How do you feel about this ?

gearl comments on Oct 5, 2018:

According to AP https://www.apnews.com/c09b2ee4b71540c8a7fd6178820c5970 churches must register with the government or otherwise they are shut down and certain churches have refused to do so and are being closed. The article say also that China has an estimated 38 million Protestants, and experts have predicted that the country will have the world’s largest Christian population in a few decades. It also says they have been much harder on Muslims than Christians. I agree with the other commenters that FAUX is the last place I would go to get facts.

Anyone care to Share?

gearl comments on Jan 7, 2018:

I can't match yours but the one that stands out in my mind is after a friend's incessant bugging me to go with him. I relented and went to "The Door." I could feel the hair standing up on the nap of my neck, it was so weird.

How is your faith in humanity?

gearl comments on Nov 1, 2017:

When I was religious I was very negative. When I lost faith in religion I gained faith in people. Right now in the present political climate I have lost a lot of faith in people in general.

Oh man, let's add big tariffs to foreign steel and watch our industry grow --- NOT ...

gearl comments on Mar 10, 2018:

He's also pushing coal while destroying green energy and wanting manufacturing back. There is no need for good educations for our kids as they can all have jobs that are already becoming obsolete. Let’s all live in the past.

Some people think that we should just let everyone believe whatever fantasy they want.

gearl comments on Jan 10, 2019:

I've always wrestled with the solution to this problem. It has certainly gotten worse since Reagan. I've always felt that the school system has bent to this hypocrisy and let parents walk all over what good teachers we had. I know that in this town we have no decent teachers left. My daughter is a senior at NAU so I was familiar with the teachers just three years ago. All the decent ones have since moved on and many have gone into different fields. The county government has also went to shit becoming a good ol boy bunch of greedy bastards. I hope that more people of moral character will start to run for local office similar to what we saw in the House and take back government. Good people need to run for school boards especially and get education back into education.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

gearl comments on Jun 28, 2018:

Perhaps only eyes peering out of a black void.

Evangelicals Are Comparing Trump To The Biblical King David - The Intellectualist

gearl comments on Mar 28, 2018:

More and more folks on CNN and MSNBC are calling out the evangelicals. The kids speaking at the marches and saying no more “thoughts and prayer” without action. More and more people on YouTube are calling out their hypocrisy. I hear it in regular conversation even with the religious. Trump’s actions with Stormy and Karen and perhaps a bunch more women highlight his hypocrisy. His polls with the hypocrites may not be changing but for the other 2/3, I believe it is. Not all folks are as hypocritical as lowlife evangelicals.

First 3 at Madrock, Conception Bay, NL and last 3 at Manuel's River.

gearl comments on Apr 11, 2020:

Nice, I'm partial to the river shots.

Trump now wants to not give green cards to legal immigrants who use any kind of public assistance.

gearl comments on Sep 23, 2018:

But his agendas don't have to make sense, they just have to deter immigration or do whatever is on his mind at that particular moment. We have to vote come November.

Do you know if there is a way to sue WT for the time wasted?

gearl comments on Jun 28, 2019:

I'm 75 and I wasted half of my life in that religion. I also did it willingly as I really believed what I was doing was the right thing to do. Suing for being stupid would make you look more so.

Huge fires are burning all over the world, including the Arctic Circle.

gearl comments on Jul 25, 2018:

I have an acquaintance with whom I can discuss the Bible, evolution or politics but if I bring up climate change its pure blasphemy. He goes berserk. It really seems to be a major issue in the evangelical community and completely binary.

Respect for the/a Flag: How best to proceed?

gearl comments on Mar 21, 2018:

What respect I had for the flag has taken a siesta over the last year. Whenever people are forced to “respect” something the opposite happens and the symbol become one representing tyranny.

A bouquet of roses from the Capitol Rose Garden, Sacramento [youtube.com]

gearl comments on Apr 10, 2019:

A nice set of photos.

NC Azaleas just for @Lincoln55 It was a bit overcast this evening so they aren't washed out like ...

gearl comments on Apr 7, 2020:

The thing I miss most about the east is the spring flowers.

And how cold is it where you are?

gearl comments on Jan 16, 2018:

I live in the White Mountains of Arizona. Unlike the East, we have experienced the warmest winter that I have seen after living here since 1976. Normally our temperatures are about the same as the midwest but this year it has gotten down to 20 a couple of times and 60s in the day. I burn wood and have used about half what I would have used normally. No snow on the ski-run either and they have been able to make very little. It's also the driest winter with virtually no moisture for the last few months.

Whadaya gonna do whadaya gonna say?

gearl comments on Jun 17, 2019:

I don't think he will. He did lose the popular vote last time so it was without impressive numbers.

My wife and I went out this morning to watch the fall birds. Here are a few we found.

gearl comments on Oct 25, 2020:

I believe 1 and 7 are red-tailed hawks. 2 and 6 are rufous-crowned sparrows. 3 white-crowned sparrow but can't see the crown. 4 a chipping sparrow 5 is a dark-eyed junco. 8 maybe a ring-billed gull. I welcome corrections or help. Crescent Lake is at 9,000 ft in the White Mountains of Arizona.

Do you think all religious are equal?

gearl comments on Oct 24, 2017:

I agree with you. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Sarah Haider and other well-known Muslims all point to the fact that it is their holy book and adherence to it that causes so many problems within the Muslim communities. All Christians are not alike. The closer they adhere to their holy book the more immoral they become in my opinion. It’s fundies that profess belief in killing gays, in taking away civil rights, women’s rights and that claim they’re being persecuted when anyone argues with them. Some do believe in science, evolution, and human rights. From what I’ve seen moderate Muslims are less tolerant than almost all Christians. I would certainly team up with a Christian or a Muslim for a good cause even though I disagreed with him and would argue with him the next day on philosophy. I see so much us/them ideology right now that I don’t want to get in that same camp as what we see in government. They are all false but not all equally dangerous.

Old stones

gearl comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Interesting

Original Sin

gearl comments on Mar 10, 2018:

Sin comes from the idea of missing the mark of perfection which implies that there is perfection which in turn implies a god setting that target. I agree that this is nothing more than a scam targeting gullible people to try to offer them a level that doesn’t even exist.

Who's into debating with religious people?

gearl comments on Aug 8, 2018:

To me it's the moral issue. Can't be moral without god. Pretty easy to debate but it seems to me the most used.

Well I've written a couple of books.

gearl comments on Dec 9, 2018:

I'll give it a read.

What I'm reading at the moment.

gearl comments on Jan 9, 2018:

I've read several including about a year ago "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari. It was very interesting.

Some lovely local butterflies.

gearl comments on Aug 24, 2019:

Great work.

A Story that Grew in the Telling The source evidence that exists that purports to show that ...

gearl comments on Jan 16, 2018:

I have yet to see any source evidence the Jesus even existed.

It ain't the 3 bears

gearl comments on Mar 25, 2019:

No other book can make atheists faster than the Bible when read without coaching from a religious instructor. When my daughter was about 12 she started asking questions about the Bible. I handed her one and told her to start reading at Genesis 1, a chapter a day, all by herself. She got to where Lot had sex with his own daughters and that was it for her. I don't think she ever picked up another Bible ever again.

Should recreatinal drug use be legalized?

gearl comments on Dec 24, 2017:

It would appear that in today's political climate #2 would be much more achievable than #3. Maybe work on it first and then down the road a few years, convince people of #3.

My orchids

gearl comments on Apr 18, 2019:

Beautiful. My wife is an orchid grower and I take full advantage when they are blooming.

Taken near Williamsport, PA a number of years ago from a paddleboat.

gearl comments on May 11, 2020:

Nice light-play on the patterns.

How many on here either have decided to abandon major social media platforms (FaceBook, Twitter, ...

gearl comments on Apr 30, 2019:

I have a Facebook account but use it only for family, friends and instant messaging with family. I don't post what I'm doing or politics or religion and very, very little else. I check it a time or two a week.

Understanding Unbelief – Understanding Unbelief is a major new research programme aiming to ...

gearl comments on Jul 11, 2019:

In regard to 7, I saw a study the other day about support for the detainment camps at the border and evangelicals were the most supportive of them and nonbelievers were the least supportive.

Me Too, Never Again.

gearl comments on Jan 8, 2018:

I'm a bit ambivalent about Oprah because of her lack of political experience. Would I vote for her? You bet, and I thought she gave a great speech last night.

And the meaning of life is...

gearl comments on Apr 10, 2019:

The meaning of life is whatever meaning you give to it.

California Wants To Shut Down Christian River View Christian Academy, Accused Of Punishing Gay ...

gearl comments on Jun 15, 2019:

I'm sure they'll cry persecution when they get shut down.

Does religion tell us what is right or wrong or does that come from society and training by our ...

gearl comments on Aug 28, 2018:

From my personal experience, from my reading “holy books”, from the current stories coming out of Pennsylvania, and from the evangelical pick for President I would say that it certainly isn’t from religion. As our parents get their morals from society, I would conclude that morals or ethics are a societal construct.

25 or so years ago I was in a conversation(argument) with some friends and family members regarding ...

gearl comments on Nov 13, 2017:

I have used a similar argument several times. If god created our galaxy of over 100 billion stars which is one of over a hundred billion galaxies in a universe with a diameter of about 92 billion light years with most starts having planets revolving around them, then he’s pretty powerful dude. Why would such a being be at all concerned about what Phil and Max were doing last night at their place over on Fifth and Vine?

Looking through some old images and ran across this jewel.

gearl comments on Jun 10, 2018:

My wife is Catholic and I an atheist. My wife sent Sam to CCD for a couple of years but when she voiced the opinion that she no longer wanted to attend her mother let that be her right and never again made her go to church. It's funny now, because my wife is very proud of her daughter who is an outspoken, independent young woman and all my wife's friends seem to hold our daughter up as an example for their girls to strive for.

Just because someone has achieved senior citizen status does not grant one the right to go ...

gearl comments on Aug 2, 2018:

I'm 74 and I hope I don't come across that way unless I am challenging someone else who I feel is being nasty, bitter and grumpy.

With a little bit of critical thinking thrown in along with some common sense and good judgment.

gearl comments on May 22, 2019:

That hits the nail on the head.

What would you do if Jesus showed up at your door?

gearl comments on Sep 27, 2018:

If he could speak English and I had a reasonable reason for believing he was actually Jesus then I'd ask him in for supper. I'd have plenty to ask that sucker.

I love taking photographs at night, especially by the light of the full moon.

gearl comments on Sep 12, 2019:

Very well done.

In my times of depression.

gearl comments on Jul 26, 2018:

That's a wonderful story. Christians have it both ways because no matter what happens if it's good it's God's will and if it's not then it's Satan or God works in mysterious ways.

Why isn't trump being called out for the treasonous, racist pig that he is?

gearl comments on Dec 5, 2017:

Sounds like most people agree with you. I do.

The Republicans are taking a victory lap for essentially not being a felon.

gearl comments on Mar 26, 2019:

It appears to me that Republicans and Democrats live by two completely different moral standards. Republicans can and do just about anything and deny it and don't seem to have to own up whereas Democrats can't get away with anything without the world crashing down around them. I really think they need to take a few lessons from the Republicans about standing their ground and standing up for one another. I hope the House can stand together till they get the complete report from Mueller then make it public.

Considering that religion has gone to war with us should we go to war against religion?

gearl comments on Oct 29, 2017:

We have folks like David Silverman at American Atheists, the Freedom from Religion Foundation, the ACLU, the Richard Dawkins Foundation, Ex-Muslims of NA and the Origins Project. A lot of people on YouTube are pretty much at war with religion. These folks are speaking out about as loud as anybody can, which is pretty much equivalent to being a missionary. They do demand that illegal references to religion be removed from public buildings and the other things you mention. No, the absolute worst thing we could ever do would be to use violence.

Ecuadorian street art pt.

gearl comments on Apr 15, 2019:

I really like these.

Here’s a real man ;)

gearl comments on Oct 5, 2018:

My wife explains that to me every day!

Beihai Park Beijing

gearl comments on Apr 7, 2019:

I especially like the yellow boat in the canal.

It is okay to talk to yourself.

gearl comments on Mar 25, 2019:

And to think I was about ready to answer a serious question.

PROOF THAT TRUMP IS A HERO One of my FB friends is a yuge pro-Trumper and evangelical.

gearl comments on Sep 26, 2018:

That bastard would never get in the water much less rescue cats.

Are New Religious Movements evidence of a traditional religions resurgence in the modern era, or a ...

gearl comments on Dec 26, 2017:

Compare the last hundred years with the one previous. The 1800s saw Mormonism then Millerism which branched into Seventh Day Adventism and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Christian Science and the Salvation Army made inroads. The only churches of any significance born in the last hundred years that I can think of is Scientology and Wicca. Granted there have been a host of sects springing up but most fade within a few years. Pentecostalism sprang up after 1900 and has surely grown over the last century but I wonder if it hasn’t reached its climax and we will start to see declining numbers. If Europe is any example we may see large segments of our society distancing themselves from religion. I hope that the current wave of hypocrisy that is so evident, will hurry this along.

2/20/2020......this is probably the most snow we've seen so far this winter. ;) ;)

gearl comments on Feb 23, 2020:

I live in Arizona and we've had quite a few of those this winter.

Since you all have been non believers, has it ever crossed your mind "what if im wrong"?

gearl comments on Jan 3, 2018:

For a few months.

Abuse toward indigenous women I read about this, this morning in the Seattle Times and was going ...

gearl comments on Jun 2, 2019:

I miss news about inspirational people instead of the daily dose to politics.

So what do you think?

gearl comments on Oct 9, 2018:

I don't wait for the unicorn, I stay informed, I vote issues and I vote every single time.

Is it snowing where your at?

gearl comments on Jan 16, 2018:

I wish. We need some badly. It's really dry here.

Building the perfect candidate to beat Trump! / Boing Boing

gearl comments on May 22, 2019:

The problem with a lot of Democrats is they don't appear proud to be liberal. Let's run a liberal not a good ol boy.

Lunch view.

gearl comments on Apr 10, 2019:

I could go for that right about now.

State of the Union Address, anyone?

gearl comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I'll watch a while till I throw up and my wife is screaming at me to clean up the mess.

Today' s sunset

gearl comments on Feb 23, 2020:

Beautiful.

Landscapes — 1: This geoglyph in the form of a wedge-tailed eagle was created by Andrew Rogers ...

gearl comments on Apr 15, 2019:

One place I've always wanted to go and haven't made it is New Zealand especially South Island. Your last photo makes me jealous.

Man shows up to site of Santa Fe High School shooting with American flag, Trump hat and gun

gearl comments on May 18, 2018:

That's sad!

How did Trump get elected?

gearl comments on Jun 2, 2019:

Because Democrats are not pack animals like Republicans. We're more like cats fighting among ourselves. I like Bernie and could never vote for Hillary. They're pit bulls and grab on to something and never let go until it's pried from their dead jowls. No amount of evidence will ever sway them.

Have you seen the insurance ad that claims Americans on average live in eleven different places?

gearl comments on May 12, 2019:

Seven places, 2 states

How to let your children find their own way?

gearl comments on Oct 29, 2017:

I let her go down her own road but when she asked I used Isaac Asimov’s advice: “Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.” She started at Genesis 1:1 and got as far as Lot’s having sex with his own daughters and that did the trick. She started identifying as an atheist soon after when she was in middle school.

What are your thoughts.

gearl comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Religion tends to be conservative in that it never wants to change and at times to go backward. I hope we never go back but forces seem to want that.

The news media is way out of line.

gearl comments on Mar 23, 2018:

He's Republican and we have a Republican congress. Some may be worse than others but Republicans support for him is a very few issues with ProLife/ProChoice and 2nd Ammendment at the top. As long as he gives them what they want on these issues they will support him.

A lot of the religious people look down on atheist people and consider them to be immoral.

gearl comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Hell, a lot of the religious people look down on people of other religions and think they are going to hell also. We're just a peg below them on the ladder.

Does anybody have knowledge or experience with Cromo filters with DSLRs?

gearl comments on Nov 23, 2019:

I had to Google it but apparently they are the same as Cokin filters. They are square and fit in a holder that attaches into the filter ring of the lens. I have a slew of Cokin filters but haven't used them in years. I would imagine that because filters affect the light passing through them before entering the lens, that any that worked with film would have the same effect with digital except when say, auto color balance tries to compensate for them if you shoot jpgs. I just haven't felt any need for them in years as I can preform the same function in Photoshop more effectively. Perhaps neutral density filters might be helpful for giving a waterfall a silky appearance with a long exposure but for me, mine just sit on the shelf. There are also some that give star-burst effects or rainbows effects which if you have, might be fun for you to play with.

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary - Reptiles - my favourites

gearl comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Nice shots.

I’ve never been a believer.

gearl comments on Nov 25, 2017:

I would guess that to most of us here it just means losing our belief in a particular religion and in god in general. I was raised a JW and then at about 38 I began having doubts and losing my faith so I was deconverted from being a JW.

I just read that I have Trump Derangement Syndrome.

gearl comments on Aug 1, 2018:

Hell, that must be what I have been down with for the last 18 months.

Would you like to understand reality?

gearl comments on Apr 26, 2020:

I would say you have different ideas that most everybody else. Any evidence for any of this? It sound a bit like people calling into The Atheist Experience and endeavoring to get Matt to agree with them. The title appears to talk down to the rest of us just as if you were a preacher lecturing his flock.

The six churches I visited yesterday...

gearl comments on Mar 31, 2019:

When I was in the Philippines last, we spent the entire day visiting old churches. Some of the folks that went with us thought I must be a devote Catholic because I wanted to see all those old buildings some from the 1500s. Nice pictures you have.

Oregon Senate OKs temporary freeze on cannabis production

gearl comments on Apr 29, 2019:

Wanna keep that pot in the hands of the well off. Don't want those poor folk to have access. I have a lot of pain and would use cannabis if it were available. It is available as medical marijuana but at I price I can't afford. As far as I can see this is just a ploy to get tax money and to make a lot of people pay more than they can practically afford for a natural plant. Can people grow their own in Oregon? That is what I would do here in AZ if we can get the bill through past the better than thous.

Making Love Not War: The Wild Sexual World of Bonobos - YouTube

gearl comments on Sep 23, 2018:

It makes me think of the last episode of Sense Eight. I'm all for being more like bonobos rather than chimps but I'm not religious. Religion is certainly a chimp-like enterprise with alpha white males at the top.

Are atheists and agnostics intolerant?

gearl comments on Dec 27, 2017:

It's one thing to criticize ideas and another to criticize people. Some people call it criticizing the messenger instead of the message. It's also called an ad hominem attack. Many people don't seem or don't want to understand the difference. When someone attacks an idea such as female genital mutilation then Muslims say we're attacking them. No we are pointing out a sick practice. When someone says he doesn't believe Jesus was a real person some religious people say we are defaming them by not believing as they do. No we're just saying what we personally believe. These things are not personal attacks. I doubt most of us go out in public or knocking on doors trying to convince people of our assessments on issues but when we are asked or challenged with them, certainly it is our right to express opinions. Too many times not agreeing with somebody is construed as chastisement. Should we live and let live? Sure, but turnabout is fair play.

Do you think that substance abuse should be decriminalized and treated as a health issue?

gearl comments on Mar 14, 2019:

Definitely.

When The Earth Was Flat --- all the bits of science we got wrong.

gearl comments on Oct 31, 2017:

Thanks, I’ll look that book up. Your comment made me think of Newton. He is considered by many to be one of the most intelligent people who ever lived yet because of indoctrination he spent more time on alchemy than on physics. Even during the renaissance it would have been a death sentence to speak out against the church. People were as intelligent as we but they just lacked education and information and the church did everything they could to keep it that way. Now we have people that call themselves conservatives and those who are progressive. Conservatives, especially social conservatives, tend to want to return to the days of ignorance while progressive look to the future. I have real problems with those who look back at the ancient world and find magical knowledge that was lost. I have never found evidence of that in any literature that I have ever read. People were ingenious but they had no “hidden knowledge that was lost.” The holy books have bronze age thinking permeating their pages and it is useful historically to learn how those people thought but because so much of those books is pure myth, it certainly is not useful as factual history and the contents are not scientific and they contain very little morality.

Since we are in favor of equality should we not have an equal number of women in our government as ...

gearl comments on Nov 9, 2017:

Looking at the number of women who replaced white men in Virginia the other night maybe all it would take is for more women to get out and run for office. I’m not for replacing men with women only because their women but if they can do the job, then they have my vote.

Ignosticism, anyone?

gearl comments on Dec 3, 2017:

I’m a naturalist. I don’t believe in the supernatural and leave it at that.

Yesterday we drove the Apache Trail (AZ 88) to see if the cactus have started to bloom and searching...

gearl comments on Apr 10, 2019:

I'll try to give it a go before they're all gone.

What do people get irked at you over?

gearl comments on Feb 23, 2019:

Quite a few folks get irked at me because I have a reasonable, likable and kind kid while their kids are assholes but I'm atheist as is my daughter and they're "Christian."

The BITE Model of Influence • Open Minds Foundation

gearl comments on Aug 8, 2019:

As a former Jehovah's Witness I see that the practices in his list are almost all shared by them. To me, the biggest thing that separates cults from more mainstream religions is the practice of shunning. As some of the respondents mention below this aspect is becoming more mainstream. Many Evangelicals and fundamentalist folks shun their own children or friends for infringement of dogma especially apostasy, homosexuality and misogyny. The thing is I'm personally seeing a type of shunning in Catholic and other mainstream religions and even in relation to politics. I just don't remember that happening twenty years ago.

What is consent?

gearl comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I don't always know but I try. I've been married twice and it was different for each of them and also for those women between marriages. I know I'm rambling but what I'm trying to get at is a lot depends on how well you really know your partner. I've never had one night stands so again, I am ignorant other than I know a no means no.

"We all know Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is a climate ...

gearl comments on Mar 5, 2018:

Tell me one Cabinet position that is a decent pick, just one that supports science. Tillerson would probably be closest because he, I'm sure, believes in technology but probably not the science that created it. Mnuchin, Zinke, Perdue, Ross, Acosta, Azar, Carson, Perry, and especially DeVos all want nothing more than to destroy the agencies they are in charge of.

Another example of 45's total lack of understanding: [washingtonpost.com]

gearl comments on Sep 23, 2018:

Sometimes I wonder if 45 was born without empathy or if he merely suppressed it all his life until he became completely devoid.

5 Founding Fathers Whose Skepticism About Christianity Would Make Them Unelectable Today | Alternet

gearl comments on Feb 19, 2018:

Good talking points in these crazy times.

So...um, it’s almost June but no one told Colorado.

gearl comments on May 21, 2019:

We had about an inch here in Arizona also. It had about half melted when I took this.

I posted this in natural history, but thought it would go well here too.

gearl comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Nice to see nature from across the pond.

Okay.

gearl comments on Sep 13, 2019:

Does the Bible ever say that any creature has free will? Creation myths often end in adventures of the first humans clearly making choices and being held responsible for free thought such as Eve being held responsible for wanting knowledge. I do hear the argument that Satan's fall demonstrates free will by theologians. Frankly though, I would say that our modern definition of the concept is well above the Bible's pay grade.

I bought and read the Fire and Fury. Should I buy and read Fear?

gearl comments on Sep 14, 2018:

I bought it the day it came out. I am half-way through it right now and don't regret my purchase. It has a different feel to it than either "Fire and Fury" or "Russian Roulette." Woodward is more moderate but because of that, I think the book carries more weight. It is certainly excellently written.

Grassley: Trump saying wind turbine noise causes cancer is 'idiotic' | TheHill

gearl comments on Apr 4, 2019:

He's got a lot to lose on this issue or he would probably support Humpty Trumpty.

Weighing in on the Kavanaugh confirmation with Exhibit A.

gearl comments on Sep 29, 2018:

I wonder if he would have had the same reaction if your views were more in line with his. Would the conversation have become "more appropriate"?

Who should we believe experts or the talking heads of the media?

gearl comments on Apr 24, 2018:

Some media shows have talking heads and some have people that are experts in their fields and list that expertise in the introduction. It seems that even now some shows seem to feel the need to get conflicting opinions even when there are no conflicts among the experts.

Why Didnt Elizabeth Warren Just Keep Her Pie Hole Shut?

gearl comments on Oct 18, 2018:

My goodness, with a liar-in-chief in the White House that humiliates folks numerous times each and every day and then we have Elizabeth who took up that same person's challenge to make a point, I would think we and the Native Americans could give her a break. Let's all just have a little common sense and overlook the small shit! It's fine for them to educate us why they resent her judgement but lets move on. I'm pretty sick of living by two completely different standards. Democrats get crucified for minor infractions while Republicans get away with anything and everything.

What's your favorite comedy movie?

gearl comments on Dec 3, 2017:

What I find about comedy amazing is how things I thought were lying on the floor laughable 50 years ago, are now, when I watch them, quite corny. Also mood play a lot into it. I still like “There’s Something About Mary” though.

Supermarkets here are getting stripped by panic buying.

gearl comments on Mar 19, 2020:

We live in a small town with both a Safeway and a Bashas. I finally got some TP the other day by going in at 6:30. As far a food goes it seems most folks are buying canned goods and noodles. There is so far plenty of produce and that is our staple so I figure we'll be healthier than most as long as this nonsense lasts.

What are you reading currently? Recommend it?

gearl comments on Mar 26, 2018:

Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump by Michael Isikoff, and David Corn

Beto O'Rourke and the Persistence of Hope

gearl comments on Oct 4, 2018:

I would hope that even in Texas there are enough common sense folks that can see through politics and what their pastors are telling them and vote for a guy that says what he believes in rather than what he thinks they want to hear.