I'm certain this is not the first time a human has noticed this, especially during the era before TV...

anglophone comments on Apr 11, 2021:

I offer the following prime retorts: 3/5/11 13/11/23 17/2/29

anglophone replies on Apr 12, 2021:

@EarnestEccentric You express it most excellent well! :)

I'm certain this is not the first time a human has noticed this, especially during the era before TV...

anglophone comments on Apr 11, 2021:

I offer the following prime retorts: 3/5/11 13/11/23 17/2/29

anglophone replies on Apr 12, 2021:

@Triphid Try this: 4x365.25 = 3x365 + 1x366. (But then once every hundred years and once again every four hundred years messes slightly with the fractional part.)

I'm certain this is not the first time a human has noticed this, especially during the era before TV...

anglophone comments on Apr 11, 2021:

I offer the following prime retorts: 3/5/11 13/11/23 17/2/29

anglophone replies on Apr 12, 2021:

@EarnestEccentric Can I throw the occasional leap second at you? ;)

I'm certain this is not the first time a human has noticed this, especially during the era before TV...

anglophone comments on Apr 11, 2021:

I offer the following prime retorts: 3/5/11 13/11/23 17/2/29

anglophone replies on Apr 12, 2021:

@Triphid Using those numbers, I get a spare day every fourth year. Do we have a "stitch in time"? ;)

Just a quick up-date on the Paedophile in the neighbourhood.

anglophone comments on Apr 12, 2021:

I do not, and cannot, comprehend what motivates such behaviour in people.

anglophone replies on Apr 12, 2021:

@girlwithsmiles Thank you for sharing that insight. You have given me much to think about.

I'm certain this is not the first time a human has noticed this, especially during the era before TV...

anglophone comments on Apr 11, 2021:

I offer the following prime retorts: 3/5/11 13/11/23 17/2/29

anglophone replies on Apr 12, 2021:

@EarnestEccentric @Triphid 4/04 Day not found. 4:04 Minute not found. This goes to show that there are only 364 days in every normal year (and 365 days every leap year), and that the length of a day is only 23:59. This is also known how to twist mathematics into a pretzel.

So I just watched the commercial where they're trying to convert people and you had to say a prayer ...

LucyLoohoo comments on Apr 11, 2021:

Growing up as an unwilling Baptist.....I was taught that we are ALL sinners, because we bear the STAIN of ORIGINAL SIN (thanks, Eve) and so we MUST be ''washed in the blood of the lamb'' to escape that. Does any of this make sense to anyone?

anglophone replies on Apr 11, 2021:

No, it does not make any sense to me. Having said that, I have never been able to understand weapons grade bullshit.

BREAKING NEWS! FFRF lawsuit ends religious test to register to vote in Alabama - Freedom From ...

Detritus comments on Apr 7, 2021:

What did they put in its place, I wonder.

anglophone replies on Apr 7, 2021:

I am sure that the assholes in the legislature will find other ways of militating against atheists and devotees of other religions.

Listen to These Australians Explain Why They Walked Away from Faith | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

DenoPenno comments on Apr 5, 2021:

No link.

anglophone replies on Apr 5, 2021:

Try https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/after-faith/13260632

I’m gonna build a wall....I’m gonna make Mexico pay for it!!

TheDoubter comments on Apr 4, 2021:

misspoken actually

anglophone replies on Apr 5, 2021:

Misspoken, or missfarted?

My born again Christian younger brother made me promise I'd watch a film called Atheist Delusion by ...

MsDemeanour comments on Apr 4, 2021:

Tell me Ray 'Comfort" isn't his real name.

anglophone replies on Apr 4, 2021:

Sorry, but I could not help myself but laugh at your words. (Yes, my sense of humour is somewhat off-the-wall.)

Women 'scolded' for winning fishing trip at church event -- and pastor's reaction adds insult to ...

Marionville comments on Apr 3, 2021:

Basically these guys have a hatred and fear of strong, intelligent, or clever women. They also need to feel in control, and allowing women to compete on equal terms removes that from them. They use the bible and propriety as justification for their misogyny.

anglophone replies on Apr 3, 2021:

@Marionville Understood and agreed. And thank you for sharing that, your value. :)

Women 'scolded' for winning fishing trip at church event -- and pastor's reaction adds insult to ...

Marionville comments on Apr 3, 2021:

Basically these guys have a hatred and fear of strong, intelligent, or clever women. They also need to feel in control, and allowing women to compete on equal terms removes that from them. They use the bible and propriety as justification for their misogyny.

anglophone replies on Apr 3, 2021:

@Marionville @girlwithsmiles I have no time for any man who feels threatened by any woman simply because she is strong, intelligent or clever. I approach all people, regardless of gender, on equal terms unless and until they demonstrate that they are deserving of being treated otherwise.

Alabama to keep ban on school yoga as conservatives say they fear rise in Hinduism | The Independent

Normanbites comments on Apr 2, 2021:

That's hilarious IMHO!! It would be like banning star symbols for fear of rising Judaism. It certainly helps explain why they want prayers and crosses everywhere ... like that will convert all those godless heathens! <snort!>

anglophone replies on Apr 2, 2021:

They should ban colanders to prevent the rise of Pastafarianism.

Alabama to keep ban on school yoga as conservatives say they fear rise in Hinduism | The Independent

PBuck0145 comments on Apr 2, 2021:

Perhaps the should also ban the use of Arabic numbers, to prevent the rise of Islam.

anglophone replies on Apr 2, 2021:

Nah, Roman numerals are just **so** much easier! ;)

Alabama to keep ban on school yoga as conservatives say they fear rise in Hinduism | The Independent

CourtJester comments on Apr 2, 2021:

I’m in Alabama. I think they should teach kids to do their taxes, how to properly type up a resume, or understand history and the constitution rather than yoga. I don’t see the problem.

anglophone replies on Apr 2, 2021:

Um, are the teachers in Alabama capable of teaching?

Just checked my mailbox and found a paperback book with this title on it.

RussRAB comments on Apr 1, 2021:

Does your area allow someone to use your mailbox for whatever they want? Or was this book mailed to you?

anglophone replies on Apr 2, 2021:

@Triphid I have had similar offerings from a mental defective close to where I live. The local JWs also like to drop litter into my mail box.

The Derek Chauvin Trial How long would each of us think it over before tackling Chauvin off ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 31, 2021:

Um yeah, tackling an armed police officer is basically suicide (unless it's done as a group), but that is the trauma Chauvin inflicted on the onlookers. it is bizarre that Chauvin would simply use the side of the car to block the murder. Amazing that emergency responders still had to push Chauvin ...

anglophone replies on Mar 31, 2021:

@racocn8 Yes, sadly, and they spoil it for all the honest hard working cops.

The Derek Chauvin Trial How long would each of us think it over before tackling Chauvin off ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 31, 2021:

Um yeah, tackling an armed police officer is basically suicide (unless it's done as a group), but that is the trauma Chauvin inflicted on the onlookers. it is bizarre that Chauvin would simply use the side of the car to block the murder. Amazing that emergency responders still had to push Chauvin ...

anglophone replies on Mar 31, 2021:

Any percentage greater than zero percent is too high, and there are far too many bigoted, violent and murderous cops around.

A Colorado Town Sold Public Property to a Boy Scout for His Christian Memorial | Hemant Mehta | ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 31, 2021:

Tear it down. Too bad kid, a better Eagle scout would have done some research. Plus, where the hell was his scout leader?

anglophone replies on Mar 31, 2021:

Is his scout leader a fundamentalist Christian?

I took a quiz on Pinterest.

RussRAB comments on Mar 30, 2021:

Everything I have read is that Jews and non-believers tend to score higher on basic Bible tests than Christians do. https://www.pewforum.org/2010/09/28/u-s-religious-knowledge-survey/

anglophone replies on Mar 30, 2021:

That does not surprise me. I see Christians as a whole as being one of the most willfully ignorant sections of society.

Surely the silliest thing that humans can do is to think they can know the future, see the future, ...

AmmaRE007 comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Science can be really simple if you believe in it. Isn't this a bit contradictory?

anglophone replies on Mar 29, 2021:

Yes, it is. More explicitly, it is the incompatibility between having an evidence-based world view and the acceptance of claims for which there is no supporting evidence.

i'd like to see similar stuff on islam.. why is everyone mocking christianity only?

KKGator comments on Mar 28, 2021:

As far as I'm concerned, ALL religions are worthy of ridicule and derision. I'm an equal opportunity anti-theist.

anglophone replies on Mar 28, 2021:

An equal opportunity anti-theist - I am so going to steal that phrase!

WV GOP Lawmaker Defends Anti-Trans Bill: “My God Does Not Make a Mistake” | Hemant Mehta | ...

nicknotes comments on Mar 28, 2021:

What about all the babies born with defects??? Aren't these mistakes?

anglophone replies on Mar 28, 2021:

He has made up his mind, and he will thank you to not confuse him with facts.

Pagan Employee Sues Panera Bread Citing Religious Discrimination by Her Managers | Hemant Mehta | ...

1BrentMichael comments on Mar 28, 2021:

Not very pleasant hills!

anglophone replies on Mar 28, 2021:

They deserve a piping hot baguette shoved right up their fundamental orifice.

Atheists and believers have different moral compasses | Live Science

anglophone comments on Mar 25, 2021:

That there are more analytical thinkers among atheists than among believers does not surprise me in the slightest.

anglophone replies on Mar 26, 2021:

@Canndue Your observation to @LenHazell53 and @Healthydoc70 that they assume being an analytical thinker means that correct decisions are being made is irrational. Your observation fails to consider critical thinking, cogent thinking, dispassionate thinking and personal preferences, and is itself a failure of analytical thinking.

[euroweeklynews.

Theresa_N comments on Mar 26, 2021:

Theists are so irrational and while they're in the minority in GB they still cause a lot of grief. I say this as an outsider who may be speaking out of my rear.

anglophone replies on Mar 26, 2021:

Speaking as a Brit, you are *not* speaking out of your rear. There is a group of terrorists in the UK who have embedded themselves in the UK Muslim community with the principle purpose of overthrowing secularism.

Atheists and believers have different moral compasses | Live Science

think-beyond comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Atheists and believers are all believers. Believers BELIEVE there is a God. Atheists BELIEVE there is no God. I am a proud Agnostic. I recognize the vastness of our universe and say it impossible to know about ... what ever there is. So Atheists are very different from Agnostics.

anglophone replies on Mar 25, 2021:

@think-beyond I have never asked for proof in anything except mathematics, liquor and numismatics. I agree with your point about the know-it-all religious people.

Atheists and believers have different moral compasses | Live Science

think-beyond comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Atheists and believers are all believers. Believers BELIEVE there is a God. Atheists BELIEVE there is no God. I am a proud Agnostic. I recognize the vastness of our universe and say it impossible to know about ... what ever there is. So Atheists are very different from Agnostics.

anglophone replies on Mar 25, 2021:

@think-beyond Belief, a position claimed without supporting evidence, has nothing to do with knowledge.

Atheists and believers have different moral compasses | Live Science

think-beyond comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Atheists and believers are all believers. Believers BELIEVE there is a God. Atheists BELIEVE there is no God. I am a proud Agnostic. I recognize the vastness of our universe and say it impossible to know about ... what ever there is. So Atheists are very different from Agnostics.

anglophone replies on Mar 25, 2021:

@think-beyond There is a difference between the agnostic position and the knowledge that there is no evidence, the former being "I am uncertain as to whether or not a god (usually the God of the Bible) exists" and the latter being an evidence based position.

Atheists and believers have different moral compasses | Live Science

think-beyond comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Atheists and believers are all believers. Believers BELIEVE there is a God. Atheists BELIEVE there is no God. I am a proud Agnostic. I recognize the vastness of our universe and say it impossible to know about ... what ever there is. So Atheists are very different from Agnostics.

anglophone replies on Mar 25, 2021:

I disagree. I do not believe that there is no god. I know that nobody has ever produced any falsifiable evidence to support the existence claim of any god, and belief is irrelevant in that context.

Atheists and believers have different moral compasses | Live Science

anglophone comments on Mar 25, 2021:

That there are more analytical thinkers among atheists than among believers does not surprise me in the slightest.

anglophone replies on Mar 25, 2021:

@Canndue I refer you to the original article.

Article on Religous trauma [newrepublic.com]

anglophone comments on Mar 23, 2021:

That article does not surprise me. Moreover, it defines one of the reasons why I am so hostile to every God Mobster on the planet.

anglophone replies on Mar 24, 2021:

@bbyrd009 I may be misunderstanding your question. My own understanding is that it is children being indoctrinated by their elders and so called betters that is the cause of the trauma described in the article.

FFRF cheers appeals court decision against praying Wash. coach - Freedom From Religion Foundation

Leelu comments on Mar 22, 2021:

Good! If his child was in a school where a Muslim forced them to pray to Allah he would have shit fits. Fuck him!

anglophone replies on Mar 22, 2021:

That simple observation is beyond the capability of such mentally handicapped people.

Can anyone help me escape religious groups.

CuddyCruiser comments on Mar 22, 2021:

To begin, what state you live in? Do you live in a Rural, Suburban or Urban setting?

anglophone replies on Mar 22, 2021:

@CuddyCruiser Thanks. Living outside the United States of Absurdity, I have no idea of how the mentally retarded people are spread across that country.

Can anyone help me escape religious groups.

CuddyCruiser comments on Mar 22, 2021:

To begin, what state you live in? Do you live in a Rural, Suburban or Urban setting?

anglophone replies on Mar 22, 2021:

Profile mentions Eagleville, Tennessee, if that is of any help. I wonder if he is in a cult involuntarily.

Can anyone help me escape religious groups.

KKGator comments on Mar 22, 2021:

Welcome to the asylum. Enjoy your stay. Who are "they", specifically?

anglophone replies on Mar 22, 2021:

You beat me to that one. Nicely done. :)

Pretty much, and too much money.

BirdMan1 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Dunning-Kruger Effect!

anglophone replies on Mar 21, 2021:

Yep!

Pretty much, and too much money.

anglophone comments on Mar 21, 2021:

He echoes Bertrand Russell's "The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.".

anglophone replies on Mar 21, 2021:

@phxbillcee I would not be in the slightest bit surprised if one of the Ancient Roman philosophers said much the same thing.

In alphabetic order, there is a religious method and a scientific method to acquire knowledge.

LiterateHiker comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Your question doesn't make sense. Try again.

anglophone replies on Mar 21, 2021:

The "clarification" still does not make any sense.

In Deleted Sermon, Georgia Shooter’s Pastor Said “Radical Feminism” Was Satanic | Hemant ...

CuddyCruiser comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Give him the rest of his life behind bars, no special privileges, no nothing.

anglophone replies on Mar 21, 2021:

Perhaps he should be preached to every day by the prison's imam?

In alphabetic order, there is a religious method and a scientific method to acquire knowledge.

LiterateHiker comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Your question doesn't make sense. Try again.

anglophone replies on Mar 21, 2021:

Agreed.

Is the evangelical view of sex at the root of our sex scandals?

Marcie1974 comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Plenty of non-evangelicals commit sexual atrocities. Religion in general certainly doesn’t help. Nor does a patriarchal society that treats women as objects for men to take what they want

anglophone replies on Mar 21, 2021:

Hear! Hear!

Evangelical hypocrisy. [salon.com]

KKGator comments on Mar 20, 2021:

It doesn't matter which brand of religion one cares to use as an example, they're all rooted in lies and hypocrisy.

anglophone replies on Mar 21, 2021:

@KKGator Agreed. Humanism does not cite any god.

How would you change this sign? All I need is black paint. Ideas?

anglophone comments on Mar 18, 2021:

"What? Only **1** god?"

anglophone replies on Mar 18, 2021:

@CuddyCruiser Ah yes, the logical fallacy of special pleading. :)

ME: I remember being 6 years old, and my father would give us beer in little bathroom Dixie cups.

Cast1es comments on Mar 17, 2021:

I really don't think starting six year olds on whiskey , is a very good thing . Too many alcoholics already . It is common knowledge that alcoholic husbands are typically also spouse and/or children abusers . Teaching small children that alcohol is a sign of maturity is exceedingly stupid .

anglophone replies on Mar 18, 2021:

I was in nappies when my parents took me to a sherry party and the guests put their glasses on the floor. Funnily enough, a lot of sherry disappeared from those glasses without the guests noticing. ... Mother took me in a panic to the local doctor who said "He'll be fine, just let him sleep it off". As an aside, I never thought of alcohol as being a sign of maturity, just as one of life's pleasures. I recently decided that I did not like its effects, so I have cut right back (much to my own doctor's delight).

How would you change this sign? All I need is black paint. Ideas?

dermot235 comments on Mar 17, 2021:

Only Waiting for Godot

anglophone replies on Mar 17, 2021:

Samuel Beckett would be pleased!

Jorge Riley bragged about breaching House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office on January 6 in an ...

LucyLoohoo comments on Mar 15, 2021:

$#$#@#

anglophone replies on Mar 16, 2021:

@BirdMan1 The NRA, among others.

Religious people tend to begin with their conclusions, then work backwards looking for arguments ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 15, 2021:

Of all the spheres of human thought, religion is the only one which does not require any justification of ideas, evidence, logic, or even majority opinion. So it is the only one, which will support anything however silly. I think that is why it is so popular.

anglophone replies on Mar 15, 2021:

Christian, Hindu or Muslim? Catholic or Protestant? Shia or Sunni? Church of England, Baptist or Mor(m)on? Voodoo or Pastafarian?

Jorge Riley bragged about breaching House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office on January 6 in an ...

LucyLoohoo comments on Mar 15, 2021:

$#$#@#

anglophone replies on Mar 15, 2021:

@LucyLoohoo Any sufficiently motivated group of self-seeking assholes will always look for ways of hijacking existing organisations as a means of furthering their own vile ways.

Religious people tend to begin with their conclusions, then work backwards looking for arguments ...

Triphid comments on Mar 15, 2021:

Oh yeah, Ken Ham and his idea that humans lived with Dinosaurs, what a frigging joke. Imagine Ogg the Neanderthal man armed with primitive stone ax taking on something with the armour like plates of a Steg or the speed and sharp claws of Raptor or a very hungry T-Rex ? Poor old Ogg would've shit ...

anglophone replies on Mar 15, 2021:

Did God put Ken Ham on this earth for the amusement of atheists?

Religious people tend to begin with their conclusions, then work backwards looking for arguments ...

KKGator comments on Mar 15, 2021:

Well, they're delusional, so...

anglophone replies on Mar 15, 2021:

Yup!

Is science undermining religion ?

AnonySchmoose comments on Mar 14, 2021:

I'll be damned if I ever try AGAIN to talk to a fundamentalist Catholic about the virgin birth.

anglophone replies on Mar 14, 2021:

Atheist: "Where's your evidence for this Virgin Birth thing?" Catholic: "It says so in the Bible." Atheist: "I said **evidence**, not unsubstantiated claim, you blithering idiot!"

This tribe is older than every major religion! This is the Jarawa Tribe.

Theresa_N comments on Mar 14, 2021:

It's good when beliefs of Hinduism are countered by evidence, as it is for all religions.

anglophone replies on Mar 14, 2021:

I find it sad that all God Mobsters are quite incapable of understanding the nature of evidence.

Doubt it will work On religious types

Willow_Wisp comments on Mar 14, 2021:

This is why I changed my language, if I feel the need to hazard a guess I say, "I have a hypothesis" never invoking a "Theory" unless it's an actual theory and when someone says they have a "Theory" I always say "You mean a hypothesis because you're at best making an informed guess, so it hardly ...

anglophone replies on Mar 14, 2021:

I have never had any success in getting your target audience to think about language in that way. Even the observation that the word "believe" has at least four different meanings seems to be beyond their ability to understand.

Will social pressure and perks work to get folks vaccinated?

anglophone comments on Mar 13, 2021:

I do not admit to my circle of friends anybody that fails to pass a basic sanity test. As a result, I do not deal with anti-vaxxers, QAnon members, incels, racists, sexists, right-wing nut jobs, sociopaths, misanthropes (which many of your "friends" appear to be), conspiracy theorists or God ...

anglophone replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@Jolanta They are acquaintances, not friends. (Sorry for my pedantic use of language.) As a dear friend once said to me "Those that matter don't mind, and those that mind don't matter.".

Will social pressure and perks work to get folks vaccinated?

xenoview comments on Mar 13, 2021:

Faithfool leaders may tell their faithfool followers to not get the vaccine. I plan on getting the vaccine when my GF can get it, she's 5 years younger than me.

anglophone replies on Mar 13, 2021:

@Canndue You call a 5 year difference a cradle robber? How about 35 years as I once did?

Will social pressure and perks work to get folks vaccinated?

KKGator comments on Mar 13, 2021:

I have no problem not associating with people who have no regard for the health and safety of others. If they claim they are my friends, they should care about my health and well-being. I care about theirs, whether they're my friends or not. I've already excised several people from my life for ...

anglophone replies on Mar 13, 2021:

Hear! Hear!

Well none of the ladies on this site who I've messaged have replied back.

LiterateHiker comments on Mar 13, 2021:

Stop whining.

anglophone replies on Mar 13, 2021:

Might he be incel material?

Man, who saw that coming???

JackPedigo comments on Mar 12, 2021:

Anyone with an ounce of sense. All republican administrations have increased the deficit. Apparently, a 'smaller government comes with a big price.

anglophone replies on Mar 12, 2021:

How else are you going to make humungously rich even richer without increasing the budget deficit?

Big mystery

Killtheskyfairy comments on Mar 12, 2021:

If he got the same treatment the women did, it might have improved him, but I doubt it. Violence against women is the male reaction to female intelligence and power.

anglophone replies on Mar 12, 2021:

@BirdMan1 As in he lacks the balls to be a decent human being?

Man, who saw that coming???

Freedompath comments on Mar 12, 2021:

It was his careless attitude about people dying that I can’t get over!

anglophone replies on Mar 12, 2021:

The only person he cared about was himself.

Big mystery

Killtheskyfairy comments on Mar 12, 2021:

If he got the same treatment the women did, it might have improved him, but I doubt it. Violence against women is the male reaction to female intelligence and power.

anglophone replies on Mar 12, 2021:

I fail to understand the mentality of any man who has an issue with intelligent and powerful women.

Big mystery

TheDoubter comments on Mar 12, 2021:

Please don't speak ill of Donald. He's mentally defiicient. In fact, experts believe his condition borders on idiocy.

anglophone replies on Mar 12, 2021:

Yes, he may border on idiocy, but that does not excuse his fiscal and physical violence against other people.

Teacher Arrested At Pearson Airport A high school teacher was arrested today at Toronto's Pearson ...

Alienbeing comments on Mar 12, 2021:

There is something about this story that doesn't add up.

anglophone replies on Mar 12, 2021:

@Moravian That was very acute of you!

Teacher Arrested At Pearson Airport A high school teacher was arrested today at Toronto's Pearson ...

Alienbeing comments on Mar 12, 2021:

There is something about this story that doesn't add up.

anglophone replies on Mar 12, 2021:

@Alienbeing Hmm? Perhaps he was also found to be carrying a bag full of Napier's bones?

Teacher Arrested At Pearson Airport A high school teacher was arrested today at Toronto's Pearson ...

Alienbeing comments on Mar 12, 2021:

There is something about this story that doesn't add up.

anglophone replies on Mar 12, 2021:

Is it equal to anything?

Missouri AG Sues Televangelist Jim Bakker for Selling Fake Coronavirus Cure | Hemant Mehta | ...

anglophone comments on Mar 10, 2021:

Jim Bakker needs to be shut up, permanently.

anglophone replies on Mar 10, 2021:

@redhog To be "shut up permanently" is effected by the ending of a life.

The heat must be getting closer to the real American traitor...DJT! [nytimes.com]

zeuser comments on Mar 9, 2021:

It's only a matter of time. This whole truckfull of sewerage will start spilling out pretty soon.

anglophone replies on Mar 9, 2021:

Then we can throw him into the swamp of his own devising.

The heat must be getting closer to the real American traitor...DJT! [nytimes.com]

phxbillcee comments on Mar 9, 2021:

I surely hope a real hard rain falls on tRump, & his family & cronies.

anglophone replies on Mar 9, 2021:

Why settle for rain? Why not hail stones 3 inches in diameter being driven by a hurricane?

The heat must be getting closer to the real American traitor...DJT! [nytimes.com]

mcgeo52 comments on Mar 9, 2021:

Some prison is going to end up needing a Trump friends and family wing.

anglophone replies on Mar 9, 2021:

Send the lot of them to Guantanamo Bay.

What is "judgmental" about saying I'm an atheist?

Dhiltong comments on Mar 7, 2021:

Not surprised, surely most religious people would think atheists to be judgmental. And in reality we are, because of our use of science fact and rational thought to justify our non belief.

anglophone replies on Mar 7, 2021:

Is that being judgmental in the sense that Ron used the word, or are atheists merely engaged in thinking rationally?

What is "judgmental" about saying I'm an atheist?

Sierra4 comments on Mar 7, 2021:

An honest statement. He believes that because you are an atheists or any atheist makes you and all of us judgemental.

anglophone replies on Mar 7, 2021:

That's a good way of putting it.

Christian Film “20 Minutes” Falsely Suggests Atheists Find God When Facing Death | Hemant ...

anglophone comments on Mar 6, 2021:

Tim Chey is several tiles short of a roof. His refusal to use his (God-given?) brain amuses me.

anglophone replies on Mar 6, 2021:

@CuddyCruiser That phrase about fries is a new one to me. Thanks for sharing. :)

Some US bishops discourage Catholics from getting Johnson & Johnson vaccine if others are available ...

anglophone comments on Mar 4, 2021:

Some US bishops are oxygen thieves who should have had their heads smashed against rocks when they were babies.

anglophone replies on Mar 6, 2021:

@TimeOutForMe All in the Name of God as personified by the pope of the day. I am pleased that Ireland is finally giving the Catholic Church its long deserved Order of the Boot.

Some US bishops discourage Catholics from getting Johnson & Johnson vaccine if others are available ...

anglophone comments on Mar 4, 2021:

Some US bishops are oxygen thieves who should have had their heads smashed against rocks when they were babies.

anglophone replies on Mar 4, 2021:

@Freedompath Yes, Tuam was run by nuns. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46708762

Texas Republican Files Bill to Inject Bible Readings in Public Schools | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

anglophone comments on Mar 3, 2021:

"Onward Tex Ass soldiers, marching as to war, With the cross of Madness going on before. Mayes, the royal asshole, leads against the sane, Forward into battle see his babbles gain!"

anglophone replies on Mar 3, 2021:

@Triphid When in the Land of the Yankee, speak Yankee and use Yankee spelling. Yes, Tex Arse is more suited to those of us living the Land of the Convict. :) P.S. I have that heard bad things happen Navajo speakers fail to use the language of the invaders.

Liberty Counsel Falsely Claims Equality Act Would Force Religious Schools to Hire Pedophiles and ...

anglophone comments on Feb 26, 2021:

Mat Staver is crazier than a demented dingo.

anglophone replies on Mar 1, 2021:

@waitingforgodo And as bent as a nine bob note.

Liberty Counsel Falsely Claims Equality Act Would Force Religious Schools to Hire Pedophiles and ...

anglophone comments on Feb 26, 2021:

Mat Staver is crazier than a demented dingo.

anglophone replies on Feb 28, 2021:

@waitingforgodo Where does that come from? It has a very 18th Century England feel to it.

Liberty Counsel Falsely Claims Equality Act Would Force Religious Schools to Hire Pedophiles and ...

anglophone comments on Feb 26, 2021:

Mat Staver is crazier than a demented dingo.

anglophone replies on Feb 28, 2021:

@waitingforgodo Hmm. From Wiltshire: Wool ewe baah me a firkin pint?

Liberty Counsel Falsely Claims Equality Act Would Force Religious Schools to Hire Pedophiles and ...

anglophone comments on Feb 26, 2021:

Mat Staver is crazier than a demented dingo.

anglophone replies on Feb 28, 2021:

@Triphid This may be a UK import: "A few tiles short of a roof".

Who is really behind this off-the-wall conspiracy cult?

zeuser comments on Feb 27, 2021:

The key question of how we can snap them the fuck out of it. These lunatics are a festering national sore, it will not get better on its own. I don't have any ideas, I am stumped.

anglophone replies on Feb 27, 2021:

@zeuser Agreed, it's scary.

Who is really behind this off-the-wall conspiracy cult?

zeuser comments on Feb 27, 2021:

The key question of how we can snap them the fuck out of it. These lunatics are a festering national sore, it will not get better on its own. I don't have any ideas, I am stumped.

anglophone replies on Feb 27, 2021:

There is no way that you can get such wilfully ignorant people to snap out of it.

Manhattan district attorney obtains Trump's long-sought tax records

Freedompath comments on Feb 26, 2021:

Wonder if trump’s only response when he gets the news that he has been caught...’this is a witch hunt!’ Or will he come up with a more original thought?

anglophone replies on Feb 26, 2021:

The Tangerine Turd is totally incapable of coming up with any original thought.

Christian Moms Complain About Openly Gay Character in Disney Film “Onward” | Beth Stoneburner | ...

KKGator comments on Feb 26, 2021:

Monica just needs to get laid, well and proper.

anglophone replies on Feb 26, 2021:

Well, she is *not* going to get laid by me. Her hatefulness would result in me having instant brewer's droop.

Take that, Evangelicals! Pope Francis accepts the big bang and evolution of science - not the ...

BD66 comments on Feb 25, 2021:

The pope isn't Catholic.

anglophone replies on Feb 25, 2021:

Yep, the No True Scotsman fallacy.

Women Who Cook While Menstruating Will Be Reborn As Dogs, Hindu Leader Says | David Gee | Friendly ...

KKGator comments on Feb 25, 2021:

JFC! FFS! 🤬🙄

anglophone replies on Feb 25, 2021:

Men whose wives are menstruating should be banned from eating. (And I hope he gets reincarnated as a Dalit.)

Women Who Cook While Menstruating Will Be Reborn As Dogs, Hindu Leader Says | David Gee | Friendly ...

girlwithsmiles comments on Feb 25, 2021:

Fine, the ladies get a break while hubby cooks dinner. Sounds like a new day dawning for many households. (Wishful thinking on my behalf I suppose!).

anglophone replies on Feb 25, 2021:

I happily cooked for my wife whether she was menstruating or not. (Then she had a hysterectomy, and I am still happy to cook for her.)

New York Courts are getting ready to probe where it hurts. Bend over Tweety!

mcgeo52 comments on Feb 22, 2021:

Laissez le bon temps rouler!

anglophone replies on Feb 25, 2021:

Oui!

Iranian woman sentenced to death dies from heart attack, gets hanged anyway [msn.com]

CuddyCruiser comments on Feb 24, 2021:

Some humans are just idiots, devoid of any sense or intelligence.

anglophone replies on Feb 24, 2021:

Agreed. It would be wrong to accuse such religious lunatics of having any common sense.

Paula White: I “Literally” Visited God’s Throne Room and Saw His Blurry Face | Beth ...

BirdMan1 comments on Feb 22, 2021:

She needs to go back on her anti-psychotics.

anglophone replies on Feb 22, 2021:

She regards sanity pills as being far too expensive.

Morals may be objective or subjective, but throughout my life I have never hurt anyone even though I...

anglophone comments on Feb 22, 2021:

I am delighted that you do not have the morality of the BuyBull's Sky Fairy.

anglophone replies on Feb 22, 2021:

@Detached Which predator? (I suspect that I missing something here.)

How about we all just try to agree on something...?

girlwithsmiles comments on Feb 21, 2021:

May I suggest: 1.Breathing is good 2. Food can be good 3. Going to the loo when you want is a largely unappreciated joy too As 3 things we might agree on, (I subscribe to the KISS approach - Keep It Simple Sexy😉).

anglophone replies on Feb 21, 2021:

@girlwithsmiles The need to breath, eat, drink and defecate is a universal. P.S. I know KISS as Keep It Simple Sweetheart. I'll also keep yours in mind for the right times.

How about we all just try to agree on something...?

girlwithsmiles comments on Feb 21, 2021:

May I suggest: 1.Breathing is good 2. Food can be good 3. Going to the loo when you want is a largely unappreciated joy too As 3 things we might agree on, (I subscribe to the KISS approach - Keep It Simple Sexy😉).

anglophone replies on Feb 21, 2021:

Perverse me offers the following inappropriate response: 1. Unless you are trying strangle some vile shit that needs to be removed from humanity 2. Try saying that to an anorexic 3. Hmm. That is one sh!t of a claim.

The USA does not have a monopoly on raving idiots.

GeorgeRocheleau comments on Feb 21, 2021:

If they inject chips, I want chocolate!

anglophone replies on Feb 21, 2021:

Can I have mine with salt and vinegar, please?

Christian Nationalism ".

LucyLoohoo comments on Feb 20, 2021:

Just pathetic! How these people can convince themselves of mindless crappola.....

anglophone replies on Feb 20, 2021:

Mindless people are enamoured of mindless claims. Simple explanations are all that their simple minds can comprehend.

I was just trying to log in to agnostic.

Triphid comments on Feb 20, 2021:

Perhaps it was a type of ' pay-back ' raid by the Electro-Religio-slugs.....LOL.

anglophone replies on Feb 20, 2021:

I get it now. It was a slug across the pins of the mains power plug!

A Georgia Democrat Filed a Bill to Inject Christian Prayers into Public Schools | Hemant Mehta | ...

DenoPenno comments on Feb 20, 2021:

This is illegal regardless of what kind of prayer it is. These idiots know this but they never give up.

anglophone replies on Feb 20, 2021:

Who the heck let her out of the lunatic asylum?

A Georgia Democrat Filed a Bill to Inject Christian Prayers into Public Schools | Hemant Mehta | ...

freedom41 comments on Feb 20, 2021:

Taking away the right to choose. What message Georgia is sending.

anglophone replies on Feb 20, 2021:

"We, as God fearing Christians, have not only the right but also the duty to ram our vile lies down the throat of every child in the state."

The USA does not have a monopoly on raving idiots.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 20, 2021:

The first thing to be addressed here is that nobody is forcing you to take a vaccine. Not in America anyway. I know there are anti-vaxers but they have no evidence for anything really. At 74 I remember being vaccinated in school when we had polio and other diseases that vaccinations have pretty much...

anglophone replies on Feb 20, 2021:

The words polio, tetanus, smallpox, bubonic plague and anthrax mean nothing to those idiots.