Is homosexuality a choice?

BD66 comments on May 27, 2020:

It's a combination of genetics and environment. Examples of environment: The mothers of some boys in my hometown dressed them up in dresses. They came out as gay as adults. Men (and women) sent to prison are much more likely to engage in homosexual acts than men (and women) outside of ...

BD66 replies on May 27, 2020:

@m16566 I have never had any homosexual desires. I do believe my sexual preferences are a function of my environment. I completed a PhD in electrical engineering, and worked as an engineer and engineering manager for about 20 years. The majority of the women I interacted with as peers were Asian. My first wife and second wife were Asian, and my girlfriend is Asian. I'm not really attracted to non-Asian women the same way I am attracted to Asian women. I would suspect that has something to do with the environment I lived and worked in.

Angry masked mob of shoppers scream obscenities at another shopper for not wearing a mask in grocery...

BD66 comments on May 26, 2020:

Fantastic! Covid-19 is approaching 100K deaths in the USA. Soon twice as many Americans will die from Covid-19 as they did in the VietNam War. If ignorant Americans would just follow the same procedures they do in Japan, we would be looking at 830 deaths. If our government won't ...

BD66 replies on May 26, 2020:

@Captain_Feelgood When it comes to preventing the spread of viral diseases, I'll go with South Korea and Japan over the USA any day.

Angry masked mob of shoppers scream obscenities at another shopper for not wearing a mask in grocery...

BD66 comments on May 26, 2020:

Fantastic! Covid-19 is approaching 100K deaths in the USA. Soon twice as many Americans will die from Covid-19 as they did in the VietNam War. If ignorant Americans would just follow the same procedures they do in Japan, we would be looking at 830 deaths. If our government won't ...

BD66 replies on May 26, 2020:

@Janus819 There's no way I'm going to spend 27 minutes listening to the thoughts of some random guy. Your alcohol analogy was actually pretty good. If you want to stay home and drink (fine). If you want to invited guests into your home and go without masks (fine). If you want to take your car out on the road while you are drunk and endanger the lives of others. You will be punished by law enforcement. If you want to go into a crowded public space without a mask and endanger the lives of others. You should be punished by law enforcement.

Angry masked mob of shoppers scream obscenities at another shopper for not wearing a mask in grocery...

BD66 comments on May 26, 2020:

Fantastic! Covid-19 is approaching 100K deaths in the USA. Soon twice as many Americans will die from Covid-19 as they did in the VietNam War. If ignorant Americans would just follow the same procedures they do in Japan, we would be looking at 830 deaths. If our government won't ...

BD66 replies on May 26, 2020:

@Janus819 There are a whole lot of ignorant people out there who don't think about the consequences of their actions. When it comes to public health, it's necessary for governments to take action to prevent disease and death. I will answer your questions: What would your reaction be if government banned homosexuality to combat HIV? If HIV were transmitted by coughing, sneezing, or talking, it should be treated by having people wear masks. Or banned alcohol to reduce deaths? Drunk Driving laws are a perfect example. In this case I believe the government has gone a bit too far. Or banned soda to combat obesity? New York City tried this, but they went too far. Those are not good analogies. A better analogy is cholera. It was a big killer through the end of the 19th century, then the government put a simple rule in place "Don't let your human waste go into the public water supply". Once they enforced that rule, deaths from cholera went almost to zero. Not wearing a mask in a crowded public place is very similar to taking a crap in the town water supply.

Does Trump have PSP Frontotemproal Dementia? I am sure that he does.

BD66 comments on May 26, 2020:

That describes Trump and Biden both.

BD66 replies on May 26, 2020:

@Gwendolyn2018 Poor judgement Socially Inappropriate bahavior Lack of inhibition Inability to concentrate Abrupt mood changes Speech difficulties Memory Loss

Sunday slump - The virus is accelerating dechurching in America | United States | The Economist

Fletch comments on May 21, 2020:

Maybe those preachers will finally have to get real jobs. I especially don't care for the "hip trend-setter" churches as I like to call them. You know, the "Thrive Church" or "Rock City"

BD66 replies on May 21, 2020:

Many preachers could be great salesmen. If they can make money selling the BS they are selling think how well they could sell good products.

Nancy Pelosi: Trump 'morbidly obese,' shouldn't use hydroxychloroquine

Lucy_Fehr comments on May 19, 2020:

He weighs more than 234 pounds

BD66 replies on May 19, 2020:

Depends upon his real height. If he is really 6'3", I'd put him at about 280 or 290 pounds. Lots of guys shrink once they hit thir 70's, so if he has shrunk down to about 6', he may be close to 230 to 240 pounds.

Looking forward to the stupid people paying the price and crying about it real soon....

BD66 comments on May 14, 2020:

The Spanish Flu was approximately 10 times more deadly than Covid-19.

BD66 replies on May 15, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz The gap in IQ points is too large for us to have a productive discussion. I placed 19th in the United States in the National Mathematical Olympiad, and you can't divide. My time would be better spent trying to teach differential equations to a chimpanzee. I can discuss this topic with intelligent people who are extremely liberal, and intelligent people who are extremely conservative, and we quickly agree on the numbers, but we may differ on how the states and federal government should respond. The population of New York: ~19,400,000 Covid-19 deaths in New York: 27,426 Deaths as a percentage of the population: 0.141% You are off by a factor of 10 again. That's better than before, you were off by a factor of 70 for the fatality rates.

Looking forward to the stupid people paying the price and crying about it real soon....

BD66 comments on May 14, 2020:

The Spanish Flu was approximately 10 times more deadly than Covid-19.

BD66 replies on May 14, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz I provided the source data in my very first post https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/nyregion/coronavirus-antibodies-test-ny.html https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page

Looking forward to the stupid people paying the price and crying about it real soon....

BD66 comments on May 14, 2020:

The Spanish Flu was approximately 10 times more deadly than Covid-19.

BD66 replies on May 14, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz No, Let's focus on New York: Pupulation 20,000,000 Estimated Number of people infected: 4,000,000 Number of people who have been diagnosed as infected: 353,096 Number of people who have died: 27,426 More than 91% of the people who get infected aren't even formally diagnosed because their illness is so mild many don't even know they had Covid-19. Of those who are diagnosed approximately 1/4 are hospitalized. Of those who are hospitalized, approximately 3/10 die. So for every 1000 New Yorkers: 800 Have never come in contact with Covid-19. 200 have come in contact with Covid -19. Of those 200 who have come in contact: 182 are never diagnosed as having Covid-19 because their symptoms were so mild. That leaves 18 who get diagnosed. Of those 18 who get diagnosed: 13.5 are told to go home and stay there for 2 weeks to avoid infecting others. 4.5 are put in the hospital. Of those 4.5 who get put in the hospital. 1.5 die. So for the 1000 New Yorkers: 800 Not infected 182 infected but never diagnosed 13.5 diagnosed, and told to go home for 2 week quarantine. 3 hospitalized and recover 1.5 hospitalized and die. Of the 200 who get infected 1.5 die. That's 0.75%

Looking forward to the stupid people paying the price and crying about it real soon....

BD66 comments on May 14, 2020:

The Spanish Flu was approximately 10 times more deadly than Covid-19.

BD66 replies on May 14, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz I can assure you, my math is not flawed. For the Spanish Flu: (1918: World's Population: 1,800,000,000 Estimated Number of people infected: ~600,000,000 Estimated Number of deaths: ~50,000,000 Estimated Percentage Who Died Who Became Infected: 8.33% For New York 2020: Pupulation 20,000,000 Estimated Number of people infected: 4,000,000 Number of people who have been diagnosed as infected: 353,096 Number of people who have died: 27,426 Estimated Percentage Who Died Who Became infected: 27,426/4,000,000 = 0.68% Estimated Percentage Who Die of Seasonal Flu who become infected = 0.1% Estimated Percentage of people who died when they became infected with the 1958 and 1968 Asian Flus: 0.4% to 0.7% Covid-19 is about 5 to 10 times more deadly than a typical seasonal flu. Covid-19 is about as deadly as the flu strains that caused the epidemics of 1958 and 1968. Covid-19 is about 10 times less deadly than the Spanish Flu.

Looking forward to the stupid people paying the price and crying about it real soon....

BD66 comments on May 14, 2020:

The Spanish Flu was approximately 10 times more deadly than Covid-19.

BD66 replies on May 14, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz OK Lizard One last time. 200,000 were exposed to Covid-19 18,151 tested postive for Covid-19. 1,410 died from Covid-19 That means: 181,849 were exposed but fought off the disease and never went in for testing or treatment. 16,741 tested positive, but have not died from Covid-19. 1,410 died from Covid-19. Now let's look at the extreme case where 60% of the population of the USA gets exposed and we obtain herd immunity. 60% of the USA is 333,333,333 * .6 = 200,000,000 Of the 200,000 people/million in New York that were exposed to the virus and tested positive for antibodies, when we reach herd immunity in the USA, that will be 200,000,000 people who are exposed and test positive for antibodies. So we just multiply those numbers by 1000. Now if the federal government, state governments, local governments, and all the people in the USA completely fail to stop this disease to the point where we get herd immunity, we're looking at: 181,849,000 exposed but fought off the disease and never went in for testing or treatment. 16,741,000 tested positive, but have not died from Covid-19. 1,410,000 who die from Covid-19. The 1,410,000 who would die would represent .423% of the US population. The Spanish Flu killed 2.8% of the world's population, and that world population didn't have nearly as many old people in it in 1918 as we have today in the US Population.

Looking forward to the stupid people paying the price and crying about it real soon....

BD66 comments on May 14, 2020:

The Spanish Flu was approximately 10 times more deadly than Covid-19.

BD66 replies on May 14, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz If you cannot understand the simple math I demonstrated for you, it's a complete waste of time having any further discussions.

Looking forward to the stupid people paying the price and crying about it real soon....

BD66 comments on May 14, 2020:

The Spanish Flu was approximately 10 times more deadly than Covid-19.

BD66 replies on May 14, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Your death rate (40%) is off by 2 orders of magnitude. One in 5 New Yorkers have tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies. That means out of every 1,000,000 New Yorkers, 200,000 had Covid-19 in their bodies at some time. Most people didn't even know they had it. Out of every 1,000,000 New Yorkers, 18,151 were formally diagnosed with Covid-19, and 1,410 died of Covid-19. If you compare the number who died to the number who tested positive for antibodies, you get 1,410/200,000 = 0.705%. That's ten times lower than the estimated death rate for people who contracted Spanish Flu 7%, and right in line with the death rates for people who contracted the flu in 1958 and 1968. Here is the data for New York, read it for yourself: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/nyregion/coronavirus-antibodies-test-ny.html https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

Looking forward to the stupid people paying the price and crying about it real soon....

BD66 comments on May 14, 2020:

The Spanish Flu was approximately 10 times more deadly than Covid-19.

BD66 replies on May 14, 2020:

@AtheistInNC No, the fatality rate for the Spanish Flu was estimated at 7%. 40% of the Earth's population contracted it, so it killed approximately 2.8% of the people on this earth. The fatality rate for Covid-19 appears to be approximately 0.65%, that's still 5 -7 times more deadly than the typical seasonal flu, but even if 60% of the Earth's population comes down with Covid-19, you will get 60% cases * 0.65% deaths per case = .39% of the Earth's population. It's nowhere near the death toll of the Spanish flu (2.8% of the Earth's population)

Looking forward to the stupid people paying the price and crying about it real soon....

BD66 comments on May 14, 2020:

The Spanish Flu was approximately 10 times more deadly than Covid-19.

BD66 replies on May 14, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz The Spanish Flu killed 50,000,000 people. So far Covid-19 had killed 302,000. If you are too ignorant to even look up simple facts and spout nonsense, there is no reason to have any further discussion with you.

Looking forward to the stupid people paying the price and crying about it real soon....

BD66 comments on May 14, 2020:

The Spanish Flu was approximately 10 times more deadly than Covid-19.

BD66 replies on May 14, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz You are so far off, it's not even worth arguing.

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BD66 comments on Apr 14, 2020:

It's not their policies. It's the heat and humidity. Let's see how they are doing in July when it is winter there and summer here.

BD66 replies on May 14, 2020:

@VAL3941 Here you go. Cases declining all over the Northern Hemisphere. Cases growing exponentially in the Southern Hemisphere: South Africa: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-africa/ Brazil: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/brazil/ Chile: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/chile/ It turns out the politicians and government bureaucrats weren't so smart after all, it was the heat, humidity, and sunlight.

More on (I think I misspelled that) Murder Hornets.....

BD66 comments on May 13, 2020:

I'm always amazed what I learn on this site!

BD66 replies on May 13, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Not there yet.

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BD66 comments on May 11, 2020:

Here's what I believe is a good unbiased video on the subject. Skip to about 2:40 to hear what the GA defense attorney has to say. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOvt1ITyPQ8&lc=UgweTEv_a5bMoBYVIpV4AaABAg.98N1hf0iYoj98Ny-MU5iq6 Several interesting legal questions: If they witnessed him ...

BD66 replies on May 11, 2020:

@Seriousreason The other moral that will likely come of this: You are not Rambo, and even Rambo ended up in jail. You are better off calling the police and letting them do their job rather than taking the law into your own hands.

I've always felt political correctness was just another way of saying common courtesy.

BD66 comments on May 7, 2020:

I prefer to be called "Cracker"

BD66 replies on May 8, 2020:

@WonderWartHog99 Scottish, English, and German. I herded Black Angus (Scottish) cattle.

I've always felt political correctness was just another way of saying common courtesy.

BD66 comments on May 7, 2020:

I prefer to be called "Cracker"

BD66 replies on May 7, 2020:

@WonderWartHog99 I grew up herding cattle. That's nothing to be ashamed of.

This is the worst possible moment to try to kill Obamacare

BD66 comments on May 7, 2020:

I was on Obamacare for 3 years and it sucks. When you can't make your mortgage payment, credit card payment, car payment, and student loan payment, what good is an insurance policy that costs $1800/month with a $10K deductible?

BD66 replies on May 7, 2020:

@LiterateHiker I know, so if you are self-employed making $120K per year, you get nothing from ACA. Then Covid-19 comes along, and you lose a large portion of your income, so you are stuck with insurance that costs $1800/month with a $10K deductible, plus all your other monthly payments. It's so damned expensive because they are forcing the self-employed into a pool of people with pre-existing conditions, so they are shifting the costs from those with pre-existing conditions to those who are self-employed. I had to restructure my entire business and form a partnership just to get out of the damn thing.

If the girls were as bad as the food....

BD66 comments on May 4, 2020:

That's 100% false. The grilled Big Fish Sandwich with Swiss Cheese and a salad was fantastic!

BD66 replies on May 5, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz I've spent a lot of time in Southern California, and I have to agree with you. There is a place called Chuy's that serves fish tacos that blows away anything served at Hooters. However here in Bloomington, IL, our choices are more limited, so it was a sad day when the Hooters here closed down.

If the girls were as bad as the food....

BD66 comments on May 4, 2020:

That's 100% false. The grilled Big Fish Sandwich with Swiss Cheese and a salad was fantastic!

BD66 replies on May 5, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz They have lots of fried foods on the menu, and those tend to be too greasy. If you avoid the fried food and stick with the grilled food, some of the items are pretty good.

My religious wife watches Christian movies and I hate it.

SusanSearching comments on May 5, 2020:

I joined a book club from and it is a Christian book club, this was not discussed but the last two books were Christian Romance!!! I had to drop out.

BD66 replies on May 5, 2020:

Sounds terrifying.

Don't fall off!

BD66 comments on May 5, 2020:

The people of Guam better not not all get on the same side of the island either: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cesSRfXqS1Q

BD66 replies on May 5, 2020:

@wolf041 Hank has the best quotes of any Congressman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRmYlCJ70z8

Nearly half of Americans believe the Bible should influence US laws - The Christian Post

Xenocat comments on May 5, 2020:

sample size of 6,395 which relative to the US population of 328 million is hardly adequate for a representative sample (not even 0.01%) It is considered acceptable sample size, but you can't expect an accurate analysis. It would be better to use closer to 10%--which of course would be tough to do...

BD66 replies on May 5, 2020:

You don't need a very large sample size to get an accurate estimate. For example. If the US population is 330,000,000, and the sample size is 6,395, and 50% of the respondents respond each way to a question, there is a 95% chance the true percentage is between (50-1.23)% and (50+1.23)%. In other words there is a 95% chance the true percentage if you polled all 330,000,000 people your results would be between 48.77% and 51.23%. You are correct that how you pose the question, and the way the polls are conducted (private or public response) will have a significant effect on the outcome. Here's a simple sample size calculator you can play around with: https://www.surveysystem.com/sscalc.htm

Maybe he should be running for Pope instead.....

brentan comments on May 1, 2020:

I think we've lost something important being too afraid to touch anymore.

BD66 replies on May 1, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz You are 100% correct. If the Dems had any sense, they would nominate someone from the convention floor.

CNN= Crooked News Network.

BD66 comments on Apr 25, 2020:

It's a terrible choice Trump and the Governors have to make: Option A: lots of people go bankrupt. Option B: lots of people die. And you know the press will go after them whatever they decide.

BD66 replies on Apr 29, 2020:

@Seriousreason You are 100% wrong. There have been 11,820 confirmed deaths in NYC, and the population is 8,399,000. That's .14% who have ALREADY died, and that is the number of deaths after a severe lockdown. If there were no lockdown, the number of deaths would be much higher.

We don't need a war on drugs we need a war on disinfectant....

BD66 comments on Apr 26, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuxlHKQa9FA

BD66 replies on Apr 27, 2020:

@AtheistInNC I've given plenty of speeches. I have taught classes in microelectronics, linear signals and systems, and pattern recognition to undergraduate and graduate students at top universities. I teach 8 classes a year at a community college. It's difficult at first, but you get over it, and any successful politician can get through that process pretty quickly. It's mind-boggling that someone with the limited verbal capacity of GWB could be elected twice. It's even more mind-boggling that someone like Joe Biden, who is obviously suffering from dementia, might be elected President.

We don't need a war on drugs we need a war on disinfectant....

BD66 comments on Apr 26, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuxlHKQa9FA

BD66 replies on Apr 27, 2020:

@MsDemeanour Obama can do a fantastic job delivering a prepared speech. He would have been a very good newscaster or sportscaster. Take away the prepared speech and he stutters, stammers, says "Um" over and over again. The current Democratic candidate can't even deliver a message when he has his notes in front of him: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/03/joe-biden-cant-be-president-2.php

We don't need a war on drugs we need a war on disinfectant....

BD66 comments on Apr 26, 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuxlHKQa9FA

BD66 replies on Apr 26, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz I'm with you 100% on GWB. In a game of Jeopardy, Trump, Obama, and GWB, my money is on Trump.

No shortage of folks on this site who love absolute government control of things.

azzow2 comments on Apr 24, 2020:

I have read where they want to blame the conservatives for the protest. In reality the protesters are desperate to get their incomes moving and political affiliation has nothing to do with the protest.

BD66 replies on Apr 25, 2020:

Many of the people getting hit hardest are either employers or self-employed. Those people have been over regulated and over taxed for years, so they tend to be Libertarians, Republicans, and Trump supporters. The lefties believe those people are some form of slaves to the state and to their employees.

"Ain't it the truth" The Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of OZ....

BD66 comments on Apr 16, 2020:

I'd swear that's the rally of the: National Socialist German Workers' Party It started as the: German Workers' party Then Hitler, Himmler, and the boys changed it to the: National Socialist German Workers' Party

BD66 replies on Apr 17, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz You have wrongly accused me of being uneducated. You have wrongly accused me of being a liar. I will back up most of the things I have claimed with web links: This was my Ph.D Thesis Work, with the images and figures from my thesis: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f7e7/3bc272ff0693351790dcf7c01ae4b6528d88.pdf?_ga=2.250555461.216658095.1587169651-536281141.1587169651 Note the references at the bottom have my name in them. Here are some of my patents: https://patents.justia.com/inventor/bretton-lee-douglas Here is the web site for my investment management company: https://www.dcm-llc.com/ Here are the quarters where I placed at or near the top of investment managers in terms of performance: https://www.dcm-llc.com/copy-of-past-performance-1 This was a quarter when I had a top-performing fund: https://c95c8003-8ae4-44a8-bd0f-3ab9de3a3d6c.filesusr.com/ugd/b4bb43_94fdc6e0d33d43268ac2c93496331ead.pdf I did not launch the hedge fund because I wanted to "damaging the economy for personal gain while blaming others for your actions" I launched the hedge fund because it gave me a way to take both long positions and short positions with IRA funds. In a typical IRA account, you can only take long positions. Taking profitable short positions made it possible for me to generate 50.5% returns in 2019.

"Ain't it the truth" The Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of OZ....

BD66 comments on Apr 16, 2020:

I'd swear that's the rally of the: National Socialist German Workers' Party It started as the: German Workers' party Then Hitler, Himmler, and the boys changed it to the: National Socialist German Workers' Party

BD66 replies on Apr 17, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz I have a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. I was accepted into Harvard Business School in 1996, but I turned them down because I wanted to stay in technology. I have 35 patents, and I managed a team of researchers who were granted more than 100 patents. I launched an investment management company in 2007, and I launched a hedge fund in 2013. I placed #1 of out 320 money managers for total return (50.5%) in 2019. How about you big shot?

An Indian TikToker who said to trust God over face masks is reportedly the first person in his ...

beenthere comments on Apr 16, 2020:

Who gives a fuck? How does this lift up the people in this community to be better?

BD66 replies on Apr 16, 2020:

What percentage of posts lift up the people in this community to be better?

"Ain't it the truth" The Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of OZ....

BD66 comments on Apr 16, 2020:

I'd swear that's the rally of the: National Socialist German Workers' Party It started as the: German Workers' party Then Hitler, Himmler, and the boys changed it to the: National Socialist German Workers' Party

BD66 replies on Apr 16, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz so·cial·ism /ˈsōSHəˌlizəm/ Learn to pronounce noun a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. They called themselves Socialists. They behaved like Socialists. They were Socialists. The Nazis controlled the means of production, distribution, and exchange: https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre1940110100

Something to stick up Trumps ass ! [dailymaverick.co.za]

BD66 comments on Apr 14, 2020:

It's not their policies. It's the heat and humidity. Let's see how they are doing in July when it is winter there and summer here.

BD66 replies on Apr 14, 2020:

@VAL3941 Wait until July. You will see.

Kentucky Governor Says In-Person Churchgoers Will Have License Plates Recorded, Be Forced to ...

BD66 comments on Apr 12, 2020:

They should force them to quarantine at the church for 14 days. Hopefully those fools will get enough churchgoing in for a long time.

BD66 replies on Apr 12, 2020:

@beenthere There are rare instances when it makes sense for the government to compel people to behave responsibly. Global pandemics and war are two example.

One might say that there is an air of intellectual superiority about enthusiastic libertarians, ...

BD66 comments on Apr 12, 2020:

That's exactly what we have in the USA and many other countries. A free market economy coupled with a relatively generous safety net. That's why people around the world have been trying to immigrate here for the past 100 years. There will be a constant battle about how free the markets should ...

BD66 replies on Apr 12, 2020:

@Allamanda If the US is so terrible, why don't you move to another country? Where would you move?

So I went to the store again and notice the stupid seems to be increasing exponentially.

BD66 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

You can beat up someone else and take his toilet paper, and nobody will know who did it.

BD66 replies on Mar 14, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz Too many security cameras for a good strong-arm robbery nowdays. Lucky for me I have 42 rolls for toilet paper from Sams club.

So I went to the store again and notice the stupid seems to be increasing exponentially.

BD66 comments on Mar 14, 2020:

You can beat up someone else and take his toilet paper, and nobody will know who did it.

BD66 replies on Mar 14, 2020:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz unmarked car :-)

Thinking about maybe 2024.

SpikeTalon comments on Mar 6, 2020:

Rand Paul or Chris Christie?

BD66 replies on Mar 7, 2020:

Rand Paul, Yes. Chris Christie NO!!!!!!!

A Brokered or Contested Convention?

BD66 comments on Feb 27, 2020:

That's a futile gesture. Warren and Buttigieg hold about the same positions on the big issues that Sanders does.

BD66 replies on Feb 27, 2020:

@St-Sinner Not far from it. For all practical purposes, it's difficult to distinguish between and anti-capitalist and a communist.

Last night's debate was the closest I've seen to a political version of a WWE Smackdown.

BD66 comments on Feb 20, 2020:

Given the format, Bloomberg didn't stand a chance. The other candidates got to attack him one after the other, and Bloomberg had to just stand there and take it. I wasn't impressed with Mayor Pete either. Warren was in her comfort zone, attacking a rich white successfull businessman.

BD66 replies on Feb 20, 2020:

@Sgt_Spanky It plays well with Democrats, not with Independents and Republicans.

I've just started reading "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins and he say something that I never ...

Novelty comments on Feb 14, 2020:

Anything that lessens our count of Gods is progress and when you’ve hit zero you win. I hit zero long before I admitted that I had.

BD66 replies on Feb 14, 2020:

That's a very good point.

I’ve been a Democrat for 20 years.

RoboGraham comments on Feb 13, 2020:

Although I've come to a very different conclusion, I see where you're coming from and agree with a lot of what you expressed. I used to see it as us versus them, they put in office this disaster of a leader so they must be evil, or stupid, or both. Truth is, most of them are very dissatisfied ...

BD66 replies on Feb 13, 2020:

Hi RoboGraham, I copied an article by Karlyn Borysenko onto the politics section because I wanted to see how many of the left-leaning people here would respond. So far, you are about the only person who has expressed your opinion. As far as my voting goes, back in 2016, I thought both Trump and Hillary Clinton were Centrist candidates, both with serious character flaws, so I voted for Gary Johnson. So far, I've been pleasantly surprised by Trump's actions and policies. He certainly has his quirks, but if the choice was between Trump and Bernie Sanders, I would definitely vote for Trump. What I don't understand here is what appears to be a complete disregard for 20th Century World History in a group of people who are not fooled by religious nonsense. The main lesson taken from the 20th Century was that Leftist ideas were tried in 1917 in Russia, 1945 in East Germany and North Korea, 1949 in China. These policies were a disaster every single time. Now a certain portion of the population is rallying behind Bernie Sanders, who took his honeymoon to the old USSR in 1988, and came back praising it, literally as the country was falling apart. Bernie's ideas have been tried before. They were a disaster. Why would you support an old collectivist like Bernie now?

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BD66 comments on Jan 17, 2020:

These fantastic trade deals. The record low unemployment. The record high stock market. Withdrawing (or at least not creating or escalating) conflicts in the Middle East. These things really suck don't they? I can't stand any more of it!

BD66 replies on Jan 18, 2020:

@Robecology Quoting Robert Reich propaganda is not research.

Has anyone ever attended a Meet Up Atheist/Freethinker group?

BD66 comments on Jan 15, 2020:

I have. It was in Normal, IL. I liked all the people I met there, but once I met my girlfriend, I no longer had time to go to those meetings.

BD66 replies on Jan 15, 2020:

@mjb007bond No, she's a Catholic I met on Match.com

Again Mexico killing Americans.

BD66 comments on Jan 6, 2020:

That's not the role of the American government. People know the risks they take when they go to Mexico.

BD66 replies on Jan 6, 2020:

@DUCHESSA The answer is pretty simple. Drug cartels control South and West Chicago, so it's dangerous for American citizens to go there. Drug cartels control a large portion of Mexico, so it's dangerous for American citizens to go there. The Federal government put out an advisory telling American citizens not to go to many states in Mexico. If they specifically tell American citizens "DO NOT GO TO THESE MEXICAN STATES" and the American citizens go there anyway. What more do you expect the federal government to do? https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/mexico-travel-advisory.html

Again Mexico killing Americans.

BD66 comments on Jan 6, 2020:

That's not the role of the American government. People know the risks they take when they go to Mexico.

BD66 replies on Jan 6, 2020:

@DUCHESSA It's not the role of the federal government to police the streets of the South Side or the West Side of Chicago either.

Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...

ProudMerrie comments on Dec 30, 2019:

I had the distinct pleasure of hearing Tony Campolo speak a few years ago. He's known as "the positive prophet of red letter Christianity." I've been a fan since the first time I read this quote: “I have three things I'd like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 ...

BD66 replies on Dec 31, 2019:

I heard Tony Campolo speak about 20 years ago, then I rode an elevator with him after his speech. He was a very nice guy.

Even though I am an atheist, I recognize that we have had great theologians, whose thoughts are ...

sterlingdean comments on Dec 31, 2019:

Oh, just one snarky comment as well. If your Pope was so concerned about th welfare of people he could spend some of the billions, perhaps trillions of dollars the church has accumulated to ease the plight of its poorest followers. He's no better than Joel Osteen or any of the other meachurch ...

BD66 replies on Dec 31, 2019:

Worse than that he's the worlds largest hypocrite. He lectures the world against "building walls on their borders", when he lives in the most heavily walled country on Earth protected by is own private army of Swiss sharpshooters.

Damn those hunters....

Cutiebeauty comments on Dec 6, 2019:

That's his Mom!!!

BD66 replies on Dec 6, 2019:

That was my guess too.

What is the all-time worst movie?

Mooolah comments on May 27, 2018:

Death Race 2000 or Eraser Head

BD66 replies on Nov 23, 2019:

Eraser Head has my vote.

Trump's Approval Numbers Are Way Up.

whiskywoman comments on Nov 16, 2019:

polls are not absolute... they are easily skewed by the question and the way its written and by the sampling of the population .... every witness is going to sway some so we have to let it play out he is not exactly a master criminal and that tweet Friday damaged him .... got out and vote...

BD66 replies on Nov 16, 2019:

Rasmussen has been asking exactly the same questions for 20+ years. There is no skew associated with the questions they ask.

Largest U.S. Christian Charity Reportedly Donated $56.1 Million to Hate Groups

BD66 comments on Nov 15, 2019:

This doesn't look like a hate group to me. It looks like a group that promotes adoption rather than abortion. https://www.adflegal.org/

BD66 replies on Nov 15, 2019:

@bobwjr It looks like they are in disputes with the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled them as a "hate group". Could you please explain why you believe them to be a hate group?

Ohio Law Would Allow Students To Give Wrong Answers Because Of Religious Belief | Michael Stone

Stenz comments on Nov 14, 2019:

This is fucking insane. Ohio is the Alabama of the north.

BD66 replies on Nov 15, 2019:

Is there some correlation between good college football and crazy state politicians?

Has anyone tried out a Unitarian Church?

UUNJ comments on Nov 13, 2019:

I’m a lifelong Unitarian Universalist and I moderate the UU group here. Happy to answer questions. No one is going to ask you whether you are an atheist. They’ll likely assume you are a humanist or athiest, actually. So jump in! We call it a movement rather than a religion, and we are ...

BD66 replies on Nov 13, 2019:

How do you define "spiritual growth"? 3rd Principle: Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;

This is that Monty Python Medieval Logic.

RiverRick comments on Nov 11, 2019:

Well heck... Now I am picturing "The Inquisition" sketch!

BD66 replies on Nov 11, 2019:

I was picturing this sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_l5ntikaU

Less than half of American adults attend church regularly, while 26% claim no religious affiliation...

Jolanta comments on Oct 17, 2019:

And some of those who do attend do so under duress.

BD66 replies on Oct 17, 2019:

I sure did plenty of times.

In this crazy, mixed up world there are women who support Trump, and African Americans and Latinos ...

BD66 comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Support isn't the right word. If it's Trump vs. (Warren/Biden/Sanders), Trump is the lessor or two evils.

BD66 replies on Oct 16, 2019:

@AnneWimsey so·cial·ism /ˈsōSHəˌlizəm/ Learn to pronounce noun a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. cap·i·tal·ism /ˈkapədlˌizəm/ Learn to pronounce noun an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. The Scandinavian countries are capitalist countries, not socialist countries. You are confusing a safety net and government benefits with Socialism.

In this crazy, mixed up world there are women who support Trump, and African Americans and Latinos ...

BD66 comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Support isn't the right word. If it's Trump vs. (Warren/Biden/Sanders), Trump is the lessor or two evils.

BD66 replies on Oct 16, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Denmark's Prime Minister doesn't think so. https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/denmark-tells-bernie-sanders-to-stop-calling-it-socialist/

In this crazy, mixed up world there are women who support Trump, and African Americans and Latinos ...

BD66 comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Support isn't the right word. If it's Trump vs. (Warren/Biden/Sanders), Trump is the lessor or two evils.

BD66 replies on Oct 15, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Scandinavian countries are capitalist countries with generous safety nets. Cuba and Venezuala are Socialist countries.

In this crazy, mixed up world there are women who support Trump, and African Americans and Latinos ...

BD66 comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Support isn't the right word. If it's Trump vs. (Warren/Biden/Sanders), Trump is the lessor or two evils.

BD66 replies on Oct 15, 2019:

@AnneWimsey so·cial·ism /ˈsōSHəˌlizəm/ Learn to pronounce noun a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. (in Marxist theory) a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of Communism. com·mu·nism /ˈkämyəˌnizəm/ Learn to pronounce noun a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Very similar and very terrible ideas. I'll take Crazy Donald over Commie Bernie any day.

In this crazy, mixed up world there are women who support Trump, and African Americans and Latinos ...

BD66 comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Support isn't the right word. If it's Trump vs. (Warren/Biden/Sanders), Trump is the lessor or two evils.

BD66 replies on Oct 14, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Bernie was kicked out of a commune in 1971 because he wouldn't do any work. The video was in the late 80's when Bernie was probably 47 or 48 years old. Bernie is stil a commie today. Once a commie, always a commie for the last 48 years. The difference is the rest of the Democratic Party. In 1971, they shunned the communist ideas, but today they embrace them. That's why Trump is the lessor of two evils.

In this crazy, mixed up world there are women who support Trump, and African Americans and Latinos ...

BD66 comments on Oct 14, 2019:

Support isn't the right word. If it's Trump vs. (Warren/Biden/Sanders), Trump is the lessor or two evils.

BD66 replies on Oct 14, 2019:

@AnneWimsey Let's just focus on Bernie, He went on his honeymoon to the former Soviet Union, and came back talking about how great it was literally as the Soviet Union was falling apart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBJBc5iCMWU

SSSoooooo I have a question of perspective.

BD66 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Great post. I'm astounded that Socialist/Collectivist experiments have been tried over and over again since 1917, and each time they have been disastrous, but the people on this site who are too rational and intelligent to believe the religious nonsense buy into the Socialist/Collectivist ...

BD66 replies on Sep 30, 2019:

@OwlInASack North Korea, East Germany, and the PRC were not Socialist/Collectivist? People weren't risking their lives to get out of North Korea and East Germany? 30,000,000 to 45,000,000 people didn't die in the Great Leap Forward? 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 people didn't die in the Cultural Revolution?

SSSoooooo I have a question of perspective.

BD66 comments on Sep 29, 2019:

Great post. I'm astounded that Socialist/Collectivist experiments have been tried over and over again since 1917, and each time they have been disastrous, but the people on this site who are too rational and intelligent to believe the religious nonsense buy into the Socialist/Collectivist ...

BD66 replies on Sep 30, 2019:

@OwlInASack Every time there is an experiment that involves Capitalism vs. Socialism/Collectivism: South Korea vs. North Korea West Germany vs. East Germany Taiwan & Hong Kong & Singapore vs. PRC you get prosperity and a comfortable standard of living on the Capitalism side. You get a police state, poverty, famine and state-sponsored murder on the Socialism/Collectivism side. You have to literally stick your head in the sand and ignore 20th century history to come to any other conclusion.

Is it possible to be a conservative and atheist at same time?

BD66 comments on Sep 19, 2019:

It's definitely possible to be fiscally conservative and an Atheist at the same time.

BD66 replies on Sep 19, 2019:

@NR92 Fiscal conservative means you are concerned about our $22,000,000,000,000 debt and $1,000,000,000,000 deficits. Social conservative means you spend your time worrying about what LGBT people do. It's possible to be fiscally conservative and socially liberal or socially middle of the road.

Is it possible to be a conservative and atheist at same time?

BD66 comments on Sep 19, 2019:

It's definitely possible to be fiscally conservative and an Atheist at the same time.

BD66 replies on Sep 19, 2019:

@NR92 Do I believe gay people should be allowed to live their lives in peace with full civil rights and no harassment from the government or from individuals? Yes. Do I believe our government should create new protected classes for LGBT people? No

What’s a Jew to do during the high holy days when they question the existence of a higher power?

BD66 comments on Sep 16, 2019:

Stop identifying as a Jew.

BD66 replies on Sep 16, 2019:

@sassygirl3869 I was raised a Methodist, but I have completely disassociated myself from it, so I have no issues around religious holidays. I was suggesting she do the same with her Jewish upbringing.

Wind Energy Has A Waste Problem: Disposing Of The Turbines : NPR

BD66 comments on Sep 15, 2019:

Comparable to the disposal of millions of very large lithium battery units for electric cars.

BD66 replies on Sep 15, 2019:

@AnneWimsey A Tesla Model S battery weighs 1200 pounds. That's 25% to 30% of the weight of the car.

For any Trump supporters out there, assuming that Trump is the Republican candidate for president in...

BD66 comments on Sep 11, 2019:

If there are no 3rd party candidates, Trump will win with ~50% of the popular vote. The competition from the Democrats is too weak.

BD66 replies on Sep 11, 2019:

@wordywalt Trump is at 47% approval in the Rasmussen Polls, and that's with the press slamming him 24/7. When it comes down to debate time, and it's Trump against one Democrat, and the Democrat is promoting policies like: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/trump_approval_index_history Open borders Sanctuary cities Free healthcare for illegals Drivers licenses for illegals Free college for illegals Trump will seem like the more rational of the two:

What happened to Browse:Post on the menu?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 31, 2019:

When you hold your mouse over the word "browse" you see a dropdown that shows "members - groups - chat rooms." If you want to see and react with recent posts just click on the word "browse" and you will find the posts are all there.

BD66 replies on Aug 31, 2019:

Thanks!

Trump Keeps Being Racist To Native Americans And Getting Away With It

BD66 comments on Aug 28, 2019:

He's not being racist to Native Americans. He is calling out Elizabeth Warren on her fraudulent claims. Native Americans should be outraged at her, not Trump.

BD66 replies on Aug 28, 2019:

@StarvingArtist I did not vote for Trump, and I think he is quite an unusual character. However Trump has been attacked 24/7 by the leftist media and leftist politicians. When he responds, he is not "bullying", he is responding to attacks from political rivals.

Private schools expanding. Education budget to be cut. [abcnews.go.com]

BD66 comments on Aug 26, 2019:

ToolGuy, Why are you so concerned about the USA? Do lots of Canadians have as much interest in United States politics as you do?

BD66 replies on Aug 27, 2019:

@ToolGuy Do you closely follow the politics of any countries other than the USA and Canada?

Private schools expanding. Education budget to be cut. [abcnews.go.com]

BD66 comments on Aug 26, 2019:

ToolGuy, Why are you so concerned about the USA? Do lots of Canadians have as much interest in United States politics as you do?

BD66 replies on Aug 27, 2019:

@Bobby9 We'll have to ask Tool Guy his opinion, but I suspect he might be offended by you defining him by something as right-wing as Socialist.

Private schools expanding. Education budget to be cut. [abcnews.go.com]

BD66 comments on Aug 26, 2019:

ToolGuy, Why are you so concerned about the USA? Do lots of Canadians have as much interest in United States politics as you do?

BD66 replies on Aug 26, 2019:

@ToolGuy Sure does.

Agree or disagree? Guess what I think... 😋

BD66 comments on Aug 20, 2019:

No more stupid than the Ashley Graham photos and stories about her.

BD66 replies on Aug 20, 2019:

@Cutiebeauty You are much much much prettier than Ashley Graham.

Public Service Announcement from the Mormons: [yahoo.com]

UpsideDownAgain comments on Aug 18, 2019:

After I left the Mormon church, I had another small Mormon offshoot try to convert me. They emphasized to me the differences between their church and the main Mormon church. They banned chocolate as well.

BD66 replies on Aug 18, 2019:

Banning chocolate seems like terrible marketing to me.

Kentucky what has mitch done for you

BD66 comments on Aug 13, 2019:

Senators can't make their citizens stop smoking cigarettes: https://www.cdc.gov/statesystem/cigaretteuseadult.html

BD66 replies on Aug 13, 2019:

@bobwjr Chemicals in cigarette smoke enter our blood stream and can then affect the entire body, this is why smoking causes so many different types of cancer https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/smoking-and-cancer/how-does-smoking-cause-cancer#tobacco10 https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/smoking-and-cancer/how-does-smoking-cause-cancer

Not all churches are racist

BD66 comments on Aug 9, 2019:

Jesus wasn't Christian is taking it a bit too far.

BD66 replies on Aug 9, 2019:

@bobwjr Christian usually refers to: Christians, followers of Jesus Christ I guess you could argue he was not following himself.

Daily Blasphemy: I'm a vet, and I'm not afraid of socialism.

BD66 comments on Aug 7, 2019:

That was the great Cold War paradox. The US Armed Services are some of the most Communist Authoritarian Centrally-Planned institutions on the face of the planet, but we needed them to protect the free world from the Communist and Authoritarian Central Planning world.

BD66 replies on Aug 8, 2019:

@BlastedRedeemer I spent 12 years working for government contractor. "Centrally planned" is the goal anyway.

Why we miss him

BD66 comments on Aug 7, 2019:

Obama again proves himself to be completely full of shit. Read the third sentence, then compare the murder rates of other countries around the world with the murder rates of the USA. El Salvador 61.8 Jamaica 57 Venezuala 56.33 USA 5.30 ...

BD66 replies on Aug 8, 2019:

@ASTRALMAX Sort by murder rate. Some cities like St Louis 66.07 Baltimore 55.77 have murder rates almost 100 times higher than other cities like Fremont .85 and Irvine .72. Fremont and Irvine have predominantly Asian populations and their primary employment is technology.

Why we miss him

BD66 comments on Aug 7, 2019:

Obama again proves himself to be completely full of shit. Read the third sentence, then compare the murder rates of other countries around the world with the murder rates of the USA. El Salvador 61.8 Jamaica 57 Venezuala 56.33 USA 5.30 ...

BD66 replies on Aug 7, 2019:

@ASTRALMAX Do you have rival gangs fighting drug wars in almost every major Canadian city?

Get your story straight, OBAMA!

BD66 comments on Aug 4, 2019:

Funny you would use 57 and 58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

BD66 replies on Aug 5, 2019:

@altschmerz Obama was more scary when he was accurately describing the policies he wanted to put in place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NKzVvKIoLI

Today I was at Dick’s Sporting Goods looking at shoes when this tall, ugly white dude walked up ...

Paul4747 comments on Aug 2, 2019:

I'm lost. What do politics have to do with sneakers?

BD66 replies on Aug 2, 2019:

Let me catch you up: https://www.wsj.com/articles/nike-nixes-betsy-ross-flag-sneaker-after-colin-kaepernick-intervenes-11562024126 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27102136/kaepernick-moves-nike-pull-flag-shoe https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/02/why-nikes-capitulation-kaepernick-matters/

Mad at god or don't believe?

Geoffrey51 comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Which god?

BD66 replies on Jul 26, 2019:

I’m really pissed at Odin today. Yesterday I was mad at Allah.

OK, not funny :(

BD66 comments on Jul 19, 2019:

They have been saying this since the early 1990's. How much land have we lost in the last 25 years?

BD66 replies on Jul 19, 2019:

@Hathacat They have been spouting BS for the past 25 years. It has been proven to be BS, but you keep believing their BS doomsday predictions. Here's Al Gore's prediction from 2009. He wasn't even close. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsioIw4bvzI

If only....

BD66 comments on Jul 17, 2019:

Way too many people on this site have a hatred of orange people. It's disgusting.

BD66 replies on Jul 17, 2019:

@SiouxcitySue Prejudice is not the right term. Learning from experience is what is going on. The 20th century was a huge social science experiment where we saw many different forms of collectivism and central planning. Every implementation was a disaster. People who are aware of that and oppose the leftist loonies in Congress are not racist or prejudiced. They are aware of what happened in the past and don’t want to see it repeated here.

If only....

BD66 comments on Jul 17, 2019:

Way too many people on this site have a hatred of orange people. It's disgusting.

BD66 replies on Jul 17, 2019:

@SiouxcitySue I am just poking fun at the way the people who didn’t like Obama’s policies were called racist

Are they taking Nancy Reagan war on drugs too far.

BD66 comments on Jul 16, 2019:

Nancy Reagan didn't start the war on drugs. Like many things, the war on drugs was started with good intentions, but the US Government messed it up. Incarcerating more than 1,000,000 non-violent drug offenders is costing us a fortune. Criminal Justice reform and reducing the sentences associated ...

BD66 replies on Jul 16, 2019:

@azzow2 Nixon started it. GHWB is probably responsible more than anyone else for ramping it up. When the Cold War ended, the Republicans needed something new to protect us from, so GHWB ramped it up. Every first lady needs a cause. For Michelle Obama, she took away the food the kids liked in the lunchrooms and replaced it with stuff they couldn't stand to eat.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‏You know what we’re going to do tomorrow?

BD66 comments on Jul 15, 2019:

Don't forget the "Green New Deal" that will bring our standard of living back to the 19th century..

BD66 replies on Jul 15, 2019:

@jerry99 I'll leave it up to the majority of the people on this site to engage in "climate change hysteria"

Had to share immediately!!

BD66 comments on Jul 14, 2019:

Trump is making the Europeans pay for their own defense. Trump is negotiating tough trade deals on behalf of the USA. These are good things for the USA. The fact that the Europeans don't like him shows he is looking out for the interests of Americans and not Europeans.

BD66 replies on Jul 14, 2019:

@Cutiebeauty The Europeans are being rational. The 50% of Americans are not.

Most ridiculous religious experiences you’ve witnessed.

BD66 comments on Jul 14, 2019:

Church sponsors a baskeball youth league. At halftime, they lock the doors of the gym to keep people in and force them to listen to them spout their religious BS.

BD66 replies on Jul 14, 2019:

@AnneWimsey They probably don't block the emergency exits, but you make a very good point.

"FORCE MAJEURE The Sun’s Role in Climate Change" by Henrik Svensmark [thegwpf.

BD66 comments on Jul 13, 2019:

You're lucky if 1 person on this web site reads it.

BD66 replies on Jul 13, 2019:

@doug6352 The rest of the site.

[jta.

bigpawbullets comments on Jul 11, 2019:

To me, the most disturbing part of this, is the number of neo-brownshirts emerging.

BD66 replies on Jul 11, 2019:

I think your reference went right over their heads.

[jta.

BD66 comments on Jul 10, 2019:

The Nazi's killed 21,000,000 innocent million people? https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NAZIS.CHAP1.HTM Trump has killed how many innocent people? Maybe a couple dozen through drone strike errors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_from_U.S._drone_strikes So far your ...

BD66 replies on Jul 11, 2019:

@Barnie2years I haven't watched Fox News or MSNBC since the summer of 2016. When it came down to Trump vs. Hillary, I had such a low opinion of both of them that I decided to cast a symbolic vote for Gary Johnson, and I stopped watching the crap on cable news shows. It's great to have the extra time, and nobody constantly trying to push my buttons. I highly recommend it.