Do you think tRump with be brought to justice for his crimes?

davknight comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Unfortunately, justice in America means "just us rich folks!".

With the investigation ending soon .

davknight comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Let us hope that Trump, and his entire crime family get the RICO Act thrown at them!

Lots of choices for 2020...

davknight comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Anyone but Trump!

Sin or not, if yes, why?

davknight comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Bible belt churches attract the biggest sinners in town! They are conditioned to believe that as long as they attend church, twice on Sunday, once on Wednesday, and allow themselves to be 'shaken down' three times per service, they will still get 'front-row' seats in heaven!

What piece of advice would you give the next generation?

davknight comments on Feb 21, 2019:

I spent 2 yrs in a community college, and 6 yrs at a university. On my last day of community college, a new student asked me if I had any advice. I thought about it a moment, and told him: " Yeah kid! Don't read books! They're bad for your eyes!"

Senators Not Backing Green New Deal Received On Average 7 Times As Much Fossil Fuel Cash

davknight comments on Feb 21, 2019:

We need to abolish the Senate, and the electoral "college". We don't need a House of Lords!

Czechs clean thousands of bones in the preservation of a medieval ossuary. [msn.com]

davknight comments on Feb 21, 2019:

I've taken fifteen-week classes in forensic anthropology, the human skeleton, and human musculo-skeletal systems. I can determine the race, gender, approximate age, and height of human skeletal remains. I told a prof once that I 'would never look at people the same way again!'. He laughed, and said "Of course not! You will look THROUGH them instead!". In addition, I once spent most of a summer excavating, and sorting bones from a bison kill site in northern Colorado. At one point, when observing pedestrians on the street, I could "see" through their flesh, and body fat, and "see" their skeletons walking down the street! Which led me to conclude we are all just walking, jabbering bags of bones!

The Great Blizzard of 1938 in the Upper Peninsula.

davknight comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Trail Ridge Road, up in Rocky Mountain National Park looks like that every winter. They usually close it in late October, and re-open it in May!

Is it not high time for a new political party actually invested in and committed to working in the ...

davknight comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Yes! But the highest priority now, is getting Trump out of office!

In praise of libraries and librarians.

davknight comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Coming oxymoron: The Donald J Trump Presidential Library!

In praise of libraries and librarians.

davknight comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Library patron since I was four!

Will our earth get better, or are we all going to die in roughly 20 years?

davknight comments on Feb 20, 2019:

The World will still be here. And so will we. But the weather will get much more extreme. And coastal areas will get flooded, as ocean-levels rise.

‘Sustained and ongoing’ disinformation assault targets Dem presidential candidates - POLITICO

davknight comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Trump's 'plumbers' will be pretty busy between now, and 2020!

How do you cope with the possibility of the lack of an afterlife?

davknight comments on Feb 20, 2019:

I view it as the best sleep you'll ever get.

Religion is a leash for untamed humans. Well just my thought.

davknight comments on Feb 20, 2019:

I think what you mean is, religion can play a 'functionalist' role in society, by erecting moral boundaries, e.g., "Thou shalt not do mean stuff". Sociologists refer to that as 'functionalism', which is where a feature of a given culture provides a useful role. But many things, other than religion, can perform a useful purpose. For example, once upon a time in America, every small town had a brothel, or two. And when a farm boy turned 13, his pappy took him to a 'sportin parlor', to learn about the birds n bees. This prepared him for his wedding night, years later. Unfortunately, a town cannot remain half-Methodist, and half-sinfulness n damnation. And as the towns grew, the brothels got closed down.

US debt hits record under Trump, Republicans mum:[news.abs-cbn.com] via @ABSCBNNews

davknight comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Trump: "I am the King of debt!"

President Trump is a Russian asset? Not necessarily by choice, but by stupidity.

davknight comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Trump is too stupid to be an operative. He is however, stupid enough, to make a good martinet!

Write a statement that cannot be refuted.

davknight comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Trumplerite maxims: No sense makes sense! Truth is Lies! Lies are Truth! Trump is Truth!

Banging headache, full of a cold, fever, nauseous.

davknight comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Hot soda? Hot ginger ale, with a few scoops of vanilla ice cream will cure those blurghies, and anything else ya got! (Detroiters will get it!).

[cnn.

davknight comments on Feb 19, 2019:

I wonder what the Israelis think about that?

Books Better the 2nd Time?

davknight comments on Feb 19, 2019:

Anything by Allen W Eckert.

Anyone have information on a scientific study that explains why full moons result in people acting ...

davknight comments on Feb 19, 2019:

How would that explain Trump, who is as mad as a March Hare all the time, but who never goes outside, except to play golf?

[friendlyatheist.patheos.com] What is wrong with America?

davknight comments on Feb 19, 2019:

Actually, the 'Pledge of Allegiance' was introduced during the Second Red Scare of the late 1940s, through the 1950s I can remember having to recite it as a school kid.I think all countries nowadays have their rituals for exacting 'patriotism'/loyalty to the State. And people in all countries are conditioned from childhood to view the State as a parental figure, e.g. the 'Fatherland', the 'Mother Land',etc. And any external criticism of 'Mommy' tends to bring out a hostile reaction.

[friendlyatheist.patheos.com] What is wrong with America?

davknight comments on Feb 19, 2019:

It all began when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Since then, it's been one boatload of religious loonies after another!

Donald J.

davknight comments on Feb 19, 2019:

SNL Alec Baldwin skits sure make Trump schizy! Samantha Bee does a good job of lampooning the Trumpster too!

What do republicans have against Social Security ?

davknight comments on Feb 19, 2019:

Animosity towards the elderly is as sick as animosity towards the poor, and the homeless.

Trump Wall - Berlin Wall, Similar or Not? [google.com]

davknight comments on Feb 19, 2019:

Watch the Trumplerites cry, when the next Democrat POTUS tears it down!

If wealth was the result of hard work . . .

davknight comments on Feb 19, 2019:

All wealth is the product of Labor!

In mid Aug.

davknight comments on Feb 19, 2019:

I have fond memories of visiting Canada, back before we needed passports. Canadian border guard: Where ya goin? How long ya stayin? Have a nice trip! The worst part was having to come back to the U.S. American border guard: Where ya comin from? What were ya doin over there? Pull over by that little white building, so we can search your car!

Happy Presidents Day!

davknight comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Chocolate cake and French fries ar Mar-a-Lago!

Where do you get your news from?

davknight comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I spend probably two hours a day visiting foreign online news sites. I read British, Canadian,Irish,and Australian newspapers. Also French, and German newspapers in English.I'm also not unknown to visit Al Jazeera. It is force of habit, from having grown up next door to Canada, and watching CBC news programs. I find it's the only way to maintain a holistic perspective on the big ol' World out there.

Is universal cooperation possible?

davknight comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Conflict is the result of the coexistence of incompatibles. The road to 'harmony' is paved with incompatibilities.

Daily Blasphemy: “Jesus fuckin Christ.

davknight comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Jumpinjeehosephat is my favorite!

Where do you get your news from?

davknight comments on Feb 18, 2019:

How about everywhere but FOX?

Scotland’s Antonine Wall — scars of the past

davknight comments on Feb 18, 2019:

How the Picts must have laughed, as they crossed back and forth, between the Border Patrol posts! The Romans later built a line of fortified posts along the Danube, to keep the Goths out. But the Goths just laughed uproariously, and came and went as they pleased, all the while thumbing their noses at the Romans!

President's day?

davknight comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I wonder if Trump is having his chefs down at Mar-a-Lago bake him a big chocolate cake?

...and what is everyone going to do post-Trump?

davknight comments on Feb 18, 2019:

It will take at least two presidential administrations to begin to undo the damage done to US international relations, foreign policy, and climate change measures.

Tell me your favorite movie or book and why it's your favorite

davknight comments on Feb 18, 2019:

"The Last of the Mohicans", one of America's earliest novels, though basically a re-hash of "The Three Musketeers".

Recently a woman on here posted about being disrespected in very blatant ways.

davknight comments on Feb 16, 2019:

Don't cultural mores play a role? Two-hundred years ago, girls were considered 'women' at 13. While males weren't considered 'men' until they were twenty-and-one.Nowadays, both sexes are considered 'children', until they are eighteen.

[msn.

davknight comments on Feb 16, 2019:

LOL! Your Defense Minister does look awfully young! What made May pick him?

[azquotes.

davknight comments on Feb 16, 2019:

I think it was inevitable, that in a two-party system such as ours, the Left would infiltrate the Democratic Party, and the Right would infiltrate the Republican Party. Now, we are beginning to see the results of that.

[ancient-origins.net] Wow...what are the creationist/young earthers going to make of this?

davknight comments on Feb 16, 2019:

I'd recognize those critters anywhere! Those are baby Ice Worms! According to Norse legends, they grow big enough to crush ships!

5 dead, several 'gravely' wounded in shooting at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis: Officials

davknight comments on Feb 16, 2019:

Trump doesn't have any thoughts, other than about himself. And he's never prayed in his life!

For sara sanders to be interviewed by Robert Mueller is a very bad day for this White House ...

davknight comments on Feb 16, 2019:

Nahh. She won't squeal on her boss!

We Don't Have a Border Crisis.

davknight comments on Feb 16, 2019:

You forgot the cognitive dissonance crisis!

My god.

davknight comments on Feb 16, 2019:

I'd love to see the results of an IQ test on Orange Dumbo. Psychiatric evaluation too!

God hates porn?

davknight comments on Feb 16, 2019:

"God"/Dog might hate it. But preachers love it!

Cleaning up after humans. See a harpoon skewer space junk in orbit [cnn.com]

davknight comments on Feb 16, 2019:

Space junk is a big problem. As of 2000, there were an estimated 250,000 pieces of space junk in orbit around the Earth. Most space junk is in the form of nuts, bolts, wrenches, etc. But some of it is in the form of larger pieces of metal. All of it is dangerous to space craft and satellites. Keep in mind everything in orbit travels at 18,000 miles per hour. The bigger problem is how to get rid of it. One design, still on the drawing board, is for an orbiting 'vacuum cleaner', that will 'collect' it. But that's still tears away from being tested.

Will Trump win? biblesinschools

davknight comments on Feb 16, 2019:

Trump couldn't care less about bibles. He's never even read one. But the bible thumpers will always try to inject their propaganda, wherever they can!

Trump most definitely understands what the term "rule of law" means.

davknight comments on Feb 16, 2019:

Trump is an amateur Robber Baron, and a wannabe mob boss. His big mouth, and childlike antics will get his whole organization slapped with the RICO Act.

The end of an era (nobody posted about this here yet.

davknight comments on Feb 14, 2019:

And now the wee folk,who live under the Martian rocks, are going to drag it away, and turn it into a go-cart!

What happened after death

davknight comments on Feb 14, 2019:

I fell through the ice when I was a kid. I awoke 3 days later in a hospital. I have absolutely no remembrance of anything that happened in between. No 'tunnel of light'. No 'pearly gates'. No nothing. (Maybe I wasn't "dead" enough?). All I remember is saying "I'm hungry!", and after the doctors got done marveling over my 're-awakening', the nurse brought me a bowl of tomato soup, a tuna sandwich, and a carton of milk. I haven't been out on the ice since. And when I still lived in Michigan, on very cold winter days, I'd get this craving for tomato soup, and a tuna sandwich!

Would you vote for Kamala Harris for President?

davknight comments on Feb 14, 2019:

I would vote for your dog, if it was the only alternative to Trumplerism!

I don't get it. What is with the people of the United States?

davknight comments on Feb 14, 2019:

I had never seen a gated community, until I moved to Colorado, back in the early 'nineties. Since then, they have been sprouting up like mushrooms, all along the Front Range. I called them 'fortified subdivisions', when I first saw them. And I wondered 'what are they afraid of?'. Those walls of theirs certainly aren't going to keep the sans culottes, or the sans domiciles out, if the pooh ever really hit the fan!

Trump supporter attacks BBC cameraman at El Paso rally - BBC News

davknight comments on Feb 14, 2019:

I can't find any mention of this guy's name (??). But I did read that the El Paso DA has no plans to charge him with anything.

I posted earlier this year about how I was going to get a puppy as a sort of graduation gift to ...

davknight comments on Feb 14, 2019:

Nice Woof-Woof ya got there!

Ok let's walk down memory lane.

davknight comments on Feb 14, 2019:

The Four Green Fields, at 13 Mile & Woodward, in Royal Oak.

Is it okay for an atheist to sing sacred music?

davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:

Did you know many Christmas carols were actually taken from 17th-century London brothel greeting songs? When you entered one of these establishments, the ladies would sing welcome songs to you. One ditty, we now know as"Hark the Herald Angels Sing" once had very different, and 'naughty' lyrics. The holy rollers lifted the melodies, and changed the lyrics.

Helle's toilet: 12th-century three-person loo seat goes on display Archaeologists know the names ...

davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:

Norse longhouses in Iceland had rooms attached to one end, with potty seats attached to each wall. The 4-6 seater privies were situated over a stream, which ran through the house at that point. The upstream part was where you got drinking and cooking water from. The downstream part carried away waste water. Both adults and children could use the loo together. And of course, both sexes as well.

Will Trump win? biblesinschools

davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:

On the Seventh Day, the Seventh Angel blew her trumpet seven times. And out speweth Seven Harlots, who broke seven seals, from which speweth forth Seven Trumps upon the land!

BREAKING NEWS: Democrats vote to give tRump a wall!!

davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:

Trump's wallpaper? 3.4 billion for 55 miles worth?

Do you believe in UFO's?

davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:

The Wyoming Army National Guard used to have a bad habit of crashing their helicopters into the Colorado Rockies. And in response to the question 'are we alone?', I used to say: Supposing some night, an object from above crashed into your neighborhood? The devout would immediately get down on their knees and pray. The atheist would say 'ahh, there aint no UFOs!', and go back to sleep.. The agnostic would say 'Let me get my flashlight, and let's go down and investigate this phenomenon. But I got five bucks it's a helicopter from WANG! And upon approaching the crinkled-up wreckage, and seeing the letters W-A-N-G painted on the side, would say 'See! I told ya so!'

U.S. Budget Deficit Jumps to $100 Billion at Start of Fiscal Year

davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:

If he approves the new budget proposal, do you realize that 3.4 billion will only pay for 55 miles of his wall? Imagine what 500 or 1,000 miles of wall will cost!

U.S. Budget Deficit Jumps to $100 Billion at Start of Fiscal Year

davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:

Trump: "I am the KING of DEBT!"

After watching clips of DJT's rally in El Paso (just couldn't stomach the entire thing), I've come ...

davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:

And they will still be like that, after he's gone! I can forsee Trumplerite cultists standing on street corners, passing out leaflets, and verbally harrassing people, ten years from now! Maybe he will start up his own Church of Trumplerology?

Today is my 31st birthday and the first one since joining this site.

davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:

From 30 on, those birthdays just go flyin by! And you're a hundred eleventy one, like me! Enjoy! May you live a hundred years! And may you drink ten-thousand beers!

TRUMP SUPPORTER DISORDER - His base doesn't care that he lies, that he's corrupt, that he's ...

davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:

I view it as a kind of mass-hysteria, rooted in cognitive dissonance.

Dog is my copilot. [theonion.com]

davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:

Praise Dog!

I just had a random memory pop into my head.

davknight comments on Feb 13, 2019:

To the "where do you think you'll go when you die" routine, I just respond "It all depends on how much money you have.If you're rich, you get a fancy mausoleum, with a flashing neon sign! If you're poor, you get cremated!".

New York Times stock is at its highest price in the past five years.

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

I'm sure the Rich are real glad to hear that!

Where are baby dinosaurs?

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

I used to decorate my bookcases with the little, painted plastic variety.

White people can't be terrorists! [youtube.com]

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

'Terrorism' is simply the State's euphemism for poor man's war. And all people are capable of it, if forced into a situation that compels them to react that way. I say 'react', because it is usually a reaction to State terrorism of some kind. The word 'terroriste' comes from the French Revolution, when cells of assassins were out hunting Royalist leaders. As a euphemism for poor man's war, we can credit that to Nazi Germany, which ordered that all mention of European resistance fighters describe them as "terrorists".Bureaucrats that failed to do that were summarily arrested, and imprisoned, or worse. This is the origin of the saying that" One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter".

Don't Let Age Change you. Change the way you age.

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

Easier said than done! It seems I get crankier, and creakier, with each passing year!

Trump supporter attacks BBC cameraman at El Paso rally - BBC News

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

I can't help but wonder if he was a paid thug? I wouldn't put it past Trump's caporegimes to insert a few paid thugs at each of his idiot rallies.

Little Hell on the Prairie - TheHumanist.com

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

When I'm taking road trips, I enjoy stopping off at small town restaurants, and diners. That's one way to get to know the country, and the people in it. Experiences are always variable. Some people may be friendly. Others may be standoffish.But it's always fun just listening in on their conversations. Be it Kansas farmers discussing crops and weather. Or Australian tourists marveling over sugar in paper packets, and creamer 'substitute' in little plastic tubs.

Is Heaven and Hell real? Yes because both are a state of mind.

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

The World is what we make it. We have the knowledge to turn it into Heaven, or Hell. Unfortunately, Humans tend more towards the latter.

Half way through the sugarfree Feb.

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

Celery, stuffed with pimento cheese, or even cream cheese, makes for a tasty, and filling snack!

Twice, within the last 5 days I have been drawn into (at barbershop and work with no hope of egress)...

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

Cult members looking for converts love captive audiences! And if you are sitting in a barber's chair, you are temporarily at their mercy. Fortunately, where I live, there is but one barber shop. And the main topics of conversation are the weather, and fishing.

[msn.

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

I call British English 'English English'. But doubtlessly, there are many sub-dialects. American English comes in four sub-dialects: Northeastern (100 mile radius of NYC), New England, General American, and Southern. And there are numerous sub-sub-dialects ( 11 for Southern English alone). I speak in a patois of General American, and Southern, with lots of "foreign" words and phrases tossed in. Canadian English has at least four sub-dialects that I can identify: Newfy, Maritime, General Canadian, and B.C. (which is practically indistinguishable from General American). Confused yet?

The reasons the industrialized world will never get off fossil fuels until a crash causes an ...

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

Do you mean that people never act, until necessity compels it? I think you may be right! I came to that conclusion many years ago!

Donald Trump Claims 'No President Ever Worked Harder.' Twitter Isn't Buying It. | HuffPost

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

Hey! It's a lot of work using the channel-flicker gadget to switch back n forth between FOX, and Morning Joe!

Interesting. What's normal? [scontent.fbne6-1.fna.fbcdn.net]

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

I once asked a prof to define "maladaptive behavior" His response was, "maladaptive was any behavior not considered 'normal' in a given culture".Which still doesn't answer your question, I know. It didn't answer mine either!

My first Focaccia Bread.

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

Focaccia bread goes good with Italian dishes, especially if you tear off pieces, and dunk it in chianti before eating it!

Who else has read A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn?

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

I read it about fifteen years ago.

Trump supporter attacks BBC cameraman at El Paso rally - BBC News

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

Trump rallies attract drunken idiots!

Some iconic Michigan based memories

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

I used to like pasties. Until one day, I bit into one, and found a curly, black hair. I haven't had a pastie since!

True enough!

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

In my day, it didn't seem to matter how much snow had fallen. We were still expected to trudge our way to school. Likewise, employees were still expected to show up for their jobs. 'Inclement weather' was no excuse for tardiness, or absenteeism. Kids have it much easier nowadays.

How many of you remember Edgewater Amusement Park in Detroit? [fornology.blogspot.com]

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

I remember going there a few times as a kid.

I came across a post on facebook a few months back that was about restaurants in Michigan that you ...

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

My all-time favorite restaurant in Michigan was Duke's Fish n Chips, in Hazeltucky!

Thanks for the invite.

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

Pinconning cheese! I haven't had that in over 30 years! That's the first thing I think of when I hear the name Pinconning!

As a kid, I regularly saw caravans of army trucks (actually national guard troops) headed to/from ...

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

The Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio Guard all belonged to the NG's 38th Infantry Division. So I imagine they must have held joint exercises up there. Once, while scouting out good deer-hunting country, I discovered a place in Grayling's perimeter fence where a tree had fallen on it, creating a gap underneath. Just big enough for me, or a deer to scurry through. The following deer season, I dragged a seven-pointer through there!

Warren Dunes State Park - a favorite on Lake Michigan

davknight comments on Feb 12, 2019:

We used to camp along some dunes farther south of there. I think it was a state park closer to South Haven. Anyhow, when I was a teen, it was fun wetting my belly with beer, and belly-sliding down a dune, and into Lake Michigan!

Don't drive like an asshole around big trucks. This was in Ohio.

davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:

Back in the 'eighties, I attended a truckdriving school in Alabama. On our last day in road-training, one of the students backed over a brand new Mercedes Benz. All we felt in the cab was a minor thud. When we got out to investigate, the owner of the car-- a Pentecostal preacher--came running out of the KFC he'd been in, and started hollering, and cussing to high heaven! It was pretty funny! I'd never heard a preacher cuss like that in my life! (The Mercedes was squashed like a pizza pie!).

Trump Supporters Form Human ‘Wall’ Along U.S.-Mexico Border | HuffPost

davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:

Twenty years from now, we will view Trumpies the way we do Moonies.

Share the wealth

davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:

Since all wealth is created by labor, we might call it 'returned wealth'.

Teeple Lk. Highland Recreation Area

davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:

Michigan's State Recreation Areas are one thing I miss. I think Michigan must have more state-owned recreational land than most states. I used to go out to Highland Lake, Bald Mountain, Metamora, and many, many others.

Finally got around to reading "The Godfather".

davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:

I first saw "The Godfather" at a drive-in movie, when I was sixteen. But early on in the film, when Tom tells Sonny his dad wants to see him (and Sonny is 'hooking up' with a woman, while standing up) my girlfriend and I climbed into the back seat of my jeep, and got into some heavy 'hooking up'. So much so, we never saw the rest of the movie. So, I had to wait for it to begin appearing on television, before I actually got to see it in its entirety!

[google.

davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:

We can expect to see more attacks like this, as more women get elected to public offices. These misogynistic bullies will be tweeting and caterwauling in full force!

Is there some kind of food you liked as a child that you will no longer eat?

davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:

I'm Type II diabetic, and can't eat half the stuff in the supermarket! I miss Kit Kat bars most of all!

will socialism ever be a viable economic policy?

davknight comments on Feb 11, 2019:

Economic democracy only works in conjunction with political democracy. And countries that are already heavily-industrialized seem to have the best luck in its implementation.