Will Bernie Sanders Will Be Our President in 2020? - CounterPunch.org

wordywalt comments on Sep 6, 2019:

I do not believe that Bernie is the best Democratic candidate. If he were chosen as the candidate of our party, I would vote for him without regret, but would prefer another candidate.

Did atheism somehow cause - or contribute to - the rise of science?

wordywalt comments on Sep 6, 2019:

I think that the primary contributor to the rise of science has been and will be simply a desire to understand, and to use such understanding to make human life better. I think that the rise of science has contributed to the growth of atheism.

Psychiatrists recommend evaluation: "Trump’s communicative abilities appear to be deteriorating" ...

wordywalt comments on Sep 6, 2019:

I always thought that his communication skills were severely lacking showing disorganization, impulsiveness, and inability to maintain a train of thought.

Scientists identify the genes linked to left-handedness

wordywalt comments on Sep 6, 2019:

As a left-hander, I sfound similar research interesting when I encountered it decades ago.

Vlad the Cad must be a student of Sun Tzu, The Art of War, "You can win without fighting by sowing ...

wordywalt comments on Sep 5, 2019:

Creating chaos is a signature tactic of Putin.

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wordywalt comments on Sep 5, 2019:

Trump is vry capable of dumping anyone when it sits his perceived purposes.

Hellooo fellow freethinkers! I just found out about this site and joined.

wordywalt comments on Sep 5, 2019:

Welcome. You will find that there are lots of worthwhile thoughts, information and experiences shared on the site. But, be prepared for the fact that you will find a few angry and aggressive right wing nuts on the site, too.

Wenatchee 12-year-old arrested for threatening to shoot up school.

wordywalt comments on Sep 5, 2019:

I remember a case in Arkansas in which two elementary school boys took a rifle from the grandfather's home and killed fellow students from a distance. All kids must be made to understand that such a threat is not an appropriate joke.

Mike Pence’s Political Team Has Spent Nearly a Quarter Million Dollars at Trump Properties ...

wordywalt comments on Sep 4, 2019:

Masing Pence just another cog in the Trump cabal of corruption.

Brexit Deal

wordywalt comments on Sep 4, 2019:

Being a part of the EEYU helps the British economy. The issue to xenophobic Brits is open immigration from anywhere in the EEU. They are the ones who have forced Brexit.

Why are we - or some of us - able to understand the universe?

wordywalt comments on Sep 4, 2019:

Do you mean that none of us will ever completely understand the universe and its infinite complexity? If you didn't, you should have.

For those still troubled by religion.

wordywalt comments on Sep 4, 2019:

I don't look at it as a matter of defeating anyone or their influence. Rather, I view it as a process of a process of growing up and deciding for myself who I am and will be.

Do religious people really believe what they say?

wordywalt comments on Sep 3, 2019:

I really believe that more than a few "Christians" would like to disbelieve, but are totally frightened by the possibility of Hell as a penalty for their disbelief.

NRA slams Walmart for caving to ‘anti-gun elites’ after retailer ends handgun ammo sales ...

wordywalt comments on Sep 3, 2019:

The NRA is getting scared that it is losing its influence and power. They are, and I am damned glad of it!

Is it ethical to have children?

wordywalt comments on Sep 3, 2019:

Only if you are willing and able to devote the time, energy, and love to their rearing that helps them to become physically and emotionally children with a lust for life and learning.

A vegan woman sued her neighbors for barbecuing in their backyard: 'It's deliberate' [yahoo.

wordywalt comments on Sep 3, 2019:

Hell, no!

My mother is having a family cookout on Friday.

wordywalt comments on Sep 3, 2019:

Try holding your own family get-together, inviting only he family members you want to attend.

Evangelical Leader Claims Teaching Kids Basic Science Causes Mass Shootings

wordywalt comments on Sep 3, 2019:

Perkins is a loathsome, lying demagogue.

If Christianity didn’t exist, nor would this site.

wordywalt comments on Sep 2, 2019:

The world will never be perfect. We live in a universe of bounded chaos, and all organisms are imperfect.

Trump plays golf as Dorian moves dangerously close to US - The New Daily [thenewdaily.

wordywalt comments on Sep 2, 2019:

What do you expect? It is Donald Trump, isn't it?

Has anyone ever had any impossible prayers answered? 🤪

wordywalt comments on Sep 2, 2019:

To believe that any prayer has ever been answered would require belief in god. Even when I believed as a child, no prayer was ever answered.

Should atheists subscribe to naturalism or even scientism?

wordywalt comments on Sep 2, 2019:

The only "ism" that I subscribe to is existentialism.

I do not think many here really care what happens to their remains after they die.

wordywalt comments on Sep 2, 2019:

My two daughters and my wife are to scatter my ashes on a windswept point on a lake where I fished often, while playing the "Ashoken Farewell" on a cell phone or some electronic device.

I am curious what is the general consensus in this community on the notion of death and then the ...

wordywalt comments on Sep 2, 2019:

I have instructed my wife and daughters that when I die, there is to be no funeral, no kind of service or ceremony of any kind. My ashes are simply to be scattered near a lake I fished in often, and simply the "Ashoken farewell" is to be played, with only my two daughters and, if she survives me, my wife.

Religion & science--the topsy twins of human affairs.

wordywalt comments on Sep 2, 2019:

It is not a matter of the unschooled. I know more than a few people with advanced degrees who are still religious. It is more a matter of personality - people who feel that they need absolute certainty for now and forever, people who feel relatively powerless and need to belong to a community of true believers in a total system ideology.

Things I Didn’t Know – Note To My White Self

wordywalt comments on Sep 2, 2019:

If you did not know it, you were not an educated person who was actually reared in the South. We knew those things just like the vast majority of Germans knew about the death camps late in WW II.

Chiropractors are bullshit | The Outline

wordywalt comments on Sep 2, 2019:

I saw a chiropractor once out of desperation about back problems. After his phony manipulations, I lost all felling in my right leg and had to undergo back surgery the next day.

People say "older and wiser" my question is, how old will Trump have to be?

wordywalt comments on Sep 2, 2019:

He is incapable of becoming wiser, period!

[theguardian.

wordywalt comments on Sep 1, 2019:

I certainly hope that you do not mean to imply that all Americans are mentally deranged dimwits. If you do, then I find your attitude offensive.

Despite us both being atheists, my roommate and I had a disagreement on the usage of the word ...

wordywalt comments on Sep 1, 2019:

Babies are born without beliefs of any kind. That does not make them atheists. Being an atheist is a conscious choice.

Trump's takeaway from the Dutch slave trade exhibit at the Museum of African American History was, ...

wordywalt comments on Sep 1, 2019:

An absolute narcissist and sociopath.

Franklin Graham: School Boards Must Be Run by Evangelical Christians | Michael Stone

wordywalt comments on Aug 31, 2019:

Franklin is an extremely dangerous charlatan demagogue. His father was a decent man. He is not.

In Control of Trump's Brain!

wordywalt comments on Aug 31, 2019:

No one is in control of Trump's brain '' especially not Trump.

"There are three important patterns of twentieth-century secularization : First, secularization has...

wordywalt comments on Aug 30, 2019:

Has the author really examined trends in Asia? If so, I would like to know exactly what he found.

Firings Of Disabled Federal Workers Have Increased 24% Under Trump

wordywalt comments on Aug 29, 2019:

Yes, they did!

'Fck You, I Like Guns.'

wordywalt comments on Aug 29, 2019:

All of the NRA supporters have no conscience.

Alabama Republicans approve resolution calling for Omar to be expelled from Congress | TheHill

wordywalt comments on Aug 29, 2019:

Those Republicans should be removed from office for blatant bigotry and overt corruption.

A doctor and medical ethicist argues life after 75 is not worth living

wordywalt comments on Aug 29, 2019:

It may not be worth living for some, but it is for me. I am as mentally alert as I ever was, and physically fit. I still enjoy many facets of life. Through a lifetime of work and public service, I earned the time that I have that I can still enjoy.

George Conway: Trump engaged in criminal ‘market manipulation’ by lying about China calls ...

wordywalt comments on Aug 29, 2019:

The cretin is incapable of honest, honorable action.

Whats the point of having 2 houses of government when you have a mad dictator doing their jobs?

wordywalt comments on Aug 29, 2019:

It is the job of Congress and the Judicial system to rein him in. Unfortunately, Moscow Mitch will not allow that to occur.

Another day, and more 🐂 💩💩💩.

wordywalt comments on Aug 29, 2019:

If you are not, get involved politically. Together with millions of other patriotic Americans, we can permanently remove this mental and moral cretin from the public scene.

Exposing America’s Biggest Hypocrites: Evangelical Christians

wordywalt comments on Aug 29, 2019:

Absolutely true. These charlatan demagogues will do ANYTHING to gain power so as to enact their false dogma into law.

Police: Connecticut Man Tests His New Guns By Firing Into Park Full Of Kids Playing Softball – CBS...

wordywalt comments on Aug 29, 2019:

That cretin should be held without bail!

Trump Demands Staff Break Any Laws Necessary to Get Wall Built by 2020 | Vanity Fair

wordywalt comments on Aug 29, 2019:

An impeachable offense.

A Louisiana Parish Jailed a U.

wordywalt comments on Aug 29, 2019:

Totally unacceptable. The people involved in jailing the person should be jailed themselves.

Children of US troops born overseas will no longer get automatic American citizenship, Trump ...

wordywalt comments on Aug 28, 2019:

The Trump administration is a bunch of heartless SOBs.

Trump Pushes to Open the World’s Largest Remaining Temperate Rainforest to Logging and Mining

wordywalt comments on Aug 28, 2019:

Given Trump, that is no surprise.

Something just popped into my head and I don't feel like researching.

wordywalt comments on Aug 28, 2019:

The onlything that Norquist is against is taxation.

Time to start prepping for the possibility of Dorian coming to call.

wordywalt comments on Aug 28, 2019:

Good advice. I have experienced 4 hurricanes.

Oh--this hurts my heart with physical pain! Having come out of patriarchal, quiverfull, ...

wordywalt comments on Aug 28, 2019:

What a truly evil blog!

"This is how it is with the universe.

wordywalt comments on Aug 28, 2019:

There is not a single word, or even hint of a word, about "chosen" in that statement. Happenstance is not choice.

Alleged Child Predator Welcomed Back To GOP With Open Arms - The Intellectualist

wordywalt comments on Aug 28, 2019:

Not surprised. They embrace Trump, don't they?

Hill Trump complains about media coverage of Warren’s crowd sizes [thehill.

wordywalt comments on Aug 28, 2019:

He is going to have a terrible tantrum when her poll numbers continue to go up and his continue to go down.

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wordywalt comments on Aug 28, 2019:

No further building should be allowed on ground vulnerable to rising sea levels.

Beatrice man sentenced to 8 years probation in sexual assault case

wordywalt comments on Aug 27, 2019:

That judge should be removed from the bench.

New Oregon Bill Would Allow Black People to Sue Folks Who Make Frivolous 911 Calls with Racist ...

wordywalt comments on Aug 27, 2019:

It is about time!

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE HEARD THIS?

wordywalt comments on Aug 27, 2019:

A stupid, arrogant woman!

White lawmaker warns black attorney she may ‘go missing’ if Confederate statues are threatened -...

wordywalt comments on Aug 27, 2019:

Is not such a threat a crime? If not, it should be.

Is David correct?

wordywalt comments on Aug 27, 2019:

It certainly drives Republican politics and the politics of the super-rich. It ignores that computer-based economic models based on those points of view prove to be off target with real frequency -- indicating false assumptions at their very core.

As a child, I really enjoyed church, Sunday school, and Vacation Bible School--the dressing up, the ...

wordywalt comments on Aug 27, 2019:

I did it all, but I can't say that I really enjoyed it. As a small child, I would rather have been out playing with my friends. As a teenager, I would have much preferred to be hunting, fishing, swimming, exploring.

A year or two ago, I read an article about Franklin Graham becoming angry with Bank of America, I ...

wordywalt comments on Aug 26, 2019:

If Billy could see what Franklin is doing, he would roll over in his grave. Franklin is simply a charlatan.

Trump defends bid to host G7 at his Miami resort: 'I don't care about money' | US news | The ...

wordywalt comments on Aug 26, 2019:

The moral idiot simply cannot stop lying.

Seems legit! Funny that a trumpster posted this. [facebook.com]

wordywalt comments on Aug 26, 2019:

Matches his intelligence and his tendencies.

A Campaign Targeting Our Staff | The New York Times Company

wordywalt comments on Aug 26, 2019:

Both dangerous and reprehensible action by Trump, but matches his character.

Donald Trump’s wildlife protection board full of people who like killing animals for fun | The ...

wordywalt comments on Aug 25, 2019:

Exactly as one should expect of this destructive monster.

The Trump presidency is not just unfolding, it is unraveling - The Washington Post

wordywalt comments on Aug 25, 2019:

The absolute truth!

"Common Sense".

wordywalt comments on Aug 25, 2019:

Common sense is simply good judgment based on keen perception, excellent ability to analyze situations, and appropriate choices of courses of action. The more knowledge and experience in different situations the person has, the more frequently the person shows common sense.

Ok so I've tried to be good.

wordywalt comments on Aug 25, 2019:

Hope it turns out well.

'A deep and boiling anger': NBC/WSJ poll finds a pessimistic America despite current economic ...

wordywalt comments on Aug 25, 2019:

Damned right!

Something I've been thinking about lately is this.

wordywalt comments on Aug 25, 2019:

This time le will be verbally pummeled

If you could be alone and totally undisturbed with tRump for 10 minutes, what would you do or say?

wordywalt comments on Aug 25, 2019:

I would not say a word. I would spit in his face, then what I would do I cannot say in public because it would be considered a threat.

Trump's plan to cage kids indefinitely while denying them vaccines is ethnic cleansing in plain ...

wordywalt comments on Aug 25, 2019:

It is clearly unconscionable and unconstitutional -- indeed criminal.

Agnostics should just start our own political party..

wordywalt comments on Aug 24, 2019:

I don't think so. Further political fragmentation would play into the hands of the political right.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, who grew up around 'broken' and defeated Nazis, has some blunt advice for the...

wordywalt comments on Aug 24, 2019:

Not only Trump, but all southern politicians need to listen to Arnold.

Guess who put it in tRumps head to get out of the Iran nuclear deal?

wordywalt comments on Aug 23, 2019:

What is this fool Cotton's background and motive? What is he after?

There's a lot of lawsuits, subpoenas, and legal wrangling. What's he hiding?

wordywalt comments on Aug 23, 2019:

More grounds of impeachment of Trump and for removal and prosecution of all appointed persons involved

How to stop men from picking up a precious wood sculpture?

wordywalt comments on Aug 23, 2019:

Sorry, but as an artistic piece, it virtually asked to be examined and enjoyed from different perspectives. Don't display in the open it if you don't want people to touch it.

We need to prepare for this

wordywalt comments on Aug 23, 2019:

Damned right!!

Trump says he's ordering American companies to immediately start looking for an alternative to China...

wordywalt comments on Aug 23, 2019:

The man is a tewrribly destructive lunatic.

I get so sick of being labeled a "bleeding heart liberal" or other such epithet every time I express...

wordywalt comments on Aug 23, 2019:

I fully understand. I usually respond to such remarks by saying something like, "just what I would expect from an irrational, bigoted and aggressive member of the reactionary right."

"Logic, logic, logic.

wordywalt comments on Aug 22, 2019:

Logic is not the beginning of wisdom. (1)Acute and accurate perceptions (2) formed into meaningful cognitive structures (3) tested by comparing to reality make of the heart of wisdom.

No one can tell me why I am here in this mystery.

wordywalt comments on Aug 22, 2019:

You face the existential dilemma. At first, it is frightening, almost overwhelming. Then, when we face the face that we all die and that is all there is, and that there is no inherent meaning in our lives, the fact is freeing, even exhilarating. It means that this life is all that we have, and we would do well to both enjoy it and do the most we can with it. It gives us the freedom to choose our own courses of action and make our own decisions -- to construct our own meaning. But, that carries with it responsibility for those choices and actions, for we could always have chosen otherwise. That is the heart of existential philosophy.

Will You Act Now You POS!

wordywalt comments on Aug 22, 2019:

It does not disturb McConnell. He has no conscience, only greed and lust for power.

Just as an fyi, there is NO way 45 can actually DO anything about overturning the 14th Amendment.

wordywalt comments on Aug 22, 2019:

Even a stacked Supreme Court will have to overrule the aspiring dictator.

There's a method to his madness! According to these writers, he doesn't just blurt out stupid things...

wordywalt comments on Aug 22, 2019:

There may be some lunatic method in his madness, but it is reekingly irrational, immoral, unconstitutional, and corrupt.

Majority of terrorists who have attacked America are not Muslim, new study finds | The Independent

wordywalt comments on Aug 21, 2019:

No, they are white supremacists.

And people wonder why most conservative don’t like Obama.

wordywalt comments on Aug 21, 2019:

This is the biggest piece of propagandistic tripe I have seen in a long time. It ranks with Trumps grossest lies. I am a liberal and I served my country in the US Army in Berlin at the height of the Cold War, and did so proudly. I am a patriot, and I do not buy one ounce of your hostile bull-shit. I support our troops when they serve our nation. I respect our military leaders when they act with loyalty to our constitution and with honesty and courage in speaking truth to power. I am not one of those false patriots who chant "love it or leave it." I am more than willing to tell our leaders when our country is headed in the wrong direction as it sure as hell is now.

UPDATE on Religion's professor saying atheism is a religion.

wordywalt comments on Aug 21, 2019:

He is off his intellectual rocker and uses the most fallacious of reasoning for try to call atheism a religion. There is no set of theological beliefs I adhere to. I do not worship anyone or anything. I am not a member of any congregation.

No need to add funny pic, no need to generate anger but Trump just said at the press huddle that "He...

wordywalt comments on Aug 21, 2019:

If there were a god, Trump would burn in hell.

The writings of the "New Atheists" are certainly not meant to give you a warm and cuddly feeling.

wordywalt comments on Aug 21, 2019:

I disagree. Each and every one of us suffers in some way -- big or small -- from random events over which we have no control. I have learned to say, "That is life" and pick up and move on. We should celeb rate the times when random events go right for us and the good times we have and be aware that there will be more.

Banks Want Efficiency. Critics Warn of Backsliding.

wordywalt comments on Aug 21, 2019:

The regulations shouldstay in effect.

Trump cancels his trip to Denmark because they refused to sale him Greenland.

wordywalt comments on Aug 21, 2019:

How about both?

Research Suggests Trump's Election Has Been Detrimental to Many Americans' Mental Health - Pacific ...

wordywalt comments on Aug 21, 2019:

I am sure that this is true.

Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written.

wordywalt comments on Aug 20, 2019:

Unless you have lived in the southern bible belt, you really have no idea of how crippling white supremacy is to both Blacks and whites is in the south. Blacks have to live with it every day of their lives. It takes painful learning and "soul-searching:" for a white person who grew up in it to escape it -- if he or she ever does. .

Hi pals say hello to Luna.

wordywalt comments on Aug 20, 2019:

She could almost be a younger version of my Luna, except that my Luna has a white front left paw, a white back right pay, and a white tip on her tail. I hope that your Luna turns out to be as sweet a little companion as my Luna is.

Another expert weighs in.

wordywalt comments on Aug 20, 2019:

Those among the many descriptors of Trump's depth and breadth of malevolence.

Kamala Harris Plummets in Recent Poll She now trends at 5% [cnn.com]

wordywalt comments on Aug 20, 2019:

Kamala is a very capable person. But, her personality does not make her a genuinely likeable person. I think she would make a good U.S. Attorney General.

We have a problem in the USA!

wordywalt comments on Aug 20, 2019:

It is called violent white supremacy.

tRumps post White House living accommodations

wordywalt comments on Aug 20, 2019:

Too good for him.

The evil of tRump, let us count the ways: 1) Severely mentally disturbed Your turn -

wordywalt comments on Aug 20, 2019:

Sociiopathic , if not psychopathic.