Why did the chicken cross the road?

Jolanta comments on Feb 7, 2019:

I wonder why didn't they every think of asking the chicken.

brentan replies on Feb 7, 2019:

Or at least egg him on a little.

Just had a weird conversation with a co-worker.

JacarC comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I am an anti-theist in the mold of Franklin, Jefferson,... Bertrand Russell, ... Dawkins, ... Yet, many current reasonable anti-theists like Dawkins, and Tyson, and, many others, are disavowing the current group of "insane atheists." These people antifa-fascists, at best. No reason. Just ...

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

Too late!

Do you tell yourself what you love about yourself?

AmiSue comments on Feb 6, 2019:

No, but I can see my what *is* lovable about me in my kid's eyes.

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

Kids think the sun shines out of their parents' behinds. I'm sure it's a great thing. I still think we have to see what's really good in ourselves.

Want to post this in the Sexy Classic Picture Forum too. AOC is smoking hot!

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

No lo importa, cabron!

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

@JazznBlues It (who your daddy is) doesn't matter, fucker.

I need all your best breakup songs.

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4xoHjNjxus

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

OK, that's not exactly alt-rock' This might be more the thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzwG3r9_L9o

Are they happier because they live in a goddamn dream world where fluffy happy clouds and rainbows ...

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

They are happier because they have the benefits of a kind of tribal living. It is a huge support group that many secular people do not enjoy. Loneliness is a huge problem nowadays. The cost of such a life is total commitment to the beliefs and modus operandi of the faith.

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

I'll bet you're right. That must be a lousy way to live. I know for a fact that a lot of Jehovah's Witnesses must pretend to believe because the cost of telling the truth is so high.

WE WILL BE HOME SOON MOM.

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I guess it's intensely personal so I don't understand many of the references but it seems she lived, suffered and died and left her children with much respect and fondness.

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

Thanks for the extra information and much fellow-feeling and sorrow for the loss of your mom.

From the film "La Bamba," Lou Diamond Phillips as the great Richie Valens (1941-1959) [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

'Para bailar La Bamba Se necessita una poca de gracia' 'To dance The Bamba All that's needed is .......'. I think this is the best explanation of gracia in the context. Habilidad natural para hacer bien ciertas cosas. A natural ability to do certain things. The best I can come up with...

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

@Ray13 Thanks very much!

Ultra-orthodox Jewish "police" enforce Hasidic norms on non-Jews. [patheos.com]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

I know that can't be true because the Jews understand victimisation as well as anybody.

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

Sarcasm helps me deal with it. I should try to use emojis.

PJ Harvey - Down By The Water [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

She is brilliant! I love her latest incarnation as anti-war performer. My absolute favourite song of hers is Rid Of Me.

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

@whispers You'll laugh. It's wild.

Ancient church beneath Turkish lake, and maybe a pagan temple underneath that. [livescience.com]

Charlene comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Wow!!! Commodus built a temple to Apollo..guess that was before Maximus killed him in the Collosium..

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

Maximus gave us the maximal result.

Ancient church beneath Turkish lake, and maybe a pagan temple underneath that. [livescience.com]

Charlene comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Wow!!! Commodus built a temple to Apollo..guess that was before Maximus killed him in the Collosium..

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

@Elganned It was a shitty way to go.

Ancient church beneath Turkish lake, and maybe a pagan temple underneath that. [livescience.com]

Charlene comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Wow!!! Commodus built a temple to Apollo..guess that was before Maximus killed him in the Collosium..

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

I'll bet that discommoded him (apologies in advance).

Science is saying that women stay sharper longer than do men . . . [yahoo.com]

brentan comments on Feb 6, 2019:

Perhaps they pace themselves better.

brentan replies on Feb 6, 2019:

Gosh, Poirot was very wrong about his little grey cells!

Question: Isn't it a fact, very fundamentally, that if we abandoned blaming or disapproving of one...

brentan comments on Feb 5, 2019:

The apostle Paul made the point about the civil law being for those who were inclined to break the law and had little to do with good people. We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who ...

brentan replies on Feb 5, 2019:

Well now, I'm glad that's out of the way!

How to realistically put into practice socialism . [catalyst-journal.com]

brentan comments on Jan 30, 2019:

They want to try that again?? !! Risk another few hundred million lives? Socialism was a quite lengthy experiment. Decades of using it didn't iron out the severe problems with the concept, like thepoor quality of product and services and the lack of innovation.

brentan replies on Feb 5, 2019:

@Marmion Thanks for you delightful reply. Feel free to exercise your POWER any time you like.

How to realistically put into practice socialism . [catalyst-journal.com]

brentan comments on Jan 30, 2019:

They want to try that again?? !! Risk another few hundred million lives? Socialism was a quite lengthy experiment. Decades of using it didn't iron out the severe problems with the concept, like thepoor quality of product and services and the lack of innovation.

brentan replies on Feb 5, 2019:

@Marmion If it was true, it would just be an exception to the rule. I'm talking about shitty cars and hotels and other ordinary things.

Smart is Hot

brentan comments on Feb 5, 2019:

I always thought Jodie Foster was hot (I know, I know). I think it was the high forehead.

brentan replies on Feb 5, 2019:

Absolutely - while there's life..........

Let’s be missionaries!

Kynlei comments on Feb 5, 2019:

I mean, they do get other people to pay for them to travel. I could get on board with that part.

brentan replies on Feb 5, 2019:

Yes, it's great fun!

Smart is Hot

Lillyfield41 comments on Feb 5, 2019:

I'm smart! ;)

brentan replies on Feb 5, 2019:

Don't let anyone tell you anything different!

Anti-Choice Men Passive Aggressive Switch.

Novelty comments on Feb 5, 2019:

I've seen such post since I first logged into the Internet. I'm doing all I can to fact shame them into silence. It's hard to do because they're essentially fact free. A good friends wife was pregnant and the baby had attached to the fallopian tube so it was an abort or die situation, her ...

brentan replies on Feb 5, 2019:

God be with the days when Christians understood that they were the ones supposed to suffer for their beliefs.

Just a mess.

Kohelath comments on Feb 5, 2019:

I have always been inspired by Eckhart Tolle in these moments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqX5IFKYFWk

brentan replies on Feb 5, 2019:

I read A New Earth. I loved the chapter on emotional baggage.

Where do I find match reports?

brentan comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Alexa, find match reports!

brentan replies on Feb 4, 2019:

I'm sorry. I can't find match reports in your skills collection.

Caesar’s Messiah: “the Roman conspiracy to invent Jesus” (YouTube) The gist is, the Romans...

Novelty comments on Feb 4, 2019:

The history is fairly clear that Jews like Paul believed in a Spiritual "Christ" at least two decades before Rome had any interest in Jewish mythology while Herod's Temple still stood. I find it more likely that the story of a physical incarnation story was for Jews to deal with the spiritual crisis...

brentan replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@Mortal Thanks for that! I'm going to watch the video with this timeline in mind.

Caesar’s Messiah: “the Roman conspiracy to invent Jesus” (YouTube) The gist is, the Romans...

Novelty comments on Feb 4, 2019:

The history is fairly clear that Jews like Paul believed in a Spiritual "Christ" at least two decades before Rome had any interest in Jewish mythology while Herod's Temple still stood. I find it more likely that the story of a physical incarnation story was for Jews to deal with the spiritual crisis...

brentan replies on Feb 4, 2019:

Does it help clarify things if we accept in theory that the concept arose early with Paul, say about 50AD-ish and then the gospels were written (maybe a few decades) after the creation and preaching of the theory so as to give physical substance to what was being preached?

Funny how God can do all the things humans can't do, like make it rain, and humans can do the things...

Robecology comments on Feb 4, 2019:

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/54/8a/0f/548a0f75819474894466c1f85d00ea3e.jpg

brentan replies on Feb 4, 2019:

It is curious that while we have our heads in the stars, we cannot accept that some people put their penises up bums.

I shall return

brentan comments on Feb 3, 2019:

The little Irish brat!

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

I'd break his impudent Irish neck, so I would, God between us and all harm!

What a coincidence

brentan comments on Feb 3, 2019:

You mean Christianity is not spirit-directed, in a general western direction?

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

Well now!

[yahoo.

Novelty comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is proof that millennials do get it, and get it better than the people from my generation. Shame will NOT work on them, it worked on my generation though, I knew I had no place in politics because I had things on the "permanent record" that they would use to destroy me if ...

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

I don't know the woman well. Do you like her because she speaks up in favour of a liberal attitude to sexuality or something more general?

Nick, live. ? Red Right Hand [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Feb 3, 2019:

I don't get Nick Cave. I accept he is very highly regarded in some circles. I only know him through PJ Harvey, who I play a lot.

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

Not if you don't get it. But I agree many people do.

Another week, the same situations.

jondspen comments on Feb 3, 2019:

1st comment - point whoring at it's finest :D

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

And to do it in the temple of the gods must either deserve eternal damnation or a lot more points.

It's the best!

ArdentAtheist comments on Feb 3, 2019:

I have a desire to live in the moment and appreciate each one, I’ve not really accomplished it yet but for the effort I get further on that road than someone who doesn’t try. Also... I think BeeHappy is an inspiration for those who want to be happy:)

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

Darn hippies! Get back to work.

That guy made a wise choice.

brentan comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Is terrorist the right word? Perhaps if their equivalents on the right are classified that way too. I would use the word criminal but maybe that doesn't describe ideological groups who commit crime. Maybe we could use terrorist because they want to frighten people with criminal violence. And yet the...

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@jondspen I wouldn't put much importance on the fluidity of violence in hate groups when we're trying to properly classify groups. I would classify them by the objectives. If there was a formal organisation behind that car ramming that murdered a person, then alt-right has at least one formal group.

Punny...

brentan comments on Feb 3, 2019:

What does 'word' mean in that context? Is it just confirmation of what the other guy said?

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@Kattywampus69 Except we're talking about Office software, not an OS.?

Punny...

brentan comments on Feb 3, 2019:

What does 'word' mean in that context? Is it just confirmation of what the other guy said?

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@jondspen Thanks. Now I have Access to the joke.

That guy made a wise choice.

brentan comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Is terrorist the right word? Perhaps if their equivalents on the right are classified that way too. I would use the word criminal but maybe that doesn't describe ideological groups who commit crime. Maybe we could use terrorist because they want to frighten people with criminal violence. And yet the...

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@jondspen I take your point but I just wonder are you moving too fast with the categorisation. Nonetheless, I would feel there was balance if the extreme right were classified in the same way.

It's the best!

ArdentAtheist comments on Feb 3, 2019:

I have a desire to live in the moment and appreciate each one, I’ve not really accomplished it yet but for the effort I get further on that road than someone who doesn’t try. Also... I think BeeHappy is an inspiration for those who want to be happy:)

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

Oh go on then....encourage her.

That guy made a wise choice.

brentan comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Is terrorist the right word? Perhaps if their equivalents on the right are classified that way too. I would use the word criminal but maybe that doesn't describe ideological groups who commit crime. Maybe we could use terrorist because they want to frighten people with criminal violence. And yet the...

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

Not really. Unless you put organisations like the Mafia in the same category. They are usually just known as criminals.

Punny...

brentan comments on Feb 3, 2019:

What does 'word' mean in that context? Is it just confirmation of what the other guy said?

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

But it has to make sense.

About Venezuela. [globalresearch.ca]

brentan comments on Feb 3, 2019:

It's a strange situation where to get rid of Maduro is a good think in fact but a bad thing in principle. I think the same way about Brexit. A second referendum might be the best thing in fact but it is wrong in principle. How should we think? Darned if I know.

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@ToolGuy I guess he means democracy is not in the nature of the E.U. and if so, I agree completely. Perhaps leaving the union will work out better for the U.K. (I hope so) but the first few years will be a testing time. I think social democracy is about curbing the excess of capitalism so the profit actually does trickle down. It’s not working well and our politicians are to blame for it, holding onto the free-market concept to keep in with their peers.

Sundays are such poo, laundry, work prep and shopping.

brentan comments on Feb 3, 2019:

I broke my arm about a year ago so I couldn't really carry any messages. I thought about getting taxis to and from the shop. It turned out Tesco delivered and it was much cheaper and easier than a taxi. I use them all the time now for the heavy stuff even though I pay a bit extra and I get the other...

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@Amisja Haha. Understood.

How dare you talk about God's chosen ones! LOL!!! [msn.com]

Mcflewster comments on Feb 2, 2019:

I often wonder if the phrase "God's chosen ones" started of a whole lot of trouble.

brentan replies on Feb 3, 2019:

The odd thing about it is that chosen usually indicates being somehow special but the history of the Bible is about a people who behaved so badly in spite of being chosen that they had to be severely punished time and time again for their behaviour.

I have always said that all Muslims are dangerous if they are given the opportunity,something close ...

HarrySlick comments on Feb 2, 2019:

I definitely agree .Due to the fact that these vermin breed like rats and have the highest birth rate among the worlds major religious groups the future looks very bleak indeed .

brentan replies on Feb 2, 2019:

@SpikeTalon Well, I must remember to read the description for a group in future. That's a game-changer.

I have always said that all Muslims are dangerous if they are given the opportunity,something close ...

HarrySlick comments on Feb 2, 2019:

I definitely agree .Due to the fact that these vermin breed like rats and have the highest birth rate among the worlds major religious groups the future looks very bleak indeed .

brentan replies on Feb 2, 2019:

@SpikeTalon Well, it's going to difficult to have a discussion if everyone agrees. It'll just be an echo chamber. I can't see one unacceptable opinion that man made.

Co-worker: "I just don't think white people and black people should marry each other.

Stephanie99 comments on Feb 2, 2019:

On a particular dating site there is a question about whether you prefer to date someone of the same race. When people contact me who have put yes to this questions, I ask them about it. All of them have said that it isn't racist, but a preference. It seems racist to me. There are more differences ...

brentan replies on Feb 2, 2019:

@Countrywoman Far-flung people do interbreed.

Co-worker: "I just don't think white people and black people should marry each other.

Stephanie99 comments on Feb 2, 2019:

On a particular dating site there is a question about whether you prefer to date someone of the same race. When people contact me who have put yes to this questions, I ask them about it. All of them have said that it isn't racist, but a preference. It seems racist to me. There are more differences ...

brentan replies on Feb 2, 2019:

@Countrywoman That's a different thing altogether.

Co-worker: "I just don't think white people and black people should marry each other.

Stephanie99 comments on Feb 2, 2019:

On a particular dating site there is a question about whether you prefer to date someone of the same race. When people contact me who have put yes to this questions, I ask them about it. All of them have said that it isn't racist, but a preference. It seems racist to me. There are more differences ...

brentan replies on Feb 2, 2019:

I wanted to have white children like me and my people before me. It's preference. I would be amazed if there were no black people who felt the same as me about their lineage. Perhaps they might be judged as racist too.

Seeing as we only have a somewhat limited amount of time left according to AOC we might as well kick...

brentan comments on Feb 1, 2019:

Is she being religiously apocalyptic or is she talking about the danger of climate change?

brentan replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@Trajan61 I think something drastic needs to be done but I don't think we'll do it until we get more frightened.

I haven't joined this group before because I wasn't born in the sixties but I always say I'm a hippy...

brentan comments on Jan 31, 2019:

I think being born outside the 60s shows a terrible lack of conviction. It's like the apostle Paul never knowing Jesus. You'll have to claim a personal revelation.

brentan replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@MoonTiger Good point.

What are you working on

SCal comments on Feb 1, 2019:

The same thing we do every day, Pinky. Try to take over the world.

brentan replies on Feb 1, 2019:

Ah, the wh-, I mean, the American's burden.

Here's How Much Poop Is on the Moon

Nardi comments on Feb 1, 2019:

lol 96 bags of poo on the moon...sounds like a song to me :)

brentan replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@creative51 I'm not sure. But there was the original in German - 99 Luftballons.

Here's How Much Poop Is on the Moon

Nardi comments on Feb 1, 2019:

lol 96 bags of poo on the moon...sounds like a song to me :)

brentan replies on Feb 1, 2019:

99 Poop Balloons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4

I know I'll receive" sexist " accusations for this observation.

brentan comments on Feb 1, 2019:

This removes any grey area between a foetus and a human being.

brentan replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@Robecology That's fascinating. Are you saying that the development of humans from mammals to primates to human being is seen through the nine month formation of a baby?

Damien Rice - 9 Crimes I will be singing this weekend, and I've chosen this song. [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 1, 2019:

That's very unusual. I thought it was homelessness at first. Now I have no idea what it's about but it is a very plaintive song.

brentan replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@SleeplessInTexas Thanks. I'll give it another listen.

What is WRONG with US.

brentan comments on Jan 31, 2019:

We're waiting for the benefits to trickle down. Have faith.

brentan replies on Feb 1, 2019:

Yes indeed.

Transgender has always confused me.

jondspen comments on Jan 31, 2019:

It's ridiculous. Since according to their definition, gender is a social construct, then we can also look at other social constructs. If a 6'2", red haired Irishman went to Japan, really like the social construct there, said, "I was assigned the wrong culture at birth. I am getting hair ...

brentan replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@jondspen No, it means most people fall on the bell curve. That means that many are one gender or the other, most of the variations are small which I think means some men have some amount of a feminine side and vice-versa for women. Transgender people account for a small percentage of the total.

Transgender has always confused me.

jondspen comments on Jan 31, 2019:

It's ridiculous. Since according to their definition, gender is a social construct, then we can also look at other social constructs. If a 6'2", red haired Irishman went to Japan, really like the social construct there, said, "I was assigned the wrong culture at birth. I am getting hair ...

brentan replies on Feb 1, 2019:

I wonder why they call gender a social construct. I think of it as how a person feels inside. The only reason I can think of right now is they want to say it's somebody else's fault. If fault is involved, it must be the fault of how the body is informed by its proteins as it is chemically formed. But we assume that only two genders are intended by nature when it might very well be the case that nature throws out a spectrum of alternatives, most of them lying on a kind of bell curve.

I was UNSURE which group to post this.

brentan comments on Jan 29, 2019:

That was interesting. It's not that woman could rise in the hierarchy but at least they weren't freely abused. I'm sick of feminism. It's a while since it had anything to do with equality. Judging by what I read these days, there isn't even equality among the feminists themselves. They seem to have ...

brentan replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Oops, you're still here. Still nasty. Go away.

Must be my lucky day, just finished mowing my lawn, kind of a bit long and dryish thanks to Level 1 ...

creative51 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

You have a fair number of venomous snakes over where you are. I guess you have to watch your step and be cautious a bit more then in the US.

brentan replies on Jan 31, 2019:

We've had no snakes since St. Patrick did the honours centuries ago. I was fascinated by the little grassnakes in Washington State. The big guys you deal with are very scary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G52BQtX6d48

I'm sure that every husband and dad will agree with this

brentan comments on Jan 31, 2019:

That's the kind of thinking prison inmates use to murder pedophiles.

brentan replies on Jan 31, 2019:

Oh dear.

Must be my lucky day, just finished mowing my lawn, kind of a bit long and dryish thanks to Level 1 ...

brentan comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Do you guys have something you can buy that acts as an antidote if you are bitten?

brentan replies on Jan 31, 2019:

Rough to be an Australian atheist!

Sometimes you have to take your chances!

brentan comments on Jan 31, 2019:

There seems to be truth on both sides but vaccines work for the public in general. There is a ridiculous amount of autism these days, unless they could show it isn't because of vaccines and was always here but never recognised till recently.

brentan replies on Jan 31, 2019:

All I know is something happened to drastically increase the number of registered autistic children. That increase may very well be a result of more diagnosis than more cases of autism. I'm glad in a way that investigations are taking place to see what could be going on. In my schooldays, mental illness and dyslexia, among other problems, were dealt with through corporal punishment. Could it be that the prohibition of such punishment has allowed the problem to rise to the surface? Another way of looking at it is that there isn't a problem unless you make it one and children who lived before the time of institutionalised education were never placed in the predicament of being round pegs forced to go through square holes. The children I'm thinking about are, of course, those who we might say are on the Asperger scale rather than seriously autistic.

Northern hemisphere freezes, southern hemisphere swelters [mobile.abc.net.au]

brentan comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Nothing to see here, folks. Move on!

brentan replies on Jan 31, 2019:

His fundie buddies will pray the sharks punish you for your decadence.

Religious Defense based on Faith and Alcoholism.

brentan comments on Jan 31, 2019:

If only he would.

brentan replies on Jan 31, 2019:

Que Dios lo prohíba.

The History Channel. Applied logic 101:

CarolinaGirl60 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Have you seen the ancient reliefs(?Sumerian) with the figures that appear to have on space helmets?

brentan replies on Jan 31, 2019:

Those pictures of guys with their space helmets looking like they are pilots in rockets are awesome! I'm intrigued by the idea getting a lot more traction these days that there was a global civilisation prior to the Sumerian that was wiped out at the end of the Ice Age, about 12,000 BC. If it's correct, maybe the struggling new world met some folk from the more advanced old world and were fascinated by their knowledge.

BREXIT. What the hell was that all about. Lots of hot air and voting and nothing has changed

brentan comments on Jan 29, 2019:

It's how British politicians work to sabotage the referendum decision. They can't allow ordinary people to make important decisions like that.

brentan replies on Jan 31, 2019:

It should be clear by now that people were brought into the E.U. in a dishonest manner. Nobody envisaged such destruction of national identity and powers of self-determination. We saw the deception in the UK in the video. Ireland's entry further into the E.U. was through referenda that would continue until we got the answer correct. The E.E.C. was a wonderful phase in the process that was a good balance between economics, power and national identity. But that was only a phase and the true nature of the E.U. is only being revealed in a gradual way. Macron got frightened that the game was up in France and tried to kick-start the reality of a European army in his panic. I dread the end game these elites are playing and hope that the withdrawal of the UK is the beginning of the end of this monster.

BREXIT. What the hell was that all about. Lots of hot air and voting and nothing has changed

brentan comments on Jan 29, 2019:

It's how British politicians work to sabotage the referendum decision. They can't allow ordinary people to make important decisions like that.

brentan replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@Sofabeast The Irish economy is definitely on a roll again. The soul of the country is gone but that's not measured. Only economic growth matters. Nonetheless, we better not try to stick the knife in too deep into Britain if Brexit actually happens. We need a long-term good relationship with our neighbour for many reasons.

I haven't been on line for sometime,thinking about who I am and what I need in my life.

brentan comments on Jan 30, 2019:

I hope that's a good thing. It's hard to tell. Anyway, welcome back online.

brentan replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@cava I guess so. Getting that way about everything.

BREXIT. What the hell was that all about. Lots of hot air and voting and nothing has changed

brentan comments on Jan 29, 2019:

It's how British politicians work to sabotage the referendum decision. They can't allow ordinary people to make important decisions like that.

brentan replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@Sofabeast Perhaps any form of government that is beyond the knowledge of the common person is by its nature a bad thing. These common people are the new 'deplorables' who must not be allowed a say in political affairs.

I was UNSURE which group to post this.

brentan comments on Jan 29, 2019:

That was interesting. It's not that woman could rise in the hierarchy but at least they weren't freely abused. I'm sick of feminism. It's a while since it had anything to do with equality. Judging by what I read these days, there isn't even equality among the feminists themselves. They seem to have ...

brentan replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Let's hope that's the end of you.

I was UNSURE which group to post this.

brentan comments on Jan 29, 2019:

That was interesting. It's not that woman could rise in the hierarchy but at least they weren't freely abused. I'm sick of feminism. It's a while since it had anything to do with equality. Judging by what I read these days, there isn't even equality among the feminists themselves. They seem to have ...

brentan replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@AnneWimsey You're incapable of making a comment that isn't snarkey or demeaning. I was quite content that our paths didn't cross. Let's get back to that.

Ancestors behaving badly! Guillaume Vigne (b.

brentan comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Well now, that's a stain on the family escutcheon!

brentan replies on Jan 29, 2019:

I was joking. You're only responsible for what you do. I got the stained escutcheon idea from a Gilbert & Sullivan opera.

I was UNSURE which group to post this.

brentan comments on Jan 29, 2019:

That was interesting. It's not that woman could rise in the hierarchy but at least they weren't freely abused. I'm sick of feminism. It's a while since it had anything to do with equality. Judging by what I read these days, there isn't even equality among the feminists themselves. They seem to have ...

brentan replies on Jan 29, 2019:

@AnneWimsey That's for your patronising comment. I didn't want to cut and paste the history of the women's movement.

No Comment!

brentan comments on Jan 28, 2019:

The bastards.

brentan replies on Jan 29, 2019:

@Elganned They're truly fucked!

No Comment!

brentan comments on Jan 28, 2019:

The bastards.

brentan replies on Jan 29, 2019:

And where they live.

Omara Portuondo and Ibrahim Ferrer - Quizas, quizas, quizas [youtu.be] Maybe, maybe, maybe

wrinkledaddypimp comments on Jan 28, 2019:

This sounds like Ry Cooder was involved. Cuba is SO AWESOME!

brentan replies on Jan 28, 2019:

I'm sure you're right. I came across them through the Buena Vista music. I found Compay Segundo first, then Ferrer and Portuondo.

Omara Portuondo and Ibrahim Ferrer - Quizas, quizas, quizas [youtu.be] Maybe, maybe, maybe

brentan comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Somebody's got cold feet!

brentan replies on Jan 28, 2019:

@GipsyOfNewSpain Interesting you mentioned them. I went looking for the lyrics and there was a video of them playing this song on the same page. https://lyricstranslate.com/en/quizas-quizas-quizas-maybe-maybe-maybe.html

Liked to god or Not!!!!

brentan comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I think not. I knew too many intelligent people when I was a Christian. They would diligently search scriptures to get deeper knowledge of them. It's not a case of not thinking. It's a case of what you turn your attention to.

brentan replies on Jan 28, 2019:

@GipsyOfNewSpain True, we seem to accept the burden of guilt so naturally. I've started to think more about how far we've come instead of how far we've fallen.

They say when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me.

powder comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I hate doing job applications too. FIGJAM. (fuck I'm good just ask me)

brentan replies on Jan 28, 2019:

I'm glad you explained it!

Celibacy vs.

Jk1960 comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I think the Catholic Church should absolutely require celibacy. Any official that can’t should be excommunicated! Maybe this will end a institution that has abused women and children for a milennium.

brentan replies on Jan 28, 2019:

I think the RCC should never have imposed celibacy on their priests. It was just a legal strategy to keep the possessions of priests in the organisation. There is no scriptural rule for it either. The apostle Paul recommended it as a better way of life for a Christian but recognised the natural desire for sex. When men were given responsibility in churches, they needed to have already demonstrated their ability to be competent fathers and husbands in their own families - 1 Timothy 3:4,5.

Celibacy vs.

Ms_McSteven comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I think a lot of closeted homosexuals choose priesthood and celibacy as a means to avoid committing homosexual acts. I grew up next door to someone who converted to Catholicism, for the purpose of becoming a priest, after his brother died of AIDS.

brentan replies on Jan 28, 2019:

I think some did it to escape the demands of a mostly heterosexual society. Many too join the clergy to take advantage of the amount of homosexuals in their religious groups. I think there must have always been priests who chose their vocation to live properly according to their beliefs but they might have been in the minority.

Why would anybody vote for the looney democrats?

DarrelScott comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Because one thing not on the meme: Handouts take from the producers and give to the deadbeats.

brentan replies on Jan 27, 2019:

@DarrelScott You struggle to follow what's happening, I know. I hoped you were doing it for the points rather than only being able to think in simple terms. You confirmed it.

So! Our Immigrant ancestors. They wouldn't have been impressed with "The Wall" [youtube.com] ​

brentan comments on Jan 26, 2019:

It seems to have come from a consciousness of shared culture and the fear of that culture being destroyed.

brentan replies on Jan 27, 2019:

@dokala That's exactly the theme running through history and you completely missed it.

"With a blow torch, you can now cook your food and wash your dishes in the same place" or "Wok the ...

brentan comments on Jan 27, 2019:

Be woke to the wok.

brentan replies on Jan 27, 2019:

@UrsiMajor I rill.

Why would anybody vote for the looney democrats?

DarrelScott comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Because one thing not on the meme: Handouts take from the producers and give to the deadbeats.

brentan replies on Jan 27, 2019:

@DarrelScott No, but some things do. Like some speeches. Thanks for confirming your obsession with points.

What was the major factor that assisted Trump win the presidency in your opinion?

brentan comments on Jan 26, 2019:

I think part of it was ordinary people, unhappy with the status quo, being insulted as deplorables.

brentan replies on Jan 27, 2019:

@powder Yes, I think Sanders would have made a difference. Maybe I see in him a combination of sincerity and a belief in social democracy. I would have voted for him anyway, if I were American.

Why would anybody vote for the looney democrats?

DarrelScott comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Because one thing not on the meme: Handouts take from the producers and give to the deadbeats.

brentan replies on Jan 27, 2019:

@DarrelScott Not the length of the post, the simplicity of it. And I'm rarely bored. That was another simple thing to say.

What was the major factor that assisted Trump win the presidency in your opinion?

brentan comments on Jan 26, 2019:

I think part of it was ordinary people, unhappy with the status quo, being insulted as deplorables.

brentan replies on Jan 27, 2019:

@powder Yes indeed. People were being asked to choose from two alternatives that made no real difference to their lives. Trump seemed to offer something radically different. I'm not surprised so many voted for him.

Why would anybody vote for the looney democrats?

DarrelScott comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Because one thing not on the meme: Handouts take from the producers and give to the deadbeats.

brentan replies on Jan 27, 2019:

@DarrelScott It's not obvious, it's complicated. If your post wasn't aimed at getting double points, it must be down to pure lazy thinking.

I found this on youtube.

brentan comments on Jan 26, 2019:

I’ve just been reading a book about the brain. The author puts schizophrenia (and autism) down to a disconnect between the left and right brain hemispheres. The problem is that the left hemisphere has no idea that the other one exists, which isn’t a problem usually because the right hemisphere ...

brentan replies on Jan 26, 2019:

@MojoDave I can't make an informed decision about it. When I had a nervous breakdown in the 70s, I was given six bouts of ECT at a time when three was the norm. It had to do with shocking me back to the real world because I had gone deep down into some sort of consciousness that I can't describe and they couldn't reach. Although nobody can deny the terrible pain associated with ECT, I wonder what might have become of me had they not administered it. I was brought back, quickly learned the meaning of depression and attempted suicide very soon after. I gradually recovered, never really getting back in step with the world but functioning in an alternative way. I'm 64 now, and I've lived almost 50 more years than I might have and count myself lucky that modern medicine gave me a chance people in earlier times never had.

Why would anybody vote for the looney democrats?

DarrelScott comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Because one thing not on the meme: Handouts take from the producers and give to the deadbeats.

brentan replies on Jan 26, 2019:

I hope you're keeping it short and simple just to get the double points.

Bank of England blocks Maduro's $1.2B gold withdrawal - report

brentan comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Brown people controlling oil reserves? Never! Let's free the people and take their oil.

brentan replies on Jan 26, 2019:

@jlynn37 It's the white man's burden.

Yesterday at work I received a totally inappropriate compliment from a regular customer.

WilliamCharles comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Not that "inappropriate" should be encouraged, but as the joke goes, the difference between flirting and harassment is if you like it.

brentan replies on Jan 26, 2019:

That's so true.

Seems Debbie Wasserman Shultz, who was forced to resign as head of DNC for rigging primaries, is at ...

brentan comments on Jan 26, 2019:

It's heartening to see a country care so much about lesser countries when its own is in such difficulties. The world has never been happier since America abandoned the Monroe Doctrine. That's why we say 'God Bless America'.

brentan replies on Jan 26, 2019:

@powder I was just using my usual way of venting frustration through sarcasm. But here’s some details for anyone reading who isn’t familiar with it: Monroe (1823) made four basic points: (1) the United States would not interfere in the internal affairs of or the wars between European powers; (2) the United States recognized and would not interfere with existing colonies and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere; (3) the Western Hemisphere was closed to future colonization; and (4) any attempt by a European power to oppress or control any nation in the Western Hemisphere would be viewed as a hostile act against the United States. So WW1 would be the most glaring place because it broke article 1 of the Declaration. But the webpage I looked at states that as early as ‘1904 the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine asserted the U.S. role as policeman of the Western Hemisphere and its right to involve itself in the affairs of Latin American countries’. https://www.britannica.com/event/Monroe-Doctrine

To the surviving people of Palestine; I am truly so very sorry that you, your families, your ...

Paul4747 comments on Jan 26, 2019:

And yet posting this apology, without even a mention of all the deaths caused by those who think there should be no such nation as Israel, is disingenuous at best. How many civilians did the Intifada kill? How many children? How many people have been killed by suicide bombers and random attacks on ...

brentan replies on Jan 26, 2019:

@Paul4747 They're defending their homes. The settlement policy needs to stop. That's pretty much what Bertrand Russel was saying: Every new conquest becomes the new basis of the proposed negotiation from strength, which ignores the injustice of the previous aggression

To the surviving people of Palestine; I am truly so very sorry that you, your families, your ...

WilliamCharles comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Bertrand Russell got it. From: http://normanfinkelstein.com/2012/12/20/bertrand-russell-on-israel-and-palestine/ Bertrand Russell on Israel and Palestine On December 20, 2012 Bertrand Russell’s Last Message By Bertrand Russell This statement on the Middle East was dated 31st ...

brentan replies on Jan 26, 2019:

The British did the same thing in my country. They gave the north of Ireland to Scottish planters.

To the surviving people of Palestine; I am truly so very sorry that you, your families, your ...

THHA comments on Jan 26, 2019:

I posted this on Facebook a while back: A thought just crossed my mind that could possibly be translatable to the Palestinian cause, and my bet is that it would have a remarkable effect. Despite the fact that it may be found to be an offensive idea to some Palestinians, it could cause utter chaos ...

brentan replies on Jan 26, 2019:

I like it. I think Britain lost Ireland and India because their rule was exposed as immoral. The force of that disapproval was stronger than weapons.

Does anyone else here sometimes experience a great deal of confusion or inner turmoil about certain ...

brentan comments on Jan 26, 2019:

I think a lot of mentally healthy people don't over think things or jump to the conclusion that it is their fault. I say 'think' because I really don't know. I also think they use anger to vent their frustration where mentally ill keep it all in until they implode. Be kind to yourself.

brentan replies on Jan 26, 2019:

@Lillyfield41 It's probably all relative.

I was to the store the other day and had a Muslim check out clerk.

WilliamFleming comments on Jan 23, 2019:

Our country=their country

brentan replies on Jan 26, 2019:

A lot of people were very angry with Enoch Powell for talking about the immigrants getting the 'whip-hand' over the British people when he made his 'rivers of blood' speech.. That term was very provocative because it described the old colonial days of slavery turned upside-down. I think extreme liberal politics has made his 'prophesy' come true.

I think depression is setting in.

brentan comments on Jan 25, 2019:

Water is so refreshing but we avoid it like cats when we're under the weather. Do your best to get under the shower - once you're there, I'm sure you'll feel the benefit.

brentan replies on Jan 25, 2019:

@Lillyfield41 LOL 'I can smell the sleep on me'. If that's all I smelled, I'd wait another day!