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Does anyone have a favorite book that helped you in your transition out of your religion?
t1nick comments on Sep 8, 2019:
Although I hate to admit it, Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". I read it the summer between my freshman and sophomore in college. It gave permission for intellectualism.
I no longer ascribe to Ayn Rand's philosophy. Its is flawed (politest thing I can say), and its followers subscribe to it for all...
t1nick replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@CallMeDave
Not really, but glad you enjoyed RUSH
t1nick comments on Sep 8, 2019:
Although I hate to admit it, Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". I read it the summer between my freshman and sophomore in college. It gave permission for intellectualism.
I no longer ascribe to Ayn Rand's philosophy. Its is flawed (politest thing I can say), and its followers subscribe to it for all...
t1nick replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@CallMeDave
Not really, but glad you enjoyed RUSH
Maybe just me, but I and have always been fascinated by speed.
t1nick comments on Sep 8, 2019:
Pretty amazing. I corner marshaled for superbikes and two Indy car races. An unbelievable combination of power and speed.
I used to have to enter the track to remove a bike in the middle of a race with other bikes zipping by at 90 mph only 2ft on either side of me. An adrenaline rush to say ...
t1nick replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@TristanNuvo I agree 100 %
t1nick comments on Sep 8, 2019:
Pretty amazing. I corner marshaled for superbikes and two Indy car races. An unbelievable combination of power and speed.
I used to have to enter the track to remove a bike in the middle of a race with other bikes zipping by at 90 mph only 2ft on either side of me. An adrenaline rush to say ...
t1nick replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@TristanNuvo I agree 100 %
Maybe I'm being too mean.
TheInterlooper comments on Sep 8, 2019:
Criticizing Obama ≠ Racism.
t1nick replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@Ms_McSteven
I concur. I think that most Republicans insisting that they were opposed to Obama due to policy differences are deluding themselves. Let alone everyone else..
Most do not understand the policies they claim to oppose. They fall back on false Republican talking points which were, are, oversimplified evaluations, out of context claims, and hollow drum beats without fact or veracity of truth.
TheInterlooper comments on Sep 8, 2019:
Criticizing Obama ≠ Racism.
t1nick replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@Ms_McSteven
I concur. I think that most Republicans insisting that they were opposed to Obama due to policy differences are deluding themselves. Let alone everyone else..
Most do not understand the policies they claim to oppose. They fall back on false Republican talking points which were, are, oversimplified evaluations, out of context claims, and hollow drum beats without fact or veracity of truth.
Maybe I'm being too mean.
TheInterlooper comments on Sep 8, 2019:
Criticizing Obama ≠ Racism.
t1nick replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@Ms_McSteven
He wasn't given the opportunity. The days after taking off Moscow McConnell announced to the world that he would do anything his power to thwart anything Obama attempted. He was joined by the Republican Tea Perty and Freedom Caucas congressperson.
Even when he had both parties, most votes take a super majority or tabled via a filibuster action (this is a Democratic generated debacle aka. Harry Reid). Once he lost the House and Senate it was a foregone conclusion that nothing would get accomplished. The "do nothing " Republican party made sure of that.
Regardless, IMO, MOST opposition to Obama emanated from a racially-based core. White privilege and racism I really feel is the basis for MOST people who objected to Obama.
TheInterlooper comments on Sep 8, 2019:
Criticizing Obama ≠ Racism.
t1nick replies on Sep 8, 2019:
@Ms_McSteven
He wasn't given the opportunity. The days after taking off Moscow McConnell announced to the world that he would do anything his power to thwart anything Obama attempted. He was joined by the Republican Tea Perty and Freedom Caucas congressperson.
Even when he had both parties, most votes take a super majority or tabled via a filibuster action (this is a Democratic generated debacle aka. Harry Reid). Once he lost the House and Senate it was a foregone conclusion that nothing would get accomplished. The "do nothing " Republican party made sure of that.
Regardless, IMO, MOST opposition to Obama emanated from a racially-based core. White privilege and racism I really feel is the basis for MOST people who objected to Obama.
Love, love, love in the St Petersburg zoo.
Athena comments on Sep 8, 2019:
I wonder if this could happen with a dog and a wolf.
t1nick replies on Sep 8, 2019:
Nah, dogs don't purr. Lol.
Athena comments on Sep 8, 2019:
I wonder if this could happen with a dog and a wolf.
t1nick replies on Sep 8, 2019:
Nah, dogs don't purr. Lol.
I went to the doctor with hearing problems. He said, "Can you describe the symptoms?
t1nick comments on Sep 7, 2019:
The type of answer I would likely to give. I tend to be a smartass
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
@Lilac-Jade lol
t1nick comments on Sep 7, 2019:
The type of answer I would likely to give. I tend to be a smartass
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
@Lilac-Jade lol
HEGEMONY.
t1nick comments on Sep 7, 2019:
I've understood it to not only imply dominance by one state over another, but also implies the imposing of a philosophic paradigm as well. Like the old Soviet Union and its Communistic paradigm, China in Sourheast Asia, or the US incursion in Central America. Often implies more than militaristic ...
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
Addendum to post above. The hegemony by the US in Central America include not only regime change in multiple countries, but a switch to a corporate monoculture agribusiness which destroyed the middle class in each country and local economies for most rural areas.
t1nick comments on Sep 7, 2019:
I've understood it to not only imply dominance by one state over another, but also implies the imposing of a philosophic paradigm as well. Like the old Soviet Union and its Communistic paradigm, China in Sourheast Asia, or the US incursion in Central America. Often implies more than militaristic ...
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
Addendum to post above. The hegemony by the US in Central America include not only regime change in multiple countries, but a switch to a corporate monoculture agribusiness which destroyed the middle class in each country and local economies for most rural areas.
The moon's effect..
Athena comments on Sep 7, 2019:
I believe people can be lunatics at anytime and certainly at will.
If there's any increase in strange occurrences on those nights, it's probably that people are so distracted looking up at the moon, either waiting for a witch to fly across on a broomstick, or looking for the man face.
One ...
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
@Athena Ah Haha, I thought so. Thanks
Athena comments on Sep 7, 2019:
I believe people can be lunatics at anytime and certainly at will.
If there's any increase in strange occurrences on those nights, it's probably that people are so distracted looking up at the moon, either waiting for a witch to fly across on a broomstick, or looking for the man face.
One ...
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
@Athena Ah Haha, I thought so. Thanks
White House releases photo of intruder who altered president's hurricane maps
SonnyBubba comments on Sep 7, 2019:
El Sharpo
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
Lol
SonnyBubba comments on Sep 7, 2019:
El Sharpo
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
Lol
White House releases photo of intruder who altered president's hurricane maps
Bigwavedave comments on Sep 7, 2019:
President Sharpie the mad king
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
And he's not even in Bavaria. Lol
Bigwavedave comments on Sep 7, 2019:
President Sharpie the mad king
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
And he's not even in Bavaria. Lol
[agnostic.com]
Just to get it out in the open...
demifeministgal comments on Sep 4, 2019:
This is what happened, just in case CB didn't have the energy or desire to inform y'all... click on the link @mooredolezal @t1nick @LeighShelton @Wildflower
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
@demifeministgal ahh, ok
demifeministgal comments on Sep 4, 2019:
This is what happened, just in case CB didn't have the energy or desire to inform y'all... click on the link @mooredolezal @t1nick @LeighShelton @Wildflower
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
@demifeministgal ahh, ok
The moon's effect..
Athena comments on Sep 7, 2019:
I believe people can be lunatics at anytime and certainly at will.
If there's any increase in strange occurrences on those nights, it's probably that people are so distracted looking up at the moon, either waiting for a witch to fly across on a broomstick, or looking for the man face.
One ...
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
Interesting side note. The name for the moon, "Luna" (of Roman origin) is most likely the root word for the word "lunatic". Just occurred to me as I read your post. Not necessarily relevant, but interested me.
Athena comments on Sep 7, 2019:
I believe people can be lunatics at anytime and certainly at will.
If there's any increase in strange occurrences on those nights, it's probably that people are so distracted looking up at the moon, either waiting for a witch to fly across on a broomstick, or looking for the man face.
One ...
t1nick replies on Sep 7, 2019:
Interesting side note. The name for the moon, "Luna" (of Roman origin) is most likely the root word for the word "lunatic". Just occurred to me as I read your post. Not necessarily relevant, but interested me.
[agnostic.com]
Just to get it out in the open...
demifeministgal comments on Sep 4, 2019:
This is what happened, just in case CB didn't have the energy or desire to inform y'all... click on the link @mooredolezal @t1nick @LeighShelton @Wildflower
t1nick replies on Sep 6, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
Ahh thank you. You seem to weathering it all fine. Hang in there.
demifeministgal comments on Sep 4, 2019:
This is what happened, just in case CB didn't have the energy or desire to inform y'all... click on the link @mooredolezal @t1nick @LeighShelton @Wildflower
t1nick replies on Sep 6, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
Ahh thank you. You seem to weathering it all fine. Hang in there.
[agnostic.com]
Just to get it out in the open...
demifeministgal comments on Sep 4, 2019:
This is what happened, just in case CB didn't have the energy or desire to inform y'all... click on the link @mooredolezal @t1nick @LeighShelton @Wildflower
t1nick replies on Sep 6, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty I thought maybe she equating me as a scammer because I defended you.
demifeministgal comments on Sep 4, 2019:
This is what happened, just in case CB didn't have the energy or desire to inform y'all... click on the link @mooredolezal @t1nick @LeighShelton @Wildflower
t1nick replies on Sep 6, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty I thought maybe she equating me as a scammer because I defended you.
[agnostic.com]
Just to get it out in the open...
demifeministgal comments on Sep 4, 2019:
This is what happened, just in case CB didn't have the energy or desire to inform y'all... click on the link @mooredolezal @t1nick @LeighShelton @Wildflower
t1nick replies on Sep 6, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
It finally came to me last night what the post was about. The owner of the post was trying to equate me as a scammer because of the claims I've made in my profile.
Problem is, I haven't exaggerated or lied about anything in my profile. It's all real. I've actually done all that, plus much more not included in the profile. I guess her assertion is because I respond and post a lot and have an interesting life, that I must be a scammer. Go figure.
demifeministgal comments on Sep 4, 2019:
This is what happened, just in case CB didn't have the energy or desire to inform y'all... click on the link @mooredolezal @t1nick @LeighShelton @Wildflower
t1nick replies on Sep 6, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
It finally came to me last night what the post was about. The owner of the post was trying to equate me as a scammer because of the claims I've made in my profile.
Problem is, I haven't exaggerated or lied about anything in my profile. It's all real. I've actually done all that, plus much more not included in the profile. I guess her assertion is because I respond and post a lot and have an interesting life, that I must be a scammer. Go figure.
[agnostic.com]
Just to get it out in the open...
demifeministgal comments on Sep 4, 2019:
This is what happened, just in case CB didn't have the energy or desire to inform y'all... click on the link @mooredolezal @t1nick @LeighShelton @Wildflower
t1nick replies on Sep 5, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty ok, thanks
demifeministgal comments on Sep 4, 2019:
This is what happened, just in case CB didn't have the energy or desire to inform y'all... click on the link @mooredolezal @t1nick @LeighShelton @Wildflower
t1nick replies on Sep 5, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty ok, thanks
[agnostic.com]
Just to get it out in the open...
demifeministgal comments on Sep 4, 2019:
This is what happened, just in case CB didn't have the energy or desire to inform y'all... click on the link @mooredolezal @t1nick @LeighShelton @Wildflower
t1nick replies on Sep 4, 2019:
I do not understand the link to our profiles. You are more than welcome to peruse them, but I do not know how they are germaine to CB's situation. The profile pic is genuine taken last August in El Morro, NM. Not that that is relevant or germaine.
I spoke up for CB because I have interacted with her for the entire time shes been part of the site and have seen nothing akin to what she accused of. I talked her about personal things related to her pregnancy and I posted to her political posts(which arec tame compared to mine). Needless to say I am confused by a link to our profiles and what the reference is meant to imply or suggest. Maybe positive. maybe not I cannot tell from this post.
demifeministgal comments on Sep 4, 2019:
This is what happened, just in case CB didn't have the energy or desire to inform y'all... click on the link @mooredolezal @t1nick @LeighShelton @Wildflower
t1nick replies on Sep 4, 2019:
I do not understand the link to our profiles. You are more than welcome to peruse them, but I do not know how they are germaine to CB's situation. The profile pic is genuine taken last August in El Morro, NM. Not that that is relevant or germaine.
I spoke up for CB because I have interacted with her for the entire time shes been part of the site and have seen nothing akin to what she accused of. I talked her about personal things related to her pregnancy and I posted to her political posts(which arec tame compared to mine). Needless to say I am confused by a link to our profiles and what the reference is meant to imply or suggest. Maybe positive. maybe not I cannot tell from this post.
Hey all, just in case you haven't heard, I'm a scammer..no proof, no nothing.
Matias comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Why don't you just change that stupid picture?
You're not a scammer, but you are not honest either.
t1nick replies on Sep 4, 2019:
@1of5
Let me apologize, I was caught up in the moment. I don't like idea of compiling lists of people. I work in a high school setting and lists usually mean a hit list by students. We are always on the lookout for such telltale behavior as many of the most recent shootongs entailed a list.
I was also concerned about anybody putting CB on a list. I've known her on here for over a year and consider her a friend, so was concerned when I saw the mention of her being on a list. Please accept my apologies.
Matias comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Why don't you just change that stupid picture?
You're not a scammer, but you are not honest either.
t1nick replies on Sep 4, 2019:
@1of5
Let me apologize, I was caught up in the moment. I don't like idea of compiling lists of people. I work in a high school setting and lists usually mean a hit list by students. We are always on the lookout for such telltale behavior as many of the most recent shootongs entailed a list.
I was also concerned about anybody putting CB on a list. I've known her on here for over a year and consider her a friend, so was concerned when I saw the mention of her being on a list. Please accept my apologies.
Hey all, just in case you haven't heard, I'm a scammer..no proof, no nothing.
Matias comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Why don't you just change that stupid picture?
You're not a scammer, but you are not honest either.
t1nick replies on Sep 3, 2019:
@1of5
I repeat. Vacuous
Matias comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Why don't you just change that stupid picture?
You're not a scammer, but you are not honest either.
t1nick replies on Sep 3, 2019:
@1of5
I repeat. Vacuous
Hey all, just in case you haven't heard, I'm a scammer..no proof, no nothing.
Matias comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Why don't you just change that stupid picture?
You're not a scammer, but you are not honest either.
t1nick replies on Sep 3, 2019:
@1of5
what fuckin' list and why is CB on your list. Who are you besides some jerk from Everrett, Washington. Your profile is about as vacuous as you appear to be.
Matias comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Why don't you just change that stupid picture?
You're not a scammer, but you are not honest either.
t1nick replies on Sep 3, 2019:
@1of5
what fuckin' list and why is CB on your list. Who are you besides some jerk from Everrett, Washington. Your profile is about as vacuous as you appear to be.
Hey all, just in case you haven't heard, I'm a scammer..no proof, no nothing.
Matias comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Why don't you just change that stupid picture?
You're not a scammer, but you are not honest either.
t1nick replies on Sep 3, 2019:
@1of5
it's impossible to 1000% anything. The most you can be is 100%. You can have a profit or similar value that exceeds by over 100%, but a person cannot exceed 100% in there thoughts, intentions, or feelings. Just saying.
Matias comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Why don't you just change that stupid picture?
You're not a scammer, but you are not honest either.
t1nick replies on Sep 3, 2019:
@1of5
it's impossible to 1000% anything. The most you can be is 100%. You can have a profit or similar value that exceeds by over 100%, but a person cannot exceed 100% in there thoughts, intentions, or feelings. Just saying.
Well it's finally arrived, I'm officially a senior.
oldFloyd comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Happy birthday 🎉 it is also my stepsons!
He doesn't look a day over 125.😄
t1nick replies on Sep 3, 2019:
Thanks
oldFloyd comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Happy birthday 🎉 it is also my stepsons!
He doesn't look a day over 125.😄
t1nick replies on Sep 3, 2019:
Thanks
Well it's finally arrived, I'm officially a senior.
Rustee comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Happy birthday!!
t1nick replies on Sep 3, 2019:
Thsnk you
Rustee comments on Sep 3, 2019:
Happy birthday!!
t1nick replies on Sep 3, 2019:
Thsnk you
Well it's finally arrived, I'm officially a senior.
BitFlipper comments on Sep 2, 2019:
Happy Birthday! Don't miss out on all those Senior Citizen discounts.
t1nick replies on Sep 2, 2019:
Thanks, I'll look into that. Lol
BitFlipper comments on Sep 2, 2019:
Happy Birthday! Don't miss out on all those Senior Citizen discounts.
t1nick replies on Sep 2, 2019:
Thanks, I'll look into that. Lol
Gee, whatever happened to F-IM-Forty and .
t1nick comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Hes AntidroneFreeman now
t1nick replies on Sep 2, 2019:
@altschmerz
I do not know. Sorry
t1nick comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Hes AntidroneFreeman now
t1nick replies on Sep 2, 2019:
@altschmerz
I do not know. Sorry
Well it's finally arrived, I'm officially a senior.
ShadowAmicus comments on Sep 1, 2019:
congratulations I think...... hope you are happy to have reached 'old age' .... and hope you continue as a 50 year old
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Lol. Thanks. I doing just fine at 5o..... err 65.
ShadowAmicus comments on Sep 1, 2019:
congratulations I think...... hope you are happy to have reached 'old age' .... and hope you continue as a 50 year old
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Lol. Thanks. I doing just fine at 5o..... err 65.
Well it's finally arrived, I'm officially a senior.
NoPlanetB comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Happy Birthday!
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Woohoo and thanks.
NoPlanetB comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Happy Birthday!
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Woohoo and thanks.
Well it's finally arrived, I'm officially a senior.
SonnyBubba comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Congratulations!!!! Students can't know it all. Happy Birthday!!!!
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Thanks
SonnyBubba comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Congratulations!!!! Students can't know it all. Happy Birthday!!!!
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Thanks
Well it's finally arrived, I'm officially a senior.
Amisja comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Congratulations on this auspicious occasion.
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Thanks. Appreciate
Amisja comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Congratulations on this auspicious occasion.
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Thanks. Appreciate
Well it's finally arrived, I'm officially a senior.
Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Happy birthday!🎉🎊🎂
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Thanks, appreciate.
Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Happy birthday!🎉🎊🎂
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Thanks, appreciate.
Well it's finally arrived, I'm officially a senior.
bobwjr comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Congrats lol
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Thanks you. I feel older already and it's still early. Lol
bobwjr comments on Sep 1, 2019:
Congrats lol
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
Thanks you. I feel older already and it's still early. Lol
Malawi Female Chief Comes To Power, Annuls Over 1500 Child Marriages, And Sends Young Girls Back To ...
Bigwavedave comments on Sep 1, 2019:
The power of women when they do good. But dont forget Sarah Palin, michelle bachman , sarah huckabee... etc
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
@AnneWimsey
Exactly
Bigwavedave comments on Sep 1, 2019:
The power of women when they do good. But dont forget Sarah Palin, michelle bachman , sarah huckabee... etc
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
@AnneWimsey
Exactly
Malawi Female Chief Comes To Power, Annuls Over 1500 Child Marriages, And Sends Young Girls Back To ...
Bigwavedave comments on Sep 1, 2019:
The power of women when they do good. But dont forget Sarah Palin, michelle bachman , sarah huckabee... etc
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
I hope this is an attempt at sarcasm? To mention those three women in the same sentence is denigrating the changes that this female chief has advanced. You couldn't have picked a worse group to mention.
Bigwavedave comments on Sep 1, 2019:
The power of women when they do good. But dont forget Sarah Palin, michelle bachman , sarah huckabee... etc
t1nick replies on Sep 1, 2019:
I hope this is an attempt at sarcasm? To mention those three women in the same sentence is denigrating the changes that this female chief has advanced. You couldn't have picked a worse group to mention.
Rainbow grasshopper, first described by Toussaint de Charpentier, in 1843.
t1nick comments on Aug 31, 2019:
Color is often adapted to environment for camouflage and protection. Ornate ornamentation is using adapted for attracting a mate. Since with coloration like that, he's definitely not hiding. I wonder how he's getting along in the love department. Lol
t1nick replies on Aug 31, 2019:
@tinkercreek
True as well.
t1nick comments on Aug 31, 2019:
Color is often adapted to environment for camouflage and protection. Ornate ornamentation is using adapted for attracting a mate. Since with coloration like that, he's definitely not hiding. I wonder how he's getting along in the love department. Lol
t1nick replies on Aug 31, 2019:
@tinkercreek
True as well.
US spies say Trump's G7 performance suggests he's either a 'Russian asset' or a 'useful idiot' for ...
JMarley comments on Aug 30, 2019:
Just what has Putin over Trump? Golden showers from a KGB Pro? Corrupt & criminal business dealings? Ongoing but undeclared business dealings? Probably all of the above!
t1nick replies on Aug 30, 2019:
Money laundering on a large scale for Russian oligarchs and friends of Putin.
JMarley comments on Aug 30, 2019:
Just what has Putin over Trump? Golden showers from a KGB Pro? Corrupt & criminal business dealings? Ongoing but undeclared business dealings? Probably all of the above!
t1nick replies on Aug 30, 2019:
Money laundering on a large scale for Russian oligarchs and friends of Putin.
I really liked @Marionville 's word this morning - "autodidactic" so I thought I'd go along with ...
t1nick comments on Aug 29, 2019:
The positive term for a truly scholarly academic person is "erudite". I've always found that a person bragged, or went out of their way to convince others how intelligent they were, was considered, pedantic. While someone who was clearly knowledgable and scholarly was thought to be erudite.
...
t1nick replies on Aug 30, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse I remember seeing a couple.
t1nick comments on Aug 29, 2019:
The positive term for a truly scholarly academic person is "erudite". I've always found that a person bragged, or went out of their way to convince others how intelligent they were, was considered, pedantic. While someone who was clearly knowledgable and scholarly was thought to be erudite.
...
t1nick replies on Aug 30, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse I remember seeing a couple.
US spies say Trump's G7 performance suggests he's either a 'Russian asset' or a 'useful idiot' for ...
Joanne comments on Aug 30, 2019:
In my opinion, Russia owns tRUMPf-- either by a financial hold, dirt they have on him, or both--but they own him.
t1nick replies on Aug 30, 2019:
When Trump was a regular real estate businessman in NYC prior to becoming Presidrnt, it is reported that Trump was very close with the Russian mafia. It has been surmised that through these Russian mob connections, Trump and the Trump family business actually laundered large sums of monies from Rusdian oligarchs close to Putin.
Besides tax fraud, he's afraid about his laundering operation being brought out into the open
Joanne comments on Aug 30, 2019:
In my opinion, Russia owns tRUMPf-- either by a financial hold, dirt they have on him, or both--but they own him.
t1nick replies on Aug 30, 2019:
When Trump was a regular real estate businessman in NYC prior to becoming Presidrnt, it is reported that Trump was very close with the Russian mafia. It has been surmised that through these Russian mob connections, Trump and the Trump family business actually laundered large sums of monies from Rusdian oligarchs close to Putin.
Besides tax fraud, he's afraid about his laundering operation being brought out into the open
I really liked @Marionville 's word this morning - "autodidactic" so I thought I'd go along with ...
t1nick comments on Aug 29, 2019:
The positive term for a truly scholarly academic person is "erudite". I've always found that a person bragged, or went out of their way to convince others how intelligent they were, was considered, pedantic. While someone who was clearly knowledgable and scholarly was thought to be erudite.
...
t1nick replies on Aug 29, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse
The first person that struck me as pedantic was William F Buckley Jr. He always seemed pompous and self consumed. I've read his espionage novels and some of his speeches. Looking back perhaps I was too quick to judge. Age has tempered my opinions. If I saw him today perhaps I might think him more erudite and less pedantic.
I do consider Michio Kaku. Neil deGrasse, and Noam Chimsky as erudite.
t1nick comments on Aug 29, 2019:
The positive term for a truly scholarly academic person is "erudite". I've always found that a person bragged, or went out of their way to convince others how intelligent they were, was considered, pedantic. While someone who was clearly knowledgable and scholarly was thought to be erudite.
...
t1nick replies on Aug 29, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse
The first person that struck me as pedantic was William F Buckley Jr. He always seemed pompous and self consumed. I've read his espionage novels and some of his speeches. Looking back perhaps I was too quick to judge. Age has tempered my opinions. If I saw him today perhaps I might think him more erudite and less pedantic.
I do consider Michio Kaku. Neil deGrasse, and Noam Chimsky as erudite.
I really liked @Marionville 's word this morning - "autodidactic" so I thought I'd go along with ...
t1nick comments on Aug 29, 2019:
The positive term for a truly scholarly academic person is "erudite". I've always found that a person bragged, or went out of their way to convince others how intelligent they were, was considered, pedantic. While someone who was clearly knowledgable and scholarly was thought to be erudite.
...
t1nick replies on Aug 29, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse
Exactly, I agree.
t1nick comments on Aug 29, 2019:
The positive term for a truly scholarly academic person is "erudite". I've always found that a person bragged, or went out of their way to convince others how intelligent they were, was considered, pedantic. While someone who was clearly knowledgable and scholarly was thought to be erudite.
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t1nick replies on Aug 29, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse
Exactly, I agree.
stentorian adjective
sten·â€‹to·â€‹ri·â€‹an | \ sten-ˈtȯr-Ä“-É™n \
: extremely loud
spoke...
t1nick comments on Aug 28, 2019:
sten·to·ri·an
/stenˈtôrÄ“É™n/
adjective
(of a person's voice) loud and powerful.
"he introduced me to the staff with a stentorian announcement"
synonyms: loud, booming, thundering, thunderous, trumpeting, blaring, roaring, ear-splitting, deafening;
The adjective stentorian comes from ...
t1nick replies on Aug 28, 2019:
@BoingoOingo42
your welcome.. it's a word I like a lot.
t1nick comments on Aug 28, 2019:
sten·to·ri·an
/stenˈtôrÄ“É™n/
adjective
(of a person's voice) loud and powerful.
"he introduced me to the staff with a stentorian announcement"
synonyms: loud, booming, thundering, thunderous, trumpeting, blaring, roaring, ear-splitting, deafening;
The adjective stentorian comes from ...
t1nick replies on Aug 28, 2019:
@BoingoOingo42
your welcome.. it's a word I like a lot.
Do you remember him
t1nick comments on Aug 27, 2019:
I remember, I remember well. The golden age of news journalism.
t1nick replies on Aug 27, 2019:
@bobwjr
True
t1nick comments on Aug 27, 2019:
I remember, I remember well. The golden age of news journalism.
t1nick replies on Aug 27, 2019:
@bobwjr
True
Trumps tarriiffs against China don't seem to be getting the results he wanted.
t1nick comments on Aug 24, 2019:
I'm not sure that even a recession will dissuade his most ardent supporters. Their attachment goes beyond most normal rationality. They tend to be insecure about issues that are different than their own.
His most loyal supporters have formed an emotional attachment, much akin to a chemical or...
t1nick replies on Aug 26, 2019:
@itsmedammit
Good advice. Smart doesn't always equate with common sense or even overall intelligence often.
t1nick comments on Aug 24, 2019:
I'm not sure that even a recession will dissuade his most ardent supporters. Their attachment goes beyond most normal rationality. They tend to be insecure about issues that are different than their own.
His most loyal supporters have formed an emotional attachment, much akin to a chemical or...
t1nick replies on Aug 26, 2019:
@itsmedammit
Good advice. Smart doesn't always equate with common sense or even overall intelligence often.
Elizabeth Warren’s rise started by looking at the bottom
jerry99 comments on Aug 25, 2019:
Smart, motivated, high-energy, and female -- Trump's worst nightmare!
t1nick replies on Aug 26, 2019:
@StarvingArtist
The True Story of Pocahontas
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Story_of_Pocahontas
The popular story is both incorrect and misleading. I do not think Warren should ply on the Poczhantas trope, as she would lose all Native support. With 21 years in Native. American education, I can pretty well guarantee a negative backlash if she hyped her NA connectiobn.
jerry99 comments on Aug 25, 2019:
Smart, motivated, high-energy, and female -- Trump's worst nightmare!
t1nick replies on Aug 26, 2019:
@StarvingArtist
The True Story of Pocahontas
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Story_of_Pocahontas
The popular story is both incorrect and misleading. I do not think Warren should ply on the Poczhantas trope, as she would lose all Native support. With 21 years in Native. American education, I can pretty well guarantee a negative backlash if she hyped her NA connectiobn.
Elizabeth Warren’s rise started by looking at the bottom
jerry99 comments on Aug 25, 2019:
Smart, motivated, high-energy, and female -- Trump's worst nightmare!
t1nick replies on Aug 25, 2019:
@jerry99
Again, that's the problem.. shit for brains doesn't debate. He attacks and calls names. I agree she has risen above the "Pocahantas", thing. But that is just one insult or heckle. The question remains how does she respond when the attacks get personal. Her Democratic challengers have gone easy on her so far as opposed to what Trump will do.
I do agree she is the smartest Democratic candidate in the field. I'm not writing her off, just voicing concerns.
jerry99 comments on Aug 25, 2019:
Smart, motivated, high-energy, and female -- Trump's worst nightmare!
t1nick replies on Aug 25, 2019:
@jerry99
Again, that's the problem.. shit for brains doesn't debate. He attacks and calls names. I agree she has risen above the "Pocahantas", thing. But that is just one insult or heckle. The question remains how does she respond when the attacks get personal. Her Democratic challengers have gone easy on her so far as opposed to what Trump will do.
I do agree she is the smartest Democratic candidate in the field. I'm not writing her off, just voicing concerns.
Elizabeth Warren’s rise started by looking at the bottom
jerry99 comments on Aug 25, 2019:
Smart, motivated, high-energy, and female -- Trump's worst nightmare!
t1nick replies on Aug 25, 2019:
I would agree if circumstances were normal. But Trump has altered what is considered normal. In the past politicians, by and large, generally followed a general level of civility and focused on policy. Occasional individuals stepped out line, but were shamed back into line. There was very little direct name calling, belittling, deflection. I'm not sure how Warren would deflect and re-direct Trump's childish behavior.
jerry99 comments on Aug 25, 2019:
Smart, motivated, high-energy, and female -- Trump's worst nightmare!
t1nick replies on Aug 25, 2019:
I would agree if circumstances were normal. But Trump has altered what is considered normal. In the past politicians, by and large, generally followed a general level of civility and focused on policy. Occasional individuals stepped out line, but were shamed back into line. There was very little direct name calling, belittling, deflection. I'm not sure how Warren would deflect and re-direct Trump's childish behavior.
Trumps tarriiffs against China don't seem to be getting the results he wanted.
KKGator comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Well, he's vacillating between blaming Fed Chair Powell and the Chinese president.
He has no idea how to run a successful economy. He thinks the stock market is a good indicator, but it never has been.
The stupidest thing 45 and the republicans have done is promote trickle-down economics AGAIN....
t1nick replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@KKGator
I was in 5th grade when Kennedy was assassinated. I still remember recieving the news at school and watching the funeral on tv with my mother. I was in the field doing archaeology during Watrrgate and missed most of the actual hearings. I did sit through about 85% of the Iran-Contra hearings under Reagan.
I too am a news hound. Listen to between 4 to 6 hours a day. News is history in the making.
KKGator comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Well, he's vacillating between blaming Fed Chair Powell and the Chinese president.
He has no idea how to run a successful economy. He thinks the stock market is a good indicator, but it never has been.
The stupidest thing 45 and the republicans have done is promote trickle-down economics AGAIN....
t1nick replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@KKGator
I was in 5th grade when Kennedy was assassinated. I still remember recieving the news at school and watching the funeral on tv with my mother. I was in the field doing archaeology during Watrrgate and missed most of the actual hearings. I did sit through about 85% of the Iran-Contra hearings under Reagan.
I too am a news hound. Listen to between 4 to 6 hours a day. News is history in the making.
Trumps tarriiffs against China don't seem to be getting the results he wanted.
KKGator comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Well, he's vacillating between blaming Fed Chair Powell and the Chinese president.
He has no idea how to run a successful economy. He thinks the stock market is a good indicator, but it never has been.
The stupidest thing 45 and the republicans have done is promote trickle-down economics AGAIN....
t1nick replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@KKGator
I made one mistake (well not just one) and that was voting for Nixon in 1972. I had just turned 18 and was young and stupid, as opposed to old and stupid now. Lol.
I've never belonged to a party officially, always been registered as an independent. I considered joining the NOW Party in the 70's as I've always been a social activist but never got around to it. I consider myself a progressive liberal, but by no means a Democrat. My parents were Democrats, but all my siblings are hardcore Republicams.
KKGator comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Well, he's vacillating between blaming Fed Chair Powell and the Chinese president.
He has no idea how to run a successful economy. He thinks the stock market is a good indicator, but it never has been.
The stupidest thing 45 and the republicans have done is promote trickle-down economics AGAIN....
t1nick replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@KKGator
I made one mistake (well not just one) and that was voting for Nixon in 1972. I had just turned 18 and was young and stupid, as opposed to old and stupid now. Lol.
I've never belonged to a party officially, always been registered as an independent. I considered joining the NOW Party in the 70's as I've always been a social activist but never got around to it. I consider myself a progressive liberal, but by no means a Democrat. My parents were Democrats, but all my siblings are hardcore Republicams.
Trumps tarriiffs against China don't seem to be getting the results he wanted.
KKGator comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Well, he's vacillating between blaming Fed Chair Powell and the Chinese president.
He has no idea how to run a successful economy. He thinks the stock market is a good indicator, but it never has been.
The stupidest thing 45 and the republicans have done is promote trickle-down economics AGAIN....
t1nick replies on Aug 24, 2019:
Republicans like Libertarians have one critical flaw (well more than one actually, but let's go with one for now). They believe that trickle down and Libertarinism can work because corporations and businesses will follow the rules, which contend that acquired profits will be "trickled" back to the employees. Thus giving employees increased buying power, and will use it accordingly by increased purchasing, stimulating the economy.
As we saw under Reagan, it didn't work. Instead corporations instituted expensive stock by back strategies. Some money found its way back to employees via more reputable and ethical corporations, but by and large the corps used it for their share holders and CEO's with expensive bonus packages.
Republicans and Libertarians continue to misread the nature of people. They assume that businesses are more altruistic (and it's not even true altruism, but good policy) than they turn out to be. They ignore history and historical precedence. They were warned this would happen going into the debate over the passage of Trump's tax cut in 2017. It's not that they are overly optimistic when it comes to what can be expected from human nature, it's just that they are just not that bright.
KKGator comments on Aug 24, 2019:
Well, he's vacillating between blaming Fed Chair Powell and the Chinese president.
He has no idea how to run a successful economy. He thinks the stock market is a good indicator, but it never has been.
The stupidest thing 45 and the republicans have done is promote trickle-down economics AGAIN....
t1nick replies on Aug 24, 2019:
Republicans like Libertarians have one critical flaw (well more than one actually, but let's go with one for now). They believe that trickle down and Libertarinism can work because corporations and businesses will follow the rules, which contend that acquired profits will be "trickled" back to the employees. Thus giving employees increased buying power, and will use it accordingly by increased purchasing, stimulating the economy.
As we saw under Reagan, it didn't work. Instead corporations instituted expensive stock by back strategies. Some money found its way back to employees via more reputable and ethical corporations, but by and large the corps used it for their share holders and CEO's with expensive bonus packages.
Republicans and Libertarians continue to misread the nature of people. They assume that businesses are more altruistic (and it's not even true altruism, but good policy) than they turn out to be. They ignore history and historical precedence. They were warned this would happen going into the debate over the passage of Trump's tax cut in 2017. It's not that they are overly optimistic when it comes to what can be expected from human nature, it's just that they are just not that bright.
Trumps tarriiffs against China don't seem to be getting the results he wanted.
t1nick comments on Aug 24, 2019:
I'm not sure that even a recession will dissuade his most ardent supporters. Their attachment goes beyond most normal rationality. They tend to be insecure about issues that are different than their own.
His most loyal supporters have formed an emotional attachment, much akin to a chemical or...
t1nick replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@itsmedammi
The unfortunate problem is that most of Trump's hardcore supporters aren't well educated. I'm speculating here, but I fear most of them hated school, barely got through and just managed to graduated high school.
They are the type that have difficulty understanding context, cause-effect relationships, facts, and recognizing the credibility of the sources they choose. They hate history and using precedent from history to argue their case. When confronted with using historical context, the generally over simplify, generalize, and typically use the facts they have incorrectly.
Therefore, they are not about to abandon Trump while he remains in office. Within 6 months of leaving office they will claim that nothing was their fault. They were duped by conman and it's not their fault. How could they have possibly known? Yeah right.
t1nick comments on Aug 24, 2019:
I'm not sure that even a recession will dissuade his most ardent supporters. Their attachment goes beyond most normal rationality. They tend to be insecure about issues that are different than their own.
His most loyal supporters have formed an emotional attachment, much akin to a chemical or...
t1nick replies on Aug 24, 2019:
@itsmedammi
The unfortunate problem is that most of Trump's hardcore supporters aren't well educated. I'm speculating here, but I fear most of them hated school, barely got through and just managed to graduated high school.
They are the type that have difficulty understanding context, cause-effect relationships, facts, and recognizing the credibility of the sources they choose. They hate history and using precedent from history to argue their case. When confronted with using historical context, the generally over simplify, generalize, and typically use the facts they have incorrectly.
Therefore, they are not about to abandon Trump while he remains in office. Within 6 months of leaving office they will claim that nothing was their fault. They were duped by conman and it's not their fault. How could they have possibly known? Yeah right.
The liberal’s are more responsible for deterioration of racial relations than Trump ever was.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 21, 2019:
@tiredofthis1
I sense you are the type of person that sees things only in black and white terms. Suggesting a lack of imagination, a lack of understanding of the subtle, the nuanced, or the strategic. I get the feeling you probably have never been a leader of anything of import, but primarily always a follower. Frequently people of this ilk have difficulty understanding context in an argument, and definitely usually cannot handle facts in any capacity.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 21, 2019:
@tiredofthis1
I sense you are the type of person that sees things only in black and white terms. Suggesting a lack of imagination, a lack of understanding of the subtle, the nuanced, or the strategic. I get the feeling you probably have never been a leader of anything of import, but primarily always a follower. Frequently people of this ilk have difficulty understanding context in an argument, and definitely usually cannot handle facts in any capacity.
How many of you grew up on the Great Lakes?
Here's some memories and fun facts.
t1nick comments on Aug 21, 2019:
I crewed on the US Brig Niagara one summer. A square riggered, two masted Brig built in 1812 to patrol and the fight in the War of 1812 in the Great Lakes. It is berthed out of Erie, Pennsylvania. Every four years it goes through the locks and sail the Eastern seaboard for the summer. Thats ...
t1nick replies on Aug 21, 2019:
@Our_existence
I never got to sail in the Great Lakes unfortunately. It was fun to climb the riggin' to furl and unfurl sails.
Sailed into Philadelphia on July 03, on top of the Top Gallants about 100 ft above the river, furling the Gallants with a 10 cannon fusillade to introduce ourselves.
t1nick comments on Aug 21, 2019:
I crewed on the US Brig Niagara one summer. A square riggered, two masted Brig built in 1812 to patrol and the fight in the War of 1812 in the Great Lakes. It is berthed out of Erie, Pennsylvania. Every four years it goes through the locks and sail the Eastern seaboard for the summer. Thats ...
t1nick replies on Aug 21, 2019:
@Our_existence
I never got to sail in the Great Lakes unfortunately. It was fun to climb the riggin' to furl and unfurl sails.
Sailed into Philadelphia on July 03, on top of the Top Gallants about 100 ft above the river, furling the Gallants with a 10 cannon fusillade to introduce ourselves.
Is there a new NetFlix show or movie everyone is busy exercising grey matter on?
EyesThatSmile comments on Aug 21, 2019:
I haven’t turned on the TV in a few months. They make them so thin now I can’t even use it as a book shelf or coffee table...
t1nick replies on Aug 21, 2019:
I dont own a TV. But every once and awhile I get the urge to watch something, so I watch on my smartphone.
EyesThatSmile comments on Aug 21, 2019:
I haven’t turned on the TV in a few months. They make them so thin now I can’t even use it as a book shelf or coffee table...
t1nick replies on Aug 21, 2019:
I dont own a TV. But every once and awhile I get the urge to watch something, so I watch on my smartphone.
The liberal’s are more responsible for deterioration of racial relations than Trump ever was.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 21, 2019:
@Trajan61
Sharpton official visits to Obama: The Post checked White House visitor logs and reported that Sharpton's recorded visits through December 2014 stood at 72:
One-on-one meetings: 5 (7 percent)
Meetings with staff members or senior advisers, with more than one guest: 20 (27 percent)
Events with more than 90 people: 16 (22 percent)
Miscellaneous meetings or events, ranging from 3 to 700 guests: 31 (43 percent)
The Post concluded that Giuliani picked the high end of the range from 80 to 85 visits that Sharpton made to the White House through 2014 and said "it is correct that the figure Giuliani cites fits within the reported range." But Giuliani earned one Pinocchio for the "exaggeration" of referring to Sharpton as an Obama White House "close adviser.
https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2018/feb/09/glenn-grothman/gop-wisconsin-house-member-sharpton-visits-obama-w/
As you can see 56 were large events, The remainder were meetings that necessarily required Sharpton's feedback, as Sharption wielded significant power in the east coast black cimmunity. It is wise policy to keep your friends close, but keep yourvenimies closer. Sharpton was no friend of Obama, but was necessary to keep him close as he could reek havoc if he brought the east coast black communuty to bear against him.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 21, 2019:
@Trajan61
Sharpton official visits to Obama: The Post checked White House visitor logs and reported that Sharpton's recorded visits through December 2014 stood at 72:
One-on-one meetings: 5 (7 percent)
Meetings with staff members or senior advisers, with more than one guest: 20 (27 percent)
Events with more than 90 people: 16 (22 percent)
Miscellaneous meetings or events, ranging from 3 to 700 guests: 31 (43 percent)
The Post concluded that Giuliani picked the high end of the range from 80 to 85 visits that Sharpton made to the White House through 2014 and said "it is correct that the figure Giuliani cites fits within the reported range." But Giuliani earned one Pinocchio for the "exaggeration" of referring to Sharpton as an Obama White House "close adviser.
https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2018/feb/09/glenn-grothman/gop-wisconsin-house-member-sharpton-visits-obama-w/
As you can see 56 were large events, The remainder were meetings that necessarily required Sharpton's feedback, as Sharption wielded significant power in the east coast black cimmunity. It is wise policy to keep your friends close, but keep yourvenimies closer. Sharpton was no friend of Obama, but was necessary to keep him close as he could reek havoc if he brought the east coast black communuty to bear against him.
The liberal’s are more responsible for deterioration of racial relations than Trump ever was.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 20, 2019:
@Trajan61
Are you still that stupid to continue to conflate what Black Lives did with allllllll that the KKK has done over the years. Not even close, and we dont know if or how many black cops that the KKK has killed, as that statistic doesn't get recorded. Your white privilege blinders just doesn't allow you see how so totally wrong you are.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 20, 2019:
@Trajan61
Are you still that stupid to continue to conflate what Black Lives did with allllllll that the KKK has done over the years. Not even close, and we dont know if or how many black cops that the KKK has killed, as that statistic doesn't get recorded. Your white privilege blinders just doesn't allow you see how so totally wrong you are.
Better start sewing some prairie dresses to appease Pence and his ilk.
GEGR comments on Aug 20, 2019:
This from the Vice Closet Homo .
t1nick replies on Aug 20, 2019:
The Evangelical Nazi
GEGR comments on Aug 20, 2019:
This from the Vice Closet Homo .
t1nick replies on Aug 20, 2019:
The Evangelical Nazi
The liberal’s are more responsible for deterioration of racial relations than Trump ever was.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 20, 2019:
@Trajan61
The two are not anywhere the same. Black Lives came about as a response to institutional racism to bring attention to the two justice systems. One for white privileges and another forvthevpoor andvminorities. Their message is that their lives matter as much as any white.
White nationalists and unresponsive, unethical police forces pushed them to take a more radical stance. All groups have their extreme outliers. But by and large, Black Lives was not meant to be violent. They are responsible for a handful of police deaths. No excuse for that.
Do you know how many people the KKK has killed or maimed? Of course you dont. The KKK was formed during Reconstruction out of hate. It was formed to keep blacks and Jews down by ignorant white trash. The white supremacists are scum and their white privilege paradigm is pure evil.
There is no way, except on the most general, fallacious way can Black Lives and the KKK be conflated.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 20, 2019:
@Trajan61
The two are not anywhere the same. Black Lives came about as a response to institutional racism to bring attention to the two justice systems. One for white privileges and another forvthevpoor andvminorities. Their message is that their lives matter as much as any white.
White nationalists and unresponsive, unethical police forces pushed them to take a more radical stance. All groups have their extreme outliers. But by and large, Black Lives was not meant to be violent. They are responsible for a handful of police deaths. No excuse for that.
Do you know how many people the KKK has killed or maimed? Of course you dont. The KKK was formed during Reconstruction out of hate. It was formed to keep blacks and Jews down by ignorant white trash. The white supremacists are scum and their white privilege paradigm is pure evil.
There is no way, except on the most general, fallacious way can Black Lives and the KKK be conflated.
The liberal’s are more responsible for deterioration of racial relations than Trump ever was.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 20, 2019:
@Trajan61
Obama is not responsible for the Black Lives Matter movement ( which is a good movemrnt by the way). White privilege is responsible for its formation. Response to Travon Martin, Ferguson, Chicago and police institutionalized murders. It's a natural response to what police killings have been doing.
The movement is just trying to point out the injustice of the institutionalized racism being practiced by many white cops and police departments. Obama did not bring that about. White cops did.
I don't know about the number of visits Sharpton has had with Obama. I kind of doubt your claim as you are generally known to be unreliable when it comes to facts. I will research. Obama has to meet with Sharptin, as he is recognized as a prominent leader in the black community, whether you like him or not. He has every right to be radical given the racism his people gave endured. In his community he is considered just a voice that isnt afraid to speak out about injustices. He is fighting white privilege and I suppose its hitting too close to home for you to feel comfortable.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 20, 2019:
@Trajan61
Obama is not responsible for the Black Lives Matter movement ( which is a good movemrnt by the way). White privilege is responsible for its formation. Response to Travon Martin, Ferguson, Chicago and police institutionalized murders. It's a natural response to what police killings have been doing.
The movement is just trying to point out the injustice of the institutionalized racism being practiced by many white cops and police departments. Obama did not bring that about. White cops did.
I don't know about the number of visits Sharpton has had with Obama. I kind of doubt your claim as you are generally known to be unreliable when it comes to facts. I will research. Obama has to meet with Sharptin, as he is recognized as a prominent leader in the black community, whether you like him or not. He has every right to be radical given the racism his people gave endured. In his community he is considered just a voice that isnt afraid to speak out about injustices. He is fighting white privilege and I suppose its hitting too close to home for you to feel comfortable.
The liberal’s are more responsible for deterioration of racial relations than Trump ever was.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 20, 2019:
@Trajan61
Sharpton definitely. The others no. Your white privilege blinds you to the difference between standing up to discrimination and inequality, and racism.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 20, 2019:
@Trajan61
Sharpton definitely. The others no. Your white privilege blinds you to the difference between standing up to discrimination and inequality, and racism.
8 years of suffering under Barack Obama | Teri Carter's Library
Charlene comments on Aug 19, 2019:
Snowflakes gotta melt down at all times..especially when it comes to Obama..
t1nick replies on Aug 19, 2019:
Sort of like the conservative snowflakes that whine about liberals all the time.
Charlene comments on Aug 19, 2019:
Snowflakes gotta melt down at all times..especially when it comes to Obama..
t1nick replies on Aug 19, 2019:
Sort of like the conservative snowflakes that whine about liberals all the time.
I Called 911 On My Neighbors. The Police Showed Up In My Home With Guns Drawn.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
Underpaid, undertrained, and militarized against the public. No wonder they screw up too often, draw their guns before asking a question. Whatever happened to. "To serve and protect?"
t1nick replies on Aug 19, 2019:
@WayneDalton
I believe you are probably correct. Obama carried it forward.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
Underpaid, undertrained, and militarized against the public. No wonder they screw up too often, draw their guns before asking a question. Whatever happened to. "To serve and protect?"
t1nick replies on Aug 19, 2019:
@WayneDalton
I believe you are probably correct. Obama carried it forward.
The liberal’s are more responsible for deterioration of racial relations than Trump ever was.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 19, 2019:
@Trajan6
You don't know facts, you think because a person of color speaks up they are racist. I told you once before a year ago that you suffer from "uppity bigger compkex". If a black man or womens sounds educated or erudite (look it up), you immediately classify them as an uppity bigger and dismiss then out of hand as acting beyond their station. You are a racist and do not even realize it.
The reason that race relations worsened under Obama is that minorities finally had enough of the white privilege bullshit and because of changing demographics felt safe in standing up and speaking out.
It didnt worsen, it just came out in the open because of Travon Martin and Ferguson. It always existed, but minorities didn't feel safe in bringing attention because of people like you. You bristle because you know its hitting too close to home.
Obama spent the first 5 years actively denying the race problems. He didnt want it to appear that he. being the first black president, that he was taking sides and bringing his race into the Office of President.
You are so misinformed and biased with your own white privilege, you'll never see the truth.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
A fallacious argument. White privilege is real and the last dying gasps of European Imperialism. Liberals may bring it up, but they are just stating the obvious (except to the white nationalists and supremacists, and well-educated Trump supporters). Your discomfort with the white privilege charge...
t1nick replies on Aug 19, 2019:
@Trajan6
You don't know facts, you think because a person of color speaks up they are racist. I told you once before a year ago that you suffer from "uppity bigger compkex". If a black man or womens sounds educated or erudite (look it up), you immediately classify them as an uppity bigger and dismiss then out of hand as acting beyond their station. You are a racist and do not even realize it.
The reason that race relations worsened under Obama is that minorities finally had enough of the white privilege bullshit and because of changing demographics felt safe in standing up and speaking out.
It didnt worsen, it just came out in the open because of Travon Martin and Ferguson. It always existed, but minorities didn't feel safe in bringing attention because of people like you. You bristle because you know its hitting too close to home.
Obama spent the first 5 years actively denying the race problems. He didnt want it to appear that he. being the first black president, that he was taking sides and bringing his race into the Office of President.
You are so misinformed and biased with your own white privilege, you'll never see the truth.
I Called 911 On My Neighbors. The Police Showed Up In My Home With Guns Drawn.
RavenCT comments on Aug 19, 2019:
Having had a gun pointed at my face I can tell you the image never fades. All the feels for these two!
t1nick replies on Aug 19, 2019:
I too have had a gun stuck in my face. I concur.
RavenCT comments on Aug 19, 2019:
Having had a gun pointed at my face I can tell you the image never fades. All the feels for these two!
t1nick replies on Aug 19, 2019:
I too have had a gun stuck in my face. I concur.
I Called 911 On My Neighbors. The Police Showed Up In My Home With Guns Drawn.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
Underpaid, undertrained, and militarized against the public. No wonder they screw up too often, draw their guns before asking a question. Whatever happened to. "To serve and protect?"
t1nick replies on Aug 19, 2019:
@zesty
Zest, Zest. When I was growing up, "To serve and protect" was not a cliche. It was real. Bush militarized the police by selling police spare military ordinance and equipment after Iraq began to wind down.
As a consequence, a paradigm shift occurred in this country. Once they obtained the military equipment upgrade, feeling their new power, they went from community protectors, to a confrontational force .
This also resulted in the uglier side of the white dominated policing force to openly exercise their racism and biases, almost unimpeded. That is until Travon Martin's death and Ferguson brought into the light of day.
t1nick comments on Aug 19, 2019:
Underpaid, undertrained, and militarized against the public. No wonder they screw up too often, draw their guns before asking a question. Whatever happened to. "To serve and protect?"
t1nick replies on Aug 19, 2019:
@zesty
Zest, Zest. When I was growing up, "To serve and protect" was not a cliche. It was real. Bush militarized the police by selling police spare military ordinance and equipment after Iraq began to wind down.
As a consequence, a paradigm shift occurred in this country. Once they obtained the military equipment upgrade, feeling their new power, they went from community protectors, to a confrontational force .
This also resulted in the uglier side of the white dominated policing force to openly exercise their racism and biases, almost unimpeded. That is until Travon Martin's death and Ferguson brought into the light of day.
Good Morning All.
TheDoubter comments on Aug 18, 2019:
wish i could help. BTW, what part of AZ?
t1nick replies on Aug 18, 2019:
@sassygirl3869
Also may I suggest Flagstaff, Az, north of Pheonix (2 hrs). Its in the mountains, a college town, and charming. Just south is Sedona. An artist refuge. But it is probably too expensive.
TheDoubter comments on Aug 18, 2019:
wish i could help. BTW, what part of AZ?
t1nick replies on Aug 18, 2019:
@sassygirl3869
Also may I suggest Flagstaff, Az, north of Pheonix (2 hrs). Its in the mountains, a college town, and charming. Just south is Sedona. An artist refuge. But it is probably too expensive.
Has anyone used Salonpas patch?
ArtzyNerd comments on Aug 18, 2019:
I used them but had a waistband on top. You could get that wrap they use for after blood draw to keep it in place.
t1nick replies on Aug 18, 2019:
They also make a roll on and a cream. I prefer the patch.
ArtzyNerd comments on Aug 18, 2019:
I used them but had a waistband on top. You could get that wrap they use for after blood draw to keep it in place.
t1nick replies on Aug 18, 2019:
They also make a roll on and a cream. I prefer the patch.
Good Morning All.
TheDoubter comments on Aug 18, 2019:
wish i could help. BTW, what part of AZ?
t1nick replies on Aug 18, 2019:
@sassygirl3869 let me do a little searching around. I might recommend Albuquerque over Pheonix. Pheonix is huge. Albuquerque has temperate Mediterranean weather, and is 45 minutes from Santa Fe, which is the cultural hub of the SW.
TheDoubter comments on Aug 18, 2019:
wish i could help. BTW, what part of AZ?
t1nick replies on Aug 18, 2019:
@sassygirl3869 let me do a little searching around. I might recommend Albuquerque over Pheonix. Pheonix is huge. Albuquerque has temperate Mediterranean weather, and is 45 minutes from Santa Fe, which is the cultural hub of the SW.
Has anyone used Salonpas patch?
t1nick comments on Aug 18, 2019:
I've used Salonpas for 15 years. Best product for muscles and aches I've found. The active ingredient is capsicum. Capisicum comes from the chile plant. But is the chemical that makes chile hot. Natives used chilies (,this cspisicum) as a medicinal much as it is bring administered today in ...
t1nick replies on Aug 18, 2019:
@azzow2
The original didn't include lidocaine if I remember right. The brand, Capzacin I'm not sure about.
t1nick comments on Aug 18, 2019:
I've used Salonpas for 15 years. Best product for muscles and aches I've found. The active ingredient is capsicum. Capisicum comes from the chile plant. But is the chemical that makes chile hot. Natives used chilies (,this cspisicum) as a medicinal much as it is bring administered today in ...
t1nick replies on Aug 18, 2019:
@azzow2
The original didn't include lidocaine if I remember right. The brand, Capzacin I'm not sure about.
Good Morning All.
TheDoubter comments on Aug 18, 2019:
wish i could help. BTW, what part of AZ?
t1nick replies on Aug 18, 2019:
@sassygirl3869
Yuma is very, very hot and a border/ military town. Located not far from Hell, AZ. If you need advice or info, about locations in AZ, I might be able to assist a little. Lived there in thev70's.
TheDoubter comments on Aug 18, 2019:
wish i could help. BTW, what part of AZ?
t1nick replies on Aug 18, 2019:
@sassygirl3869
Yuma is very, very hot and a border/ military town. Located not far from Hell, AZ. If you need advice or info, about locations in AZ, I might be able to assist a little. Lived there in thev70's.
Has anyone used Salonpas patch?
t1nick comments on Aug 18, 2019:
I've used Salonpas for 15 years. Best product for muscles and aches I've found. The active ingredient is capsicum. Capisicum comes from the chile plant. But is the chemical that makes chile hot. Natives used chilies (,this cspisicum) as a medicinal much as it is bring administered today in ...
t1nick replies on Aug 18, 2019:
@azzow2
Sounds about right. I forgot the chemical component is actually called capsaicin. If you use the cream, just don't touch yourself in any sensitive areas for quite awhile afterwards. Even if you've washed your hands.
Capsaicin is an active component of chili peppers, which are plants belonging to the genus Capsicum. It is an irritant for mammals, including humans, and produces a sensation of burning in any tissue with which it comes into contact.
Formula: C18H27NO3
Solubility in water: 0.0013 g/100 mL
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin
t1nick comments on Aug 18, 2019:
I've used Salonpas for 15 years. Best product for muscles and aches I've found. The active ingredient is capsicum. Capisicum comes from the chile plant. But is the chemical that makes chile hot. Natives used chilies (,this cspisicum) as a medicinal much as it is bring administered today in ...
t1nick replies on Aug 18, 2019:
@azzow2
Sounds about right. I forgot the chemical component is actually called capsaicin. If you use the cream, just don't touch yourself in any sensitive areas for quite awhile afterwards. Even if you've washed your hands.
Capsaicin is an active component of chili peppers, which are plants belonging to the genus Capsicum. It is an irritant for mammals, including humans, and produces a sensation of burning in any tissue with which it comes into contact.
Formula: C18H27NO3
Solubility in water: 0.0013 g/100 mL
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin
Wow. Mormons banning something. That's amazing.
So iced lattes are okay then?
t1nick comments on Aug 17, 2019:
They used to ban Coca-cola products because the coke had caffeine in it. But then they bought a sizable interest in the company and their church elder suddenly had a visit from God telling him was alright to drink coke now.
t1nick replies on Aug 17, 2019:
@LenHazell53
Thanks for the clarification. I believe I'm correct about the elder as I remember the announcement that God had talked to him personally and told him it was alright.
t1nick comments on Aug 17, 2019:
They used to ban Coca-cola products because the coke had caffeine in it. But then they bought a sizable interest in the company and their church elder suddenly had a visit from God telling him was alright to drink coke now.
t1nick replies on Aug 17, 2019:
@LenHazell53
Thanks for the clarification. I believe I'm correct about the elder as I remember the announcement that God had talked to him personally and told him it was alright.
I just found out today that there are companies that exist who hire individuals to go on the ...
Robecology comments on Aug 15, 2019:
There's two sides to the "feeding the troll" debate.
Sometimes folk are genuinely curious - so they ask questions.
These are often viewed by those "afraid of being questioned" as trolls....whereas they might be just seeking info. Some of us like to do battle with trolls...if only to perhaps...
t1nick replies on Aug 15, 2019:
@Veteran229
Good advice Vet. When are you going to man up and admit your wrong on a regular basis?
Robecology comments on Aug 15, 2019:
There's two sides to the "feeding the troll" debate.
Sometimes folk are genuinely curious - so they ask questions.
These are often viewed by those "afraid of being questioned" as trolls....whereas they might be just seeking info. Some of us like to do battle with trolls...if only to perhaps...
t1nick replies on Aug 15, 2019:
@Veteran229
Good advice Vet. When are you going to man up and admit your wrong on a regular basis?
I'm starting to reach the conclusion that empathy does not come naturally for many and they need to ...
t1nick comments on Aug 14, 2019:
Its seems also to e prevalent with Libertarians. Rand Paul for instance appears to be void of empathy. The Libertarians I've met on the site equally seem to fit the description. They would as soon let someone suffer as long as nobody touches what they think is due them.
t1nick replies on Aug 15, 2019:
@Heathenman
I dont think so.
t1nick comments on Aug 14, 2019:
Its seems also to e prevalent with Libertarians. Rand Paul for instance appears to be void of empathy. The Libertarians I've met on the site equally seem to fit the description. They would as soon let someone suffer as long as nobody touches what they think is due them.
t1nick replies on Aug 15, 2019:
@Heathenman
I dont think so.
Found on Epstein's wall
bobwjr comments on Aug 14, 2019:
Funny
t1nick replies on Aug 14, 2019:
I like these a lot better. They're much more realistic memes. Lol
bobwjr comments on Aug 14, 2019:
Funny
t1nick replies on Aug 14, 2019:
I like these a lot better. They're much more realistic memes. Lol
I'm fairly sure this wins the award for most truthful meme of the year.....
t1nick comments on Aug 14, 2019:
I think I would Libertarians down with console gamers.
t1nick replies on Aug 14, 2019:
@Antidronefreeman hahahaha. Right. Hahahaha
t1nick comments on Aug 14, 2019:
I think I would Libertarians down with console gamers.
t1nick replies on Aug 14, 2019:
@Antidronefreeman hahahaha. Right. Hahahaha
How beautiful was Brigitte Bardot?
t1nick comments on Aug 14, 2019:
She's always pleasing for sure. The last picture looks possibly photoshopped? I got caught last winter with a photoshopped photo of Brigette Barfot.
t1nick replies on Aug 14, 2019:
@OldMetalHead
I agree. I primarily use my phone and not my lap top when on Agnostic.com.
t1nick comments on Aug 14, 2019:
She's always pleasing for sure. The last picture looks possibly photoshopped? I got caught last winter with a photoshopped photo of Brigette Barfot.
t1nick replies on Aug 14, 2019:
@OldMetalHead
I agree. I primarily use my phone and not my lap top when on Agnostic.com.
IS AMERICA RACIST AND SEXIST?
callmedubious comments on Aug 13, 2019:
disagree. the vast majority of middle-class/professional blacks are accepted as equals by their peers in the US today.
t1nick replies on Aug 13, 2019:
I disagree. It's mostly window dressing with most whites
callmedubious comments on Aug 13, 2019:
disagree. the vast majority of middle-class/professional blacks are accepted as equals by their peers in the US today.
t1nick replies on Aug 13, 2019:
I disagree. It's mostly window dressing with most whites
An American gold medal fencer kneeled on the podium during the national anthem: 'We must call for ...
DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2019:
Yes, and he had a perfect right to do so. It takes idiots like Donald Trump to believe that kneeling is in any way connected to patriotism and would show disrespect. It is a shame that so many fell into that idea and they have no idea why sports figures kneeled in the first place.
t1nick replies on Aug 12, 2019:
@Trajan61
Once again Trajan you fall back on your old tried and true response, "Same to you but more of it". As unsophisticated as the juveniles who use it all the time. Tsk, tsk, tsk. No imagination.
DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2019:
Yes, and he had a perfect right to do so. It takes idiots like Donald Trump to believe that kneeling is in any way connected to patriotism and would show disrespect. It is a shame that so many fell into that idea and they have no idea why sports figures kneeled in the first place.
t1nick replies on Aug 12, 2019:
@Trajan61
Once again Trajan you fall back on your old tried and true response, "Same to you but more of it". As unsophisticated as the juveniles who use it all the time. Tsk, tsk, tsk. No imagination.
An American gold medal fencer kneeled on the podium during the national anthem: 'We must call for ...
DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2019:
Yes, and he had a perfect right to do so. It takes idiots like Donald Trump to believe that kneeling is in any way connected to patriotism and would show disrespect. It is a shame that so many fell into that idea and they have no idea why sports figures kneeled in the first place.
t1nick replies on Aug 12, 2019:
@Petter Just ignore Trajan. He's a wee small intellect and an unsophisticated baffoon.
DenoPenno comments on Aug 12, 2019:
Yes, and he had a perfect right to do so. It takes idiots like Donald Trump to believe that kneeling is in any way connected to patriotism and would show disrespect. It is a shame that so many fell into that idea and they have no idea why sports figures kneeled in the first place.
t1nick replies on Aug 12, 2019:
@Petter Just ignore Trajan. He's a wee small intellect and an unsophisticated baffoon.
An American gold medal fencer kneeled on the podium during the national anthem: 'We must call for ...
AmelieMatisse comments on Aug 12, 2019:
Does anyone remember when some black athletes gave the black power salute. I thought the nasty commentary would never end. This country is not equal for everyone who lives here. And honestly some of the worst offenders of "land of the free" are the ones with their hand over their heart and a look of...
t1nick replies on Aug 12, 2019:
yes
AmelieMatisse comments on Aug 12, 2019:
Does anyone remember when some black athletes gave the black power salute. I thought the nasty commentary would never end. This country is not equal for everyone who lives here. And honestly some of the worst offenders of "land of the free" are the ones with their hand over their heart and a look of...
t1nick replies on Aug 12, 2019:
yes
Pocahotness!
t1nick comments on Aug 11, 2019:
Sorry, I have trouble with the use of the term Pocahantess. I work in a Native American community and the term is considered very discrimenatory and derogatory. i don't think you meant that, but just so you realize.
t1nick replies on Aug 12, 2019:
@arizonajerry69
Within the Native community, just like in the black community or the hispanic communities, there e are words and terms that carry negative baggage. Pocahontas is one of those. To a Native it's like the term savage or redskin
Poczhantas was a tragic figure. She very young, kidnapped, and sexually abused by whites. Her heritage enrages and insults Natives as much as the other terms mentioned above.
t1nick comments on Aug 11, 2019:
Sorry, I have trouble with the use of the term Pocahantess. I work in a Native American community and the term is considered very discrimenatory and derogatory. i don't think you meant that, but just so you realize.
t1nick replies on Aug 12, 2019:
@arizonajerry69
Within the Native community, just like in the black community or the hispanic communities, there e are words and terms that carry negative baggage. Pocahontas is one of those. To a Native it's like the term savage or redskin
Poczhantas was a tragic figure. She very young, kidnapped, and sexually abused by whites. Her heritage enrages and insults Natives as much as the other terms mentioned above.
Pocahotness!
t1nick comments on Aug 11, 2019:
Sorry, I have trouble with the use of the term Pocahantess. I work in a Native American community and the term is considered very discrimenatory and derogatory. i don't think you meant that, but just so you realize.
t1nick replies on Aug 12, 2019:
@MojoDave same thng. Similar to saying",nigga" vs. nigger. It's the same.
t1nick comments on Aug 11, 2019:
Sorry, I have trouble with the use of the term Pocahantess. I work in a Native American community and the term is considered very discrimenatory and derogatory. i don't think you meant that, but just so you realize.
t1nick replies on Aug 12, 2019:
@MojoDave same thng. Similar to saying",nigga" vs. nigger. It's the same.
The divide between Democratic candidates for the Presidency: Moderate vs.
wordywalt comments on Aug 11, 2019:
I believe that the exchanges taking place between the Democratic candidates is strengthening the party. It is fleshing out the details in needed po9litical change and building more and more enthusiasm among an ever widening group of Democrats. I believe that they will turn out in droves -- both to...
t1nick replies on Aug 11, 2019:
I tend to agree with you. We can only hope.
wordywalt comments on Aug 11, 2019:
I believe that the exchanges taking place between the Democratic candidates is strengthening the party. It is fleshing out the details in needed po9litical change and building more and more enthusiasm among an ever widening group of Democrats. I believe that they will turn out in droves -- both to...
t1nick replies on Aug 11, 2019:
I tend to agree with you. We can only hope.
In 1934 & 35, the average German citizen couldn't believe that the man that was rising to ...
Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Aug 10, 2019:
Numerous presidents have been compared to Hitler. As recently as Obama, people thought he would turn into being a Hitler and that he was going to declare martial law and take everyone's guns away. I suppose if people predict it enough it might happen again. That generality is pretty much like a ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@Piece2YourPuzzle
Whatever
Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Aug 10, 2019:
Numerous presidents have been compared to Hitler. As recently as Obama, people thought he would turn into being a Hitler and that he was going to declare martial law and take everyone's guns away. I suppose if people predict it enough it might happen again. That generality is pretty much like a ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@Piece2YourPuzzle
Whatever
In 1934 & 35, the average German citizen couldn't believe that the man that was rising to ...
Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Aug 10, 2019:
Numerous presidents have been compared to Hitler. As recently as Obama, people thought he would turn into being a Hitler and that he was going to declare martial law and take everyone's guns away. I suppose if people predict it enough it might happen again. That generality is pretty much like a ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@Piece2YourPuzzl
Sorry to disappoint. I was alluding to percieved similarities in his actions and the actions of his supporters. But I have a large enough command of history to recognize the differences as well.
Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Aug 10, 2019:
Numerous presidents have been compared to Hitler. As recently as Obama, people thought he would turn into being a Hitler and that he was going to declare martial law and take everyone's guns away. I suppose if people predict it enough it might happen again. That generality is pretty much like a ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@Piece2YourPuzzl
Sorry to disappoint. I was alluding to percieved similarities in his actions and the actions of his supporters. But I have a large enough command of history to recognize the differences as well.
In 1934 & 35, the average German citizen couldn't believe that the man that was rising to ...
Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Aug 10, 2019:
Numerous presidents have been compared to Hitler. As recently as Obama, people thought he would turn into being a Hitler and that he was going to declare martial law and take everyone's guns away. I suppose if people predict it enough it might happen again. That generality is pretty much like a ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
Nobody besides you said he was trying to become a Hitler. The point was that his Adminstration has morphed into a repressive institution with supporters that on the surface act like and resemble the elements that persisted in Naxi Germany. Same indifference, same intolerance, same racism, same recriminations towards people that look different than them.
Piece2YourPuzzle comments on Aug 10, 2019:
Numerous presidents have been compared to Hitler. As recently as Obama, people thought he would turn into being a Hitler and that he was going to declare martial law and take everyone's guns away. I suppose if people predict it enough it might happen again. That generality is pretty much like a ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
Nobody besides you said he was trying to become a Hitler. The point was that his Adminstration has morphed into a repressive institution with supporters that on the surface act like and resemble the elements that persisted in Naxi Germany. Same indifference, same intolerance, same racism, same recriminations towards people that look different than them.
In 1934 & 35, the average German citizen couldn't believe that the man that was rising to ...
wordywalt comments on Aug 10, 2019:
The majority of people in the USA know who and what Trump is, and also know what damage he is doing. We can and must defeat him.
There ae huge differences between Germy in the early 1930s and the USA today. Germany had lost WWI and was saddled with huge reparations. Those reparations ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
Again, people are trying to draw one-to-one comparisons between what Trump is doing and what happened in Germany. It isnt necessary. Outcomes can eminate from different circumstance but still feel and appear the same.
wordywalt comments on Aug 10, 2019:
The majority of people in the USA know who and what Trump is, and also know what damage he is doing. We can and must defeat him.
There ae huge differences between Germy in the early 1930s and the USA today. Germany had lost WWI and was saddled with huge reparations. Those reparations ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
Again, people are trying to draw one-to-one comparisons between what Trump is doing and what happened in Germany. It isnt necessary. Outcomes can eminate from different circumstance but still feel and appear the same.
In 1934 & 35, the average German citizen couldn't believe that the man that was rising to ...
Matias comments on Aug 10, 2019:
I always wince when somebody compares /equates Trump with Hitler.
Hitler was a quasi-religious *ideologue* who wrote it all down in "Mein Kampf", so that everybody knew or could /should have known what he was planning (to conquer Europe; to exterminate all Jews...) .
Trump has no ideology ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@avron
Maybe the mistake is focusing on Trump too much and not putting an emphasis upon his supporters instead.
Charlottesville and its aftermath resembles the descriptions of Germany and the rise of Nazism in the years prior to WWII. Albeit we havent had a Krystalnacht, but attacks feel very similar to the descriptions. Trumps followers do not wear brown shirts, en masse, but do have a rallying symbol, the MAGA hat.
The raids and separations in Mississippi and the separations at the border of immigrants again feels a lot like Naxism. Hitler changed laws to make Jews, gypsy's, intellectuals, and gays, at first undesirables, then outlawed them altogether. Trump changed the laws surrounding immigrants at the border, from civil to criminal. In other words, he made southern immigrants criminal outlaws.
Our border detention camps are beginning to feel like concentration camps. Perhaps no furnaces, but a separation of families, detention by gender, disregard for welfare, and a wonton abuse by the guards have been reported. There has even been recommendations by some Trump supporters that immigrants be required to wear identifiable clothing to immediately distinguish them as immigrants.
Trump's hardcore following are made up of blue collar working class who have seen their jobs and livelihood move out of the country. They tend to be less educated and white. They feel left behind and effectively make up a class that 20 years ago prospered but have been slipping backwards the last couple of decades. They remember what better times looked like when manufacturing and non-corporate agriculture was strong. They were a form of white privilege that allowed them to be overtly racist and misogynistic without repercussions. We may not be in a world depression (yet) but his followers do not see it that way. To them they are living in depressed economic times.
Matias comments on Aug 10, 2019:
I always wince when somebody compares /equates Trump with Hitler.
Hitler was a quasi-religious *ideologue* who wrote it all down in "Mein Kampf", so that everybody knew or could /should have known what he was planning (to conquer Europe; to exterminate all Jews...) .
Trump has no ideology ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@avron
Maybe the mistake is focusing on Trump too much and not putting an emphasis upon his supporters instead.
Charlottesville and its aftermath resembles the descriptions of Germany and the rise of Nazism in the years prior to WWII. Albeit we havent had a Krystalnacht, but attacks feel very similar to the descriptions. Trumps followers do not wear brown shirts, en masse, but do have a rallying symbol, the MAGA hat.
The raids and separations in Mississippi and the separations at the border of immigrants again feels a lot like Naxism. Hitler changed laws to make Jews, gypsy's, intellectuals, and gays, at first undesirables, then outlawed them altogether. Trump changed the laws surrounding immigrants at the border, from civil to criminal. In other words, he made southern immigrants criminal outlaws.
Our border detention camps are beginning to feel like concentration camps. Perhaps no furnaces, but a separation of families, detention by gender, disregard for welfare, and a wonton abuse by the guards have been reported. There has even been recommendations by some Trump supporters that immigrants be required to wear identifiable clothing to immediately distinguish them as immigrants.
Trump's hardcore following are made up of blue collar working class who have seen their jobs and livelihood move out of the country. They tend to be less educated and white. They feel left behind and effectively make up a class that 20 years ago prospered but have been slipping backwards the last couple of decades. They remember what better times looked like when manufacturing and non-corporate agriculture was strong. They were a form of white privilege that allowed them to be overtly racist and misogynistic without repercussions. We may not be in a world depression (yet) but his followers do not see it that way. To them they are living in depressed economic times.
In 1934 & 35, the average German citizen couldn't believe that the man that was rising to ...
Matias comments on Aug 10, 2019:
I always wince when somebody compares /equates Trump with Hitler.
Hitler was a quasi-religious *ideologue* who wrote it all down in "Mein Kampf", so that everybody knew or could /should have known what he was planning (to conquer Europe; to exterminate all Jews...) .
Trump has no ideology ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@Matias
I'm not sure there is such a thing as, "run of the mill racism". I agree that some racist are more virulent in their exercise of their hatred, but racism is racism. Trump's is just as dangerous as it steeped in what appears to conservatives as "reasonable" policy. Unfortunately, his policy actions have potentially long lasting effects and hidden affects that are not identified right away, but manifest down the line.
Evangelical preachers and seeking to back Trump because of their desire to have conservative judges, and white supremicists are his army. Even if they do not like him as a person, he is furthering their cultural agenda. The rise in hate crimes against people of color, Jews, and the LGBTQ community is very much akin to the rise of brown shirts in 1933 through 1935.
Trump's Nepolianic obsession with the military and the industrial-military complex. and growing of our weapons stockpile is not too dissimilar to your past. The dismantling of the foundations of our representative democracy and complete ignoring of the Legislative Branch's authority is leading him to a gathering of power no Presidrnt before has obtained or striven for.
His actions are not identical to pre-WWII Germany, but similarities can be drawn. Outcomes may differ somewhat, but the overall feeling is similar.
Matias comments on Aug 10, 2019:
I always wince when somebody compares /equates Trump with Hitler.
Hitler was a quasi-religious *ideologue* who wrote it all down in "Mein Kampf", so that everybody knew or could /should have known what he was planning (to conquer Europe; to exterminate all Jews...) .
Trump has no ideology ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@Matias
I'm not sure there is such a thing as, "run of the mill racism". I agree that some racist are more virulent in their exercise of their hatred, but racism is racism. Trump's is just as dangerous as it steeped in what appears to conservatives as "reasonable" policy. Unfortunately, his policy actions have potentially long lasting effects and hidden affects that are not identified right away, but manifest down the line.
Evangelical preachers and seeking to back Trump because of their desire to have conservative judges, and white supremicists are his army. Even if they do not like him as a person, he is furthering their cultural agenda. The rise in hate crimes against people of color, Jews, and the LGBTQ community is very much akin to the rise of brown shirts in 1933 through 1935.
Trump's Nepolianic obsession with the military and the industrial-military complex. and growing of our weapons stockpile is not too dissimilar to your past. The dismantling of the foundations of our representative democracy and complete ignoring of the Legislative Branch's authority is leading him to a gathering of power no Presidrnt before has obtained or striven for.
His actions are not identical to pre-WWII Germany, but similarities can be drawn. Outcomes may differ somewhat, but the overall feeling is similar.
In 1934 & 35, the average German citizen couldn't believe that the man that was rising to ...
TimeOutForMe comments on Aug 10, 2019:
Your last paragraph is true! Right-wingers here in South Africa claim they didn't know the brunt of atrocities inflicted on the majority of the nation by their leaders and the church. They turned a blind eye then and now. The church assisted in the spread of division and racism. They preached ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@jlynn37
Yes, I teach in a Native American school, so I concur.
TimeOutForMe comments on Aug 10, 2019:
Your last paragraph is true! Right-wingers here in South Africa claim they didn't know the brunt of atrocities inflicted on the majority of the nation by their leaders and the church. They turned a blind eye then and now. The church assisted in the spread of division and racism. They preached ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@jlynn37
Yes, I teach in a Native American school, so I concur.
Do you capitalize the g in god? I don't.
t1nick comments on Aug 10, 2019:
Not to be a smart ass or insensitive, but this is an agnostic site, so who cares whether it is capitalized or not.
Technically if it used as a proper noun its gets capitalized. If used in a general sense (aka. The gods looked on with derision), then not.
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@Geoffrey51
Thank you, we like to keep you on your toes. Lol
t1nick comments on Aug 10, 2019:
Not to be a smart ass or insensitive, but this is an agnostic site, so who cares whether it is capitalized or not.
Technically if it used as a proper noun its gets capitalized. If used in a general sense (aka. The gods looked on with derision), then not.
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@Geoffrey51
Thank you, we like to keep you on your toes. Lol
It has just been reported that child molester and trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, commited suicide in ...
brentan comments on Aug 10, 2019:
I hope this prompts investigation.
It would be a very risky project but sales would be enormous if successful.
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@brentan ahhh. Thanks
brentan comments on Aug 10, 2019:
I hope this prompts investigation.
It would be a very risky project but sales would be enormous if successful.
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@brentan ahhh. Thanks
It has just been reported that child molester and trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, commited suicide in ...
brentan comments on Aug 10, 2019:
I hope this prompts investigation.
It would be a very risky project but sales would be enormous if successful.
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
Sales???
brentan comments on Aug 10, 2019:
I hope this prompts investigation.
It would be a very risky project but sales would be enormous if successful.
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
Sales???
It has just been reported that child molester and trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, commited suicide in ...
DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2019:
If you want to throw in a conspiracy just imagine that Epstein was told if he did this his money would go to his heirs as planned. If he did not, it would be lost forever.
Just sayin.'
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
Sorry Deno, I dont believe in conspiracies. Most of Epsteins estate will go to reparation claims by his victims.
DenoPenno comments on Aug 10, 2019:
If you want to throw in a conspiracy just imagine that Epstein was told if he did this his money would go to his heirs as planned. If he did not, it would be lost forever.
Just sayin.'
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
Sorry Deno, I dont believe in conspiracies. Most of Epsteins estate will go to reparation claims by his victims.
In 1934 & 35, the average German citizen couldn't believe that the man that was rising to ...
Matias comments on Aug 10, 2019:
I always wince when somebody compares /equates Trump with Hitler.
Hitler was a quasi-religious *ideologue* who wrote it all down in "Mein Kampf", so that everybody knew or could /should have known what he was planning (to conquer Europe; to exterminate all Jews...) .
Trump has no ideology ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
Your specific observations are correct, no one says that every point has to equate on every aspect, point by point in order to draw some comparisons. I know that Hitler is a sensitive subject in Germany and respect your hesitations. But evil comes in many costumes, whether it I'd intentionally evil, or accidental evil by being ignorant and amoral.
Matias comments on Aug 10, 2019:
I always wince when somebody compares /equates Trump with Hitler.
Hitler was a quasi-religious *ideologue* who wrote it all down in "Mein Kampf", so that everybody knew or could /should have known what he was planning (to conquer Europe; to exterminate all Jews...) .
Trump has no ideology ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
Your specific observations are correct, no one says that every point has to equate on every aspect, point by point in order to draw some comparisons. I know that Hitler is a sensitive subject in Germany and respect your hesitations. But evil comes in many costumes, whether it I'd intentionally evil, or accidental evil by being ignorant and amoral.
Would you still be friends with a person who ended up becoming a huge Trump supporter?
t1nick comments on Aug 9, 2019:
Don't count on it unfortunately. True Trump supporters have filters on so high that they can rationalize any unethical or immoral act and not think twice.
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@vjohnson51
It's true that every group has is extreme radical element. But this argumrnt represents an old pattern with guy. You make any observation regarding what the conservatives are doing, and the same to you but more of it, is his usual trope.
t1nick comments on Aug 9, 2019:
Don't count on it unfortunately. True Trump supporters have filters on so high that they can rationalize any unethical or immoral act and not think twice.
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
@vjohnson51
It's true that every group has is extreme radical element. But this argumrnt represents an old pattern with guy. You make any observation regarding what the conservatives are doing, and the same to you but more of it, is his usual trope.
In 1934 & 35, the average German citizen couldn't believe that the man that was rising to ...
TimeOutForMe comments on Aug 10, 2019:
Your last paragraph is true! Right-wingers here in South Africa claim they didn't know the brunt of atrocities inflicted on the majority of the nation by their leaders and the church. They turned a blind eye then and now. The church assisted in the spread of division and racism. They preached ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
A lot like modern day Isreal and the Palestinians.
TimeOutForMe comments on Aug 10, 2019:
Your last paragraph is true! Right-wingers here in South Africa claim they didn't know the brunt of atrocities inflicted on the majority of the nation by their leaders and the church. They turned a blind eye then and now. The church assisted in the spread of division and racism. They preached ...
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
A lot like modern day Isreal and the Palestinians.
In 1934 & 35, the average German citizen couldn't believe that the man that was rising to ...
TimeOutForMe comments on Aug 10, 2019:
The apple didn't fall far from the apple tree. Trump's grandfather or great grandfather was born in Germany. was ordered to leave Germany. German surname Drumpf. Trump has a Nazi approach to politics. He's very much a right-wingers offspring.
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
Trumps father had connections to the KKK, and his grandfather fled Bavaria to avoid having to serve in the Bavarian military. He moved to the Seattle area and made his fortune in brothels and restaurants.
TimeOutForMe comments on Aug 10, 2019:
The apple didn't fall far from the apple tree. Trump's grandfather or great grandfather was born in Germany. was ordered to leave Germany. German surname Drumpf. Trump has a Nazi approach to politics. He's very much a right-wingers offspring.
t1nick replies on Aug 10, 2019:
Trumps father had connections to the KKK, and his grandfather fled Bavaria to avoid having to serve in the Bavarian military. He moved to the Seattle area and made his fortune in brothels and restaurants.
Would you still be friends with a person who ended up becoming a huge Trump supporter?
t1nick comments on Aug 9, 2019:
Don't count on it unfortunately. True Trump supporters have filters on so high that they can rationalize any unethical or immoral act and not think twice.
t1nick replies on Aug 9, 2019:
@Trajan61
Still the old fall back Trajan, "Same to you but more of it routines.". So unimaginative. Hahahahaha
t1nick comments on Aug 9, 2019:
Don't count on it unfortunately. True Trump supporters have filters on so high that they can rationalize any unethical or immoral act and not think twice.
t1nick replies on Aug 9, 2019:
@Trajan61
Still the old fall back Trajan, "Same to you but more of it routines.". So unimaginative. Hahahahaha
Pit Bulls are such babies!
Bob Barker isn't feeling well, today.
WonderWartHog99 comments on Aug 8, 2019:
## Petunia had a teacup Chihuahua that would rip a pit bull's nose off. One night I found Tito going nuts. I went outside to see what it was.
He was facing down a stag. Eventually Tito was eaten by a raccoon.
I don't miss him at all.
t1nick replies on Aug 8, 2019:
My chihuahua is like that. He's small, but can takedown the two labs from across the street when they get too rambunctious and pisses him off. He grabs their upper lip and actually takes them to the ground. He'll stand on their chest and bite their lip, while they squeal until I come rescue them.
WonderWartHog99 comments on Aug 8, 2019:
## Petunia had a teacup Chihuahua that would rip a pit bull's nose off. One night I found Tito going nuts. I went outside to see what it was.
He was facing down a stag. Eventually Tito was eaten by a raccoon.
I don't miss him at all.
t1nick replies on Aug 8, 2019:
My chihuahua is like that. He's small, but can takedown the two labs from across the street when they get too rambunctious and pisses him off. He grabs their upper lip and actually takes them to the ground. He'll stand on their chest and bite their lip, while they squeal until I come rescue them.
NZ giant parrot! not anthro but archeo - [bbc.com]
t1nick comments on Aug 7, 2019:
Archaeology is Anthropology
There are 4 disciplines in Anthropology
1) Archaeology - study humans and their past through the trash they leave behind;
2) Cultural Anthropology - studying humans through their culture;
3) Physical Anthtopolpgy- studying humans as a biological being and our ...
t1nick replies on Aug 7, 2019:
@Allamanda no just responding to his end of intro comment
t1nick comments on Aug 7, 2019:
Archaeology is Anthropology
There are 4 disciplines in Anthropology
1) Archaeology - study humans and their past through the trash they leave behind;
2) Cultural Anthropology - studying humans through their culture;
3) Physical Anthtopolpgy- studying humans as a biological being and our ...
t1nick replies on Aug 7, 2019:
@Allamanda no just responding to his end of intro comment
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