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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
One of the most famous christian saying to non Christians is
If i'm wrong then i've lost nothing ...
Archeus_Lore comments on Aug 6, 2019:
Pascal's Wager has at several flaws:
Would a true god approve of people worshipping him for a self-serving reason? To get into paradise after death?
There have been many gods invented and more yet to come. How would you know which is the true god?
Pascal's Wager creates a false dichotomy...
t1nick replies on Aug 6, 2019:
A variant of Pascal's Wager is the horse race analogy. Assume that every religion, every sect, and every denomination is represented by a horse in a horse race. In the starting block they are pretty much even. The question of course remains, which horse is going to ultimately win the race, which is unknowable. Therefore, pick your horse, go all in, and hope for the best.
Archeus_Lore comments on Aug 6, 2019:
Pascal's Wager has at several flaws:
Would a true god approve of people worshipping him for a self-serving reason? To get into paradise after death?
There have been many gods invented and more yet to come. How would you know which is the true god?
Pascal's Wager creates a false dichotomy...
t1nick replies on Aug 6, 2019:
A variant of Pascal's Wager is the horse race analogy. Assume that every religion, every sect, and every denomination is represented by a horse in a horse race. In the starting block they are pretty much even. The question of course remains, which horse is going to ultimately win the race, which is unknowable. Therefore, pick your horse, go all in, and hope for the best.
Mass shootings. Perhaps it's a societal issue like obesity and religion?
t1nick comments on Aug 6, 2019:
Every country on the Earth have people suffering from mental illness, yet they don't experience mass shootings and murders. There are people with mental illness that have no business even being around a gun (red flag laws) in this country. But the common denominator in all the shootings isnt ...
t1nick replies on Aug 6, 2019:
@Veteran229
Hahahaha.
Two justice systems for those with money and those without. White privilege. Tyrannies frequently have show trials and trials with pre-determined outcomes. Either you don't know US history or are brainwashed in your own denial echo chamber.
t1nick comments on Aug 6, 2019:
Every country on the Earth have people suffering from mental illness, yet they don't experience mass shootings and murders. There are people with mental illness that have no business even being around a gun (red flag laws) in this country. But the common denominator in all the shootings isnt ...
t1nick replies on Aug 6, 2019:
@Veteran229
Hahahaha.
Two justice systems for those with money and those without. White privilege. Tyrannies frequently have show trials and trials with pre-determined outcomes. Either you don't know US history or are brainwashed in your own denial echo chamber.
Mass shootings. Perhaps it's a societal issue like obesity and religion?
t1nick comments on Aug 6, 2019:
Every country on the Earth have people suffering from mental illness, yet they don't experience mass shootings and murders. There are people with mental illness that have no business even being around a gun (red flag laws) in this country. But the common denominator in all the shootings isnt ...
t1nick replies on Aug 6, 2019:
@Veteran229
That's odd, ours has become a tyrannical oppressive government and we have more than a plethora of guns.
t1nick comments on Aug 6, 2019:
Every country on the Earth have people suffering from mental illness, yet they don't experience mass shootings and murders. There are people with mental illness that have no business even being around a gun (red flag laws) in this country. But the common denominator in all the shootings isnt ...
t1nick replies on Aug 6, 2019:
@Veteran229
That's odd, ours has become a tyrannical oppressive government and we have more than a plethora of guns.
Mass shootings. Perhaps it's a societal issue like obesity and religion?
t1nick comments on Aug 6, 2019:
Every country on the Earth have people suffering from mental illness, yet they don't experience mass shootings and murders. There are people with mental illness that have no business even being around a gun (red flag laws) in this country. But the common denominator in all the shootings isnt ...
t1nick replies on Aug 6, 2019:
@LimitedLight
I did not say none at all. I said they are not plagued by mass shootings like we are here in the US. The common denominator is now, and remain guns.
t1nick comments on Aug 6, 2019:
Every country on the Earth have people suffering from mental illness, yet they don't experience mass shootings and murders. There are people with mental illness that have no business even being around a gun (red flag laws) in this country. But the common denominator in all the shootings isnt ...
t1nick replies on Aug 6, 2019:
@LimitedLight
I did not say none at all. I said they are not plagued by mass shootings like we are here in the US. The common denominator is now, and remain guns.
What should be done about mass shootings in America?
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Just remember, probably every country on the planet have people suffering from mental illness of one form or another. But none have mass murders like the US. The common denominator is not mental illness, but guns (especially assault weapons). Duh.
t1nick replies on Aug 6, 2019:
@GrungeGirl90s
This is going to take a little time to go through, it's a weighty article. I see it was written in the first quarter of 2018, therefore it doesn't account for the shooting incidents for the last 3 quarters of 2018, and the first half of 2019. I think that in itself is significant, as I think the data from this last 15 months may change the entire calculus. I'll look at more thoroughly later today and get back to you. Thanks.
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Just remember, probably every country on the planet have people suffering from mental illness of one form or another. But none have mass murders like the US. The common denominator is not mental illness, but guns (especially assault weapons). Duh.
t1nick replies on Aug 6, 2019:
@GrungeGirl90s
This is going to take a little time to go through, it's a weighty article. I see it was written in the first quarter of 2018, therefore it doesn't account for the shooting incidents for the last 3 quarters of 2018, and the first half of 2019. I think that in itself is significant, as I think the data from this last 15 months may change the entire calculus. I'll look at more thoroughly later today and get back to you. Thanks.
Can a one off act be called terrorism?
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Under no definition have I ever heard that terrorism HAS to be repetitious. Besides these mass killings are becoming repetitious. Just not coordinated, more radicalized lonewolf. A slightly different trend that we are used to seeing. Terrorism none the less.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
@powder Works for me.
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Under no definition have I ever heard that terrorism HAS to be repetitious. Besides these mass killings are becoming repetitious. Just not coordinated, more radicalized lonewolf. A slightly different trend that we are used to seeing. Terrorism none the less.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
@powder Works for me.
Can a one off act be called terrorism?
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Under no definition have I ever heard that terrorism HAS to be repetitious. Besides these mass killings are becoming repetitious. Just not coordinated, more radicalized lonewolf. A slightly different trend that we are used to seeing. Terrorism none the less.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
@powder
Not sure why calling these white supremacist terrorists is difficult to accept. In the 1960's the Weatherman Underground were called terrorist. In the late 60' the SLA (Siambanese Liberation Army) of patty Hearst fame were called terrorists. The Bader Meinhoff of Germany were called terrosists. The Red Army were called terrorists.
Granted each were more cohesive as an identifiable group, but they were organized around a fringe ideology. White supremicists, just like European Islamic lone wolves, all act upon a common ideology just like our white supremacists. And the Islamic lone wolves are called terrorists.
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Under no definition have I ever heard that terrorism HAS to be repetitious. Besides these mass killings are becoming repetitious. Just not coordinated, more radicalized lonewolf. A slightly different trend that we are used to seeing. Terrorism none the less.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
@powder
Not sure why calling these white supremacist terrorists is difficult to accept. In the 1960's the Weatherman Underground were called terrorist. In the late 60' the SLA (Siambanese Liberation Army) of patty Hearst fame were called terrorists. The Bader Meinhoff of Germany were called terrosists. The Red Army were called terrorists.
Granted each were more cohesive as an identifiable group, but they were organized around a fringe ideology. White supremicists, just like European Islamic lone wolves, all act upon a common ideology just like our white supremacists. And the Islamic lone wolves are called terrorists.
Something I feel deeply lately! If you are against hate crime...stop fueling the hatred.
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
@ Eyes. Please give an example of what you see as fueling the hate fire. You are probably correct, but curious as what you are percieve regarding who and what is fueling the fire of hate by those opposing hate.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
@EyesThatSmile Okay, I get your drift. Thank you.
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
@ Eyes. Please give an example of what you see as fueling the hate fire. You are probably correct, but curious as what you are percieve regarding who and what is fueling the fire of hate by those opposing hate.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
@EyesThatSmile Okay, I get your drift. Thank you.
Can a one off act be called terrorism?
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Under no definition have I ever heard that terrorism HAS to be repetitious. Besides these mass killings are becoming repetitious. Just not coordinated, more radicalized lonewolf. A slightly different trend that we are used to seeing. Terrorism none the less.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
@powder
Perhaps, but the El Paso shooter was linked into a website that is kind of an underground website that encourages one another act on ideology. He also referenced the New Zealand manifesto. It's a lose knit group on the media that sow their hatred and goad each other on. It is an ideology that is shared, that makes their acts, acts of terrorism.
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Under no definition have I ever heard that terrorism HAS to be repetitious. Besides these mass killings are becoming repetitious. Just not coordinated, more radicalized lonewolf. A slightly different trend that we are used to seeing. Terrorism none the less.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
@powder
Perhaps, but the El Paso shooter was linked into a website that is kind of an underground website that encourages one another act on ideology. He also referenced the New Zealand manifesto. It's a lose knit group on the media that sow their hatred and goad each other on. It is an ideology that is shared, that makes their acts, acts of terrorism.
Something I feel deeply lately! If you are against hate crime...stop fueling the hatred.
Wangobango3 comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Trump is on video telling a Texas crowd that it was only acceptable to shoot refugees in the Texas Panhandle. Then someone did it.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
Sorry, he did say it, but is the Florida panhandle. Somewhere around Panama City
Wangobango3 comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Trump is on video telling a Texas crowd that it was only acceptable to shoot refugees in the Texas Panhandle. Then someone did it.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
Sorry, he did say it, but is the Florida panhandle. Somewhere around Panama City
Can a one off act be called terrorism?
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Under no definition have I ever heard that terrorism HAS to be repetitious. Besides these mass killings are becoming repetitious. Just not coordinated, more radicalized lonewolf. A slightly different trend that we are used to seeing. Terrorism none the less.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
An Iraqi or Syrian bomber, which are separated by similar sects but different group affiliations, and are not much different than the El Paso shooter. He has similarity to other shooters of other white nationalists ideology. Just because it's our country doesn't mean Americans can't be terrorists. We are not that special, nor innocent.
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Under no definition have I ever heard that terrorism HAS to be repetitious. Besides these mass killings are becoming repetitious. Just not coordinated, more radicalized lonewolf. A slightly different trend that we are used to seeing. Terrorism none the less.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
An Iraqi or Syrian bomber, which are separated by similar sects but different group affiliations, and are not much different than the El Paso shooter. He has similarity to other shooters of other white nationalists ideology. Just because it's our country doesn't mean Americans can't be terrorists. We are not that special, nor innocent.
Can a one off act be called terrorism?
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Under no definition have I ever heard that terrorism HAS to be repetitious. Besides these mass killings are becoming repetitious. Just not coordinated, more radicalized lonewolf. A slightly different trend that we are used to seeing. Terrorism none the less.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
@powder
I understand your argument. Just dont agree. We've had 250 uncoordinated mass shootings with many of them underlain by a similar ideology. That to me is a movement and a trend linked by commonality of purpose and ideology.
t1nick comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Under no definition have I ever heard that terrorism HAS to be repetitious. Besides these mass killings are becoming repetitious. Just not coordinated, more radicalized lonewolf. A slightly different trend that we are used to seeing. Terrorism none the less.
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
@powder
I understand your argument. Just dont agree. We've had 250 uncoordinated mass shootings with many of them underlain by a similar ideology. That to me is a movement and a trend linked by commonality of purpose and ideology.
LOL... Trump's saying he is against hate crimes?
Renickulous comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Lol yes trump is the root of all racism cancer and sick puppies
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
Glad you agree for a change.
Renickulous comments on Aug 5, 2019:
Lol yes trump is the root of all racism cancer and sick puppies
t1nick replies on Aug 5, 2019:
Glad you agree for a change.
Beto O'Rourke says Trump to blame for El Paso shooting because he 'stokes racism'
zesty comments on Aug 4, 2019:
Beto is a demagogue.
t1nick replies on Aug 4, 2019:
So my friend you are a lone voice in the wilderness. Cumulative behavior over the last 2 1/2 years leaves no doubt that your President is a racist. The incredibly sharp rise in hate crimes since Trump took office is also is clear evidence that the racist elements in our society feel emboldened to come out of the shadows. The president sets the tone for the nation and motivates the direction the nation travels. Trump's rhetoric fuels this racial element to act out.
To deny this is to either desire to play devil's advocate to get reactions out of members. Or a deeper denial that speaks to the lesser angel's (use the term loosely) in ourselves. I hope it's the former, not the latet.
zesty comments on Aug 4, 2019:
Beto is a demagogue.
t1nick replies on Aug 4, 2019:
So my friend you are a lone voice in the wilderness. Cumulative behavior over the last 2 1/2 years leaves no doubt that your President is a racist. The incredibly sharp rise in hate crimes since Trump took office is also is clear evidence that the racist elements in our society feel emboldened to come out of the shadows. The president sets the tone for the nation and motivates the direction the nation travels. Trump's rhetoric fuels this racial element to act out.
To deny this is to either desire to play devil's advocate to get reactions out of members. Or a deeper denial that speaks to the lesser angel's (use the term loosely) in ourselves. I hope it's the former, not the latet.
Illegally selling a couple cigarettes vs killing 20 and injuring 26...
WhitePrivilege
Barnie2years comments on Aug 4, 2019:
As much as I hate to say this, you have a guy that was throwing the cops around like rag dolls when they first tryed to detain him compared to the shooter, who calmly surrendered, was unarmed at this point and did nothing to draw fire. Plus, at this stage, according to news accounts, they had taken...
t1nick replies on Aug 4, 2019:
@Barnie2years
I disagree, since Ferguson multiple examples of blacks being killed when not resisting by cops. Even when they were on the ground and handcuffed, they were shot. There is no predicting had Gardner not resisted he would not have been killed in the process anyway. Police have been militarized under GW Bush and they no longer see their jobs as "Serve and Protect", rather a combative paradigm of us vs. them.
Barnie2years comments on Aug 4, 2019:
As much as I hate to say this, you have a guy that was throwing the cops around like rag dolls when they first tryed to detain him compared to the shooter, who calmly surrendered, was unarmed at this point and did nothing to draw fire. Plus, at this stage, according to news accounts, they had taken...
t1nick replies on Aug 4, 2019:
@Barnie2years
I disagree, since Ferguson multiple examples of blacks being killed when not resisting by cops. Even when they were on the ground and handcuffed, they were shot. There is no predicting had Gardner not resisted he would not have been killed in the process anyway. Police have been militarized under GW Bush and they no longer see their jobs as "Serve and Protect", rather a combative paradigm of us vs. them.
I heard Jake Tapper use this term to describe the manifesto by the El Paso shooter.
itsmedammit comments on Aug 4, 2019:
I hadn't heard the word in the mining context. BTW, another mass shooting this am.
t1nick replies on Aug 4, 2019:
I've been listening. Dayton, OH. It's getting ridiculous and disheartening.
itsmedammit comments on Aug 4, 2019:
I hadn't heard the word in the mining context. BTW, another mass shooting this am.
t1nick replies on Aug 4, 2019:
I've been listening. Dayton, OH. It's getting ridiculous and disheartening.
My dad needs a walking stick. Any suggestions of where to look and some fun ones?
t1nick comments on Aug 4, 2019:
Do you have an REI or North Face store in your area. They often have handmade wooden ones for aesthetic pleasure in a walking stick, or a telescoping metal walking sticks.
t1nick replies on Aug 4, 2019:
@GreatNani
true, but they attempt to accommodate many needs. You might try. Also look and see if there are any medical supply stores. They carry canes of various types for people with injuries and the elderly.
t1nick comments on Aug 4, 2019:
Do you have an REI or North Face store in your area. They often have handmade wooden ones for aesthetic pleasure in a walking stick, or a telescoping metal walking sticks.
t1nick replies on Aug 4, 2019:
@GreatNani
true, but they attempt to accommodate many needs. You might try. Also look and see if there are any medical supply stores. They carry canes of various types for people with injuries and the elderly.
And the beat goes on.
t1nick comments on Aug 3, 2019:
These are called "soft targets" for a reason. Security is low or limited, large number of people gathered in a limited space, and ready access. Soft targets are a cowards option.
t1nick replies on Aug 3, 2019:
@evidentialist
That's a good question. I don't know if there is a solution. It's just a reality that we have no choice but to live with. The effort it would take to solve this problem is again not realistic until the paradigm surrounding the US's relationship to guns dramatically changes.
t1nick comments on Aug 3, 2019:
These are called "soft targets" for a reason. Security is low or limited, large number of people gathered in a limited space, and ready access. Soft targets are a cowards option.
t1nick replies on Aug 3, 2019:
@evidentialist
That's a good question. I don't know if there is a solution. It's just a reality that we have no choice but to live with. The effort it would take to solve this problem is again not realistic until the paradigm surrounding the US's relationship to guns dramatically changes.
ANOTHER mass shooting, here in Texas!
[patch.com]
t1nick comments on Aug 3, 2019:
The article says a note was left behind by shooter(s) that stated that they supported the New Zealand shooter. Still too early to verify.
t1nick replies on Aug 3, 2019:
@StrongBow
I too grew up hunting. No reason to be afraid of registration or back ground check if you have nothing to hide. We have to expunge all these stupid conspiracy theories.
t1nick comments on Aug 3, 2019:
The article says a note was left behind by shooter(s) that stated that they supported the New Zealand shooter. Still too early to verify.
t1nick replies on Aug 3, 2019:
@StrongBow
I too grew up hunting. No reason to be afraid of registration or back ground check if you have nothing to hide. We have to expunge all these stupid conspiracy theories.
Fallal - Fallalor - Fallalery .
t1nick comments on Aug 3, 2019:
During the European expansion into the center and western United States, fur trappers would trade with the indigenous tribes they encountered. In the literature they refer to the ornamental trades goods (beads, comes, cloth, etc) as foofaraw (also sp. fofaraw, forfarraw, and froufraw). According ...
t1nick replies on Aug 3, 2019:
@AnonySchmoose
I think the terms were coined by primarlily french fur traders. Actually I just looked up the original word above "fallallery" and it also have a french origin nad they have identical meanings. I am now pretry sure the "anglicized" version derives from the french original.
t1nick comments on Aug 3, 2019:
During the European expansion into the center and western United States, fur trappers would trade with the indigenous tribes they encountered. In the literature they refer to the ornamental trades goods (beads, comes, cloth, etc) as foofaraw (also sp. fofaraw, forfarraw, and froufraw). According ...
t1nick replies on Aug 3, 2019:
@AnonySchmoose
I think the terms were coined by primarlily french fur traders. Actually I just looked up the original word above "fallallery" and it also have a french origin nad they have identical meanings. I am now pretry sure the "anglicized" version derives from the french original.
Texas hunters who accidentally shot each other blamed undocumented immigrants, police reveal | The ...
Geoffrey51 comments on Aug 2, 2019:
This is why irresponsible idiots shouldn’t be allowed out with guns. What if these imaginary immigrants they were distracted by were kids playing in the area?
Gun laws now, please!!!!!!
t1nick replies on Aug 2, 2019:
@altschmerz Another gun enabler, intended for Randy
Geoffrey51 comments on Aug 2, 2019:
This is why irresponsible idiots shouldn’t be allowed out with guns. What if these imaginary immigrants they were distracted by were kids playing in the area?
Gun laws now, please!!!!!!
t1nick replies on Aug 2, 2019:
@altschmerz Another gun enabler, intended for Randy
Be who you need to be.
HippieChick58 comments on Aug 1, 2019:
Especially turn off the TV!! Or start dissecting the commercials... What are they really selling, and how.
t1nick replies on Aug 1, 2019:
@slydr68
Actually there is a curriculum for media literacy.
HippieChick58 comments on Aug 1, 2019:
Especially turn off the TV!! Or start dissecting the commercials... What are they really selling, and how.
t1nick replies on Aug 1, 2019:
@slydr68
Actually there is a curriculum for media literacy.
Be who you need to be.
t1nick comments on Aug 1, 2019:
Fortunately I do not own a television.
t1nick replies on Aug 1, 2019:
@Hathacat
Got rid of mine 3 years ago. I moved, got cable and realized that I wasnt interested in 90% of the cable channels, I cancelled my subscription. Haven't looked back since.
t1nick comments on Aug 1, 2019:
Fortunately I do not own a television.
t1nick replies on Aug 1, 2019:
@Hathacat
Got rid of mine 3 years ago. I moved, got cable and realized that I wasnt interested in 90% of the cable channels, I cancelled my subscription. Haven't looked back since.
Potosí: the mountain of silver that was the first global city | Aeon Essays
t1nick comments on Jul 31, 2019:
Don't forget the silver mines of Zacatecas, Mexico. The silver from there opened up the Greater Southwest for better or for worse.
t1nick replies on Aug 1, 2019:
@tnorman1236
Just re-emphazing their importance to us in the SW.
t1nick comments on Jul 31, 2019:
Don't forget the silver mines of Zacatecas, Mexico. The silver from there opened up the Greater Southwest for better or for worse.
t1nick replies on Aug 1, 2019:
@tnorman1236
Just re-emphazing their importance to us in the SW.
It's interesting (not interesting in a good way unfortunately) that our president is a stand up ...
Renickulous comments on Jul 29, 2019:
Lol you dont know about the police's of those foriegn leaders then because trump has had 0 human rights violations , started 0 wars, and killed 0 of his people for speaking out against him.
t1nick replies on Jul 30, 2019:
@webbew1
Webbew1: thank you for your response. I was thinking along lines and wasn't ready to post yet. @Ridiculous has a tendency to take over simplistic approaches in most of his arguments. He is incapable of understanding nuanced arguments or indirect outcomes.
The death toll directly to indirectly attributable to this president and his Administration is yet to ascertained. We have no way of knowing how many seniors died as a result of Trump doing away with "Meals on Wherls" his first year. We also dont know the death toll attributable to the rollback and attack on health services to minority populations and the elderly. We will not realize the effects and outcomes until after the fact.
Regarding wars, we are supporting the Saudis immoral war in Yemen. We are providing the weaponry that is creating the worst human rights crisis in the world. He is creating a situation in the area Iran area where the opportunity for an incident sparking a war is more likely than not. He has aided Kim Jung-ung in furthering their nuclear program by his naivete regarding foreign policy.
With regards to directly killing anybody that has opposed him. His rhetoric regarding the "Squad" is stoking his rabid, irrational, poorly-educated followers to do the killing for him. One attempt against one of the squad was already foiled in NYC since Trump's rhetoric began. His racial white supremacist speech has escalated hate crimes and domestic terrorism by white nationalists by upwards of 200%. Many of these crimes, including murders, are directly influenced by his rhetoric.
Trump is not working for America. He is destroying our representative democracy and bring us down to a perhaps the lowest level since the Civil War. He works only for his own fortune, and cares nothing about the USA.
Renickulous comments on Jul 29, 2019:
Lol you dont know about the police's of those foriegn leaders then because trump has had 0 human rights violations , started 0 wars, and killed 0 of his people for speaking out against him.
t1nick replies on Jul 30, 2019:
@webbew1
Webbew1: thank you for your response. I was thinking along lines and wasn't ready to post yet. @Ridiculous has a tendency to take over simplistic approaches in most of his arguments. He is incapable of understanding nuanced arguments or indirect outcomes.
The death toll directly to indirectly attributable to this president and his Administration is yet to ascertained. We have no way of knowing how many seniors died as a result of Trump doing away with "Meals on Wherls" his first year. We also dont know the death toll attributable to the rollback and attack on health services to minority populations and the elderly. We will not realize the effects and outcomes until after the fact.
Regarding wars, we are supporting the Saudis immoral war in Yemen. We are providing the weaponry that is creating the worst human rights crisis in the world. He is creating a situation in the area Iran area where the opportunity for an incident sparking a war is more likely than not. He has aided Kim Jung-ung in furthering their nuclear program by his naivete regarding foreign policy.
With regards to directly killing anybody that has opposed him. His rhetoric regarding the "Squad" is stoking his rabid, irrational, poorly-educated followers to do the killing for him. One attempt against one of the squad was already foiled in NYC since Trump's rhetoric began. His racial white supremacist speech has escalated hate crimes and domestic terrorism by white nationalists by upwards of 200%. Many of these crimes, including murders, are directly influenced by his rhetoric.
Trump is not working for America. He is destroying our representative democracy and bring us down to a perhaps the lowest level since the Civil War. He works only for his own fortune, and cares nothing about the USA.
A beautiful pair of legs... Agree? Yes, I do...
t1nick comments on Jul 29, 2019:
She appears to be a body builder. She's certainly done her work.
t1nick replies on Jul 29, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
Indeed
t1nick comments on Jul 29, 2019:
She appears to be a body builder. She's certainly done her work.
t1nick replies on Jul 29, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
Indeed
Wait a minute,I thoght this group was about English words not french or russian
t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2019:
Nowhere does it restrict what words one finds curious and uncommon. English is a melange of many languages anyway.
t1nick replies on Jul 29, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
Sophist, tsk, tsk tsk
t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2019:
Nowhere does it restrict what words one finds curious and uncommon. English is a melange of many languages anyway.
t1nick replies on Jul 29, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
Sophist, tsk, tsk tsk
Wait a minute,I thoght this group was about English words not french or russian
t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2019:
Nowhere does it restrict what words one finds curious and uncommon. English is a melange of many languages anyway.
t1nick replies on Jul 29, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
Absurd and sad
t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2019:
Nowhere does it restrict what words one finds curious and uncommon. English is a melange of many languages anyway.
t1nick replies on Jul 29, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
Absurd and sad
Wait a minute,I thoght this group was about English words not french or russian
t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2019:
Nowhere does it restrict what words one finds curious and uncommon. English is a melange of many languages anyway.
t1nick replies on Jul 28, 2019:
@stepping
It's used in pie filling, lemon merengue pie, and so forth.
t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2019:
Nowhere does it restrict what words one finds curious and uncommon. English is a melange of many languages anyway.
t1nick replies on Jul 28, 2019:
@stepping
It's used in pie filling, lemon merengue pie, and so forth.
Wait a minute,I thoght this group was about English words not french or russian
t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2019:
Nowhere does it restrict what words one finds curious and uncommon. English is a melange of many languages anyway.
t1nick replies on Jul 28, 2019:
@stepping
Are you thinking of merengue? There might be a fish called melange?
t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2019:
Nowhere does it restrict what words one finds curious and uncommon. English is a melange of many languages anyway.
t1nick replies on Jul 28, 2019:
@stepping
Are you thinking of merengue? There might be a fish called melange?
Wait a minute,I thoght this group was about English words not french or russian
t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2019:
Nowhere does it restrict what words one finds curious and uncommon. English is a melange of many languages anyway.
t1nick replies on Jul 28, 2019:
@dede18
I am quite familiar with the geological application as I teach college geology. good call and catch. lol
t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2019:
Nowhere does it restrict what words one finds curious and uncommon. English is a melange of many languages anyway.
t1nick replies on Jul 28, 2019:
@dede18
I am quite familiar with the geological application as I teach college geology. good call and catch. lol
Wait a minute,I thoght this group was about English words not french or russian
t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2019:
Nowhere does it restrict what words one finds curious and uncommon. English is a melange of many languages anyway.
t1nick replies on Jul 28, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
That is your assumption not that held by others on here. Often many of us run across words that are part of a book or novel we are reading and share with the group. Oft times those words are from Spanish or French for instance, but are inserted into an story written in Englsih to give flavor and context to the story. May not even be a good equivalent cognate in the English language. Your example is absurd and you are just a sophist who just likes to argue for the sake of being contrary.
t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2019:
Nowhere does it restrict what words one finds curious and uncommon. English is a melange of many languages anyway.
t1nick replies on Jul 28, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
That is your assumption not that held by others on here. Often many of us run across words that are part of a book or novel we are reading and share with the group. Oft times those words are from Spanish or French for instance, but are inserted into an story written in Englsih to give flavor and context to the story. May not even be a good equivalent cognate in the English language. Your example is absurd and you are just a sophist who just likes to argue for the sake of being contrary.
So Climate change is FAKE NEWS and a hoak???? Check out Sciencemag.org Sargassum Seaweed
of-the-mountain comments on Jul 27, 2019:
Even the permafrost is melting release huge amounts of methane!
Which burns!
Aninimal husbandry causes more methane than CO2!
We are having to settle for more than we bargain for!
1912 1.5 billion people on this planet!
2019 7 Billion people on the planet!
This planet is not ...
t1nick replies on Jul 27, 2019:
You are correct. Unfortunately when we talk about greenhouse gases, we generalize and refer CO2 as if it were the only outgas that adds to the problem. There are a large number of gases that add to the global warming problem. CO2 is only one
Methane is part of a groups of greenhouse gases known as VOC's (volatile organic compounds).
of-the-mountain comments on Jul 27, 2019:
Even the permafrost is melting release huge amounts of methane!
Which burns!
Aninimal husbandry causes more methane than CO2!
We are having to settle for more than we bargain for!
1912 1.5 billion people on this planet!
2019 7 Billion people on the planet!
This planet is not ...
t1nick replies on Jul 27, 2019:
You are correct. Unfortunately when we talk about greenhouse gases, we generalize and refer CO2 as if it were the only outgas that adds to the problem. There are a large number of gases that add to the global warming problem. CO2 is only one
Methane is part of a groups of greenhouse gases known as VOC's (volatile organic compounds).
Gamine
gam·ine
/ɡaˈmēn/
adjective
adjective: gamine
1.
brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:
I came across it in Les Mis in the character of Gavroche.
Here's an article about the gamin of Paris:
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255-s01/thenardier/authors/gamin.html
t1nick replies on Jul 25, 2019:
Thanks
brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:
I came across it in Les Mis in the character of Gavroche.
Here's an article about the gamin of Paris:
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255-s01/thenardier/authors/gamin.html
t1nick replies on Jul 25, 2019:
Thanks
Gamine
gam·ine
/ɡaˈmēn/
adjective
adjective: gamine
1.
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 25, 2019:
**Paulette Goddard** the third wife of Charlie Chaplin was often marketed as *"The Gamine"* and made the term very popular in 1940's Hollywood
t1nick replies on Jul 25, 2019:
Cool
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 25, 2019:
**Paulette Goddard** the third wife of Charlie Chaplin was often marketed as *"The Gamine"* and made the term very popular in 1940's Hollywood
t1nick replies on Jul 25, 2019:
Cool
Gamine
gam·ine
/ɡaˈmēn/
adjective
adjective: gamine
1.
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 24, 2019:
I was never described as gamine.
t1nick replies on Jul 24, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse true, true, true
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 24, 2019:
I was never described as gamine.
t1nick replies on Jul 24, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse true, true, true
Gamine
gam·ine
/ɡaˈmēn/
adjective
adjective: gamine
1.
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 24, 2019:
I was never described as gamine.
t1nick replies on Jul 24, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse I certainly do remember the tv series.
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 24, 2019:
I was never described as gamine.
t1nick replies on Jul 24, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse I certainly do remember the tv series.
Gamine
gam·ine
/ɡaˈmēn/
adjective
adjective: gamine
1.
AmelieMatisse comments on Jul 24, 2019:
Twiggy and Audrey Hepburn perhaps
t1nick replies on Jul 24, 2019:
Audrey Hepburn was the quintessential example given on the search engine.
AmelieMatisse comments on Jul 24, 2019:
Twiggy and Audrey Hepburn perhaps
t1nick replies on Jul 24, 2019:
Audrey Hepburn was the quintessential example given on the search engine.
U.
dare2dream comments on Jul 18, 2019:
This is possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision saying prayers in legislative bodies are allowed because of historical precedence or some other baloney.
t1nick replies on Jul 22, 2019:
@TimeOutForMe
???? To the best of my knowledge I've never been considered a fence sitter???? I made choice to be an atheists 45 years ago without hesitation or reservation
dare2dream comments on Jul 18, 2019:
This is possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision saying prayers in legislative bodies are allowed because of historical precedence or some other baloney.
t1nick replies on Jul 22, 2019:
@TimeOutForMe
???? To the best of my knowledge I've never been considered a fence sitter???? I made choice to be an atheists 45 years ago without hesitation or reservation
I agree that making fun or otherwise criticizing someone's religion is in bad taste and can be ...
t1nick comments on Jul 21, 2019:
It is covered under free speech. The only thing that is not protected under the First Amendment is speech that is threatening violence or inciting violence. That is why hate speech is unfortunately protected. They're espousing hate but not directly esposing violence.
t1nick replies on Jul 22, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
Nice twist of phrase. Something I would do.
It is considered threatening violence because it presumed human nature will cause a stampede and panic endangering lives and bodily harm. It is illegal as the only purpose for doing do when a fire indeed die6s not exidt is to do bodily harm.
t1nick comments on Jul 21, 2019:
It is covered under free speech. The only thing that is not protected under the First Amendment is speech that is threatening violence or inciting violence. That is why hate speech is unfortunately protected. They're espousing hate but not directly esposing violence.
t1nick replies on Jul 22, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
Nice twist of phrase. Something I would do.
It is considered threatening violence because it presumed human nature will cause a stampede and panic endangering lives and bodily harm. It is illegal as the only purpose for doing do when a fire indeed die6s not exidt is to do bodily harm.
U.
t1nick comments on Jul 18, 2019:
It didn't work, McConnell is still there.
t1nick replies on Jul 21, 2019:
@Grecio Too cowardly to stand up to him or to speak out though.
t1nick comments on Jul 18, 2019:
It didn't work, McConnell is still there.
t1nick replies on Jul 21, 2019:
@Grecio Too cowardly to stand up to him or to speak out though.
U.
dare2dream comments on Jul 18, 2019:
This is possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision saying prayers in legislative bodies are allowed because of historical precedence or some other baloney.
t1nick replies on Jul 21, 2019:
@Grecio
Ahhhh, not Asgard too. Only if Dairy Queen is you idea of heaven. Lol
dare2dream comments on Jul 18, 2019:
This is possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision saying prayers in legislative bodies are allowed because of historical precedence or some other baloney.
t1nick replies on Jul 21, 2019:
@Grecio
Ahhhh, not Asgard too. Only if Dairy Queen is you idea of heaven. Lol
I believe Iran. Who is provoking who here. [nytimes.com]
[pbs.org]
t1nick comments on Jul 21, 2019:
Bolton and Pompeo are being disingenuous with the American people. They are military hawks pushing for regime change in Iran. As such, they are crowding assets into the Persian Gulf with hopes of incurring an incident that provides them with the justification to escalate to war. Trump is an idiot...
t1nick replies on Jul 21, 2019:
@Bigel agreed
t1nick comments on Jul 21, 2019:
Bolton and Pompeo are being disingenuous with the American people. They are military hawks pushing for regime change in Iran. As such, they are crowding assets into the Persian Gulf with hopes of incurring an incident that provides them with the justification to escalate to war. Trump is an idiot...
t1nick replies on Jul 21, 2019:
@Bigel agreed
[yahoo.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
I concur. It resembled newsreels of Hitler rallies during the time leading up WWII.
t1nick replies on Jul 21, 2019:
I can cherry pick too.
Totalitarianism is a form of government in which all societal resources are monopolized by the state in an effort to penetrate and control all aspects of public and private life (Evangelical Christian direction of policy), through the state’s use of propaganda (FOX News and the charge of "fake news"), terror ("Send her back), and technology (reliance on the oil, gas, & coal industries to direct policy and denial of the climate change issue despite iverwhelmongvevidence supporting).
Totalitarian ideologies reject the existing society as corrupt (rigged system, unregistered illegals voting in lastvelection) , immoral (appointmentbof far right wing judges to the Supreme Court, exhibiting serious moral character flaws) and beyond reform (again rigged system and " fake news,") project an alternative society in which these wrongs are to be redressed, and provide plans and programs for realizing the alternative order. These ideologies, supported by propaganda campaigns, demand total conformity on the part of the people.
Totalitarian forms of organization enforce this demand for conformity. Totalitarian societies are hierarchies dominated by one political party and usually by a single leader. The party penetrates the entire country through regional, provincial, local and “primary” (party-cell) organization. Youth, professional, cultural, and sports groups supplement the party’s political control. A paramilitary secret police ensures compliance. Information and ideas are effectively organized through the control of television, radio, the press, and education at all levels.
https://remember.org/guide/facts-root-nazi?
Your reluctance to "read" what is considered the defining work on fascism, suggests that:
1) like our President, you have difficulty reading, if I had the books on tape version I would srntbit ti you, but again like our Oresident you probably couldn't focus long enough to understand;
You have a very narrow scope of how you choose to package and apply a concept. You seem incapable of expanding an idea and apply the basic tenets to a bigger universe. With that I will let you flounder in you small pond of mediocrity.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
I concur. It resembled newsreels of Hitler rallies during the time leading up WWII.
t1nick replies on Jul 21, 2019:
I can cherry pick too.
Totalitarianism is a form of government in which all societal resources are monopolized by the state in an effort to penetrate and control all aspects of public and private life (Evangelical Christian direction of policy), through the state’s use of propaganda (FOX News and the charge of "fake news"), terror ("Send her back), and technology (reliance on the oil, gas, & coal industries to direct policy and denial of the climate change issue despite iverwhelmongvevidence supporting).
Totalitarian ideologies reject the existing society as corrupt (rigged system, unregistered illegals voting in lastvelection) , immoral (appointmentbof far right wing judges to the Supreme Court, exhibiting serious moral character flaws) and beyond reform (again rigged system and " fake news,") project an alternative society in which these wrongs are to be redressed, and provide plans and programs for realizing the alternative order. These ideologies, supported by propaganda campaigns, demand total conformity on the part of the people.
Totalitarian forms of organization enforce this demand for conformity. Totalitarian societies are hierarchies dominated by one political party and usually by a single leader. The party penetrates the entire country through regional, provincial, local and “primary” (party-cell) organization. Youth, professional, cultural, and sports groups supplement the party’s political control. A paramilitary secret police ensures compliance. Information and ideas are effectively organized through the control of television, radio, the press, and education at all levels.
https://remember.org/guide/facts-root-nazi?
Your reluctance to "read" what is considered the defining work on fascism, suggests that:
1) like our President, you have difficulty reading, if I had the books on tape version I would srntbit ti you, but again like our Oresident you probably couldn't focus long enough to understand;
You have a very narrow scope of how you choose to package and apply a concept. You seem incapable of expanding an idea and apply the basic tenets to a bigger universe. With that I will let you flounder in you small pond of mediocrity.
[yahoo.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
I concur. It resembled newsreels of Hitler rallies during the time leading up WWII.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
Read Hannh Arent's "Totalatarisnism".
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
I concur. It resembled newsreels of Hitler rallies during the time leading up WWII.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
Read Hannh Arent's "Totalatarisnism".
[yahoo.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
I concur. It resembled newsreels of Hitler rallies during the time leading up WWII.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
You are so misdirected. You are looking for a one to one correlation. Something be similar or hold vestiges of similarity without being exactly identical. It's not that easy. And Fascism is not always outward acting, it can be internally directed.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
I concur. It resembled newsreels of Hitler rallies during the time leading up WWII.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
You are so misdirected. You are looking for a one to one correlation. Something be similar or hold vestiges of similarity without being exactly identical. It's not that easy. And Fascism is not always outward acting, it can be internally directed.
I'll tell her when she's older...
t1nick comments on Jul 20, 2019:
lol She's beautiful. congrats
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
I here I thought you were gracing us with Jillian baby pics. lol I thought you had made the meme yourself. Silly me.
t1nick comments on Jul 20, 2019:
lol She's beautiful. congrats
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
I here I thought you were gracing us with Jillian baby pics. lol I thought you had made the meme yourself. Silly me.
[yahoo.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
I concur. It resembled newsreels of Hitler rallies during the time leading up WWII.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
Its not so much how or why he came to office. Your missing the point. Its about the actions of he and his followers and the terror and fear they perpetuate on their way up and at their peak. Its about the singling out groups they feel superior to (deemed inferior) and how they targeted them and persecuted them, and created false accusations and propaganda to rationalize thier actions
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
I concur. It resembled newsreels of Hitler rallies during the time leading up WWII.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@WonderWartHog99
Its not so much how or why he came to office. Your missing the point. Its about the actions of he and his followers and the terror and fear they perpetuate on their way up and at their peak. Its about the singling out groups they feel superior to (deemed inferior) and how they targeted them and persecuted them, and created false accusations and propaganda to rationalize thier actions
PERTURB.
t1nick comments on Jul 20, 2019:
Similar root as PERTERBATION which means a disruption? As a perterbation in the flow of water in the stream.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@Marionville
There was perturbation in my typing. Lol
t1nick comments on Jul 20, 2019:
Similar root as PERTERBATION which means a disruption? As a perterbation in the flow of water in the stream.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@Marionville
There was perturbation in my typing. Lol
PERTURB.
t1nick comments on Jul 20, 2019:
Similar root as PERTERBATION which means a disruption? As a perterbation in the flow of water in the stream.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@Marionville it is perturbation. A typo on my part. Thanks.
t1nick comments on Jul 20, 2019:
Similar root as PERTERBATION which means a disruption? As a perterbation in the flow of water in the stream.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@Marionville it is perturbation. A typo on my part. Thanks.
Any Trump supporters on here?
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
You'll find them huddled in the Conservative Atheists Group. This is their echo chamber.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@Seriousreason ???????
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
You'll find them huddled in the Conservative Atheists Group. This is their echo chamber.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
@Seriousreason ???????
About two weeks ago I got into a prolonged debate with a fellow member who was an avowed ...
believeinlove comments on Jul 20, 2019:
Not all republicans are racists but I would bet 99% of racists call themselves republican.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
Or Libertarian
believeinlove comments on Jul 20, 2019:
Not all republicans are racists but I would bet 99% of racists call themselves republican.
t1nick replies on Jul 20, 2019:
Or Libertarian
About two weeks ago I got into a prolonged debate with a fellow member who was an avowed ...
nicknotes comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Did you ever see movies of 1930s Hitler rallies? IMO they look similar to Trump rallies except Hitler picked on the Jews....Trump picks on the Immigrants.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
I just posted that exact comment in response to a Sassygirl post earlier today. They look and feel almost identical. Scary
nicknotes comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Did you ever see movies of 1930s Hitler rallies? IMO they look similar to Trump rallies except Hitler picked on the Jews....Trump picks on the Immigrants.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
I just posted that exact comment in response to a Sassygirl post earlier today. They look and feel almost identical. Scary
my old obsession, petroglyphs! There are several here I've not seen - [smithsonianmag.com]
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
I live in the land of petroglyphs - SW USA.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@Allamanda
Sure, I have an spare bedroom and can act as a guide and resource.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
I live in the land of petroglyphs - SW USA.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@Allamanda
Sure, I have an spare bedroom and can act as a guide and resource.
U.
dare2dream comments on Jul 18, 2019:
This is possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision saying prayers in legislative bodies are allowed because of historical precedence or some other baloney.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@icolan
Actually it can be applied to all religions and denominations simulataneously: regardless ehether you are Protestent, Catholic, Islam, Judism, Bhuddism, Hinduism, Rastafarism, Confucsim, Taoism, etc. Its all a horse race.
dare2dream comments on Jul 18, 2019:
This is possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision saying prayers in legislative bodies are allowed because of historical precedence or some other baloney.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@icolan
Actually it can be applied to all religions and denominations simulataneously: regardless ehether you are Protestent, Catholic, Islam, Judism, Bhuddism, Hinduism, Rastafarism, Confucsim, Taoism, etc. Its all a horse race.
U.
dare2dream comments on Jul 18, 2019:
This is possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision saying prayers in legislative bodies are allowed because of historical precedence or some other baloney.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@dare2dream
Same result no matter what. The premise doesn't change and the choices do not change. A medicre answer lacking in commitment regardless.
dare2dream comments on Jul 18, 2019:
This is possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision saying prayers in legislative bodies are allowed because of historical precedence or some other baloney.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@dare2dream
Same result no matter what. The premise doesn't change and the choices do not change. A medicre answer lacking in commitment regardless.
[yahoo.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
I concur. It resembled newsreels of Hitler rallies during the time leading up WWII.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@sassygirl3869
They don't like to be held to account for their actions or or their sympathies.
Also, I don't know how you feel about this, but there's a Jewish segment that doesn't like any comparisons to that Period or to Nazi behavior. Its understandable, but there are times when the comparisons are just too similar to ignore or stand on principle without calling it out. Some analogies are justt too apt.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
I concur. It resembled newsreels of Hitler rallies during the time leading up WWII.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@sassygirl3869
They don't like to be held to account for their actions or or their sympathies.
Also, I don't know how you feel about this, but there's a Jewish segment that doesn't like any comparisons to that Period or to Nazi behavior. Its understandable, but there are times when the comparisons are just too similar to ignore or stand on principle without calling it out. Some analogies are justt too apt.
toot sweet - quickly, immediately, at once.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Toute de siite:
The song title is a play on words, a humorous Anglicisation of the French expression "tout de suite", meaning "at once" or "right away". During World War I British soldiers serving in France, most of whom could not speak French, adopted the phrase as "toot sweet" to mean "hurry ...
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse lol. I am USAan. Lol
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Toute de siite:
The song title is a play on words, a humorous Anglicisation of the French expression "tout de suite", meaning "at once" or "right away". During World War I British soldiers serving in France, most of whom could not speak French, adopted the phrase as "toot sweet" to mean "hurry ...
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@AmelieMatisse lol. I am USAan. Lol
Good day Everyone! Its hot and humid -inside day with the air on.
gitcheegummee comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Goldie Hawn, Judy Carne, Chelsea Brown
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
Very good. I remembered two out of the three. Sock it to me. Lol
gitcheegummee comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Goldie Hawn, Judy Carne, Chelsea Brown
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
Very good. I remembered two out of the three. Sock it to me. Lol
Palladian
Pal·la·di·an
/pəˈlādēən/
adjectiveARCHITECTURE
adjective: Palladian
...
Cutiebeauty comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Related to paladin?
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
I think nothing so grand as a religious warrior knight. Lol
Cutiebeauty comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Related to paladin?
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
I think nothing so grand as a religious warrior knight. Lol
Palladian
Pal·la·di·an
/pəˈlādēən/
adjectiveARCHITECTURE
adjective: Palladian
...
AmelieMatisse comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Jefferson's Monticello is a good example of this, I believe.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
You are exactly right. It is.
AmelieMatisse comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Jefferson's Monticello is a good example of this, I believe.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
You are exactly right. It is.
Trumpers need i say more
Tooreen comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Moran was a bit gormless but its hardly a reason to publicly shame him
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@oldFloyd thank you.
Tooreen comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Moran was a bit gormless but its hardly a reason to publicly shame him
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@oldFloyd thank you.
Hey everybody.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Not all evil. The Republicans are still there. Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
My college roommate at the time, his dad was a full colonel in the army in charge of designing war simulations games for the military. We were among some of the first to play interactive games. TSR D&D was only 3vyears old when he introduced it to us.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Not all evil. The Republicans are still there. Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
My college roommate at the time, his dad was a full colonel in the army in charge of designing war simulations games for the military. We were among some of the first to play interactive games. TSR D&D was only 3vyears old when he introduced it to us.
Hey everybody.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Not all evil. The Republicans are still there. Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
I played D&D from 1976 to 1996.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Not all evil. The Republicans are still there. Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
I played D&D from 1976 to 1996.
Hey everybody.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Not all evil. The Republicans are still there. Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty Perhaps a 10th level Necromancer or above. Lol. Gandalf or Saramon where are you when we need you?
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Not all evil. The Republicans are still there. Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty Perhaps a 10th level Necromancer or above. Lol. Gandalf or Saramon where are you when we need you?
Trumpers need i say more
Tooreen comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Moran was a bit gormless but its hardly a reason to publicly shame him
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
Gormless???? What's a gormless? And by the by, yes it is.
Tooreen comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Moran was a bit gormless but its hardly a reason to publicly shame him
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
Gormless???? What's a gormless? And by the by, yes it is.
Good morning all.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Iced coffee, a good book and air conditioning
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
Have a good visit upstate.
t1nick comments on Jul 19, 2019:
Iced coffee, a good book and air conditioning
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty
Have a good visit upstate.
e·lan
/āˈlän,āˈlan/
noun
noun: elan; noun: élan
energy, style, and enthusiasm.
Cast1es comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Isn't that the name of that multi-billionaire ?
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@Marionville yes it is. Thank you
Cast1es comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Isn't that the name of that multi-billionaire ?
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@Marionville yes it is. Thank you
These Democrats are as deplorable as Republicans.
LiterateHiker comments on Jul 18, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez
Democrats are passing bills to show Americans what they support.
Doing nothing because Mitch McConnell can block House bills would make them look spineless and weak.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez is Democrat disingenuous and worse thsn Republican duplicitous? If the system is broken one can not expect it to work. Not an excuse, just an observation.
LiterateHiker comments on Jul 18, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez
Democrats are passing bills to show Americans what they support.
Doing nothing because Mitch McConnell can block House bills would make them look spineless and weak.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez is Democrat disingenuous and worse thsn Republican duplicitous? If the system is broken one can not expect it to work. Not an excuse, just an observation.
Can you name this lady? What was she famous for?
silverotter11 comments on Jul 18, 2019:
From the original Avengers, Diana Rigg played Emma Peel. Co star was Patrick Macnee. It was a British TV series. I really enjoyed it, but then I like most British TV.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@silverotter11 me either
silverotter11 comments on Jul 18, 2019:
From the original Avengers, Diana Rigg played Emma Peel. Co star was Patrick Macnee. It was a British TV series. I really enjoyed it, but then I like most British TV.
t1nick replies on Jul 19, 2019:
@silverotter11 me either
Would you want to live forever as a disembodied head? (Like Futurama)
t1nick comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As long as their is an unending supply of tacos, fig newtons, and black licorice. Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@TrailRider
I agree. My favorite is Australian soft black licorice.
t1nick comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As long as their is an unending supply of tacos, fig newtons, and black licorice. Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@TrailRider
I agree. My favorite is Australian soft black licorice.
Would you want to live forever as a disembodied head? (Like Futurama)
t1nick comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As long as their is an unending supply of tacos, fig newtons, and black licorice. Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Donotbelieve
cool. Guilty pleasures. Lol
t1nick comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As long as their is an unending supply of tacos, fig newtons, and black licorice. Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Donotbelieve
cool. Guilty pleasures. Lol
Would you want to live forever as a disembodied head? (Like Futurama)
t1nick comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As long as their is an unending supply of tacos, fig newtons, and black licorice. Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Donotbelieve
Lol
Ahhh but what away to go. Lol. Death by licorice.
t1nick comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As long as their is an unending supply of tacos, fig newtons, and black licorice. Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Donotbelieve
Lol
Ahhh but what away to go. Lol. Death by licorice.
U.
dare2dream comments on Jul 18, 2019:
This is possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision saying prayers in legislative bodies are allowed because of historical precedence or some other baloney.
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@icolan
You lose the race.
dare2dream comments on Jul 18, 2019:
This is possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision saying prayers in legislative bodies are allowed because of historical precedence or some other baloney.
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@icolan
You lose the race.
e·lan
/āˈlän,āˈlan/
noun
noun: elan; noun: élan
energy, style, and enthusiasm.
Cast1es comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Isn't that the name of that multi-billionaire ?
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
Yes. Elan Musk. Hadn't thought of that.
Cast1es comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Isn't that the name of that multi-billionaire ?
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
Yes. Elan Musk. Hadn't thought of that.
I started out liking this guy.
Cutiebeauty comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Stsinner... Spot on although I didn't block... I backed you up but it seems like you had already blocked him..
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Wildflower Was he as difficult and frustrating in person?
Cutiebeauty comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Stsinner... Spot on although I didn't block... I backed you up but it seems like you had already blocked him..
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Wildflower Was he as difficult and frustrating in person?
U.
t1nick comments on Jul 18, 2019:
It didn't work, McConnell is still there.
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@CarlRyder Just the first one which jumped out at me. Lol
t1nick comments on Jul 18, 2019:
It didn't work, McConnell is still there.
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@CarlRyder Just the first one which jumped out at me. Lol
I started out liking this guy.
Cutiebeauty comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Stsinner... Spot on although I didn't block... I backed you up but it seems like you had already blocked him..
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Wildflower His profile says Texas, not that means anything necessarily
Cutiebeauty comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Stsinner... Spot on although I didn't block... I backed you up but it seems like you had already blocked him..
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Wildflower His profile says Texas, not that means anything necessarily
U.
dare2dream comments on Jul 18, 2019:
This is possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision saying prayers in legislative bodies are allowed because of historical precedence or some other baloney.
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@dare2dream
To add more clzrity to the dizcussio. this is Pascal's Wager:
One can't possibly know if God exists, therefore;
1) If you believe in God, and he exists, you are saved and destined for heaven:);
2) If you don't believe and God truly exists, you are condemned to hell;
3) If don't believe and he doesn't exist, no harm, no foul;
4) if you believe and he doesn't exist, then all you've wasted is your time;
So the crux of Pascal's Wager is that you might as well believe, that way you are covered no matter what and the most you've donr is waste a little time and energy.
A mediocre way out.
Also associated with Pascal's Wager is:
Christianity is like a horse race. Out of the gate they all appear equally capable of making to the finish line first (aka. Apocrypha). Therefore, since all the owners (denominations) are sure their horse is the one that will come in first, and no real way to really know, hell just pick one and hope for the best (the Wager).
dare2dream comments on Jul 18, 2019:
This is possible because of a recent Supreme Court decision saying prayers in legislative bodies are allowed because of historical precedence or some other baloney.
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@dare2dream
To add more clzrity to the dizcussio. this is Pascal's Wager:
One can't possibly know if God exists, therefore;
1) If you believe in God, and he exists, you are saved and destined for heaven:);
2) If you don't believe and God truly exists, you are condemned to hell;
3) If don't believe and he doesn't exist, no harm, no foul;
4) if you believe and he doesn't exist, then all you've wasted is your time;
So the crux of Pascal's Wager is that you might as well believe, that way you are covered no matter what and the most you've donr is waste a little time and energy.
A mediocre way out.
Also associated with Pascal's Wager is:
Christianity is like a horse race. Out of the gate they all appear equally capable of making to the finish line first (aka. Apocrypha). Therefore, since all the owners (denominations) are sure their horse is the one that will come in first, and no real way to really know, hell just pick one and hope for the best (the Wager).
I started out liking this guy.
Cutiebeauty comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Stsinner... Spot on although I didn't block... I backed you up but it seems like you had already blocked him..
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@thinktwice
I know that. I lived in TX for a short while and my brother has been there for 30 years, and my brother-inlawvis a native Texan. I just like to dump on TX. Bad habit I know.
Cutiebeauty comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Stsinner... Spot on although I didn't block... I backed you up but it seems like you had already blocked him..
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@thinktwice
I know that. I lived in TX for a short while and my brother has been there for 30 years, and my brother-inlawvis a native Texan. I just like to dump on TX. Bad habit I know.
I started out liking this guy.
Cutiebeauty comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Stsinner... Spot on although I didn't block... I backed you up but it seems like you had already blocked him..
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@thinktwice
Hey he's from Texas, what do expect. Lol
Cutiebeauty comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Stsinner... Spot on although I didn't block... I backed you up but it seems like you had already blocked him..
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@thinktwice
Hey he's from Texas, what do expect. Lol
Mueller's appearance to testify may be coming too late.
Varn comments on Jul 18, 2019:
...and away we go ..blame it on The Democrats.. *Again...* I say we blame it on the **Republicans!**
Where are the Senate hearings? Where’s the public & political outrage over those refusing to show up - let alone testify at Congressional hearings? The newly won House can only do so much,...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Varn
Like you I am very concerned about the future of the country and our democracy. I concur with many of your observations. I listen to about 5-6 hours of news a day.
Listening to how the Democrats were failing to anticipate or address Trump's strategy (witnessed in last nights rally in NC), and how they do not seem to have an answer to counter his dirty politics, needless to say discouraged me. Democrats keep bringing a knife to a gunfight. They let Trump frame the dialogue and define the rules of the game. Yesterday was just another example of snatching defeat out of the mouth of victory.
Varn comments on Jul 18, 2019:
...and away we go ..blame it on The Democrats.. *Again...* I say we blame it on the **Republicans!**
Where are the Senate hearings? Where’s the public & political outrage over those refusing to show up - let alone testify at Congressional hearings? The newly won House can only do so much,...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Varn
Like you I am very concerned about the future of the country and our democracy. I concur with many of your observations. I listen to about 5-6 hours of news a day.
Listening to how the Democrats were failing to anticipate or address Trump's strategy (witnessed in last nights rally in NC), and how they do not seem to have an answer to counter his dirty politics, needless to say discouraged me. Democrats keep bringing a knife to a gunfight. They let Trump frame the dialogue and define the rules of the game. Yesterday was just another example of snatching defeat out of the mouth of victory.
Are we, (The US,) engaged in a great civil war?
kodimerlyn comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As a Canadian watching from the outside, I think you have a demagogue sitting in your whitehouse. You should be very afraid. As your neighbour I sure as shit am! And his infectious rhetoric is spreading to my country besides.
OPEN racism by a SITTING President in your country. Just THINK ...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Happy_Killbot I
It may not be there yet, or ever get to that level of crisis, but it doesn't have to bear similarities. The conservatives are using the same logic, rhetoric, and excuses for their denial of asylum seekers. It just a matter of scale at the present, not symptoms or flavor. Brown menace as opposed to Jewish menace. Read the references I provided.
kodimerlyn comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As a Canadian watching from the outside, I think you have a demagogue sitting in your whitehouse. You should be very afraid. As your neighbour I sure as shit am! And his infectious rhetoric is spreading to my country besides.
OPEN racism by a SITTING President in your country. Just THINK ...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Happy_Killbot I
It may not be there yet, or ever get to that level of crisis, but it doesn't have to bear similarities. The conservatives are using the same logic, rhetoric, and excuses for their denial of asylum seekers. It just a matter of scale at the present, not symptoms or flavor. Brown menace as opposed to Jewish menace. Read the references I provided.
Mueller's appearance to testify may be coming too late.
Varn comments on Jul 18, 2019:
...and away we go ..blame it on The Democrats.. *Again...* I say we blame it on the **Republicans!**
Where are the Senate hearings? Where’s the public & political outrage over those refusing to show up - let alone testify at Congressional hearings? The newly won House can only do so much,...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
I am a liberal progressive. The Democrats have failed to understand Republican strategy and to act aggressively enough for decades.The democrats are about the only party that can take an absolute win and turn it into a rousing defeat. I have voted principally Democratic since 1974.
Varn comments on Jul 18, 2019:
...and away we go ..blame it on The Democrats.. *Again...* I say we blame it on the **Republicans!**
Where are the Senate hearings? Where’s the public & political outrage over those refusing to show up - let alone testify at Congressional hearings? The newly won House can only do so much,...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
I am a liberal progressive. The Democrats have failed to understand Republican strategy and to act aggressively enough for decades.The democrats are about the only party that can take an absolute win and turn it into a rousing defeat. I have voted principally Democratic since 1974.
Are we, (The US,) engaged in a great civil war?
kodimerlyn comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As a Canadian watching from the outside, I think you have a demagogue sitting in your whitehouse. You should be very afraid. As your neighbour I sure as shit am! And his infectious rhetoric is spreading to my country besides.
OPEN racism by a SITTING President in your country. Just THINK ...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Happy_Killbot
In 1940, Breckenridge Long, Special assistant to the Secretary of State to FDR, set about demonizing Jewish refugees fleeing the NAZI scourge in Europe. The very people he was tasked with saving. He was responsoble for issuing visas and asylum status to Jews seeking refuge. He was virulently anti-semitic.
The relevancevis that he used many of the same arguments that are presently being employed by the Trump Administration with regard to our southern border crisis. He issued directives to his European consultants (see below) to provide as many impediments as possible to applicants of Jewish descent as possible to discourage or halt asylum seekers.
While it is true we are not presently engaged in a direct war with Mexico or Central America, and they are not facing a direct genocide like in Nazi Germany of WWII, the rhetoric is too similar. The refugees are under assault, it just doesn't have a monilithic organized front like the Nazi organization. An assault nonetheless.
Long's actions and the steps he took, the rhetoric employed and his associates engaged in were no less insidious and ultimately resulted in at least 190,000 unnecessary deaths. What is happening today relating to the southern refugees has many similarities to 1940 in substance. There too, nativistic conservative rationalizations were employed all over Europe and in the US for denying refugees asylum within their borders.
The fact that you desire a one to one comparison between the Nazi holicaust and our present crisis is shortsighted and smacks of willful ignorance and denial. You did not read the references I supplied. Broaden your horizons and quit relying on oversimplistics explation for what are obviously complex HUMAITARIAN crises.
Breckenridge Long background:
Long came to believe that he was under constant attack from what he termed radicals and the Jewish press for his stance on strict immigration controls mandated by the immigration laws in force at the time. In an intra-department memo he circulated in June 1940 Long wrote: "We can delay and effectively stop for a temporary period of indefinite length the number of immigrants into the United States. We could do this by simply advising our consuls to put every obstacle in the way and to require additional evidence and to resort to various administrative devices which would postpone and postpone and postpone the granting of the visas."[3][4]
Ultimately, the effect of the immigration policies set by Long's department was that, during American involvement in the war, ninety percent of the quota places available to immigrants from countries under German and Italian control were never filled. If they had been, an additional 190,000 people could have escaped the atrocities being committed by the ...
kodimerlyn comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As a Canadian watching from the outside, I think you have a demagogue sitting in your whitehouse. You should be very afraid. As your neighbour I sure as shit am! And his infectious rhetoric is spreading to my country besides.
OPEN racism by a SITTING President in your country. Just THINK ...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Happy_Killbot
In 1940, Breckenridge Long, Special assistant to the Secretary of State to FDR, set about demonizing Jewish refugees fleeing the NAZI scourge in Europe. The very people he was tasked with saving. He was responsoble for issuing visas and asylum status to Jews seeking refuge. He was virulently anti-semitic.
The relevancevis that he used many of the same arguments that are presently being employed by the Trump Administration with regard to our southern border crisis. He issued directives to his European consultants (see below) to provide as many impediments as possible to applicants of Jewish descent as possible to discourage or halt asylum seekers.
While it is true we are not presently engaged in a direct war with Mexico or Central America, and they are not facing a direct genocide like in Nazi Germany of WWII, the rhetoric is too similar. The refugees are under assault, it just doesn't have a monilithic organized front like the Nazi organization. An assault nonetheless.
Long's actions and the steps he took, the rhetoric employed and his associates engaged in were no less insidious and ultimately resulted in at least 190,000 unnecessary deaths. What is happening today relating to the southern refugees has many similarities to 1940 in substance. There too, nativistic conservative rationalizations were employed all over Europe and in the US for denying refugees asylum within their borders.
The fact that you desire a one to one comparison between the Nazi holicaust and our present crisis is shortsighted and smacks of willful ignorance and denial. You did not read the references I supplied. Broaden your horizons and quit relying on oversimplistics explation for what are obviously complex HUMAITARIAN crises.
Breckenridge Long background:
Long came to believe that he was under constant attack from what he termed radicals and the Jewish press for his stance on strict immigration controls mandated by the immigration laws in force at the time. In an intra-department memo he circulated in June 1940 Long wrote: "We can delay and effectively stop for a temporary period of indefinite length the number of immigrants into the United States. We could do this by simply advising our consuls to put every obstacle in the way and to require additional evidence and to resort to various administrative devices which would postpone and postpone and postpone the granting of the visas."[3][4]
Ultimately, the effect of the immigration policies set by Long's department was that, during American involvement in the war, ninety percent of the quota places available to immigrants from countries under German and Italian control were never filled. If they had been, an additional 190,000 people could have escaped the atrocities being committed by the ...
Do you listen to music from another country whose language you don’t understand but like the song ...
t1nick comments on Jul 17, 2019:
Yes, often.
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Marionville
Thank you. I'll investigate. 🙂
t1nick comments on Jul 17, 2019:
Yes, often.
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Marionville
Thank you. I'll investigate. 🙂
Are we, (The US,) engaged in a great civil war?
kodimerlyn comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As a Canadian watching from the outside, I think you have a demagogue sitting in your whitehouse. You should be very afraid. As your neighbour I sure as shit am! And his infectious rhetoric is spreading to my country besides.
OPEN racism by a SITTING President in your country. Just THINK ...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Happy_Killbot
I disagree with all your assertions and assumptions. You not seeing doesn't mean it isn't happenng to them. Generally people in that position are reluctant to discuss it.
The comparisons are apt on many levels. If you want an exact point by point comparison of circumstances you won't ever find it. Times are different, context is different, but so many of the underlyung symptoms are identical or close enough for concern. The major enemy in 1933 to 1939 was denial by the average citizen on Germany. Denial is the enemy of rationality.
I cannot engage you thouroughly at present. But will get back to when time allows.
kodimerlyn comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As a Canadian watching from the outside, I think you have a demagogue sitting in your whitehouse. You should be very afraid. As your neighbour I sure as shit am! And his infectious rhetoric is spreading to my country besides.
OPEN racism by a SITTING President in your country. Just THINK ...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Happy_Killbot
I disagree with all your assertions and assumptions. You not seeing doesn't mean it isn't happenng to them. Generally people in that position are reluctant to discuss it.
The comparisons are apt on many levels. If you want an exact point by point comparison of circumstances you won't ever find it. Times are different, context is different, but so many of the underlyung symptoms are identical or close enough for concern. The major enemy in 1933 to 1939 was denial by the average citizen on Germany. Denial is the enemy of rationality.
I cannot engage you thouroughly at present. But will get back to when time allows.
Are we, (The US,) engaged in a great civil war?
kodimerlyn comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As a Canadian watching from the outside, I think you have a demagogue sitting in your whitehouse. You should be very afraid. As your neighbour I sure as shit am! And his infectious rhetoric is spreading to my country besides.
OPEN racism by a SITTING President in your country. Just THINK ...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Happy_Killbot
@bot you are oversimplifying the issues in your three points.
1) Our "rule of law", guarantees them certain rights while they are in the country, or are applying for asylum.
2) It is true that "they are breaking the law", but we created the circumstances in Latin America which is driving the present immigration wave:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/2338489002
https://medium.com/s/story/timeline-us-intervention-central-america-a9bea9ebc148
Originally, illrgal entrance was prosecuted as a civil offense. Since Trump it has been upgraded to a criminal offense. This philosophical and legal shift has helped create a larger backlog in the courts as the prosecution of criminal defense is more complicated than a civil charge. Couple this with a failure of the Trump Administration in funneling monies to a symbolic wall that has little effect in solving the problem as opposed to using the monies to hire more judges to alleviate the backlogs. The entire problem is so much more complicated than the oversimplified assessment you suggested.
3) Once again you oversimplify. To say they are not persecuted is a misnomer. They are typically underpaid by employers knowing they have no way to seek recompense, they work jobs average Americans see beneath them, and are disrespected daily by same daily. for being in these jobs. The MAJORITY pay taxes, are law abiding, and are model citizens, yet they are slighted and mischaracterized daily by conservatives and the Administration. There are long standing and deep cultural ties binding these people to the US (specifically the US Southwest). It is incencitive to disregard these connections and their import.
I know its easier to generalize and seek simple answers to complex problems. But it is short sighted, disingenuous, and patently dishonest. It the continual oversimplification of the issues that makes this issue so devisive and ugly.
kodimerlyn comments on Jul 18, 2019:
As a Canadian watching from the outside, I think you have a demagogue sitting in your whitehouse. You should be very afraid. As your neighbour I sure as shit am! And his infectious rhetoric is spreading to my country besides.
OPEN racism by a SITTING President in your country. Just THINK ...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
@Happy_Killbot
@bot you are oversimplifying the issues in your three points.
1) Our "rule of law", guarantees them certain rights while they are in the country, or are applying for asylum.
2) It is true that "they are breaking the law", but we created the circumstances in Latin America which is driving the present immigration wave:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/2338489002
https://medium.com/s/story/timeline-us-intervention-central-america-a9bea9ebc148
Originally, illrgal entrance was prosecuted as a civil offense. Since Trump it has been upgraded to a criminal offense. This philosophical and legal shift has helped create a larger backlog in the courts as the prosecution of criminal defense is more complicated than a civil charge. Couple this with a failure of the Trump Administration in funneling monies to a symbolic wall that has little effect in solving the problem as opposed to using the monies to hire more judges to alleviate the backlogs. The entire problem is so much more complicated than the oversimplified assessment you suggested.
3) Once again you oversimplify. To say they are not persecuted is a misnomer. They are typically underpaid by employers knowing they have no way to seek recompense, they work jobs average Americans see beneath them, and are disrespected daily by same daily. for being in these jobs. The MAJORITY pay taxes, are law abiding, and are model citizens, yet they are slighted and mischaracterized daily by conservatives and the Administration. There are long standing and deep cultural ties binding these people to the US (specifically the US Southwest). It is incencitive to disregard these connections and their import.
I know its easier to generalize and seek simple answers to complex problems. But it is short sighted, disingenuous, and patently dishonest. It the continual oversimplification of the issues that makes this issue so devisive and ugly.
The News media bears a great responsibility in getting Donald Trump elected in 2016.
MsHoliday comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Agreed. Even here in Canada he is covered relentlessly, and the opposition spends all it’s time in rebuttal and not on the issues. I heard this morning on CBC news, that 45’s rating went up with his base after his racist tweet. I have predicted that he will have another four years and then ...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
I hear you and agree. We are embarked on a slippery slope and stand on the edge of an abyss that will change the fabric of the nation and the world.
MsHoliday comments on Jul 18, 2019:
Agreed. Even here in Canada he is covered relentlessly, and the opposition spends all it’s time in rebuttal and not on the issues. I heard this morning on CBC news, that 45’s rating went up with his base after his racist tweet. I have predicted that he will have another four years and then ...
t1nick replies on Jul 18, 2019:
I hear you and agree. We are embarked on a slippery slope and stand on the edge of an abyss that will change the fabric of the nation and the world.
Finally hit 9.
t1nick comments on Jul 17, 2019:
Congrats. That's quite a feat.
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
@MissKathleen
I could use some luck. Lol
t1nick comments on Jul 17, 2019:
Congrats. That's quite a feat.
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
@MissKathleen
I could use some luck. Lol
Camp d'accueil
The Third Republic and the Vichy regime would successively call these places ...
bobwjr comments on Jul 17, 2019:
Asshole
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
@bobwjr
This camp and term was mentioned in the novel I'm reading. Didn't know its exact meaning, thus my reason for posting.
bobwjr comments on Jul 17, 2019:
Asshole
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
@bobwjr
This camp and term was mentioned in the novel I'm reading. Didn't know its exact meaning, thus my reason for posting.
Camp d'accueil
The Third Republic and the Vichy regime would successively call these places ...
bobwjr comments on Jul 17, 2019:
Asshole
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
Me? Or Trump?
bobwjr comments on Jul 17, 2019:
Asshole
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
Me? Or Trump?
Camp d'accueil
The Third Republic and the Vichy regime would successively call these places ...
AmelieMatisse comments on Jul 17, 2019:
When does this mindset end?
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
I wish I knew.
AmelieMatisse comments on Jul 17, 2019:
When does this mindset end?
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
I wish I knew.
Finally hit 9.
t1nick comments on Jul 17, 2019:
Congrats. That's quite a feat.
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
@sassygirl3869
Hey I just hit 888 fans on my profile. Not sure how I did that or what it means, but hey whatever. Lol
t1nick comments on Jul 17, 2019:
Congrats. That's quite a feat.
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
@sassygirl3869
Hey I just hit 888 fans on my profile. Not sure how I did that or what it means, but hey whatever. Lol
This article shows exactly what has happened in America since January 2017.
t1nick comments on Jul 16, 2019:
You make an astute observation. However how can we stand by and do nothing. That is as counterproductive as challenging it and losing. But, we must stand up to boorish and racist behavior no matter up.
IMO we may be at a racial tipping point. The racial genie is out of the bottle and cannot ...
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez
You pose strong arguments. I'm not sure Bernie, Elizabeth or Biden for that matter are the answer. Bernie and Biden are tone deaf to many undercurrents that are evolving in society. They are white males of my generation and that is not playing well in many circles. They think like white males and that has shown to be a problem.
Eluzabeth is forging new ground and backing it up with good policy ideas. She is the better bet of the three. I'm not sure of her ability to handle the nasty politics of Trump and his supporters. Not that she is not capable, its that she has integrity and that won't win the day in the underhanded, and ugly politics that Trump will bring.
The "Squads" time may have not come yet. They may be ahead of the curve, but are indicative of a growing undercurrent.
Right now, the best we can hope for is that Trump continues to wear the greater voting public down with his vitriol, sophomorics stunts and hate that he undermines himself. That is barring a candidate arising with a coherent plan, sufficient charisma, and intestinal fortitude to go toe to toe with Trump.
t1nick comments on Jul 16, 2019:
You make an astute observation. However how can we stand by and do nothing. That is as counterproductive as challenging it and losing. But, we must stand up to boorish and racist behavior no matter up.
IMO we may be at a racial tipping point. The racial genie is out of the bottle and cannot ...
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez
You pose strong arguments. I'm not sure Bernie, Elizabeth or Biden for that matter are the answer. Bernie and Biden are tone deaf to many undercurrents that are evolving in society. They are white males of my generation and that is not playing well in many circles. They think like white males and that has shown to be a problem.
Eluzabeth is forging new ground and backing it up with good policy ideas. She is the better bet of the three. I'm not sure of her ability to handle the nasty politics of Trump and his supporters. Not that she is not capable, its that she has integrity and that won't win the day in the underhanded, and ugly politics that Trump will bring.
The "Squads" time may have not come yet. They may be ahead of the curve, but are indicative of a growing undercurrent.
Right now, the best we can hope for is that Trump continues to wear the greater voting public down with his vitriol, sophomorics stunts and hate that he undermines himself. That is barring a candidate arising with a coherent plan, sufficient charisma, and intestinal fortitude to go toe to toe with Trump.
This article shows exactly what has happened in America since January 2017.
t1nick comments on Jul 16, 2019:
You make an astute observation. However how can we stand by and do nothing. That is as counterproductive as challenging it and losing. But, we must stand up to boorish and racist behavior no matter up.
IMO we may be at a racial tipping point. The racial genie is out of the bottle and cannot ...
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez
You may be right on the long run. However, anytime an old paradigm is challenged, the old guard or those that are comfortable with the known rise up and find fault. You may be right that this may not be the right time to initiate an assault on the existing order. The price is high, which is giving Trump a victory in 2020.
But I am not opposed to the "Sqad". They are bringung up issies that have been around under the surface for a long time. 1) The 64' Voters Rights got rid of overt Jim Crow, but failed to rid us of institutional racism.
2) Roe brought to light the need for women to control their own bodies and that they have the right to be taken seriously as a women, and especially as a women of color.
3) That the present policies in Isreal are apartheid and being supported and financially funded by our own politicians, with an Evandelical push to hasten a hypothical second coming. and
4) ACA brought us closer to recognizing that health care should be a right and not just privilige of those with money. Their message is difficult and ultimately painful for some in this country to stomach. These are issues that will come to the forefront eventually.
Is this the right time given the stakes. Perhaps not if our goal is rid ourselves of Trump in 2020? But I am glad that someone has brought these issues to thevlight of day.
t1nick comments on Jul 16, 2019:
You make an astute observation. However how can we stand by and do nothing. That is as counterproductive as challenging it and losing. But, we must stand up to boorish and racist behavior no matter up.
IMO we may be at a racial tipping point. The racial genie is out of the bottle and cannot ...
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez
You may be right on the long run. However, anytime an old paradigm is challenged, the old guard or those that are comfortable with the known rise up and find fault. You may be right that this may not be the right time to initiate an assault on the existing order. The price is high, which is giving Trump a victory in 2020.
But I am not opposed to the "Sqad". They are bringung up issies that have been around under the surface for a long time. 1) The 64' Voters Rights got rid of overt Jim Crow, but failed to rid us of institutional racism.
2) Roe brought to light the need for women to control their own bodies and that they have the right to be taken seriously as a women, and especially as a women of color.
3) That the present policies in Isreal are apartheid and being supported and financially funded by our own politicians, with an Evandelical push to hasten a hypothical second coming. and
4) ACA brought us closer to recognizing that health care should be a right and not just privilige of those with money. Their message is difficult and ultimately painful for some in this country to stomach. These are issues that will come to the forefront eventually.
Is this the right time given the stakes. Perhaps not if our goal is rid ourselves of Trump in 2020? But I am glad that someone has brought these issues to thevlight of day.
This article shows exactly what has happened in America since January 2017.
t1nick comments on Jul 16, 2019:
You make an astute observation. However how can we stand by and do nothing. That is as counterproductive as challenging it and losing. But, we must stand up to boorish and racist behavior no matter up.
IMO we may be at a racial tipping point. The racial genie is out of the bottle and cannot ...
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez
A momentary blip. It what happens in the long run that counts. Trump and Party has demonized the sqad. Its up to Pelosi to bring perspective.
t1nick comments on Jul 16, 2019:
You make an astute observation. However how can we stand by and do nothing. That is as counterproductive as challenging it and losing. But, we must stand up to boorish and racist behavior no matter up.
IMO we may be at a racial tipping point. The racial genie is out of the bottle and cannot ...
t1nick replies on Jul 17, 2019:
@SeaGreenEyez
A momentary blip. It what happens in the long run that counts. Trump and Party has demonized the sqad. Its up to Pelosi to bring perspective.
Trump Is a Racist. If You Still Support Him, So Are You.
t1nick comments on Jul 16, 2019:
If you disagree with Trump and think his words are racist, but remain quiet, you are complicit. By staying quiet you give implicit permission to the perpetrator, making you just as guilty as the perpetrator.
Just ask the vicitms of Naxi Germany 1933 to 1945
That population was silent too as...
t1nick replies on Jul 16, 2019:
@DZhukovin
Im not sure I agree. Would have to process and research that claim.
t1nick comments on Jul 16, 2019:
If you disagree with Trump and think his words are racist, but remain quiet, you are complicit. By staying quiet you give implicit permission to the perpetrator, making you just as guilty as the perpetrator.
Just ask the vicitms of Naxi Germany 1933 to 1945
That population was silent too as...
t1nick replies on Jul 16, 2019:
@DZhukovin
Im not sure I agree. Would have to process and research that claim.
Trump's "RACISTS" twit.
t1nick comments on Jul 15, 2019:
Trump is the "twit" what he put out was a "tweet". Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 16, 2019:
@Jacar
I guess that makes you a twit then. Lol. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
t1nick comments on Jul 15, 2019:
Trump is the "twit" what he put out was a "tweet". Lol
t1nick replies on Jul 16, 2019:
@Jacar
I guess that makes you a twit then. Lol. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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