:

Yup, most employers will find a way to screw you out of retirement benefits, so don't let them, beat them at their own game, when you can.

Judge blocks Indiana abortion ban on religious freedom grounds | Reuters

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 3, 2022:

This will never hold up once it gets to the top court..

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 4, 2022:

@p-nullifidian A great example of why to get rid of the fillibuster, esp. since the Dems are never willing to play hardball and use it, unlike the Repubs...

Judge blocks Indiana abortion ban on religious freedom grounds | Reuters

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 3, 2022:

This will never hold up once it gets to the top court..

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 3, 2022:

@OldMetalHead Well, that's what happens when one president, like Trump, cheats and gets to put three right wing Catholics on the court, in one term...

Hey, How's everyone been?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 2, 2022:

Well, you live in the US, like me, where we have had uniparty rule, at least since the late 80s, ever since. The only real differences these days, at the fed level, for the major parties, is the identity politics and culture wars, otherwise, the policies and agendas are pretty much the same, serving...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 3, 2022:

@Flyingsaucesir I will probably never give up my pessimism about our country and our system, until and unless it is somehow disproven, which in my lifetime, has only continued to get worse each decade, as far as my points in my first paragraph. What I do share with you, is to go down fighting, both literally and figuratively, against the assholes in both parties, as well as the ruling class both of them serve. I will keep fighting the case and cause for socialism until I die. I know that if it comes to civil war here, which I still think it will, I will have my gun and be ready to fight those pricks when the time comes, whether it is just defending myself when they come for me, or out in the streets if our side needs to actually go out there and fight them in the streets, the left against the right, with the cops and military, either on their side or, at best, standing back and standing by, in case the right is not able to beat us on its own.

Re Kanye (Ye),

davknight comments on Dec 3, 2022:

Ignorance can be cured. But Stupid is forever a bag of hammers!

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 3, 2022:

Can only be cured if the person is willing to learn. Unfortunately, most conservatives do not want to be informed, they just want to win the argument.

I need a wife to bear me a son and daughter

DenoPenno comments on Nov 30, 2022:

Me too. I also prefer them younger. One on here is trying to troll me right now. You can have her.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 3, 2022:

I'm guessing that would be Avva?

I need a wife to bear me a son and daughter

BitFlipper comments on Dec 2, 2022:

Who the fuck is this guy?

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 3, 2022:

Who know? But he sounds like a real goofball...

Is real women really hard to find these days

Mooolah comments on Nov 30, 2022:

Failure of our grammar classes.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 3, 2022:

@Mooolah As Bill Clinton said, " That depends on the meaning of "is"....

Hey, How's everyone been?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 2, 2022:

Well, you live in the US, like me, where we have had uniparty rule, at least since the late 80s, ever since. The only real differences these days, at the fed level, for the major parties, is the identity politics and culture wars, otherwise, the policies and agendas are pretty much the same, serving...

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 3, 2022:

@Flyingsaucesir The 2nd paragraph, and your reply, are about whether we get the full on fascism of the Repubs or keep the charade of democracy the Dems prefer. Either way, we are going to remain really screwed, so I would not be rejoicing about the developments you are feeling optimistic about regarding Trump and the insurrectionists. Because in two years or so, even the charade of democracy could be gone for good with a Repub victory in two years, or civil war begun instead around that time.

Fucking Kabuki theater.

WilliamCharles comments on Dec 2, 2022:

Mah.Thur.Fah.Curse.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 2, 2022:

That's why they are justifiably called The Fraud Squad, but most liberals have not caught on to them, because they listen only to their words, but don't follow their actions and votes, while the corporate media never scrutinizes their gap between words and actions.

From JFK profiles in courage: If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind,...

vocaloldfart comments on Dec 1, 2022:

Our liberal party(the larcenus party) have a ethos. Me first, me second my mates third, my mates fourth,, if your not one of us..FUCK YOU JACK.They work for who ever pays the most to them..

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 2, 2022:

@glennlab And thus, at least at the fed level, the Dem Party no longer qualifies as a liberal party, because the few actual liberals in there, like Bernie, who is technically an independent, are vastly outnumbered by corporate, centrist Dems, who care nothing about the things in the JFK quote. In Europe, for example, the economic policies of the Dem Party in America, would be called center right..

I need a wife to bear me a son and daughter

MichelleGar1 comments on Nov 30, 2022:

@ed3nn here you go! I hope you both have as many kid's as you can possibly have! 😉 😂😂😂😂😂😂

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 1, 2022:

Scammer meets scammer, lol... only on the internet....

Is real women really hard to find these days

anglophone comments on Nov 30, 2022:

All women are real.

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 1, 2022:

@MichelleGar1 That movie was so funny, and sick..

Is real women really hard to find these days

MichelleGar1 comments on Nov 30, 2022:

Oh geez, another scammer! 🙄🙄🙄🙄😂😂😂

TomMcGiverin replies on Dec 1, 2022:

@MichelleGar1 I play with them sometimes, sort of a harmless way to get some vicarious payback for the real women on dating sites that treat me unfairly, lie, or play games, even tho the two are unrelated. I know that's twisted, but it's harmless, and it helps me cope.

For those of us that are the black sheep of the family, how true does this ring for you?

Lauren comments on Nov 30, 2022:

Indeed. And we're usually the only one brave enough to face reality.

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 30, 2022:

Yup, and probably also explains why I am not close to any of my siblings, esp. now that my parents are both dead.

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antman comments on Nov 29, 2022:

I’d consider myself anti gun but also pro freedom. Why should I tell other people what they can buy and own? Because it can be used to kill? We all have things in our house we could use to kill others so where should the line be drawn to determine what we can and cannot own?

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 30, 2022:

@antman Bite me, lol...

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antman comments on Nov 29, 2022:

I’d consider myself anti gun but also pro freedom. Why should I tell other people what they can buy and own? Because it can be used to kill? We all have things in our house we could use to kill others so where should the line be drawn to determine what we can and cannot own?

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 30, 2022:

@antman You really are an ass. No point debating you, and it's not that I'm losing. You just can't be reasoned with.

All five found guilty, four on Conspiracy and Rhodes of Seditious Conspiracy, for at least ...

silverotter11 comments on Nov 29, 2022:

Now to just have don lardo indicted!

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 30, 2022:

Don't hold your breath, esp. with Garland...

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antman comments on Nov 29, 2022:

I’d consider myself anti gun but also pro freedom. Why should I tell other people what they can buy and own? Because it can be used to kill? We all have things in our house we could use to kill others so where should the line be drawn to determine what we can and cannot own?

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 30, 2022:

So you would be ok with everyone having their own rocket launchers, bazookas, etc? Mortar cannons? If they have a big enough yard, maybe they should be able to own their own tanks? I hope that makes you feel comforted the next time you board a commercial airplane, knowing that someone on the ground, that you politically support on the 2nd Amendment, may be waiting on the ground to settle a grudge and blow your plane out of the sky with you in it.. How about everyone being allowed to buy their own C-4 plastic explosives?

All five found guilty, four on Conspiracy and Rhodes of Seditious Conspiracy, for at least ...

CuddyCruiser comments on Nov 29, 2022:

Ooooh oooh just wait until they get up to the big house……The bros are gonna give them sumthin” they’ll never forget!!

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 29, 2022:

@rainmanjr Well, we can hope, but if there is a racist white gang there, they will be protected.

All five found guilty, four on Conspiracy and Rhodes of Seditious Conspiracy, for at least ...

CuddyCruiser comments on Nov 29, 2022:

Ooooh oooh just wait until they get up to the big house……The bros are gonna give them sumthin” they’ll never forget!!

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 29, 2022:

I hope you are right, but I doubt it. They will join the Aryan Brotherhood in prison, if they even get sent to a real prison, not Club Fed, so they will have protection from the brothers, as in black men...

Yet another encounter on Match, with a closet conservative and Trumper.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Nov 28, 2022:

There is still a subset of people, especially cons, who think they have the ability to change people and mold them into what they want.

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 29, 2022:

@DenoPenno Well, my woman on Match was a political conservative, not a con as in online romance scammer. She hid her true political affiliation because of either shame, manipulation (so she could still get interest or attention from men who were liberal) or both. Also possible she thought she could change or mold the man to her politics, like the above commenter said.

Yet another encounter on Match, with a closet conservative and Trumper.

Julie808 comments on Nov 29, 2022:

Sounds like you made an honest woman out of her, haha. Yes, honesty is best - saves everyone time and energy. Way easier to just swipe "next" rather than to get hopes up, meet and then get torn down for being who you say you are in the first place. Seems more and more political leanings are ...

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 29, 2022:

Nowadays, conservative means being racist, hating anyone different than you, being socially intolerant, and, like it always did, being selfish and greedy... I wish more conservatives would play fair and honest in the online dating game, esp. the women, because the way the game is usually played, the men put in all the time, effort, and hope to reach out to a dozen or two women a month, in my case, in other men's cases, maybe more. And after all that it sucks to have a woman then get your hopes up by messaging you back, which is fairly rare in the first place, for average looking guys like me, and then find out she is politically incompatible, because she lied or hid her politics in the first place. But, like I said, conservatives don't believe in honesty or fairness in politics, so why would they play any different on dating sites? Really, my only two dealbreakers that are on my end, regardless of whether they are for the woman also, are politics and music. I need compatibility in both of them, because they are both very important to me. I can't date someone who is big on country music, because music is my biggest passion in life, and I hate country music. And, because country music is usually so tied into a person's culture, that difference between them and me is also usually a sign that we will be incompatible in other ways, such as politics and religion.

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antman comments on Nov 29, 2022:

I’d consider myself anti gun but also pro freedom. Why should I tell other people what they can buy and own? Because it can be used to kill? We all have things in our house we could use to kill others so where should the line be drawn to determine what we can and cannot own?

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 29, 2022:

@Flyingsaucesir antman is an idiot to not already see that. He is being obtuse to even suggest equivalence between household items and weapons of war, or maybe he is just plain stupid..

Yet another encounter on Match, with a closet conservative and Trumper.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Nov 28, 2022:

There is still a subset of people, especially cons, who think they have the ability to change people and mold them into what they want.

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 28, 2022:

I do see your point, but in my experience with Match, I really don't think the women who are closet Trumpers and conservatives, who hide that in their profile, until they run across someone like me who confronts them about it, are really out to change anyone and convert them to their viewpoint after they begin dating them. I suspect, rather, that they want to be able to keep their options open, cast as wide a net as they can, for the men who might share the other traits in common, or that have the other traits they are looking for, as far as looks, money, education level, common interests, etc. and then end up with the biggest possible selection of men to sort thru and screen for messaging with, then possibly meeting in person. And the way I think it plays out with these women, is to sift out the men who match up with them on everything but politics, and then see if any of those men, who seem attractive and interesting, are either actually apolitical, or possibly not that strong or sincere about their being liberal or a Dem. But my profile makes it very clear that I am very liberal (tho I don't use the scary term socialist in it, since that would be a kiss of death in my Match dating pool), so I really don't see why so many of them end up replying to me anyway these days. I guess they just don't take me at my honest, sincere word, which, when you think about it, is very condescending and arrogant on their part. Probably the same way some believer women think they can change a non-believing man into becoming religious once they begin dating him. But you're right, some of them do think they can change and mold people into their own image, and what is equally arrogant is them feeling they have the right to do so....

Hi guys ♥️ I have been avoiding like hell to make a real post for months and I am trying to ...

puff comments on Nov 27, 2022:

Work to live not live to work. Your profession has copped it the last few years, burn anyone out. I try to only stress out regarding work depending on my hourly rate eg $20/ Hr not care so much. $50/ Hr now I'll give a fuck. Keep on keeping on.

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 28, 2022:

@puff Interesting versatitlity.

Hi guys ♥️ I have been avoiding like hell to make a real post for months and I am trying to ...

puff comments on Nov 27, 2022:

Work to live not live to work. Your profession has copped it the last few years, burn anyone out. I try to only stress out regarding work depending on my hourly rate eg $20/ Hr not care so much. $50/ Hr now I'll give a fuck. Keep on keeping on.

TomMcGiverin replies on Nov 28, 2022:

@puff Ok, I get it now. I have only rarely heard that used here in America for a male that another man despises. Personally, I have never used the C-word for or about a woman, which is the gender I have normally heard it used about. I guess I just find it way too vulgar to label any women. Guess I've either led a sheltered life, or I am over-sensitive, probably some of both.

Hi guys ♥️ I have been avoiding like hell to make a real post for months and I am trying to ...

puff comments on Nov 27, 2022:

Work to live not live to work. Your profession has copped it the last few years, burn anyone out. I try to only stress out regarding work depending on my hourly rate eg $20/ Hr not care so much. $50/ Hr now I'll give a fuck. Keep on keeping on.