Less plop More squish

racocn8 comments on Aug 18, 2021:

My problem is remembering to zip up.

Tuesday morning cuteness...Woo that

racocn8 comments on Aug 18, 2021:

Interspecies friendships are invariably fascinating (excluding humans).

What (if any) consequence would you propose ? Why ?

racocn8 comments on Aug 18, 2021:

At a minimum, those who contrived the lies should be given up. Otherwise, the merger should be undone, with the companies eating the cost of it. Or, order them to put up the corporation up for auction to smaller companies. Put one of those scummy corporate raiders in charge of it.

According to Biden, “We gave them every chance to determine their own future.

racocn8 comments on Aug 18, 2021:

I'll play devil's advocate and say that the mission-creep that devolved into nation-building was doomed from the start. That being said, we could and should have kept enough military there to defend themselves and to keep the Taliban in check. My understanding is that the US had been doing that for the last few years without too many US casualties. We station many more thousands of soldiers in other countries for nothing more than economic aid to said countries. Having a base in Afghanistan would certainly have strategic value, and would show some willingness to stand up against religious psychotics. I'm betting that most of the cited trillions spent were diverted elsewhere, and/or wasted on futile nation building. Again, I believe we should look at Afghanistan as an object lesson against our own situation wherein religious fanatics hope to overturn the government in favor of them getting and keeping power thereafter. Will the US also fold like a cheap suit?

I feel like this place is another world for me, as in another reality for me.

racocn8 comments on Aug 18, 2021:

Each label connotes its own meanings - - it is a bubble, it's therapy, it's a community, it's a discussion,... choose your labels wisely. Each answer is predefined by the question.

A three-question yes/no poll.

racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

1. They better be truthful because you can be sure they'll get fact-checked. 2. Harris would be a horrible awful Commander-in-Chief, but certainly orders of magnitude better than anyone from the GQP. 3. Trump certainly has a great deal more responsibility for the mess than Biden. He set Biden up on this one. It's a challenge, but Biden is pulling through it.

Let's remember [youtube.com]

racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

The same mf'rs who supported undermining the Russian invasion of Afghanistan now embrace Russia's assets, or have become assets themselves.

Astronomers see galaxies in ultra-high definition [bbc.com]

racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

Oh, but black holes don't exist - - those are plasma filaments... (sarcasm mocking the EU nonsense)

The next time they decide to march on the capitol we should welcome them with a daisy cutter.

racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

One of my favorite fantasies is that the Jan 6 insurrectionists got the treatment they deserved. Oh, well...

How Dumb Is America: 10 Things People Actually Believe [patch.com]

racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

If you believe Christianity, you can and do believe anything the idiot preacher tells you. It's hypnotism.

Jesus loves.... Chips, dips chains and whips....

racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

Weird Science indeed....

Too late for the brainwashed now.

racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

Not one of the other media, nor our own intelligence services will admit that Fox is strongly influenced by the GRU, which is to say a surreptitious venue for Russian agitprop.

GENESIS In the beginning There was nothing.

racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

Um, no. (Already badly wrong).

Man, Lying On Gurney, PUNCHED BY COP - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

That cop should be fired instantly. The suspect should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I can't get too upset over a deranged carjacker.

THANKS, SO CALLED, LIBERAL MAIN STREAM MEDIA.

racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

It should be obvious by now that the media support the GQP in not only dollars, but the news presentation, even the supposedly liberal outlets. The fascists have their stranglehold and aren't about to let go, even while the continue to worship Trump.

Capitulating little bastards, Afghan women cannot think to highly of their men.

racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2021:

After a lifetime of seeing their nation under siege, don't expect anyone to be thinking too clearly. You can blame the men, but the country is dirt poor, Islamic in their view, and have witnessed countless atrocities. Probably everyone has some level of PTSD either from the war or from their religion.

Funny how that work...

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

nor anyone else in the bible.

Why I Am A Anarchist I don't believe in government authority, the only reason I pay any taxes is ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Where are you getting the claim that the election system is rigged? Fox or Trump?

Historian Baffled? [alternet.org]

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

" Nazis? What Nazis? " So said the Germans at the end of WWII. Where did the Nazis come from within the presumably civilized Germany? How does a party appealing to the common man quickly transition to all-out Fascism? Where did Jan 6 get all its white nationalist militias?

Republicons Never Said One Word, For 4 Years, About Trump Selling Billons In ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Let us not forget the hundred-plus service persons who suffered severe concussion injuries when Iran attacked the Al Asad base. The attack was in retaliation for the assassination of Col. Suleiman, whose killing was almost certainly requested of Trump by MBS. And sadly, Iranians downed a jet leaving their own airport killing 176 in a mistaken belief the US was counterattacking. Thank you Saudi Arabia.

Riddle Riddle:

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

An ancient women's lib meme.

'Americans Shouldn't Have To Fight A War, That Afghanis Wouldn't Even Fight For Themselves.'

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Winning Hearts and Minds? Their hearts weren't in it, so now their minds will be imprisoned by Islamic extremism. That's the problem with fanatical terrorism - - It grinds down the will of the oppressed until they cannot imagine resistance. Promoting Western freedom cannot nation-build with a population of PTSD-paralyzed paranoics.

Why did Trump want Pakistan to free this Taliban leader from their prison?

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Surmising, the leader had the right connections within the Taliban to emerge as a lead negotiator; as if the Godfather had been arrested for tax evasion. Giving him freedom enabled Trump to have a negotiating partner who could speak for the Taliban as a whole. (???)

So, the islamic cancer is raging again in afganistan. any thoughts?

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

And Fundamentalist cancer is killing the US . Will the US give up any slower?

Why is Biden supporting the Taliban?

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Why do you think?

I'm an atheist, but I think most atheist are "useful infidels".

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Maybe that's because religionists regard atheists to be on par with rapists, have passed laws excluding atheists from public office, and have driven atheists from the public square since the Enlightenment. Atheists have had to be content with writing books and being in a rare debate. While religionists attack evolution, atheists must support science and religious intolerance from the shadows.

I don’t usually read opinions, but this has so much information I had to share it here: ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Articles like that cannot penetrate the bubble.

If Agnosticism is one of a group of things that we hope will eventually rid us of religion, then ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Nothing true can be false.

Is ALL that the Qpublicans Bitch about Truly Projection? [rawstory.com]

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

They are most familiar with their own shortcomings.

Disney Channel Actress Cites Bible in Insane Anti-Mask Rant to TN School Board | Hemant Mehta | ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Hopefully Covid will find her.

Teacher Cries, Quits Because She Won't Call Trans Kids By Their Names

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

" Good! If that’s how she feels, she is not a safe person to have around trans kids and she shouldn’t be in the classroom. " My sentiments exactly, except that Christians are not particularly fit to be teachers of anything as long as their worldview is rooted in delusion.

Shane Vaughn Says It’s ‘A Sin’ to Believe in Climate Change [rightwingwatch.org]

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

A GQP Taliban in good standing.

fuck everybody that voted for bush jr, twice.

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

How much of that military budget went to the real space force?

AmericanTaliban

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

The meme needs a picture of Trump and his staff.

The Taliban and Republicans are the same!

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

And many more parallels. The GQP are American Taliban and unless people develop a commitment to stopping them, the US will fall just like Afghanistan.

What a day.

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Let us not forget that Russia was paying Taliban for killing US soldiers. The Taliban also paid Afghanis to defect. Guess where that money came from. And it was the Putin-puppet Trump that ' negotiated ' the deal with the Taliban to withdraw. Russia used Afghanistan against the US the same way that the US used Afghanistan against Russia. But the whole thing is probably deeper than that, relating to the need of the DOD to siphon off money for black projects. I suspect Afghanistan was a tool for that activity. It is tragic that our soldiers and the Afghanis pay with their lives for the games played by the CIA.

I Am A Gnostic Atheist With Weak Atheist Tendencies Ok I will be more genuinely honest with ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

I don't agree with the concept of this scale; agnosticism and atheism are different issues. I believe that 6 is the closest to a scientific understanding. The claim that God is very improbable may be tempered by arguments for fine tuning; the multiverse is imaginative and fun, but has as much evidence as God (none). Point 4 is a strong and improper claim, that a god's existence or non-existence are equally probable. Aside from the fine tuning, absence of evidence is strong evidence of absence (not proof, but evidence). A pure agnostic would say they don't and probably cannot know. Maybe from a statistical or Bayesian point of view, that means they are equally probable, but what we see does provide arguments for and against.

Just out of curiosity, can anyone supply an actual study that demonstrates that masks being worn by ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

People make money from spreading disinformation. They get the checks and the morticians get the bodies.

Nurse DEMONIZES Vaccines In Town Hall Sermon - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Aug 16, 2021:

Well, this gal speaks for God and knows what he wants. What percent is delusional and what percent is asshole?

Certainly been my observation.

racocn8 comments on Aug 15, 2021:

Noblesse Oblige is the mirage marketed by the wealthy to deflect anger. If it exists at all, it is an anomaly and provided out of chump change. The absence of Noblesse Oblige should be a ticket to the annual lottery where 10 of the top billionaires get, somewhat randomly, their just desserts.

Members, look at it objectively, let not overly patriotism or jingoism drive your opinion.

racocn8 comments on Aug 15, 2021:

We defeated Grenada...

No plants posted here.

racocn8 comments on Aug 15, 2021:

Are they all mantises?

Good reason to avoid flying....

racocn8 comments on Aug 15, 2021:

In no way should an atheist harm themselves to avoid being exposed to religious indoctrination. Everyone should have the self-confidence to tell those people to keep their lies to themselves.

“Conversion Therapy” Group Owes $3.

racocn8 comments on Aug 14, 2021:

UGH!!!

Suspected U.K. Mass Shooter Said He Was American, Trump-Supporting Virgin [thedailybeast.com]

racocn8 comments on Aug 13, 2021:

I wonder what is really going on with these people. Are the getting off on their own delusion? Are they using their delusion as an excuse to kill? Are they sincere in really believing their delusion, and think they'll be heralded for saving the world?

So isn't God placing Adam and Eve into a garden with a sociopath nicknamed "the Dragon" after ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 13, 2021:

It's a bedtime story meant to terrify the ignorant into silence.

Trump fans springing to action.

racocn8 comments on Aug 12, 2021:

You can be sure that if the protesters weren't white, the police would take a different approach.

What food did you snitch as a child?

racocn8 comments on Aug 12, 2021:

Unrelated perhaps, but... My Mom had a party for some occasion and had tables and chairs set up on the patio. I was seated with other young people and had collected portions from the buffet. I had picked up a small pickle to see how it tasted, but with the abundance of other fun food, had left it untouched. It didn't smell too good and I thought I'd see how the Derfy, a Maltese, liked it. The others watched as I lowered it to his level, and he eagerly went for it. But upon tasting it, dropped it on the ground. So much for that I thought. I picked it up and put it back on the edge of my plate. A few minutes later, my Mom came by and noticed the lone pickle. Before I could say anything, she took it off my plate and popped it in her mouth. None of us said a word...!!!

Rachel Maddow Seriously Considers Leaving MSNBC [thedailybeast.com]

racocn8 comments on Aug 12, 2021:

I really don't see how any of the hosts (except JS) can stand it there. MSNBC is one of the top 10 contributors to the sedition caucus. They are funding the news they report! Immoral much? Scam much? Hypocrites - absolutely!!! I remember when the Senate release its report on an investigation of Russian interference into the Brexit vote. 100% crickets- - not reported anywhere EXCEPT in the Guardian!!! Ugh. I asked Swalwell why the US media was censoring this news. He said they just weren't covering it. If they revoke Fox's license, MSNBC should be on the chopping block too. To be clear, both corporations are fostering sedition and are in league with Putin. Shame on the GOP for it's paper-thin or fully fake patriotism.

Census data shows shows decrease in White population - The Washington Post

racocn8 comments on Aug 12, 2021:

Everyone will be dying off soon enough.

DoorDash driver was pulled over for speeding, then pulled from her car by deputy - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Aug 12, 2021:

Rotten racist cops that should be fired with zero benefits.

They need to stand up for what they believe in!

racocn8 comments on Aug 11, 2021:

If Republicans have their way, they'll control the outcomes of all elections. They are now Putin-Americans and that's how they do it in Russia.

What food did you snitch as a child?

racocn8 comments on Aug 11, 2021:

My Dad would buy boxes of Nestle chocolate bars and supposedly hide it in his closet. I am still a chocoholic, but working on it. I am very sorry that Betty Crocker stopped making the date bar mix I grew up with. I absolutely loved those.

I am ditting alone in my living room, watching tv and listening to old music as tears slowly leak ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 11, 2021:

Sometimes it will and sometimes it won't. You have to search for what makes it worth living, and I need to take my own advice...

Anyone for Ass. Fudge?

racocn8 comments on Aug 11, 2021:

Good price.

The face of courage

racocn8 comments on Aug 11, 2021:

God bless her but God curse the 10 million murdered by the Nazis?

Howdy hi friends and neighbors. Hows everybody doin?

racocn8 comments on Aug 11, 2021:

OK. 1) What positions do you enjoy and why? 2) Have you had to give up any positions because of infirmities?

True dat.

racocn8 comments on Aug 11, 2021:

He should know.

CANNABIS IN SCIENCE & HEALTH 8/11/2021 A review concluded that "although preclinical evidence ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 11, 2021:

On the first one, the lack of clinical evidence may have something to do with the DEA blocking all clincal research into cannabis.

I'm still listening.

racocn8 comments on Aug 11, 2021:

They are in pitch black darkness even when the lights are on and the sun is out. Their eyes have offended were plucked out. Being born again means they can see with their asshole.

Word challenge....

racocn8 comments on Aug 10, 2021:

Oops, splash, yuck!!!

Word challenge....

racocn8 comments on Aug 10, 2021:

I got nuthin'.

Pentagon to require military vaccinations by mid September.

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

It would be nice if the government would assess the incremental cost caused by anti-vaxxers and their propagandists with the eye to imposing a sur-charge tax to pay for their stupidity.

On January 6th of this year, a hoard of people swarmed the capital allegedly because they were told ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

Except it wasn't a fair fight. The Russians mobilized their social media bots to mobilize the GQP and Russians fed propaganda talking points to Fox and other conservative channels. It's very likely that numerous seats in the House and Senate went red as a result. The Electoral College enabled red state voters to have a huge advantage so each vote was worth much more that the votes from blue states. Then there's the gerrymandering to favor the GQP in the red states. And, Citizens United enables the GQP to raise money from corporations, which can be viewed as bribery or blackmail. The ultra conservative SCOTUS gave us this on even though the owners of corporations are never polled as to what party the corporation should support. 2016 and 2020 elections weren't fair, and were stolen by the GQP, but as standard operating practice, the GQP projected their own misdeeds as being committed by the democrats.

Where's the Pepto? Lol

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

On the bright side, it's an effective way to lose weight...

Something I never knew......Marcel Marceau

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

I always found his performances engaging and entertaining. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Marceau

The horrible state of affairs today

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

Ugh. Not encouraging at all, but pretty likely.

Oh, lord.

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

So much for trying to stop disinformation.

What's your Super power???

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

Ohhhh, hurt me... Hurt me bad... (What is Wonder Bread slang for? adjective. 1. (pejorative, slang, ethnic slur) A white person. noun. )

Boys, a new charger on Amazon now available

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

There a USB in there?

Happy Monday all...My Queen

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

The nudity was the only redeeming feature of the show.

Farron Balanced - Rand Paul Pushes Crazy Conspiracy About Democrats 'Seeding' COVID Variants ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

It's hate speech. Straight up hate speech, and all the wackos intent on 'owning the Libtards' go for it.

How?

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

Act so as to ennoble others and yourself. Learn how your ego expresses itself and how to suppress it. Recognize that what people say is usually less important than their motive. Study science.

The latest Covid-19 accessory

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

Maybe it's wishful thinking, but they don't look all that sad. Only one is wearing black. So much for tradition.

Legit, tho. [facebook.com]

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

Being a believer confers a blank check to do whatever they want. They know they'll be saved, so they indulge in bad behavior. Atheists have actually spent time thinking about philosophy and morality, and have concluded that social success requires proper social behavior, especially for atheists who are considered worse than rapists by the believers.

Screw You, Microsoft Edge [charlespetzold.com] [en.wikipedia.org]

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

Microsoft should have been nationalized 30 years ago. All irresponsible corporate monopolies should be nationalized, or sold off for parts. Corporate managers who act immorally should be denuded of their personal wealth, or imprisoned.

I admit I am finding it really hard to feel too sad about this.

racocn8 comments on Aug 9, 2021:

The Evangelical Trumpers love that their memes are appallingly stupid. That is their middle-finger to the intellectuals that they hate. It is the loyalty to these idiotic memes that defines their identity, and loyalty to the 'colony' of GQPism. Claiming Covid is a scamdemic is supposedly cute, but also provides a whopper for the liar's club to dance around. Except that it's an existential threat to everyone else. And who supports the coup caucus cult-leaders? One of the major corporate supporters is none other than Pfizer!!! But think about it, if the GQP can prolong the pandemic long enough, it will hang around forever like the flu, and Pfizer's product is needed forever, rather than for a few years. The GQP depend on Citizens United which makes support of sedition completely laundered. The fallacy is that a single shareholder, the real owners of the corporation, were ever polled as to whether they should support sedition instigators.

Question for anyone who has retired in the last 5 years.

racocn8 comments on Aug 8, 2021:

I'd have run out of my cash money but had the exceptional luck to find a fine lady who helps with the mortgage. Then I got an unexpected inheritance. That combined with refinance has given me a few more years in the house. My doctor diagnosed me with degenerative arthritis and that has severely impaired my mobility. I really didn't expect that. However, if I can lose the pounds put on during isolation, and if my anti-inflammatory lotion keeps working as well as it seem to, it may get better. My lady helps with my emotional state somewhat, but creates other issues.

careful guys! you'll no longer be atheists!

racocn8 comments on Aug 8, 2021:

I wish they'd go away too.

Glenna Milberg of Florida News 10 reports: "The unvaccinated are hosting the mutating variants that ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 8, 2021:

Christians by their hate of others and toxic beliefs threaten not just democracy, but the survival of the species.

The So Called "Radical Left" It's Your Money, Not Theirs. O.M.G. We're Monsters

racocn8 comments on Aug 8, 2021:

Damn commies... (just kidding)

I don't understand why some people (likely leaning to the right) are so bothered by a vax ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 8, 2021:

It's a cult meme. It's a motif around which people express their identity and loyalty. However, it also is used to identify non-self, others, and targets for disparagement.

This defies all logic

racocn8 comments on Aug 8, 2021:

Money. They make money off it. It's blood money, and they prefer it that way.

A nunkini for you all!

racocn8 comments on Aug 8, 2021:

Oh, Jesus...

When Mind Games Masquerade As Physics ( 6 min. ) [youtu.be]

racocn8 comments on Aug 8, 2021:

Bullshit as usual.

Russian Disinformation Targets Vaccines and the Biden Administration A new campaign appears to be...

racocn8 comments on Aug 7, 2021:

Will the right never admit to being duped by Putin? Could Biden or Congress get the intelligence agencies to report on Russian cyber propaganda?

Values to live by

racocn8 comments on Aug 7, 2021:

Some others not necessarily implied: Be Truthful. Seek to ennoble and inform in your discourse. Seek to understand the motives of others. Keep it brief and use simple language. Gauge your language to your audience. Only be eloquent when the occasion permits. Avoid speaking out of egotism. Admit when you don't know the answer. Be patient and understanding when others are speaking. Listen actively. Always: Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

I'm listening to these hypocrites on many stations saying that they are concerned for the "mental ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 7, 2021:

Thanks to Republican anti-vax propaganda, hospitals will be putting kids into body bags. I don't think blaming immigrants will persuade the bereaved (GOP's latest ploy).

Some music from the soundtrack of the 1960 sci-fi classic of H.

racocn8 comments on Aug 7, 2021:

I have been obsessed with this movie most of my life, loving the music and wondering what I would find with my own time machine.

Has anyone seen this?

racocn8 comments on Aug 7, 2021:

The proposal is absurd, thus, it paints it's proponents as nut-cases. Some small part of the issue may be legitimate, and this sort of silliness delays discussion for years or decades. Allowing idiots to address the issue doesn't really help animal rights at all.

Hi Everyone! Had my 3rd date w James last night and we enjoyed ourselves.

racocn8 comments on Aug 7, 2021:

Good luck. Be careful and observant. Do what you can to help.

GOP Lawmaker Who Kicked Student in the Balls Finally Gives Up Teaching License | Hemant Mehta | ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 7, 2021:

Tell me again how religion is generally benign and harmless....?

I was trying to decide what to do for a talent show I planned to enter.

racocn8 comments on Aug 7, 2021:

My daughter loved to sing as loudly as she could, off-key. Ugh.

“Without democracy, nothing is possible,” CNN says Biden said.

racocn8 comments on Aug 6, 2021:

Without a dedication to oppose corruption, democracy is doomed to failure.

Do any of these anti-vaxxer morons deserve a Darwin Award?

racocn8 comments on Aug 6, 2021:

Yes. The families who lost loved ones as a result, may they pee on the grave and destroy the headstone.

So that's how it started

racocn8 comments on Aug 6, 2021:

Yeah, one of my favorite triads is peanut butter, chocolate and bananas.

A very Christian friend just posted this on FB.

racocn8 comments on Aug 6, 2021:

The confused myth IS the storm, or part of it.

Good News: [dailykos.com]

racocn8 comments on Aug 6, 2021:

What we really need is a zero-tolerance death penalty for those that conspire to usurp votes via state legislatures, and an invalidation of elections swayed as a result.

There's a parable in Asimov's "Foundation": “A horse having a wolf as a powerful and dangerous ...

racocn8 comments on Aug 6, 2021:

So, are the American people the horse (or cash cow) with the ultra-wealthy as task-masters?

August 6, 1965 U.

racocn8 comments on Aug 5, 2021:

The Putin fascists cannot win unless the game is (more) rigged in their favor.