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A Christian Fundamentalist Asked These (Awful) Questions on a First Date | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
I have a close lady-friend who is a strong Christian, but I don't try to change her views on religion. She is very high strung, scatterbrained, and very disordered with manic-depression. She has a long checklist of requirements, even though her clock is near expiry. She is a very sad, tragic ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
@Jolanta She is desperate for a husband, but has a lot going against her, including her religion and her expectations. She recently got a puppy and that seems to help.
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
I have a close lady-friend who is a strong Christian, but I don't try to change her views on religion. She is very high strung, scatterbrained, and very disordered with manic-depression. She has a long checklist of requirements, even though her clock is near expiry. She is a very sad, tragic ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
@Jolanta She is desperate for a husband, but has a lot going against her, including her religion and her expectations. She recently got a puppy and that seems to help.
TPPP Episode 132 - YouTube
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
Pathetic morons. Especially Chris.
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
@SlewSuffer My apologies. Just my opinion. I'm sure they mean well, but I've gotten a bunch of the vilification Dawkins mentioned in his tweet.
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
Pathetic morons. Especially Chris.
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
@SlewSuffer My apologies. Just my opinion. I'm sure they mean well, but I've gotten a bunch of the vilification Dawkins mentioned in his tweet.
TPPP Episode 132 - YouTube
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
Pathetic morons. Especially Chris.
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
Beavis and Butthead come to mind.
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
Pathetic morons. Especially Chris.
racocn8 replies on Apr 23, 2021:
Beavis and Butthead come to mind.
A Christian Fundamentalist Asked These (Awful) Questions on a First Date | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
I have a close lady-friend who is a strong Christian, but I don't try to change her views on religion. She is very high strung, scatterbrained, and very disordered with manic-depression. She has a long checklist of requirements, even though her clock is near expiry. She is a very sad, tragic ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 22, 2021:
@Jolanta She does and she gets some. She is desperately lonely, no one ever works out for her, and it's hard to see her go through all that drama. It does make me value my own situation more.
racocn8 comments on Apr 22, 2021:
I have a close lady-friend who is a strong Christian, but I don't try to change her views on religion. She is very high strung, scatterbrained, and very disordered with manic-depression. She has a long checklist of requirements, even though her clock is near expiry. She is a very sad, tragic ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 22, 2021:
@Jolanta She does and she gets some. She is desperately lonely, no one ever works out for her, and it's hard to see her go through all that drama. It does make me value my own situation more.
Perhaps in a different reality......
glennlab comments on Apr 22, 2021:
It was 4 years of an alternate reality, America has awoken from the long national nightmare
racocn8 replies on Apr 22, 2021:
I'm with Lauren. it is still a very bad dream, and if Trump gets a megaphone back, ugh. Where the hell is the DOJ to take that traitor down?
glennlab comments on Apr 22, 2021:
It was 4 years of an alternate reality, America has awoken from the long national nightmare
racocn8 replies on Apr 22, 2021:
I'm with Lauren. it is still a very bad dream, and if Trump gets a megaphone back, ugh. Where the hell is the DOJ to take that traitor down?
Is nuclear energy a viable option for the future generation of energy?
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 22, 2021:
You write that in the thorium cycle you "load other fissionable material", and that this absorbs neutrons, generating more fissionable material. However, that fission splits the fissionable nuclei into halves
We sort of know what those by-products will be... They will be one of several dozen elements as the heaviest and hottest isotope of that element. The daughter nuclei have so many excess neutrons that those nuclei are highly unstable. The nuclei must actually radiate something like ten times before the daughter nucleus becomes stable. In the picture attached, the resulting daughter product nuclei start as isotopes on the far right and emit beta particles and gammas rays until they reach stability. The path to stability goes through all the turquoise isotopes shown and half-lives can be milliseconds or centuries. The waste contains a mixture of atoms from all the rows shown, each with their own chemistry, and none having a commercial value that comes close to the cost of their extraction. Working with this stuff is far worse than any nerve gas or toxic sludge. Storing it above ground as shown in the video remains an unacceptable risk, given that they are supposed to remain intact for centuries. No one believes that will happen safely. The professor's example refers to the daughter products at 3:15 (0.80 tons).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnxksKmJa6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdVK4cqiFs
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 22, 2021:
You write that in the thorium cycle you "load other fissionable material", and that this absorbs neutrons, generating more fissionable material. However, that fission splits the fissionable nuclei into halves
We sort of know what those by-products will be... They will be one of several dozen elements as the heaviest and hottest isotope of that element. The daughter nuclei have so many excess neutrons that those nuclei are highly unstable. The nuclei must actually radiate something like ten times before the daughter nucleus becomes stable. In the picture attached, the resulting daughter product nuclei start as isotopes on the far right and emit beta particles and gammas rays until they reach stability. The path to stability goes through all the turquoise isotopes shown and half-lives can be milliseconds or centuries. The waste contains a mixture of atoms from all the rows shown, each with their own chemistry, and none having a commercial value that comes close to the cost of their extraction. Working with this stuff is far worse than any nerve gas or toxic sludge. Storing it above ground as shown in the video remains an unacceptable risk, given that they are supposed to remain intact for centuries. No one believes that will happen safely. The professor's example refers to the daughter products at 3:15 (0.80 tons).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnxksKmJa6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdVK4cqiFs
Is nuclear energy a viable option for the future generation of energy?
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
@Willow_Wisp I may well be uninformed. However, I suggest that you might misunderstand the notion of MSR reactors eating nuclear waste. As long as fission is occurring, the neutron flux is causing fuel nuclei to fission. MSR's do not avoid that. Again from reference below "Using thorium does not eliminate the problem of long-lived radioactive waste." If you have a reference that describes how the Thorium cycle avoids generating long-lived radioactive waste, please post it.
https://www.wiseinternational.org/nuclear-energy/thorium-new-and-improved-nuclear-energy?gclid=CjwKCAjwmv-DBhAMEiwA7xYrd6DOHjy-ZZy6KuRsSDFWxqJ-DSfpHU0NlYeMXt1oiMdjjBT7DYWychoCSAkQAvD_BwE
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
@Willow_Wisp I may well be uninformed. However, I suggest that you might misunderstand the notion of MSR reactors eating nuclear waste. As long as fission is occurring, the neutron flux is causing fuel nuclei to fission. MSR's do not avoid that. Again from reference below "Using thorium does not eliminate the problem of long-lived radioactive waste." If you have a reference that describes how the Thorium cycle avoids generating long-lived radioactive waste, please post it.
https://www.wiseinternational.org/nuclear-energy/thorium-new-and-improved-nuclear-energy?gclid=CjwKCAjwmv-DBhAMEiwA7xYrd6DOHjy-ZZy6KuRsSDFWxqJ-DSfpHU0NlYeMXt1oiMdjjBT7DYWychoCSAkQAvD_BwE
Is nuclear energy a viable option for the future generation of energy?
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
@Willow_Wisp Do we run anything besides spacecraft on U233? Heavy nuclei like U235 need 2.4 neutrons for each proton. When you split that, the ratio needs to be 1.3. To get there, the daughter nuclei must radiate betas and gammas, and that takes time and radioactivity. It isn't a set process and the mess you end up with is far worse than sorting trash. No one has a plan for disposing of their radioactive waste or shipping it. Yucca Mountain's plug got pulled 20 years ago, and the waste is just sitting in ponds, hither and yon. Even superfund site debris is treated and sent somewhere, however inadvisably. We'll have economical fusion before fission waste finds a home. If you or any fission proponents have a solution, by all means, feel free to help your cause. I'd be cheering too!
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
@Willow_Wisp Do we run anything besides spacecraft on U233? Heavy nuclei like U235 need 2.4 neutrons for each proton. When you split that, the ratio needs to be 1.3. To get there, the daughter nuclei must radiate betas and gammas, and that takes time and radioactivity. It isn't a set process and the mess you end up with is far worse than sorting trash. No one has a plan for disposing of their radioactive waste or shipping it. Yucca Mountain's plug got pulled 20 years ago, and the waste is just sitting in ponds, hither and yon. Even superfund site debris is treated and sent somewhere, however inadvisably. We'll have economical fusion before fission waste finds a home. If you or any fission proponents have a solution, by all means, feel free to help your cause. I'd be cheering too!
Is nuclear energy a viable option for the future generation of energy?
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
@Willow_Wisp Per Wikipedia: "In a reactor, when a neutron hits a fissile atom (such as certain isotopes of uranium), it either splits the nucleus or is captured and transmutes the atom. In the case of 233U, the transmutations tend to produce useful nuclear fuels rather than transuranic waste. When 233U absorbs a neutron, it either fissions or becomes 234U. The chance of fissioning on absorption of a thermal neutron is about 92%; the capture-to-fission ratio of 233U, therefore, is about 1:12 – which is better than the corresponding capture vs. fission ratios of 235U (about 1:6), or 239Pu or 241Pu (both about 1:3). The result is less transuranic waste than in a reactor using the uranium-plutonium fuel cycle."
Thus, the Thorium Cycle benefits from producing recyclable fuel and no plutonium, but it only produces slightly less fissioned daughter-product waste. These daughter products have a broad range of half-lives, and no one has a means to transport nor dispose of it. It remains a showstopper. 300 years is still way too long. Even if the amount is less than what comes from a conventional nuclear reactor, nuclear waste remains too hazardous for todays politics. Also from Wikipedia:
"A 2011 MIT study concluded that although there is little in the way of barriers to a thorium fuel cycle, with current or near term light-water reactor designs there is also little incentive for any significant market penetration to occur. As such they conclude there is little chance of thorium cycles replacing conventional uranium cycles in the current nuclear power market, despite the potential benefits."
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
@Willow_Wisp Per Wikipedia: "In a reactor, when a neutron hits a fissile atom (such as certain isotopes of uranium), it either splits the nucleus or is captured and transmutes the atom. In the case of 233U, the transmutations tend to produce useful nuclear fuels rather than transuranic waste. When 233U absorbs a neutron, it either fissions or becomes 234U. The chance of fissioning on absorption of a thermal neutron is about 92%; the capture-to-fission ratio of 233U, therefore, is about 1:12 – which is better than the corresponding capture vs. fission ratios of 235U (about 1:6), or 239Pu or 241Pu (both about 1:3). The result is less transuranic waste than in a reactor using the uranium-plutonium fuel cycle."
Thus, the Thorium Cycle benefits from producing recyclable fuel and no plutonium, but it only produces slightly less fissioned daughter-product waste. These daughter products have a broad range of half-lives, and no one has a means to transport nor dispose of it. It remains a showstopper. 300 years is still way too long. Even if the amount is less than what comes from a conventional nuclear reactor, nuclear waste remains too hazardous for todays politics. Also from Wikipedia:
"A 2011 MIT study concluded that although there is little in the way of barriers to a thorium fuel cycle, with current or near term light-water reactor designs there is also little incentive for any significant market penetration to occur. As such they conclude there is little chance of thorium cycles replacing conventional uranium cycles in the current nuclear power market, despite the potential benefits."
Is nuclear energy a viable option for the future generation of energy?
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
The Thorium Cycle produces the same witches brew of nuclear daughter products as uranium. It only gets rid of the plutonium.
JeffMesser comments on Apr 21, 2021:
it's most definitely a viable solution ... but we need so much more tech and research on thorium portable reactors to make it green friendlier overall.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
The Thorium Cycle produces the same witches brew of nuclear daughter products as uranium. It only gets rid of the plutonium.
Is nuclear energy a viable option for the future generation of energy?
hankster comments on Apr 21, 2021:
if it could be tricked into producing enough power to sling itself into the sun.....that would be a nifty solution.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
One other idea is to embed the waste into a crustal plate that is subducting. Again, not cheap, and still very risky.
hankster comments on Apr 21, 2021:
if it could be tricked into producing enough power to sling itself into the sun.....that would be a nifty solution.
racocn8 replies on Apr 21, 2021:
One other idea is to embed the waste into a crustal plate that is subducting. Again, not cheap, and still very risky.
Can i get an amen to that
racocn8 comments on Apr 19, 2021:
Yes, it is all too clear how the believers have been healed and magnified. Implicit in this is the belief in being a victim of other people. Oh, poor, poor Christians...
racocn8 replies on Apr 20, 2021:
@Basem I agree. Generally, religious people race each other to the bottom. If only there were a bottom...
racocn8 comments on Apr 19, 2021:
Yes, it is all too clear how the believers have been healed and magnified. Implicit in this is the belief in being a victim of other people. Oh, poor, poor Christians...
racocn8 replies on Apr 20, 2021:
@Basem I agree. Generally, religious people race each other to the bottom. If only there were a bottom...
The testimony of Chauvin’s “experts” and the pseudo-legal framework of police terror
racocn8 comments on Apr 19, 2021:
In the United States, the ideal of truth, honesty and facts have been rejected by Evangelicals. These Evangelicals were reared in absurd myths and grew up accustomed to telling lies and being encouraged to do so. They justify the violation of the oaths they swear by their loyalty to their cohort.
racocn8 replies on Apr 19, 2021:
@altschmerz You're right of course. Indeed, the local atheist united couldn't handle my questions when I called him on his lies, and removed me from the group's distribution. He's a bully with a particularly shallow mind. As with most bullies, he's a coward.
racocn8 comments on Apr 19, 2021:
In the United States, the ideal of truth, honesty and facts have been rejected by Evangelicals. These Evangelicals were reared in absurd myths and grew up accustomed to telling lies and being encouraged to do so. They justify the violation of the oaths they swear by their loyalty to their cohort.
racocn8 replies on Apr 19, 2021:
@altschmerz You're right of course. Indeed, the local atheist united couldn't handle my questions when I called him on his lies, and removed me from the group's distribution. He's a bully with a particularly shallow mind. As with most bullies, he's a coward.
Will we ever know exactly how the universe ballooned into existence?
[livescience.com]
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
The ballooning or expansion would be entropy? Increasing disorder and dispersal of energy...
As to existence itself, it's unclear what non-existence even means. The closest analogy might be the fertile quantum vacuum in which particles are popping in and out of existence. The scientists use ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 18, 2021:
@yvilletom I was once asked to do a calculation using the light wavelength emitted from a harmonic scissoring molecule. The calculation provided an astoundingly close value compared to the mass recorded by other experiments. That the value differed at all was the problem. If the equations being used were correct, the value should have been spot on. The presence of a deviation meant that the equation was mostly correct, but must have lacked another term that had a slight effect on the final result.
The controversy over the values calculated for the muon G-2 experiment seems like a similar situation. I am satisfied that much of the theory is correct, but continues to miss the mark because of weaker lower-level interactions.
I also believe that the government imposes control on patents and research so as to suppress information in certain areas. Discoveries have been made, but, like nuclear energy, are regarded as dangerous knowledge.
That seems at odds with the freedom of information on the internet. Perhaps someday that 3x5 card with the missing term will be published.
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
The ballooning or expansion would be entropy? Increasing disorder and dispersal of energy...
As to existence itself, it's unclear what non-existence even means. The closest analogy might be the fertile quantum vacuum in which particles are popping in and out of existence. The scientists use ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 18, 2021:
@yvilletom I was once asked to do a calculation using the light wavelength emitted from a harmonic scissoring molecule. The calculation provided an astoundingly close value compared to the mass recorded by other experiments. That the value differed at all was the problem. If the equations being used were correct, the value should have been spot on. The presence of a deviation meant that the equation was mostly correct, but must have lacked another term that had a slight effect on the final result.
The controversy over the values calculated for the muon G-2 experiment seems like a similar situation. I am satisfied that much of the theory is correct, but continues to miss the mark because of weaker lower-level interactions.
I also believe that the government imposes control on patents and research so as to suppress information in certain areas. Discoveries have been made, but, like nuclear energy, are regarded as dangerous knowledge.
That seems at odds with the freedom of information on the internet. Perhaps someday that 3x5 card with the missing term will be published.
Seems like I've scored yet another free-loader.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
What is it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@Triphid Wow, you are out there. (Looked up Broken Hill). I'd like to spend some months driving around your continent. It looks pretty desolate. Google shows all these lakes, but they disappear in the satellite view. Can't you skip over to Thailand and find a nice gal?
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
What is it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@Triphid Wow, you are out there. (Looked up Broken Hill). I'd like to spend some months driving around your continent. It looks pretty desolate. Google shows all these lakes, but they disappear in the satellite view. Can't you skip over to Thailand and find a nice gal?
Seems like I've scored yet another free-loader.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
What is it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@Triphid I'm certain you're right. You have your own developed ecosystem. I'm very sorry to hear about the fires.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
What is it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@Triphid I'm certain you're right. You have your own developed ecosystem. I'm very sorry to hear about the fires.
Seems like I've scored yet another free-loader.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
What is it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@Triphid Very much thanks for that. A remarkable species.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
What is it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@Triphid Very much thanks for that. A remarkable species.
Tide goes in, the tide goes out...
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
Does the idiot think Jesus wrote it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@phxbillcee The NT Jesus supposedly spent some adolescence studying with the rabbis. Why does the Bible not contain any writing which is thought to be authored by Jesus himself? Except for the parables, practically no content comes from Jesus, and being literate, that makes zero sense.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
Does the idiot think Jesus wrote it?
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@phxbillcee The NT Jesus supposedly spent some adolescence studying with the rabbis. Why does the Bible not contain any writing which is thought to be authored by Jesus himself? Except for the parables, practically no content comes from Jesus, and being literate, that makes zero sense.
Tide goes in, the tide goes out...
t1nick comments on Apr 17, 2021:
I knew Huckabee was stupid, but is he really this stupid?
Addendum: You are right that is Bilbo the Clown. Sorry
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@phxbillcee O'Reilly knows only too well that his listeners are morons that he is scamming.
t1nick comments on Apr 17, 2021:
I knew Huckabee was stupid, but is he really this stupid?
Addendum: You are right that is Bilbo the Clown. Sorry
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@phxbillcee O'Reilly knows only too well that his listeners are morons that he is scamming.
Do you believe in "False Flags", or do you think these are legitimate?
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
I believe Sandy Hook was a conventional mass shooting. I don't believe the recent murders were staged. The Murrah Building was bombed by domestic terrorist(s).
I believe Waco was a real seige by the FBI, but the leaders killed many of the others with fire.
9/11 appears to have been staged. ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
FYI, the barjoe turd was flushed/blocked.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
I believe Sandy Hook was a conventional mass shooting. I don't believe the recent murders were staged. The Murrah Building was bombed by domestic terrorist(s).
I believe Waco was a real seige by the FBI, but the leaders killed many of the others with fire.
9/11 appears to have been staged. ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
FYI, the barjoe turd was flushed/blocked.
One of the great disappointmrnts and major errors in the last 20 years is the militarization of ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
The access to military gear does nothing to improve policing and should be stopped. However, the recent spate of murders is unrelated. Military equipment was not employed or otherwise involved in these murders The deaths appear to be caused by either racist ideology (Blake, Floyd), personal ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@t1nick You could be right. I don't have the sense that police regard their role as serving the public, and instead regard it as an us-vs-them, which is close to the combat mentality you describe. I'd like to see an authoritative reference that validates your assertion. I believe the infiltration by white nationalists to be a much bigger influence.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
The access to military gear does nothing to improve policing and should be stopped. However, the recent spate of murders is unrelated. Military equipment was not employed or otherwise involved in these murders The deaths appear to be caused by either racist ideology (Blake, Floyd), personal ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@t1nick You could be right. I don't have the sense that police regard their role as serving the public, and instead regard it as an us-vs-them, which is close to the combat mentality you describe. I'd like to see an authoritative reference that validates your assertion. I believe the infiltration by white nationalists to be a much bigger influence.
Will we ever know exactly how the universe ballooned into existence?
[livescience.com]
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
The ballooning or expansion would be entropy? Increasing disorder and dispersal of energy...
As to existence itself, it's unclear what non-existence even means. The closest analogy might be the fertile quantum vacuum in which particles are popping in and out of existence. The scientists use ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@yvilletom Upon what is tax money being spent that you object to? (I thought most tax money came from the wealthy?)
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
The ballooning or expansion would be entropy? Increasing disorder and dispersal of energy...
As to existence itself, it's unclear what non-existence even means. The closest analogy might be the fertile quantum vacuum in which particles are popping in and out of existence. The scientists use ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@yvilletom Upon what is tax money being spent that you object to? (I thought most tax money came from the wealthy?)
Do you believe in "False Flags", or do you think these are legitimate?
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
I believe Sandy Hook was a conventional mass shooting. I don't believe the recent murders were staged. The Murrah Building was bombed by domestic terrorist(s).
I believe Waco was a real seige by the FBI, but the leaders killed many of the others with fire.
9/11 appears to have been staged. ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@barjoe The common theory is that a cabal of republicans allied with elements of the military industrial complex in furtherance of the Project for a New American Century. It is hard to imagine, but numerous facts are problematic (pools of molten steel, clean-cut girders, "pull it" regarding Bldg 7). As noted, it's 50-50. Your med comments are worthless ad hominem fallacies.
racocn8 comments on Apr 17, 2021:
I believe Sandy Hook was a conventional mass shooting. I don't believe the recent murders were staged. The Murrah Building was bombed by domestic terrorist(s).
I believe Waco was a real seige by the FBI, but the leaders killed many of the others with fire.
9/11 appears to have been staged. ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 17, 2021:
@barjoe The common theory is that a cabal of republicans allied with elements of the military industrial complex in furtherance of the Project for a New American Century. It is hard to imagine, but numerous facts are problematic (pools of molten steel, clean-cut girders, "pull it" regarding Bldg 7). As noted, it's 50-50. Your med comments are worthless ad hominem fallacies.
Pretty accurate he is that
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
More like syphilis itself.
racocn8 replies on Apr 16, 2021:
Yeah, I guess that's giving him way too much credit.
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
More like syphilis itself.
racocn8 replies on Apr 16, 2021:
Yeah, I guess that's giving him way too much credit.
Spring in Arizona.
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
Interrupted while eating the pet rat?
racocn8 replies on Apr 16, 2021:
@GeorgeRocheleau I like your thinking. I was looking at what looks like a hooded white and black rat held by the snakes tail at 8:30 from the snakes head.
racocn8 comments on Apr 16, 2021:
Interrupted while eating the pet rat?
racocn8 replies on Apr 16, 2021:
@GeorgeRocheleau I like your thinking. I was looking at what looks like a hooded white and black rat held by the snakes tail at 8:30 from the snakes head.
It amazes me that hunters, with no formal training are required to identify a bird flying at up to ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 15, 2021:
So what did happen? Did she kill her victim to resign? Or is she dumb as a plug? She was conducting training and decided she needed a victim to demonstrate her balls?
racocn8 replies on Apr 15, 2021:
@Beowulfsfriend Perhaps she thought that by killing one of THEM, that would provide an excuse to resign. I'd say they should refuse her resignation and fire her anyway.
racocn8 comments on Apr 15, 2021:
So what did happen? Did she kill her victim to resign? Or is she dumb as a plug? She was conducting training and decided she needed a victim to demonstrate her balls?
racocn8 replies on Apr 15, 2021:
@Beowulfsfriend Perhaps she thought that by killing one of THEM, that would provide an excuse to resign. I'd say they should refuse her resignation and fire her anyway.
Go figure.
racocn8 comments on Apr 11, 2021:
That officer is unfit for service and should be discharged.
racocn8 replies on Apr 12, 2021:
Finally, a police department with some spine (Grossly incompetent cop was fired). Now, if only other police departments would take the hint and eliminate their bad apples. Maybe police should have a 5-10% mandatory turnover as a matter of standard practice? Departments that are successfully sued should be disbanded to eliminate the police union and rehire those that pass the MMPI. (give suitable answers).
racocn8 comments on Apr 11, 2021:
That officer is unfit for service and should be discharged.
racocn8 replies on Apr 12, 2021:
Finally, a police department with some spine (Grossly incompetent cop was fired). Now, if only other police departments would take the hint and eliminate their bad apples. Maybe police should have a 5-10% mandatory turnover as a matter of standard practice? Departments that are successfully sued should be disbanded to eliminate the police union and rehire those that pass the MMPI. (give suitable answers).
Made me laugh.
racocn8 comments on Apr 11, 2021:
If only it could be done. That's why it isn't.
racocn8 replies on Apr 12, 2021:
@EarnestEccentric I'd use them in my colosseum when the kitties get hungry. Okay, maybe not so enlightened.
racocn8 comments on Apr 11, 2021:
If only it could be done. That's why it isn't.
racocn8 replies on Apr 12, 2021:
@EarnestEccentric I'd use them in my colosseum when the kitties get hungry. Okay, maybe not so enlightened.
" We should have never trusted them"
Let us not forget the goal of the left is to make as many ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The misspellings, absurd grammar and idiotic content strongly suggest a foreign troll.
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@LovinLarge Trolls comforting each other, how cute don't you think?
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The misspellings, absurd grammar and idiotic content strongly suggest a foreign troll.
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@LovinLarge Trolls comforting each other, how cute don't you think?
What has been revealed in the trial of Derek Chauvin? - World Socialist Web Site
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The last paragraph doesn't fit at all with the rest. Is it some kind of troll-farm dog whistle? What remains bizarre is the censoring of Chauvin's prior contact with Floyd as they worked the same bouncer job in different shifts. They knew each other well and something happened to motivate Chauvin...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@altschmerz The video was almost 100% non-sequitur. Can you provide a single example where military tactics or military weaponry were used to kill/murder/lynch a non-white, or to have motivated the murder? What motives may be ascribed to those who committed a lynching as a police officer and can you demonstrate their connection to militarism? No, the motives are clear and equally clearly unrelated to militarism/foreign policy. 2+2=4
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The last paragraph doesn't fit at all with the rest. Is it some kind of troll-farm dog whistle? What remains bizarre is the censoring of Chauvin's prior contact with Floyd as they worked the same bouncer job in different shifts. They knew each other well and something happened to motivate Chauvin...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@altschmerz The video was almost 100% non-sequitur. Can you provide a single example where military tactics or military weaponry were used to kill/murder/lynch a non-white, or to have motivated the murder? What motives may be ascribed to those who committed a lynching as a police officer and can you demonstrate their connection to militarism? No, the motives are clear and equally clearly unrelated to militarism/foreign policy. 2+2=4
What has been revealed in the trial of Derek Chauvin? - World Socialist Web Site
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The last paragraph doesn't fit at all with the rest. Is it some kind of troll-farm dog whistle? What remains bizarre is the censoring of Chauvin's prior contact with Floyd as they worked the same bouncer job in different shifts. They knew each other well and something happened to motivate Chauvin...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@altschmerz I'm holding my breath. Holding... holding... pheeeeewwwwwww. Ok, I'll try again. HUPP....
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The last paragraph doesn't fit at all with the rest. Is it some kind of troll-farm dog whistle? What remains bizarre is the censoring of Chauvin's prior contact with Floyd as they worked the same bouncer job in different shifts. They knew each other well and something happened to motivate Chauvin...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@altschmerz I'm holding my breath. Holding... holding... pheeeeewwwwwww. Ok, I'll try again. HUPP....
Gov't to release Fukushima nuclear plant water into sea despite fishermen's objection
...
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The solution to pollution is dilution...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@FearlessFly Quoting the link: " TEPCO drafted a plan to dilute the water to below the legal limit for concentration of radioactive materials before releasing it in the sea." It could be a lot worse. We have plenty of radioactivity around us from brick and cosmic radiation. However, the nuclear daughter products continue to have no socially or politically acceptable disposal solution in our own country.
The real question is whether the water contains anything besides tritium.
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The solution to pollution is dilution...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@FearlessFly Quoting the link: " TEPCO drafted a plan to dilute the water to below the legal limit for concentration of radioactive materials before releasing it in the sea." It could be a lot worse. We have plenty of radioactivity around us from brick and cosmic radiation. However, the nuclear daughter products continue to have no socially or politically acceptable disposal solution in our own country.
The real question is whether the water contains anything besides tritium.
What has been revealed in the trial of Derek Chauvin? - World Socialist Web Site
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The last paragraph doesn't fit at all with the rest. Is it some kind of troll-farm dog whistle? What remains bizarre is the censoring of Chauvin's prior contact with Floyd as they worked the same bouncer job in different shifts. They knew each other well and something happened to motivate Chauvin...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@altschmerz By all means, do enlighten me. What is this connection? It must be obvious and easily demonstrated for you to say so. Have at it.
racocn8 comments on Apr 10, 2021:
The last paragraph doesn't fit at all with the rest. Is it some kind of troll-farm dog whistle? What remains bizarre is the censoring of Chauvin's prior contact with Floyd as they worked the same bouncer job in different shifts. They knew each other well and something happened to motivate Chauvin...
racocn8 replies on Apr 10, 2021:
@altschmerz By all means, do enlighten me. What is this connection? It must be obvious and easily demonstrated for you to say so. Have at it.
At work 2 days ago a man I deliver parts to came into our store and started in with Trump being back...
LovinLarge comments on Apr 8, 2021:
I wonder who ties his shoes for him each morning.
I can't begin to imagine navigating this world without being able to distinguish fact from fiction.
racocn8 replies on Apr 8, 2021:
That (navigating this world without being able to distinguish fact from fiction) is the luxury of entitlement.
LovinLarge comments on Apr 8, 2021:
I wonder who ties his shoes for him each morning.
I can't begin to imagine navigating this world without being able to distinguish fact from fiction.
racocn8 replies on Apr 8, 2021:
That (navigating this world without being able to distinguish fact from fiction) is the luxury of entitlement.
Evidently the AMA is not allowing our poor doctors to have the freedom to choose
[ama-assn.org]
LenHazell53 comments on Apr 7, 2021:
Quite right to.
If you are clever enough to be a doctor, you should not be stupid enough to be an antivaxxer, if you are, you're that stupid then you are no longer fit to practice medicine.
racocn8 replies on Apr 7, 2021:
What to do with the psychotically uneducable? Waiting for Darwin seems the best bet.
LenHazell53 comments on Apr 7, 2021:
Quite right to.
If you are clever enough to be a doctor, you should not be stupid enough to be an antivaxxer, if you are, you're that stupid then you are no longer fit to practice medicine.
racocn8 replies on Apr 7, 2021:
What to do with the psychotically uneducable? Waiting for Darwin seems the best bet.
How difficult a concept is this to grasp?
racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:
There are no explanations. We have hypotheses that are supported by facts to varying degrees.
Claims of a god or a creator aren't even hypotheses because they explain nothing and are unfalsifiable. These claims seek to end inquiry, and not to increase understanding.
racocn8 replies on Apr 7, 2021:
@bbyrd009 As god has no consensus definition or meaning, it is especially meaningless to hypothesize that such an undefined entity doesn't exist.
However, a multitude of phenomena have been ascribed to gods, but research and science have revealed natural/non-supernatural explanations for most of these phenomena. The need for gods to make lightening, wind, blooming flowers, etc., have all been falsified. Thus, a very good argument is that the god of the gaps has rapidly shrunk and, projected to disappear. One could reasonably expect the remaining unexplained features to gain good explanations. One could say that the evidence has grown and grown to hypothesize that god doesn't exist. Absence of evidence is evidence of absence; not proof, but evidence.
The proof that Humans evolved from lower forms invalidates the Genesis story and with it, the cause of Original Sin. Showing Original Sin has no basis similarly invalidates the dogma of a Christ-Savior being needed to atone for that Original Sin. Human evolution doesn't disprove Christianity via any scientific tenet; The invalidation is pure corollary.
racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:
There are no explanations. We have hypotheses that are supported by facts to varying degrees.
Claims of a god or a creator aren't even hypotheses because they explain nothing and are unfalsifiable. These claims seek to end inquiry, and not to increase understanding.
racocn8 replies on Apr 7, 2021:
@bbyrd009 As god has no consensus definition or meaning, it is especially meaningless to hypothesize that such an undefined entity doesn't exist.
However, a multitude of phenomena have been ascribed to gods, but research and science have revealed natural/non-supernatural explanations for most of these phenomena. The need for gods to make lightening, wind, blooming flowers, etc., have all been falsified. Thus, a very good argument is that the god of the gaps has rapidly shrunk and, projected to disappear. One could reasonably expect the remaining unexplained features to gain good explanations. One could say that the evidence has grown and grown to hypothesize that god doesn't exist. Absence of evidence is evidence of absence; not proof, but evidence.
The proof that Humans evolved from lower forms invalidates the Genesis story and with it, the cause of Original Sin. Showing Original Sin has no basis similarly invalidates the dogma of a Christ-Savior being needed to atone for that Original Sin. Human evolution doesn't disprove Christianity via any scientific tenet; The invalidation is pure corollary.
In 2017 the MSM took months to say then-potus Trump was lying.
racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:
And I have yet to hear that automatic rifles were recovered during the Jan 6 insurrection, nor that we narrowly avoided a massive bloodbath (but that this was reported by a congress person early on).
racocn8 replies on Apr 7, 2021:
@AnneWimsey As I have not seen MSM showing video displaying the rifles, nor talking about them. I believe they were there in significant numbers. ...not that it takes more than 1 to cause a disaster. I believe the MSM is downplaying that aspect, and such biasing/censorship hugely distorts the public's understanding.
racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:
And I have yet to hear that automatic rifles were recovered during the Jan 6 insurrection, nor that we narrowly avoided a massive bloodbath (but that this was reported by a congress person early on).
racocn8 replies on Apr 7, 2021:
@AnneWimsey As I have not seen MSM showing video displaying the rifles, nor talking about them. I believe they were there in significant numbers. ...not that it takes more than 1 to cause a disaster. I believe the MSM is downplaying that aspect, and such biasing/censorship hugely distorts the public's understanding.
In 2017 the MSM took months to say then-potus Trump was lying.
racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:
And I have yet to hear that automatic rifles were recovered during the Jan 6 insurrection, nor that we narrowly avoided a massive bloodbath (but that this was reported by a congress person early on).
racocn8 replies on Apr 6, 2021:
@AnneWimsey I have not seen footage of automatic rifles being brandished, or displayed at all. I've only seen one shot of a bunch of insurrectionists laying on the floor. One person reported a scene like that but indicated a bunch of rifles were also present, presumably separated or given up by those on the ground.
racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:
And I have yet to hear that automatic rifles were recovered during the Jan 6 insurrection, nor that we narrowly avoided a massive bloodbath (but that this was reported by a congress person early on).
racocn8 replies on Apr 6, 2021:
@AnneWimsey I have not seen footage of automatic rifles being brandished, or displayed at all. I've only seen one shot of a bunch of insurrectionists laying on the floor. One person reported a scene like that but indicated a bunch of rifles were also present, presumably separated or given up by those on the ground.
Westside Story?
racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:
And when they meet the bacteria, they blow up to three times their size and start pissing out antibodies?
racocn8 replies on Apr 6, 2021:
@MichelleGar1 I don't remember particulars, and much more is surely known now, but the B-cells that churn out the antibodies, these B-cells initially have unique antibodies on their cell membrane. They contact the antigen (glycoprotein on bacterial coat) and then activate either by themselves, or in contact with other white blood cells, particularly T-cells. The contact with other cells seems to help the activation that then converts the B-cell into an antibody factory called a plasmacyte.
racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:
And when they meet the bacteria, they blow up to three times their size and start pissing out antibodies?
racocn8 replies on Apr 6, 2021:
@MichelleGar1 I don't remember particulars, and much more is surely known now, but the B-cells that churn out the antibodies, these B-cells initially have unique antibodies on their cell membrane. They contact the antigen (glycoprotein on bacterial coat) and then activate either by themselves, or in contact with other white blood cells, particularly T-cells. The contact with other cells seems to help the activation that then converts the B-cell into an antibody factory called a plasmacyte.
White Evangelicals Are Still Major Obstacles in COVID Vaccination Efforts | Beth Stoneburner | ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:
With any luck, the new strains of Covid will exact a heavy toll on the evangelicals, say 4-6 %? Darwin cannot act fast enough on them. If they get 'brain fog', how can anyone tell?
racocn8 replies on Apr 6, 2021:
@TomMcGiverin I don't think we know that for certain yet. It's going to be variable among people. We should have significant cross-reactivity from the existing vaccines. We are getting a variety of medicines to reduce fatalities like fluvoxamine and the antibody sera. I do understand your point and we may well need additional vaccines to cover the new variants.
racocn8 comments on Apr 6, 2021:
With any luck, the new strains of Covid will exact a heavy toll on the evangelicals, say 4-6 %? Darwin cannot act fast enough on them. If they get 'brain fog', how can anyone tell?
racocn8 replies on Apr 6, 2021:
@TomMcGiverin I don't think we know that for certain yet. It's going to be variable among people. We should have significant cross-reactivity from the existing vaccines. We are getting a variety of medicines to reduce fatalities like fluvoxamine and the antibody sera. I do understand your point and we may well need additional vaccines to cover the new variants.
anyone spot the French flag?
phxbillcee comments on Apr 6, 2021:
Shouldn't that Confederate one be white, too?
racocn8 replies on Apr 6, 2021:
It's pretty clear the surrender of the Confederacy was only a feigned retreat. The are fully back at it today.
phxbillcee comments on Apr 6, 2021:
Shouldn't that Confederate one be white, too?
racocn8 replies on Apr 6, 2021:
It's pretty clear the surrender of the Confederacy was only a feigned retreat. The are fully back at it today.
Rabbits are going to rabbit, even on Easter.
Add your own caption
LenHazell53 comments on Apr 5, 2021:
@glenlab
racocn8 replies on Apr 5, 2021:
What's invisible and smells like carrots?
LenHazell53 comments on Apr 5, 2021:
@glenlab
racocn8 replies on Apr 5, 2021:
What's invisible and smells like carrots?
Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standard, White House says
Biden’s plan goes ...
racocn8 comments on Apr 3, 2021:
Is it really a good idea to pursue more reactors when we still can't figure out what to do with all the spent fuel?
racocn8 replies on Apr 3, 2021:
That airborne waste from fossil fuels kills a lot of people is not relevant, nor is the amount of nuclear waste generated. While a few of the radioactive daughter products MIGHT be useful, extracting them from the rest of the radioactive elements isn't done and has never been cost-effective. Existing reactors, proposed designs, and the Thorium cycle still produce a witch's brew of super-radioactive daughter nuclei.
From Wiki:
"A 2011 MIT study concluded that although there is little in the way of barriers to a thorium fuel cycle, with current or near term light-water reactor designs there is also little incentive for any significant market penetration to occur. As such they conclude there is little chance of thorium cycles replacing conventional uranium cycles in the current nuclear power market, despite the potential benefits.
"Nuclear fission produces radioactive fission products which can have half-lives from days to greater than 200,000 years. According to some toxicity studies, the thorium cycle can fully recycle actinide wastes and only emit fission product wastes, and after a few hundred years, the waste from a thorium reactor can be less toxic than the uranium ore..." (After a few hundred years, yikes!!!).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium_fuel_cycle
Nuclear reactors provide horrific targets for terrorists, but why wait when Chernobyl, Fukushima and Yucca Mountain have demonstrated nuclear energy is not viable. Show the plan for the fuel,.... besides parking it next to the reactors for hundreds of years.
racocn8 comments on Apr 3, 2021:
Is it really a good idea to pursue more reactors when we still can't figure out what to do with all the spent fuel?
racocn8 replies on Apr 3, 2021:
That airborne waste from fossil fuels kills a lot of people is not relevant, nor is the amount of nuclear waste generated. While a few of the radioactive daughter products MIGHT be useful, extracting them from the rest of the radioactive elements isn't done and has never been cost-effective. Existing reactors, proposed designs, and the Thorium cycle still produce a witch's brew of super-radioactive daughter nuclei.
From Wiki:
"A 2011 MIT study concluded that although there is little in the way of barriers to a thorium fuel cycle, with current or near term light-water reactor designs there is also little incentive for any significant market penetration to occur. As such they conclude there is little chance of thorium cycles replacing conventional uranium cycles in the current nuclear power market, despite the potential benefits.
"Nuclear fission produces radioactive fission products which can have half-lives from days to greater than 200,000 years. According to some toxicity studies, the thorium cycle can fully recycle actinide wastes and only emit fission product wastes, and after a few hundred years, the waste from a thorium reactor can be less toxic than the uranium ore..." (After a few hundred years, yikes!!!).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium_fuel_cycle
Nuclear reactors provide horrific targets for terrorists, but why wait when Chernobyl, Fukushima and Yucca Mountain have demonstrated nuclear energy is not viable. Show the plan for the fuel,.... besides parking it next to the reactors for hundreds of years.
Hello friends that have been following some of my health issues.
racocn8 comments on Apr 1, 2021:
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racocn8 replies on Apr 3, 2021:
@1EarthLovingGal No evidence yet, but I strongly suggest trying CBD for during the day.
racocn8 comments on Apr 1, 2021:
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racocn8 replies on Apr 3, 2021:
@1EarthLovingGal No evidence yet, but I strongly suggest trying CBD for during the day.
Feelings. Nothing more than feelings.
racocn8 comments on Apr 2, 2021:
Yeah, notice she feels nothing. Probably wondering if her hair looks ok.
racocn8 replies on Apr 2, 2021:
@CurvyWoman Most of what a man feels would be satisfied by a sheep.
racocn8 comments on Apr 2, 2021:
Yeah, notice she feels nothing. Probably wondering if her hair looks ok.
racocn8 replies on Apr 2, 2021:
@CurvyWoman Most of what a man feels would be satisfied by a sheep.
Brilliant, but bat-shit crazy...
racocn8 comments on Apr 2, 2021:
What a waste to have spent so much of his life and intellect on ridiculous claptrap.
racocn8 replies on Apr 2, 2021:
@phxbillcee Looking on Wikipedia, I seemed to have misremembered how much time he spent on his faith. Perhaps I remembered this: "In the 1690s, Newton wrote a number of religious tracts dealing with the literal and symbolic interpretation of the Bible. A manuscript Newton sent to John Locke in which he disputed the fidelity of 1 John 5:7—the Johannine Comma—and its fidelity to the original manuscripts of the New Testament, remained unpublished until 1785."
He seemed to have a number of other diversions and I appreciate finding that out.
racocn8 comments on Apr 2, 2021:
What a waste to have spent so much of his life and intellect on ridiculous claptrap.
racocn8 replies on Apr 2, 2021:
@phxbillcee Looking on Wikipedia, I seemed to have misremembered how much time he spent on his faith. Perhaps I remembered this: "In the 1690s, Newton wrote a number of religious tracts dealing with the literal and symbolic interpretation of the Bible. A manuscript Newton sent to John Locke in which he disputed the fidelity of 1 John 5:7—the Johannine Comma—and its fidelity to the original manuscripts of the New Testament, remained unpublished until 1785."
He seemed to have a number of other diversions and I appreciate finding that out.
Biden lets Trump's H-1B visa ban expire
The president allowed the ban to lapse this week.
FearlessFly comments on Apr 2, 2021:
The H-1B program was always intended to fill positions that didn't have enough qualified Americans to fill, not to replace them entirely, which is what corporate America is using the program for. :P
racocn8 replies on Apr 2, 2021:
One of the very few things Trump did that had a splinter of merit.
FearlessFly comments on Apr 2, 2021:
The H-1B program was always intended to fill positions that didn't have enough qualified Americans to fill, not to replace them entirely, which is what corporate America is using the program for. :P
racocn8 replies on Apr 2, 2021:
One of the very few things Trump did that had a splinter of merit.
Over thinking, kills your happines! 🖤
Willow_Wisp comments on Mar 30, 2021:
I don't know, it seems Einstein was pretty happy after figuring out special relativity, and positively orgasmic after figuring out general relativity.
When people say that thinking is hard and no good will come of it, I just assume they're dumb asses and pay them no further mind.
racocn8 replies on Apr 2, 2021:
Except that their vote counts more than yours.
Willow_Wisp comments on Mar 30, 2021:
I don't know, it seems Einstein was pretty happy after figuring out special relativity, and positively orgasmic after figuring out general relativity.
When people say that thinking is hard and no good will come of it, I just assume they're dumb asses and pay them no further mind.
racocn8 replies on Apr 2, 2021:
Except that their vote counts more than yours.
Thanks to Tom Norman on FB. Love this picture don't you?
Moravian comments on Jul 1, 2020:
You say in the heading to the group that it has nothing to do with Israel and no posts about Israel will be allowed and yet you show a photo of members of the IDF. who are notorious for shooting unarmed Palestinian youths in Gazza. The defence force which today, unless Netenyahu changes his mind at ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 1, 2021:
it is unfortunate that Palestinian farmers pay the price for the continued state of war between Hamas and Israel, but that's how it shakes out. The same for the kids shot by the IDF. The refusal of Hamas to stand down for the last 70 years means they are content to be used by the Saudis and the Iranians as propaganda pawns. Going back to the picture, how are Palestinian women treated?
Moravian comments on Jul 1, 2020:
You say in the heading to the group that it has nothing to do with Israel and no posts about Israel will be allowed and yet you show a photo of members of the IDF. who are notorious for shooting unarmed Palestinian youths in Gazza. The defence force which today, unless Netenyahu changes his mind at ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 1, 2021:
it is unfortunate that Palestinian farmers pay the price for the continued state of war between Hamas and Israel, but that's how it shakes out. The same for the kids shot by the IDF. The refusal of Hamas to stand down for the last 70 years means they are content to be used by the Saudis and the Iranians as propaganda pawns. Going back to the picture, how are Palestinian women treated?
Republicans aren't sure how to attack Biden's infrastructure plan
racocn8 comments on Apr 1, 2021:
Put up or shut up. Even Trump wanted an infrastructure bill. Republicans have lost any interest or capability to participate in actually governing. If they won't govern, why the hell are they running? That is getting clearer every day. They are dead and won't admit it. We must work harder to put ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 1, 2021:
@Petter I wouldn't call myself an historian, but I can't recall any instance where the rulers called themselves communists, but instantly devolved into fascism. Maybe the first year in Russia?
racocn8 comments on Apr 1, 2021:
Put up or shut up. Even Trump wanted an infrastructure bill. Republicans have lost any interest or capability to participate in actually governing. If they won't govern, why the hell are they running? That is getting clearer every day. They are dead and won't admit it. We must work harder to put ...
racocn8 replies on Apr 1, 2021:
@Petter I wouldn't call myself an historian, but I can't recall any instance where the rulers called themselves communists, but instantly devolved into fascism. Maybe the first year in Russia?
Penn Jillette sees the light
[youtube.com]
TheDoubter comments on Apr 1, 2021:
who is this guy?
racocn8 replies on Apr 1, 2021:
Penn of Penn and Teller, infamous magicians.
TheDoubter comments on Apr 1, 2021:
who is this guy?
racocn8 replies on Apr 1, 2021:
Penn of Penn and Teller, infamous magicians.
Who has April Fools ideas? Post away. I'll start.
phxbillcee comments on Mar 31, 2021:
Not that it would change the taste of those awful things too much...
racocn8 replies on Apr 1, 2021:
That just might taste good - - mint chocolate...
phxbillcee comments on Mar 31, 2021:
Not that it would change the taste of those awful things too much...
racocn8 replies on Apr 1, 2021:
That just might taste good - - mint chocolate...
Antimatter atoms can be precisely manipulated and cooled with lasers
[newscientist.com]
racocn8 comments on Mar 31, 2021:
Let me know when they can make a Bose-Einstein Condensate out of them.
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
@FearlessFly Yeah, that one sounds like straight rocket fuel. Electrons & positrons annihilate to yield 511 keV each. (I once made Fluorine 20 which decayed to Neon. It came out of the pneumatic too hot to handle, then we had to run to the detector before it all disappeared...
racocn8 comments on Mar 31, 2021:
Let me know when they can make a Bose-Einstein Condensate out of them.
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
@FearlessFly Yeah, that one sounds like straight rocket fuel. Electrons & positrons annihilate to yield 511 keV each. (I once made Fluorine 20 which decayed to Neon. It came out of the pneumatic too hot to handle, then we had to run to the detector before it all disappeared...
Fiery 'airburst' of superheated gas slammed into Antarctica 430,000 years ago
[livescience.com]
racocn8 comments on Mar 31, 2021:
And just 13,000 years ago, Greenland had a major impact event:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/massive-crater-under-greenland-s-ice-points-climate-altering-impact-time-humans
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
@phxbillcee Our keepers may have an opinion on that. And that appears to be, in part, that some modifications are needed first. Those are probably complete by now, so the rest of us should just get comfortable.
https://agnostic.com/group/LikelyUFOLore/discussion/586231/return-of-the-tic-tacs-extracts-from-second-reference-july-15th-and-16th-in-2019-the-d
racocn8 comments on Mar 31, 2021:
And just 13,000 years ago, Greenland had a major impact event:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/massive-crater-under-greenland-s-ice-points-climate-altering-impact-time-humans
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
@phxbillcee Our keepers may have an opinion on that. And that appears to be, in part, that some modifications are needed first. Those are probably complete by now, so the rest of us should just get comfortable.
https://agnostic.com/group/LikelyUFOLore/discussion/586231/return-of-the-tic-tacs-extracts-from-second-reference-july-15th-and-16th-in-2019-the-d
The Derek Chauvin Trial
How long would each of us think it over before tackling Chauvin off ...
racocn8 comments on Mar 31, 2021:
Um yeah, tackling an armed police officer is basically suicide (unless it's done as a group), but that is the trauma Chauvin inflicted on the onlookers. it is bizarre that Chauvin would simply use the side of the car to block the murder. Amazing that emergency responders still had to push Chauvin ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
@Anglophone Ya think?
racocn8 comments on Mar 31, 2021:
Um yeah, tackling an armed police officer is basically suicide (unless it's done as a group), but that is the trauma Chauvin inflicted on the onlookers. it is bizarre that Chauvin would simply use the side of the car to block the murder. Amazing that emergency responders still had to push Chauvin ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
@Anglophone Ya think?
I didn't know there was a film section in the Watchtower magazine but I found this interesting ...
St-Sinner comments on Mar 31, 2021:
I heard it was a good, popular long running show. Did anyone watch it?
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
Long and seriously weird. Utterly pointless. It tries to appeal to too many age groups. The heroine has a cute face, nothing upstairs offset by impressive thighs. They're cat-like except they don't even try to make the hands into paws, and half of any housecat is it's anus and they miss that too.
St-Sinner comments on Mar 31, 2021:
I heard it was a good, popular long running show. Did anyone watch it?
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
Long and seriously weird. Utterly pointless. It tries to appeal to too many age groups. The heroine has a cute face, nothing upstairs offset by impressive thighs. They're cat-like except they don't even try to make the hands into paws, and half of any housecat is it's anus and they miss that too.
Compare & contrast...
racocn8 comments on Mar 31, 2021:
Having a closed mind is the expression of their faith. Along with harming or killing everyone who disagrees. Another article of faith is that those who don't believe are repudiating your beliefs. Actually, it is science which repudiates Christianity; science based on facts, and facts based on ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
Agreed, but science is closing in on better understanding of memory and brain function. it is foreseeable that a virus could be devised that would neutralize the memory RNA that serves to store belief memes. Imagine if amnesia of religious loyalty spread invisibly amongst the population?! Imagine vast swaths of the population suddenly became free to think rationally?! (Or less irrationally.)
racocn8 comments on Mar 31, 2021:
Having a closed mind is the expression of their faith. Along with harming or killing everyone who disagrees. Another article of faith is that those who don't believe are repudiating your beliefs. Actually, it is science which repudiates Christianity; science based on facts, and facts based on ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
Agreed, but science is closing in on better understanding of memory and brain function. it is foreseeable that a virus could be devised that would neutralize the memory RNA that serves to store belief memes. Imagine if amnesia of religious loyalty spread invisibly amongst the population?! Imagine vast swaths of the population suddenly became free to think rationally?! (Or less irrationally.)
Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Reshape the Economy
[nytimes.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 31, 2021:
GOP has no political interest in backing it.
They want to make Biden look ineffective. :P
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
Let the GOP put forward their own proposals. Their failure to do so causes their complaint that Biden isn't inviting bipartisanship to fall flat.
FearlessFly comments on Mar 31, 2021:
GOP has no political interest in backing it.
They want to make Biden look ineffective. :P
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
Let the GOP put forward their own proposals. Their failure to do so causes their complaint that Biden isn't inviting bipartisanship to fall flat.
Eric Trump complains that Joe Biden takes too much time off when he visits his home state of ...
DharmaBum50 comments on Mar 31, 2021:
Too much time off? Dooooo tellllll ....
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
And that last bar should be taller. Trump played a bunch of golf after the election and before leaving office.
DharmaBum50 comments on Mar 31, 2021:
Too much time off? Dooooo tellllll ....
racocn8 replies on Mar 31, 2021:
And that last bar should be taller. Trump played a bunch of golf after the election and before leaving office.
This makes sense let them pay
St-Sinner comments on Mar 30, 2021:
But why are we just after the rich? Why wealth tax? What is this vengeance against the rich? Revamp the tax code and make the taxation fair for all but just squeezing the rich to give to the poor is a lame and dumb public policy. Make the entire tax code fair and they pay a fair tax. Take a look at ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 30, 2021:
I agree with your 2nd paragraph. On the 1st, quite a few wealthy people inherit their wealth and don't particularly contribute to it's increase. They hire other smart people to do that. The next issue is that the wealthy are subject to far less risk than the rest of us. Diversification nearly eliminates risk for the rich that the less fortunate can't avoid. The wealthy abuse those that work for them, underpaying them, undervaluing them, and under-employing them. Many other factors can be cited, but in particular, it is inefficient, immoral, and robs society of the creativity that the less wealthy could contribute, but are blocked from doing so.
St-Sinner comments on Mar 30, 2021:
But why are we just after the rich? Why wealth tax? What is this vengeance against the rich? Revamp the tax code and make the taxation fair for all but just squeezing the rich to give to the poor is a lame and dumb public policy. Make the entire tax code fair and they pay a fair tax. Take a look at ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 30, 2021:
I agree with your 2nd paragraph. On the 1st, quite a few wealthy people inherit their wealth and don't particularly contribute to it's increase. They hire other smart people to do that. The next issue is that the wealthy are subject to far less risk than the rest of us. Diversification nearly eliminates risk for the rich that the less fortunate can't avoid. The wealthy abuse those that work for them, underpaying them, undervaluing them, and under-employing them. Many other factors can be cited, but in particular, it is inefficient, immoral, and robs society of the creativity that the less wealthy could contribute, but are blocked from doing so.
Absolutely perfect.
racocn8 comments on Mar 30, 2021:
They all deserve it in the worst way. They are traitors, but they are also sub-humans, which in this case means that they have no shame, along with their lack of empathy, sense of humor, curiosity, and a host of other real-human attributes. Sucks to be them.
racocn8 replies on Mar 30, 2021:
@kynlei That's the Koan of the day. One hand clapping and all that...
racocn8 comments on Mar 30, 2021:
They all deserve it in the worst way. They are traitors, but they are also sub-humans, which in this case means that they have no shame, along with their lack of empathy, sense of humor, curiosity, and a host of other real-human attributes. Sucks to be them.
racocn8 replies on Mar 30, 2021:
@kynlei That's the Koan of the day. One hand clapping and all that...
almost had a heart attack
racocn8 comments on Mar 30, 2021:
Bullshit. The tip of the thumb is the best place for a splinter. it's durable, and the skin is easily trimmed for removal.
racocn8 replies on Mar 30, 2021:
@clim995 You're right, it looks like a penis. And it IS funny how it resolves into a thumb. I only had frustration in looking for the splinter on the penis and only seeing the supposed opening. And then the question comes of how one gets a splinter in their penis. Sticking it through a knot-hole comes to mind, as does a horror movie where the poor bastard has it cut off by some asshole on the other side of the fence. They then play football with the member as the poor fool clutches his groin...
racocn8 comments on Mar 30, 2021:
Bullshit. The tip of the thumb is the best place for a splinter. it's durable, and the skin is easily trimmed for removal.
racocn8 replies on Mar 30, 2021:
@clim995 You're right, it looks like a penis. And it IS funny how it resolves into a thumb. I only had frustration in looking for the splinter on the penis and only seeing the supposed opening. And then the question comes of how one gets a splinter in their penis. Sticking it through a knot-hole comes to mind, as does a horror movie where the poor bastard has it cut off by some asshole on the other side of the fence. They then play football with the member as the poor fool clutches his groin...
Demented Thinking About Joe Biden | Ted Rall's Rallblog
racocn8 comments on Mar 29, 2021:
Ridiculous. The one example given assumed that the subject of eliminating the filibuster isn't highly charged where any slip could be misinterpreted. Biden is infamous for his gaffes, and the scarcity of them is the real headline. Biden's purported dementia has a lot, lot further to go before it ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 30, 2021:
@WilliamCharles I agree with your last sentence.
racocn8 comments on Mar 29, 2021:
Ridiculous. The one example given assumed that the subject of eliminating the filibuster isn't highly charged where any slip could be misinterpreted. Biden is infamous for his gaffes, and the scarcity of them is the real headline. Biden's purported dementia has a lot, lot further to go before it ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 30, 2021:
@WilliamCharles I agree with your last sentence.
Eric Trump complains that Joe Biden takes too much time off when he visits his home state of ...
Mooolah comments on Mar 29, 2021:
Hey! I'm white trash.
racocn8 replies on Mar 29, 2021:
A millionaire at 53? I doubt you're white trash. That's a meaningless pejorative I use for conservative racists.
Mooolah comments on Mar 29, 2021:
Hey! I'm white trash.
racocn8 replies on Mar 29, 2021:
A millionaire at 53? I doubt you're white trash. That's a meaningless pejorative I use for conservative racists.
Double Chocolate Pot Cookie
Ingredient Checklist - I cut the ingredients in half and still got 3 ...
racocn8 comments on Mar 28, 2021:
The actual amount of THC absorbed by smoking is said to be between 10% and 40% with 20% being typical. That means that 80% of the THC is lost to the air.
Perhaps eating edibles would be more efficient? Well, yes and no… Smoking enables the user to smoke as much or as little as they like, ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 28, 2021:
@Surfpirate Actually, I prefer to save my lungs, but dosing is very tricky as noted.
racocn8 comments on Mar 28, 2021:
The actual amount of THC absorbed by smoking is said to be between 10% and 40% with 20% being typical. That means that 80% of the THC is lost to the air.
Perhaps eating edibles would be more efficient? Well, yes and no… Smoking enables the user to smoke as much or as little as they like, ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 28, 2021:
@Surfpirate Actually, I prefer to save my lungs, but dosing is very tricky as noted.
Palawan,
racocn8 comments on Mar 27, 2021:
Is that the Philippines with a Fascist murdering dictator? Charming.
racocn8 replies on Mar 27, 2021:
@LenHazell53 I'm saying that as idyllic as it appears, the risk to one's life in going there is much higher.
racocn8 comments on Mar 27, 2021:
Is that the Philippines with a Fascist murdering dictator? Charming.
racocn8 replies on Mar 27, 2021:
@LenHazell53 I'm saying that as idyllic as it appears, the risk to one's life in going there is much higher.
Any thoughts?
Surfpirate comments on Mar 27, 2021:
I think of the GOP as the Party of Greed and from a lifetime of dealing with Rich Greedy People I have noticed that there is a large and growing segment of the 1%ers that are just as concerned with making people poor and destitute as they are with increasing their personal wealth. I think it has to...
racocn8 replies on Mar 27, 2021:
In other words, they want to bring back slavery in effect, if not in fact.
Surfpirate comments on Mar 27, 2021:
I think of the GOP as the Party of Greed and from a lifetime of dealing with Rich Greedy People I have noticed that there is a large and growing segment of the 1%ers that are just as concerned with making people poor and destitute as they are with increasing their personal wealth. I think it has to...
racocn8 replies on Mar 27, 2021:
In other words, they want to bring back slavery in effect, if not in fact.
Confused.
racocn8 comments on Mar 26, 2021:
It's an effing dog. So you're projecting that the dog smells balls, so the female is trans? or the ball small is from her boyfriend? or the dog wants to go outside and play? Too vague...
racocn8 replies on Mar 26, 2021:
@scurry You are right only to the extent that rational people would avail themselves of knowing such personalities. I turn away from know-nothing publicity hounds, hence my ignorance.
racocn8 comments on Mar 26, 2021:
It's an effing dog. So you're projecting that the dog smells balls, so the female is trans? or the ball small is from her boyfriend? or the dog wants to go outside and play? Too vague...
racocn8 replies on Mar 26, 2021:
@scurry You are right only to the extent that rational people would avail themselves of knowing such personalities. I turn away from know-nothing publicity hounds, hence my ignorance.
The art of the possible’: Biden lays out pragmatic vision for his presidency
The distillation of ...
Druvius comments on Mar 25, 2021:
In other words, he ain't gonna do anything his corporate masters don't approve of. Who would have guessed?
racocn8 replies on Mar 25, 2021:
Who do you think those corporate masters are?
Druvius comments on Mar 25, 2021:
In other words, he ain't gonna do anything his corporate masters don't approve of. Who would have guessed?
racocn8 replies on Mar 25, 2021:
Who do you think those corporate masters are?
The real reason
racocn8 comments on Mar 25, 2021:
No, it's because they believe no man is good enough... and they hate them anyway.
racocn8 replies on Mar 25, 2021:
I agree. Some men may be like that. Women are at least comparable in obsessing over what's in the back pocket (or wherever the wallet is).
racocn8 comments on Mar 25, 2021:
No, it's because they believe no man is good enough... and they hate them anyway.
racocn8 replies on Mar 25, 2021:
I agree. Some men may be like that. Women are at least comparable in obsessing over what's in the back pocket (or wherever the wallet is).
About naturalism/nihilism. Naturalistic Nihilist ?
Alienbeing comments on Mar 24, 2021:
Obviously life has meaning. How that meaning manifests itself is up to each individual. Since individuals make their own choices, obviously we have power over ourselves.
racocn8 replies on Mar 24, 2021:
I meant an example or two of the meaning life has, and how that meaning manifests itself.
Alienbeing comments on Mar 24, 2021:
Obviously life has meaning. How that meaning manifests itself is up to each individual. Since individuals make their own choices, obviously we have power over ourselves.
racocn8 replies on Mar 24, 2021:
I meant an example or two of the meaning life has, and how that meaning manifests itself.
About naturalism/nihilism. Naturalistic Nihilist ?
Alienbeing comments on Mar 24, 2021:
Obviously life has meaning. How that meaning manifests itself is up to each individual. Since individuals make their own choices, obviously we have power over ourselves.
racocn8 replies on Mar 24, 2021:
Can you give an example or two?
Alienbeing comments on Mar 24, 2021:
Obviously life has meaning. How that meaning manifests itself is up to each individual. Since individuals make their own choices, obviously we have power over ourselves.
racocn8 replies on Mar 24, 2021:
Can you give an example or two?
Mid-week Atheist Pig!
racocn8 comments on Mar 24, 2021:
The Question is: What is the biggest fraud perpetrated against Humanity?
racocn8 replies on Mar 24, 2021:
@phxbillcee That works somewhat, but I was referring to the sign in the cartoon: Jesus is the Answer.
racocn8 comments on Mar 24, 2021:
The Question is: What is the biggest fraud perpetrated against Humanity?
racocn8 replies on Mar 24, 2021:
@phxbillcee That works somewhat, but I was referring to the sign in the cartoon: Jesus is the Answer.
Can the Biden administration learn to dance properly or continue to think that merely putting the ...
barjoe comments on Mar 23, 2021:
If the USA does collapse in my lifetime it will be because of the ultra right wing. Donald Trump came close. Russia already is an authoritarian regime. It's been forever. Czarist Russian, CCCP, Gorbachev and Yeltsin tried, but once Putin took over it was back to a dictatorship. We have freedom we ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 23, 2021:
It's completely bizarre how conservatives have thrown in their lot with Putin, either endorsing Trump's failures or fully repeating RT/GRU tropes. And then they accuse us of delusion, as if we'd figure their projection was just more of their culture war. And then they wonder why they have no standing and no credibility.
barjoe comments on Mar 23, 2021:
If the USA does collapse in my lifetime it will be because of the ultra right wing. Donald Trump came close. Russia already is an authoritarian regime. It's been forever. Czarist Russian, CCCP, Gorbachev and Yeltsin tried, but once Putin took over it was back to a dictatorship. We have freedom we ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 23, 2021:
It's completely bizarre how conservatives have thrown in their lot with Putin, either endorsing Trump's failures or fully repeating RT/GRU tropes. And then they accuse us of delusion, as if we'd figure their projection was just more of their culture war. And then they wonder why they have no standing and no credibility.
As one of those interested in UFO disclosure, I have been following the recent suggestion that a ...
PondartIncbendog comments on Mar 22, 2021:
Found this. Similar?
racocn8 replies on Mar 22, 2021:
Jupiter 2???
PondartIncbendog comments on Mar 22, 2021:
Found this. Similar?
racocn8 replies on Mar 22, 2021:
Jupiter 2???
Joe Biden trips three times while boarding Air Force One - YouTube
Surfpirate comments on Mar 20, 2021:
Looked to me like he slipped twice and did a recovery before saluting the corp men who were his honour guard. There's a heart felt salute that I don't recall seeing from the Orange One.
racocn8 replies on Mar 20, 2021:
You need a heart to be heartfelt.
Surfpirate comments on Mar 20, 2021:
Looked to me like he slipped twice and did a recovery before saluting the corp men who were his honour guard. There's a heart felt salute that I don't recall seeing from the Orange One.
racocn8 replies on Mar 20, 2021:
You need a heart to be heartfelt.
Let us all laugh at religion!
post something you find very funny about your previous belief system.
holdenc98 comments on Mar 20, 2021:
my previous belief system is agnosticism. they implicitly lay claim to the scientific method, empiricism, the need for tentative belief in truth, the need for constant testing of incoming data, etc etc. they were, should be, the hand maiden of science and reason. but in the face of todays ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 20, 2021:
11 lines of horseshit and then "please, thoughtful response only."
holdenc98 comments on Mar 20, 2021:
my previous belief system is agnosticism. they implicitly lay claim to the scientific method, empiricism, the need for tentative belief in truth, the need for constant testing of incoming data, etc etc. they were, should be, the hand maiden of science and reason. but in the face of todays ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 20, 2021:
11 lines of horseshit and then "please, thoughtful response only."
From Wikipedia:
"The Brooks Brothers riot was a demonstration at a meeting of election canvassers...
Redheadedgammy comments on Mar 20, 2021:
I hope I live long enough to see some of these rat bastards go to prison!!
racocn8 replies on Mar 20, 2021:
Some small measure of justice would be appreciated.
Redheadedgammy comments on Mar 20, 2021:
I hope I live long enough to see some of these rat bastards go to prison!!
racocn8 replies on Mar 20, 2021:
Some small measure of justice would be appreciated.
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Why Space Trash Could Threaten The Future of Space Exploration...
racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:
Trump's Space Force looked at clearing up the debris as one of its tasks. However, at 100 M$, the whole thing is regarded as a joke by the Pentagon.
racocn8 replies on Mar 20, 2021:
@phxbillcee Exactly. I could do a lot with $100M, but the space force only expects to organize and hire staff for that much. We already have a real space force, but revealing that will get you killed. As Ben Rich said “We now have the technology to take ET home...”
racocn8 comments on Mar 19, 2021:
Trump's Space Force looked at clearing up the debris as one of its tasks. However, at 100 M$, the whole thing is regarded as a joke by the Pentagon.
racocn8 replies on Mar 20, 2021:
@phxbillcee Exactly. I could do a lot with $100M, but the space force only expects to organize and hire staff for that much. We already have a real space force, but revealing that will get you killed. As Ben Rich said “We now have the technology to take ET home...”
Biden’s tough-guy flexing at ‘soulless killer’ Putin would be funny if the consequences ...
wordywalt comments on Mar 17, 2021:
Yu sound like another Russian asset.
racocn8 replies on Mar 17, 2021:
Him and 74 million others.
wordywalt comments on Mar 17, 2021:
Yu sound like another Russian asset.
racocn8 replies on Mar 17, 2021:
Him and 74 million others.
To Kill a Mockingbird
racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:
7 Days in May, Forbidden Planet, Avatar, Paths of Glory, 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Clockwork Orange, The Man Who Could Work Miracles, Things to Come, War of the Worlds, ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 16, 2021:
And The Magnificent Seven, The Matrix, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, White Zombie, Metropolis, Invasion of the Body Snatchers...
racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:
7 Days in May, Forbidden Planet, Avatar, Paths of Glory, 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Clockwork Orange, The Man Who Could Work Miracles, Things to Come, War of the Worlds, ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 16, 2021:
And The Magnificent Seven, The Matrix, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, White Zombie, Metropolis, Invasion of the Body Snatchers...
How would the existence of a god confer meaning on our lives?
redbai comments on Mar 16, 2021:
Which god?
racocn8 replies on Mar 16, 2021:
Take your pick...
redbai comments on Mar 16, 2021:
Which god?
racocn8 replies on Mar 16, 2021:
Take your pick...
Became the proud owner of my country retirement house.
racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:
Where the heck is that? Also Ontario?
racocn8 replies on Mar 15, 2021:
@Davekp It looks wonderfully remote.
racocn8 comments on Mar 15, 2021:
Where the heck is that? Also Ontario?
racocn8 replies on Mar 15, 2021:
@Davekp It looks wonderfully remote.
FROM RED COMET, BIOGRAPHY OF SYLVIA PLATH: in a 1952 paper for her religion class at Smith, man was ...
bbyrd009 comments on Mar 13, 2021:
she calls herself an agnostic, but makes statements of fact as if they were truth? ok
and she is a suicide to boot?
priceless
racocn8 replies on Mar 14, 2021:
"His mind may live on, as it were, in books, his flesh may continue in his children." Nothing lives on. People misinterpret the books left behind. Humanity will be extinct soon and nothing matters. As if the presence of a god could confer mattering... Yeah? How? Mattering is just another 'why', a semantic self-referencing paradox.
bbyrd009 comments on Mar 13, 2021:
she calls herself an agnostic, but makes statements of fact as if they were truth? ok
and she is a suicide to boot?
priceless
racocn8 replies on Mar 14, 2021:
"His mind may live on, as it were, in books, his flesh may continue in his children." Nothing lives on. People misinterpret the books left behind. Humanity will be extinct soon and nothing matters. As if the presence of a god could confer mattering... Yeah? How? Mattering is just another 'why', a semantic self-referencing paradox.
FROM RED COMET, BIOGRAPHY OF SYLVIA PLATH: in a 1952 paper for her religion class at Smith, man was ...
bbyrd009 comments on Mar 13, 2021:
she calls herself an agnostic, but makes statements of fact as if they were truth? ok
and she is a suicide to boot?
priceless
racocn8 replies on Mar 13, 2021:
A gnostic is one who pretends to know what everyone knows is unknowable.
Also, someone who lies to oneself and hopes to be indifferent to their own dishonesty.
bbyrd009 comments on Mar 13, 2021:
she calls herself an agnostic, but makes statements of fact as if they were truth? ok
and she is a suicide to boot?
priceless
racocn8 replies on Mar 13, 2021:
A gnostic is one who pretends to know what everyone knows is unknowable.
Also, someone who lies to oneself and hopes to be indifferent to their own dishonesty.
FROM RED COMET, BIOGRAPHY OF SYLVIA PLATH: in a 1952 paper for her religion class at Smith, man was ...
bbyrd009 comments on Mar 13, 2021:
she calls herself an agnostic, but makes statements of fact as if they were truth? ok
and she is a suicide to boot?
priceless
racocn8 replies on Mar 13, 2021:
It is implied that no contrary evidence exists. Actually, circumstances are worse than she says.
bbyrd009 comments on Mar 13, 2021:
she calls herself an agnostic, but makes statements of fact as if they were truth? ok
and she is a suicide to boot?
priceless
racocn8 replies on Mar 13, 2021:
It is implied that no contrary evidence exists. Actually, circumstances are worse than she says.
The truth revealed....
phxbillcee comments on Mar 12, 2021:
Some of the Repugnantan pols are still pushing that story. The delusion is strong with them, or... just so used to lying.
racocn8 replies on Mar 12, 2021:
Then they cry that no one takes them seriously, "oh, waaaaah."
phxbillcee comments on Mar 12, 2021:
Some of the Repugnantan pols are still pushing that story. The delusion is strong with them, or... just so used to lying.
racocn8 replies on Mar 12, 2021:
Then they cry that no one takes them seriously, "oh, waaaaah."
Doctor, can you please take a closer look?
racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2021:
Going for the wrong orifice.
racocn8 replies on Mar 11, 2021:
@St-Sinner Well I guess that one left a mark...!!!
racocn8 comments on Mar 11, 2021:
Going for the wrong orifice.
racocn8 replies on Mar 11, 2021:
@St-Sinner Well I guess that one left a mark...!!!
Brian Tyler Cohen
Ted Cruz caught lying about relief bill, INSTANTLY humiliated on Senate floor...
racocn8 comments on Mar 8, 2021:
AND Cruz equated illegal immigrants with rapists, prisoners and child molesters. He's a traitor and a Nazi-wannabe, just like Trump. And Quazy.
racocn8 replies on Mar 11, 2021:
@AlbertSchepis Society, government, corporations, etc act to sift certain personality types. it appears that a arrogant narcissist greed-obsessed types succeed in corrupt Republican politics. We know they have a problem, but our problem is figuring how to disqualify these incompetents from trying.
racocn8 comments on Mar 8, 2021:
AND Cruz equated illegal immigrants with rapists, prisoners and child molesters. He's a traitor and a Nazi-wannabe, just like Trump. And Quazy.
racocn8 replies on Mar 11, 2021:
@AlbertSchepis Society, government, corporations, etc act to sift certain personality types. it appears that a arrogant narcissist greed-obsessed types succeed in corrupt Republican politics. We know they have a problem, but our problem is figuring how to disqualify these incompetents from trying.
In one day.
BD66 comments on Mar 10, 2021:
How do you "secure" 100,000,000 vaccines?
racocn8 replies on Mar 11, 2021:
I believe you discuss the problem with corporations and that under the Defense Production Act, "The DPA grants the executive branch of the federal government broad authorities to enlist private companies to assist with meeting the demands of a national emergency." The corporations ask, "How much do you need?" and the president says, 100 million. Then they say "OK".
https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2020/03/president-trump-invokes-the-defense-production
BD66 comments on Mar 10, 2021:
How do you "secure" 100,000,000 vaccines?
racocn8 replies on Mar 11, 2021:
I believe you discuss the problem with corporations and that under the Defense Production Act, "The DPA grants the executive branch of the federal government broad authorities to enlist private companies to assist with meeting the demands of a national emergency." The corporations ask, "How much do you need?" and the president says, 100 million. Then they say "OK".
https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2020/03/president-trump-invokes-the-defense-production
This is why stupid conservative fuckers should be euthanized.
Paul4747 comments on Mar 10, 2021:
Two problems with Tucker here:
1, when Justin Trudeau said, "This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset. This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and climate ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 10, 2021:
Except that by promulgating disinformation and agitprop, more people die. That connection needs to be addressed legally so that people like Carlson pay a hefty financial price for harming large numbers of people.
Paul4747 comments on Mar 10, 2021:
Two problems with Tucker here:
1, when Justin Trudeau said, "This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset. This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and climate ...
racocn8 replies on Mar 10, 2021:
Except that by promulgating disinformation and agitprop, more people die. That connection needs to be addressed legally so that people like Carlson pay a hefty financial price for harming large numbers of people.
DARVO (per Wikipedia, quoting)
"DARVO is an acronym for "deny, attack, and reverse victim and ...
LucyLoohoo comments on Mar 10, 2021:
Maybe his name is Donald (DARVO)? And always has been?
racocn8 replies on Mar 10, 2021:
Could this apply to Woody Allen?
LucyLoohoo comments on Mar 10, 2021:
Maybe his name is Donald (DARVO)? And always has been?
racocn8 replies on Mar 10, 2021:
Could this apply to Woody Allen?
The world we live in today
This a serious article about a cartoon skunk from 1945 being canceled in...
LiterateHiker comments on Mar 9, 2021:
@LenHazell53
You are missing the point.
Pepe le Pew is basically a stalker who would never accept "no" from women.
The cartoon teaches children that this despicable behavior is funny. It's NOT.
racocn8 replies on Mar 9, 2021:
I'm generally neutral or worse on these issues, but I remember seeing a Pepe LePew cartoon within the last 5 years and was impressed with being uncomfortable with what was being depicted. That level of sexual aggression should not be shown as amusing, and could only have been rendered within a societal context that tolerated abusive machismo.
LiterateHiker comments on Mar 9, 2021:
@LenHazell53
You are missing the point.
Pepe le Pew is basically a stalker who would never accept "no" from women.
The cartoon teaches children that this despicable behavior is funny. It's NOT.
racocn8 replies on Mar 9, 2021:
I'm generally neutral or worse on these issues, but I remember seeing a Pepe LePew cartoon within the last 5 years and was impressed with being uncomfortable with what was being depicted. That level of sexual aggression should not be shown as amusing, and could only have been rendered within a societal context that tolerated abusive machismo.
Hello! Hello! Hehe😂 I got a question! 😉
- What is something you have tried, but will never ...
Babyoda comments on Mar 9, 2021:
Eating octopus.
racocn8 replies on Mar 9, 2021:
I had octopus once and found it to be very tasty. They must not have cooked it right for you.
Babyoda comments on Mar 9, 2021:
Eating octopus.
racocn8 replies on Mar 9, 2021:
I had octopus once and found it to be very tasty. They must not have cooked it right for you.
Just wishing we'd had a couple of these pop up on Jan.
Mooolah comments on Mar 8, 2021:
Steve Schmitt said the police should have fired on the insurrectionists. But then he is a convert to & member of the Democratic Party. I welcome you. "I have seen the enemy & the enemy is us." Pogo
racocn8 replies on Mar 8, 2021:
Some of the insurrectionists were heavily armed. A capitol policeman said they had seen and confiscated enough weapons that if they fired on the crowd, it would be a blood bath. Maybe that would be a bad optic and maybe it wouldn't. Having a nearly successful coup is certainly not a good optic, which is the criteria by which the Army supposedly withheld the National Guard. Thus, the Army reps on the call from Sund must be traitors (Aiding the seditionists by giving them another 3 hours to kill Congress leaders and members).
Mooolah comments on Mar 8, 2021:
Steve Schmitt said the police should have fired on the insurrectionists. But then he is a convert to & member of the Democratic Party. I welcome you. "I have seen the enemy & the enemy is us." Pogo
racocn8 replies on Mar 8, 2021:
Some of the insurrectionists were heavily armed. A capitol policeman said they had seen and confiscated enough weapons that if they fired on the crowd, it would be a blood bath. Maybe that would be a bad optic and maybe it wouldn't. Having a nearly successful coup is certainly not a good optic, which is the criteria by which the Army supposedly withheld the National Guard. Thus, the Army reps on the call from Sund must be traitors (Aiding the seditionists by giving them another 3 hours to kill Congress leaders and members).
Just wishing we'd had a couple of these pop up on Jan.
Surfpirate comments on Mar 7, 2021:
By intent?
racocn8 replies on Mar 7, 2021:
While we might learn more, given what was broadcasted, everyone on the Army side of Sund's phone call should be court marshalled, treated as a spy, and sent to prison for at least 20 years. Sund was either in on it or the most incompetent officer on record. Almost the same for Muriel Bowser. Same for Chris Wray. What, is everyone in DC paid off or on downers?
Surfpirate comments on Mar 7, 2021:
By intent?
racocn8 replies on Mar 7, 2021:
While we might learn more, given what was broadcasted, everyone on the Army side of Sund's phone call should be court marshalled, treated as a spy, and sent to prison for at least 20 years. Sund was either in on it or the most incompetent officer on record. Almost the same for Muriel Bowser. Same for Chris Wray. What, is everyone in DC paid off or on downers?
Just wishing we'd had a couple of these pop up on Jan.
OldGoat43 comments on Mar 7, 2021:
Each missile launch costs between a half and one millions dollars.
racocn8 replies on Mar 7, 2021:
it's not a missle, it's a Gatling gun
OldGoat43 comments on Mar 7, 2021:
Each missile launch costs between a half and one millions dollars.
racocn8 replies on Mar 7, 2021:
it's not a missle, it's a Gatling gun
Lilith & Eve Making Out! 💜💜
Lilith was the first wife of Adam, created at the same time and ...
t1nick comments on Mar 7, 2021:
Lilith's crime is that she was equal to Adam, not from Adam. She insisted on being treated equal by Adam, who complained to God. Christianity being a matriarchal belief system, couldn't stand to let Lilith have her equality.
racocn8 replies on Mar 7, 2021:
I think you mean patriarchal, not matriarchal?
t1nick comments on Mar 7, 2021:
Lilith's crime is that she was equal to Adam, not from Adam. She insisted on being treated equal by Adam, who complained to God. Christianity being a matriarchal belief system, couldn't stand to let Lilith have her equality.
racocn8 replies on Mar 7, 2021:
I think you mean patriarchal, not matriarchal?
Well Joe, perhaps if you left some oxygen in the room for them, the Repudlican Party could survive.
nicknotes comments on Mar 6, 2021:
I can't imagine that any intelligent person could possibly vote for Republicans after not even one Republican voted for the 1.9 Trillion dollar covid aid bill.
racocn8 replies on Mar 6, 2021:
You have the answer to your own question. Republicans don't vote based on intelligence. The vote based on fear and hatred. They didn't even have a platform in 2020.
nicknotes comments on Mar 6, 2021:
I can't imagine that any intelligent person could possibly vote for Republicans after not even one Republican voted for the 1.9 Trillion dollar covid aid bill.
racocn8 replies on Mar 6, 2021:
You have the answer to your own question. Republicans don't vote based on intelligence. The vote based on fear and hatred. They didn't even have a platform in 2020.
So damn pathetic.
of-the-mountain comments on Mar 4, 2021:
Next they will insist female period be called a BM of the month, to satisfy inclusive involvement of all those transgenders without a virginal cavity!!!
racocn8 replies on Mar 5, 2021:
Oh, men never want to think about alternatives to the "one thing they only think about." If it weren't for the birth canal, none of us would be here. Ever seen a vagina? (Gross Anatomy Lab) It's way bigger than most dicks with a thick, muscular wall. You think all that's just for handling sex? I guess you could also call it a menses disposal tract... (MMDT)
of-the-mountain comments on Mar 4, 2021:
Next they will insist female period be called a BM of the month, to satisfy inclusive involvement of all those transgenders without a virginal cavity!!!
racocn8 replies on Mar 5, 2021:
Oh, men never want to think about alternatives to the "one thing they only think about." If it weren't for the birth canal, none of us would be here. Ever seen a vagina? (Gross Anatomy Lab) It's way bigger than most dicks with a thick, muscular wall. You think all that's just for handling sex? I guess you could also call it a menses disposal tract... (MMDT)
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