What’s your geographic range for dating?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 28, 2020:

55 miles at most. I am not a young pup anymore and don't want to put in the time and energy to drive all the time while building the relationship for months. Even then, someone would have to move after a year or so or else the relationship would probably end. Just being realistic. Since I don't have kids or family around where I live and almost all the women in my age group do, I prefer not to have to do all that driving and time to pursue a long distance relationship that might or might not become permanent, knowing that most likely I will be the one who has to move away from my friends (who are my family these days), not the woman...

Is anybody noticing that the ratio of purposely loud trucks/cars/bikes to regular vehicles is higher...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 28, 2020:

Trashy and selfish people are more likely to crave this type of attention in public.

Booby trap

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 28, 2020:

Poor kitty. Someone help them get untangled...

“Loves music, dogs, and hiking”

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 27, 2020:

It's always better to be more inclusive than less in a dating profile. That way the reader can judge for themselves if they are interested or not based on a fuller picture of who you are. If they reject you then, after reading it, rather than later after wasting your time and theirs with messaging and maybe a meeting or two, that's more for the better as far as I'm concerned.

The “peace” our enemies want is mounted on brutal war and in its continuation in modern/colonial...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 27, 2020:

BLM is becoming popular lately with the same kind of comfortable white suburban liberals that were against the Vietnam War and for racial equality back in the 60s, but now, just as then, those same whites will quickly betray the BLM movement and vote Republican if BLM becomes part of an alliance with socialists. I remember bitterly how this played out in the late 60s as those suburban whites voted for Nixon instead of McGovern in 1968 when progressives last had a candidate on the ballot as a Dem for prez.

Next time someone says ALM to you, remind then of Orwell: "All animals are equal, but some animals ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 27, 2020:

The people who say ALM instead of BLM won't come out and say it, but they are very comfortable with there being a system of inequality based on race and class. Orwell was talking about that in Animal Farm.

Family cuteness

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 27, 2020:

Is their breed Himilayan?

[mindbodygreen.com] Rise of video dates during covid. Meeting new people via video chat.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 26, 2020:

Not interested in trying it. I will try Match again once Covid is over.

Wee iz buddeez..... [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 26, 2020:

The way they playfully bite each other is amazing. It's also very funny to see the otter try to jump into the box with the cat. The cat is way cuter than the otter.

Elizabeth warren [americanbanker.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 24, 2020:

Never going to happen. Both parties are funded by the same corporate donors at the federal level.

Happy Father's Day to all dads, grandpas and anyone else celebrating! For those that can't ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 21, 2020:

This is now the second Father's Day since my father died about a year ago. I didn't have that positive a relationship with him until he got old and ended up needing me in his life more. So I'm guessing that in another year or two this will be just another day for me.

Just wondering who else had a waterbed ???

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 21, 2020:

Never did. I'm generally not one that joins in on mainstream trends.

[considerable.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 21, 2020:

Never had any interest in that. The past is the past and should stay that way. The present and future are enough to deal with as it is.

Why I Stopped Talking About Racial Reconciliation and Started Talking About White Supremacy | ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 20, 2020:

Using the words Racial Reconciliation is misleading and unconstructive because it both implies that there is equal power between minority racial groups and white people while also denying that racism is founded by and maintained by a system of white supremacy, and capitalism, for that matter. It's better to be blunt and call racism what it is, a system of white supremacy that divides the lower classes against each other and rewards lower class members of white society for supporting it and allying themselves against minority group members and instead siding with the police in exchange for enjoying white privilege that protects them from the police and also advantages them with employers, banks, and other institutions that dispense rewards and benefits.

My father past away this week with the funeral ending just a few hours ago.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 20, 2020:

I have little contact with my three siblings, for different reasons in each case, so I have no confidence or interest in having any of them involved in my plans for end of life or memorial service. I have that all arranged and planned with two of my closest friends being in charge and having all of the legal power to do so.

RETIRED SURGEON Sam Laucks, has this to say about wearing a mask: "I have spent the past 39 years ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 19, 2020:

The problem is many people are just too damn selfish. They don't care about the health of others and don't believe in there being a society as a whole, yet they are eager to have the police or firefighters come to their aid when needed. And they gladly collect Social Security and use Medicare when they get old. They are selfish hypocrites..

Trump supporter on Tulsa rally, not worried about covid

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 19, 2020:

Stupid is as stupid does... I can't help it, even tho I know it's not PC and is stereotyping, but anytime I hear a Southern accent I usually assume the person is a lower than normal IQ...Hate me for it if you like, but most of the time the assumption is correct. Without the South, the Repub party would be constantly out of power in DC...

I have been reading the 6 branches of philosophy and about the different branches.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 18, 2020:

Still befuddled how she ended up with Paul Simon...

Here is a complete breakdown of everything going on in the world right now: [facebook.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 18, 2020:

Looks like he needs to cut back on the recreational drugs...

The one cartoon that had me rolling over laughing in the 70's had the punch line "Ekkk! There's a ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 18, 2020:

Reminds me of the joke on SNL's Weekend Update sketch back in the 70s. They announced that the restaurant chain Sambo's was going to drop its racist name and switch to an all-kosher menu along with changing their name to Hymie's Jew Boy. Point of the joke is, once racist and insensitive, always racist and insensitive...

Where did disco go?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 17, 2020:

I always hated disco and country music. It sucks to be so marginalized as these two genres have always been really popular, one or the other, ever since I was a late teenager. At the same time, I have always liked soul, R& B, and blues, so it's not about race. Disco was just very repetitious, bland and dumb. The lyrics were also inane for the most part. I hate country music for many reasons, some cultural, others for the sound.

I must be a magnet today.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 16, 2020:

You're just too lucky... I'm sure "she" has enough love for both of us...

An Agnostic member who I went on one date with two and a half years ago, who then repeatedly ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 16, 2020:

Sounds like you dodged one hell of a bullet.

Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah says LA police kneeled on his neck | US news | The Guardian

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 16, 2020:

Guess the cops thought they should be excused for not knowing this was a famous black man and not just another n-------r. Probably wanted to say, " We didn't really mean it".. If only O.J. hadn't been so famous and adored, maybe he would have gotten what he deserved....

What song is this cat singing??? Name the first song that enters your brain.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 16, 2020:

Why Is My Food Bowl Empty?

Damn it, my food bowl is empty....AGAIN!!!!

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 15, 2020:

That's one of the angriest looking cat faces I've ever seen.

Single again.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 15, 2020:

Same thing happened with me recently. The relationship began before Covid, but didn't get serious enough for her to want to risk getting infected by continuing to see me during Covid, since I seemed to be taking more, but not that much more, risk by going out to places with people. I now plan to just take a break from trying to date or dating sites until this virus crisis has passed. No use trying anyway until then because nobody is going to start meeting a stranger that might or might not be infected.

Robert Jeffress: If Democrats Ever Win, They Will “Bring Out the Guillotines” | Hemant Mehta | ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 14, 2020:

I wish. The Dems, except for a few marginalized ones like Bernie, have no problem with the status quo plutocracy and economic inequality, so the rich will get along just fine with whichever party is in control with a neoliberal prez.

Ex-US Police Officer debunks 'Black Lives Matter', taking a knee & protests - Brandon Tatum - BQ 19 ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 13, 2020:

Oreo..

Access to this page has been denied.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 13, 2020:

What breed is the cat in the pic on the left?

All 3 of my pusssy cats working together in a rare trio to try and catch 1 lizard 6 inches away ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 11, 2020:

My brother lives in Puerto Rico and he says the main purpose of cats there is to catch and dispose of lizards, rather then being mousers. Of course tho, sometimes the lizards, esp. the really large ones, win instead of the cats.

Black Lives Matter

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 9, 2020:

I'm sure that Emmet Till was not the first, not by a longshot. But before him probably all the names of murdered black men killed by whites were either not recorded for history or else were slaves and thus their names were considered immaterial. Any record of the latter group would probably only have been recorded in business or property documents.

There's some people on this site, not many, just a few, who should wear this hat.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 9, 2020:

Nice to see it spelled out for once on the hat. I have said since the beginning that the real meaning of MAGA was Make America White Again....I wouldn't be surprised to see some Trump supporters actually admit it..

This made me laugh....

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 9, 2020:

My late wife had a cat, Tux, who decided on his own to move in with her long before she met me. She already had another cat and Tux just showed up one night and came into her house, checked out the catfood, and decided he'd stay. She said he acted like he was doing her a favor and she should be honored to have him.

I guess occasionly you can find an honest guy online.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 8, 2020:

With Covid set to be around for quite a while, I wonder if those who are still doing online dating will add new profile photos with them in a mask?

One of our own @girlwithsmiles made level eight. That's an accomplishment.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 8, 2020:

Hope she doesn't hold her breath on getting the T-shirt. I reached that level a few months ago and no shirt yet.

The BLM movement has managed to do something both interesting and remarkable, and more complex than ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 8, 2020:

I agree with all your points, but use paragraphs...

Do you think a city (Such as Minneapolis) can operate safely without a police force? If so, how?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 8, 2020:

We will always need police. The ? is how much funding should they get, should they be so militarized, and how should they treat the public?

Can’t be denied.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 8, 2020:

As W. would say, "Mission Accomplished".

A couple of things of UK (ish) culture that cropped up in Zoom trivia Jerry Springer the Opera (At ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 7, 2020:

I got to see a local semi-pro production of Jerry Springer, The Opera about ten years ago in Des Moines. It was so sick and funny. And yes, Diaper Man was the most memorable character.. More outrageous than the TV show, if that's possible...

The elite are starting to sweat. "Everyone's running scared." Jun 5, 2020 [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

Conservative propaganda to scare the base and make sure they vote Repub in Nov.. These protests and any reform they might force in policing will not cost the rich or corporate America anything in the way of money or power, but they will probably succeed in fooling the masses into thinking we still have a functioning and responsive democracy when it comes to protest. What would really make the ruling class sweat would be a repeat of the Occupy movement that started in the spring and went all the way to winter with tens of millions out there on the streets. That would truly look like revolution against the 1%.

I have not changed my profile for some time on Zoosk and I do not subscribe however lately I have ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

I'm sure they are. I've heard that even before Covid the sites would send fake likes to people and with the sheltering and fear of infection nowadays I'm sure the sites are desperate for paying customers now.

How many of you think Biden would have vetoed this biill,? [forbes.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

He would veto it, Bernie wouldn't. Need to remember Biden told his rich donors way back when he announced his run that nothing would fundamentally change under him. Biden also would veto single payer/Medicare For All if by some miracle it passed. Biden will not support anything that offends the rich or corporate America. It's a moot point as I think he would lose to Trump and that he will be replaced anyway in August with the convention as the nominee. It happened in 1968 after Johnson dropped out and Humphrey was chosen to replace him as the nominee even tho Humphrey had not run in the primaries or won any delegates, so it can be done and the rules allow it. Things continue to look more and more like that year in other ways as well.

I had a really good conversation with a co worker this week.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

My massage therapist is a very strong Repub, so we can't discuss politics or these protests. I haven't seen her since March and I don't know when or if I will again be a client of hers again. She was able to begin giving massages again last month when the state closure was lifted, but before my appt. came up she found out she was pregnant. My guess is she will not practice massage again until at least after the birth. Who knows also if she will go back to massage again after she has the baby? I will probably call her later this month to see where her head is at and if she is not planning to do massages anytime soon, I will ask her for referrals at least for the time being until she is back to work again.

So this post is partially Hello from Florida and partially please tell me I’m sexy...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

I'm ten years older than you, therefore out of your age range, making my opinion irrelevant. But for what it's worth, you are an attractive-looking woman.

Fill my food bowl...Damn it!!!!

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

Too cute to be allowed to suffer...

Sanders to supporters: Refusing to back Biden is "irresponsible" - Axios

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

As far as I'm concerned, Bernie betrayed his supporters, at least this time if not last time, and ought to refund their campaign contributions as he once again caved to the party without fighting to get his policies included in the Dem platform and promised to be promoted by Biden. Bernie no longer has any credibility to me as he clearly cares more about having some status in the Senate than actually getting any power for progressives in the Dem party or in DC. Glad I didn't give him any money or volunteer this time as it would have been too heartbreaking.

So . . . after all this has mellowed out, and we have new leadership?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

Not likely. Obama has the chance to have Bush and Cheney prosecuted for war crimes and instead passed that up by saying "we have to move forward". One of many reasons I hated Obama.

When she renamed 16th Street to Black Lives Matter Plaza, trump predictably attacked her accusing ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

I am sure that naming of the street is really getting under Trump's skin. Hopefully it lasts long after Trump is gone and, like Nixon, his party has conveniently erased him from their history.

[youtu.be] I thought this was an interesting video.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

I am skeptical regarding the current protests as to how much of the rioting is by actual black protestors and how much may actually be done by undercover cops, if for no other reason than the fact that was commonly done by police departments in the 60s and 70s.

I really like this gal.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

Video won't load for me. I waited a minute and gave up.

Biden formally clenches the democratic nomination. [apnews.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

Don't get used to it. He will drop out in August for a "personal health emergency" (dementia) and will be replaced by the DNC at convention time with probably Cuomo or Warren.

So far I see nothing but a Big Government agenda being initiated and running its course.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

I think you might want to take off your tin foil hat. Conspiracy all the time?

Sums up me feelings.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 6, 2020:

I don't hate all pols, only the ones that are sellouts, phonies, and conservative ones that support oppression and inequality. That includes almost all Repubs and most Dems.

New Rule: Catch-23 | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 5, 2020:

Glad to see somebody from the left side admitting Biden's dementia.

"Mistaken for mercenaries, armed personnel from federal agencies refuse to identify themselves to ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 5, 2020:

This is positively fascist and the Dems should be raising hell about it in congress.

If an old white guy isn't safe from the police, NO ONE is! [change.org]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 5, 2020:

The old guy is going to collect a large and well-deserved settlement from the city.

According to Malcolm X

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 5, 2020:

I get what he was saying. White liberals are a barrier to solving the problems of race in America because the vast majority of them are fine with capitalism and their privileged status. They are not willing to share more of the society's economic benefits with blacks and they are fine with capitalism as it is. I am a proud socialist and I have little time or patience with white liberals either. They are a barrier as well for socialists who want America to have a fair economy for all races. White liberals allow the ruling class to keep the lid on and prevent civil war between races or revolution against the rich because the liberals keep pushing for multiculturalism and identity politics without real economic reform. This tricks a lot of lower class people of all races into thinking we are making progress towards being a more fair and equal society when in fact we are not. Our economics are way more unfair than they were even in the 1970s. As long as white liberals (who are usually members of the top 10% in wealth and income) keep identifying with and supporting the top 1%, we will never have any economic equality. Instead, we will keep getting fed policies from the Dem party to increase tolerance for queer people and racial minorities, but no improvement in how the income and wealth are (not) shared.

So - for those of you, like myself, who wouldn't mind finding a partner, it seems yet more ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 5, 2020:

I'm back to not dating anybody again and I will not attempt looking again until the pandemic is over. Have gotten used to being pretty much holed up at home the last three months. Like most of us I will probably die alone.

Just a thought

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 4, 2020:

To paraphrase Muhammed Ali when he refused to obey the military draft during the Vietnam War, " I am a black man that will not go to war to kill the yellow man for the white man to defend land he stole from the red man", or words to that effect. I wish more Americans had that kind of awareness.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Racism Won’t Stop Until We ‘Accept Jesus Christ’ | HuffPost

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 4, 2020:

He already shot what credibility he had with the remark that older people should just get out and die for the economy.

Screw it, I’ll just wear flip flops.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 4, 2020:

Tuxedo cats are so cute..

I'm just curious how many of us support Black Lives Matter.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 3, 2020:

There have been several in my area during the last several days, but I won't go. Between my age and my heart condition, it is too much risk for me. I am also not going to dine in a restaurant, even outdoors. I also won't go to a music concert, indoors or outdoors, for the forseeable future. Same with going out to sing karaoke, my main hobby. I will go see a movie at a theater, but only if everyone has to wear a mask and the theater closes off every other or every two rows out of three.

hello all! I am curious: What you all think of the election primary results?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 3, 2020:

I am happy that Steve King is going to be gone in Jan., but that probably means the Repub that beat him in the primary will win the general election in Nov.. If King had won the primary, he probably would have lost the general. My choice for US Senate lost in the Dem primary, which is almost always the case for me. I can positively vote for the Dem nominee in the general for that. Reynolds started out pretty good on dealing with Covid, but now is buckling under pressure from her party to reopen everything too soon and is also trying to hide the data on the virus spread and also ducking the media as much as possible by cutting back to two press conferences a week. I look for her to go back to the full Branstadt practice of no press conferences before the end of this summer, if not sooner. I will not miss the pool this summer as I gave up swimming many years ago. I walk for exercise instead.

That's one way to get noticed!

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 3, 2020:

Driving nude might also do the trick, at least for getting attention, as well as an arrest...

Poll: 22% of Americans Think a Democratic President Would “Ban the Bible”

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 3, 2020:

Can't fix stupid AND paranoid..

I well remember Earl Warren, CJSCOTUS.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 2, 2020:

I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you...

She can't breath!

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Meanwhile, the fuckface members of his party in congress either refuse to comment on Trump's dictator behavior or mouth that they didn't see or hear what he said last night while they scurry away like rats from the reporters.

George Takei strikes again!

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 2, 2020:

Well said. The other Repubs are too selfishly afraid of his base and concerned only with their own re-election to criticize him. We are far away from the days of Watergate when there were Repubs that were statesmen who would dare to criticize a fellow Repub who deserved it.

Has Trump declared the opening of Civil War in America with the threat of unleashing the military ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 2, 2020:

America held a presidential election during the civil war, so there is no legit excuse for Trump to cancel the election this Nov., despite the pandemic or the protests. I think most Americans and the military are smart enough to see that and would not stand for him doing that.

This person doesn't know that someone with the same exact photos tried to run a scam on me before.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 1, 2020:

I'm sure that "she" has more than enough love to share with all the men on this site, lol!

How Many Would Put Themselves In The Middle of This Diagram

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 1, 2020:

The only people who would not be in the middle are those who are either racists and/or believe that order matters more than justice..

Exactly how we should all feel.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 1, 2020:

As the prophet Bob Marley said, "One love".....

The Revolution Has Begun! Which side are you on? [edition.cnn.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on May 31, 2020:

I fear a repeat of the 60s, where the long series of protests over real injustices turned into riots which led to Nixon being elected on a "law and order" platform, which white America embraced out of fear of minorities (esp. blacks) and leftists. The same dynamic could end up with Trump being re-elected even with his bungling of the pandemic and the economy.

My babies! Jennifer and Murphy.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 31, 2020:

Sometimes I envy how blissfully cats can sleep anytime they feel like it.

“No Matter How Different the Movements Were, the LAPD Targeted Every One of Them” "The 1960s ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 30, 2020:

Not surprising. Like most police forces of large cities, they care only about order, if even that, not justice. Sometimes the cops cause more disorder than protestors, the movements, or justice groups.

here they come to savetheblacks [redstate.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on May 30, 2020:

Doesn't surprise me. This shit has always been going on, even in the 60s. The diff then was that it was undercover cops, agent provacatuers, who would come into the protests to start violence that could be blamed on the whole protest.

Trump insists there is ‘no racial tension’ in the US

TomMcGiverin comments on May 30, 2020:

He must be living on a different planet than me.

A very sad commentary on the closed society of the police forces.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 30, 2020:

I think there is a lot of truth to that. When the cops who police an area actually live in or near that area, they see the public, even those who break the law, as their neighbors and fellow citizens, unlike when the cops live far away from their policing area in neighborhoods that are way different both racially and classwise. These kind of differences determine whether the cops have a fortress mentality where the community they police are the "other" or their enemy, or instead whether they see the public as their neighbors and fellow citizens. Sometimes I think these issues are a bigger part of the problem than cops just plain being racists.

Prompted by calls to 'give grace' to cop who killed George Floyd, black activists question the rush ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 30, 2020:

I only forgive when it is earned by those who wrong me or when the anger is so toxic that I do it for my own mental and physical health. But as far as forgiving just for spiritual reasons or because society or others say I should or have to, I say fuck that shit...Meanwhile, I never forget when others wrong me..

Sometimes my heart is warmed by the Judiciary.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 30, 2020:

Maybe he's crying because he's heard about the rape experiences, on the receiving end, that may be waiting for him in prison...

About right:

TomMcGiverin comments on May 29, 2020:

See? I always knew cats could do tricks, but only if and when they feel like it....

CNN reporter and crew arrested by Minnesota police with no reason given.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 29, 2020:

Typical fascist intimidation of the media. Hope CNN sues on their behalf.

42% Of Total U.S. Covid Deaths Are From The 0.6% Of The Population In Long-term Care

TomMcGiverin comments on May 29, 2020:

What I see is that meatpacking plants, long term care facilities, jails and prisons are becoming either petri dishes, deathtraps, or both for the virus. I pity anyone who is stuck spending their time in any one of those..

MINNEAPOLIS on fire [powerlineblog.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 29, 2020:

I was watching MSNBC late this afternoon while talking on the phone with my girlfriend as the crowds were beginning to mass for the protest in the area of Floyd's murder. I told her that I had a feeling that the crowds were only going to grow much larger by dark and that things were going to get very ugly tonite. Sometimes I really hate being right..

I do not approve of what's going on in Twin Cities but...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 29, 2020:

Like MLK said, when people who are oppressed feel unheard by those in power, they become violent. This kind of shit has been going on for more than a century and non-violent protest has not made it stop. The cold, hard fact is that what progress that was made in the 60s, temporary as it may have been, was because of the combination of peaceful protest and the violence that happened in the riots as well as the threat of violence the white power structure saw coming from the Black Panthers and other militant leftist groups.. Those in power decided to make some temporary concessions in order to avoid constant civil war in the US between the govt. and the radical groups as well as black Americans in the cities.

George Floyd was accused of trying to pass a fake $20.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 29, 2020:

SGE, your final comments in your post are so on target. Like those who become rapists, I am honestly bewildered how someone can become so seriously inhumane and fucked up to treat another human the way this cop did or, for that matter, have so little empathy to not feel outraged and absolutely certain this was murder after watching this video.

George Floyd was accused of trying to pass a fake $20.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 28, 2020:

When I watch this video and can feel the rage and helplessness of the bystanders I totally see why so many of the protestors feel they are unheard by the system in Minneapolis and want to destroy property that is connected to the cops, like the police station that burned tonite and the police cars that burned last night. How else can they feel heard or taken seriously when none of the cops have even been arrested, much less charged? If the system there wants peace, then arrest them and bring charges so the community feels there is appropriate action being taken and that justice might actually happen this time, unlike the vast majority of times that it doesn't in cases of white cops killing unarmed black men.

Is the left overly confident in the outcome of the 2020 elections?

TomMcGiverin comments on May 28, 2020:

I'm sure as hell not. The Dems always seem capable of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by running bad candidates or bad campaigns when doing otherwise would have meant a sure win. Biden is a terrible candidate, as was Hillary, but the problem is not "the left". The problem is the DNC, which rigged things to make sure each of them got to be the nominee instead of Bernie. Right now Trump looks beatable, but that's before people being reminded more about Biden's faults, get more exposure to his dementia, and, if there ever is a debate, watch him get creamed by Trump as Joe tries to track the conversation and fails. My prediction is that Biden will be replaced in August by the DNC if the DNC really cares about winning in Nov.. ( After, of course, Joe drops out due to a "personal health emergency". The DNC already won, as far as they're concerned, by stopping Bernie. If Biden drops out he will be replaced by Cuomo or Warren and they will be able to win comfortably against Trump. But with Biden as the candidate, the Dems could easily lose no matter how bad Trump blows handling the pandemic and the economic crash. Trust me Paul, nobody I know on the left is apathetic. We are just disgusted and concerned about what a poor candidate Biden is, one of the worst of the 24 that began the primary race. I have no doubt that is by design of the DNC.

Well this is exactly where I expected the Trump campaign to go as we approach Election Day and his ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 28, 2020:

I think the ugliness is just beginning and will get way worse in the next 6 months.

One for @RobertNappi et al. Taken from fbuk -

TomMcGiverin comments on May 28, 2020:

Never get tired of this one..

This happened just down the street from me.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 28, 2020:

Violence as part of protest is never justified, but at the same time even I, a white man who is fully aware of my privilege that goes with that status, understand that there is only so much that a member of an oppressed minority can stand before the desire to strike back with rage and violence against the symbols of oppression, whether it's cops in riot gear, an empty police car, or a police station building. Same thing back in San Francisco after Dan White murdered Harvey Milk and was acquitted. Gay people smashed windows at city hall. Same with Treyvon Martin's murderer getting a walk. I know that if the shoe was on my foot I would not be able to stay non-violent forever when my oppressors kept getting away scot free with murder.

Four in 10 Americans prefer socialism to capitalism, poll finds [theguardian.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 28, 2020:

Too much propaganda against socialism for it to happen in this country due to the corporate media and the government.

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TomMcGiverin comments on May 28, 2020:

I'm a former school bus driver and I think that it's going to be a long time before they go back to work, whether it's transporting kids to school and home or even driving activity trips like sports teams, field trips, or charter trips with adult groups. No way you can social distance enough in a bus or sanitize them well and often enough. I think the school bus business may be dead for a while, same with charter bus companies and companies like Trailways and others that do cross country service.

I became draft age in ’75 as America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam conflict had ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 27, 2020:

"I think it's wrong to conscript our youth, against their will When there's plenty of our citizenry, who really like to kill" - 10,000 Maniacs "Anthem For Doomed Youth".

Starving Rats Resorting to Cannibalism as Restaurant Food Supplies Disappear The CDC is warning...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 26, 2020:

What to do, cheer for rats or Repubs? I always try to support the higher life form....

A Man Coughed on a Wegmans Employee. Now He’s Charged With a Felony.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 26, 2020:

Serves him right. Sometimes I like to see someone prosecuted for mainly being an asshole. Makes me regain a little faith in a just world.

Jean Paul Sartre on war . .

TomMcGiverin comments on May 25, 2020:

Always been. Same with the death penalty. Never see a rich person executed, unless it's a war criminal executed by the winning side.

Does Trump have PSP Frontotemproal Dementia? I am sure that he does.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 25, 2020:

I always figured his forward-leaning gait was from being fat..

No class at all.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 25, 2020:

When I was still doing online dating, one thing that I heard plenty of times both in person and thru messaging from women is that they would not keep seeing a man who showed poor manners towards them, including not opening doors or sharing an umbrella. In fact, they often said that a real gentleman and a keeper would be a man who would brave the rain and then bring the car around to the door for them before opening the door for them with the umbrella covering them. Trump obviously never learned any manners because he grew up rich with servants who did everything but wipe his ass as a teenager while he could be as nasty as he wanted to them. Look for her to divorce him soon after he leaves office. I'm sure their prenup still leaves her with tons of money after divorce, otherwise, why would she have agreed to marry him?