Pittsburgh Professor Brenner, Pittsburgh U.

p-nullifidian comments on Jan 5, 2022:

There’s much to agree with in the professor’s observations here. And consider this, it’s only the foreign policy part. Our disassociation from reality is just as profound on the domestic side of the house, perhaps more so.

I think the right island for his exile is Alcatraz or Rikers.

p-nullifidian comments on Jan 5, 2022:

The costume in this cartoon evokes Devils Island, which is probably too good for him! 😉

COVID live updates: Omicron variant makes up 95% of all COVID cases in US One month ago, omicron ...

p-nullifidian comments on Jan 5, 2022:

No surprise here. A “successful” disease is one that is easily spread and keeps its victims from becoming too ill to continue infecting others.

First Jared, Now this, Subway can't get a break (not that they deserve one)

p-nullifidian comments on Jan 4, 2022:

Evidently only Rocky Mountain Oysters were large enough for this mountainous Coloradan! 😉

Disobedience is the Original Virtue.

p-nullifidian comments on Jan 4, 2022:

“How fortunate it is for us all that it is somewhat unnatural for a human being to obey. Universal obedience is universal stagnation; disobedience is one of the conditions of progress. Select any age of the world and tell me what would have been the effect of implicit obedience.” “It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey.” Robert Green Ingersoll, “Individuality” 1873

HaPpY New YeaR My Dear Friends and Colleagues! What does the upcoming 365 days hold for you; for ...

p-nullifidian comments on Jan 2, 2022:

“My own mind is my own church. All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.” “The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” Thomas Paine

(LMAO!) The Ring of Fire - Lin Wood Suggests The Deep State Is Making His Kids Not Talk To Him...

p-nullifidian comments on Jan 1, 2022:

Cry me a river, Trumpist fool! 😂

Mexican porn can be picked up for a few pesos in most mercados, bootleg DVD's are so cheap in ...

p-nullifidian comments on Jan 1, 2022:

A Venn diagram I never thought I’d see! 😆

Happy New Year To All My Dear Friends 💕 🥳

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 31, 2021:

To Betty! 🥂

Remember that photo of the construction workers having lunch on the unfinished Empire State ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 31, 2021:

Dude’s stylin’ while risking it all for the shot … and don’t forget how heavy cameras were back then … total stud!

Greene Wants 'Cooling Off' Voting Period for Dems Moving to Red States

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 31, 2021:

Well, with people like Greene, Boebert, Gohmert and Gaetz in office at least you know where the Republican party would prefer to go… a place where only Republican votes matter. In other words, Republican apartheid.

Good excuse!

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 30, 2021:

Ha!! The unremoved tranquilizer dart is a nice touch. 😂

She's got a point.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 29, 2021:

Wait, who’s Tiffany Trump? 😉

Question about history: Does anyone have a sense of where the Jews of Europe and the Middle East ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 28, 2021:

There are numerous accounts of European Jews being attacked in their homes and villages and their synagogues burned by Crusaders on their way to the coastal ports. Just how likely do you think it would be for a Jew to answer a Papal call to engage in a crusade?

Lon Chaney Jr as the Wolfman with best friend.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 27, 2021:

What a great picture! We had a German Shepherd and she was our best friend for more than 10 years… We miss her still!

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Kwanzaa 'Fake Religion Created by a Psychopath'

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 27, 2021:

A rare instance where MTG and I agree… Kwanza, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, etc. belong in the same category… falsehoods created by psychopaths!

Pastafarians Nativity? Let us pray…

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 25, 2021:

Somewhere there’s a mohel who can’t wait to snip off the tip of his little noodly appendage! 😉

Such sad news...NOT! [metro.co.uk]

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 25, 2021:

You’d think he would’ve gotten the jab to at least protect his wife who has stage 4 cancer! 😡

100 years ago: Eugene Debs released from prison On December 25, 1921, at 11:30 a.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 25, 2021:

A sad chapter… very sad. The Espionage Act was crafted out of a position of fear.

From the Unitarian Universalist Hysterical Society facebook page: "Please accept with no ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 24, 2021:

Wow, can you say, “inclusion?” If UU’s have a doctrine it would be inclusivity!

10 things this nurse is f-ing tired of saying

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 24, 2021:

Good one, but it probably won’t move the needle of reason for the antivaxers and anti science buffoons, including some on this website (e.g, Covid Cult)! As for the rest of us, it’s like preaching to the choir! 🤗

I like pagans, personally.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 24, 2021:

Saturnalia?

An important day

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 24, 2021:

Can there be any doubt that Isaac Newton did more for humanity than all religious founders combined?

Being honest, I may be one...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 24, 2021:

Sorry, but the world really is filled with assholes.

Just in time for x-mas

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 24, 2021:

Joseph’s lament?

Cosmology according to the "Word of god!"

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 24, 2021:

Please, don’t burst my “snow globe” bubble! 😉

In case you wondered what they believed

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 23, 2021:

All this bullshit is over 150 years old. It’s almost low hanging fruit. Scientology, for example, has clearly “improved” on the inherent insanity of religion, but any so-called religious faith contains elements of a break with reality—something beyond the natural. Religion requires that we suspend our disbelief regarding the natural chain of cause and effect, buy into the narrative that is being sold, and insert some sort of miraculous, if not supernatural, element! This abhorrent fact was clear to Robert Green Ingersoll, “The Great Agnostic,” who so poignantly observed in the late 1800’s: “Every religion has for its foundation a miracle—that is to say, a violation of nature—that is to say, a falsehood.” In other words, every religion is based on lies!

The only reason Christmas is as popular as it is.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 23, 2021:

“Sexy old fat” are three words that I could, no matter how hard I try, never string together! 😉

Religious Decorations Gone Wrong:

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 23, 2021:

An electrician could have a heyday with this: a simple rewiring could create “happy Jesus” with the lights off and “flaccid Jesus” with the lights on. But I suppose a lot of priests have already thought of this! 😉

Cats too.....

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 23, 2021:

I recognize that photo… I believe it was a poster on my wall in college 45 years ago! 😂

Hi everyone…I’m just popping in with a quick post of another seasonal song.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 23, 2021:

I believe there’s a fascinating backstory here. This recording was completed not long before Crosby died of cancer. He was pretty weak then so there was only a few run throughs before they did this take. Not a bad job, if you ask me. David Bowie was a very underrated talent!

Not what I'd call a sobering thought! :-)

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 23, 2021:

The feminist origins of teetotalism (or the temperance movement) in the US have roots in the abolitionist movement and, in particular, women’s suffrage. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony were teetotalers. Oh well, two out of three ain’t bad! 😉

That’s the ticket!

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 23, 2021:

But does Manchin even care? Does he support the little guy (the unions) or the coal companies themselves?

Somewhere in Florida a woman is wearing a mask as underwear [ctvnews.ca]

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Let’s hope she’s wearing a KN 95 mask! 😉 In all seriousness, that underwear was probably his!

Dolly Parton refused the Medal of Freedom from Trump - twice! In an NPR story posted over the ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Saw Dolly interviewed earlier this year. She’s quite an amazing person! Since she has fans that come from both sides of the political divide, she always tries to distance herself from politics. She likes the fact that people with such widely disparate points of view can all come together to her concerts and somehow unite in the music. She is an idealist, but I respect her for that.

In Christianity...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Is that Leo in there? In the name of Jesus Christ, get thee the hell out of there! 😉

GOP official accused of slapping council member at Lexington GOP holiday gathering, police say ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Slapped him? With his bare hand, did he? How insulting! 😂

Satanic Temple's holiday display coming back to Illinois Capitol rotunda

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 20, 2021:

And let us not forget that Festivus (for the rest of us) is on December 23! I sure hope organizers plant a Festivus pole on the Capitol grounds at Springfield!

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p-nullifidian comments on Dec 20, 2021:

I think it’s these comparisons that prompted Teddy Boy to grow his beard, which makes him look even more sinister! 😂

Dr.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Why are we not surprised by this “revelation?” Collins was able to do what Comey could not: maintain a clear distinction between his discipline and politics. Collins said, "I have done everything I can to stay out of any kind of political, partisan debates because it is really not a place where medical research belongs.” Unfortunately, all too many people in this country (and even some who post to this website) appear unable to make the same separation!

Trump Supporters Boo When He Says He Got Booster, Is Pro-Vaccination

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 20, 2021:

More evidence that Trump is good at inciting the mob but terrible at leading it!

Shakespeare, Hemingway, Don Martin

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Love Pete… he has that “What, me worry?” air about him! 😉

The Great Inheritors: How Three Families Shielded Their Fortunes From Taxes for Generations "In ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 20, 2021:

A generation earlier, another Roosevelt, who also came from privilege, but as a Republican, decried the wealth gap of the robber barons. Where do today’s Republicans stand (he asks, rhetorically)? “I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes, properly safeguarded against evasion and increasing rapidly in amount with the size of the estate.” — Theodore Roosevelt

Pin the tail on the predator? Trick or treat?

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Most excellent! The outside of the box serves as both a description of its contents and the recipients of the package! 😉

This actually made me laugh

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Didn’t recognize Gowron? Your Ring system is clearly not a Trekkie! 😉

Something is wrong. I can feel it.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 19, 2021:

Having a friend for dinner?

Must be really cold in there.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 19, 2021:

“It’s the shrinkage!” George Costanza

Heck, this one got me thinking... Is intelligence really simply an accident of evolution?

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 19, 2021:

Success may be defined in a number of ways. Homo sapiens have arisen to the top of the food chain, however we have only been around for maybe a few hundred thousand years—a small blip in the history of our planet—so it’s probably too early to claim success for our species. There can be little doubt that cleverness conferred a survival advantage, but will it be enough in the long run? All the intelligence in the world may not save us from our own self-destructive behaviors, or perhaps the next comet or meteor that extinguishes nearly all life on the planet. And putting on my political science hat, intelligence is not necessarily the best quality in a democracy, particularly when the majority of the electorate do not value intelligence as a positive attribute.

I wanted to know about how to not have to cut the cheese as much so I searched Youtube and this ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 19, 2021:

That’s some mighty pungent cheese you’re cutting there. 😉

Tubthumping illustrated

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 19, 2021:

Pissing the night away with Chumbawamba? 😉

Graham Hancock: Consciousness and the Limits of the Materialist Paradigm

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 19, 2021:

Hancock is one beer short of a six pack. One of the whackiest pseudo scientists you’ll ever run across. I’ll say this for Graham Hancock, he sure is entertaining! 😂

A nihilist's point of view

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 18, 2021:

“Nature, so far as we can discern, without passion and without intention, forms, transforms, and retransforms forever. She neither weeps nor rejoices. She produces man without purpose, and obliterates him without regret. She knows no distinction between the beneficial and the hurtful. Poison and nutrition, pain and joy, life and death, smiles and tears are alike to her. She is neither merciful nor cruel. She cannot be flattered by worship nor melted by tears. She does not know even the attitude of prayer. She appreciates no difference between poison in the fangs of snakes and mercy in the hearts of men. Only through man does nature take cognizance of the good, the true, and the beautiful; and, so far as we know, man is the highest intelligence.“ Robert Green Ingersoll, “The Gods” (1872)

One of those relationship psychics wanted to paint a picture of my future mate and this is what they...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 18, 2021:

The future is yours to determine and the world is your oyster. 🤗

The Aussie answer to both the Christfool Road menace and the Christfool Road Hazards.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 17, 2021:

Looks like something from a Mad Max movie… where’s Mel Gibson? 😉

The Red Pill Movement is a movement in the same way a bowel movement is a movement.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 17, 2021:

That red pill keeps me regular! 😂

Glenn Kirschner - Jim Jordan's Text to Mark Meadows & the Crime of Obstructing a Congressional ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 17, 2021:

Jim Jordan is a scumbag and a cretin! 😡

It's been a while since I saw this wonderful soliloquy on religion by George Carlin.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 16, 2021:

One of the best stand-up comedians ever! Thank you for reminding us of this talent!

Weird quantum objects known as Q balls could explain why we exist: [livescience.com]

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 16, 2021:

Somehow I knew Q was involved… what balls! 😉

Whose more important? Socks or me?

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 15, 2021:

My aunt had a cat that looked very much like this one … his name was Socks! 😂

Hi from San Angelo, TX.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 15, 2021:

As John Oliver says, Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)- The Fox News host Sean Hannity sent a series of urgent texts on ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 15, 2021:

“You [Trump] and I are on the same page as far as undermining democracy goes…” So what do you suppose Hannity meant by that?!

Some people are just born a sinner!

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 15, 2021:

I’m one of those weirdos that throws, bats and shoots right but draws, writes and eats with their left hand. Guess I’m only half a sinner! 😂

Secret project?

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 15, 2021:

Poor Grover … Ground Control to Major Tom:

Need we say more.. nope.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 15, 2021:

Make America Golf Again?

I drove by a gorgeous nativity scene and I'm always amazed that here in Oklahoma people aren't ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 14, 2021:

May we have a picture, please?

What is yours?....

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 14, 2021:

You seem obsessed with these different puppet poses… Is it you or your obsession?

A couple of years ago, I was staying at a tiny Spanish Inn when I started to feel ill.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 14, 2021:

“Our chief weapon is surprise, surprise and fear, fear and surprise. Our two chief weapons are fear and surprise and ruthless efficiency. Our three weapons are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the pope. Our four weapons…” 😂

Worshiping the wealthy in America.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 14, 2021:

There’s probably only one person on the planet whose ego gets a bigger woodie over such an “award!” There was a time in US history when CEOs did not seek public attention (some still don’t) but that all changed with the so-called celebrity CEO. From Jack Welch to Lee Iacocca to Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos and Elon musk, four unknown reasons, our society fawns over these egotistical jerks as if we needed them. Well, we really don’t, and the sooner we realize that the better off we’ll be! The world doesn’t need assholes in order to grow and improve. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. In his excellent book “The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t,” management science professor and author Robert I. Sutton observes, “Winning is a wonderful thing if you can help and respect others along the way. But if you stomp on others as you climb the ladder and treat them like losers once you reach the top, my opinion is that you debase your own humanity and undermine your team or organization.” Sutton summarizes his research with the following statement that most of us probably have said at one time or another, “Life is too short to put up with assholes.”

Sometimes you cannot hide talent?[agnostic.com]

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 13, 2021:

Inflatables?

Getting a little Christmas head from Barbie...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 13, 2021:

A Tim Burton fan perhaps?

Close, but no cigar...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 13, 2021:

Ha! And in the adjacent store window Jesus Christ is driving a sleigh pulled by 8 tiny reindeer?

10characters

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 13, 2021:

Klingons would never tolerate ‘Kawrons’ in their culture. Whiners get filleted by a bat’leth! 😉

Don't you just hate it when your birthday lands on a holiday?....

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 13, 2021:

Preppy Jesus before he started taking himself way too seriously? He can always hang out in the Jewish run establishments which are (thank himself) open on Christmas. Unless of course they’re orthodox as Christmas falls on a Saturday this year… oy vey! 🥴

Persistence is the key.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 13, 2021:

Gonna need one of these, Nancy … that’s a big turd there!

Don't do that

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 11, 2021:

Looks like a bunch of Jeff Bezos’ (Blue Origin) penis rockets!

I can scent the groans!

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 11, 2021:

Jokes like this should only be shared with ‘conscenting’ adults! 😉

Be of good cheer....

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 11, 2021:

“Be aggressive!” 😉

הֹוָה Jehovah (/dʒɪˈhoʊvə/) ‎ Yəhōwā

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 11, 2021:

“He said ‘Jehovah!’” 😉

BUNDT cake. ... It rhymes with bundt. 😅😂🤣

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 11, 2021:

Wonder if Colorado stores of this chain will carry them? 😉

I've always been an ass-man, but did not realize how literally ...[agnostic.com]

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 11, 2021:

“Fat-bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round.”

And let us not forget our much admired (not) Joel Osteen.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 11, 2021:

We’ve been throwing darts at this man for years, but don’t ever forget that for every Joel Osteen or Jerry Falwell or Rick Warren, there’s hundreds, if not thousands, of religious con men (and women) prying the hard-earned cash from the foolish and willingly gullible in an effort to prove “God’s greatness,” often visible in the trappings of these so-called disciples of Christ.

"tis almost that time of year once again, so how about of xmas humour?

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 10, 2021:

Whoever came up with the butt plug is a greater genius, IMHO, than the idiot who created the Pet Rock!

We realized and escaped but....

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 10, 2021:

Excellent graphic! Christians are self identified as the flock and Jesus Christ is called the “good shepherd.” And as a Christian I remember being reminded very often not to be that one lost sheep that had gone astray, which I now see clearly as code speak for not thinking for oneself!

Fookin' Idiot

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 10, 2021:

I believe the comedian Andrew Dice Clay felt similarly. Possibly a fan? 😉

What a company calls culture is really just groupthink.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 9, 2021:

Aren’t all cultures human contrivances and a form of groupthink?

Does anyone have this collector's coin?

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 8, 2021:

What I can’t determine is whether that’s heads or tails! 😉

truth if you ask me

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 8, 2021:

Forgot my personal favorite: Dr. Strangelove! 😉

A quote from a pastor I read today: "“The tribalism and polarization that’s going on in our ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 8, 2021:

Some churches led the debacle, others followed. 😉

Quite a conundrum, how to honor a brave World War II vet even though he's a racist pig.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 8, 2021:

Honor should be reserved for the honorable, IMO.

Iowa: Criminalizing Books and Arresting Teachers and Librarians

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 8, 2021:

Sadly, this initiative appears to be real. Here’s an editorial castigating it in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. 🤬 https://www.thegazette.com/staff-editorials/iowa-republicans-lawmakers-suggest-criminalizing-education/?amp=1

Lauren Boebert Posts Christmas Photo of Young Sons Brandishing Assault Weapons Just a little ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 8, 2021:

Boebert knows how to pander to her base, the vast majority of which is rural western Coloradans. The most controversial thing about her Christmas picture for her constituents will be her son’s wearing of a Green Bay Packers hoodie instead of a Denver Broncos one! I have no idea when Christmas portraits with an entire family holding guns became a thing, but if you’re going to allow your children access to weapons, you sure as hell better be responsible gun owners and teach firearms safety!

This was my experience.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 7, 2021:

An excellent quote! It was my discovery of Robert Green Ingersoll that prompted me to go back and read the Bible one last time, a chore that finally and convincingly sealed the deal on my unbelief. “All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the bible is simply and purely of human invention—of barbarian invention—is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition—then read the holy bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity.“ Robert G. Ingersoll, “The Gods” 1872

One of the few yoga poses I know

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 7, 2021:

Barefoot Pinot Grigio? 😉

Stole this from Atheist Republic Do they call Mary the holy mother because - Holy Shit!? 🤣

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 7, 2021:

The Immaculate Seduction? 😉

For star wars music buffs

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 7, 2021:

“Lord Vader, raise it all the way to 11.” 😉

Seems to me that in the opinion of many on this board, women have Bodily Autonomy when it comes to ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 7, 2021:

I have not seen anyone advocating “forced” vaccination. If such a policy were attempted it would seem unlikely to be upheld by the courts. Bodily autonomy is bodily autonomy, whether we’re talking about abortion, suicide, or vaccination. Individuals still have the right to refuse to be vaccinated, however the group (society) also has the right to take reasonable measures to protect itself from the spread of the disease. Such measures would include mask mandates in public places and disallowing full participation for those who remain unvaccinated. People who willfully ignore public health guidance and engage in risky behavior cannot be allowed the same privileges that the rest of us enjoy. And as an employer, I have the right to protect my team and my customers from anyone (employee, vendor or customer) who refuses to comply with our workplace safety policies. I see no inconsistency in bodily autonomy here.

Palestinian Amerikan sues city for clause in contract that prohibits contractors from boycotting ...

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 7, 2021:

Boycotts remain one of our most important forms of protest and should never be outlawed in a free society!

Mayhem Everywhere.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 7, 2021:

When has it ever been ‘unfucked?’ 😉

I was talking with two Mormon missionaries this weekend.

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 7, 2021:

Mormon architecture… the land of Oz! 😂

Rush, The Trees 🌳 [youtu.be]

p-nullifidian comments on Dec 7, 2021:

One of the best anti-communist rock anthems written!