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Aliens?
Druvius comments on Feb 7, 2022:
So far there is zero evidence for the existence of aliens on Earth. The same as the evidence for Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and God. They are just the modern take on imaginary mythological creatures, and can be safely categorized as such. When actual evidence emerges I will happily reexamine my ...
racocn8 replies on Feb 7, 2022:
@darren316 Quoting Senator Harry Reid: ""I was told for decades that Lockheed had some of these retrieved materials," Reid, 81, told the New Yorker of defense contractor Lockheed Martin. "And I tried to get, as I recall, a classified approval by the Pentagon to have me go look at the stuff," he said. "They would not approve that. I don’t know what all the numbers were, what kind of classification it was, but they would not give that to me." Reid spoke to the magazine as part of an article regarding government investigations into unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP)."
https://www.the-sun.com/news/2804790/former-senator-harry-reid-believes-ufo-fragments-pentagon-possession/
Druvius comments on Feb 7, 2022:
So far there is zero evidence for the existence of aliens on Earth. The same as the evidence for Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and God. They are just the modern take on imaginary mythological creatures, and can be safely categorized as such. When actual evidence emerges I will happily reexamine my ...
racocn8 replies on Feb 7, 2022:
@darren316 Quoting Senator Harry Reid: ""I was told for decades that Lockheed had some of these retrieved materials," Reid, 81, told the New Yorker of defense contractor Lockheed Martin. "And I tried to get, as I recall, a classified approval by the Pentagon to have me go look at the stuff," he said. "They would not approve that. I don’t know what all the numbers were, what kind of classification it was, but they would not give that to me." Reid spoke to the magazine as part of an article regarding government investigations into unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP)."
https://www.the-sun.com/news/2804790/former-senator-harry-reid-believes-ufo-fragments-pentagon-possession/
Aliens?
Druvius comments on Feb 7, 2022:
So far there is zero evidence for the existence of aliens on Earth. The same as the evidence for Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and God. They are just the modern take on imaginary mythological creatures, and can be safely categorized as such. When actual evidence emerges I will happily reexamine my ...
racocn8 replies on Feb 7, 2022:
@darren316 Regardless of denials, some people are closed-minded on this topic as shown by their ignorance. Numerous reports are available detailing UFO surveillance and interference with nuclear and military assets around the world. If you haven't seen this, you might find it interesting:
https://www.narcap.de/dokumente/COMETA-Report-englisch.pdf
Druvius comments on Feb 7, 2022:
So far there is zero evidence for the existence of aliens on Earth. The same as the evidence for Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and God. They are just the modern take on imaginary mythological creatures, and can be safely categorized as such. When actual evidence emerges I will happily reexamine my ...
racocn8 replies on Feb 7, 2022:
@darren316 Regardless of denials, some people are closed-minded on this topic as shown by their ignorance. Numerous reports are available detailing UFO surveillance and interference with nuclear and military assets around the world. If you haven't seen this, you might find it interesting:
https://www.narcap.de/dokumente/COMETA-Report-englisch.pdf
Aliens?
Julie808 comments on Feb 7, 2022:
I can't imagine that with all the planets and matter out there in space that we haven't even explored yet, that there aren't intelligent beings, likely more intelligent than us, who might be patrolling the planets known to them to have "intelligent" life on them.
I like the hint in the comment ...
racocn8 replies on Feb 7, 2022:
https://agnostic.com/group/LikelyUFOLore/discussion/519641/consider-these-eyewitness-accounts-from-children-https-www-youtube-com-watch-v-1w75hzd8vae
Julie808 comments on Feb 7, 2022:
I can't imagine that with all the planets and matter out there in space that we haven't even explored yet, that there aren't intelligent beings, likely more intelligent than us, who might be patrolling the planets known to them to have "intelligent" life on them.
I like the hint in the comment ...
racocn8 replies on Feb 7, 2022:
https://agnostic.com/group/LikelyUFOLore/discussion/519641/consider-these-eyewitness-accounts-from-children-https-www-youtube-com-watch-v-1w75hzd8vae
Ottawa police are making a good case to be defunded
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SnowyOwl comments on Feb 6, 2022:
The Conservatives just got rid of their leader, O'Toole because he didn't cuddle up to the White Supremacists and other hate groups that are behind this convoy of the disillusioned, that speaks volumes to where the Conservatives have gone.
racocn8 replies on Feb 6, 2022:
What can we do with these sickos?
SnowyOwl comments on Feb 6, 2022:
The Conservatives just got rid of their leader, O'Toole because he didn't cuddle up to the White Supremacists and other hate groups that are behind this convoy of the disillusioned, that speaks volumes to where the Conservatives have gone.
racocn8 replies on Feb 6, 2022:
What can we do with these sickos?
Audacious, beautiful performance on multiple levels.
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Organist1 comments on Feb 6, 2022:
This is the best performance I've heard of Rhapsody in Blue. I love the clarinetist too. There just aren't enough good things to say about this!
racocn8 replies on Feb 6, 2022:
I was especially impressed at the emotional jazzy nuances she brought out. I can't imagine it being done better.
Organist1 comments on Feb 6, 2022:
This is the best performance I've heard of Rhapsody in Blue. I love the clarinetist too. There just aren't enough good things to say about this!
racocn8 replies on Feb 6, 2022:
I was especially impressed at the emotional jazzy nuances she brought out. I can't imagine it being done better.
Are homosexual natures created by nurture, nature, or God?
racocn8 comments on Jan 28, 2022:
Yes, by nurture, because crowding increases homosexuality. And that is still a natural process, so nature too. If God existed, then one could claim he caused it as much as anything else. And I believe some studies suggest homosexuality is associated with certain genes.
One cannot answer or ...
racocn8 replies on Feb 5, 2022:
@Greatest There were experiments conducted on crowding rats way-back... 60's maybe? Scientists inferred homosexuality by observing male-male mounting. Perhaps that is not a suitable analogy to Human homosexuality? Also, rats became depressed, not wanting to fight for access to food, and would cower in corners. That's what I recall.
https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/22514/1/2308Ramadams.pdf
racocn8 comments on Jan 28, 2022:
Yes, by nurture, because crowding increases homosexuality. And that is still a natural process, so nature too. If God existed, then one could claim he caused it as much as anything else. And I believe some studies suggest homosexuality is associated with certain genes.
One cannot answer or ...
racocn8 replies on Feb 5, 2022:
@Greatest There were experiments conducted on crowding rats way-back... 60's maybe? Scientists inferred homosexuality by observing male-male mounting. Perhaps that is not a suitable analogy to Human homosexuality? Also, rats became depressed, not wanting to fight for access to food, and would cower in corners. That's what I recall.
https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/22514/1/2308Ramadams.pdf
In case you missed the Whoopi Goldberg kerfuffle.
racocn8 comments on Feb 5, 2022:
For Whoopi to say the Holocaust was not about race only demonstrates an unfortunate ignorance of Hitler and Nazism on her part. Hitler and the Nazis hijacked the concept of race and redefined it to justify their anti-Semitism and desire to kill 'undesirables'. Hitler and the Nazis made copious ...
racocn8 replies on Feb 5, 2022:
@LovinLarge I don't see any disagreement! I suspect she is not ignorant of Nazi propaganda, but was being 'cute' in seeking to focus on the fallacy of so-called Aryans being a different race from Jews (both white). I totally agree that this is a very good time to explore the topic in detail and that The View should invite a few experts who can provide the needed diplomacy and depth.
racocn8 comments on Feb 5, 2022:
For Whoopi to say the Holocaust was not about race only demonstrates an unfortunate ignorance of Hitler and Nazism on her part. Hitler and the Nazis hijacked the concept of race and redefined it to justify their anti-Semitism and desire to kill 'undesirables'. Hitler and the Nazis made copious ...
racocn8 replies on Feb 5, 2022:
@LovinLarge I don't see any disagreement! I suspect she is not ignorant of Nazi propaganda, but was being 'cute' in seeking to focus on the fallacy of so-called Aryans being a different race from Jews (both white). I totally agree that this is a very good time to explore the topic in detail and that The View should invite a few experts who can provide the needed diplomacy and depth.
In keeping with the standards that have become the norm on this site (if they were ever different) I...
AnneWimsey comments on Feb 5, 2022:
Ohferpetessake, "neither side is interested in....scientific thought"?????
You are stretching the crap outta stuff to make your dubious post/point(s)
racocn8 replies on Feb 5, 2022:
Yeah, utterly ridiculous false equivalences. "Neither side is better educated or educable." "Neither side is more kind, tolerant, or compassionate." My ass. Seriously? Merely saying shit doesn't make it true. The rest of it... ugh, just silly.
AnneWimsey comments on Feb 5, 2022:
Ohferpetessake, "neither side is interested in....scientific thought"?????
You are stretching the crap outta stuff to make your dubious post/point(s)
racocn8 replies on Feb 5, 2022:
Yeah, utterly ridiculous false equivalences. "Neither side is better educated or educable." "Neither side is more kind, tolerant, or compassionate." My ass. Seriously? Merely saying shit doesn't make it true. The rest of it... ugh, just silly.
I can accept that there are beings in this Universe that are so advanced compared to humans that ...
racocn8 comments on Feb 5, 2022:
Prayer = Wishing.
racocn8 replies on Feb 5, 2022:
@Andy4608 I had not heard that people considered 'talking to God' to be a form of prayer, but I can understand that definition. Does that type of prayer have a name? In any case, I would say that:
"Talking to God" = "Talking to yourself" (in the pejorative sense).
Either way, both are expressions of rank ego-based selfishness.
racocn8 comments on Feb 5, 2022:
Prayer = Wishing.
racocn8 replies on Feb 5, 2022:
@Andy4608 I had not heard that people considered 'talking to God' to be a form of prayer, but I can understand that definition. Does that type of prayer have a name? In any case, I would say that:
"Talking to God" = "Talking to yourself" (in the pejorative sense).
Either way, both are expressions of rank ego-based selfishness.
I know a few
St-Sinner comments on Feb 4, 2022:
So first act like a dick and then pretend like a woman who receives it unsolicited?
racocn8 replies on Feb 4, 2022:
So, it's like a hermaphrodite?
St-Sinner comments on Feb 4, 2022:
So first act like a dick and then pretend like a woman who receives it unsolicited?
racocn8 replies on Feb 4, 2022:
So, it's like a hermaphrodite?
Biden starts on his moonshot for ending cancer.
racocn8 comments on Feb 3, 2022:
Hundred of studies have shown that cannabis compounds stop or kill cancer cells in many cases. Clinical trials cannot be conducted because of the cannabis Schedule 1 classification. People have reported thousands of successful anecdotal cases.
1. Cannabinoids act together to cause cancer cells...
racocn8 replies on Feb 3, 2022:
@UrsiMajor Sorry to hear about your Dad. I lost my Mom and favorite aunt to cancer. I get that not all cancers can be cured by cannabis, but some apparently can. The point is that cannabis offers a window into how some cancers can be stopped. If we understood these processes better, cures to the resistant cancers might be found.
racocn8 comments on Feb 3, 2022:
Hundred of studies have shown that cannabis compounds stop or kill cancer cells in many cases. Clinical trials cannot be conducted because of the cannabis Schedule 1 classification. People have reported thousands of successful anecdotal cases.
1. Cannabinoids act together to cause cancer cells...
racocn8 replies on Feb 3, 2022:
@UrsiMajor Sorry to hear about your Dad. I lost my Mom and favorite aunt to cancer. I get that not all cancers can be cured by cannabis, but some apparently can. The point is that cannabis offers a window into how some cancers can be stopped. If we understood these processes better, cures to the resistant cancers might be found.
Four year old shoots self in head in back of car.
racocn8 comments on Feb 2, 2022:
The presence of cannabis is a red herring. The intended implication is that the mother and her friend weren't paying attention. One cannot give children 100% attention. It's a reasonable assumption they didn't know about the gun until it was too late. That should put responsibility back on the ...
racocn8 replies on Feb 2, 2022:
@Gwendolyn2018 Yeah. With the wrong cop, say goodbye to the children as they get taken away by 'Protective Services' .
racocn8 comments on Feb 2, 2022:
The presence of cannabis is a red herring. The intended implication is that the mother and her friend weren't paying attention. One cannot give children 100% attention. It's a reasonable assumption they didn't know about the gun until it was too late. That should put responsibility back on the ...
racocn8 replies on Feb 2, 2022:
@Gwendolyn2018 Yeah. With the wrong cop, say goodbye to the children as they get taken away by 'Protective Services' .
The cold war, old and new.
LiterateHiker comments on Feb 2, 2022:
What is the animal in the right foreground? And what does it signify?
A bear, pig or dog?
racocn8 replies on Feb 2, 2022:
The Russian bear.
LiterateHiker comments on Feb 2, 2022:
What is the animal in the right foreground? And what does it signify?
A bear, pig or dog?
racocn8 replies on Feb 2, 2022:
The Russian bear.
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rainmanjr comments on Feb 2, 2022:
I LOVE IT. Wrong but close enough for an A-. I admire originality while staying in the lines.
racocn8 replies on Feb 2, 2022:
Which part and why?
rainmanjr comments on Feb 2, 2022:
I LOVE IT. Wrong but close enough for an A-. I admire originality while staying in the lines.
racocn8 replies on Feb 2, 2022:
Which part and why?
We're 1, We're 1.
U.S.A ! U.S.A. !
TheoryNumber3 comments on Jan 30, 2022:
I think this says it all
https://youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk
racocn8 replies on Jan 30, 2022:
(America is not the greatest country) "...but we were..." . Depends on what 'greatest' refers to. Right now, corporate corruption has a stranglehold on the political corruption, and only competes against Putin for that, and the Military-Industrial-Intelligence-Complex. The revered Constitution is bullshit for not dealing with the threat of corruption. The people are assholes for respecting money and power over Truth, integrity and compassion. The prevailing morals are totally upside-down for not insisting on competence, failing to vet candidates, and ignoring people's mental fitness. America's religiousness is a poison of sanctioned scammers. It's a much longer list...
TheoryNumber3 comments on Jan 30, 2022:
I think this says it all
https://youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk
racocn8 replies on Jan 30, 2022:
(America is not the greatest country) "...but we were..." . Depends on what 'greatest' refers to. Right now, corporate corruption has a stranglehold on the political corruption, and only competes against Putin for that, and the Military-Industrial-Intelligence-Complex. The revered Constitution is bullshit for not dealing with the threat of corruption. The people are assholes for respecting money and power over Truth, integrity and compassion. The prevailing morals are totally upside-down for not insisting on competence, failing to vet candidates, and ignoring people's mental fitness. America's religiousness is a poison of sanctioned scammers. It's a much longer list...
Religion is evolution’s protection against ‘extinction-due-to-evolutionary-mismatch’, just as ...
nogod4me comments on Jan 29, 2022:
No, it was borne out of humankind's fears and trying to explain the world around them with the resources they had at the time. Fear causes hatred, that is why religion is filled with violence. It cannot be redeemed. Those fearful that religion will be lost have also become violent.
...
racocn8 replies on Jan 29, 2022:
Plenty of animals exhibit compassion to each other and even to other species.
nogod4me comments on Jan 29, 2022:
No, it was borne out of humankind's fears and trying to explain the world around them with the resources they had at the time. Fear causes hatred, that is why religion is filled with violence. It cannot be redeemed. Those fearful that religion will be lost have also become violent.
...
racocn8 replies on Jan 29, 2022:
Plenty of animals exhibit compassion to each other and even to other species.
Russia's Gamble in Ukraine | Center for Strategic and International Studies
racocn8 comments on Jan 28, 2022:
Yeah, in the event of invasion, Ukraine should bomb the reactor in Zaporizhzhia so the downwind fallout of super-hazardous nuclear pile cuts Russia in half.
racocn8 replies on Jan 28, 2022:
@barjoe Perhaps I didn't give clues, but it was meant to be facetious based on its outrageousness. The point being that pursuing war, even just threatening war, should also be understood as outrageous. You don't have to bomb a nuclear reactor to create horrific devastation with all the toxic chemicals stored. Putin assisted Assad with his chemical weapon attacks; will he use those on Ukraine? Along with all their other lunatic values, Republicans are falling in line with Fox/Putin talking points, claiming the dictator is the slighted party in this. Ukraine already has to deal with Chernobyl, and let's not forget how Russia accidentally downed the commercial airliner, Malasia 17. The devastation of war simply can't be conveyed.
racocn8 comments on Jan 28, 2022:
Yeah, in the event of invasion, Ukraine should bomb the reactor in Zaporizhzhia so the downwind fallout of super-hazardous nuclear pile cuts Russia in half.
racocn8 replies on Jan 28, 2022:
@barjoe Perhaps I didn't give clues, but it was meant to be facetious based on its outrageousness. The point being that pursuing war, even just threatening war, should also be understood as outrageous. You don't have to bomb a nuclear reactor to create horrific devastation with all the toxic chemicals stored. Putin assisted Assad with his chemical weapon attacks; will he use those on Ukraine? Along with all their other lunatic values, Republicans are falling in line with Fox/Putin talking points, claiming the dictator is the slighted party in this. Ukraine already has to deal with Chernobyl, and let's not forget how Russia accidentally downed the commercial airliner, Malasia 17. The devastation of war simply can't be conveyed.
Our governments should never be able to force anyone to carry a pregnancy against their will.
racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2022:
Remember, abortion is just the first step. Then comes outlawing contraception.
racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2022:
@mischi I don't suppose you'd be willing to reveal what country that was. OK if not. Just curious.
racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2022:
Remember, abortion is just the first step. Then comes outlawing contraception.
racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2022:
@mischi I don't suppose you'd be willing to reveal what country that was. OK if not. Just curious.
It’s literally the worst food!
racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2022:
Again, we see how impoverishment results in poor food choices, and in turn, become representative of ethnicity.
racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2022:
@killtheskyfairy That would be your response.
racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2022:
Again, we see how impoverishment results in poor food choices, and in turn, become representative of ethnicity.
racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2022:
@killtheskyfairy That would be your response.
It’s literally the worst food!
racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2022:
Again, we see how impoverishment results in poor food choices, and in turn, become representative of ethnicity.
racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2022:
@Killtheskyfairy Most Brits are not impoverished now, but England is much more prosperous now than when their ethnic dishes were developed. The point is that poor quality food choices continue as a matter of ethnic loyalty.
racocn8 comments on Jan 27, 2022:
Again, we see how impoverishment results in poor food choices, and in turn, become representative of ethnicity.
racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2022:
@Killtheskyfairy Most Brits are not impoverished now, but England is much more prosperous now than when their ethnic dishes were developed. The point is that poor quality food choices continue as a matter of ethnic loyalty.
Will it ever end....
Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Jan 27, 2022:
It likely won't end until the last anti-vaxxer is dead....
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/anti-vaccination-bill-georgia-senate/85-dabc52a2-9af8-464d-835b-ff41651725ef
racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2022:
Promise?
Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Jan 27, 2022:
It likely won't end until the last anti-vaxxer is dead....
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/anti-vaccination-bill-georgia-senate/85-dabc52a2-9af8-464d-835b-ff41651725ef
racocn8 replies on Jan 27, 2022:
Promise?
And maybe octopuses are aliens .
racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:
Octopuses are obviously not aliens, and even suggesting it shows a severe stupidity, or an insecurity that results in asinine proposition. The Hoyle-Wickramasinghe (H-W) thesis of Cometary (Cosmic) Biology remains similarly unfounded. Evidence, not armchair speculation, drives science. Shame on the ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
@Gwendolyn2018 My response wasn't directed at you or your post, but at the linked article.
racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:
Octopuses are obviously not aliens, and even suggesting it shows a severe stupidity, or an insecurity that results in asinine proposition. The Hoyle-Wickramasinghe (H-W) thesis of Cometary (Cosmic) Biology remains similarly unfounded. Evidence, not armchair speculation, drives science. Shame on the ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
@Gwendolyn2018 My response wasn't directed at you or your post, but at the linked article.
I am not saying nothin
racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:
Impressive. Now what...?
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
Too bad. She could be fun?!
racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:
Impressive. Now what...?
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
Too bad. She could be fun?!
Two Arrested After Fatal Shooting of 8-Year-Old Melissa Ortega, Reports Say
[thedailybeast.com]
racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:
Effing paywalls...
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
Thanks!!
racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:
Effing paywalls...
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
Thanks!!
Is it just me?
creative51 comments on Jan 26, 2022:
I think they have been there all along.
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
As they see the walls closing in, they have become more vocal.
creative51 comments on Jan 26, 2022:
I think they have been there all along.
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
As they see the walls closing in, they have become more vocal.
Joe is really keeping the staff on their toes lately.
LovinLarge comments on Jan 26, 2022:
A man of your "seniority" ought to be able to level valid and constructive criticism of the opposition rather than resorting to grade school humor. Your words say more about you than they do about the President.
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
When you said seniority, I think you meant senility.
LovinLarge comments on Jan 26, 2022:
A man of your "seniority" ought to be able to level valid and constructive criticism of the opposition rather than resorting to grade school humor. Your words say more about you than they do about the President.
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
When you said seniority, I think you meant senility.
What do you call an elder woman who runs a big house filled with whores?
Madam Pelosi
LovinLarge comments on Jan 26, 2022:
Your momma?
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
You can see he did much worse.
LovinLarge comments on Jan 26, 2022:
Your momma?
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
You can see he did much worse.
What's going on in Ukraine scares me, I hope Biden knows what he is doing, but I have my doubts.
hankster comments on Jan 25, 2022:
didn't you just post this. "The US has been crying wolf since 1945, and people still listen for some reason."
so is the u.s. crying wolf or not? you obviously have you're mind on this situation a lot. you have good reason.
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
@Druvius Yes, I've seen how your posts are the epitome of nuance.
By all means, enlighten us with a list of your hero, Putin's, accomplishments.
hankster comments on Jan 25, 2022:
didn't you just post this. "The US has been crying wolf since 1945, and people still listen for some reason."
so is the u.s. crying wolf or not? you obviously have you're mind on this situation a lot. you have good reason.
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
@Druvius Yes, I've seen how your posts are the epitome of nuance.
By all means, enlighten us with a list of your hero, Putin's, accomplishments.
Within the last 3 weeks or so a lifelong friend of mine died suddenly (my religious friend) and now ...
racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:
12 years ago I got hired by Michael. Mike could be a real asshole and did a number of things to disappoint me. And yet, he had this charisma... We had a number of adventures well after the job ended. He still had stupid, poorly thought-out ideas. He also had diabetes, and after he got an infection ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
@MyTVC15 Thank for the suggestion. Unfortunately, nothing came up.
racocn8 comments on Jan 26, 2022:
12 years ago I got hired by Michael. Mike could be a real asshole and did a number of things to disappoint me. And yet, he had this charisma... We had a number of adventures well after the job ended. He still had stupid, poorly thought-out ideas. He also had diabetes, and after he got an infection ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
@MyTVC15 Thank for the suggestion. Unfortunately, nothing came up.
Offering number 2 for your perusal and enjoyment, hopefully, " MacGyver versus Jesus"....LOL.
racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:
If Jesus had been God, he'd have been able to free himself. So, he chose to be crucified. If that was his choice, how could it really have been a sacrifice? (And he's sacrificing himself, to himself? Not actually being human, how could he be a human sacrifice? How do you sacrifice a god that can't ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
@Triphid But we are surrounded by fools who do buy it.
racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:
If Jesus had been God, he'd have been able to free himself. So, he chose to be crucified. If that was his choice, how could it really have been a sacrifice? (And he's sacrificing himself, to himself? Not actually being human, how could he be a human sacrifice? How do you sacrifice a god that can't ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
@Triphid But we are surrounded by fools who do buy it.
What's going on in Ukraine scares me, I hope Biden knows what he is doing, but I have my doubts.
hankster comments on Jan 25, 2022:
didn't you just post this. "The US has been crying wolf since 1945, and people still listen for some reason."
so is the u.s. crying wolf or not? you obviously have you're mind on this situation a lot. you have good reason.
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
Druvius hasn't revealed why he turns a blind eye to Russian misdeeds and presents Russian talking propaganda as history.
hankster comments on Jan 25, 2022:
didn't you just post this. "The US has been crying wolf since 1945, and people still listen for some reason."
so is the u.s. crying wolf or not? you obviously have you're mind on this situation a lot. you have good reason.
racocn8 replies on Jan 26, 2022:
Druvius hasn't revealed why he turns a blind eye to Russian misdeeds and presents Russian talking propaganda as history.
Offering number 2 for your perusal and enjoyment, hopefully, " MacGyver versus Jesus"....LOL.
racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:
If Jesus had been God, he'd have been able to free himself. So, he chose to be crucified. If that was his choice, how could it really have been a sacrifice? (And he's sacrificing himself, to himself? Not actually being human, how could he be a human sacrifice? How do you sacrifice a god that can't ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 25, 2022:
@Triphid The crucifixion story IS a joke. A very bad joke. And the joke is on us.
racocn8 comments on Jan 25, 2022:
If Jesus had been God, he'd have been able to free himself. So, he chose to be crucified. If that was his choice, how could it really have been a sacrifice? (And he's sacrificing himself, to himself? Not actually being human, how could he be a human sacrifice? How do you sacrifice a god that can't ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 25, 2022:
@Triphid The crucifixion story IS a joke. A very bad joke. And the joke is on us.
Not everyone favours war with Russia!
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wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2022:
Almost all sensible people do not want war with Russia. If anyone wants war, it it Putin.
racocn8 replies on Jan 24, 2022:
Discount applied as usual. Thanks for the compliment.
wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2022:
Almost all sensible people do not want war with Russia. If anyone wants war, it it Putin.
racocn8 replies on Jan 24, 2022:
Discount applied as usual. Thanks for the compliment.
Deathcamp's ESP....
NHjulie comments on Jan 24, 2022:
And Dems are the snowflakes. Sure.....
racocn8 replies on Jan 24, 2022:
That would be the GQP standard procedure of projection.
NHjulie comments on Jan 24, 2022:
And Dems are the snowflakes. Sure.....
racocn8 replies on Jan 24, 2022:
That would be the GQP standard procedure of projection.
Not everyone favours war with Russia!
[fb.watch]
wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2022:
Almost all sensible people do not want war with Russia. If anyone wants war, it it Putin.
racocn8 replies on Jan 24, 2022:
Given that Tulsi Gabbard is another one of Putin's moles, the video is pathetic.
wordywalt comments on Jan 24, 2022:
Almost all sensible people do not want war with Russia. If anyone wants war, it it Putin.
racocn8 replies on Jan 24, 2022:
Given that Tulsi Gabbard is another one of Putin's moles, the video is pathetic.
For those following the JWST.
racocn8 comments on Jan 23, 2022:
40 years ago, the L5 Society organized to promote space development. Then Challenger happened and, as the organization wilted in the aftermath, Sagan's Planetary Society sucked it up. Sagan, like Musk, had the idiotic idea that we should focus our sights on Mars. Oh well...
racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2022:
@Robecology At the time, I favored the thesis of mining and possibly retrieving asteroids. Why work so hard to get out of a gravity well just to jump down another one.
One of the problems of space travel is the cost of resources lifted off the Earth's surface. Asteroids and cometary bodies could provide volatiles for fuel. Yet, we have a source of water on the Moon, and 1/6 gravity isn't too bad. It might be tolerable for a base, especially inside one of the many lava tubes. But Mars? Yeah, good article, thanks.
racocn8 comments on Jan 23, 2022:
40 years ago, the L5 Society organized to promote space development. Then Challenger happened and, as the organization wilted in the aftermath, Sagan's Planetary Society sucked it up. Sagan, like Musk, had the idiotic idea that we should focus our sights on Mars. Oh well...
racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2022:
@Robecology At the time, I favored the thesis of mining and possibly retrieving asteroids. Why work so hard to get out of a gravity well just to jump down another one.
One of the problems of space travel is the cost of resources lifted off the Earth's surface. Asteroids and cometary bodies could provide volatiles for fuel. Yet, we have a source of water on the Moon, and 1/6 gravity isn't too bad. It might be tolerable for a base, especially inside one of the many lava tubes. But Mars? Yeah, good article, thanks.
Good transport of cheese whiz or peanut butter?
FvckY0u comments on Jan 23, 2022:
peanut butter and celery was a thing in our home as a child.
racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2022:
I also liked celery and cream cheese...
FvckY0u comments on Jan 23, 2022:
peanut butter and celery was a thing in our home as a child.
racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2022:
I also liked celery and cream cheese...
Not technically tRump but he gave Fox their acceptability (by some).
zeuser comments on Jan 23, 2022:
I'm ok with Tucker fulminating about this kind of nonsense. It is far less offensive than watching him go ATM with Trump on the air.
racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2022:
Can we make that destination the Sun?
zeuser comments on Jan 23, 2022:
I'm ok with Tucker fulminating about this kind of nonsense. It is far less offensive than watching him go ATM with Trump on the air.
racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2022:
Can we make that destination the Sun?
Oh yeah baby!
St-Sinner comments on Jan 23, 2022:
Yeah, they scream everywhere except in the bedroom.
racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2022:
Only moaning here...
St-Sinner comments on Jan 23, 2022:
Yeah, they scream everywhere except in the bedroom.
racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2022:
Only moaning here...
January, 2022.
racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:
Followers of this belief system variously describe it as the Electric Universe, Plasma Cosmology, or Safire Project or Thunderbolts Project. As usual, this promotion seeks to solicit money for those at the top of the pyramid.
The following video details the Electric Universe cult and associated ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2022:
If you believe that fusion is fiction, black holes and general relativity are fictions, you must realize your beliefs are daily disproven by scientists everywhere, and none of them agree with you. That is a paranoid delusion, if not insanity. You've been brainwashed. I hope you find a way out of it. Do you really want to live the rest of your life being duped by charletons? That would be sad and pathetic. And then projecting the claim of delusion on the rest of the scientific world? WAKE UP!!!
racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:
Followers of this belief system variously describe it as the Electric Universe, Plasma Cosmology, or Safire Project or Thunderbolts Project. As usual, this promotion seeks to solicit money for those at the top of the pyramid.
The following video details the Electric Universe cult and associated ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 23, 2022:
If you believe that fusion is fiction, black holes and general relativity are fictions, you must realize your beliefs are daily disproven by scientists everywhere, and none of them agree with you. That is a paranoid delusion, if not insanity. You've been brainwashed. I hope you find a way out of it. Do you really want to live the rest of your life being duped by charletons? That would be sad and pathetic. And then projecting the claim of delusion on the rest of the scientific world? WAKE UP!!!
The US has been crying wolf since 1945, and people still listen for some reason.
racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:
Tell it to the Crimeans.
racocn8 replies on Jan 22, 2022:
@Druvius They may be largely ethnic Russians, but Russia is a thoroughly corrupt thugocracy. I question whether they are so happy to be a part of that.
racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:
Tell it to the Crimeans.
racocn8 replies on Jan 22, 2022:
@Druvius They may be largely ethnic Russians, but Russia is a thoroughly corrupt thugocracy. I question whether they are so happy to be a part of that.
UK Accuses Kremlin Of Plot To Install Pro-Russian Leader In Ukraine
LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 22, 2022:
Why do you think Putin wanted to see DJT win again?
racocn8 replies on Jan 22, 2022:
Trump owed his election to Putin, and Putin did his best to keep Trump in office. Only the vestiges of patriotism among a few Republicans kept that from happening. If Trump gets another chance, you can be sure the Russians will keep working on his behalf to make it happen. It's a good bet that the election subversion has Russian GRU as its origin, working through Koch. As to why, Russia received almost no opposition from Trump. Trump envies Putin bigtime.
LucyLoohoo comments on Jan 22, 2022:
Why do you think Putin wanted to see DJT win again?
racocn8 replies on Jan 22, 2022:
Trump owed his election to Putin, and Putin did his best to keep Trump in office. Only the vestiges of patriotism among a few Republicans kept that from happening. If Trump gets another chance, you can be sure the Russians will keep working on his behalf to make it happen. It's a good bet that the election subversion has Russian GRU as its origin, working through Koch. As to why, Russia received almost no opposition from Trump. Trump envies Putin bigtime.
The plot thickens.
racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:
Please pay attention to some of the documents retrieved from the Natl Archives. The content of the memo on confiscating voting machines could not have been written by anyone within the President's administration. Although it references classified documents, I'm putting all my money on it being ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 22, 2022:
@OldGoat43 Read the document and tell me you think a staffer could have come up with that.
racocn8 comments on Jan 22, 2022:
Please pay attention to some of the documents retrieved from the Natl Archives. The content of the memo on confiscating voting machines could not have been written by anyone within the President's administration. Although it references classified documents, I'm putting all my money on it being ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 22, 2022:
@OldGoat43 Read the document and tell me you think a staffer could have come up with that.
Rudy Giuliani Called ‘Mastermind’ in Plot to Overthrown 2020 US Elections
The Washington Post...
Charlene comments on Jan 21, 2022:
It boogles the mind that Rudy's a mastermind of anything legit. Hell he's got Merlot dripping out his head..
racocn8 replies on Jan 21, 2022:
More like the black tar as in Fifth Element...
Charlene comments on Jan 21, 2022:
It boogles the mind that Rudy's a mastermind of anything legit. Hell he's got Merlot dripping out his head..
racocn8 replies on Jan 21, 2022:
More like the black tar as in Fifth Element...
2 years after COVID first hit the US, hundreds of thousands of Americans are still falling ill
Two ...
Lorajay comments on Jan 21, 2022:
When I see the death figures, it brings back the memory of climate change discussions we had within my family.
Every time climate change was brought up, my son would say "our world needs a pandemic."
In other words our increased population is part of the problem. Our efforts to control ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 21, 2022:
"Our efforts to control population within Democratic countries have been somewhat successful..." What the heck are you talking about?
Lorajay comments on Jan 21, 2022:
When I see the death figures, it brings back the memory of climate change discussions we had within my family.
Every time climate change was brought up, my son would say "our world needs a pandemic."
In other words our increased population is part of the problem. Our efforts to control ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 21, 2022:
"Our efforts to control population within Democratic countries have been somewhat successful..." What the heck are you talking about?
Letters From An American 01/19/2022
racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:
I hope democrats get over their weakness and consistently refer to Republicans as fascist nazi-wannabees. They are not Americans anymore. They have no real loyalty to the country.
racocn8 replies on Jan 20, 2022:
@rainmanjr If the tar fits, wear it? How about if the swastika fits, tattoo it. Build back Nurenberg.
racocn8 comments on Jan 20, 2022:
I hope democrats get over their weakness and consistently refer to Republicans as fascist nazi-wannabees. They are not Americans anymore. They have no real loyalty to the country.
racocn8 replies on Jan 20, 2022:
@rainmanjr If the tar fits, wear it? How about if the swastika fits, tattoo it. Build back Nurenberg.
Florida bill to shield people from feeling 'discomfort' over historic actions by their race, ...
Barnie2years comments on Jan 20, 2022:
I sure hope this bill works both ways and protects people of color, LGBTQ, trans and immigrate from feeling guilt and discomfort as well.
racocn8 replies on Jan 20, 2022:
I wouldn't bet on it.
Barnie2years comments on Jan 20, 2022:
I sure hope this bill works both ways and protects people of color, LGBTQ, trans and immigrate from feeling guilt and discomfort as well.
racocn8 replies on Jan 20, 2022:
I wouldn't bet on it.
I was thinking about this so figured I'd post it in this group.
hankster comments on Jan 20, 2022:
these days....my gut.
racocn8 replies on Jan 20, 2022:
Being subjective beings, we should allow ourselves to indulge in intuition. It may not have an apparent basis, but it can generate thought-provoking scenarios.
hankster comments on Jan 20, 2022:
these days....my gut.
racocn8 replies on Jan 20, 2022:
Being subjective beings, we should allow ourselves to indulge in intuition. It may not have an apparent basis, but it can generate thought-provoking scenarios.
A group to discuss the differences between the “Right” world and the minority “Lefties” ...
ChestRockfield comments on Jan 19, 2022:
Minority lefties??
racocn8 replies on Jan 19, 2022:
Maybe he means each individual minority, rather than taken together?
ChestRockfield comments on Jan 19, 2022:
Minority lefties??
racocn8 replies on Jan 19, 2022:
Maybe he means each individual minority, rather than taken together?
I'll just say it: to be unvaccinated at this stage is not only stupid; it is also criminal.
racocn8 comments on Jan 19, 2022:
The anti-vaxxers mostly overlap Trump supporters, and thus endorse fascist criminality and Christian Nationalism.
racocn8 replies on Jan 19, 2022:
@AlanCliffe Unfortunately, the death toll on the fascist side is only a tiny nick, and barely catching up to the losses among non-whites that died from delta. A vaguely silver lining is that those that died among anti-vaxxers were the extremist advocates that help organize the GQP vote. The voter subversion is likely to more than make up the difference.
racocn8 comments on Jan 19, 2022:
The anti-vaxxers mostly overlap Trump supporters, and thus endorse fascist criminality and Christian Nationalism.
racocn8 replies on Jan 19, 2022:
@AlanCliffe Unfortunately, the death toll on the fascist side is only a tiny nick, and barely catching up to the losses among non-whites that died from delta. A vaguely silver lining is that those that died among anti-vaxxers were the extremist advocates that help organize the GQP vote. The voter subversion is likely to more than make up the difference.
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke on new voting restrictions: "Voting discrimination is ...
racocn8 comments on Jan 18, 2022:
But, is the DOJ doing anything about it? It is an organized campaign (by Koch) to subvert the democratic process. Sounds like RICO to me.
racocn8 replies on Jan 19, 2022:
@snytiger6 I believe they had protections from previous civil rights laws, but the Roberts Supreme Court has taken to overturning various provisions, wrongly claiming that states 'wouldn't' pass such laws from then on.
racocn8 comments on Jan 18, 2022:
But, is the DOJ doing anything about it? It is an organized campaign (by Koch) to subvert the democratic process. Sounds like RICO to me.
racocn8 replies on Jan 19, 2022:
@snytiger6 I believe they had protections from previous civil rights laws, but the Roberts Supreme Court has taken to overturning various provisions, wrongly claiming that states 'wouldn't' pass such laws from then on.
Like Russian roulette, but not immediately fatal.
azzow2 comments on Jan 18, 2022:
Here is the fetish for sniffing underwear bromidrophile.
racocn8 replies on Jan 18, 2022:
That would be any article that retained body odor, but you shouldn't be able to get it from freshly laundered articles.
azzow2 comments on Jan 18, 2022:
Here is the fetish for sniffing underwear bromidrophile.
racocn8 replies on Jan 18, 2022:
That would be any article that retained body odor, but you shouldn't be able to get it from freshly laundered articles.
Hi
Does anyone know: On the question of debate about H.
racocn8 comments on Jan 17, 2022:
The Republicans have no comment except to block all debate. Isn't that mature?
racocn8 replies on Jan 18, 2022:
What we need is a commercial or YouTube depicting that debate showing in grim but real detail exactly what racists they are. It could show or reference past statements... If we show the Republicans as they are (like the Goldwater commercial), we might start winning some...
racocn8 comments on Jan 17, 2022:
The Republicans have no comment except to block all debate. Isn't that mature?
racocn8 replies on Jan 18, 2022:
What we need is a commercial or YouTube depicting that debate showing in grim but real detail exactly what racists they are. It could show or reference past statements... If we show the Republicans as they are (like the Goldwater commercial), we might start winning some...
Good news, no?
racocn8 comments on Jan 17, 2022:
Yes, lets generate more tons of nuclear waste that won't be safe for 500,000 years. Hey, we haven't figured out a way to get rid of the existing super-hazardous nuclear waste. Per Google:
More than a quarter million metric tons of highly radioactive waste sits in storage near nuclear power plants...
racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2022:
@FearlessFly You are wrong about Molten Salt Reactors not producing nuclear waste (long-lived radioactive daughter products). No known fission process can avoid producing highly radioactive daughter atoms. If you can describe such a process, I'd be interested to know, but Wikipedia agrees with me (see below).
Fission is a random splitting of heavy nuclei. These nuclei are stable by virtue of the ratio of neutrons to protons. When they split, the smaller nuclei have ratios of neutrons to protons that are unstable, usually very unstable. The nuclei must radiate negative beta particles in order to recover a stable ratio, usually several times (Emitting betas changes the neutrons to protons). Because the splitting is random, the daughter nuclei can be almost anywhere in the lower half of the periodic table.
Per Wikipedia:
"The discharged wastes are mostly fission products (nuclear ashes) with shorter half-lives. This reduces the needed geologic containment to 300 years rather than the tens of thousands of years needed by a light-water reactor's spent nuclear fuel. It also permits the use of alternate nuclear fuels, such as thorium."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactor
As this information is generated in a politicized environment, it is suspect, even in Wikipedia. The point is that highly radioactive materials are generated, and the worst waste requires significant reprocessing to separate it from what can be recycled. The highly radioactive waste still needs to be sequestered, and our political processes have been unable to agree on a disposal mechanism.
racocn8 comments on Jan 17, 2022:
Yes, lets generate more tons of nuclear waste that won't be safe for 500,000 years. Hey, we haven't figured out a way to get rid of the existing super-hazardous nuclear waste. Per Google:
More than a quarter million metric tons of highly radioactive waste sits in storage near nuclear power plants...
racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2022:
@FearlessFly You are wrong about Molten Salt Reactors not producing nuclear waste (long-lived radioactive daughter products). No known fission process can avoid producing highly radioactive daughter atoms. If you can describe such a process, I'd be interested to know, but Wikipedia agrees with me (see below).
Fission is a random splitting of heavy nuclei. These nuclei are stable by virtue of the ratio of neutrons to protons. When they split, the smaller nuclei have ratios of neutrons to protons that are unstable, usually very unstable. The nuclei must radiate negative beta particles in order to recover a stable ratio, usually several times (Emitting betas changes the neutrons to protons). Because the splitting is random, the daughter nuclei can be almost anywhere in the lower half of the periodic table.
Per Wikipedia:
"The discharged wastes are mostly fission products (nuclear ashes) with shorter half-lives. This reduces the needed geologic containment to 300 years rather than the tens of thousands of years needed by a light-water reactor's spent nuclear fuel. It also permits the use of alternate nuclear fuels, such as thorium."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactor
As this information is generated in a politicized environment, it is suspect, even in Wikipedia. The point is that highly radioactive materials are generated, and the worst waste requires significant reprocessing to separate it from what can be recycled. The highly radioactive waste still needs to be sequestered, and our political processes have been unable to agree on a disposal mechanism.
My dear Anti-vaxxer,
I am quite happy for you to hurt yourself and kill yourself by virtue of ...
JennyRad comments on Jan 17, 2022:
They don't care until it's someone they love.
racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2022:
And sometimes, not even then. I know a Trump-supporter who lost his mother in 2020. He's still Trumpy as ever. The guy is brilliant in many ways, but he loves Fox and RT and conspiracies. A brilliant nut.
JennyRad comments on Jan 17, 2022:
They don't care until it's someone they love.
racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2022:
And sometimes, not even then. I know a Trump-supporter who lost his mother in 2020. He's still Trumpy as ever. The guy is brilliant in many ways, but he loves Fox and RT and conspiracies. A brilliant nut.
Thank you to all the nurses who have been bravely fighting this pandemic for more than 2 years now.
Lorajay comments on Jan 17, 2022:
A real thank you would be to give them some relief but I can't do more than encourage vaccination and that obviously is not working.
racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2022:
We should be encouraging them to be true to their beliefs and not go to the hospital.
Lorajay comments on Jan 17, 2022:
A real thank you would be to give them some relief but I can't do more than encourage vaccination and that obviously is not working.
racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2022:
We should be encouraging them to be true to their beliefs and not go to the hospital.
Largest submarine eruption this century.
Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 16, 2022:
It may affect global warming; I doubt it will be much however. It is all tectonics and part of the Pacific's Ring of Fire. Maybe if Yellowstone blew up global warming would be stopped.
racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2022:
I suspect it may be due to a hot spot similar to what caused the Hawaiian islands, rather than a tectonic spreading or subduction. Numerous chains of hot spots can be seen in the South Pacific if you look at a map of undersea stratigraphy. Or not. See section 3 on Island Origins
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2008.0119
Beowulfsfriend comments on Jan 16, 2022:
It may affect global warming; I doubt it will be much however. It is all tectonics and part of the Pacific's Ring of Fire. Maybe if Yellowstone blew up global warming would be stopped.
racocn8 replies on Jan 17, 2022:
I suspect it may be due to a hot spot similar to what caused the Hawaiian islands, rather than a tectonic spreading or subduction. Numerous chains of hot spots can be seen in the South Pacific if you look at a map of undersea stratigraphy. Or not. See section 3 on Island Origins
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2008.0119
When my kids were in preschool I used to help the teachers out.
racocn8 comments on Jan 16, 2022:
Which oils do you think contain carcinogens? Links?
racocn8 replies on Jan 16, 2022:
@azzow2 Carcinogenicity is a complex subject. In the 90's, I had a search done on black pepper which was known to fail the Ames Test for mutagenicity, what was thought to be a stand-in for carcinogenicity. It turned out the Ames repudiated the test he developed, saying that numerous molecules are mutagenic, but that DNA repair enzymes fixed the damage. It may be that cancer develops when these defenses are lost.
I'd be very surprised if perfumes cause breast cancer. Skin cancer is far more likely, especially on the upper chest which is exposed to sunlight and UV radiation.
racocn8 comments on Jan 16, 2022:
Which oils do you think contain carcinogens? Links?
racocn8 replies on Jan 16, 2022:
@azzow2 Carcinogenicity is a complex subject. In the 90's, I had a search done on black pepper which was known to fail the Ames Test for mutagenicity, what was thought to be a stand-in for carcinogenicity. It turned out the Ames repudiated the test he developed, saying that numerous molecules are mutagenic, but that DNA repair enzymes fixed the damage. It may be that cancer develops when these defenses are lost.
I'd be very surprised if perfumes cause breast cancer. Skin cancer is far more likely, especially on the upper chest which is exposed to sunlight and UV radiation.
Biden finally accuses Trump of heading a coup on Jan6. Somebody?
racocn8 comments on Jan 14, 2022:
After a five-year crime spree of treason, extortion, murder, bribery, sedition and insurrection, Biden AND HIS TEAM arrive stumbling. It's a 5 alarm fire and extinction level event and it's still crickets. That's what happens when everyone is reading from a script.
racocn8 replies on Jan 14, 2022:
@UrsiMajor Neither 1. Muller's report nor the facts of the insurrection weren't enough to convict Trump because the Republicans are corrupt to the point of violating their oaths to the country.
2. Dem's don't have the votes in Congress because both holdouts are also willing to violate their oaths in return for money, which is to say they are also corrupt.
3. Repubs might try to impeach Biden, but for what? And they still need 67 votes. Now if Biden violates the law and is impeached, Kamala takes his place. Not good, but it could be so much worse.
racocn8 comments on Jan 14, 2022:
After a five-year crime spree of treason, extortion, murder, bribery, sedition and insurrection, Biden AND HIS TEAM arrive stumbling. It's a 5 alarm fire and extinction level event and it's still crickets. That's what happens when everyone is reading from a script.
racocn8 replies on Jan 14, 2022:
@UrsiMajor Neither 1. Muller's report nor the facts of the insurrection weren't enough to convict Trump because the Republicans are corrupt to the point of violating their oaths to the country.
2. Dem's don't have the votes in Congress because both holdouts are also willing to violate their oaths in return for money, which is to say they are also corrupt.
3. Repubs might try to impeach Biden, but for what? And they still need 67 votes. Now if Biden violates the law and is impeached, Kamala takes his place. Not good, but it could be so much worse.
Biden finally accuses Trump of heading a coup on Jan6. Somebody?
racocn8 comments on Jan 14, 2022:
After a five-year crime spree of treason, extortion, murder, bribery, sedition and insurrection, Biden AND HIS TEAM arrive stumbling. It's a 5 alarm fire and extinction level event and it's still crickets. That's what happens when everyone is reading from a script.
racocn8 replies on Jan 14, 2022:
@UrsiMajor I believe Mueller collected all the proof needed for Trump and a number of his comrades. He testified before Congress that Trump could be charged on Jan 21 of 2020, if the new administration wanted that. Many of the crimes were committed out in the open, so getting the documentation can't really be the issue.
racocn8 comments on Jan 14, 2022:
After a five-year crime spree of treason, extortion, murder, bribery, sedition and insurrection, Biden AND HIS TEAM arrive stumbling. It's a 5 alarm fire and extinction level event and it's still crickets. That's what happens when everyone is reading from a script.
racocn8 replies on Jan 14, 2022:
@UrsiMajor I believe Mueller collected all the proof needed for Trump and a number of his comrades. He testified before Congress that Trump could be charged on Jan 21 of 2020, if the new administration wanted that. Many of the crimes were committed out in the open, so getting the documentation can't really be the issue.
I was reading this on Quora today: [quora.
HankHunter13 comments on Jan 14, 2022:
Medicare For All
racocn8 replies on Jan 14, 2022:
@Ryo1 I get the meme. I'm totally in favor of uplifting the physical, mental and financial well-being of those making <$150k. Campaigning with memes that distract from their own message is self-defeating though.
HankHunter13 comments on Jan 14, 2022:
Medicare For All
racocn8 replies on Jan 14, 2022:
@Ryo1 I get the meme. I'm totally in favor of uplifting the physical, mental and financial well-being of those making <$150k. Campaigning with memes that distract from their own message is self-defeating though.
I was reading this on Quora today: [quora.
HankHunter13 comments on Jan 14, 2022:
Medicare For All
racocn8 replies on Jan 14, 2022:
'straddle'??!!! Should be 'saddle' If one is going to make a meme or ad, have someone competent proof-read it. Or risk being laughed at.
HankHunter13 comments on Jan 14, 2022:
Medicare For All
racocn8 replies on Jan 14, 2022:
'straddle'??!!! Should be 'saddle' If one is going to make a meme or ad, have someone competent proof-read it. Or risk being laughed at.
Biblical smell test.
St-Sinner comments on Jan 14, 2022:
What is right..... Follow God's word or follow the law? It is an eternal dilemma.
racocn8 replies on Jan 14, 2022:
Neither, unless the law is just and makes sense.
St-Sinner comments on Jan 14, 2022:
What is right..... Follow God's word or follow the law? It is an eternal dilemma.
racocn8 replies on Jan 14, 2022:
Neither, unless the law is just and makes sense.
So apparently that research about cannabis and covid doesn't mean what we all want it to mean.
racocn8 comments on Jan 13, 2022:
Other studies do cast doubt on the ability of CBD or CBDA to help fight Covid. As with cancer, what works in a petri dish doesn't necessarily translate directly to inside a live body. Still, demonstrating that the inhibition of Covid is possible clearly points to activity that requires nuance and ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
@JeffMurray Article title: "No, Smoking Marijuana Does Not Protect You From Covid-19"
racocn8 comments on Jan 13, 2022:
Other studies do cast doubt on the ability of CBD or CBDA to help fight Covid. As with cancer, what works in a petri dish doesn't necessarily translate directly to inside a live body. Still, demonstrating that the inhibition of Covid is possible clearly points to activity that requires nuance and ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
@JeffMurray Article title: "No, Smoking Marijuana Does Not Protect You From Covid-19"
Study Finds Cannabis Compounds Prevent Infection By Covid-19 Virus
[forbes.com]
racocn8 comments on Jan 13, 2022:
We'd have had cannibis-based remedies for covid, cancer, epilepsy, autism, and dozens more diseases except the Christian racist fascists needed a way to systematically screw non-whites in the 1930s. How many millions have died needless painful deaths for the sake of Christian insecurity and ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
@FearlessFly Slavery, the Civil War, lynchings, the KKK, and then in the 30's, Nazi ideology cleanly meshed with Christian Nationalism. The hate campaigns against non-whites, Yankees, scientists (Scopes Trial), backlash against Women's Suffrage, continued, WWII notwithstanding, into the present day. It's a long list of targets that also included Catholics, Jews, LBGT, socialists, and those that used cannabis. In the 30's Father Coughlin supported some of the fascist policies of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Emperor Hirohito of Japan, and railed against 'Jewish Bankers'. Again, recall the Nazi rally that filled Madison Square Garden, attended by Trump's father. These were values embraced by Christian preachers in the south and bible belt. Christian radio stations broadcasted this bilge then and now.
racocn8 comments on Jan 13, 2022:
We'd have had cannibis-based remedies for covid, cancer, epilepsy, autism, and dozens more diseases except the Christian racist fascists needed a way to systematically screw non-whites in the 1930s. How many millions have died needless painful deaths for the sake of Christian insecurity and ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
@FearlessFly Slavery, the Civil War, lynchings, the KKK, and then in the 30's, Nazi ideology cleanly meshed with Christian Nationalism. The hate campaigns against non-whites, Yankees, scientists (Scopes Trial), backlash against Women's Suffrage, continued, WWII notwithstanding, into the present day. It's a long list of targets that also included Catholics, Jews, LBGT, socialists, and those that used cannabis. In the 30's Father Coughlin supported some of the fascist policies of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Emperor Hirohito of Japan, and railed against 'Jewish Bankers'. Again, recall the Nazi rally that filled Madison Square Garden, attended by Trump's father. These were values embraced by Christian preachers in the south and bible belt. Christian radio stations broadcasted this bilge then and now.
Just a few pieces of hard evidence, is that so much to ask for in exchange for believing the Xstian ...
Sierra4 comments on Jan 13, 2022:
I think, if I remember right, that Jesus had 12 dicks
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
"What About Mary"
Sierra4 comments on Jan 13, 2022:
I think, if I remember right, that Jesus had 12 dicks
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
"What About Mary"
Study Finds Cannabis Compounds Prevent Infection By Covid-19 Virus
[forbes.com]
racocn8 comments on Jan 13, 2022:
We'd have had cannibis-based remedies for covid, cancer, epilepsy, autism, and dozens more diseases except the Christian racist fascists needed a way to systematically screw non-whites in the 1930s. How many millions have died needless painful deaths for the sake of Christian insecurity and ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
Extracts from the source below:
(in) "...America’s ban on cannabis, you’ll find nearly all roads lead to a man named Harry Anslinger. He was the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which laid the ground work for the modern-day DEA, and the first architect of the war on drugs."...
"The second component to Anslinger’s strategy was racial. He claimed that black people and Latinos were the primary users of marijuana, and it made them forget their place in the fabric of American society. He even went so far as to argue that jazz musicians were creating “Satanic” music all thanks to the influence of pot. This obsession eventually led to a sort of witch hunt against the legendary singer Billie Holiday, who struggled with heroin addiction; she lost her license to perform in New York cabarets and continued to be dogged by law enforcement until her death.
“The insanity of the racism is a thing to behold when you go into his archives,” Hari told CBS News. “He claims that cannabis promotes interracial mixing, interracial relationships.”
"... in 1930s America, it wasn’t hard to use racist rhetoric to associate the supposed harms of cannabis with minorities and immigrants. "
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-anslinger-the-man-behind-the-marijuana-ban/
And then there is the constant drone of Christian radio preaching hatred against both cannabis and non-whites. And Nixon and his Moral Majority...
racocn8 comments on Jan 13, 2022:
We'd have had cannibis-based remedies for covid, cancer, epilepsy, autism, and dozens more diseases except the Christian racist fascists needed a way to systematically screw non-whites in the 1930s. How many millions have died needless painful deaths for the sake of Christian insecurity and ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
Extracts from the source below:
(in) "...America’s ban on cannabis, you’ll find nearly all roads lead to a man named Harry Anslinger. He was the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which laid the ground work for the modern-day DEA, and the first architect of the war on drugs."...
"The second component to Anslinger’s strategy was racial. He claimed that black people and Latinos were the primary users of marijuana, and it made them forget their place in the fabric of American society. He even went so far as to argue that jazz musicians were creating “Satanic” music all thanks to the influence of pot. This obsession eventually led to a sort of witch hunt against the legendary singer Billie Holiday, who struggled with heroin addiction; she lost her license to perform in New York cabarets and continued to be dogged by law enforcement until her death.
“The insanity of the racism is a thing to behold when you go into his archives,” Hari told CBS News. “He claims that cannabis promotes interracial mixing, interracial relationships.”
"... in 1930s America, it wasn’t hard to use racist rhetoric to associate the supposed harms of cannabis with minorities and immigrants. "
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-anslinger-the-man-behind-the-marijuana-ban/
And then there is the constant drone of Christian radio preaching hatred against both cannabis and non-whites. And Nixon and his Moral Majority...
folks, when the pandemic started, I was aghast that the US Federal Government was not even really ...
glennlab comments on Jan 13, 2022:
The clusterfuck began when the WHO offered a proven test to the US, Trump instead opted to have the NIH/CDC develop a US test. This slowed testing down by several months. Once we had the initial wave subside, the mass testing sites were no longer needed, so many were closed down and the ones that ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
Do you know if Trump or his comrades ever had or sought a financial stake in the alternate test sought at the beginning of the pandemic?
glennlab comments on Jan 13, 2022:
The clusterfuck began when the WHO offered a proven test to the US, Trump instead opted to have the NIH/CDC develop a US test. This slowed testing down by several months. Once we had the initial wave subside, the mass testing sites were no longer needed, so many were closed down and the ones that ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
Do you know if Trump or his comrades ever had or sought a financial stake in the alternate test sought at the beginning of the pandemic?
Glenn Beck Says He Has COVID Again and It’s Hit His Lungs—but He’s Taking Ivermectin
rainmanjr comments on Jan 13, 2022:
Of course it's in his lungs. I hope he suffers. A lot. Is that wrong of me?
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
It is not wrong of you. How much better of a person is Glenn Beck than Hitler? Would reasonable/moral person be sorry for Hitler suffering?
rainmanjr comments on Jan 13, 2022:
Of course it's in his lungs. I hope he suffers. A lot. Is that wrong of me?
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
It is not wrong of you. How much better of a person is Glenn Beck than Hitler? Would reasonable/moral person be sorry for Hitler suffering?
From the CDC website:
"More than 469 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the ...
ChestRockfield comments on Jan 13, 2022:
I don't think it makes sense to do the math for the cases v deaths per day. The total cases in the US was 63.2 million and total deaths stand at 843k. That works out to 1.3% of people getting covid dying.
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
@JeffMurray Yes, the 1600/day is an average, and the death rate may not have caught up to the infection rate, and thus yield an incorrectly low fatality rate. As hospitals are stressed, the recovery rate could drop and also boost the fatality rate.
ChestRockfield comments on Jan 13, 2022:
I don't think it makes sense to do the math for the cases v deaths per day. The total cases in the US was 63.2 million and total deaths stand at 843k. That works out to 1.3% of people getting covid dying.
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
@JeffMurray Yes, the 1600/day is an average, and the death rate may not have caught up to the infection rate, and thus yield an incorrectly low fatality rate. As hospitals are stressed, the recovery rate could drop and also boost the fatality rate.
From the CDC website:
"More than 469 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the ...
ChestRockfield comments on Jan 13, 2022:
I don't think it makes sense to do the math for the cases v deaths per day. The total cases in the US was 63.2 million and total deaths stand at 843k. That works out to 1.3% of people getting covid dying.
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
I can only suggest that the experience in providing care has improved the survival rate. I noted the seeming decrease in mortality as well. Those are the numbers though.
ChestRockfield comments on Jan 13, 2022:
I don't think it makes sense to do the math for the cases v deaths per day. The total cases in the US was 63.2 million and total deaths stand at 843k. That works out to 1.3% of people getting covid dying.
racocn8 replies on Jan 13, 2022:
I can only suggest that the experience in providing care has improved the survival rate. I noted the seeming decrease in mortality as well. Those are the numbers though.
More testimonial.
Consent is worth defending
[youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Jan 12, 2022:
. . . no way to know why she (in this isolated case) did not contracting the virus. :P
Bodily autonomy is one thing for non communicable medical problems.
No doubt you won't agree, but IMO, public health demands tougher government control(s) especially for health care staff (I think SCOTUS will ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 12, 2022:
@puff The issue has been politicized. The point being that one side supports public health measures and the other side opposes them. While some anti-vaxxers are sincere, many more refuse as an expression of political solidarity and/or karenism/malignant narcissism/drama addicts. I'd say the decision-makers properly recognized that those that do not share a commitment to public wellbeing cannot provide reliable service.
FearlessFly comments on Jan 12, 2022:
. . . no way to know why she (in this isolated case) did not contracting the virus. :P
Bodily autonomy is one thing for non communicable medical problems.
No doubt you won't agree, but IMO, public health demands tougher government control(s) especially for health care staff (I think SCOTUS will ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 12, 2022:
@puff The issue has been politicized. The point being that one side supports public health measures and the other side opposes them. While some anti-vaxxers are sincere, many more refuse as an expression of political solidarity and/or karenism/malignant narcissism/drama addicts. I'd say the decision-makers properly recognized that those that do not share a commitment to public wellbeing cannot provide reliable service.
More testimonial.
Consent is worth defending
[youtube.com]
FearlessFly comments on Jan 12, 2022:
. . . no way to know why she (in this isolated case) did not contracting the virus. :P
Bodily autonomy is one thing for non communicable medical problems.
No doubt you won't agree, but IMO, public health demands tougher government control(s) especially for health care staff (I think SCOTUS will ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 12, 2022:
@puff Consent would be normally be appropriate, but not in this case. Vaccines may not stop transmission, but they certainly reduce the severity, and just as certainly, the transmissibility. The development of breakthroughs surely relates to the increase in transmissibility of Omicron, the relaxing of social distancing, and the politicization of non-compliance.
FearlessFly comments on Jan 12, 2022:
. . . no way to know why she (in this isolated case) did not contracting the virus. :P
Bodily autonomy is one thing for non communicable medical problems.
No doubt you won't agree, but IMO, public health demands tougher government control(s) especially for health care staff (I think SCOTUS will ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 12, 2022:
@puff Consent would be normally be appropriate, but not in this case. Vaccines may not stop transmission, but they certainly reduce the severity, and just as certainly, the transmissibility. The development of breakthroughs surely relates to the increase in transmissibility of Omicron, the relaxing of social distancing, and the politicization of non-compliance.
It turns out that Schrodinger, Father of Quantum physics was a pedophile.
racocn8 comments on Jan 12, 2022:
I suppose it's silly to buy into cancel-culture, but giving him any notoriety also seems wrong. I enjoy Wagner's work, but I recall his ugly bigotry when I hear it. It's tough... People are fallible and perverse. People are human, but evil should not be rewarded, even posthumously.
racocn8 replies on Jan 12, 2022:
Yeah, I'd be in favor of renaming everything with his name on it.
racocn8 comments on Jan 12, 2022:
I suppose it's silly to buy into cancel-culture, but giving him any notoriety also seems wrong. I enjoy Wagner's work, but I recall his ugly bigotry when I hear it. It's tough... People are fallible and perverse. People are human, but evil should not be rewarded, even posthumously.
racocn8 replies on Jan 12, 2022:
Yeah, I'd be in favor of renaming everything with his name on it.
I love that conservatives are so stupid that they refuse to wear masks and make fun of those that do...
Druvius comments on Jan 12, 2022:
I don't love them dying, but have no sympathy.
racocn8 replies on Jan 12, 2022:
@JeffMurray Drugs/supplements can help redirect one's mood. I suppose it may be elitist to claim and advise that one can control their emotions. I think everyone tries to control their emotions, but with varying degrees of success, and some issues hit so deep that they are unprepared for that challenge. Still, control of emotion is a goal one can strive for, or blow off. "Situational management" - - more easily said than done.
Druvius comments on Jan 12, 2022:
I don't love them dying, but have no sympathy.
racocn8 replies on Jan 12, 2022:
@JeffMurray Drugs/supplements can help redirect one's mood. I suppose it may be elitist to claim and advise that one can control their emotions. I think everyone tries to control their emotions, but with varying degrees of success, and some issues hit so deep that they are unprepared for that challenge. Still, control of emotion is a goal one can strive for, or blow off. "Situational management" - - more easily said than done.
Letters From An American 01/11/2022
silverotter11 comments on Jan 12, 2022:
I really do not know how one deals with a group of people that are all my way or the highway. Actions are what matters so I don't understand these "patriots" that put road blocks up to keep legal American citizens a right that is guaranteed by a document they supposedly revere from exercising that ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 12, 2022:
The cry of fraud coming from Trump is not sham, but projection. Trump(Putin) sought out every possible flaw and worked to exploit it, legally or not..
silverotter11 comments on Jan 12, 2022:
I really do not know how one deals with a group of people that are all my way or the highway. Actions are what matters so I don't understand these "patriots" that put road blocks up to keep legal American citizens a right that is guaranteed by a document they supposedly revere from exercising that ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 12, 2022:
The cry of fraud coming from Trump is not sham, but projection. Trump(Putin) sought out every possible flaw and worked to exploit it, legally or not..
Interesting article for both those interested in Covid and Cannabinoids.
[scitechdaily.com]
itsmedammit comments on Jan 12, 2022:
You'd think the incidence of covid would be much, much lower . . . .
racocn8 replies on Jan 12, 2022:
To consume CBDA or CBGA, one has to consume the actual flower directly rather than smoke it. The extracts in the gummies are the decarboxylated neutral form, CBD. Very little CBDA or CBGA is available commercially (except from me).
itsmedammit comments on Jan 12, 2022:
You'd think the incidence of covid would be much, much lower . . . .
racocn8 replies on Jan 12, 2022:
To consume CBDA or CBGA, one has to consume the actual flower directly rather than smoke it. The extracts in the gummies are the decarboxylated neutral form, CBD. Very little CBDA or CBGA is available commercially (except from me).
11th January 2018…🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump causes worldwide controversy when it is ...
racocn8 comments on Jan 11, 2022:
America's standing, what there was of it, will never recover.
racocn8 replies on Jan 11, 2022:
@Marionville Trump's administration has revealed to the world that a major subculture of Nazi-minded low-lifes can up-end America's democracy at any moment. And they are doing their level best to achieve fascism without a shred of shame. Now we can see why we have a reputation as 'ugly Americans'.
racocn8 comments on Jan 11, 2022:
America's standing, what there was of it, will never recover.
racocn8 replies on Jan 11, 2022:
@Marionville Trump's administration has revealed to the world that a major subculture of Nazi-minded low-lifes can up-end America's democracy at any moment. And they are doing their level best to achieve fascism without a shred of shame. Now we can see why we have a reputation as 'ugly Americans'.
I'm showing my ignorance - is it really safe?
Mooolah comments on Jan 11, 2022:
We are all ignorant in the vast unrealized knowledge. Scientists split the atom in the middle of Chicago. I still do not understand how they did that without obliteration America's major heartland megalopolis.
racocn8 replies on Jan 11, 2022:
Moderating control rods... (Rods filled with neutron absorbing atoms that quench the chain reaction.)
Mooolah comments on Jan 11, 2022:
We are all ignorant in the vast unrealized knowledge. Scientists split the atom in the middle of Chicago. I still do not understand how they did that without obliteration America's major heartland megalopolis.
racocn8 replies on Jan 11, 2022:
Moderating control rods... (Rods filled with neutron absorbing atoms that quench the chain reaction.)
Finally two good conservatives... Make Love, not Masks
dalefvictor comments on Jan 10, 2022:
I can get behind that! Well the undertaker will not have to worry about dressing them for the casket.
racocn8 replies on Jan 10, 2022:
Where can I get that job?
dalefvictor comments on Jan 10, 2022:
I can get behind that! Well the undertaker will not have to worry about dressing them for the casket.
racocn8 replies on Jan 10, 2022:
Where can I get that job?
"Financial Guru" Dave Ramsey to Landlord: Raising Rent Doesn't Make You a "Bad Christian"
TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 10, 2022:
Good ole prosperity gospel, where goodness and righteousness are all about getting and staying rich, no matter how much you screw over others. The most selective form of Christianity... I have no doubt that he secretly is a fraud regarding his religiosity and has no real belief or fear of hell, as ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 10, 2022:
Who knows what goes on inside their heads. I still suspect that they rationalize their greed the same way they rationalize their hatred of various 'other' group members.
TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 10, 2022:
Good ole prosperity gospel, where goodness and righteousness are all about getting and staying rich, no matter how much you screw over others. The most selective form of Christianity... I have no doubt that he secretly is a fraud regarding his religiosity and has no real belief or fear of hell, as ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 10, 2022:
Who knows what goes on inside their heads. I still suspect that they rationalize their greed the same way they rationalize their hatred of various 'other' group members.
This is a nice summation:
ChurchLess comments on Jan 10, 2022:
What's empathy when it involves politics?
racocn8 replies on Jan 10, 2022:
In the De-Nazification process, Germans from local towns were brought in to view the masses of dead bodies. If they won't have empathy, perhaps they needed to be given PTSD.
ChurchLess comments on Jan 10, 2022:
What's empathy when it involves politics?
racocn8 replies on Jan 10, 2022:
In the De-Nazification process, Germans from local towns were brought in to view the masses of dead bodies. If they won't have empathy, perhaps they needed to be given PTSD.
Pope Francis says violence against women insults God as he delivers New Year's message
...
anglophone comments on Jan 9, 2022:
Why is he singling out women?
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
You have to ask?
anglophone comments on Jan 9, 2022:
Why is he singling out women?
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
You have to ask?
If there is violence and destruction perpetrated by lefties it's terrorism.
domos comments on Jan 9, 2022:
I am increasingly convinced that the right wing propaganda machine is becoming a hardcore media front of a terrorist movement.
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
Given that Fox frequently gets it talking points from the Russians, and that the Russian mafia/govt is a fascist dictatorship, Fox is a media front for terrorists. Look at how it has fostered Nazism in Australia...
domos comments on Jan 9, 2022:
I am increasingly convinced that the right wing propaganda machine is becoming a hardcore media front of a terrorist movement.
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
Given that Fox frequently gets it talking points from the Russians, and that the Russian mafia/govt is a fascist dictatorship, Fox is a media front for terrorists. Look at how it has fostered Nazism in Australia...
If there is violence and destruction perpetrated by lefties it's terrorism.
p-nullifidian comments on Jan 9, 2022:
What I find particularly damning and hypocritical, are the statements from Trump apologists and history revisionists (including some on this site) who say things like, “Well, the ‘protestors’ who stormed the capital didn’t do a fraction of the damage caused by the BLM protesters.” As if ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
A great deal of the damage from the BLM protests was perpetrated by the same white supremacist militias that stormed the capitol. And let's not forget the MAGA wingnut police who instigated the BLM protests, or who used excessive force, again and again at the protests.
p-nullifidian comments on Jan 9, 2022:
What I find particularly damning and hypocritical, are the statements from Trump apologists and history revisionists (including some on this site) who say things like, “Well, the ‘protestors’ who stormed the capital didn’t do a fraction of the damage caused by the BLM protesters.” As if ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
A great deal of the damage from the BLM protests was perpetrated by the same white supremacist militias that stormed the capitol. And let's not forget the MAGA wingnut police who instigated the BLM protests, or who used excessive force, again and again at the protests.
There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...
FvckY0u comments on Jan 9, 2022:
If I may offer a man's perspective. If not, I will anyway. A lot of women (most on this site excluded) are religious and don't see themselves as equal to men. So it's not just about how men treat women but it's also about how women treat and view themselves. If a woman sees herself and shows ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
As long as women's shortcomings are off the table, their complaints will be considered accordingly.
FvckY0u comments on Jan 9, 2022:
If I may offer a man's perspective. If not, I will anyway. A lot of women (most on this site excluded) are religious and don't see themselves as equal to men. So it's not just about how men treat women but it's also about how women treat and view themselves. If a woman sees herself and shows ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
As long as women's shortcomings are off the table, their complaints will be considered accordingly.
Are prosecutors dragging their feet on indicting Trump for trying to subvert the Georgia election?
yvilletom comments on Jan 9, 2022:
If prosecutors file criminal charges,Trump gets a jury trial and conviction requires unanimity,
One Trumpist among the jurors could do what the Senate did after the House impeached him.
What are the alternatives to criminal charges? Did Al Capone go to prison for non-payment of taxes?
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
Jurors are checked for their willingness to engage in Jury Nullification and strongly warned against it; they can be charged with contempt, and alternates sit ready to replace those who try to fake the system out. (In a properly run courtroom).
yvilletom comments on Jan 9, 2022:
If prosecutors file criminal charges,Trump gets a jury trial and conviction requires unanimity,
One Trumpist among the jurors could do what the Senate did after the House impeached him.
What are the alternatives to criminal charges? Did Al Capone go to prison for non-payment of taxes?
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
Jurors are checked for their willingness to engage in Jury Nullification and strongly warned against it; they can be charged with contempt, and alternates sit ready to replace those who try to fake the system out. (In a properly run courtroom).
Are prosecutors dragging their feet on indicting Trump for trying to subvert the Georgia election?
DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2022:
I'm sure they want a solid case in all, but time is of the essence in these matters. Many things can change if more time passes. Fear is also a factor here. That's right. Fear. Many morons are afraid of Trump. He must be Mafia or have Russian friends. We will even do his Q tap dance because if he ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
The mafia is now Russian and an extension of the Russian mafia that poses as Russia's government.
DenoPenno comments on Jan 9, 2022:
I'm sure they want a solid case in all, but time is of the essence in these matters. Many things can change if more time passes. Fear is also a factor here. That's right. Fear. Many morons are afraid of Trump. He must be Mafia or have Russian friends. We will even do his Q tap dance because if he ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
The mafia is now Russian and an extension of the Russian mafia that poses as Russia's government.
Second sex? By design!
bobwjr comments on Jan 9, 2022:
Thats What's wrong with religion
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
ED
bobwjr comments on Jan 9, 2022:
Thats What's wrong with religion
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
ED
There are a number of outspoken feminists in the atheist community who have written articles and ...
FvckY0u comments on Jan 9, 2022:
If I may offer a man's perspective. If not, I will anyway. A lot of women (most on this site excluded) are religious and don't see themselves as equal to men. So it's not just about how men treat women but it's also about how women treat and view themselves. If a woman sees herself and shows ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
When was that last time you heard any woman address the sexism (misandry) women routinely express? When do you imagine you will hear it? Yeah, no one should hold their breath.
FvckY0u comments on Jan 9, 2022:
If I may offer a man's perspective. If not, I will anyway. A lot of women (most on this site excluded) are religious and don't see themselves as equal to men. So it's not just about how men treat women but it's also about how women treat and view themselves. If a woman sees herself and shows ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
When was that last time you heard any woman address the sexism (misandry) women routinely express? When do you imagine you will hear it? Yeah, no one should hold their breath.
Pea-brain arrived home about 40 minutes ago, knocked upon MY door to inform me of the entire events ...
anglophone comments on Jan 9, 2022:
He is the author of his own misfortune. I wonder why I have exactly **zero** sympathy for him.
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
I think you explained it. What is there to wonder about? Do you believe you should always have some level of sympathy? At least hypothetically?
anglophone comments on Jan 9, 2022:
He is the author of his own misfortune. I wonder why I have exactly **zero** sympathy for him.
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
I think you explained it. What is there to wonder about? Do you believe you should always have some level of sympathy? At least hypothetically?
Do find this woman sexy?
MerlinZap comments on Jan 8, 2022:
MEH. Look closely, she's pretty much straight up and down. Very little breasts and little but and hips. Are we sure it's not a man?
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
The small breasts made me suspect a female impersonator. I'll say the person appear to be a curvy woman, and a good-looking specimen.
MerlinZap comments on Jan 8, 2022:
MEH. Look closely, she's pretty much straight up and down. Very little breasts and little but and hips. Are we sure it's not a man?
racocn8 replies on Jan 9, 2022:
The small breasts made me suspect a female impersonator. I'll say the person appear to be a curvy woman, and a good-looking specimen.
So I guess I was also banned from the conservative group.
ChestRockfield comments on Jan 8, 2022:
Guys, I kinda feel the title that douche @TheInterlooper bestowed on me is undeserved. I mean, it's an honor, for sure, if it's true, but I don't know that I deserve that much credit. I simply speak my mind when I feel the need. There are so many others that do the same and their contributions are ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 8, 2022:
Beauty contests are for shit. It takes a village.
ChestRockfield comments on Jan 8, 2022:
Guys, I kinda feel the title that douche @TheInterlooper bestowed on me is undeserved. I mean, it's an honor, for sure, if it's true, but I don't know that I deserve that much credit. I simply speak my mind when I feel the need. There are so many others that do the same and their contributions are ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 8, 2022:
Beauty contests are for shit. It takes a village.
Hi,
I am new to the forum.
racocn8 comments on Jan 7, 2022:
Please... You can't tell anyone here anything they haven't already heard. Try it and find out. You're beliefs are cruel and have been disproved. Go learn the truth for a change.
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
@Madisonian Your relationship, like all relationships with various gods, is superstition. This isn't necessarily irrational at first, but when you presume, without evidence, that rationality requires God, that's where it becomes irrational. The four forces are testable; that's why they've made it into the textbooks. Nothing you can say about God is testable, and that necessarily defies the definition of God.
racocn8 comments on Jan 7, 2022:
Please... You can't tell anyone here anything they haven't already heard. Try it and find out. You're beliefs are cruel and have been disproved. Go learn the truth for a change.
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
@Madisonian Your relationship, like all relationships with various gods, is superstition. This isn't necessarily irrational at first, but when you presume, without evidence, that rationality requires God, that's where it becomes irrational. The four forces are testable; that's why they've made it into the textbooks. Nothing you can say about God is testable, and that necessarily defies the definition of God.
Moderna CEO Bancel says people may need another booster by the fall
The efficacy of boosters ...
Scott321 comments on Jan 7, 2022:
There’s a difference between infection and illness. And also vaccines do more than raise titers of neutralizing antibodies. Antibodies do other things. And vaccinations can induce a solid T-cell response that might be less susceptible to escape. Symptomatic breakthroughs will reawaken the ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
Supposedly Omicron has followed the established trend: more infectious but less deadly. It may be happenstance, but if not, the prediction would be a still more infectious, but milder (?) symptoms. I gather than Omicron is still not as infectious as measles, but Covid does mutate very readily. Perhaps it will bounce between hemispheres again?
Scott321 comments on Jan 7, 2022:
There’s a difference between infection and illness. And also vaccines do more than raise titers of neutralizing antibodies. Antibodies do other things. And vaccinations can induce a solid T-cell response that might be less susceptible to escape. Symptomatic breakthroughs will reawaken the ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
Supposedly Omicron has followed the established trend: more infectious but less deadly. It may be happenstance, but if not, the prediction would be a still more infectious, but milder (?) symptoms. I gather than Omicron is still not as infectious as measles, but Covid does mutate very readily. Perhaps it will bounce between hemispheres again?
Just had something brought to my attention.
Druvius comments on Jan 7, 2022:
Not counting the tens of thousands killed by Trump supporting anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers. Talk about cherry picking, LOLROFL.
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
That would be hundreds of thousands.
Druvius comments on Jan 7, 2022:
Not counting the tens of thousands killed by Trump supporting anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers. Talk about cherry picking, LOLROFL.
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
That would be hundreds of thousands.
A year ago we nearly had a violent overthrow of our national Government.
racocn8 comments on Jan 6, 2022:
Excerpts from the link:
"Some pro-Trump commentators and politicians have asserted that the rioters were "unarmed." This is false. "The objects thrown at us varied in size, shape and consistency, some were frozen cans and bottles, rebar from the construction, bricks, liquids, pepper spray, ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
@Robecology Why do YOU think the media has censored the presence of long guns being seized by insurrectionists?
racocn8 comments on Jan 6, 2022:
Excerpts from the link:
"Some pro-Trump commentators and politicians have asserted that the rioters were "unarmed." This is false. "The objects thrown at us varied in size, shape and consistency, some were frozen cans and bottles, rebar from the construction, bricks, liquids, pepper spray, ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
@Robecology Why do YOU think the media has censored the presence of long guns being seized by insurrectionists?
So I guess I was also banned from the conservative group.
ChestRockfield comments on Jan 7, 2022:
They are all pussy snowflake bitches. Everyone with an ounce of sense comes to realize that at some point. I wish they had their own site, because they are all such piles of shit.
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
Also, they are indifferent to racism or are racists. They lack empathy and also indifferent to mass murders using guns. They claim to like capitalism, but never object to monopolies. Typically, they are paranoid and dishonest, routinely conflating socialism with communism. They'll claim to dislike government control, but support measures that support fascism. etc, etc...
ChestRockfield comments on Jan 7, 2022:
They are all pussy snowflake bitches. Everyone with an ounce of sense comes to realize that at some point. I wish they had their own site, because they are all such piles of shit.
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
Also, they are indifferent to racism or are racists. They lack empathy and also indifferent to mass murders using guns. They claim to like capitalism, but never object to monopolies. Typically, they are paranoid and dishonest, routinely conflating socialism with communism. They'll claim to dislike government control, but support measures that support fascism. etc, etc...
One of the Capitol insurrectionists from over a year ago lives 7 miles from me in Sullivan, ...
ChestRockfield comments on Jan 7, 2022:
But if that traitorous pile of shit was in prison where she belongs, that wouldn't have happened...
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
Insurrection to keep Trump, a documented stooge for a hostile foreign power, in office still seems like treason to me.
ChestRockfield comments on Jan 7, 2022:
But if that traitorous pile of shit was in prison where she belongs, that wouldn't have happened...
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
Insurrection to keep Trump, a documented stooge for a hostile foreign power, in office still seems like treason to me.
Extreme hatred on both sides, that's why we cannot get anything done
Paul4747 comments on Jan 7, 2022:
1/4 of those is absolutely true. One more... debatable. The other two are merely spewing lies and bile. And I don't see any overt hatred in the statement, "Poverty exists... because we can't satisfy the rich." It seems more like a statement of fact, when the top 1% has come to own 70% of the ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
Bottom left is also true.
Paul4747 comments on Jan 7, 2022:
1/4 of those is absolutely true. One more... debatable. The other two are merely spewing lies and bile. And I don't see any overt hatred in the statement, "Poverty exists... because we can't satisfy the rich." It seems more like a statement of fact, when the top 1% has come to own 70% of the ...
racocn8 replies on Jan 7, 2022:
Bottom left is also true.
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