What are your top 3-5 favorite Movies?

Qualia comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Truly #1 Jan Svankmajer's Alice (fantastic stop motion classic master) (rest are off top of my head so could change on any give day ~8D) 2. Dr. Caligari's Insane Asylum (Stephen Sayadian) Trippy, low budget brilliance (long time favorite) 3. The Boys From Brazil (full of dobermans) 4. ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

@Qualia Maybe a bridge too far or letters from Iwo Jima

What are your top 3-5 favorite Movies?

Qualia comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Truly #1 Jan Svankmajer's Alice (fantastic stop motion classic master) (rest are off top of my head so could change on any give day ~8D) 2. Dr. Caligari's Insane Asylum (Stephen Sayadian) Trippy, low budget brilliance (long time favorite) 3. The Boys From Brazil (full of dobermans) 4. ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

@Qualia More realistic films on WW2 if not based on fact then at least reality would be The cruel sea and das Boot

What are your top 3-5 favorite Movies?

Qualia comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Truly #1 Jan Svankmajer's Alice (fantastic stop motion classic master) (rest are off top of my head so could change on any give day ~8D) 2. Dr. Caligari's Insane Asylum (Stephen Sayadian) Trippy, low budget brilliance (long time favorite) 3. The Boys From Brazil (full of dobermans) 4. ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

@Qualia No

What are your top 3-5 favorite Movies?

Qualia comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Truly #1 Jan Svankmajer's Alice (fantastic stop motion classic master) (rest are off top of my head so could change on any give day ~8D) 2. Dr. Caligari's Insane Asylum (Stephen Sayadian) Trippy, low budget brilliance (long time favorite) 3. The Boys From Brazil (full of dobermans) 4. ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

@Qualia It is a personal view granted but I feel that there was enough real acts of heroism in WW2 so as to make fantasy unnecessary Quite frankly I think it does a disservice to all who put their lives on the line (including my dad and uncle) to defeat fascism.

Atheist vs Agnostic an Atheists proof There either is or is not a god.

azzow2 comments on Jan 15, 2018:

The modern religion is mercy filled. In a lot of the old dark arts the Aztec, Mayans cultures if you were not royalty or priest doom they were to the underworld. Have never quite figured out what made cultures so degrading to people think there would be some positive ideas out there.

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

The very act of communion "and god gave up his only begotten son"

Atheist vs Agnostic an Atheists proof There either is or is not a god.

sassygirl3869 comments on Jan 15, 2018:

I too have been to Jerusalem. I lived there for a month in college and took tourists through the Old City. Don't forget the Dome of the Rock has the same stone that Allah ascended to Heaven.I've also been to Caesaria, a former Roman stronghold on Israel's coast. There is another sign posted on ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

Did you listen to the song? It kept running though my head as we went by the detritus of millennia of conflict. The noted writer Clive James did the lyrics PS Stephen Fry is a fan of his work

Can anybody on here get my most obscure joke?

carlyhorton comments on Jan 13, 2018:

I don't get why she'd have to make that decision. But putting that aside, I'm more put-off by your use of "imagine my surprise." What was surprising? That she was a theoretical physicist? A working mother?

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

@GreenAtheist More seriously I would have made the same joke irrespective of gender. More over I think the inclusion of the ladies ethnicity and gender as a celebration of and publication of her career, rather than denigration of it. I have two daughters and want only for them to climb as high as they wish to.

Can anybody on here get my most obscure joke?

carlyhorton comments on Jan 13, 2018:

I don't get why she'd have to make that decision. But putting that aside, I'm more put-off by your use of "imagine my surprise." What was surprising? That she was a theoretical physicist? A working mother?

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

@GreenAtheist A man gets a hernia on holiday in Thailand. A pretty nurse is shaving his genitals and says "don`t worry it`s quite usual to get an erection during this procedure". "I don`t have an erection" he replies. To which the nurse says "yes but I do".

How comfortable are you with the idea of same gender sex?

273kelvin comments on Jan 15, 2018:

I have more gay friends than non-smokers

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

@MrLizard We choose our path. I chose the one less traveled and if it is shorter then so be it but I have met so many wonderful people along the way

Atheist vs Agnostic an Atheists proof There either is or is not a god.

mzee comments on Jan 15, 2018:

My God is an ether in the dark void of ultimate reality; never to be truly discovered or understood by humanity, and neither creator of morality or immortality.

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

Like I said "what bloody use is he/she/it?"

Can anybody on here get my most obscure joke?

GreenAtheist comments on Jan 15, 2018:

The Kelvin temperature scale have anything to do with your name or humour ?

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

Kelvin is my name I was named after Lord Kelvin the same as the scale. Someone has to balance out all those saints names

Atheist vs Agnostic an Atheists proof There either is or is not a god.

azzow2 comments on Jan 15, 2018:

The modern religion is mercy filled. In a lot of the old dark arts the Aztec, Mayans cultures if you were not royalty or priest doom they were to the underworld. Have never quite figured out what made cultures so degrading to people think there would be some positive ideas out there.

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

Catholics blocking birth control in 3rd wold counties (including condoms) JW`s refusing blood transfusions,. Evangelist alt right groups apposing abortion to mostly poor mothers who would have to bring their children up in poverty. Kids on altars

What are your top 3-5 favorite Movies?

Qualia comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Truly #1 Jan Svankmajer's Alice (fantastic stop motion classic master) (rest are off top of my head so could change on any give day ~8D) 2. Dr. Caligari's Insane Asylum (Stephen Sayadian) Trippy, low budget brilliance (long time favorite) 3. The Boys From Brazil (full of dobermans) 4. ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

Inglorious Bastards are you kidding. I makes the bible look realistic

Can anybody on here get my most obscure joke?

carlyhorton comments on Jan 13, 2018:

I don't get why she'd have to make that decision. But putting that aside, I'm more put-off by your use of "imagine my surprise." What was surprising? That she was a theoretical physicist? A working mother?

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

@GreenAtheist I was not aware of any sexism but perhaps I should have used the word delight rather than surprise

How Well Do You Suspend Your Disbelief?

AmiSue comments on Jan 15, 2018:

I employ the phrase 'suspend your disbelief' quite often. Started decades ago when the husband claimed "No one just breaks out in song!!" - wouldn't watch my beloved musicals with me :( -now an ex of course! In answer - Very well indeed. For the sake of entertainment total immersion is the way to ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 15, 2018:

"I just want to rumble with the Jets". "Not without at least 5 years ballet training your not"

Can anybody on here get my most obscure joke?

stomato comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Yeah, English football and Hugh Everette III, American physicist! Not very funny!

273kelvin replies on Jan 14, 2018:

@GrantSmith When Oxygen met Magnesium and it was like OMg

For atheists - what makes you believe no deity exists?

RobH86 comments on Dec 18, 2017:

I like this subject a lot. This is why I joined the group. I don't mind whether people call me an athiest or an agnostic, this doesn't matter to me. I would say that it is not possible to disprove something which is unfalsifyable (infact the very definition of 'unfalsifyable' is something which can ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 14, 2018:

There are things we take as read which are unprovable. This is what creationists thrive on but misunderstand science. Evolution is one but Ohms law or rather Ohms theorem is another. Similarly Copernicus vs Ptolemy in terms of relativity are equally viable. It`s just one is "better"

For atheists - what makes you believe no deity exists?

bowiesue comments on Dec 21, 2017:

I question the reasoning of "beliefe" and "proof" to begin with! Secondly, the evidence is always somewhat biased. Here is a thought, what about culture is that also a belief system?

273kelvin replies on Jan 14, 2018:

@dave1120 You can lead a whore to culture but you cannot make her think (Dorothy Parker) Couldn`t resist that one either

For atheists - what makes you believe no deity exists?

Beelzebub comments on Dec 24, 2017:

I think that the universe is vast, and it is not unlikely that there is intelligent life (a.k.a. 'aliens') out there, and that thousands of years ago, those 'aliens' could have visited earth. The 'aliens' might have created the myths and legends which our ancestors transformed into religion. The ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 14, 2018:

Our nearest stars are Alpha Centauri A and B at 4.37 light years away. That means that even traveling at 4 times the speed of light or Warp factor 4 (which is impossible). It would take you till May of 2019 to get there. Chances of aliens visiting us? You do the math......s (I`m a Brit)

For atheists - what makes you believe no deity exists?

MargaretWardell comments on Dec 24, 2017:

It doesn't make sense that any deity exists. There is no way a made-up god could ever exist.

273kelvin replies on Jan 14, 2018:

@slinkie59 The fault lies not in our stars dear Brutus but in ourselves , that we are underlings

First Israel deported a convert from Kenya.

HeathenFarmer comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Does this racism also apply to Ethiopian Jews who maybe descended from jews that emigrated there more than a millennium ago and are black? I had heard that they were not well received before by conservative jews from America.

273kelvin replies on Jan 14, 2018:

@HeathenFarmer evidence, please

First Israel deported a convert from Kenya.

HeathenFarmer comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Does this racism also apply to Ethiopian Jews who maybe descended from jews that emigrated there more than a millennium ago and are black? I had heard that they were not well received before by conservative jews from America.

273kelvin replies on Jan 14, 2018:

@HeathenFarmer Mexico, Texas remember the Alamo? Yes the initial start of Israel invoked land seizures but all those new settlements re west bank (which I and many Israelis don`t agree with) were bought on the open market.

Insomnia

273kelvin comments on Jan 13, 2018:

Onanism helps

273kelvin replies on Jan 14, 2018:

@Sadoi Up to you but it is not a sin lol

First Israel deported a convert from Kenya.

HeathenFarmer comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Does this racism also apply to Ethiopian Jews who maybe descended from jews that emigrated there more than a millennium ago and are black? I had heard that they were not well received before by conservative jews from America.

273kelvin replies on Jan 14, 2018:

@HeathenFarmer My ex and consequently my daughter are Jewish and I have several Jewish friends. It tends to be very polarized. Most that I know support Israel. I once heard a Jewish historian say that a Jew that was not a Zionist was an idiot. Given their history, he has a point. The problem is that for several decades, they have been at war and that promotes a hawkish view. Imagine what the US reaction would be if rockets were regularly being fired into Texas from Mexico. What does not help either is words like "genocide" etc. If you look at the region you will see oppression and atrocities all over. Yet Israel with a population comprised of over 20% Arab all with full citizen rights gets all the stick. FFS a robot has more rights in Saudi that a woman.

First Israel deported a convert from Kenya.

DUCHESSA comments on Jan 6, 2018:

The rumor is Jewish people reject black human beings.

273kelvin replies on Jan 13, 2018:

@0752532706 Try being gay in any other country of that region

First Israel deported a convert from Kenya.

DUCHESSA comments on Jan 6, 2018:

The rumor is Jewish people reject black human beings.

273kelvin replies on Jan 13, 2018:

Is not that statement racist in of itself?

First Israel deported a convert from Kenya.

HeathenFarmer comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Does this racism also apply to Ethiopian Jews who maybe descended from jews that emigrated there more than a millennium ago and are black? I had heard that they were not well received before by conservative jews from America.

273kelvin replies on Jan 13, 2018:

If Israel was that opposed to Ethiopian Jews, why would it pay for and plan their evacuation during the famine? I was their in 95 and met people who helped them assimilate. Not an easy task as many had never even seen a toilet before. Yes I have met a couple of racist Jews but then I have met racists from other cultures too.

Here is the example that helped me to realize my beliefs on confederate monuments.

kiramea comments on Jan 13, 2018:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it illegal to have anything Nazi-themed in Germany?

273kelvin replies on Jan 13, 2018:

Yes

Here is the example that helped me to realize my beliefs on confederate monuments.

KKGator comments on Jan 13, 2018:

I have no issue with removing anything that glorifies the Confederacy. They lost. Fuck 'em.

273kelvin replies on Jan 13, 2018:

@KKGator The Arc De Triomphe Has all of Napoleons victories listed but oddly not Waterloo lol

A Mind-Bending Translation of the New Testament

VictoriaNotes comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Mistranslation of copies of copies of copies of copies of copies of copies . . . (no original manuscripts exist).

273kelvin replies on Jan 13, 2018:

@JackPedigo I would have thought Spanish more useful

Can anybody on here get my most obscure joke?

carlyhorton comments on Jan 13, 2018:

I don't get why she'd have to make that decision. But putting that aside, I'm more put-off by your use of "imagine my surprise." What was surprising? That she was a theoretical physicist? A working mother?

273kelvin replies on Jan 13, 2018:

Two schools of thought in theoretical physics parallel universes (Hugh Everett) or not. Joke explained loses (if it ever had any) all humor.

Can anybody on here get my most obscure joke?

carlyhorton comments on Jan 13, 2018:

I don't get why she'd have to make that decision. But putting that aside, I'm more put-off by your use of "imagine my surprise." What was surprising? That she was a theoretical physicist? A working mother?

273kelvin replies on Jan 13, 2018:

Two soccer teams in my city Liverpool and Everton. One is either a red or a blue ie. a Liverpudlian or an Evertonion. As for my surprise, well I do a lot of work in the Asian community (Indian subcontinent) and they tend to be quite traditional. Also theoretical physicists are not someone one runs into every day.

Can anybody on here get my most obscure joke?

stomato comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Yeah, English football and Hugh Everette III, American physicist! Not very funny!

273kelvin replies on Jan 12, 2018:

You try making a joke about theoretical physics

I just read the news that Trump will not be visiting the UK next month to open the new US embassy.

ErichZannIII comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Are you British? If so, why would you want Trumpster Rash to visit your country?

273kelvin replies on Jan 12, 2018:

@DJVJ311 The funniest thing was lightning conductors. Ben Franklin invented one but after 1776 and all that George III hated him and ordered that we invent a British one instead. So someone did, it had a spherical copper ball on the top. Now when a bolt of lightning hits a copper sphere....it goes bang. It coursed loads of fires.

I just saw this on FB. I may have to cut my eyes out.

BackToReality comments on Jan 10, 2018:

Let's start a caption contest. Here's mine: "There, there, Donny, you can't mess the world up any worse than I have."

273kelvin replies on Jan 12, 2018:

"It`s okay son. I gave you a small dick so you would build big towers"

I just read the news that Trump will not be visiting the UK next month to open the new US embassy.

ErichZannIII comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Are you British? If so, why would you want Trumpster Rash to visit your country?

273kelvin replies on Jan 12, 2018:

@DJVJ311 We have enough legacies of empire to "protect"

I just read the news that Trump will not be visiting the UK next month to open the new US embassy.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Sigh. An American president shares billing with pol pot.

273kelvin replies on Jan 12, 2018:

@Gatovicolo It`s complicated but the worst is it`s let all racist xenophobes out of the woodwork

I just read the news that Trump will not be visiting the UK next month to open the new US embassy.

Gatovicolo comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Sigh. An American president shares billing with pol pot.

273kelvin replies on Jan 12, 2018:

Cheer up. You got Trump, we got brexit. He will be gone (eventually). We will still be stuck with brexit.

I just read the news that Trump will not be visiting the UK next month to open the new US embassy.

ErichZannIII comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Are you British? If so, why would you want Trumpster Rash to visit your country?

273kelvin replies on Jan 12, 2018:

@ErichZannIII We don`t have good record at going to war with the US.

I just read the news that Trump will not be visiting the UK next month to open the new US embassy.

ErichZannIII comments on Jan 12, 2018:

Are you British? If so, why would you want Trumpster Rash to visit your country?

273kelvin replies on Jan 12, 2018:

He might just grab the queens pussy

Knock knock "Yes" "Hello we are Jehovah`s burglars and we are persecuted because of our beliefs" ...

azzow2 comments on Jan 12, 2018:

My friend would purposely answer the door in his underwear when they came to his door. Once in Pennsylvania they came to my door. They left bewildered and confused. When the came down my street they would walk on the other side of the street asto avoid my apartment.

273kelvin replies on Jan 12, 2018:

Why has your friend got a door in his underwear?

Sapiosexuals

stinkeye_a comments on Jan 9, 2018:

My sex drive is like an extinct volcano, but certain words still get me charged instantly (always have). It's not the words themselves, it's the degree of nuance they connote and the erudition necessary to not only use them correctly, but slip them unobtrusivesly into your natural speech. It's a...

273kelvin replies on Jan 12, 2018:

@stinkeye_ Still waiting to use this one on here. re church and state antidisestablishmentarianism

The use of marijuana

Sadoi comments on Jan 12, 2018:

I spent most of my life never having smoked anything, cigs included. I was raised, off and on, by hippies since my mother was a hippie living in the Pacific Northwest during my childhood. It wasn't until I was diagnosed with cancer that I opted to take up smoking pot. I tried the first couple of ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 12, 2018:

You go for girl, it has always amazed me (as a UK subject rather than a citizen).That the rights of life liberty and the persecute of happiness do not extend further in the US than they do.

What song would you want played for your funeral?

273kelvin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

As people go in "the ying tong song" by the goons" as the box goes in the flames "smoke gets in your eyes"

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

@Dav87 This is my plan of attack, It looks like a nail. No it`s a tack

Any one found love here?

273kelvin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Early days and you live so far away. I`m not quite ready to go to hell yet Sadoi lol

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

@Sadoi miles to go before you sleep? .Us poet Robert Frost

Any one found love here?

273kelvin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Early days and you live so far away. I`m not quite ready to go to hell yet Sadoi lol

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

@Sadoi I don`t know but there is a Cockermouth

What song would you want played for your funeral?

273kelvin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

As people go in "the ying tong song" by the goons" as the box goes in the flames "smoke gets in your eyes"

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

@Dav87 Ha ha love it. A goons fan at such a young age :-)

Any one found love here?

273kelvin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Early days and you live so far away. I`m not quite ready to go to hell yet Sadoi lol

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

@Sadoi Sorry just googled it. Did not realize it was a place. A gay friend of mine just got a new GF from Dykehead lol

Any one found love here?

273kelvin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Early days and you live so far away. I`m not quite ready to go to hell yet Sadoi lol

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

@Sadoi Nothing too much, some great people there I`m told and they do fuck-in-hell. Just miles to go before I sleep.

Do you like Christan music?

BackToReality comments on Jan 6, 2018:

Christian music is about all I listened to for 20ish years. Giving up my faith was very hard for me, and I can't listen to Christian music without getting sad or even crying at times. Too many painful memories. I've had to spend a lot of time this year finding new music to listen to. P.S. I'm ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

Try L. Cohen it is not depressing if you really listen and although peppered with religious imagery. It has lots of sex in it too. Great for a date, Barry White for sensitive chicks lol

What song would you want played for your funeral?

LizBeth comments on Jan 11, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ECUtkv2qV8

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

Quite a popular choice

SHOULD WE UPDATE THE 10 COMANDMENTS?

273kelvin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Here is ten of mine 1, Tho shalt not make any decision whilst wanting to take a piss. 2, Tho shalt not play poker with any man who has a first name of a town. 3, Tho shalt not date any woman with a dagger tattoo. 4, Tho shalt not play pool for money with any man who owns his own table 5, Tho ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

@TommyMeador Does that break your achie breakie heart?

SHOULD WE UPDATE THE 10 COMANDMENTS?

273kelvin comments on Jan 11, 2018:

Here is ten of mine 1, Tho shalt not make any decision whilst wanting to take a piss. 2, Tho shalt not play poker with any man who has a first name of a town. 3, Tho shalt not date any woman with a dagger tattoo. 4, Tho shalt not play pool for money with any man who owns his own table 5, Tho ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

@TommyMeador Yes line dancing. Christian rock in motion

If god made Adam first, why do men have nipples? And did Adam have them too?

Benthoven comments on Jan 11, 2018:

It was to give God... and Eve... .something to "twerk." Who doesn't like nipples?

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

My brother likes them so much, he has a extra one.

Happy birthday to the man who by the age of 30 had transformed the world.. Isaac Newton :-) ????????

Gatovicolo comments on Dec 25, 2017:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Newton was an overly religious man who was proud of the fact that he was a virgin upon his death. The worst thing is that he labeled Leibniz as a fraud by accusing him w/o proof of stealing his ideas about calculus.

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

Heterosexual virgin. He did have some "very close" friendships

Where is your stance on tattoos?

AgnosticBear comments on Jan 6, 2018:

I have a couple I got while in the Navy. I was pretty hammered each time. Probably not the best way to get tattoos. I got an anchor in Singapore and a Gemini sign in Guam.

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

I am truly shocked. Not that you would get a tattoo but that it would be of an astrological sign. I thought we were about all that nonsense on here.

We are constantly debating the principle of a "religious liberty".

MsOliver comments on Jan 3, 2018:

The irony here, is that Trump's not even a long time Evangelical Christian, and I'm fairly convinced that the only reason he brought in the Bible thumpers during the election was because he knew he could not win without their drone like intellectual support

273kelvin replies on Jan 11, 2018:

@Hellbent Lets not forget that Obama had lots of support from the Afro-American Baptist church

Facial hair: What do you think of it? Do you have it? Like it?

riariveter comments on Nov 28, 2017:

I love a nice beard on a man <3 *swoon*

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

Well Helloooo!!

"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." Napoleon Bonaparte LOL :-)

David1955 comments on Jan 10, 2018:

Channeling my inner Robespierre I wondering if this is another good reason to get rid of religion. No, well of course we all believe in peaceful change. Which is fine except we know from history that a lot progress in the human condition has come about through insurrection, revolution and struggle....

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

"Revolution is the opiate of the intellectuals" Raymond Aron

So many posts asking about Atheist music (I object to the term atheist but I digress).

icolan comments on Jan 10, 2018:

Why do you object to the term atheist?

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

There is no term for not believing in anything else like fairies, elves or Santa. Why should we have a word to identify a negative. It is up to the delusional to identify themselves as Baptist, Muslim or Southcottian (look that last one up it`s hilarious) etc.

It always makes me laugh when anti-gay bible belters quote the King James bible.

andygee comments on Jan 10, 2018:

I thought he was doing it as an Anti-Catholic thing for political purposes; is there any indication that he was a believing Christian in the closet?

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

He was anti-catholic because the English establishment wanted to be. and they had his gay thing for blackmail.

This isn't really a question.

Sadoi comments on Jan 10, 2018:

I wanted to cut and paste a message I sent to another new friend of mine here in regards to his annoyance over the multiple, duplicate posting snafu currently afoot here. I mean, I see it like this too: "It WAS losing all the emails before. I was having conversation with a friend of mine here ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

Love this site too PS I sent you a msg

It always makes me laugh when anti-gay bible belters quote the King James bible.

twshield comments on Jan 10, 2018:

lol thats funny!

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

And true

Trumps first year

273kelvin comments on Jan 10, 2018:

It is easy to turn around the economy when you max out your credit cards with tax breaks deregulation etc. All you are doing is passing the buck to the next administration. Sorry folks in the US of A but you have 13 trillion dollars of debt and rising. What happens when the rest of the world calls ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

@Trajan61 And sorry I said 13 trillion It`s 20. 13 was what George W left it at

Trumps first year

273kelvin comments on Jan 10, 2018:

It is easy to turn around the economy when you max out your credit cards with tax breaks deregulation etc. All you are doing is passing the buck to the next administration. Sorry folks in the US of A but you have 13 trillion dollars of debt and rising. What happens when the rest of the world calls ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

@Trajan61 That would be hard not to if you look at this http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Flat Earthers

273kelvin comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Winning a argument against a flatty, is like winning a boxing match with Stephen Hawking

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

@Sadoi Either a masochist or addicted to marzipan. Maybe both

Are people really this dumb?

sassygirl3869 comments on Jan 5, 2018:

Probably-my ex still thinks Obama was a Muslim-He's not religious so I don't think he cares what trump is. He watches fox-faux news only.

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

@David1955 Scoucers never buy the Sun

Anyone find themselves angry at both political parties?

josmi6699 comments on Jan 6, 2018:

I find the attitude a bit damaging: to claim that all political alternatives (sadly in the US there are really just two) are bad is ignoring the fact that maybe, they are still not equally bad. So if a person is somewhat dissatisfied with the democrats and does not like the republicans and as a ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

@Druvius Theresa May must be a close second or even a winner (yes I know she got back in but only by a squeak and that was against a rabid socialist). Such vote winning policies like changing the rules to make old people sell their homes to pay for social care and bringing back fox hunting.

If god made Adam first, why do men have nipples? And did Adam have them too?

dahermit comments on Jan 10, 2018:

Its all bull... When Cain slew Able, he went to the land of Nod and took a wife. Where the hell did she come from?

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

She was his sister

Christian women throwing a fit after atheist post a bible scripture on the back of his vehicle.

silverotter11 comments on Jan 10, 2018:

What about the bible telling the faithful if you see your neighbor working on the sabbath stone him? Whatever floats their boat just DO NOT cross the street ot fuck with me.

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

In Israel there is a conclave of ultra orthodox Jews, where they regularly bring their kids with them to throw stones at cars driving on the Sabbath. Now if any of those stones made a spark??

If god made Adam first, why do men have nipples? And did Adam have them too?

EmeraldJewel comments on Jan 10, 2018:

The better question is why did Adam and Eve have belly buttons?

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

Good one

If god made Adam first, why do men have nipples? And did Adam have them too?

VictoriaNotes comments on Jan 10, 2018:

Well, the Adam and Eve story is a myth, and males developed nipples while in a state of being female, before the activation of the Y chromosome and SRY gene (sex-determining gene). https://youtu.be/z1Kdoja3hlk

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

Yes I did know we are the export model of a right hand drive car.

If god made Adam first, why do men have nipples? And did Adam have them too?

Seminarian comments on Jan 10, 2018:

God didn't create Adam first. The Adam in the Eden Myth was a spirit offspring created in the likeness of its creator and were pre-material humans. Pre-split Adam was also created in the image of God which of course has no specific physical image. While Eve is described as being created from ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

Did you know that Eve was so jealous. She would wake up each morning and count Adams ribs lol

Flat Earthers

273kelvin comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Winning a argument against a flatty, is like winning a boxing match with Stephen Hawking

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

@Sadoi Ah but you had Dorothy Parker "If you have heard or seen or read it. You can bet your life that Oscar said it"

A man opened a new husband store.

sassygirl3869 comments on Jan 9, 2018:

I would have chosen the 5th floor Men definitely 3rd floor.

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

@irascible I can only assume the basement has the guys who sit around all day in their underwear, trolling the internet. As for where are all the vivacious intelligent women? I`ve been asking that all my life.

Is it safe to have a one night stand?

twshield comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Two Grown consenting adults can pull out wips, chains and candle wax :-)

273kelvin replies on Jan 10, 2018:

@ripcurldane A gentleman never tells lol

Flat Earthers

273kelvin comments on Jan 9, 2018:

Winning a argument against a flatty, is like winning a boxing match with Stephen Hawking

273kelvin replies on Jan 9, 2018:

@Sadoi Thank you, being from Liverpool it comes easy.

Is it safe to have a one night stand?

twshield comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Two Grown consenting adults can pull out wips, chains and candle wax :-)

273kelvin replies on Jan 9, 2018:

@ripcurldane Those coat hangers with pegs on them work.

Do you play a musical instrument?

Skyfacer comments on Jan 9, 2018:

I play and also teach Recorder / Flute / Oboe and Clarinet

273kelvin replies on Jan 9, 2018:

@Hominid Never no1 (I think). No Ruby Teusday

Best Friend Defends Islam, Bashes Christianity.

Knitfreak comments on Jan 3, 2018:

Muslims are attacked constantly and ridiculously when you look at what other faiths have done throughout history. She likely feels defensive a lot. I feel badly for her and would say to please try to understand. I have some muslim pals and they feel attacked all the damn time. Wearing their hijab ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 9, 2018:

@Ad4hubby I think your original phrase was "peaceful Palestinians" not "oppressed and fighting". If you want use words like genocide. Look towards Syria or Yemen but I don`t see any campaigns to boycott Saudi. Both our countries are too intent on selling them arms.

Best Friend Defends Islam, Bashes Christianity.

Knitfreak comments on Jan 3, 2018:

Muslims are attacked constantly and ridiculously when you look at what other faiths have done throughout history. She likely feels defensive a lot. I feel badly for her and would say to please try to understand. I have some muslim pals and they feel attacked all the damn time. Wearing their hijab ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 9, 2018:

@Ad4hubby Just as you ignored the question "what if rockets were fired from Mexico"? Also if the avowed aim was the total destitution of the USA? One only has to look toward Cuba for an answer. I tend to get very tired of all the perceived BS regurgitated online. The use of words like "genocide" negate some facts like over 20% of the population of Israel is Arab. They are the 3rd largest party in the Knesset and the head of the supreme court is an Arab. Anyway if they were that bad would your government give them 3 billion a year?

Do you play a musical instrument?

Skyfacer comments on Jan 9, 2018:

I play and also teach Recorder / Flute / Oboe and Clarinet

273kelvin replies on Jan 9, 2018:

Trivia question ; What was the only number 1 hit record that featured a recorder?

Joe Scarborough Reports trump has Early Dementia

JackPedigo comments on Jan 8, 2018:

How can we speed this along; some sort of super dementia drug. Maybe the republican puppets are afraid they might have to kick the puppet master out and they won't have anyone to pull the strings! BTW you once had a link to a NY Times report on the National Geographic selling out to the Murdoch ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 9, 2018:

You should read my post on boycotts "Scousers never buy the Sun".

Moral question

IndySent comments on Jan 8, 2018:

I don’t believe killing en masse is ever really justified. War is horrific. Sadly, we aren’t evolved enough as a species to be able to solve all our problems with diplomacy.

273kelvin replies on Jan 8, 2018:

How did that go for the Sioux?

Best Friend Defends Islam, Bashes Christianity.

Knitfreak comments on Jan 3, 2018:

Muslims are attacked constantly and ridiculously when you look at what other faiths have done throughout history. She likely feels defensive a lot. I feel badly for her and would say to please try to understand. I have some muslim pals and they feel attacked all the damn time. Wearing their hijab ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 8, 2018:

@Ad4hubby I think terrorism go back further than that

What are your thoughts.

273kelvin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Joke; Patrick was dying, he had been a good Catholic for all his long life and as he lay on his death bed he asked to join the orange lodge. Quite taken aback by this request and also unsure how to proceed, his family called in the priest. Father John spoke to Patrick asking "now I know that you ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 8, 2018:

@Reignmond So 273Kelvin is "iceman"

As a result of a recent discussion I (sort of) just had.....

BeeHappy comments on Jan 8, 2018:

I don't know factually, but IMO it has been on the increase for at least the last couple of years. In 2016, especially, with both the presidential race and the events at Standing Rock.

273kelvin replies on Jan 8, 2018:

Perhaps in the US but I wrote a compliant to the BBC, as they had little or no coverage of Standing Rock but seemed to cover every fart that Trump did.

Best Friend Defends Islam, Bashes Christianity.

Knitfreak comments on Jan 3, 2018:

Muslims are attacked constantly and ridiculously when you look at what other faiths have done throughout history. She likely feels defensive a lot. I feel badly for her and would say to please try to understand. I have some muslim pals and they feel attacked all the damn time. Wearing their hijab ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 8, 2018:

@Ad4hubby Perhaps the schools would not be flattened if they did not use them as a shield to fire rockets from. As for genocide and land theft I leave that to you. As a US citizen you would have much more experience of this or have you given your home back to the Algonquians?

Religion and politics should not mix, says British public - National Secular Society

twodeadwombles comments on Jan 1, 2018:

Yet we still have 26 Bishops (Lords Spiritual) sitting in the House of Lords and they have been known to interfere with legislation on religious grounds. An example being The Embryology and Gertilisation Bill of the 1990s.

273kelvin replies on Jan 8, 2018:

To be fair they have also intervened in legislation affecting the poor and disadvantaged

Religion and politics should not mix, says British public - National Secular Society

josmi6699 comments on Jan 3, 2018:

Is that the same british public that supports the queen/king who has to swear to god to support and uphold the coe religion? the same public who has no issue apparently with bishops in the house of lords and with the odd rule in the house of commons that as one of 650 mps you can only reserve one of...

273kelvin replies on Jan 8, 2018:

If you have ever had kids then you will know that hypocrisy is useful in some cases.

Would you raise your children religious just to fit in?

Minerva comments on Dec 25, 2017:

My parents didn't attend church, but they sent me to Sunday School. For several years during my childhood, I found the idea of God very comforting

273kelvin replies on Jan 8, 2018:

Sunday school was not just because of religion. If you have younger siblings they probably came about when you were there ha ha

I love when I hear christians sing or talk about the song "Hallelujah" as a religious song.

Hellbent comments on Jan 8, 2018:

Anybody who tell me what that song means wins a prize. I think it's one of those songs that sound good and are gramatically correct (requisite numbers of verbs and nouns) but are completely devoid of meaning.

273kelvin replies on Jan 8, 2018:

Difficult but let me try; I talk of the abridged version here as it did have over 80 verses LC and later Jeff Buckley paired it down to what we know now. It starts with references to two of the great biblical love stories David - Bathsheba and Samson - Delilah. both involving betrayal. It then continues with some personal insights which we can all get, like "I lived alone before I ever knew yer". and "All I ever learned from love is how to shoot somebody that outdrew yer". As for the chorus LC makes lots of references to imperfections in his works "Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything... That`s how the light gets in" or comically "Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows."Yet however imperfect he states in his distopic song The Future that "love is the only engine of survival". It is that love, because of (not despite of) its human flaws, is what makes it so beautiful. "Its a cold and its a broken hallelujah"

What are your thoughts.

273kelvin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Joke; Patrick was dying, he had been a good Catholic for all his long life and as he lay on his death bed he asked to join the orange lodge. Quite taken aback by this request and also unsure how to proceed, his family called in the priest. Father John spoke to Patrick asking "now I know that you ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 8, 2018:

@Reignmond My name is actually Kelvin and if I have to put a number to it the what else?

Would you run for office as a non believer?

273kelvin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

In the UK it would be a knotty constitutional issue, as we do not separate church and state. The Queen is both head of state and head of the church of England. Before Tony Blair it was the prime ministers job to pick COE archbishops but he delegated the task (permanently) as he was a closet ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 8, 2018:

@markdevenish No I don`t think he is either but then most people in the UK aren`t. COE attendances are less than 2%. Yet every session of parliament begins with prayers and it would be compulsory for any PM to attend some church events as it is now for Corbyn as leader or the opposition.

Your thoughts on gun ownership?

Bam85 comments on Jan 7, 2018:

In US cities with the highest crime rates, taking guns away from the citizens has not lowered the homicide rate. All it has done is to make it easier for criminals to operate.The 2nd amendment is not about duck hunting, or deer hunting. It is about having the ability and the right to defend oneself ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 8, 2018:

@Bam85 Law abiding citizens like Stephen Paddock? The right to bear arms is a ridiculous concept. At what point does it stop? Should the individual be allowed to own a tank or F15 fighter jet? And if the individual can arm themselves to the max, why not all nations? Yes it is true you have not struck DPRK but you have struck Panama, Grenada, Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan (sorry if I missed any out). To be fair it`s not just the US Russia vs Ukraine, Saudi vs Yemen. All of these conflicts would arguably been a lot different had both sides had nukes. As yourself this, would Kim Jog Un or Ahmadinejad (assuming that they were US citizens) be able to buy a gun in the USA? From what I understand there is no part of the registration process that looks into threats.

Would you run for office as a non believer?

273kelvin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

In the UK it would be a knotty constitutional issue, as we do not separate church and state. The Queen is both head of state and head of the church of England. Before Tony Blair it was the prime ministers job to pick COE archbishops but he delegated the task (permanently) as he was a closet ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 7, 2018:

@Varn Only where sectarian politics might be in force. Most noticeably in Northern Ireland or maybe Glasgow. Otherwise it does not come up unless it`s someone like Sadiq Khan mayor of London.

What are your thoughts.

273kelvin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

Joke; Patrick was dying, he had been a good Catholic for all his long life and as he lay on his death bed he asked to join the orange lodge. Quite taken aback by this request and also unsure how to proceed, his family called in the priest. Father John spoke to Patrick asking "now I know that you ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 7, 2018:

@Reignmond The orange lodge are a staunch anti Catholic organisation. Wicki it

Your thoughts on gun ownership?

Bam85 comments on Jan 7, 2018:

In US cities with the highest crime rates, taking guns away from the citizens has not lowered the homicide rate. All it has done is to make it easier for criminals to operate.The 2nd amendment is not about duck hunting, or deer hunting. It is about having the ability and the right to defend oneself ...

273kelvin replies on Jan 7, 2018:

@Bam85 "It is about having the ability and the right to defend oneself and your family. It doesn’t matter if that threat is a burglar, or the Federal Government." Substitute family for population, burglar for invasion and Federal Government for US aggression and it`s the same. I`m not saying it`s right, just that it`s the same.

Ever have a blah day?

273kelvin comments on Jan 5, 2018:

Try singing it to the tune of "house of the rising sun". If you don`t know it then your about the only guitarist that doesn`t. It works.

273kelvin replies on Jan 7, 2018:

@Sluggs Well then only the good lord Jesus can help you lol

Boycotting: Do you avoid spending money for some products/services?

273kelvin comments on Jan 7, 2018:

I live in a city where we all do. https://youtu.be/gjMZAKvMTQI

273kelvin replies on Jan 7, 2018:

Coming from and living in Liverpool, tears rolled down my eyes as I listened this at a festival. It being only a few weeks after the Hillsborough verdict. For those unacquainted with the story, 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death at a soccer match. Tabloid newspapers (most noticeably the Sun) tried to vilify the supporters themselves, blaming them for the tragedy and printed lies including robbing and urinating on the dead. This led to a campaign not only for justice but also against the Sun newspaper itself. To this day it is almost impossible to buy the most popular UK newspaper (Murdoch owned) in my city. A fact of which I feel rightly proud as it stands a shining example of how people can effect change if we stand together.