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This could be about anywhere that people want to move to.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 22, 2022:

I don't see that attitude-yet-around the Des Moines area, because, honestly, the metro area has been getting a lot better and more progressive in the last decade or two. But, given time, I'm sure it could end up with the same kind of whining later on from the people already living here. Like the OP said, it is a universal kind of dynamic and cultural issue.

This could be about anywhere that people want to move to.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 22, 2022:

I think that mag is hilarious, people whining about how their cute, hip, perfect city has been ruined by the latecomers. The ultimate in a conservative mindset, being selfish, defensive and entitled while condemning those who committed the sin of moving there later than them. They must not realize the irony of how all Native Americans have way more right to feel that way about all white people in the US, and have been entitled to feel that way for centuries, rather than a decade or so, like the Portland Moaners. Talk about wallowing in First World problems.

I have had this on my truck for 4 years now.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 22, 2022:

You live in NM, which is probably way more tolerant of non-belief than Iowa. You would never get away with it here, vandalism would be certain. I do wear my Agnostic shirt in public sometimes, but rarely to bars for karaoke, because there the combination of redneck assholes and alcohol would ensure bullying on a regular basis. And these days, I seem to get bullied and harassed enough as it is at karaoke simply for not singing country songs, instead singing alt rock, and looking too much like a lib wimp to the bullies.

New Rule: Words Matter | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 22, 2022:

I have to agree with all of it. I esp. like how he blows up the overuse of PC, which I loathe to begin with, and his point that the inflationary use of words is all done to stifle/narrow thought and spread propaganda instead of truth.

Republicans increasingly viewed by Americans as the party of violence

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 22, 2022:

Well duh. They should be viewed as the party of violence, after the insurrection and the repeated rallies against Covid restrictions where their supporters would show up at state capitals carrying their guns and threatening legislators with violence.

Attorney General Merrick Garland: "No One is Above the Law" [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 22, 2022:

I have no confidence that he will indict Trump, and even if he does, the SC will overturn any conviction of him if Trump appeals it to them, which he will.

Be that friend.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 21, 2022:

I saw a cat like that once, in a nursing home. It was friendly to everybody, even dogs that would visit the unit.

Comedian savages regressives goo Trump, Tommy Campbell - YouTube

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 21, 2022:

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Armed Citizen Shoots And Kills Suspect Who Assaulted Multiple People And Tried Running Another Over ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 21, 2022:

I agree with everything you said, and because I believe that most Americans are not someone I would trust to be smart and reasonable enough to use guns wisely, I don't want vigilantes to become respectable and above the law in America. Hell, I don't even trust most people enough to allow them to carry guns, but I am outnumbered in that respect. I think only bad will come of more people feeling emboldened to play vigilante, and that it will lead to our country becoming more like the Purge movies, only instead of being one night a year, it will be every day.

Minnesota Republican Matt Birk Warns Abortion Leads to Women Having Careers, Claims Pro-choice ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 20, 2022:

Makes sense he would say that. He sounds like such a typical macho asshole jock. In The Handmaid's Tale, the first thing the fascist theocratic government did was throw all the women out of their jobs.

A friend of mine had posted this on Facebook, he is one of those guys that is more than a little ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 19, 2022:

That actually seems rather wise and profound. Reminds me of a couple things an old friend told me, that we are all works in progress and each writing our own essay on existence.. On the other hand, it is also clear that many people simply sleepwalk their way thru life, never examine themselves or anything in their life, and in some ways are no more aware or conscious of higher things than animals.

Bill Maher's False Flag Supply | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 19, 2022:

Not that much of an exaggeration, at least of the Trumpers I have seen in Iowa. They are mostly ugly, ignorant rednecks, and a typical one is the guy at my local senior center. He has shown up every day this summer wearing a sleeveless black T-shirt. It looks absolutely disgusting, because he has a huge beer gut and the shirt is always showing some of his lower belly and top of his ass. I have complained to the site director that his clothing is indecent and gross-looking, as he wears the same shirt about every time, but she won't do anything, saying the site has no clothing rules, but the real reason is probably that she doesn't want to have a stink about him feeling picked on because he is a Trumper or possibly too poor to afford appropriate clothing. But his attire is just this side of not wearing a shirt, which I know would get him barred from being in the room. On the other hand, in the time since the insurrection, the FBI investigations of the rioters charged in the event, it appears that the majority of them were not ignorant rednecks or were lower class men, but instead were often military veterans or even current or former members of law enforcement. So Maher's stereotype, while accurate of most men at Trump rallies, does not actually fit most of the Jan. 6 rioters..

Joe needs to go. But we still need to gain two seats to get him in line.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 19, 2022:

I would feel so unsympathetic to see him assassinated, but it would never happen, and even if it did, he would be replaced by a Repub appointee that would be worse. As for needing two more Dems in the Senate to force him and Sinema to cooperate, I bet that behind those two obvious traitors to the Dems, there are probably at least another six to ten Dem senators who are just as corrupt and happy to sabotage progressive legislation. Right now Manchin and Sinema are glad to play the villains for the Dems, so the rest of them don't have to show their true colors as much or openly as those two.

What side are you on?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 19, 2022:

No shit. The high gas prices are pretty new, what isn't new at all is the decades long class war against the 99% by the rich, corporate America, and the duopoly in DC, which have been responsible for all of those shitty economic policies. Both major parties are equally responsible for all the shitty policies that have kept the 99% poorer for the benefit of the 1%. For every Manchin or Sinema, there are several more corrupt Dems in the Senate ready to block any progressive legislation.

Indiana Mall Shooting Leaves Three Dead and Two Wounded Three people are dead and two wounded ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 19, 2022:

It's like that internet meme from long ago, " An armed society is a polite society", where everyone has to at least pretend to be polite out of fear of being shot and murdered by creeps like that guy in New Haven. As if women didn't already have enough reason to fear for their safety around men they don't know in public.

Missouri Law Makes It a Felony for Homeless to Sleep on State-Owned Land

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 18, 2022:

It's all about the cruelty...

Capitalism - just doing what it does best!

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 17, 2022:

Yup, it's all about the peasants working hard to make the rich even richer. Capitalism is designed for all the wealth to flow up to the top, never to be shared equally between most members of the economy. I never bought into the propaganda, and thus have rightfully hated ever business owner I ever worked for, as they typified the attitude in the above meme. They have nothing but contempt for us peasants, including their own employees, so why should I have any positive feelings about them? I just was smart enough to conceal my feelings during me working years while at the jobs... While waiting for the track and field coverage to start today on CNBC, I watched a small bit of Undercover Boss, and it made me want to puke, with these CEOs going rather poorly undercover as worker peasants, and trying to act humble and benevolent to their worker bees. What a crock this show is! It disgusts me that it is so popular and that most people still buy the myth that CEOs are nice, good-hearted people, instead of greedy sociopaths.... In most American companies, the bulk of any rewards or bonuses for performance only go to the managers of a local branch of the company, not to the grunt workers who actually made it happen at the local level.

Edmonton church fined $80,000 for obstructing COVID health inspections

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 17, 2022:

Consider it a tax on arrogant asses recklessly endangering public health.

Sunday morning cuteness

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 17, 2022:

It's hard work looking that cute.

I saw this as a post in the Conservative Atheist group which I see but I am not a member of and they...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 15, 2022:

I stay out of viewing the posts from the Conservative Atheists group, as I have no interest in hearing their bullshit, however, I am unable to avoid running into them often on the Politics forum and sometimes other non-political groups (at least in theory), like the two dating groups, and the Singles/Mingle group. To me, they are people who enjoy freedom from religion without any Humanist values or principles, while I am very much a Secular Humanist and Socialist, so there is no common ground beyond non-belief in religion.

Commentary from Jeff Childers at 'Coffee & Covid' - Remember how Moderna and Pfizer always said ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 15, 2022:

I've had Covid twice, the last time very recently, so it had to be one of the new Omicron variants, and this time it was much milder than last time overall, so I am glad I have had the vaccines and boosters. If not, I assume it would have been much worse for me this time.

Lawsuit aims to bar GOP Michigan gubernatorial candidate from ballot over Jan. 6 charges | The Hill

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 15, 2022:

Why shouldn't the party support him running? The whole base of the party, along with most Repubs, think nothing was wrong with Jan. 6th, so why not back him wholeheartedly?

Republican attorneys general to host private retreat for corporate donors at swanky Palm Beach ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 15, 2022:

So what else is new? We live in a plutocracy, so no wonder the masters doing the bribing want to have some comfy face time with their bribed servants and there is no embarrassment or shame for them doing so. The servants have no need to meet with the peasants, err, the voters, except for a short time before elections.

Grapevine-Colleyville School Official Admits Principal James Whitfield Was Fired for Being Against ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 15, 2022:

No big fucking surprise...

Ok.. simply.. ewwwwwww🤢🤢🤮🤮😵‍💫

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 15, 2022:

Reminds me of the scene in Monty Python's Life Of Brian, " It's a sign!".....

Donald Trump Already Fundraising Off Ivana Trump's Death As New York City police investigate ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 15, 2022:

Shameless grifter will use anything to scam money off his gullible followers. You have to wonder, exactly what is this money going towards that might involve "saving America"?

Hello I'm a single Canuck looking for my special lady Canuck.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 14, 2022:

The pickings look really slim in your area on this site. Nobody that's been on the site in the last year. So unless you are willing to date long distance with someone from Agnostic, I would recommend sticking with the regular paid dating sites. Agnostic.com has never been a viable dating site for most of its members, except for a very few large metro areas in the US.

Hi everyone, I'm brand new to the group and pretty new to the site.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 14, 2022:

Rotsa ruck... I saved you the trouble of running down the women in your area on this site that might be your age. Only one of them has been on here recently, and the rest from your area, Florida, have been gone for a year or more. Pretty typical for the last few years, as most people realized this is not a viable dating site for most people in the US, unless they want to date long distance. I totally hear you on the profiles in regular dating sites, like my local dating pool on Match. Most profiles of women are very strongly religious. I just pass those by, the same as women with lots of photos of their family and plenty of statements about how family oriented they are, etc. Since I know from experience, that they will never agree to date a childfree guy like myself who is not family-oriented. When the profile lists them as Christian Other, that usually means, in my experience with Match, that they are members of a non-denominational church. The point is, they are unlikely to be compatible.

I love my dog

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 14, 2022:

Wasn't that the title of an old Cat Stevens song?

The Safe and Effective Jabs are working as planned.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 14, 2022:

Since this post is based on an article from what is obviously a Libertarian, anti-vaxer blog, I am skeptical of its accuracy..

Lauren Boebert Denies Her Husband Exposed His Penis in a Bowling Alley: Book

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 13, 2022:

Maybe if she has to leave congress, she can get a reality show along the line of Mama June, since there seems to be an audience for shows about trashy white women... but not including me.

The Safe and Effective Jabs are working as planned.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 13, 2022:

I have a feeling we'll be hearing from Pralina on this, and I am looking forward to her comment. Personally, I had Covid back in Dec. 2020 and was sicker then and sicker longer than this latest time, about two weeks ago. The first time, there were no vaccines available yet, and I had the Regeneron immuno treatment three days into my illness. This time, I had already been vaccinated twice and boosted twice. So far I have not had long haul Covid effects from either illness. I have no doubt that if I had not been vaxed and boosted, I would have gotten much sicker this time around.

It’s not really about whether you consider yourself an atheist or a theist.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 13, 2022:

One thing you are absolutely right on, skado, is that we humans are tribal creatures. The older I get, the more clear that is...

Two sides of the pond

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 13, 2022:

Maybe it's because the British have a parlimentary system for their federal government, maybe not, but it does appear that their Conservative Party, which is their counterpart to our Repub Party, does appear to have a majority that are sane and honest enough to stand up to their leader, unlike our Repub Party which is mostly cowards and opportunists who care more about their own careers than our country, so they cave in fear to Trump's supporters, no matter how dangerous or deluded they are.

Watching the hearings, I'm once again astounded that anyone could be so addle brained and gullible ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 13, 2022:

I'm not sure that all who still support him are evil, as I still think some of them are more gullible than evil, but no doubt, his cause sure as hell is evil. Because his cause is all about fascism, persecution, and dictatorship here in the good ole USA. There is no longer any doubt about what the end goals are of Trumpism. It would be the imprisonment or extermination of everyone who is not part of his tribe and rule without any elections or rule of law, along with no civil society.

This is something interesting I have been thinking about.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 13, 2022:

I think you pretty well nailed it. They know they have no right to talk about the Native Americans the way they do every other group that they hate and claim are not fit to be called Americans, because they know that all their ancestors came here AFTER the natives had already been here for centuries. They know, deep down inside, that THEY, the whites who came from Europe, are the outsiders and invaders, so they keep quiet about the natives. I share your disgust and sadness about it.

Thursday, I will be making my bi-annual trek to the Texas Democratic Convention, something I have ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Support the most progressive candidates you can. Simply voting Blue No Matter Who is not going to get the job done. The Dem Party needs to get rid of its old, corporate Dem leaders and get some younger progressives running the party. And proposing some sort of New Deal for the working class and what is left of the middle class. Otherwise, that party is dead, along with the remaining tatters of our democracy....

Watching the hearings, I'm once again astounded that anyone could be so addle brained and gullible ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 12, 2022:

None of the testimony today surprised me. I thought the former militia guy was very interesting and convincing about the conspiracy and how easily it could have succeeded or been way more bloody. I agree with him that if the conspirators are not punished, this will happen again and civil war will be inevitable unless there are serious consequences for the conspirators. But I have no faith in Merrick Garland and he will not go hard after them because he and Biden are too afraid that doing THAT will cause civil war. I think civil war is inevitable, so why not at least try to prevent or discourage it by punishing the conspirators? It's our only chance left to save any sort of democracy that might be left.

Why Religion does more Harm than it does Good in this World [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Religion usually does more harm than good either when it attempts to become involved in politics, or when it seeks to become part of the societal heirarchy on a par with the government.

Opinion: I was a Katy High football co-captain and we were pressured into prayer

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Well duh. Anyone who ever played high school sports knows perfectly well the power coaches have over players and how easily the players are coerced into going along with whatever program or religion or whatever personal cause the coach may choose to promote thru the team. The only time that players have the power to defy the coach and still stay on the team is when there is a player revolt against the coach, but that is something very hard to organize and pull off when the team players are always more or less in competition with each other for playing time and starting positions on the team. High school players are too emotionally immature and young to achieve the kind of solidarity and cooperation to pull off a revolt against the coach, which is why the only player revolts I have ever heard of that were successful against a coach were at the college level.

Anniversary Flowers Delivery | Wedding Anniversary Flowers Online

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 12, 2022:

This appears to be an ad for a private business, and thus is inappropriate for this forum. Hopefully someone in site support will remove it.

economics trickledown

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Good description of the lie that is Trickle Down Economics, which in reality is the rich pissing down on the poor and middle classes. The only thing that comes out of the glass is the urine of the rich raining down on the poor and middle classes.

Tuesday morning cuteness...One in every crowd

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Feline acrobatics.

Making the best of a bad situation. 😂

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Like me, you have a sick sense of humor. Your cat is enjoying his job well done...

Well sure... but they still suck. Millennials and GEN Z - Christopher Titus [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 11, 2022:

He's right. I fully agree that us Boomers have collectively let them down and they have been handed a terrible society to live in. Having said that, I am not personally responsible for their terrible social and economic heritage. I always fought against the forces that shaped the hell of the last few decades. So I still feel justified to confront and condemn them for being assholes to all Boomers, and blaming me personally for their bad fortunes. I will not take shit from them in person or quietly suffer any of their "Ok, Boomer" crap towards my direction, because I personally have not earned it, along with probably lots of other Boomers.

Was Sophia A. Nelson persecuted for her Christian faith?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 11, 2022:

This was already posted somewhere else on Agnostic.

Novak Djokovic returns to great form by winning his 21st grand slam.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 11, 2022:

It appears he will have to sit out the next and final Grand Slam event of the year, the US Open. Poor baby...

I read a lot these days about the relationship between sleep and health.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 10, 2022:

I sleep more than I probably should, but I'm retired, so I can get away with it. I think that I was probably a cat in a previous life, lol. They seem to sleep most of the time.

So this guy from a dating site just wrote to me.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 10, 2022:

Too dopey for a scammer I think, so probably the latter. Either way, I'm sure you gave them a hard pass...

In praise of difficult women, women who know their own mind and speak their own thoughts.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 10, 2022:

My late wife was strong, independent, and outspoken. I hit the jackpot with her.

More disappointed by Biden all the time.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 10, 2022:

What did you expect? Everyone should have read his lips when he privately told his fatcat corporate donors, " Nothing will fundamentally change".. It was the truest thing he has ever said and it was the one campaign promise he has kept. Biden knows all about using tools to help his rich corporate donors, but otherwise, he pretty much IS a tool....

@MaryChristmas apparently blocked me for the comment I posted (seen below).

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 10, 2022:

All the new SC justices are lawyers. Lawyers know how to parse their words carefully and lie without appearing to lie. You are correct that the senators should have known they would overturn Roe as soon as they had the chance, since that is the main reason he nominated each of them. I wouldn't say the senators were naive or stupid, they and the SC nominees were playing their assigned roles that have been in place ever since Bork was rejected for the court. The game is that Repub nominees would lie about their judicial biases and the Dem senators would posture and grill them on their views, then vote to confirm them anyway. Meanwhile, the gullible voters who support the Dems would continue thinking that the Dem Party actually cared about abortion and other culture war issues instead of only caring about their corporate donors. As for MC, she is a petty and spiteful bitch, and she blocked me a long time ago, along with kicking me out of a group she ran, the Online Dating: The Reality, because she didn't like how I confronted some of the women in it for their continued male-bashing. Being blocked by her is no loss. What's funny is that she later left this site and when she came back, she was no longer moderator of that group, so I was allowed back in during her absence! I love karma!

Well it looks like Matias has blocked me again, and I was not even remotely rude this time.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 10, 2022:

Oh my! It's always fun to visit this place and General Forum, where blocks are not in effect, just to see who is still around of the people I have blocked and have blocked me. Sort of like a reunion in hell. On that note, Hi Paula, aka Hippie Chick......

:-( Protests in Akron, Ohio after initial autopsy confirms police shot unarmed Jayland Walker 60 ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 10, 2022:

I guess whoever trained those cops must have told them something like, " Anything worth doing, is worth doing all the way"..... The cops shouldn't be surprised if sometime soon, a black shooter rolls up on them while they are stopped in their squad car and opens up on them with an automatic rifle, making them look like swiss cheese... Not saying it would be right, but then again, karma is a bitch.....

I believe it is too late for this but if it isn't, this is the choice we have: [theguardian.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 10, 2022:

The loss of working class white voters is the fault of the corporate, centrist Dems, not the progressives, tho the latter group is always blamed for the election losses of the corporate Dems. Reich seems to have conveniently forgotten how he aided Slick Willie in his betrayal of the working class.

Anti-LGBTQ writer claims she's being "silenced" for her Christian faith

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 10, 2022:

Just another homophobic bigot hiding behind their religion..

Dangerous kitty

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 10, 2022:

All cats are weird, but loveable..

Wake Up, America, This Is Collapse [eand.co] .

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 9, 2022:

I'm guessing this photo is from after the Highland Park parade mass shooting, after the crowd ran away in panic...

A big fuck you to Arizona lawmakers.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Bullshit! This law is all about protecting bad cops who are up to no good, or bullying innocent civilians. Unfortunately, with the current SC, it will undoubtedly be upheld if appealed. Previous courts would never have upheld it. Good cops have nothing to fear from being filmed. Next up, states and cities will not be allowed to require cops to wear body cams.The police unions will sue to overturn the body cam requirements, and the SC will rule in their favor.

Guess who came down!!!!! 👍👍👍 I pretended not to notice.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Glad he feels safe enough to rejoin the action down below...

Pretty much nails it as the American Taliban hits their stride:

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 9, 2022:

They play for keeps and believe in total scorched earth. Dems like Biden that believe they can be reasoned with or compromised with are either dreaming or just using that as an excuse for inaction. Right now, my money is on the latter, but most Americans are seeing thru the excuses and are going to punish the Dems big time in the next two elections, by either not voting at all or voting for Repubs. The Dems have only themselves to blame. They could have won either time by nominating Bernie, and we might have been able to avoid this collapse, but now it is too late and their corporate donors will be the only ones from the Dem side that will win from the collapse of America. The voters and the Dem pols won't matter anymore as elections will only be a memory. I'm not shocked at all, but then again, I've been reading Chris Hedges for the last several years, and he's only been warning us about this for at least that long. The only shock is how quickly it's increasing and accelerating.

😹😹😹😹 Even living near the ceiling, a cat's gotta bathe After all my doom and gloom...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 9, 2022:

How is Mister bathing? Does he jump down into the sink and find water there to bathe in, or does he just tongue bathe?

Churches closing their doors in record numbers

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 9, 2022:

Most likely the closings of most churches, the small ones, is due to the strains of the Covid pandemic and the economic effects on their members, who can no longer donate like they used to, with losing jobs and not being able to keep up with inflation. The smaller churches tend to be mainline denominations and also tend to be mostly older people, who are dying off and not being replaced with younger members, who do tend to choose mega churches over smaller ones.

Activist Asks To Lead Satanic Prayer At FL High School Football Game | Miami, FL Patch

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 9, 2022:

This guy's approach sounds great to me, I wish him well, even tho he is likely to usually get only the kiss off for his efforts. But I think he's on the right track, using satire to get people to think about public policy and to throw some of the theocrat's own medicine back in their faces.. I know that if anyone tried that where I live, they would not only get the kiss off, they would get death threats and likely experience some real violence against their property and their persons.

[wgal.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 8, 2022:

Idiots. The lesson is to call Animal Control or the local Humane Society and wait as long as it takes. Calling the cops on something that doesn't need to involve shooting is probably a bad idea, unless it's a car accident or some property thing like theft or vandalism, since you always need a police report on those things before you can file an insurance claim. They are like people who have only a hammer and see everything as a nail...

The climate crisis is the biggest threat we face. Period. Full stop.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 8, 2022:

The problem is these theocrats don't care about climate change, because they all believe Jesus is coming back soon and the world is ending with that, so things like climate change don't matter. They want the world to end as soon as possible so they can see Jesus ASAP. The rest of us don't matter to them, either...

Look at god!! 🤣😂🤣

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 8, 2022:

Too funny! Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. You need to tell the next Bible Thumper you run across how God magically put this opportunity right in front of you after you were looking for a job.... Watch them turn red and run away!

My rant for today.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 8, 2022:

I agree. I would say, however, that people on the political right tend to be way more obedient and unquestioning of authority than people on the left. Which explains why so many Trumpers and members of the GOP are so quick to believe in conspiracy theories that have no basis in fact. I also agree that most people aren't evil, but so many are dumb. As Sticks 48 has often said, half the population have IQs below 100. It is easy, on a site like this, where the vast majority of its members have IQs well above 100, probably because non-believers tend to be smarter and more intellectual than most believers, to forget we are mostly way smarter than most Americans. It lulls us into feeling more normal or average than we are and thus, easily frustrated with why most of the herd outside of this site is not as intelligent or critical in their thinking as most of us. If only most Americans were like us, we wouldn't have a government chosen by sheeple..

extremeright republicans religiousright

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 8, 2022:

I generally ignore Warren, since she showed her true colors both times that she undercut Bernie instead of putting her own ambitions or personal ego aside. If she truly were a loyal supporter of the progressive cause, she would have supported him over Hillary in 2016 and also dropped out of the 2020 race as soon as it was clear she couldn't win the nomination. But both times, she instead made sure that Bernie didn't win the nomination. So I really don't give a fuck anymore what she says should happen with political policy, since she is only interested in promoting her own career. She has blown all of her credibility and right to be trusted long ago.

forcedbirth adoption

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 8, 2022:

Yup, the evangelicals all believe in making women suffer for their supposed bad choices, unless of course, it happens to them or their daughters. It's all about punishing the immoral. Same with poor people, who must be sorted into the deserving and undeserving in order to determine who deserves help from the church. With them as well, it is assumed that most poor people made bad choices that made them poor, so they deserve no help from the government.

Bojos obit [youtu.be]