On another post I had someone argue that Trump wasn't pro Russia with this line.

davknight comments on Feb 2, 2019:

A U.S. withdrawal from the Treaty, justifies Russia doing the same, which allows Russia to build and emplace more Intermediate-ranged weapons on their border with Ukraine, and the rest of NATO. It is of no threat to the U.S. But it is a threat to the EU and NATO. It is a cleverly disguised boon to Putin's desires for territorial expansion. It makes one wonder if there isn't some truth to allegations of Trump being in the employ of Russian Intelligence.

Would you pay extra taxes so that all can get health care?

davknight comments on Feb 2, 2019:

Everything else is paid for through taxes. So why not?

How do you quit smoking? My girl friend is dying from smoking and won't quit. Help! Anybody know?

davknight comments on Feb 2, 2019:

Quitting smoking can be done in one week. It's quitting the nicotine that's hard. I would recommend enrolling in a Stop Smoking class, and using the nicotine lozenges they give you. Start with the 4 mg, and then go to the 2 mg. I quit in 2014; and that's how I did it. Good luck!

Useless girl disease, I can cook, dressmake, knit, crochet, tat, bake, flower arrange, decorate ...

davknight comments on Feb 1, 2019:

Sounds like a riddle. Hmmm? The electricity is out, where you are? Bummer!

Another day, another brew....

davknight comments on Feb 1, 2019:

I once went into a Starbucks, and ordered an ordinary cup of Columbian coffee. The clerk told me they "didn't have any". I left, bewildered; and haven't been in a Starbucks since. I try to keep my coffee consumption down to two cups each morning. And that does it for me. On cold mornings, I find a shot of Irish Whiskey gives it all the zing I need. I once wrote a research paper on coffee consumption. Did you know that, as of 1890, coffee consumption in the U.S. was less than 10 lbs per person, per year? To boost sales, U.S. coffee importers conducted an advertising campaign, featuring posters of Victorian-looking women, with stoned smiles on their faces, sniffing the fumes arising off hot cups of coffee. Thus, by 1900, U.S. coffee consumption increased to 100 lbs per person, per year Nowadays, it's somewhere between 160-170 lbs (which means a lot of it must go down the drain!). Israel is the World's biggest consumer of coffee, closely followed by Sweden.

Darwin Day Ideas

davknight comments on Feb 1, 2019:

Trump deserves a Darwin Award for being 'Dingbat of the Year'!

Childhood Favorite Toys

davknight comments on Jan 31, 2019:

marbles, slingshots, bb guns, cap pistols, homemade bows n arrows, homemade spears,toy soldiers, and mud puddles.

How irreligious is Trump?

davknight comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Trump, like his cronies, has only one 'god'. Mammon!

I am currently trying to watch Britbox television and I want to know if anyone has any ...

davknight comments on Jan 31, 2019:

I used to live in close proximity to Canada, and would watch Eastenders, and Coronation Street on Canadian TV stations. I found them novel, in that the principle characters are blue collar, working class types; and easier to relate with. This, as opposed to American soaps, which are all based on the 'trials and travails' of imaginary rich people.

It's another freezing cold in Indiana.

davknight comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Hot coffee, with just a wee bit of Janieson's Irish Cream!

Robo Calls & Junk Mail

davknight comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Yes. If you've got a p.o. box, you'll get deluged with junk mail. I've had four, over the past 20 years. And the junk mail was a big headache. One solution might be to buy a paper-making kit from Hobby Lobby, and convert it all into stationary, or maybe even toilet paper. But you'd only be re-cycling it. Another solution might be to mark each piece "Return to Sender", and re-mail it.(Although, I don't know if the Post Office accepts re-mailed junk mail).

Trump tells US spy chiefs: 'Go back to school' President Donald Trump has called US intelligence ...

davknight comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Hey! He "watches all the shows", and has the "biggest words"! He also has a "natural gift for science"!

I thought that was just a figure of speech. Guess not! ?

davknight comments on Jan 31, 2019:

That's the only part of Michigan I don't miss!

Trump tells US spy chiefs: 'Go back to school' President Donald Trump has called US intelligence ...

davknight comments on Jan 30, 2019:

The last POTUS to trod on the toes of the intell community (as well as many other people) was John F Kennedy!

Rachel Maddow versus the Extreme Loony Tunes Right-Wingers.

davknight comments on Jan 30, 2019:

I've read she's a big firearms enthusiast. So, I doubt she worries too much!

What’s the funniest song you’ve ever heard?

davknight comments on Jan 30, 2019:

An old country song, entitled "Damn, the TV's Gone!".

One of the things I have the hardest time disposing of is my belief that someday I'll join my loved ...

davknight comments on Jan 30, 2019:

I've been doing geneological research for twenty-five years. And I look upon it as a sort of never-ending, historical archaeological project. Every generation you dig down, you uncover another box of bones. And then another, and another. And they are all laughing at me,wondering why I am going through all that work, and knowing I am going to be just another box of bones, sooner or later!

I just watched the film/movie Outlaw King.

davknight comments on Jan 30, 2019:

There was an author, named Nigel Trent, who wrote a three-part, historical-bio of Robert Bruce, which provides a fascinating look at this man's trials,travails, and ultimate triumph.

If you've ever driven "through" TX...on any Interstate...you understand....

davknight comments on Jan 30, 2019:

I've been all over Texas; and whenever driving across that State, I think of a line from an old country song: "when I looked into her eyes, I saw miles, and miles of Texas". And indeed, if you're El Paso, Lubbock, or Amarillo-bound, you'll see miles n miles n miles (ad infinitum) of Texas!

Definition of "baby boomer" -- is born between 1946 and 1964, and they call it a generation.

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Depends on one's definition of "generation". I define it as a 20 year period. But there are numerous definitions.

Hi fellow Michiganders.

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Born in Detroit. Raised in Royal Oak. Left Michigan when I was 35. Haven't been back in nearly 30 years! But I do sometimes miss the place. Especially the Great Lakes!

Earliest known lead exposure... [sciencedaily.com]

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

I'm surprised the oldest known exposure to lead wasn't in Spain's Balearic Islands. In the ancient past, it was quite rich in lead deposits. Much of it just laying around. The Romans used to recruit cohorts of slingers from the Balearics, who were notorious for using lead shot. The lead shot expanded on contact with human flesh, and produced a bigger shock wave .

For those who are not aware, this is the day (or night) that we celebrate the birthday of the "Bard ...

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

My heart's in the hielans My heart is not here My heart's in the hielans A chasin the deer

101 contacts between trump's team and russian-linked operatives

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

And 8,000 lies. When is this all going to end?

Has Trump peddled bogus claims about the border because of a movie? | MSNBC

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Was it an action movie? Trump loves action movies. "Rocketman" for example comes from the film "The Rock".

Can someone clear this up for me.

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Faith is trust. Belief is perception?

Is the all-volunteer military a success or failure?

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

From NACLA July 1 2008: Outsourcing the Iraq War: Mercenary Recruiters Turn to Latin America Despite the fact that public sentiment in Latin America has been strongly against the Iraq war since it began, thousands of Latin Americans have the joined the occupation, many of them as private contractors hired by U.S. companies like Blackwater and Triple Canopy. July 1, 2008 Eric Stoner In October, Erik Prince, the 39-year-old CEO of Blackwater Worldwide, a leading private security company operating in Iraq, went into damage-control mode. Blackwater employees in Baghdad’s Nisour Square had killed 17 Iraqi civilians the previous month, causing an uproar and the suspension of official diplomatic convoys throughout the country for four days. Making the rounds with the media and testifying before Congress, Prince repeatedly said that his employees are not mercenaries, as critics contend. Citing the definition of a mercenary as “a professional soldier working for a foreign government,” Prince told the House Oversight Committee that in contrast, Blackwater’s employees are “Americans working for America, protecting Americans.” This statement would come as a surprise—and a slap in the face—to the thousands of Latin Americans and others from outside the United States whom the company has hired to fill its contracts in Iraq since the war began. Greystone Limited, a Blackwater affiliate set up in 2004 in the tax haven of Barbados, has recruited Iraq security guards from countries throughout Latin America, including Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, El Salvador, Honduras, and Panama, as journalist Jeremy Scahill has reported. But Blackwater is far from the only such company hiring “third-country nationals,” or employees who are not from the United States or Iraq. In the interest of improving profit margins, private military firms in Iraq are increasingly turning to the developing world for armed guards. Peter Singer, a leading expert on the private security industry at the Brookings Institution, has estimated that there are citizens from 30 countries employed as security contractors in Iraq. While ex-soldiers from the Balkans, Fiji, Nepal, the Philippines, South Africa, and Uganda are all common in Iraq, Latin America has proven to be a particularly fertile recruiting ground for these companies. Latin America, says Adam Isacson, director of programs at the Center for International Policy, is a predictable site for U.S. mercenary companies to recruit personnel. In “what other region of the world are you going to find reasonably westernized people with military experience, in some cases with combat experience, who will work for low wages, who speak a language that a lot of our own military personnel speak,” he asks, noting that ...

Stoned, in fact. And not the fun way...

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Like this dimwitted moron has ever studied anything, except how to smooth-talk people out of their money!

❤ Oh Latin ❤

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

When I was a university student, I found a book which taught you how to insult people in Latin. So, I sometimes inserted insulting Latin phrases into research papers I wrote, just to see if any of my 'smarter-than-thou' profs would catch on. None of them ever did! Of course, I only did this to profs I considered over-rated charlatans.

Does anyone else my age like the music that's out there now?

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Most modern music to me, sounds like someone banging two garbage can lids together.

Is the all-volunteer military a success or failure?

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Another peculiarity of the contractors is that they pay different wages to different nationalities. E.g., Chileans might get $300 per day, while Americans get $1,000 per day. I'm surprised it hasn't produced friction within their ranks.

Where does the USA go from here?

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Back to the 1930s!

1986: Coverage of the Challenger explosion

davknight comments on Jan 29, 2019:

I was sitting on my couch, watching the 'Today Show' coverage. A thought flashed through my mind. 'Watch it blow up!'. Then, for a brief second, I 'saw' it blow up. It was a very visual image, like i was watching it on TV. Only it was still on the launch pad. Then, it was launched; and a few moments later, it blew up in flight. Then, I could remember feeling guilty about the whole thing. But what could I have done? Anyone else ever have a pre-cognitive experience? I have had a few. Some of which saved my life.

Wednesday it is forecasted to be -11 F. Sunday 40F. weather in the frozen tundra of Wisconsin.

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Once, when I was younger, I thought I'd grow a beard. But I lived in a region of ferocious, arctic-like winters. And if I stayed outside for any length of time, stalactites of ice would grow in my whiskers, causing them to clank like wind chimes, when I walked. I finally got tired of clinking, and shaved the thing off!

Another week begins and so as we go into the world among the great unwashed, ignorant and ill ...

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Cognitive dissonance seems to be one of America's "virtues". Ignorance is Bliss. No Sense makes Sense!

Pentagon documents the military's growing domestic drone use! The Pentagon recorded 11 domestic...

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Kids! Get your slingshots!

Just got a booty call...

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

You just got your electric bill?

If someone states they hate the ballet, or video games, or art, or any number of other things no one...

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I noticed that, early on in life. Once, when a co-worker asked "Who are the Lions playing this week?" My response was "The Christians! Next week, they get to play the Goths!" Of course, everyone within earshot just stared dumbfounded at me.

When people start off their post with.

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Fear that others won't like their comments?

Noted religious scholar thinks we need more bible study.

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

One day, Trump may be forced to rat on his own!

Glencoe, Scotland Vast and beautiful

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Site of a massacre of MacDonald Clansmen in 1692. Where ghosties of those slain still cry out "Glencoe!" on spooky winter eveinings.

Alligators freeze in N. Carolina swamp with noses above ice. [msn.com]

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

That's how they survived the Ice Age!

Art of the Steal How to ride success by claiming it is yours to a group of very low IQ people.

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

I firmly believe that it all began when the elementary schools stopped teaching history, geography, and social studies, forty years ago!

Cotton seeds sprout on the Moon.

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

A hundred years from now, 'moon jeans' will be in vogue.

India is so overpopulated that many ‘antinatalist’ people are deciding not to have children

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

They might have done that half a billion babies ago!

What strikes you as odd in the old testament?

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

That many books have been excluded from it. This is also true of the New Testament "gospels". I ran across an interesting book entitled "The Gnostic Bible", which contains many of the 'lost' gospels.

This sorta falls into the map category. ?

davknight comments on Jan 28, 2019:

Looks like a diagram of my old high school in the early '70s!

The Humanist chapter in Portland OR is having a competition for anyone who has a project they would ...

davknight comments on Jan 26, 2019:

How about a tax on landlords, to build housing for the homeless? This would be stiffened with a freeze on rents.

If you know her name don't spoil it yet.

davknight comments on Jan 26, 2019:

She looks familiar. Like someone I knew in the Third Grade.

Actual children could probably run it better! ...

davknight comments on Jan 26, 2019:

You are probably right!

You know, once 45 has been removed from office, I think we should do like the ancient Egyptians used...

davknight comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Unfortunately, historians 500 years from now, will be laughing at us, for having elected the Orange Dingbat in the first place!

The INSANITY of South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham his republican Fascists cohorts to waste ...

davknight comments on Jan 26, 2019:

Are you saying Graham has gone stark, raving crackers? You're probably right!

Most people can’t comprehend this process beyond the first few steps.

davknight comments on Jan 26, 2019:

You can't outlaw Human knowledge. Nor can you keep it secret. If you were whatever Homo Habilus who discovered fire, a million years ago, you could only keep it 'secret' a little while. You can outlaw guns, or drugs. But you can't outlaw the knowledge to manufacture them.

When you map it all out the effect is astounding.

davknight comments on Jan 26, 2019:

When Maduro's 72 hrs are up, we can make it 57. Trump would give nothing more than a casus belli for US military intervention in Venezuela. For no other reason than to show what a "tough" guy he is, to regain some of his lost support.

"You only have the constitutional rights you think you have if you have the money to pay for them.

davknight comments on Jan 25, 2019:

With liberty and justice for all. Just us Rich folks that is!

I need money, but I’m having trouble finding work.

davknight comments on Jan 25, 2019:

Check out non-profit agencies that help developmentally disabled adults. They are chronically under-staffed, and nearly always in need of help.

Trump reportedly walked out of a policy meeting to watch TV

davknight comments on Jan 25, 2019:

The Jerry Springer Show must have been on!

Coast Guard begins reselling seized cocaine amid government shutdown.

davknight comments on Jan 25, 2019:

Trumpy must harbor a grudge against the Coast Guard. They are the only branch of the military not getting paid.

Dealing with religious people at work

davknight comments on Jan 25, 2019:

I just tell em I'm a cannibal-satanist; and they stay away from me!

Do You Speak A Second Or More Language(s) Fluently?

davknight comments on Jan 25, 2019:

I speak bad Spanish, poor French, lousy German, and pigeon Latin, Russki, and Italian. Plus, I can say caca in seven languages!

Five monkeys cloned from a single monkey have been born in China. [ccdiscovery.com]

davknight comments on Jan 25, 2019:

Let us hope no one ever clones five Trumps!

The worldwide crusade of people who choose for humanity to die out to save the planet | Daily Mail ...

davknight comments on Jan 25, 2019:

The worldwide crusaders should self-destruct first.

The USA experience from a UK perspective.

davknight comments on Jan 25, 2019:

Many of the British North American Colonies were founded, in part, to be dumping grounds for religious denominations, unwanted elsewhere. Over time, they acquired political influence. Now, we are stuck with them.

Ok I am not American but to me how can the legitimacy of this presidency be maintained if all his ...

davknight comments on Jan 25, 2019:

It takes as long to impeach one, as it does to campaign for, and elect one. And even if impeached, they can always challenge it in court. In Merry Olde England, of just three-hundred years ago, a guy like Trump would have been pulled apart by horses, hung in chains, drawn n quartered, and have his head carried through the streets on a pike. But alas, nowadays, we must give them their 'due process'.

Roger Stone has been arrested.

davknight comments on Jan 25, 2019:

Trump will soon be hiding under his bed.

[globalresearch.ca] Are most Americans aware of this and do they care ?

davknight comments on Jan 24, 2019:

Most are unaware of this, due to what little history they get in school (much of which is sugar-coated).And if confronted with unpleasant facts, Americans are conditioned to get defensive about it. It's like they live in their own glass house over here.

New study reminds us of the sickening rate at which ice is melting: “That is just the tip of ...

davknight comments on Jan 24, 2019:

Things will come to a head when delegations of angry Polar Bears march into the UN.

If you are pro union or not, unions helped to create what was the strongest middle wealthiest middle...

davknight comments on Jan 24, 2019:

Employers are organized. So workers need to be organized as well. The problem is that the best that unions can get for them is a few more crumbs.

Chemistry Is Weird, Brain Chemistry Is Weirder: Part One Despite the fact that most of us were ...

davknight comments on Jan 24, 2019:

It's a chemical world out there. And we can create anything we want, with the right combination of chemicals.

What Would You Tell Your 18-Year-Old Self?

davknight comments on Jan 24, 2019:

Keep every gun you buy, because one day, they will be worth a fortune!

The hypocrites in Washington bitch constantly about "Russian interference", then what do they do in ...

davknight comments on Jan 24, 2019:

The Trump regime seems to be using the US Embassy in Caracas as human bait, for Maduro to snap at--thus providing the casus belli for US military intervention. Meanwhile, Venezuela is mobilizing its massive militia, to support the Venezuelan military in repelling a US invasion. We'll see what happens when the 72-hr ultimatum is up. Trump has been discussing this with his aides for some time. And he just may view US intervention as a way of boosting his sagging poll numbers; as well as taking away public attention fro the Mueller investigation.

If possible what would you say to Donald Trump...

davknight comments on Jan 24, 2019:

Stop your imbecilic tweeting. Resign your office. And self-deport! You are an embarrassment to the country!

Climate change.

davknight comments on Jan 24, 2019:

Unfortunately, most climate-change deniers are illiterate, and can't read books!

Why is there no Comrade Chump approval group here on agnostic?

davknight comments on Jan 24, 2019:

Oh, they're here. Every now and then, I see a comment or post in here, obviously made by a Trumplerite!

Wilbur Ross doesn’t understand why furloughed federal workers need food banks

davknight comments on Jan 24, 2019:

I don't understand why he needs a suit n tie. Tar n chicken feathers, mixed with a little motor oil n sheep dip, would fit him just as well!

Why I don't feel guilty about celebrating Christmas 1.

davknight comments on Jan 23, 2019:

Christmas is the only redeeming feature of Christianity. It's the only time of the year when people are reasonably nice to one another.

Trump Wants To Reclassify Nuclear Waste As Less Dangerousm| Metro US ...

davknight comments on Jan 23, 2019:

Henceforth, all nuclear waste must be buried at Mara Lago!

Money is power? True or false?

davknight comments on Jan 23, 2019:

Bob Dylan: "Money don't talk. It swears!".

Book sales

davknight comments on Jan 23, 2019:

According to a used book seller I know, women's romance novels, followed by detective stories, and sci-fi, are his fastest sellers.

Polls show anyone and everyone else beating Trump [realclearpolitics.

davknight comments on Jan 23, 2019:

If you have a dog, your dog could beat Trump! I'd vote for him!

Attacks on Reality (as Confirmed by Science)

davknight comments on Jan 23, 2019:

Reminds me of a sign I once saw: "Stupid is forever. But ignorance can be fixed". Education is the key!

Does anybody else have a problem with thinking while speaking?

davknight comments on Jan 23, 2019:

My problem is speaking while thinking!

Here's a question.

davknight comments on Jan 22, 2019:

Calling in "sick" is a form of striking.

Are morality and empathy basically the same?

davknight comments on Jan 22, 2019:

Empathy is when we put another person's britches on, and walk around in them a spell. Morality is when we tell other people that they must wear britches.

What's are you're thoughts on modern libertarianism vs democratic socialism

davknight comments on Jan 22, 2019:

Capitalism cannot survive, without injecting a little Socialism, in order to keep the mobs away from the gates. Socialism cannot survive, without allowing a little Capitalism, to keep the mobs away from the gates. The problem is in finding the balance between the two.

Medicare for all - are you for or against it?

davknight comments on Jan 19, 2019:

I hate health insurance companies; and would like to see them all put out of business! So I'm all for a national healthcare program. Just so long as it excludes the health insurance pirates!

Sense of Belonging... do you have it, have you ever felt it, how important is it to you?

davknight comments on Jan 19, 2019:

To anthropologists, belonging is the most important Human need. To psychologists, love is most important.

Ohio's new Gov. Mike DeWine swears on 9 Bibles during oath-of-office ceremony

davknight comments on Jan 19, 2019:

This brings up a question. Why are atheists, agnostics, and other non-Christians made to swear on a bible before testifying in court? Is this not a violation of Freedom of Religion? Does anyone know if this has ever been legally challenged?

When I read this: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

davknight comments on Jan 18, 2019:

I'm kind of dyslexic. So I see 'Dog', instead of 'God'. But it all actually makes entertaining reading, if you substitute 'Dog' for 'God'.

Changes in planet Saturn. [youtube.com]

davknight comments on Jan 18, 2019:

Saturn used to be in the Sun's eco-sphere (or 'goldilocks zone'). But the Saturnalians destroyed their atmosphere, by burning fossil fuels. Now, all that's left is an uninhabitable planet, with a few, dirty rings around it (all that's left of their atmosphere). Earth may look like that one day.

America: Do you believe Canada is a socialist country?

davknight comments on Jan 18, 2019:

Not even remotely. It is merely a nicer, saner, more civilized country!

Presidential atheists?

davknight comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Thomas Jefferson was what we would call Agnostic. Until he started growing old, when he became a 'deist'.

Brave? Heroic?

davknight comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Glorification of the US Military goes back to the post-Vietnam War period. The Pentagon decided to undertake a massive makeover of the military's PR image. One of the methods they used was to make available to filmmakers, cash grants, if they were making a film that glorified, or inspired sympathy for the military.A similar project was undertaken by the old Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, to improve the public's perception of the police. In that case, funds were made available to offset the production costs of 'cop shows' on TV. So, the US population has undergone nearly 50 years of pro- police/military psychological conditioning in that regards.

No wonder we're fucked.....

davknight comments on Jan 17, 2019:

Words actually uttered in the English Parliament, in the fifteenth-century: "The World could not possibly be round. Otherwise, the people on the lower half would fall into the void!"

What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain? | Literary Hub

davknight comments on Jan 15, 2019:

I don't know what it does to your brain, but it makes you near-sighted as heck!

Build a Wall Around Trump

davknight comments on Jan 15, 2019:

Make that a cage!

Hey any moderates out there? Can one be so in this environment?

davknight comments on Jan 15, 2019:

I think the Libertarians are the only moderates left!

Florida official says Rashida Tlaib might "blow up the Capitol Building!" Signs petition to remove ...

davknight comments on Jan 15, 2019:

Hmmm. I wonder what Rashida Tlaib, and Steven King might have in common? Both harbor views that the anti-Free Speechers dislike?

So very very true....

davknight comments on Jan 14, 2019:

An Austrian ArchDuke got bumped off, while visiting Serbia. Austria-Hungary claimed Serbia was responsible, and invaded the joint. But, Serbia was allied with Russia, which put Russia in the war. But, Austria-Hungary was allied with Germany, which put Germany in the war. But, Russia was allied with France, which put France in the war. In order to beat up the French quickly, and then turn East to face the Russians, Germany invaded France by way of Belgium, which put Belgium in the war. But, Belgium was a protectorate of Great Britain, which put Britain in the war.But, the Ottoman Turkish empire was allied with Germany, which put the Turks in the war. In short, my children, it was one huge and mindless catastrophe, which claimed 15 million military dead. (No one ever tabulated the civilian deaths). To historians, it is considered a classic example of the dangers posed by competing alliances.

Lindsey Graham is out stumping for the president, for the wall! No end in sight for the government ...

davknight comments on Jan 14, 2019:

Are you saying Graham has gone stark, raving Crackers?