"It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it ...

WilliamCharles comments on Apr 2, 2019:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FYDrPt06XNI&t=55s

Kudelstaart [youtu.be]

WilliamCharles comments on Apr 2, 2019:

Soothing soundscape.

"It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it ...

WilliamCharles comments on Apr 2, 2019:

Indeed.

You are not too old and its not too late. Agree/Disagree??

WilliamCharles comments on Apr 2, 2019:

There's always a lot to be said for experience.

Do you listen to religious music?

WilliamCharles comments on Apr 2, 2019:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xtolv9kM1qk

Soft Spot | LP & Waddy Wachtel | Playing For Change | Live Outside - YouTube

WilliamCharles comments on Apr 2, 2019:

Reminds a bit of this. I can never get over just how perfect the casting was. Each and every face packs so much emotion. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ej1I-IrHWCc

"You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

WilliamCharles comments on Apr 2, 2019:

Anyone else having trouble getting reactions to register?

How Israel is working to remove Palestinians from Jerusalem - The National

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Mah.Thur.Fah.Curse.

It's that time of year again!

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 31, 2019:

My peeps! The system is always messin' wit da li'l guy.

Today’s blog post in advance of my trip.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 31, 2019:

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." - T. S. Eliot

The river, returned by its strength by the rains, is joyful.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 31, 2019:

The water cycle is a metaphor for our own renewal as well.

Help! I have a date.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

That should make it zero pressure then. Your expectations of how it should go down, just think of it as an opportunity to have fun. Whatever you think your own particular insecurity is, work on that a little. Can't be looks cuz you look fine. If it's your current status, job or whatever, know we all deal with not being the "perfect" package. Don't sweat it. People (generally) don't bite.

My Instagram friend sent me a cool tune so I would have something to dance to in my new blue swede ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Killer kicks, Carole!... 'Kay? ???

My Instagram friend sent me a cool tune so I would have something to dance to in my new blue swede ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Chris Spedding - Blue Suede Shoes https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yzQBZ5LtCtA

Teleport?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Captain, we need more power!

My first vote for POTUS was Dwight Eisenhower and it's been all Repubs for POTUS since.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

It should be noted that Ike had a tax rate that helped build the nation's infrastructure and it was a time of a strong middle class. Reagan helped gut that and his policies began the destruction of the middle class. Ironically, Reagan and Nixon would be considered too liberal for many of today's conservative hardliners.

My first vote for POTUS was Dwight Eisenhower and it's been all Repubs for POTUS since.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Bund uber alles?

I want to be the deepest, darkest chapter in your sexual diary.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

I'm certain of it. Hang on, babe, imma comin' ta gitcha!

A great awakening.. Who's part of the Revolution with me?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8zc0BI7T1LA

I want to be the deepest, darkest chapter in your sexual diary.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Yep.

I am not saying I am Wonder Woman, I am just saying...???

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Parking this here just because. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=daCvU9ySF_4

I am not saying I am Wonder Woman, I am just saying...???

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

In this era of digital archives, it upsets me to no end that I can't find this particular Playboy story online (you really could read it for the articles at one time). It was titled "Underground at the Daily Planet" by Craig Vetter in a 1971 issue. It had a secretly counterculture Jimmy Olson grumbling as he wrote, "Everyone knows he's Superman! You can see that shitty red S under the cheap white shirts he wears." It was some hilariously insane satire.

The origins of handfasting at Scottish weddings - When Scots ‘married’ for a year and a day - ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

That is interesting. A year and a day.

Hello!!! I joined agnostic.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Pleased to make your acquaintance, electronically speaking.

I am not saying I am Wonder Woman, I am just saying...???

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Glasses have been long known to be superhero camouflage, Tex. ???

Please check out a new group "Origins of Heaven and Hell.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

On a somewhat related note (origins). It seems to me from antiquity and beyond, that every religion boils down to giving god a new name. You come up with a name that resonates, and whatever backstory arises will satisfy a certain number of adherents, enough to stake your claim in the pantheon. Your interactions will evolve over time in conjunction with longevity, and whatever power struggles took place, both inner and outwards. It's why I like to use the Adventure Time "Oh, my Glob!" or FSM references as their backstories appeal to me. As an atheist/agnostic, can also speak in the common vernacular, with its very usage revealing a substantial bit of godview even with limited knowledge of either. Imagine someone sincerely asking, "Who are these Gods I am unfamiliar with?" I'd love to give the backstory, but would still promise never to go door to door with it (unless there was money in it. Your approach might be different).

I want to be the deepest, darkest chapter in your sexual diary.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Have to admit being to being a bit surprised at some of the negative reactions based on it not being appropriate somehow in a singles/mingles/chat group? Because of the cartoon format? Because it is seen as too risque? Because if taken literally that it cannot be thought of as anything but offensive? I thought it prompted some interesting and fun discussion, both pro and con. Singles discussing various aspects of sexualty (in group appropriate terms of course) seems to be a no-brainer for a group where you'd want to get a feel for the mindset of people you might want to date, but then maybe that's just me. I usually excpect this much pearl clutching from the god-botherers, but it's easily just as possible that I'm incredibly boorish with an utter lack of self-awareness. Perhaps I should just go back to lurking with the occasional short little generic tidbits of approval or solidarity. Good luck to all of us in our individual quests to connect with that potentially special someone in meaningful ways.

Only one per household.?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Certainly my cats never have.

I want to be the deepest, darkest chapter in your sexual diary.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 29, 2019:

The perils of being a partner that jokes a lot.

I want to be the deepest, darkest chapter in your sexual diary.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 29, 2019:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4YYnz2-bsJo

I want to be the deepest, darkest chapter in your sexual diary.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 29, 2019:

The illustration reminds me how fun/funny it is to be kissing with your eyes closed, and then open one eye and find your partner has done the same. Advanced level kissing is laughing because of it, but not breaking the kiss. ???

I want to be the deepest, darkest chapter in your sexual diary.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Last call for delete or stay votes. Only a modest amount of feedback so far either way. Anyone feel really strongly about this with regard to either position? I also didn't see it show up to the category I thought I moved it to. I'd hate to lose the comments. Maybe I can leave it here with a mea culpa pinned to the top of this thread. Any mods able to do that? Brand me with the scarlet letter, throw me in the stocks, and use this as an example of what *not* to post. Let it serve as a warning to the rest. A metaphorical head on a pike.

I want to be the deepest, darkest chapter in your sexual diary.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 29, 2019:

I'm moving this to Silly, Random Fun as there were a couple of upvotes to the comment that said it didn't belong here. My apologies to all. I'll leave it up just a little longer to hopefully avoid any confusion.

I want to be the deepest, darkest chapter in your sexual diary.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 29, 2019:

I actually was quite astonished that two of the most adventurous and playful lovers I ever had the pleasure to become intimate with both said the same thing to me. "I liked our lovemaking because you *made* me do things." While this may sound troubling on its surface, it wasn't like that at all. It was a case of two lovers wanting to please the other and were alert to the cues of what was giving each the most pleasure. It reminded me of a comic who was describing what good lovemaking becomes. He said that if you've ever seen two tigers mating, there's all that raw power just barely held in check, as they wend their way through the dance as it were.

Gimme dat ole time religion!

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 29, 2019:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=56u6g0POvo0

A 50-Year Occupation: Israel’s Six-Day War Started With a Lie

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 29, 2019:

"The trick of declaring war against the armed resistance and then attacking the resisters’ unarmed kin as well as the sur­rounding population with the most gruesome products of Death-Science; this trick is not new. American Pioneers were pioneers in this too; they made it standard practice to declare war on indigenous warriors and then to murder and burn villages with only women and children in them. This is already modern war, what we know as war against civilian populations; it has also been called, more candidly, mass murder or genocide. Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised that the perpetrators of a Pogrom portray themselves as the victims, in the present case as victims of the Holocaust. Herman Melville noticed over a century ago, in his analysis of the metaphysics of Indian-hating, that those who made a full-time profession of hunting and murdering indigenous people of this continent always made themselves appear, even in their own eyes, as the victims of manhunts. The use the Nazis made of the International Jewish Conspiracy is better known: during all the years of atrocities defying belief, the Nazis considered themselves the victimized. It’s as if the experience of being a victim gave exemption from human solidarity, as if it gave special powers, as if it gave a license to kill." Fredy Perlman from his essay, “Anti-Semitism and the Beirut Pogrom” – http://libcom.org/library/anti-semitism-beirut-program-fredy-perlman

Are we up to it?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 28, 2019:

Lock and load.

Are we up to it?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 28, 2019:

"Failure is not an option."

Are we up to it?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 28, 2019:

Tru dat.

Are we up to it?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 28, 2019:

And why be normal?

Are we up to it?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 28, 2019:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8zc0BI7T1LA Who's with me?

When you bankroll the side murdering and maiming peaceful protesters, we must call it out.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 26, 2019:

MURDER as COVER for THEFT and OPPRESSION is NOT *self-defense* It's a war crime. ~ LanceThruster

When you bankroll the side murdering and maiming peaceful protesters, we must call it out.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 26, 2019:

I woke up this morning to author Arthur Brooks on C-SPAN speaking about loving your enemies at the AIPAC conference. I just posted this on his Facebook page. :-----: Just watched your AIPAC speech. I do not see how there is any love in supporting an apartheid state murdering the innocent on a regular basis. The love I see is from those working for justice for *all* the people of Palestine. What I see from AIPAC is the constant smearing of those involved in this endeavor. What I see from the AIPAC side is the type of people who mock the horrific death of murdered peace activist Rachel Corrie by holding an annual pancake breakfast. The side that elevates the Hebron mosque shooter to the status of national hero. The side that hypocritically points the finger at Iran for their legal nuclear program as signers of the NNPT as they lie about their own undeclared nukes. I see your side as continuing to turn truth on its head. I see your side on the wrong side of history every bit as much as the former apartheid regime of South Africa. I see with much pain how much AIPAC perverts and corrupts our own government with their disdain for truth-tellers. Your message reminds me of Elie Wiesel's message of a commitment to justice for the downtrodden, that incredibly never made it to encompassing the beleaguered people of Palestine, who have suffered under the boot heel of the Zionist invaders for decades. That, I feel, will be coming to an end soon. Because of true love. Not the lip service couched in words of love you spoke in the support of those who would continue to brutalize the people of Palestine. That is the difference.

Yeah, we get told a lot of things that turn out not to be true.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 26, 2019:

No One Mentions That The Russian Trail Leads To Democratic Lobbyists And as Noam Chomsky mentioned but is ignored, the Israeli machinations in our government and elections *far* exceed anything Russia is up to. But that isn't discussed. https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2017/02/18/no-one-mentions-that-the-russian-trail-leads-to-democratic-lobbyists/?fbclid=IwAR21Hatc5pus3aJsB7SsJYrIl8g9ezCaWsHxo6KuZoBNtNcDWCUFqtRPTnE#52e294e53991

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 26, 2019:

I'll be right back in there swinging in no time. Merely a flesh wound.

How many here would settle for this arrangement?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 26, 2019:

There was a club comic who told the couples in the audience, "Look at who you're here with... and realize, that's who you decided to settle for." Ouch!

Yours Truly: 25 March 2019, I look like such a dork! Messy hair, but it's me. (Pic)?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2019:

Tres chic (and you look lovely)!

I hope my future boyfriend will understand that I can be (not always).

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2019:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5QQDnnR0V-c

I woke up this morning to author Arthur Brooks on C-SPAN speaking about loving your enemies at the ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I have other images that are not so viscerally horrific, but I feel this needs to be seen and understood at that primal level. I apologize to anyone who is traumatized. I am traumatized as well. It wounds me to my core, and I feel almost totally helpless. There is absolutely no reason that we must live in a world enabling and justifying such despicable acts, let alone those committing them.

I hope my future boyfriend will understand that I can be (not always).

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2019:

Happy chair is happy. https://icanhas.cheezburger.com/tag/happy-chair-is-happy

I woke up this morning to author Arthur Brooks on C-SPAN speaking about loving your enemies at the ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2019:

"We teach life, sir."

I woke up this morning to author Arthur Brooks on C-SPAN speaking about loving your enemies at the ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I grew up with the conventional wisdom believing that the Israelis were the "white hats" and that the Palestinians/Arabs/Muslims were the "black hats." After 9/11, I wanted to know more about the conflict in the ME. I came to the realization that the narrative was totally one-sided. I largely credit many outstanding Jewish voices (my close friend Bernie the Attorney for one) for opening my eyes. I see on a daily basis the efforts by Zionists and their stooges to dismiss truth-tellers in the most reprehensible manner, up to and including threats of violence. Truth needs no army of thugs to establish it; only lies need enforcers. ~ LanceThruster

I woke up this morning to author Arthur Brooks on C-SPAN speaking about loving your enemies at the ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2019:

"I am so bloody sick of the claim that the slaughter of innocent people by bringing down the full force of modern weaponry from every possible direction to mangle their flesh in the most horrific and violent ways is not monstrous because [reasons]." ~ LanceThruster

I woke up this morning to author Arthur Brooks on C-SPAN speaking about loving your enemies at the ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2019:

"You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.’" ~ William Wilberforce

I woke up this morning to author Arthur Brooks on C-SPAN speaking about loving your enemies at the ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2019:

MURDER as COVER for THEFT and OPPRESSION is NOT *self-defense* It's a war crime. ~ LanceThruster

I woke up this morning to author Arthur Brooks on C-SPAN speaking about loving your enemies at the ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2019:

To the surviving people of Palestine; I am truly so very sorry that you, your families, your neighbors, and your country suffer so as a brutal slaughter is waged across your land. I have tried to remain informed and active politically so that I could do whatever I can to help prevent my country from inflicting further such tragedies on others. As you might imagine, sometimes I too feel very helpless in this regard. You all have done much to remind me that sometimes courage can be as simple a thing as to just keep moving forward. And for that, you have my sincere respect, admiration, and gratitude. Please forgive us for not doing more to protect you. To the dead, there is nothing I can say to lessen the pain. You are missed. ~ LanceThruster

You sure? I could have sworn I left it right there.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I love how the dog knows it's busted, but as an accessory to the kid, it also seems to know it'll only take whatever heat the kid does. Waiting to see if that hammer's gonna drop.

"It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Hmm. When someone deletes their own comment, my replies disappear as well. I'm no longer going to bother to make mine a reply to theirs, particularly if it is part of a debate. I'll just make it a stand alone comment. Seems kind of a cowardly hit and run if you ask me.

Now, this could entice me to join a church.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I like to say, "If God hadn't wanted us to eat bacon, she wouldn't have made it taste so good."

My divorce will be final in less than 48 hours.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Pedal to the metal, hot rod! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B-vTk122Guw&t=116s

Happy singles see happy couples everywhere.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 24, 2019:

J/K More like 24/7/365 ???

[motherjones.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Climate change, neglect of infrastructure, and development practices that are oblivious to topography generally all come into play. The reality is that so many people, and most shamefully the political leadership, ignore the climate intensification from global warming.

US Cold Warriors escalate toward actual war with Russia (by Stephen Cohen) — RT Op-ed

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I support Russia's defense of Syria against American backed terrorists, their defense of Venezuela, and their calling out Israel's Golan Heights theivery attempt.

Now, this could entice me to join a church.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 24, 2019:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AoTS0hvWDW8

It's official: Russiagate is this generation's WMD

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 24, 2019:

"Russiagate skeptics will be vindicated as we expected to be, but those responsible for this fake neocon intrigue got a new Cold War, record defense budgets, and a McCarthyite political atmosphere to denigrate opponents of permanent war,” tweeted journalist Max Blumenthal. “A waste of energy and a setback for peace.” “Early on, I argued with Rep. Jamie Raskin that Trump should be opposed on a principled, progressive basis – not with a phony intel intrigue cooked up by spooks and Clinton dead enders,” Blumenthal added. “Like most Dems, he went with Russiagate & wound up emboldening Trump.” “For almost three years I’ve been lambasted every single day for ‘defending Trump’ because I rejected that there was ample evidence for a Trump/Russia global espionage conspiracy,” tweeted journalist Michael Tracey. “You know who was really ‘defending Trump’ after all? The people who promoted this nonsense.” “I’m not gleeful – just disgusted that much of the US media spent 2 years spreading baseless (but very dangerous) conspiracy theories and mindlessly believing what their CIA, NSA and FBI sources whispered to them without seeing evidence – yet again,” tweeted journalist Glenn Greenwald."

What makes you a catch?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I'm good company.

I am far from an Agnostic.com t-shirt so I bought this one!

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Thank goodness Scientology is real. It's even got "science" right there in the name. /s

I just joined the group "Republican Atheists" because I'm fascinated just what sort of animal that ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Pretty much.

Greatest Of All Time

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I kid you not.

Lest we forget

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Tru dat. Heckuva job, DNC. [sigh]

Don't tell secrets in the garden?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Olive you are nuts.

Don't tell secrets in the garden?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Sez who? Sesame!

Don't tell secrets in the garden?

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 23, 2019:

And you might start a rhubarb. ?

Words to live with.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 23, 2019:

So far so good.

[dailykos.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Old wine in new bottles.

I just joined the group "Republican Atheists" because I'm fascinated just what sort of animal that ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 23, 2019:

"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence." ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

How a "Normal" Person Tells a Story vs How I Tell a Story.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 23, 2019:

How some stories end lol. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ru5uyoskbw4

President Trump: How & Why... - YouTube

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Fuck this shit is right.

Extra, extra! The real moment when the gospel was going to be written!

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Maybe whittle yourself a stylus and use some wet clay to make tablets of your written word, Jeebus. Trust me, these fucks won't get it right. Hell, you'll be long gone before they even start, for You sakes!

Tonio K. - H-A-T-R-E-D (Vinyl) Eins, zwei, drei, vier!! [m.youtube.com]

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 23, 2019:

"Fountain of Sorrow my ass motherfucker I hope you wind up in the ground!" But then again, maybe with the proper counseling we can work this out... ???

I got a good laugh! 😅😂😅

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

And I slappped my iron knee, I did

'Nones’ now as big as evangelicals, Catholics in the US - Religion News Service

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

BOOSH!

I just joined the group "Republican Atheists" because I'm fascinated just what sort of animal that ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Something for the left (Establishment Dems actually) to remember going into 2020. Painfully spot on. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GLG9g7BcjKs

History 101

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Not every place, but his point still stands.

Hehe awwwww!???

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Never. Not once.

I love this playlist.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I tried to post the collection of Squidbillies intros but must not have done it right because it doesn't autoplay past the first selection. I love the A listers they've gotten to record a version. Extremely hip. And you're right Carole, this playlist is awesome.

OM NOM NOM!

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Interesting formatting feature here. I put the OM NOM NOM in all caps for the text that is required for pics, but it reverts to lower case.

I just joined the group "Republican Atheists" because I'm fascinated just what sort of animal that ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I've been providing a few of what I think are counter-arguments to some of their assertions, mostly in the form of links, but there's not a lot of desire to lock horns in the arena of ideas by the opposition, who in their conversations with each other, are unwavering in their certainty of the superiority of their worldview. A throwaway acknowledgement of the ills of crony capitalism by the group creator, but that's about it. In my time here (agnostic..com) , I've found little desire across the board by anyone to continue any debate/discussion beyond a few initial replies back and forth, but that's most definitely everyone's individual prerogative. I'm at least encouraged the the left is more willing to critique their own side through a clear lense. I've seen nothing of the sort at any level by the opposition. They merely ignore the many flaws of the "champions" of their side. In fact, I ask the group creator to give me a name of any "champion" of the economic model she supports so I could read up on it... but nothing but crickets. If you've ever seen right winger Stephen Moore (AEI?), he's embarrassing as to the level of his incompetence. This is the chucklehead that Dolt 45 wants to nominate for the Fed if I'm not mistaken. I could name a bunch for my views starting with Chris Hedges (for a critique of the current system). Notice the otherwise dispassionate name calling here, @TheMiddleWay. Over there, I've largely eschewed such language. Anyway, make note that even though I've answered the @Renickulous interrogative, no attempt to respond to any of the questions I put to him. Over at Republican Atheists he's been like a gnat... annoying, but with zero to offer anywhere he's shown his face.

Progressive gun owners - What are your thoughts on calls to ban certain firearms or firearm types ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Assault rifles are already illegal in my state, though it is common to call the semiautomatic rifle I own an assault rifle. I remember a law passed to outlaw firearms with scary looking features, such as with the TEC-9 handgun (though with that particular weapon it was mostly the high capacity magazines at issue). There were other weapons that had the exact same firepower, but if it looked military (flash suppressor, pistol grip, etc.) it may have made the ban list. Again, it makes me wonder how easily some are willing to forfeit a right of someone else, just because they think it doesn't apply to them. I'm all for keeping weapons out of the hands of those who pose a threat and favor sensible restrictions (domestic abusers being at the top of the list). But but the GOP always gets lot of mileage out of wedge issues around election time, and as a progressive firearms owner, I think my Constitutional rights come into play as well. The 2nd Amendment is not about a right to hunt. At the time it was written it protected private ownership of the most advanced weapons of their time. Yes, I know about their place in the history of keeping slaves subdued, but we also have the threat of an actual civil war at some point. The goddamn Yam-in-Chief just talked about his biker, LEO, and military supporters taking things into ther own hands. The God, guns, and gays crowd is heavily armed. I'll still have a flower or two to place down the barrel of their rifles, but a Plan B is not an unwarranted precaution either. I'm deep into a politically red county where I live. To those that think there should be no private firearm ownership, work to change the Constitution. To those that think the effectiveness needs to be restricted, would black powder muzzle loaders be cumbersome enough for you? I own a historical curio. The same Mosin-Nagant Soiet sniper rifle Vasely Zaytsev used in WWII. It is technically a combat weapon, though single round bolt action. If someone murders with this type of firearm, would someone else make the argument to turn them all in as well? I once attended a Firing Line taping on internet freedom back in the day. Arianna Huffington was on the panel (before she became a liberal) and said that if outlawing internet freedom would save just *one* child from being abused... that it would be worth it. How many here would agree with that logic?

OM NOM NOM!

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

That's gotta be some seriously killer watermelon if he's attacking it like that so close to the rind.

OM NOM NOM!

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I find no other images so pleasing as any living being, human or otherwise, enjoying their food.

It's so hard not to laugh at my own depression.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

"Pizza is like sex. Even when it's bad it's pretty good."

I Have A Dream: What if we (Atheist / Agnostics / Freethinkers / Humanist and Free People of All ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

One not built on stolen land for starters, I'm ashamed to say. The Doctrine of Discovery was an abomination. "This country has had so much misfortune, you'd think it was built atop a sacred Indian burial mound or something."

I Have A Dream: What if we (Atheist / Agnostics / Freethinkers / Humanist and Free People of All ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

"Fight them to the end, until the children of the poor eat better than the dogs of the rich."

When you wake up.Boom ???

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I was framed.

It's so hard not to laugh at my own depression.

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Pretty much.

"Standing in a church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a ...

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I had some truly wonderful Xian friends at work. One said to me, "You're the most Christian person I know." I told her, "You take that back or I'll report you to HR." We both laughed as she went on to explain, "You do nice things for people just for the sake of being nice." I would often quote her to god-botherers who were more militant with their own proselytizing. To my religious friends of any stripe I'd joke, "If it turns out you're right, promise you'll sneak me ice water in hell... but don't get caught!"

‘In Awesome Peril’

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 21, 2019:

This report of war crimes committed against U.S. military personnel is submitted to the Honorable Secretary of the Army in his capacity as Executive Agent for the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to Department of Defense Directive Number 5810.01B (29 March 2004) [1] .

Hey it's my birthday today and this song came to mind, Old Folks Boogie by Little Feat! [youtu.be]

WilliamCharles comments on Mar 21, 2019:

Sincere birthday wishes. Here is my favorite birthday song of all time, from a local kids show host of my childhood. Put Another Candle on My Birthday Cake - Sheriff John Birthday Song https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8NZRsEo85NI

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WilliamCharles comments on Mar 21, 2019:

My thoughts on Biden, Kamala, Beto, Koblucher, Gillibrand, Booker, and a few others...