Is Christmas Turning Gay?

racocn8 comments on Dec 14, 2023:

Lost me when she reminded me about putting nuts in its mouth!!! (And the mustache, and having wood underneath).

Putin announced Russia will help Palestine.

racocn8 comments on Dec 14, 2023:

I'm sure Putin would provide transport of Hamas/Gazans to Crimea. Full employment!!! They can fight the Azov Battalion! (or join it). Like Putin, Hamas/Gazans prefer to target civilians; no indiscriminate bombing at all. And like the Wagner Group, they all enjoy rape, murder, desecration of the dead, and kidnapping children (of all ages). Think of the great stories they can share...

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO CHRISTIANITY?

racocn8 comments on Dec 14, 2023:

There are very many answers, but I'll give you a few. The lull you probably grew up with may have seen "Christianity" somewhat "chastened" by the revelations of WWII, specifically The Holocaust. Many Christians identified as German in part. Put simply, what little shame could be evoked from such people faded and it didn't last. The inability to control the educational narrative including the teaching of evolution and exclusion of Biblical instruction also put US Christians on their back heel. Christians have fought back by getting the standards diluted via Texas schoolbook reviews (as I recall). Trump's presidency emboldened Christians as he tacitly carried the flag of Christian Nationalism, as embodied by his SCOTUS judges, other judges, and ending RoeVWade. So they are feeling cocky and combative. Trump's polarization has elevated the Evangelicals by giving them power (even though they're inherently incompetent, and vote against their own real interests).

Damn, I missed this classic.

racocn8 comments on Dec 14, 2023:

Ovah ze reighnbo

Check this one out! It reminds of a Christian in a chat room long ago who said he "wished" he could...

racocn8 comments on Dec 13, 2023:

That's the back-handed way of disavowing all the millions Christianity has killed in the past. Actually, it's a tacit reminder that they can and probably will kill again...

Santa is cross

racocn8 comments on Dec 13, 2023:

If Trump is orange jesus, when do we get to the crucifixion part?

From 1931 to 1953 the Appalachain Trail took an entirely different route through SW Virginia.

racocn8 comments on Dec 13, 2023:

I hiked a little bit of the Appalachian Trail to see the cicada brood coming out. I pitched a hammock but was pretty scared when a powerful electric storm came through. The trail must have crossed the stream 10 times. I had sandals for that, but a rabbit ate one of the straps. The tiny black flies were wretched.

Oh well, I did not know the Cola-Pepsi competition got personal.

racocn8 comments on Dec 12, 2023:

You need a strong dose of phosphoric acid after swallowing...

The word of shitty god

racocn8 comments on Dec 12, 2023:

'Filthy' being defined as what???? (I'm a male that can't relate to females so I'll call them names.) Meaningless gibberish meant as hate-mongering. That is just so very divine. A religionist is a billion times more filthy than a bleeding woman to read such tripe uncritically.

We all know this, but it's sometimes good to review....

racocn8 comments on Dec 12, 2023:

Except 40% like anal.

Texas woman who challenged abortion ban leaves state for the procedure | AP News

racocn8 comments on Dec 12, 2023:

I'm glad she chose not to be a martyr although the cause is worthy.

ughh...What would you do?

racocn8 comments on Dec 12, 2023:

A massive dose of CBD, NSAID of choice and tylenol...

Wedding at their favorite place - Walmart !

racocn8 comments on Dec 12, 2023:

Tat-two.... Happy and sad at the same time...

Falsies? He'll even pull a Johnnie Cochran and try on gloves to prove his manhood.

racocn8 comments on Dec 11, 2023:

I met a guy who had thick muscular hands. He was a masseuse.

The Evolutionary Basis and Function of Religion "The universal characteristics of religion ...

racocn8 comments on Dec 11, 2023:

"Cognitive fluidity enabled early modern humans to apply strategies developed for social hierarchy as a response to environmental forces by viewing these forces through the lens of anthropomorphism, allowing humans a method for attempting to control them." That's marvelous.

Well what do you know, Tommy get's it right again... 😏

racocn8 comments on Dec 11, 2023:

As always, conservative intellect is an oxymoron. (Coming from the bigot that earlier inferred two Black men were fake intellectuals. Beginning to see the pattern?)

My mom and stepdad went out to lunch with some of his classmates on Sunday and one of them mentioned...

racocn8 comments on Dec 11, 2023:

I'm shocked no one here gets this. They do this as part of a strategy. They do this pretend favor. They probably didn't even actually pray for you. After doing this 'favor' for you, they let you know surreptitiously so that they can then have an expectation of you to reciprocate. The idea is that once you're indebted to them, you'll open yourself up to their propaganda. It's a cheesy a trap as it gets. One cannot suspect cynical motives to these assholes that are low enough.

IQlancе: Your Lеading ([iqlance.

racocn8 comments on Dec 11, 2023:

Sucks to be you.

The heart of any rehabilitation center lies in its staff.

racocn8 comments on Dec 11, 2023:

Sucks to be you.

(WATER ON THE BRAIN) Former Olympian sentenced for Jan. 6 riot [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Dec 11, 2023:

Another traitor for Jesus.

Your religion is superstitious, dehumanizing, garbage

racocn8 comments on Dec 11, 2023:

Anyone who bases their personal morality on one of the 'Holy Books' should, indeed, be regarded as a moral cockroach. But it's worse than that, as modern ethics far outstrips the morality set out in said books, so anyone following religious morality is rightfully suspected to be a dangerous psychopath. (Ken Paxton and Greg Abbott spring to mind...)

Not a bad comeback.

racocn8 comments on Dec 9, 2023:

Marriage has been jiggered to provide women with much of the man's assets after they're divorced, but the men get zero compensation for the loss of sex. I'm betting the T-shirt stat is made up.

ACLU of Texas Condemns Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Bills | American Civil Liberties Union

racocn8 comments on Dec 9, 2023:

The ACLU has been working to force the US to have unlimited immigration. Their success laid the foundation for Trump's successful 2016 candidacy. Trump's bigotry is now a major plank of the GOP, thanks to the ACLU. Way, way back the ACLU did some good things, but they're as corrupted as the GOP in their own way.

People have it rough at my Xmas parties, the food is good, but kind of disgusting.

racocn8 comments on Dec 8, 2023:

Ohhh, Nnoooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

Ummm....I wouldn't know how to cook it either. 🤭

racocn8 comments on Dec 7, 2023:

It is my understanding that penises have very little muscle tissue; vaginas do though...

If you're a fan of puns, you'll love these I was going to get a brain transplant, but I changed...

racocn8 comments on Dec 7, 2023:

Not puns, but...: Doctor: a man who suffers from good health. A paradox is two doctors. So far, this is the oldest I’ve been. Sometimes stretch-pants have no other choice. What do you call a fake noodle? An Impasta. What’s red and smells like blue paint? Red paint. Why do elephants have white tusks? The use Crest. When is the best time to go to the dentist? Tooth-hurty. A bicycle can't stand on its own because it's two-tired. Do you know why a humming bird hums? Because he doesn't know the words. What happened when the skunk fell into the ocean? He stank all the way to the bottom. What do you get if you cross a skunk with an orange bear? Winnie the phew. How do you make a baby buggy? Tickle his toes. A bicycle can’t stand alone; it is two tired. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. If you don’t pay your exorcist, you can get repossessed. When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds. When you’ve seen one shopping center, you’ve seen a mall. How do you keep a baby quiet? Give him a bottle of Elmer's glue to suck on. May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live. Knock! Knock! Who's there? Control Freak. Con— Okay, now you say, "Control Freak who?" What’s the best thing about Switzerland? I don't know—but the flag is a big plus. I invented a new word! Plagiarism!

Pope John Paul II, said ...

racocn8 comments on Dec 7, 2023:

(And the hierarchy of the Catholic Church says that raping small boys must be done discreetly and not punished. Consenting gay sex is a different matter...)

If your holy book tells you how to treat your slaves...

racocn8 comments on Dec 7, 2023:

Maybe not as bad as slavery, but I'd say the same for prescribing amputation... The morality of the revered scriptures generally sucks and is not thought out.

Mike Johnson, currently 2nd in line to the presidency, is bent on instituting Dominionist theocracy ...

racocn8 comments on Dec 6, 2023:

There is irony in how Christians denounce non-believers as being morally deficient because they don't follow Christian morals. The irony is that as Christians refuse to follow secular critical thinking, they remain brainwashed, delusional and incapable of forming accurate judgments about the world. Indeed, they are the ones who behave immorally, lying to assuage their cognitive dissonance. Plus, they readily swear an oath to the country (on their Bible) when their loyalty to their cult continues to have priority. Lying to others and themselves comes with their indoctrination to the point they can't even grasp what truth is.

Whenever possible just let go ...

racocn8 comments on Dec 6, 2023:

I guess that's why I remember my dreams in the shower...

Without libraries, what have we? ...

racocn8 comments on Dec 6, 2023:

The unfortunate reality is that we have no past and no future. We are an eyeblink and maybe not even that.

One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is...

racocn8 comments on Dec 6, 2023:

Yeah, he would know. Hell, he's a fucking authority...

He just had to give her a fine. 🙄

racocn8 comments on Dec 5, 2023:

Not long ago, Santa was getting ready for his annual trip,... but there were problems everywhere. Four of his elves were sick and others were sneezing. Mrs Claus said her mum was coming to visit. Santa was already stressed, then he found that several reindeer had run off.. He began to load the sleigh when a board cracked and the left rail fell off, scattering presents everywhere. Santa went for a shot of whisky to warm him up and found the elves had drank it all up. Going for the coffee, it slipped and broke into dozens of pieces. He went for the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw it was made from. Just then, the doorbell rang and Santa cussed on his way to the door. He opened the door and there was a little angel with a great big Christmas tree. The angel said “where would you like me to put this tree, Santa?” And that is how the little angel came to be on top of the Christmas tree.

"When it comes to human dignity, we can not make compromises." Angela Merkel

racocn8 comments on Dec 5, 2023:

Is there such a thing a dignified sex? What is dignity? Cultural tradition? Stick up the ass? Can one be excessively dignified (See Groucho Marx films).

Dating and Agnostic

racocn8 comments on Dec 5, 2023:

Yeah. Good luck with finding an agnostic woman, much less an atheist. I wish it were otherwise. Perhaps it will improve as people leave organized religion?

How do you view Jesus?

racocn8 comments on Dec 5, 2023:

It is obvious that Adam never existed. No evidence of Moses doing the Exodus has been found. Most of the stories of Jesus were copied from previous deities. After subtracting those stories, not enough is left to be considered wisdom nor wise teachings. Supposedly a fair number of nutjobs claimed to be the messiah in those days. On the other hand, Frodo lives...

Dick Cheney told Liz to "defend the Republic" days before Jan. 6 -- Axios

racocn8 comments on Dec 4, 2023:

Kudos to Liz Cheney for her work on the Jan 6 Committee. How she managed to have any integrity left after being a Republican voting with Trump >90% of the time. What a fucked up planet.

Republicans Are Trying to Redefine Who’s an American -- Bloomberg

racocn8 comments on Dec 4, 2023:

GD paywalls... But to the title, if accurate: What would Republicans know about being Americans after pledging allegiance to a stooge for Putin and an insurrectionist intent on disregarding the Constitution. (Not that the Constitution is worth the parchment it's written on any more)

Kushner, Jewish business leaders huddle with Qatari PM -- Axios

racocn8 comments on Dec 4, 2023:

So will it be like Reagan who communicated with Iran during Carter's hostage crises to have Iran keep the hostages until after Reagan got elected?

OMG !?! THE MUSIC HAS ALREADY STARTED

racocn8 comments on Dec 4, 2023:

Can we go back to the War on Christmas????

He looks similar, no glasses needed

racocn8 comments on Dec 3, 2023:

The claim that Israel dismissed the Hamas war plans as 'aspirational' cannot be believed. Having them in hand when warnings of an impending attack came in from Egypt, the US, and their own intelligence agents make the excuse an absurdity. Not only was this 'wag the dog,' but shows Netanyahu had something else in mind. But what? A second Suez Canal? Exploitation of the Mediterranean gas deposits? Or good ole' ethnic cleansing? What? Regardless, Netanyahu should be in cuffs yesterday; fuck the war. That BN would allow 10/7 to happen is as ugly as it gets. Sickening. Yeah, another Trump. And both competing with Hitler.

Do you mind?

racocn8 comments on Dec 3, 2023:

They belong on a library back room to be checked out only by those who have been instructed in the consequences and risks of toxic propaganda.

I hope he lands in the worst drag bar in NY

racocn8 comments on Dec 3, 2023:

But he was getting support from a Russian oligarch, so what's different...

The World's Newest Major Religion: No Religion

racocn8 comments on Dec 2, 2023:

I also hope that the advancement of technology may enable an effective eradication of religious behavior. It's an exceptionally worthy goal.

There is only one way to happiness...

racocn8 comments on Dec 2, 2023:

Worry blocks happiness, but what is happiness?

The high minded man...

racocn8 comments on Dec 2, 2023:

Truth is a much more elusive quality than most realize, thus finding and keeping it requires perseverance, discipline and luck.

Hinduism is not behind Islam in promising virgins in heaven.

racocn8 comments on Dec 2, 2023:

Sex might feel transcendental, but the religious use of it is usually either tawdry, juvenile or hung up.

Oh how I fancy the penetrating humor of Mae West, she could dish it out and was more than willing to...

racocn8 comments on Dec 2, 2023:

She was a prolific humorist and many wonderful witticisms are attributed to her.

Another pearl of wisdom, these keep coming. I have no problem finding them.

racocn8 comments on Dec 2, 2023:

What sort of society would we have if such minds weren't tightly shackled and numbed. I'd like to think the person is capable of more than irrationality. The worst disease of all remains without a cure...

“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.

racocn8 comments on Dec 2, 2023:

Whether living or existing, it's an eye-blink, so act accordingly...

His Dad was a weirdo

racocn8 comments on Dec 1, 2023:

The fruit didn't fall far from the tree...

Politics Tucker Carlson once texted he hated Trump "passionately.

racocn8 comments on Dec 1, 2023:

And however much he hates Trump, he hates Democrats more.

Fox Hosts Stunned That Women Aren’t Into Pro-Trump Guys -- The Daily Beast

racocn8 comments on Dec 1, 2023:

Let us hope this is evolution in action.

Gosh, never seen that one before

racocn8 comments on Nov 30, 2023:

As always, she's only pretending....

Robert Di Niro in 2016: [youtu.be] Robert Di Niro in 2023: [youtu.be]

racocn8 comments on Nov 30, 2023:

If anyone had any doubt that Putin had purchased the Republican Party, please note the recent revelation about Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. "In 2018, it was revealed he had received over $37,000 in campaign contributions from American Ethane, a company with only insignificant assets in the U.S., and controlled almost entirely by three Russian oligarchs." https://marytrump.substack.com/p/caught-mike-johnson-takes-russian

I did. Many times.

racocn8 comments on Nov 30, 2023:

Of course the dragon queen smokes...

Brilliant nasal policy in action

racocn8 comments on Nov 30, 2023:

I never got into eating my snot. I used to have a pet rat that liked it though.

Loyalty and dedication !

racocn8 comments on Nov 30, 2023:

The top one is for the mirror on the ceiling. (When she's too drunk to remember her name.) The lower one is to remind the one who's banging her (...oh, yeah...).

Man made god in his own image

racocn8 comments on Nov 30, 2023:

So that is why god is such a complete asshole.

The religious ask what the world would be without faith?

racocn8 comments on Nov 29, 2023:

People ARE assholes. And religions are all dedicated to hate of non-believers. That's how it works. Where is the religion that honors and invites contradictory views? (...like science does)

The 14 Weirdest Moments In The Bible: Jesus killed a tree, just because he could! ...

racocn8 comments on Nov 29, 2023:

I like that the cross in the 'O' is upside-down. I saw where some crucifixions were on 'X's' rather than 't's'. It could easily been a whole other iconography. Or they could have used another Roman favorite, rolling the victim down a hill in a barrel with nails pointing in. As for Jesus killing a tree because he could, I thought he cursed a fig tree to death because the tree had no figs. Now whether it was out of season, previously picked or something else was unknown. Bestowing death because of his 'disappointment' seemed absurdly harsh for a plant and, because the story is nonsensical, it often deemed to be allegorical, although again, what that allegory supposedly means is wholly open to interpretation. It's stupid and it shows. Yeah, that is so divinely inspired....

Injection might help long COVID patients smell normally again [livescience.com]

racocn8 comments on Nov 28, 2023:

The same or similar strategy has sought to decrease PTSD... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK442253/

I don't find them when I need them

racocn8 comments on Nov 28, 2023:

Can I get some of that anesthesia over here?...

Hearing racists defend their rationalizations for being racist is always painful.

racocn8 comments on Nov 28, 2023:

What race exists?

You have heard but you have not noticed

racocn8 comments on Nov 28, 2023:

If dying was his gift to Humanity, couldn't he have done it 27 years earlier and spare us the "divine insights into the human heart"? All those vague parables are so to-the-point and wise (not). And what's not to like about human sacrifice and watching painful murder for hours on end. What subtlety, what elegance; how godly. Religions are such reliable sources of transcendental truth; shame on us for not accepting that (!!!!!!!)(sarcasm if you can't tell).

Just in time for Christmas. You'll never want to leave home.

racocn8 comments on Nov 28, 2023:

"...I don't mean to blow smoke up your ass, but...." (at least it smells good...)

We had a childhood story that a nonbeliever king asked his young son where God was and kicked a ...

racocn8 comments on Nov 28, 2023:

I would like to know if a Biblical concept exists that is as profound in implications as evolution. The forms of evidence for evolution are many and no evidence is contradictory. If one assigns a correspondingly high level of confidence to evolution's correctness, one must wonder how all the religious texts managed to miss it, being in direct contact with the supreme being. All those gods were well informed, but didn't think it important? It doesn't seem like something that should have been missed. Or, perhaps Humanity was dumber than shit until Darwin and Wallace came along. That would seem to be the case. We should be ashamed of such stupidity.

This was an ancient Roman public Bathroom

racocn8 comments on Nov 27, 2023:

They are all pissing into the wind. What a circle jerk...

"Every religion is true one way or another.

racocn8 comments on Nov 27, 2023:

Except most if not all of the metaphors are BS also.

Did you try one? One for home, one for travel.

racocn8 comments on Nov 27, 2023:

The Jesus part was not healthy either. (Unless you don't mind dementia)

A stronger irony does not exist.

racocn8 comments on Nov 27, 2023:

Per Google: "Ark Encounter received tax incentives from the city, county, and state to induce its construction. "

House Republicans ratchet up focus on Jan. 6 amid Greene, Trump loyalist pressure -- The Hill

racocn8 comments on Nov 26, 2023:

This is your DOJ on reds.

No one’s promising you can keep your doctor anymore - POLITICO

racocn8 comments on Nov 26, 2023:

Almost certainly expert systems and AI will fill the gap, or try to!!! And we know how reliable AI is, NOT. "Intuitive" is a company developing robotic surgical systems. Yeah, right. But actual doctors aren't all that competent; I've had a couple of real losers. One kept telling me to take tumeric, even though the bioavailability of tumeric is near zero, and is toxic if it did somehow get into your system. The AMA has worked for almost a century to suppress production of doctors hoping to boost their salaries. First, do no harm, rrriiiggghhhhhtttt.

Indians have been waiting for Kalki for 3,700 years.

racocn8 comments on Nov 26, 2023:

What a tragedy to contemplate the wasting of so many minds. It is sheer laziness for many of them. Would that even a few of them truly sought spirtual enlightenment. They are drunks looking for their keys under a lamppost. (stupid assholes)

It's good to be rich, right Elon?

racocn8 comments on Nov 26, 2023:

This one got some controversy...

Musical trousers

racocn8 comments on Nov 26, 2023:

I think the meme meant "ACCORDIONLY"...

I wonder if the evangelical Christians would be mad if that happened 🤣🤣

racocn8 comments on Nov 26, 2023:

Not what I want to contemplate while drinking a frothy latte...

Every transaction becomes a financial assault.

racocn8 comments on Nov 26, 2023:

I especially detest how Frontier wastes MY time collecting my viewing keystrokes to sell. Everytime I reach for the remote, I have to wait 14 seconds for these assholes to make a nickel, and they charge ME for it.

Stephen King's Thanksgiving Attack on Donald Trump -- Newsweek

racocn8 comments on Nov 25, 2023:

Kevin Sorbo has produced a number of virulent hate-mongering films that denounce agnosticism in favor of Christian dogma. He's another vile idiot like Mel Gibson.

Children must know the truth

racocn8 comments on Nov 25, 2023:

If a god were so interested in Humans, it wouldn't have wasted so much time with dinosaurs. We won't last 1/100th the time they were around.

It can be tough facing crowds

racocn8 comments on Nov 25, 2023:

I think she needs an Adderall addiction for a while...

I hope no one has worms. 😁

racocn8 comments on Nov 25, 2023:

Intentionally getting tapeworms used to be an effective means of weight loss.

Name a movie or 6 that you have tried to watch several times because everybody raved about it and ...

racocn8 comments on Nov 25, 2023:

Cheech & Chong. Dr. Zhivago, Star Wars 7-9...

Russian Cannibal Serial Killer Pardoned by Putin to Fight in Ukraine In a surefire sign ...

racocn8 comments on Nov 25, 2023:

After Wagner's campaign of rape, murder, and torture, this is the cherry on the cake.

It must be true some people here just love to bleed stupid all over the Internet....

racocn8 comments on Nov 25, 2023:

Creating or perceiving logical explanations requires previous discipline in becoming educated about reality, and being grounded in how reality works. Few people see that cultivating that discipline is worthwhile, and more typically regard it as work requiring effort. People prefer to be lazy and aren't willing to put in the time and effort needed to boost their awareness. Very often, they prefer to numb themselves to such ambitions, either with alcohol, or to excuse it away with religion.

Listen up Good Fellas,

racocn8 comments on Nov 24, 2023:

And that is the exact opposite of a miracle. Religion is the wasting and trashing of the human spirit. Faith is shitting on Humanity; it is telling everyone else that they reject hard-won Truths in favor of obvious lies, and the faked joy of trading ones honor and integrity for acceptance within a group of assholes.

That will be a weight of her mind.

racocn8 comments on Nov 24, 2023:

How much surgery will be needed to remove the Y-chromosome from every cell in 'her' body? 'She' is certainly a pussy for wanting to compete against females.

Save room for pie...

racocn8 comments on Nov 24, 2023:

I'd gobble her giblets...

In other words the US is admitting what was obvious all along, this was a war of NATO aggression.

racocn8 comments on Nov 23, 2023:

And got more countries into NATO...

Someone has passed.

racocn8 comments on Nov 23, 2023:

GD paywalls...

Dropping out after New Hampshire. It's a very hard sale.

racocn8 comments on Nov 23, 2023:

Your standard wretched POS Republican. You really don't need AI to show him as grotesque. I'm guessing Trump had those made up.

Edit: NOT looking for advice.

racocn8 comments on Nov 21, 2023:

If you don't have a source for Rick Simpson Oil, consider juicing cannabis sativa and/or hemp, whatever is available. Also, ginger, Lion's Mane and Turkey Tail.

In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an...

racocn8 comments on Nov 21, 2023:

There's a West Wing episode that does that content. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CPjWd4MUXs

A dream that never was

racocn8 comments on Nov 20, 2023:

Impressive!!!

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racocn8 comments on Nov 20, 2023:

Try again...

Follow me for more recipe ideas.....

racocn8 comments on Nov 19, 2023:

At least the tray and foil get sterilized by cooking. Still, the negative aesthetic lingers.

Slapstick is dead?

racocn8 comments on Nov 19, 2023:

The idea of rubbing ones spit into someone else's eyes hardly seems like a recipe to enable them to see again. Idiotic stories are the Bible's stock in trade.

An educational message

racocn8 comments on Nov 17, 2023:

...and the content is about the same...

He's giving married life a bad name

racocn8 comments on Nov 17, 2023:

In most cases, indistinguishable from the still living...

Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer convicted of attempted kidnapping and assault:...

racocn8 comments on Nov 17, 2023:

I don't understand why they didn't go for an insanity defense as that seemed to be the case.