"We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." - Ayn Rand

zeuser comments on Sep 18, 2020:

As they say, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Excuse me.... I have to say something

zeuser comments on Sep 18, 2020:

Any difference in caloric consumption depending on left hand vs. right hand?

Fed-Up Ex-RNC Chair Absolutely Loses It Over Trump's 'I'm With Stupid' Backers [huffpost.

zeuser comments on Sep 18, 2020:

I'm always amazed that Mr. Steele was at one time the leader of the republican party apparatus. He was always way too smart to get involved with that shit-show, and he has spent his post RNC career atoning for that initial lack of judgment.

"If you pray for rain long enough, it eventually does fall.

zeuser comments on Sep 18, 2020:

Steve-a-rino! SMOCK SMOCK!

"The great merit of the capitalist system, it has been said, is that it succeeds in using the ...

zeuser comments on Sep 17, 2020:

Capitalism is just an economic concept that has been popularly expanded to include a lot of other ideological by-products. Economics is the study of the production and distribution of resources. Capitalism suggests that land, labor and capital are the components of one system to do this, coupled with entrepreneurial motivation. By itself, it doesn't enable any nasty behavior or guarantee any ultimate benefit, that is the role of society and, more broadly, civilization. Economic phenomena do not exist in a vacuum, other factors also act to either inspire or inhibit any particular motivations, and nasty vs. beneficial is, ultimately, a value judgment.

What do you see?

zeuser comments on Sep 17, 2020:

I see a sycophantic suck up with a sadistic malevolence enabled by proximity to an equally malevolent power. It is a symbiotic relationship, like a pilot fish attached to the underside of an aquatic predator, but the pilot fish can also detach and attack. The worst presidential situation I've seen in my lifetime.

Not that I believe in jinxes, but I am leery of getting my hopes up too high, only to have them ...

zeuser comments on Sep 17, 2020:

All of this is possible, but these speculative scenarios take place in a vacuum devoid of the effects his followers will exert via violence and intimidation. That, IMO, is Trump's ace in the hole - his ability to inspire his dispirited well-armed base to acts of insurrection and civil rebellion. And all of this may occur before the next administration even takes office, between what I think will be an electoral defeat and the actual transfer of power. However, the general non-mouth breathing public has an ace or two up its sleeve as well - the insurrection's incompetence and lack of coherent leadership. The potential rebels do not answer to a single unambiguous command structure, and are thus subject to disorganization and infighting. That, however, would be enough to disrupt a lot of our institutions, and may be augmented by a motivated and competent foreign intervention. It's all guesswork until things happen. I hope I see this jerkwad behind bars, I really do. It won't be easy.

Trump Claims CDC Director Mistaken About Vaccine Timing President Trump repeatedly contradicted...

zeuser comments on Sep 17, 2020:

Yeah, nobody could see that one coming. JFC

Here is my latest theory on Q-Anon.

zeuser comments on Sep 17, 2020:

The most obvious answer is that someone (individual, group, government, corporation) who stands to make money off of this bullshit is behind it. Who's making money on this nonsense? That's who is behind it.

OOOPS!!!! "President Donald Trump and "Spike." Mike Pence left off ballots....

zeuser comments on Sep 17, 2020:

Hang on. Where does Spike stand on LGBTQ equality? He may be an improvement over "Hall Closet" Mike.

Trumpist "Mass Delusion" Scarier Than We've Thought! (Mass Delusion Being Just What Religion Is!):...

zeuser comments on Sep 17, 2020:

Yeah, the similarities to evangelical religious fervor are too numerous to ignore or explain away by policy preference. Some scary shit here. We haven't gotten to burning at the stakes or wanton lynching. Yet.

I'm guessing 100+ mph

zeuser comments on Sep 17, 2020:

Kryptonian fly?

Third Wednesday group

zeuser comments on Sep 16, 2020:

Yeah, sad but true. 😞

Wednesday trumpies

zeuser comments on Sep 16, 2020:

Good job, buddy.

Something they would do

zeuser comments on Sep 16, 2020:

Actually, that's not a bad marketing strategy.

Truth be told....

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

He may not revive, but he'll go out with a smile on his face.

Two 5 year old children, a boy and a girl , are standing, facing each other and talking when the boy...

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Try that on Mayor Pete and see how far you get.

Nope, not evil, a TRUE American.

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

It makes you my brother!

We got asked to print out the homework for an 8 year old girl. She goes to a catholic school.

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Ok, but how is Trump involved exactly?

A little funny....

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

For that joke, thirty lashes!

Never thought about it that way

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Yep. I've often said this. Cruelty is the point.

Knock, Knock.... Do you have any in your life? [thoughtco.com]

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Military intelligence?

Morning Joe rump Defies Virus Restrictions With Indoor Rally In Nevada The people behind ...

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

A lot of the people at the rally were actually paid to be there. Imagine being that desperate for a buck.

WHAT ARE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS GOING TO DO?

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Good list, these all deserve at least a floor debate. Some, like limiting presidential pardon power, would require an amendment. But yeah, this would be largely symbolic. Nothing like this gets anywhere without term limits first, even with a democratic majority in both houses.

I’ve never watched the Dr.

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Wow, that's gotta be scary for any community, especially one like yours on a small island with a very delicate ecosystem and probably social services not adequate for a group of nutbags like this. I'm happy they are leaving, sorry for wherever they wind up. Good luck to all of you, may harmony find you all.

A team of evangelical Christian explorers claim they've found the remains of Noah's ark beneath snow...

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Was Howard Hughes diary and Amelia Earhardt's airplane there too? What about Jimmy Hoffa? LOL

"It'll start getting cooler. You just watch" - - prezdent dumfuk [slate.com]

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Hell, let me get a pen and write this down so I can own the libtards. JFC

Can the truth be funny or in this case is it sad?

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

It can be both funny and sad simultaneously.

I have renamed the Lucky Charms to just Lucky because the kids eat all of the marshmallows out of ...

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

I used to do this, oh, 60 or so years ago.

The Cheeto just hired a flat earther for a position at NOAA.

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

The thing that kills me is that when he says this ridiculous shit, he says it with such confidence, and mocks and makes fun of the individual who actually knows what's going on. His nitwit base believes him, like the followers of Jim Jones did. Absolutely horrifying because he is the damn president.

“The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and learning;...

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

I've got mixed feelings about this. If we memorialize people long dead for their positive accomplishments *in spite* of their beliefs or practices we now deem immoral or inappropriate, I can see the argument for the memorial. If we memorialize people specifically *because* of their support for acts we now deem immoral or inappropriate, that's not right. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who founded the Ku Klux Klan, and William Rand Kenan Sr., who participated in Wilmington "race riot" massacre come to mind. There are others, but these two have been a focus here in NC.

Been a while, so for your viewing enjoyment.

zeuser comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Great memes, Glenn, but they still make me sad.

Speaks for itself!

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

And now his thug judges are overturning covid restrictions issued by governors, just like Vladmir wanted him to do. Lordy I feel so helpless.

This lawyer is right!

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

The jury vote could wind up in a draw here.

Why rake the forest floor when we have a garden HOE as president

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Technically, it's the first lady. Sorry, sometimes I just can't help myself.

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Another way of saying "Fortune favors the bold."

When and how do you reveal past mistakes to new romantic interests?

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Everything will eventually come to light if the relationship lasts long enough, you can be sure of that. You need to balance the impact your revelations will have immediately before things are that serious vs. how much damage it will cause if you don't reveal it till later. I can't say what's best for you. I personally prefer to get that stuff out as soon as possible, both mine and my potential partner's, but that's just me. Lots of equally valid approaches in the other comments. Good luck! I hope you and your sweetie find harmony.

Keep America clean!!!

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Even though it stinks, this looks to be effective. Sometimes you have to use the shittiest methods available.

Trump Directly Encouraging Murder: [alternet.org]

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

I didn't see this interview, luckily. Was Pirro sober? Was the talking yam hopped up on adderall? The lynching mentality has a long and terrible history here in the USA, and it evidently never went entirely away. It's an oldie but goodie for the trumperoos. I hear he's also revived calls to lock up President Obama, the black guy. Why? Trumped up accusations not based in reality. The parallels are there for all to see. If he thought he could get away with it, he'd be calling for people to shoot President Obama too. In fact, he may start doing exactly that if he gets more desperate.

Another Noah meme:

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Gary Hart: "Now just hold on there for a second..." Does anybody remember Gary Hart?

Great answer by student but not the answers the teacher wants 😅

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Accuracy is always opposed when it doesn't support dogma.

Study Identifies Largest Flying Creature That Ever Lived: Scientists have finally identified ...

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

These are the distant ancestors of the current flock of Canadian geese, who ironically don't fly as much as they waddle across streets and block traffic.

Why do people vote against their interests?

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Because they care more about supporting the punishing of people they don't like more than their own welfare. Everybody in this group needs somebody that they can look down on. So what if the effects hurt them?

Damn it girl.

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

He is about to experience cross words, but no puzzle.

Enjoy all!!!

zeuser comments on Sep 14, 2020:

Well, he is constantly complaining about leaks, so...

"If wars can be started by lies, peace can be started by truth." — Julian Assange

zeuser comments on Sep 13, 2020:

"A lie is as good as the truth if you can get somebody to believe it." - Fox News vision statement

The object of desire...

zeuser comments on Sep 13, 2020:

Venus and Mars in one clever cartoon.

QAnon Clown (Dangerous Clown) Ousted: [dailykos.com]

zeuser comments on Sep 13, 2020:

Gee, who could've guessed it was a con to separate the drooling rubes from their money? Shocked the hell out of me!

Or...maybe don't make a sex tape.

zeuser comments on Sep 13, 2020:

Someday my prince will come....

Trump: "Marshals killed suspect as retribution" | US news | The Guardian

zeuser comments on Sep 13, 2020:

Regardless of how hard it would be this close to the election, I'd love to impeach his criminal ass again. But, and I've said this before, the only justice he will ever see will be at the hands of a mob. Lord what an evil man.

The most difficult thing to do in my love life...

zeuser comments on Sep 13, 2020:

There is another piece that doesn't show up in this picture that can complicate things further, at least for me.

So, there I was sitting on my front veranda, drinking a well earned coffee, minding my own business.

zeuser comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Did he have 5G? If not, maybe he "lost his connection" because he didn't upgrade. You're clear. As for him, all I could say is you poor poor bastard.

Wear the dang masks they said.

zeuser comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Don't be a sheeple! Take 'em off!

Trumpian logic

zeuser comments on Sep 12, 2020:

"That's not a contradiction! What a disgraceful question!" - Donald J. Fuckwad

Forewarned

zeuser comments on Sep 12, 2020:

The woman in this story evidently made a very poor decision in marrying this fucking douche wagon.

Good point

zeuser comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Well, you'll certainly have a deeper understanding of pizza, which is good as an end in itself IMHO. If you think this gives you any insight at all into women, if I were you I'd stick to pizza. You can simply buy the best looking and tasting pizza in the world, never forget that.

I’ve been thinking why do the republicans still support trump.

zeuser comments on Sep 12, 2020:

They want the voters he brings with him. It is just that simple.

the latest from the LP [youtu.be]

zeuser comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Great ad. Makes me very angry. This doesn't even touch the fact he stole about 4 million from the 911 relief funds over the course of his term. He is despicable.

Trump, Melania, and the Pledge of Allegiance: [youtube.com]

zeuser comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Desultory, robotic, and absolutely devoid of any empathy, sincerity, or emotion.

Liberal Redneck Donald Trump Hates Poor White People Trae Crowder is from eastern Tennessee.

zeuser comments on Sep 12, 2020:

I love this guy. He has been right on the money for years now.

If you believe one or the other, why?

zeuser comments on Sep 12, 2020:

I think Dick Cheyney and his billionaires didn't waste any time making a lot of money on it, but I don't put his evil self behind the original attack. It would be easy to believe, though.

“Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that...

zeuser comments on Sep 12, 2020:

My dad always told me the 11th commandment was "Mind your own business." That always struck me as one of the more practical commandments.

“Boom! Boom! Just like that.

zeuser comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Hunter had a way of cutting through the bullshit and getting right to the middle. He did this time and time again. I miss him.

The Indian Government is considering going back to putting flesh-eating turtles in the Ganges, ...

zeuser comments on Sep 11, 2020:

So instead of dead bodies, the Ganges will now be full of turtle shit consisting of digested dead bodies. That does not strike me as a tremendous leap forward, but I guess it beats seeing half-decomposed uncle Bose bobbing to the surface. RME

is any body there...????

zeuser comments on Sep 11, 2020:

Do imaginary characters even make a sound?

Here are my two latest.

zeuser comments on Sep 11, 2020:

A Trump posing with a dead sheep that he himself killed. How much of an appropriate metaphor is that?

I am sorry for the porcupine!

zeuser comments on Sep 11, 2020:

All it takes is one careless prick to blow up a relationship.

UnBarrleivable! [dailykos.com]

zeuser comments on Sep 11, 2020:

Another chapter in the "alternate pr" campaign of the catholic church. Holy crap what are they thinking.

Someone posted this on FB. The good tattoo artists must all be Biden supporters

zeuser comments on Sep 11, 2020:

Only so much you can do with ink from a bic pen and a needle in a jail cell.

I am at a loss as to how the DOJ can represent tRump in the rape trial of E.

zeuser comments on Sep 10, 2020:

It is because Barr is most likely breaking the law with this maneuver, and he is hoping that a wingnut judge agrees. All they need is for this to be delayed until after the election.

Robert, 85, married Maria, a lovely 25 year old.

zeuser comments on Sep 10, 2020:

Awwww.

Trump Admits Intentionally Playing Down the Deadly Coronavirus The President’s top advisers ...

zeuser comments on Sep 10, 2020:

Johnny, you might need to create a tragedy alter ego, because this is not comedy anymore.

The White House has consistently portrayed Trump as having been a slow learner regarding Covid, But ...

zeuser comments on Sep 10, 2020:

Oh he's gonna fry for all of this. We'll find him no matter where he tries to hide.

Great idea!!!

zeuser comments on Sep 10, 2020:

You mean I've been voting for him all this time and didn't even know it?

“It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently it is a foolish thing to be rude.

zeuser comments on Sep 10, 2020:

Rudeness seems to be more fashionable these days, as those who feel aggrieved but who lack the wit or vocabulary to defend their positions try to be "right" by being loud and vulgar while not listening to any other opinions. Being nice is equated with being politically correct - which is perceived as a big flaw for many. The ability to avoid personal conflict by hiding behind a computer alias has also led to this unfortunate state of affairs. It's a shame, civility is the glue that holds any society together. The more of it we lose, the lest civilized we become.

THE NAKED TRUTH! The true nature of the POTUS is being told as more rats abandon the USS Donald ...

zeuser comments on Sep 10, 2020:

He'll still carry Mississippi.

I’m not usually this daring, but we are all friends here, right?

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

I gotta think there are strings attached here. LOL

He KNEW.

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

How you deliver a sobering and deadly truth determines whether the response is panic or a galvanized public will to defeat the threat. Addressing it honestly requires courage, ignoring it reflects laziness and cowardice, or a conflict of financial interest. IMO, of course.

A while back, a post was submitted asking about a Conservative group on Agnositic.

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

Simple atheism does not inoculate anybody from all of the worst instincts humankind possesses. If anything, it emphasizes them when they do occur concomitantly.

Symptoms include headaches

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

You can wear the mask, but it's the mask of Zorro. LOL

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. - Heraclitus

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

I dunno, the people you may envy can be, and often are, desperately unhappy. Envy is a personal conceit, disconnected from reality by a lack of understanding of the nature of that or of whom we are envious.

Karl Marx on memes

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

I thought Grover Cleveland said that.

A man goes into the doctors office with a rash around the base of his penis, the doctor writes a ...

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

Important grooming tip.

Start getting dates. We can help.

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

Now there is an ad campaign with some bite to it.

That sure didn't age well

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

Nothing he says ages well because it isn't meant to age well. He blurts out whatever he thinks "his people" want to hear secure in the knowledge that when he is inevitably caught, he can simply either deny saying/tweeting it or providing another convenient lie - and his followers will swallow it once again. He knows his audience, and they are brainwashed, bigoted fools - easy to trick, hard to dislodge with facts, and ultimately willing to believe whatever he tells them.

There does appear to be irony in this

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

This guy was a debater.

What Trump looks like after the Adderall wears off...

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

Last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it.

I hate how they talk about America!

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

The new musical duo, Bone Saw and Poison.

Life saving bloob

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

After you donate, they give you some chicken noople soup.

2020 is a tough year

zeuser comments on Sep 9, 2020:

These days, that idea has a peel.

Sadly True

zeuser comments on Sep 8, 2020:

This asshole should die from ingesting the same poison he has been using to kill his opponents. Or by being soaked with gasoline and ignited. Or drowning. I'm not picky.

While watching the news this morning, they mentioned that trump was prepared to spends millions of ...

zeuser comments on Sep 8, 2020:

I will believe he spends his own money when i see it, and proves it isn't money he hasn't stolen or obtained from hostile foreign powers or corrupt banks.

The party of family values

zeuser comments on Sep 8, 2020:

In a just world, these guys are all behind bars until they die.

Jeez... He keeps putting his foot in it. [thehill.com]

zeuser comments on Sep 8, 2020:

What an idiot. When your opponent is digging a hole for himself deeper and deeper, make sure he has a good supply of shovels.

"Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom." - Herbert Spencer

zeuser comments on Sep 8, 2020:

I don't see that in Metropolis or Gotham City, TBH.

"I'm proud of my enemies.

zeuser comments on Sep 8, 2020:

I've got a bunch of former friends. Does that count? LOL

Anyone know of any plans?

zeuser comments on Sep 8, 2020:

If so, I'm in.

“It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.“ - Voltaire

zeuser comments on Sep 8, 2020:

I can verify this based on personal experience.

A random thought.

zeuser comments on Sep 8, 2020:

That's what ueue say.

“Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.” ― Ingmar Bergman

zeuser comments on Sep 8, 2020:

I'd say "has the best opportunity to improvise", because people do get dumb fucking lucky a lot of times.