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How The New York Times rigs news on Israel Palestine - James North - YouTube

THHA comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Thanks for posting!

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 30, 2019:

You're welcome. I hope others find it as informative as I did.

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

Jolanta comments on Mar 30, 2019:

She is very naughty

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 30, 2019:

I think the proper response might be, "I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter." ?

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

tinkercreek comments on Mar 30, 2019:

I think this entire chain is brilliant - well done!!

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 30, 2019:

Thank you. I was a little worried for a bit that I had committed some egregious breach of netiquette.

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

motrubl4u comments on Mar 29, 2019:

"Be the darkest chapter of their sexual diary. 'There were all the others then there was HIM. He made me do things that were just unnatural'" Sam Kinison

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 30, 2019:

@motrubl4u https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UXo1kBxgd2k

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

1of5 comments on Mar 29, 2019:

This post makes me really, really wish posts in groups stayed out of my damned feed when I have the group hidden.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 30, 2019:

That seems pretty anal retentive and a bit petty. Bitch about the hidden feature not working rather than the post. I'm in a few humor groups here. A lot of the posts I find pretty "bleh," but like with music or food, everyone's taste is different. Maybe it's the first time others had seen some of these "dad" jokes. I don't go out of my way to drop a turd in their punchbowl if I was underwhelmed by something. If you found it offensive however, say so, as I indicated that would be worthy of consideration. But if your beef is that I stole several precious seconds from your existence... well cry me a river 1/5.

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

LiterateHiker comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Ugh.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 30, 2019:

I like the joke, "Sex is dirty... unless you're not doing it right."

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

freeofgod comments on Mar 30, 2019:

I'm not that flexible anymore :(

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 30, 2019:

No worries. Suitable accommodations can *always* be made. ??

Only one per household.?

LB67 comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Right now I only follow dog, in my household, but that might change.?

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

@LB67 for me personally, I have come to dislike what could be termed "exotic pets" for a number of reasons. I've known people with aquariums who think of the fish in them more akin to fresh cut flowers than actual living creatures (like carnival goldfish games). The documentary Parrot Confidential broke my heart. Exotic pets drive trafficking and other unsavory aspects of the illicit trade. I owned hermit crabs for awhile, which was very cool, but others I know copied me and I later learned of the hellish conditions they lived in. I felt horribly guilty.

Only one per household.?

2bisgoodenuff comments on Mar 29, 2019:

So stealing this!!???

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

Love the vid this meme was created from.

Only one per household.?

LB67 comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Right now I only follow dog, in my household, but that might change.?

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

I love both. My pal Bernie the Attorney sadly noted that he feels Republicans are generally dog people because they'll still yearn for your love even in the face of abuse.

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.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vI5LYqCFrwE

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

LiterateHiker comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Ugh.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

I was fortunate to be raised Catholic. Everything was dirty to us. ?

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

motrubl4u comments on Mar 29, 2019:

"Be the darkest chapter of their sexual diary. 'There were all the others then there was HIM. He made me do things that were just unnatural'" Sam Kinison

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

Yep. That's where I stole the line from. Heard it when he did his "lick the alphabet" routine.

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.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

Possibly not. I think I'll leave it to the mods to scrub should they choose to as I've gotten some positive feedback which is pretty much enough for me.

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

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Honey, you have a Loooong way to go to get level with either of my ex-husbands.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

Oh yeah?!? Sometimes I keep my socks on! Talk about old school, lol.

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

mzbehavin comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Might be for the kink group, if that's your thing.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

Didn't know there was one. What it brought to mind was a prim and proper former Southern girlfriend. She introduced me to the many facets of the "Madonna/whore" complex. She showed me a joke one time in an article (McCalls?) about Southern women where the man said, "I bet you'd be a lot of fun once you took your pearls off." The woman replied, "Why would I need to take my pearls off?"

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

Jamespuck comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Maybe the wrong place..

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

@Lovemylife1 she roared when I replied to it with this.

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

Jamespuck comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Maybe the wrong place..

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

@Lovemylife1 thank you. For the record, I copied this from a wonderfully unorthodox theist woman friend's Facebook group page (Lit Level up). She's quite a lot of fun and loves my humanist submissions to her group (lots of Vonnegut stuff for example).

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

Cast1es comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Do women actually say anything like this , ever ?

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

For realz? Now I haz a sad.

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

Jamespuck comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Maybe the wrong place..

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

I think I saw jokes posted in here before, but will remove it without protest if the group feels it doesn't belong. It seems to have sparked some discussion already.

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

Cast1es comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Do women actually say anything like this , ever ?

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

Not in so many words, and yet...

Gimme dat ole time religion!

oldFloyd comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Makes you think big book burning isn't a bad idea ?

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

@oldFloyd I figured as much, but worried that maybe a thousand years down the line someone might misconstrue it. It's happened before you know. ???

Gimme dat ole time religion!

oldFloyd comments on Mar 29, 2019:

Makes you think big book burning isn't a bad idea ?

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

That sets a bad precedent I'm afraid. It is worth noting the same book was seen as both endorsing and condemning slavery.

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

brentan comments on Mar 29, 2019:

I think they lost all faith in their god after WW2. If they did believe him, and had any belief in the Mosaic Covenant, they would fear what's coming down the pike for breaking the rules of the covenant.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 29, 2019:

It is amazing how much they vilify "True Torah Jews" for rejecting the creation of Israel.

Are we up to it?

ProudMerrie comments on Mar 28, 2019:

I think I'm just too tired for the fight anymore. I thought we already took care of some of these problems and yet, here they are again.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

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

The Illusory Truth Effect: How Millions Were Duped By Russiagate – Caitlin Johnstone

TheInterlooper comments on Mar 28, 2019:

The big lie. https://www.google.com/amp/s/static.theintercept.com/amp/dnc-hack-trump-cia-director-william-binney-nsa.html

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

@TheInterlooper he's been stellar on deconstructing Russiagate, Venezuela, and Syria. Check out his Solid Chat Saturday Steam on YouTube at 2pm PST if you get a chance.

The Illusory Truth Effect: How Millions Were Duped By Russiagate – Caitlin Johnstone

TheInterlooper comments on Mar 28, 2019:

The big lie. https://www.google.com/amp/s/static.theintercept.com/amp/dnc-hack-trump-cia-director-william-binney-nsa.html

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

Even with the waffling and qualifications done here, I still believe Binney. https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/

The Illusory Truth Effect: How Millions Were Duped By Russiagate – Caitlin Johnstone

TheInterlooper comments on Mar 28, 2019:

The big lie. https://www.google.com/amp/s/static.theintercept.com/amp/dnc-hack-trump-cia-director-william-binney-nsa.html

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

Binney did a great job on his Jimmy Dore appearance.

The Illusory Truth Effect: How Millions Were Duped By Russiagate – Caitlin Johnstone

TheInterlooper comments on Mar 28, 2019:

The big lie. https://www.google.com/amp/s/static.theintercept.com/amp/dnc-hack-trump-cia-director-william-binney-nsa.html

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

@TheInterlooper thx. Wanted to be sure. Many times I've mistaken a rebutral for agreement.

The Illusory Truth Effect: How Millions Were Duped By Russiagate – Caitlin Johnstone

TheInterlooper comments on Mar 28, 2019:

The big lie. https://www.google.com/amp/s/static.theintercept.com/amp/dnc-hack-trump-cia-director-william-binney-nsa.html

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

Yes, but whose?

Are we up to it?

ProudMerrie comments on Mar 28, 2019:

I think I'm just too tired for the fight anymore. I thought we already took care of some of these problems and yet, here they are again.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

@ProudMerrie my thoughts exactly when it comes to church/state separation. As is said, "Rust never sleeps."

Are we up to it?

ProudMerrie comments on Mar 28, 2019:

I think I'm just too tired for the fight anymore. I thought we already took care of some of these problems and yet, here they are again.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

It's just like with evolution. The change is never static. There's the endless push and pressures of continual measures and countermeasures.

Are we up to it?

snytiger6 comments on Mar 28, 2019:

I'm about at a point where I might be happy if we just manage not to prevent the destruction of the world. I'm a bit pessimistic today.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

I think you need an edit. Pull the "not"?

Are we up to it?

snytiger6 comments on Mar 28, 2019:

I'm about at a point where I might be happy if we just manage not to prevent the destruction of the world. I'm a bit pessimistic today.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

Anger and despair are always churning within me, as I try to harness these emotions in effective ways in order to make a difference in these daily tragedies and outrages. My ability to do so also magnifies this anger and despair as often the results seem so tepid and inconsequential. But I remind myself to keep chipping away, as even though it may seem as if only the last hit is what succeeded, I know that every one leading up to it also did their part. I am grateful to all the others united in this endeavor as well. Your efforts do not go unnoticed and they provide much needed support and encouragement for my own. Keep fighting the good fight.

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. ...

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

Sadly, the idea of Trump ever draining the swamp is laughable, as his corruption is essentially no different from the rest, it is just ensconced in a less polished veneer.

My problem is that my pictures look just like me.

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 28, 2019:

Yup.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

Though the little boy just looks like a younger version of the tiger nan.

My problem is that my pictures look just like me.

LiterateHiker comments on Mar 28, 2019:

SMILE! You look forlorn and worried in your main photo.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 28, 2019:

A pretty accurate representation of the mood. Figuring out next move.

My problem is that my pictures look just like me.

1of5 comments on Mar 27, 2019:

Your problem? We have to look at them too, you know.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 27, 2019:

Monster movie hand in front of the face worked as a kid. Try it, but make sure your life insurance is paid up.

My take on Xian mythology.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 26, 2019:

Yes, but believers get out of this strict take on it by giving their god 3 identities and one of them has sex with Mary.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

@Triphid there's so many logical inconsistencies in the triune god of my Catholic upbringing. I also reject the notion of Christ's "suffering" on the whole as he "knew" the ultimate nature of reality, and that his "sacrifice" was no more than play acting essentially. I do like the description Alan Watts gave the concept of the Trinity: the lover (God), the beloved (Jesus), and the love between them (the Holy Spirit).

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

zesty comments on Mar 26, 2019:

If not the Israeli jobs, these Palestinian loosers would die from hunger. Why don't they work instead of protesting all the time? I know, it is a terrible thing to suggest. WORK, DO SOMETHING USEFUL, don't complain constantly!

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

@zesty and address the points I made if you don't mind. You smear Palestinians as lazy and shiftless because they dare to peacefully protest for their rights, yet you ignore *every single example* of Zionist thugs preventing them from making a living. Why is that, if you feel you have the facts on your side? Instead, you change the subject. It's to the point that you're clearly not worth engaging, but that some things are worth addressing for the benefit of others who might be reading.

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

zesty comments on Mar 26, 2019:

If not the Israeli jobs, these Palestinian loosers would die from hunger. Why don't they work instead of protesting all the time? I know, it is a terrible thing to suggest. WORK, DO SOMETHING USEFUL, don't complain constantly!

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

@zesty they've committed war crimes. One such war crime is acquiring territory by conquest. This was established by the Nuremburg courts. You know... that thing set up to try to keep those crimes that happened to Jews from happening to others. They have committed genocide as per the UN definition. As to your other blather, too many misrepresentations to bother with. And btw, Israel knowingly murdered US naval personnel in their June 8, 1967 attack on the USS Liberty, committing war crimes in the process as well, but I doubt you know much about that (or care) either.

My take on Xian mythology.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 26, 2019:

Yes, but believers get out of this strict take on it by giving their god 3 identities and one of them has sex with Mary.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

@Triphid Life of Brian lol.

My take on Xian mythology.

Triphid comments on Mar 26, 2019:

So this Omnipotent God Being who can create life, HUMAN or animal, etc, from mere dust ACTUALLY needs to have an ANGEL impregnate a human woman to re-create himself when he already created life from dust, so he can sacrifice himself, which is NOT really a sacrifice anyway because he cannot die, to ...

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

Nutty, huh? I've said to most believers, if I hear something that makes sense... fine. But that ain't it.

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!

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

@Elaine57 it wss a more contemporary act, but the same sort of observational comedy.

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

zesty comments on Mar 26, 2019:

If not the Israeli jobs, these Palestinian loosers would die from hunger. Why don't they work instead of protesting all the time? I know, it is a terrible thing to suggest. WORK, DO SOMETHING USEFUL, don't complain constantly!

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

Oh, you mean like the olive farmers whose olive trees are regularly burnt or cut down by the land theiving militias the MSM refers to as "settlers?" Or maybe the fishermen who are not allowed to fish their own waters and are routinely machine gunned by IOF attack vessels? Or maybe you mean the merchants and tradespeople who cannot import basic consumer goods because the Chosenites label them as potentially dangerous? Possibly you mean the thousands of people daily who spend countless hours at checkpoints both to and from work while trying to navigate their own land? Or how about Palestinians commuters and commercial drivers unable to drive on Israeli only roads (the Chosenites object to them being called "Jews only" roads, though the distinction seems a stretch at best) and special car plates to single them out. Quite an ironic precedent there, eh Crusty? And what about Palestinian university students who are denied travel visas or face interminable delays if they are issued, as they work towards a degree in order to DO SOMETHING USEFUL as you so brilliantly shouted? Maybe the ones who need to do something useful are the brutal fascist f*cks with their boot heels on the necks of the people whose country they stole... bullies bankrolled by their equally abusive Uncle Sugar... maybe if they stopped doing that, Palestinians could go back to being the peaceful, productive, and industrious citizens they were before the invaders arrived and took over by killing so many of them. Ya think?

Yay, umm... that thing!!

Allamanda comments on Mar 26, 2019:

is it a possum? The Australian kind?

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

I'm guessing flamethrowers gotta be legal here. ?

Yay, umm... that thing!!

Allamanda comments on Mar 26, 2019:

is it a possum? The Australian kind?

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

Heh-heh-heh.

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. ...

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

James North of Mondoweiss spoke this weekend cataloging all the ways the MSM carries water for Chosanistan. It was eye-opening.

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

CapriKious comments on Mar 26, 2019:

Good grief,

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

And I thought my being a blockhead would help. It doesn't.

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

sassygirl3869 comments on Mar 26, 2019:

We haven't heard Mueller's report. Barr is protecting Trump and McConnell is blocking the release of the report. We have a revolution for truth!

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

And I agree with you entirely that in the interest of transparency, the report should be made public. We paid for the friggin' thing after all.

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

sassygirl3869 comments on Mar 26, 2019:

We haven't heard Mueller's report. Barr is protecting Trump and McConnell is blocking the release of the report. We have a revolution for truth!

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” ― Malcolm X :-----: I've no doubt Trump is corrupt AF, and he has clearly been laundering Russian mob money, but Russiagate was a product of Robby Mook and John Podesta to try to save face. It was supposedly a national emergency, yet they never let FBI forensic investigators examine their servers. The election tampering that concerns me most was that done in the Democratic primaries. That, and the domestic vote suppression done by the GOP.

My take on Xian mythology.

mordant comments on Mar 26, 2019:

At least Rube Goldberg contraptions WORK. Religious "logic", not so much. Also I'd add that god's rules are not only unbending, but arbitrary. God, being god, could decide that whatever I do is fine with him. Or he could make me incapable of disobeying him. Or he could have refrained from ...

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

"A God who could make good children as easily a bad, yet preferred to make bad ones; who could have made every one of them happy, yet never made a single happy one; who made them prize their bitter life, yet stingily cut it short; who gave his angels eternal happiness unearned, yet required his other children to earn it; who gave is angels painless lives, yet cursed his other children with biting miseries and maladies of mind and body; who mouths justice, and invented hell--mouths mercy, and invented hell--mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness multiplied by seventy times seven, and invented hell; who mouths morals to other people, and has none himself; who frowns upon crimes, yet commits them all; who created man without invitation, then tries to shuffle the responsibility for man's acts upon man, instead of honorably placing it where it belongs, upon himself; and finally, with altogether divine obtuseness, invites his poor abused slave to worship him!” ― Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger

My take on Xian mythology.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 26, 2019:

Yes, but believers get out of this strict take on it by giving their god 3 identities and one of them has sex with Mary.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

Mary was a very early #MeToo.

My take on Xian mythology.

mordant comments on Mar 26, 2019:

At least Rube Goldberg contraptions WORK. Religious "logic", not so much. Also I'd add that god's rules are not only unbending, but arbitrary. God, being god, could decide that whatever I do is fine with him. Or he could make me incapable of disobeying him. Or he could have refrained from ...

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

I'm just gobsmacked by the nonsensical notion, "I'd *like* to forgive you... but first I gotta kill my kid." I've always found the concept of blood sacrifice insanely barbaric.

My take on Xian mythology.

josh_is_exciting comments on Mar 26, 2019:

If it were true, your taste wouldn't be a factor. It's a good argument within an echo chamber, but otherwise... As someone who used to believe it, I would have seen it as a an oversimplification of a very complex matter, such as a being in a two dimensional world trying to define a being in a three ...

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

I don't see it so much as an oversimplification but as a distillation down to its essence. It's pretty much all there.

The Democrats lost to the two most incompetent Republican presidential candidates in modern memory.

Stuttrboy comments on Mar 26, 2019:

Why is it that we elect these folks in the primaries if they are so incompetent?

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

I think some of the ways the primaries are frontloaded with flyover states distorts then process. As lifetime California resident, often there's not much left to pick from once it reaches us. Plus, demagoguery seems to be pretty effective.

I found real proof that there is a link between the flood myth, Noah's Arc, Darwin and Linnaeus!

Athena comments on Mar 26, 2019:

F@#! -ing Noah. I'm so glad I was smart enough not to believe his stupid ark story. Now, because of him, we don't have unicorns. What a bastard.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 26, 2019:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h4bc9UwZsYs

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)!

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 25, 2019:

For me too big would be preferable to too tight, but for a woman I can't say. Looks great regardless. Take a pic in a tee of how you'd like it to fit.

[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.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 25, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 I think that you misrepresent my position to be honest. There's a difference between prudent development that minimizes risks as much as possible (my position), and totally ignoring conditions to the point of being reckless (your seeming characterization of my position). Maybe instead of multi-million dollar homes atop the crumbling cliffs of Malibu, where all sorts of attempts to stabilize what nature has shown is like commanding the tides to stop, and often with unintended consequences such as seawalls and jetties causing erosion elsewhere along the shoreline, another aproach is warranted. Trailer parks would make sense. Mobile homes perched along the cliffs can get backed up when it becomes necessary, and relocated entirely when thst time comes. But it's always about the money, isn't it? And often the ones reaping the rewards shift the costs to someone else.

[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.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 25, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 maybe instead of emergency preparedness I should have said infrastructure to mitigate extreme weather occurances. We have flood channels, and dykes and levies (often poorly maintained), but we often fail to do things such as creating conditions to allow floodwaters to percolate back into the water table. Failure to anticipate these conditions result in the massive fkashflood conditions Houston encountered. As far as government entities dealing with crisis conditions, people trying to cross a bridge to safety while escaping the disaster in New Orleans (seeking food, water, shelter) were shot at by LEOs. That's the "we" I'm referring to. To state that everyone should have gotten out when they had the chance presumes logistical resources that may not necessarily be available to all.

Ayn Rand - How Is This Still A Thing?: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube

Haemish1 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Atlas Shrugged has to have been the worst book I’ve read.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 25, 2019:

@pasha-one-nine one of the things that struck me about The Fountainhead (the movie, never read the book), is that Howard Roark quit his architectural firm rather than work in the service of someone else's vision... to work in a marble quarry whose output would go to the realization of someone else's vision.

Twas ever thus.

Allamanda comments on Mar 24, 2019:

reminds me of Elie Wiesel's "We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never ...

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

@Allamanda No correction needed as Wiesel added some thoughtful elements as well and you quoted him accurately. I just like to make it a point to contrast his thoughts with his actions for those that might not be aware. It's a slow process, but things are gradually changing as more information is shared Thanks for humoring my own diatribe.

Twas ever thus.

Allamanda comments on Mar 24, 2019:

reminds me of Elie Wiesel's "We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never ...

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

"Elie Wiesel’s searing prose and testimonial eloquence made him a living symbol of the Holocaust that he survived and the moral obligation to never forget what happened to the Jews of Europe during World War II. As he passes away, most of the world will simply remember him as a beacon of hope that decency and humanity can survive and overcome the darkest abuses people are capable of at their worst. For many Arabs, though, the legacy of their encounter with Wiesel is far more complicated. Tribal suspicions, on both sides, stemming from the Arab-Israeli conflict, trumped the very humanitarian impulses Wiesel sought to exemplify." https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/04/elie-wiesels-moral-imagination-never-reached-palestine/

Twas ever thus.

Allamanda comments on Mar 24, 2019:

reminds me of Elie Wiesel's "We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never ...

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

I think Wiesel got it from Freire (though I could be mistaken). I believe Bishop Desmund Tutu said it as well. I don't use Wiesel's version because he never applied it to the Palestinians. In fact, he'd make excuses for apartheid Israel.

[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.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 Thx. I was thinking more of a metal frame like a jungle gym to place the cargo container units atop (and yes, certain locations are fucked regardless). True, rapidly moving floodwaters undercut foundations in a severe deluge, but I was thinking mostly in terms of the water rising. The cage structure would have some stability regardless. A container unit that survived could also be moved intact. I've no doubt a multipronged approach is needed. It seemed even short term remediation was largely ignored, like using cruise ships for disaster housing or early warning evacuations. We don't really handle emergency preparedness all that well.

[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.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

@alliwant I thought a good development strategy for that New Orleans area that was below sea level and got flooded would be cargo container housing that was raised. Below would be like a carport, providing shade and storage, but in a flood wouldn't soak all their belongings and living spaces short of the water level getting insanely high.

[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.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

@alliwant So much of the New Orleans damage from Katrina? was the elimination of the wetlands that served as a buffer for the tidal surges. In Houston, the paving over of everything created flash flood conditions throughout.

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

Matias comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Not necessarily. Maybe the experiment is flawed

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

@Matias That's the beauty of results needing to be replicable. Other scientists can bring the claimed results into question with their own demonstration of results.

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

Matias comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Not necessarily. Maybe the experiment is flawed

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

And how is an experiment shown to be wrong? With another experiment. The nature of the scientific method is in the ability to duplicate results, and the concept of falsification.

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

webbew1 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

That’s a bit premature, isn’t it? Nobody except the Attorney General has laid eyes on the contents of the Mueller report, and all we know at this time is there is not enough evidence for him to recommend further indictments in regards to the Russian campaign tampering investigation. Not that ...

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

While possible, it's more the MSM build up I'm thinking of, and the "certainty" that the hammer was coming down. The endless "bombshell" predictions. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHtAzFNwjE

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

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

@LenHazell53 That's mighty clear of you, Len.

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 ...

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

A piece on Stephen Moore. https://mockpaperscissors.com/2019/03/23/stable-genius-nominates-drooling-moron-to-fed/

Chins up, smiles on, wage slaves!

surrealhoax comments on Mar 23, 2019:

It is not that bad if you don't think about it. It is not that bad ... if you don't think about it. It is not that bad if you don't. Think about it.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

Think about it.

Pretty much.

Novelty comments on Mar 24, 2019:

That's about it. Make another Vinn that includes Democratic Socialist, just so everyone understands.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

Didn't make this one. I'm not that talented. But you're right, there deserves to be one of those.

America: The Farewell Tour - Chris Hedges at The Unitarian Church of All Souls - YouTube

gsiamne comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I have a big like and respect for many of the things he has written and the talks he has given. I still debate if he is a theist or deist because of his education, he did that theology degree at Harvard, and because of that he has to ignore or take some of the "Jesus" sayings allegorically.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 24, 2019:

I realize his own qualifying of his strain of Xiananity, but felt the designation was suitably valid.

"It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Jiddu Krishnamurti

Varn comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Just think how you’d soar in a healthy one :-)

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 23, 2019:

Sadly, a big "What if?".

"It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Jiddu Krishnamurti

Athena comments on Mar 23, 2019:

That's why all sane people are a little kooky. This is a very dark sign though. A few years ago Gallup conducted a study which determined that citizens of some of the poorest countries in the world, were the happiest. The world we live in can be really crappy sometimes but it doesn't ...

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 23, 2019:

This touches on that I think.

President Trump: How & Why... - YouTube

Novelty comments on Mar 23, 2019:

No, Hillary isn't the left, Hillary is right of moderate. The left is still coming, and you aren't prepared if you think Hillary represents the left. We're going to fuck up your ignorant male domination rant.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 23, 2019:

I would love to see Jill Stein get enough support to get in the debates or even matching funds (that still a thing?), but I certainly don't see her as competitive at this point. Not sure whoever you're referring to is/will be either, @Mortal.

President Trump: How & Why... - YouTube

Novelty comments on Mar 23, 2019:

No, Hillary isn't the left, Hillary is right of moderate. The left is still coming, and you aren't prepared if you think Hillary represents the left. We're going to fuck up your ignorant male domination rant.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 23, 2019:

What non-male dominated (female?) candidate do you see as worthy? I like a lot of Gabbard's positions as well as Nina Turner. I've soured a bit on Warren, and hell no! to Harris, Gillibrand, and Koblucher.

President Trump: How & Why... - YouTube

Novelty comments on Mar 23, 2019:

No, Hillary isn't the left, Hillary is right of moderate. The left is still coming, and you aren't prepared if you think Hillary represents the left. We're going to fuck up your ignorant male domination rant.

WilliamCharles replies on Mar 23, 2019:

Who me? Had to use a generic designation that seemed to apply however imperfectly. I'm a progressive. I feel the Democratic party will give Trump a 2nd term if they try to run another godawful centrist corporate Dem.

President Trump: How & Why... - YouTube

CallMeDave comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I got as far as the guy getting dressed with his back to the camera, babbling incoherently. Ain't gonna watch that.