The blatant and persistent refusal of Congress to do anything about the mass murder of children in ...

racocn8 comments on May 27, 2022:

It used to be that one could vote and change out members of Congress. The Republicans (and Koch industries) have contrived a campaign on enacting voter suppression and election suppression laws in the last year, so the US should now be officially regarded as a fascist state.

LESSEE.

racocn8 comments on May 27, 2022:

Slang for "Let's see now."

Boba Ice cream 😋 • Boba ice cream is frozen ice cream with tons of soft and chewy bubble tea...

racocn8 comments on May 27, 2022:

Except they aren't real boba's made with tapioca. They've contrived fake bobas that have a sweet juice inside and crunch like a fish egg. I guess some people like it.

Anger as Texas police alter key details of shooting: [bbc.

racocn8 comments on May 27, 2022:

One of the residents of Uvalde said the Police there are completely corrupt, and the only way the truth can come out is to review every one of the body cams. The number of changes to their story, and what they admit to paints a picture of incompetence, cowardice and selfishness that Texas will never be able to live down. Disgusting shameless degenerates. Eminently replaceable.

There, I fixed it.

racocn8 comments on May 27, 2022:

Please let us know how long that lasts...

With regard to the Texas school shooting, it seems to me that the police keep changing their story.

racocn8 comments on May 26, 2022:

One might expect wounded, but the media reported nothing about wounded for a day. Only much later did the media say that a few had been airlifted to distant hospitals, and no updates on them at all. I'm betting that the Governor has blacked out everything possible. I heard one report that said one of the police ran into the school to rescue their own kid before doing anything else...

I would watch it

racocn8 comments on May 26, 2022:

I'd love to see Goldblum portray a giant mosquito!!!

CANCUN-CRUZ BOILING OVER Sen.

racocn8 comments on May 26, 2022:

And a large share of Russian rubles laundered through the NRA. Cruz is a TRAITOR as well as a seditionist and coup plotter. And 100% asshole.

Hey American Police, court, legal system!! If you would have been strict to shooters like ...

racocn8 comments on May 26, 2022:

Large swaths of the US, aka the Bible Belt, contain the worst sort of bigoted trailer trash, and if justice happens, it's mostly an accident. Shame on the DOJ for not prosecuting Rittenhouse (in the absence of serious state prosecution).

Should you wonder what motivation a man can have who kills 20 little children, just like that (not ...

racocn8 comments on May 26, 2022:

I doubt any desire for fame was involved in either shooting.

Would it be nice 😊 right?! 😄😊

racocn8 comments on May 26, 2022:

fuck that smooth skin...

And here we have yet more atrocities committed by the USA against children, this time in the name of...

racocn8 comments on May 26, 2022:

This week it was children. Last week it was older Black shoppers. What is more consistent is that the murders are done with powerful, high-capacity military-style rifles, by young adolescent males.

I was in a Starbucks recently when my stomach started rumbling and I realized that I desperately ...

racocn8 comments on May 26, 2022:

Sometimes pulling on a butt cheek can open the sphincter, but that may only precipitate a major eructation.

([citizensforethics.

racocn8 comments on May 26, 2022:

Blood money.

'The Onion' has reused this satire after more than 20 mass shootings since 2014 : NPR

racocn8 comments on May 26, 2022:

The asinine claim by Conservatives as being pro-life couldn't ring more hollow. The refusal to consider ANY legislation, and to actually enable and encourage psychotics to commit mass murder proves the abortion issue is a cynical political gimmick.

Prayer without works, and all that shit.

racocn8 comments on May 25, 2022:

The Christian GQP DO NOT CARE. They may not be sub-human, but they do their best to give a perfect imitation.

10 Reasons Why Christianity Is Declining—and Atheism Is Growing - Soapboxie

racocn8 comments on May 25, 2022:

The somewhat recent merging of Evangelical Christians with the GQP means that churches have to deal with Q-anon nonsense, and the no-holds-barred cynicism of Conservatism. As Conservatism gets criticized, so also are the Christians aligned with it. Conservatism has lurched to the far right, embracing the worst racism and bigotry, and at least some Christians have enough empathy and self-respect that they don't like being tarred with valid criticism. Eventually, some Christians become overwhelmed by the cognitive dissonance.

Let's try something that might actually work this time.

racocn8 comments on May 25, 2022:

Too late. The GQP have rigged the elections.

The stubborn refusal of Congress to do anything about guns needs to be called out for what it is: a ...

racocn8 comments on May 25, 2022:

Any number of people have noted the GQP "War on women" . It only emboldened the GQP.

Seeking some feedback on a recent interaction with my best friend of 20 years who is also lives in ...

racocn8 comments on May 25, 2022:

She owes you an apology, but at her age, it is unlikely. Let her know that she hurt you, is very much in the wrong, and will endanger her own living stability if she ever does it again. On the other hand, realize she is brainwashed and set in her ways. You may need something like grief counseling as your relationship has been damaged.

Texass!!!! 😭😡🤬

racocn8 comments on May 25, 2022:

Can we remember that the NRA has received millions from Russia, and acted as a conduit to funnel that money to GQP (and a couple of dems!). Investigation of these traitors was blocked by the GQP during Trump's administration: https://about.bgov.com/news/russia-meddling-uproar-worsens-as-probe-of-nras-role-is-dropped/ https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764879242/nra-was-foreign-asset-to-russia-ahead-of-2016-new-senate-report-reveals

I was a member of this church when he was pastor and some of the things he said in church turned me ...

racocn8 comments on May 24, 2022:

Sick.

This is so sad! As I cry for the latest victims of a school shooting, I can't stop thinking of the ...

racocn8 comments on May 24, 2022:

In Republican minds, the phrase "Thoughts and prayers" really means "lock and load." THEY DON'T CARE. (They can't)

WTAF?

racocn8 comments on May 24, 2022:

Surely you didn't expect anything different? (Horrific events mean nothing to people who have no empathy).

The same people who are always screaming about big government and insisting that the markets will ...

racocn8 comments on May 24, 2022:

That would be the market that influenced Trump to institute stiff tariffs on imports?

That's a sign I would stand behind.

racocn8 comments on May 24, 2022:

Major kudos to anyone who calls them out for what they are (Nazis).

Now here is some fine epic music by Bernard Herrmann from the opening credits of Jason & The ...

racocn8 comments on May 24, 2022:

I especially like this one from Bernard Herrmann. Jason also has a skeleton fight, but the music in this one is much more innovative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD5l9aEj00s

More kids murdered with guns in Texas. Cuz that's what NRAmerica does.

racocn8 comments on May 24, 2022:

Can we remember that the NRA has received millions from Russia, and acted as a conduit to funnel that money to GQP (and a couple of dems!). Investigation of these traitors was blocked by the GQP during Trump's administration: https://about.bgov.com/news/russia-meddling-uproar-worsens-as-probe-of-nras-role-is-dropped/ https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764879242/nra-was-foreign-asset-to-russia-ahead-of-2016-new-senate-report-reveals

WTF is wrong with these scum bags!! these self-entitled, arrogant assholes that think this shit up.

racocn8 comments on May 24, 2022:

I always suspected that most Evangelicals were closet Nazis. Now that they've come out of the closet, can we just skip the war and convict them of war crimes?

No hard feelings, ok?

racocn8 comments on May 23, 2022:

Good luck with that as the Catholic SCOTUS redefines your Constitutional rights (In support of Putin's next adventure).

Why everyone is so rude lately.

racocn8 comments on May 23, 2022:

Everyone believes they have witnessed severe injustice. The deluded MAGAs believe their brainwashing from Fox that Trump's re-election was somehow stolen, although that is a lie they choose to believe. The rest saw four years of criminal graft and corruption ending with a staged coup, and then get away with it.

I can't stop laughing!

racocn8 comments on May 23, 2022:

Aarrrrrgghh. Shiver me timbers.

Awaiting FDA Approval!!!

racocn8 comments on May 23, 2022:

A long time staple of rustic (redneck) conservatives.

Every church going man and women should practice this, else denounce religion

racocn8 comments on May 23, 2022:

So much for a book of absolute truth, the absolute truth being that virginity cannot be established by inspection, but will kill a person anyway.

There is an explanation

racocn8 comments on May 23, 2022:

Whenever anyone says anything about God, watch out - - they are lying. No one can say anything about God with any reliability, much less certitude.

As absurd as the whole concept of the "Trinity" appears, I thought one way to maybe make it somewhat...

racocn8 comments on May 23, 2022:

Stick with the Four Horsemen.

Asking the Important Questions

racocn8 comments on May 23, 2022:

They may have to move to opposite ends of the trailer.

Cornel West Says Trump Is Leading Campaign of 'War Against Black People'

racocn8 comments on May 23, 2022:

Except it's a war on everyone who isn't an Evangelical MAGA. Cornell West has his own blinders.

Kenyan lawyer takes State of Israel, Jews to Hague over Jesus' death Dola Indidis wants the IJC ...

racocn8 comments on May 23, 2022:

“Evidence today is on record in the Bible, and you cannot discredit the Bible,” HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

Divided Supreme Court limits access to federal court review in death penalty cases

racocn8 comments on May 23, 2022:

Ugly and immoral, given the frequency with which prosecutors use the court system for lynching (as revealed by the Innocence Project). So what else is new for this SCOTUS. Another nail in the coffin.

Marine cut it out, now this is in

racocn8 comments on May 23, 2022:

At least it's not permanent.

Among all this flutter we find the Russian tricolor (white over blue over red).

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

Last I heard, the 40% of die-hard Trumpers are evenly split between which side they support. Failing to indict Trump on his treason has only solidified Putin's purchase on the Republican Party. Shame on the Dems and DOJ for letting that slide.

Who holds the aces in this debate?

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

Except that the current pronunciation comes from a French word meaning purse, and never had anything to do with felines.

Religion and reason

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

I love paradox. (Tyson is ever the hypocrite. It's good that he displays how scientists so often lack hubris)

This seemed like a very busy schedule to me, I don't know where I would find the time to add all of ...

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

No rest for the wicked. Idle hands are the devil's plaything

I don't know about that

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

Is that Zhira or Cornelius? Or am I speciesist?

Can this help? Some people have been waiting forever

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

You can't miss what never was.

Close enough?

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

A lot of ugly stuff about Hefner has come out, but it's still no contest who is more depraved.

How to add up ignorance

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

Valid arguments can be made against the veracity of all of them.

Just sayin'.

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

There are numerous reasons for abortion: rape, incest, ectopic pregnancy among them. It's not just that a majority of people favor legal abortion. Those opposed to abortion base their view on their Christian religion. The Bible says nothing about forbidding abortion, and if anything, sanctions it. Abortion is a political gimmick intended to motivate Christians who were otherwise indifferent. Most critically, Christians have absolutely zero credibility nor standing in moral issues. Pro-life? Does the Holocaust ring a bell? (among a myriad of other atrocities).

Some are predisposed to believing in superstitions, blind faith and ignorance

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

Predisposed? How so? (You mean stupid?)

Super mumbo jumbo

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

Divine masturbation (after the Big Bang is long gone.)

I appreciate the responses to my latest blog concerning my promotion of my blog site at agnosic.

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

When I type in www.agnostiliberal.com address, the system returns with a search for related sites and a box saying the site is not secure.

Feds Decry Josh Duggar's 'Blame Tactics,' Say He's Likely to Reoffend

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

Sick. And vile.

Or Just for laughs. Pika sings. [facebook.com]

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

Very talented!

DEA officer stops at a ranch in Texas and talks with an old rancher.

racocn8 comments on May 22, 2022:

The continued fascism in service of the War on Drugs is entirely in keeping with the Christian Fascism that considers cannabis to be demonic and intrinsically evil (even as ever more medical applications are discovered.) It is long past time for Biden to pardon those incarcerated for nothing more than possession.

Anything for love

racocn8 comments on May 21, 2022:

Probably had to get that for her pimp.

Jim Carrey on Fox.....

racocn8 comments on May 21, 2022:

Too late for that, but better late then never.

Be prepared for anything

racocn8 comments on May 21, 2022:

Where can I find someone to hang out with?

You knew about this?

racocn8 comments on May 21, 2022:

Where's the meth?

Lemme know... Asking for a friend

racocn8 comments on May 21, 2022:

On an RV trip, my dad had caught some fish and my Mom began to prepare dinner. However, as she put them on the grill, they flexed and flipped in reaction to the heat, and this so unnerved my Mom that she refused to continue the cooking and my Dad had to take over...

You can't make this sh!t up? [youtu.be]

racocn8 comments on May 21, 2022:

American Christians are neither Christian nor American.

Why Europe has happy people

racocn8 comments on May 21, 2022:

Whoever designed those bollards was an asshole.

It seems that an unfair ledger has been created by those who like to call themselves "progressives" ...

racocn8 comments on May 21, 2022:

Examples?

Is nihilism not just a natural part of growing up and maturing anyway ?

racocn8 comments on May 21, 2022:

Learning what we know about the universe is humbling. That universe is far removed from our day-to-day existence, so love, hope and sadness have no physical meaning, but become the basis for our behavior. We live in a culturally religious society, so our thinking and behaviors have become shaped by languages that are deeply corrupted by mythical nonsense. We can hardly stop thinking in religious terms. When one says that nothing in the universe carries significance, that is only the partial understanding. The very notion of significance implies the religious belief that a god might somehow imbue our existence with meaning. Why would a god's existence matter to us, or provide special relevance? It wouldn't nor shouldn't. (We have a lot of work to do).

Jesus is everywhere

racocn8 comments on May 21, 2022:

... and nowhere...

Delia Gonzalez

racocn8 comments on May 21, 2022:

It so often seems like the left side is bit bigger. Probably everyone is asymmetric.

They persuaded but I did not go

racocn8 comments on May 20, 2022:

It doesn't look like it goes anywhere; just a dead end...

Got my first political solicitation of 2022 just now via text; oddly from the democrats.

racocn8 comments on May 20, 2022:

We've already seen ever-more degenerate behavior in a race to the bottom. But it's a bottom that has no bottom. So, the effort to out-do each other in their expression of extremism should provide ongoing provocations. As SCOTUS unveils it's plans to revoke basic rights, or end Church-State separation, expect more pyrotechnics.

Several years ago I read about Kurt Godel and his incompleteness theorems, which are the most ...

racocn8 comments on May 20, 2022:

Shouldn't mathematicians have the same attitude as (most?) scientific disciplines wherein all findings are tentative and subject to improvement in some manner? One shouldn't expect to have everything explained because whatever is known leads to more questions. That mathematical proofs have been developed should be exalted as one of the few bastions of (near?) certainty. How about fuzzy logic, programmed evolution of analytics, and programming quantum computers? A program can work most of the time, but for complex programs, bugs are almost inevitable. We have our work cut out for us.

To be clear, here is the law. Merrick Garland, are you listening?

racocn8 comments on May 20, 2022:

Yes, I'm Garland has his fingers in his ears and his head up his ass. Neat trick.

I wanna know who's buried here. Jason and Freddy?

racocn8 comments on May 20, 2022:

That would have been good for Jesus.

Monkeypox 101, unanswered questions, and the bigger picture

racocn8 comments on May 20, 2022:

Can we get this going before the election?

Which artist used this effect? Was it Dali and melting clocks or something? Could be worth millions.

racocn8 comments on May 20, 2022:

Riding bare backed?

5 megabyte hard drive being shipped out of IBM In 1956.

racocn8 comments on May 20, 2022:

My Vic 20 came with all of 5 kilobytes or RAM.

‘I mean Ukraine’: Former U.

racocn8 comments on May 19, 2022:

Bush or Putin: Who has more innocent blood on their hands?

Republican-leaning areas continue to face more COVID deaths : NPR

racocn8 comments on May 19, 2022:

Can't we get some new, more lethal strains here?

But we are now civilized

racocn8 comments on May 19, 2022:

Micro-dick.

An atheist dies and goes to hell The devil welcomes him and says:"Let me show you around a little...

racocn8 comments on May 19, 2022:

If only...

Here's a nice little portrait of Lika, a nude model from Ukraine.

racocn8 comments on May 19, 2022:

Ultimately, it's the Pavlovian conditioning in response to the oxytocin bell. Ah, the simple pleasures....

Ns for Many of our National Crisies, Part I I am livid, deeply saddened, and deeply troubled bu ...

racocn8 comments on May 19, 2022:

They were chosen for their RELIGIOUS ideology. Conservatism, what there was other than racism, is dead.

You can't begin to imagine...

racocn8 comments on May 19, 2022:

As Christianity requires the accuracy of Genesis, yes, tell us how the Grand Canyon was carved in 6000 years, and why all the rocks appear to be millions (or billions) of years older than that?

I actually don't know where this is or if it is staged. I'm hoping it is real and Australia?

racocn8 comments on May 19, 2022:

I visited Aitutaki and mynah birds were all over the place.

SpaceX Attendant Accused Elon Musk of Sexual Misconduct

racocn8 comments on May 19, 2022:

Zero surprise for an entitled dick.

Say you have ten billion dollars you can do anything with, how would you cure hunger for the world, ...

racocn8 comments on May 19, 2022:

1. Strategically eliminate bad actors. 2. Fund research to facilitate abortion and birth control. 3. Fund research to figure out how to transition existing political systems into more equitable power structures, at all levels (using AI and game theory).

Covid vaccination possibility is influenced by party affiliation. [theconversation.com]

racocn8 comments on May 18, 2022:

A million is not a small number, but many diseases have a much higher lethality. The anti-science crowd only received a light culling. Any other future pandemic will be much worse.

I am watching "Zombieland" just in case the religious right starts to take over, I think the rules ...

racocn8 comments on May 18, 2022:

What level of damage was needed to dispatch the zombies? A head-shot, baseball bat, or more?

I just made a post about replacement theory.

racocn8 comments on May 18, 2022:

Except that absolutely no replacement is involved. (And, as noted, the notions of race are obsolete)

now that's funny and yet I can totally see it

racocn8 comments on May 18, 2022:

Hilarious. He gives transvestites a bad name. Would a make-over help?

NO, NO...Just NO! [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on May 18, 2022:

It has a big dog in it? On second thought, nahh.

Who owns Einstein ?

racocn8 comments on May 18, 2022:

Everyone wants money.

Elon Musk Tweets He’ll Vote Republican—And Slams Democrats As ‘Party Of Division & Hate’

racocn8 comments on May 18, 2022:

Proving that like so many GQP, he is a complete asshole, utterly undeserving of his obscene wealth.

House Probes UFOs Congressional lawmakers are holding a public hearing on UFOs today for the first ...

racocn8 comments on May 18, 2022:

My mind is made up. Don't confuse me with facts. There are no UFOs because the Pentagon has always said there weren't... (I don't want people to think I'm a nut, even if that was already obvious). And if you insist on saying you saw one, well, it's a big desert and no one will ever find what's left... And the Pentagon is so intent on protecting the country that Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn, the seditionist who withheld National Guard for four hours on Jan 6 was simply transferred to another job. And seeing how the Christian Nationalists have a chokehold on the country, admitting aliens are visiting might not be looked on favorably. We all know that aliens are demonic spirits Satan has sent to Earth to foster LGBTQ with their Jewish space lasers... Opinions are like assholes, and that phony hearing was as bad as seeing how utterly ignorant people will express their stupidity anyway.

Susan B. Anthony.

racocn8 comments on May 18, 2022:

Except that such work includes fucking VOTING. Not voting is a guaranteed recipe for being forced back to being kept-women.

([washingtonpost.

racocn8 comments on May 18, 2022:

What? I thought violence was a perfectly acceptable form of political discourse... That's what 74 million people believe...

Maybe Mr. money man is starting to see some light. [yahoo.com]

racocn8 comments on May 18, 2022:

Hopefully, it falls through. Musk has revealed himself to be a wing-nut fascist, in favor of free speech so long as it's speech he approves of.

Madison Cawthorn Loses His Primary, Squashed By Republicans

racocn8 comments on May 17, 2022:

Um, no, he had already jumped off the cliff some time ago of his own volition. Whatever happens to him now is his own doing, or lack thereof.

I wrote "Don't blame women for men's bad behavior." Got blocked.

racocn8 comments on May 17, 2022:

Unfair. Maybe he's especially frustrated today? Given the extremity of response, not someone you'd want to know anyway.

Did someone ask for Titty Tuesday?

racocn8 comments on May 17, 2022:

Come give your blessing to the prodigal teat.

I’m thinking that if Space Aliens were actively visiting Earth from across the galaxy, we would ...

racocn8 comments on May 17, 2022:

For someone who exhorts others to the wonders of the Universe, deGrasse Tyson is frighteningly incurious about this topic, or pathologically disingenuous. Neither is a good look for a scientist, unless he is bowing to the decades-long policy of intimidation initiated by Project Blue Book. And speaking of being pathologically disingenuous (and hopelessly ignorant of the topic), the Pentagon spokesmen displayed the dishonesty and obfuscation we know all too well. Yes, Why is the military so absolutely wacky about disparaging this topic? Why the asinine handsprings to reject extra-terrestrial origin. What we really need is an investigation into who the parties are (relying on a religious world-view) that classify UAPs as demonic, and how they have obstructed national security interests as a result. One Pentagon spokesperson said that none of our military had ever fired on these craft. Why the hell not? The military is tasked with protecting itself, and these vehicles violate norms (of contact, proximity and markings) all over the place. The answer is, yes, they have been fired on with negative consequences, and thus the covert policy is not to fire on them.