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.

[abcnews.

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?

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

TomMcGiverin comments on May 25, 2020:

The real way to support our troops and honor the dead from past wars is to fight like hell to stop the next unnecessary war of choice, which all of ours have been since WW II.

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

TomMcGiverin comments on May 25, 2020:

My view is that both him and Biden have some kind of dementia. Trump's is not as far along as Biden's and also that Trump was more of an asshole before dementia than Biden. But the fact remains that because of the system where both parties are owned by the same people and we are only allowed choices between loyal servants of the ruling class and corporate America, we have the dementia election of 2020. Neither candidate has a healthy functioning brain. That's why I hope and believe that the DNC will replace Biden in August, now that they have stopped Bernie, and replace him with someone sane and competent like Cuomo or Warren. If they do, then we will know that the DNC cares more about winning than stopping Bernie. Otherwise, we will know that all that mattered to them was stopping Bernie. That was clearly the case when they nominated Hillary after rigging the primary race for her despite her scandals and widespread hatred among Americans, both of which they were well aware of.

It blows my mind that in the year 2020 the democrats are still propping up leaders who have ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 25, 2020:

Maybe they are....That's been my suspicion all along if the stick with Biden as the nominee. I still suspect he will be replaced in August with the convention. The DNC is obviously fine with another Trump term.

Anyone live in a homeowners' association development?

TomMcGiverin comments on May 23, 2020:

I live in one. You can always run for the board yourself against the current prez of the board. But in the meantime, most HOAs have clauses in their rules that prevent you from suing the association or the board, so you give away that right when you buy a unit in their association.

WHAT IT IS REALLY LIKE TO BE INTUBATED AND PLACED ON A VENTILATOR Written by a nurse who works ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 23, 2020:

Everyone should be wearing masks when around other people indoors, even if they are healthy, because they may well be infected without symptoms or knowing they are infected.

[youtu.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 23, 2020:

I've said it before on this site and I'll say it again, look for Biden to drop out in about two months-for a "personal health emergency" which we all know is his dementia-before the DNC replaces him at the convention with someone like Cuomo or Warren. So all the uproar over Biden's dementia, sexual assault history, and idiotic comments will be for nothing...

Why to wear a mask.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 23, 2020:

I agree. It's a simple combo of "their house, their rules". As long as the rules are not used to purposely discriminate against people by race, gender, etc., then I'm ok with it. In this case the rules are simply to protect public health. If you have a problem with that, then you need to stay at home or order your stuff online or by phone and either pick it up outside or have it delivered.

[youtu.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 23, 2020:

All Biden has going for him is Obama nostalgia and that he's not Trump. Those things were enough to get him the votes of older white voters and black voters in the Dem primaries until the virus shut down the primary race. Biden arrogantly thinks that blacks owe him their vote because of Obama nostalgia. I am still disgusted that so many blacks fell for the Obama nostalgia and voted for him in SC and on Super Tuesday, putting him in front before the virus ended the primary race and Bernie dropped out. We could have had Bernie as the nominee, a much better candidate, but the DNC, older white voters, and black voters picked Biden, so they're to blame, not me...

Biden isn't too keen on marijuana.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 19, 2020:

I can say by being around many Bernie supporters, particularly the younger ones, that if Uncle Joe doesn't support legalizing weed he will never get their votes in Nov..

Poor cat. . . [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on May 19, 2020:

Poor kitty just defending itself.

Sad.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 19, 2020:

Biden has always been a jerk, but now he also has dementia. Another reason not to vote for him.

Bernie Blackout Trailer Coming May 15th [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on May 18, 2020:

"Everybody knows the fight is fixed.." - Leonard Cohen

Was that the can opener????

TomMcGiverin comments on May 15, 2020:

Most cats can hear that sound from anywhere.

'No Excuse for This': House Dems Unveil 1,815-Page Bill That Would Bail Out Corporate Lobbyists But...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 15, 2020:

Well, duh. I've only known this for about 30 years.

President Wilson was suffering from the flu and sometimes described as delirious during the peace ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 15, 2020:

I dunno about Trump being delirious, but Biden clearly has dementia.

Supremely FAULTY State Supreme Court decision in WI! Have any other states' Supreme Court's made any...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 14, 2020:

Hypocrisy by people in high office like the state court? I am shocked, shocked I say.....

The circus is coming! [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on May 12, 2020:

Conclusive proof that the 1976 movie Network was not just satire, but also prophecy...

[psiloveyou.xyz] Why you aren't attracted to nice guys. Really made me think........

TomMcGiverin comments on May 12, 2020:

Her definition of Nice Guys is synominous with insecure. Sums it up with a lot fewer words. My definition of Nice Guy does not mean they are insecure, but instead that they value women and treat them assertively and with respect. Unfortunately, as some have commented on this thread, many women, esp. when they are younger and more innocent, tend to be more attracted to bad boys or guys who are jerks in how they treat women. It's been that way forever and it goes both ways...

105 Pastors Wrote a Letter To Keep Yoga Out of Ohio Schools.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 12, 2020:

Jeez.. and I thought Iowa was backward....

Help Please! Having lost my wife to cancer a year and a half ago, after being together 55 years, ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 12, 2020:

Sorry Larry, but those two issues about values and politics would be deal-breakers for me and probably most of us on here. Glad you found out about these before you got very far with her.

Congratulations on keeping the hippie mindset.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 12, 2020:

This sketch is so funny and sick because all of it is so true. It makes me ashamed to be a boomer. Both generations have their faults and also share the same problem of having huge blind spots about their faults. I am proud to say that I never became either of the first two types of boomers. I met some good millenials at the Sanders campaign, but I doubt they are that typical of their generation, which is why the future looks bleak for my twilight years. Thanks for posting this. I tried watching SNL a few times in the last year and I have to say that little of the millenial humor in their sketches seems funny to me. Maybe I just don't appreciate or get the huge layers of snark that are part of every sketch and it's probably due to my age. As far as the two boomers portrayed with stereotypes, I have always hated the music of Jimmy Buffet as well as the song Joy To The World by Three Dog Night. Both of them represent the typical boomer that has no taste in music and the LCD music listener that corporate radio music has always catered to rather than those who prefer underground or alternative music styles. There have always been hipsters who preferred music that was offbeat or ahead of its time while the majority prefer the music that is safe and familiar rather than challenging and stimulating.

Actual data and analysis of deaths due to COVID-19 in Nursing Homes as a function of poverty.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 11, 2020:

Nursing homes have always been about understaffing as the way to making profits.

Trump Disbanding Coronavirus Task Force While U.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 9, 2020:

What really made it was the background music played during the video of Trump at the mask factory. They were playing the Guns And Roses version of Live And Let Die....

Cute. I think it IS a story somewhere.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 9, 2020:

Almost all cats are befriendable, even if the only reason they grow to like you is that you feed them..

New Trump Press Secretary Tells Reporters She’ll Never Lie to Them At her first briefing ever...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 9, 2020:

I remember back when Jimmy Carter was running for prez right after Nixon and Watergate, saying the same thing to the American people. Even he ended up lying sometime after that. Talk about promising the moon...

Trump Taps Top Donor to Lead Struggling U.

TomMcGiverin comments on May 8, 2020:

Just from looking at his pic I can see that he is a typical Repub smirking prick...

Watch: Mike Pence Caught on Hot Mic Asking if He Can Carry Empty PPE Boxes Into a Nursing Home 'For ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 8, 2020:

Pence came to my state, Iowa, today to visit the Repub guv Kim Reynolds. He praised her for her reopening efforts with the state's businesses and economy, even tho the latest models say our new cases will not peak until June 8. Thoroughly nauseating and shades of W.'s "heck of a job, Brownie" with Katrina relief..

More than 12,000 Catholic churches in the U.S. applied for PPP loans – and 9,000 got them

TomMcGiverin comments on May 8, 2020:

I'm embarrassed to say that the Unitarian Church that I am a nominal member of got one of those loans. They really did need the money as many of their members are unemployed and/or retired on small fixed incomes or otherwise employed in low wage jobs. As a result, about a fifth of their members did not return pledge forms for this year's pledge drive and the church was short about 70K on what they hoped to raise for the next year. To their credit, they are keeping all their staff on the payroll even tho they quit holding services and programming in person and they also provide fair benefits to their staff as well as good pay for a church. The church is a tax exempt non-profit the same as the United Way, for example.

[youtube.com] Why Rock Couldn't Stay at the Commune [firstthings.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on May 7, 2020:

Before age and all that cigarette smoking ruined her singing voice, she had the best female voice in pop and folk music. Better than Judy Collins or Joan Baez. She had a five octave range too.

Love this writer. What do you think about Capitalism’s voracious appetite?

TomMcGiverin comments on May 6, 2020:

At least in the US, this pandemic should make it clear that all of us peons are merely commodities that are easily replaceable and expendable to capitalism and the ruling class. However, most will probably not see the clear message and will instead fall for the partisan blaming game rather than blame their real enemies and rebel.

Fun with rednecks! So, its becoming a real fault line in America, who wears masks and who ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 5, 2020:

Have your fun with rednecks. As for me, I try to flee as soon as I hear banjo music...

Trump Cheers On Governors Ignoring WH Coronavirus Guidelines Even as deaths here in the US have...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 5, 2020:

We are finally getting to see how little value the lives of most Americans are worth to the ruling class, esp. the Repubs. The Purge movies are seeming more and more like non-fiction.

Guard shot for requiring customer to wear mask This is us now, America crashing - becoming a ...

TomMcGiverin comments on May 5, 2020:

Judging from the names, it sounds like this was black on black crime.

Where else in America (besides New York) will voters overwhelmingly reject pro-corporate politics?

TomMcGiverin comments on May 4, 2020:

Iowa can barely ever get comfortable with electing mainstream Dems, much less ever give socialists or progressives a chance. We have been a one-party (Repub) state since 2007, even tho the state did vote for Obama twice. The fact that Cuomo is still so popular in the state proves that voters may still be very comfortable with corporatist pols. Cuomo sure as hell is one as well as being a friend of the 1% rather than the 99%.