An interesting idea in the NY Times.

Druvius comments on Jan 18, 2022:

Biden BARELY beat Trump even after Trump's catastrophic fail in fighting Covid. Unless he manages to pull off some inspiring accomplishments in the next few years, I think his chances of winning in 2024 are zero. Still, losing POTUS elections they could have won has been a common Democratic accomplishment the past few decades.

Mike Lindell Calls Fans Impatient for Trump Reinstatement ‘Bots and Trolls’

Druvius comments on Jan 19, 2022:

" ... we are doing everything we can!” Which by definition is nothing since there are zero constitutional avenues to 'reinstate' a former president. So for once he's telling the truth!

When my kids were small--before there was a chickenpox vaccine--parents would deliberately expose ...

Druvius comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Today's Darwin Award winner.

OAN Owner Begs Viewers to Call Other Cable Providers After DirecTV Drops Channel

Druvius comments on Jan 23, 2022:

So sad.

The concept of HELL serves no purpose other than to instill fear and control others.

Druvius comments on Jan 23, 2022:

"My invisible superfriend is going to torture you forever after you die if you don't obey me now" is the sort of threat a disturbed 3 year old would make. That ostensible adults make it is scary, and a hell of a self-own.

Angry Racist Man Throws Smoothie at Female Teen Worker - Merrill Lynch James Iannazzo Full Story - ...

Druvius comments on Jan 23, 2022:

Yeah, he's a piece of work. And correct me I'm wrong, but if your child has a severe peanut allergy, I would think a fast food place might not be a wise choice, They are notorious for getting orders wrong.

It's almost like Tucker wants to have sex with chocolate.

Druvius comments on Jan 24, 2022:

that man is a caricature of a human being.

A progressive move on the part of the French Government wouldn't you say? [aa.com.tr]

Druvius comments on Jan 24, 2022:

How to tell everyone you hate Muslims without coming out and saying it?

Gridlocking a city to bully them into doing what you want, huh?

Druvius comments on Jan 29, 2022:

#karenconvoy

Trump Calls On Massive Protests If Prosecutors Go After Him And Offers Pardons To Jan.

Druvius comments on Jan 30, 2022:

If Pence had joined the conspiracy, Trump might well still be in the White House. Some dark irony there, et tu, Brute?

More evidence of evolution at work here, yep yep…. [yahoo.com]

Druvius comments on Feb 1, 2022:

There's no words for people who think they should be able to impregnate women by raping them, and have the power of the state force the woman to have their baby. That people like this call themselves "pro life" is obscene, "pro-rape" is more like it.

Trump’s fake electors: Here’s the full list - Ohio Capital Journal

Druvius comments on Feb 1, 2022:

These people should all be in jail, that they aren't isn't a good sign.

I know I was, better now. But still growing everyday.

Druvius comments on Feb 4, 2022:

What did Mark Train say? "When I was 15 I thought my father was the dumbest man on the planet. by the time I was 22 I was amazed at how much he had learned in seven years." Yes, personal growth is the only area in life where we have free will, if you're not regularly looking back saying "What was I thinking?," you've stopped growing.

Wow former Vice President Pence telling everyone that Former president Trump is wrong! [youtu.be]

Druvius comments on Feb 4, 2022:

Deeply ironic that Pence is the one standing up for the truth. Must infuriate Trump.

He's aware that they have batons, right?

Druvius comments on Feb 5, 2022:

Entitled white assh*t.

Who can name the movie without Google images? [theconversation.com]

Druvius comments on May 18, 2022:

I can. Damn I'm old.

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy: Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Black Women | ...

Druvius comments on May 21, 2022:

And another Olympic class self-own from the GOP.

You think the West really cares about Ukrainian citizens?

Druvius comments on May 21, 2022:

"We will choke their rivers with our dead!" Or in this case Ukraine's dead. Yes, this is 100% a classic US proxy war. We are sacrificing Ukrainian women and children for America's empire.

WTAF?

Druvius comments on May 24, 2022:

Imagine, one of the two major political parties of the greatest empire the world has ever known proposing magic and superstition as a solution to a terrible social problem.

Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (Bill of Rights) It has long been argued ...

Druvius comments on May 29, 2022:

DC vs Heller established that it is an individual right, so the ammosexuals can relax, they're not going to ban guns. That being said, tons can be done to reduce gun violence without impacting anyone's rights. Shotguns and revolvers are all one needs for home defense, there is utterly no reason for the public to be able to get magazine fed semi-automatic weapons whose only purpose is military, IE killing lots of people really fast.

CMA Fest Bans Confederate Flag Ahead Of Festival’s 2022 Return | Whiskey Riff

Druvius comments on Jun 4, 2022:

Good. The display of the Confederate Flag should have been made illegal in 1865. It's pure hate speech representing the greatest crime in American history. And that's before its adoption by white supremacists and other contemporary hate groups.

We first sent men to the moon over fifty years ago.

Druvius comments on Jun 5, 2022:

LOL, first saw on a T-shirt in the 80s: "If they can send one man to the Moon, why can't they send them all?"

Former GOP congressman: Jan. 6 was an "attempted coup" by Trump

Druvius comments on Jun 6, 2022:

Fortunately Trump couldn't plan or manage a coup any more than he could run a business.

Republicans Make Bizarre Anti-Gun Control Arguments as House Passes Gun Reform Bill | The Daily Show

Druvius comments on Jun 10, 2022:

There aren't any good arguments against gun control, so bizarre arguments are all they have.

Republicans pitch religious, family values as gun violence solution | The Hill

Druvius comments on Jun 12, 2022:

In other words they are offering nothing but magical thinking. Typical.

Texas Republicans want to secede from the United States. Could they do it? | The Independent

Druvius comments on Jun 21, 2022:

They can't legally secede, but at this point I'd be happy to see them and a number of other states form their own Handmaid's Tale nation.

It's not about babies. They don't care about the lives of babies.

Druvius comments on Jun 24, 2022:

It was never about babies, it's about forcing women to conform to Evangelical interpretations of Christian life.IE make them into breeding stock subservient to men.

It’s time to say it: the US supreme court has become an illegitimate institution | Jill Filipovic ...

Druvius comments on Jun 25, 2022:

She's not wrong, shared.

True story

Druvius comments on Jun 26, 2022:

LOL

Five of our Supreme Court justices – Barrett, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, and Cavanaugh -- have become...

Druvius comments on Jun 27, 2022:

So much for the right's disdain for judicial activism.

I am so excited about the SC overruling Roe VS Wade.

Druvius comments on Jun 28, 2022:

I look forward to justice Thomas's face as he is dragged from the Supreme Court and re-enslaved as God so clearly intended.

You can't just throw away money like that.

Druvius comments on Jun 29, 2022:

Downstream solutions are as American as apple pie, but far less useful. this way they can pretend they are trying to do something without actually doing something.

Proposal Renames Slavery As 'Involuntary Relocation' In Texas Public Schools - YouTube

Druvius comments on Jul 1, 2022:

White fragility is such a sad pathetic thing. An example of "say you're a giant snowflake without actually saying it." Blacks are afraid of being killed for their skin color, bigots are afraid of feeling uncomfortable.

Every echo-chamber needs a positive or negative center of gravity: positive if members of the ...

Druvius comments on Jul 3, 2022:

Tribalism is pretty innate in humans, and the sciences of advertising and propaganda are better all the time at exploiting it.

To demand tolerance presupposes being tolerant oneself.

Druvius comments on Jul 8, 2022:

I used to be an extremist. Now I'm a moderate, I think all the extremists should be shot.

Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds

Druvius comments on Jul 12, 2022:

They'll still vote for him in droves if he gets the nomination.

Walgreens Boycott Trend After Birth Control, Condom Sales Refused.

Druvius comments on Jul 20, 2022:

Yerp, the SCOTUS has given a green light to people pretending that refusing to serve people because of their own religious bigotry is somehow moral. Nope, it's just hatred and bigotry. Jesus wept.

Maybe this is a dumb question however it needs to be asked.

Druvius comments on Jul 20, 2022:

The Universe is finite but unbounded, it has no edge, there is no "outside" the Universe.

Havana Syndrome: PhACT or Fiction? | Skeptical Inquirer

Druvius comments on Jul 21, 2022:

Mass psychogenic illness weaponized into Cold War propaganda, The US doesn't face any real threats, but that wouldn't support the most bloated military budget the world has ever seen, so what threats there are have to be wildly exaggerated. Or made up as in this case.

FL School Board Candidate: Doctors Who Treat Trans Kids Should 'Hang'

Druvius comments on Jul 24, 2022:

Ah yes, lynching, another classic old American tradition the right wants to bring back to make America great again!

Any thoughts on Pope Francis' "apology" ?

Druvius comments on Jul 27, 2022:

Unless his apology includes 100% cooperation with law enforcement to identify past and current abusers, it's somewhere between meaningless and insulting. Literally one of these "schools" was operating less than 100 miles from where I went to grade school. We think of evil taking place in far away lands, not suburban Canada.

The Dawn of the Apocalypse Chris Hedges “The powerlessness many will feel in the face of ...

Druvius comments on Jul 29, 2022:

We're through the looking glass for sure. What's going to happen in the next few decades is very likely to get very ugly. In America at least I see a retreat from reason into delusion across a broad spectrum of society over my lifetime. I hope I'm wrong.

Hell, you can't even go to a baseball game anymore without some woke ass Karen fucking shit up.

Druvius comments on Jul 30, 2022:

Mr Feelgood doing it again, outraged at something that has ZERO to do with politics or anything really. That's the modern GOP, avoid real issues but get faux outrage over stuff that either didn't happen or has nothing to do with politics.

Uhm.

Druvius comments on Aug 2, 2022:

AirBnB removed the listing and promised to look into any listing that might be former slave quarters. Me, meh, depends on how it was listed I suppose, it's not necessarily bad, there must be huge numbers of buildings in the US that once held slaves.

So Alex Jones is going to be made to pay at least $US 4.

Druvius comments on Aug 4, 2022:

Pocket change and free publicity for him. Hope he goes to jail for perjury though.

Democrats denied the request and blame Trump for the outcome. Typical politics.

Druvius comments on Aug 4, 2022:

Democrats don't have the authority to deny such a request, so prima facie it's a lie.

As someone who was born and raised here, there's always something every day that makes me want to ...

Druvius comments on Aug 7, 2022:

And it's very likely to keep getting worse. The whole country has been thrown under the bus by the rich and the Evangelical right. :(

it's too late for the western empire as final convulsions set in.

Druvius comments on Aug 8, 2022:

Well, yes, the Atlantic Empire or whatever you want to call the Euro/American cabal that has run the world since 1914 or so is in big trouble. And the disastrous war they are pursuing in Ukraine is hastening their decline. That you somehow twisted that into a homophobic diatribe is a breathtaking exercise in motivated reasoning.

I know. Sue me.

Druvius comments on Aug 9, 2022:

The Abrahamaaic faiths are all dripping in blood.

Judges who sent children to for-profit jails for kickbacks ordered to pay more than $200 million in ...

Druvius comments on Aug 18, 2022:

For profit prisons are just modern day slavery. As has been pointed out, there's more blacks under the aegis of modern law enforcement (Imprisoned, paroled) than there were black slaves in 1850.

This reads like an Onion article. How?

Druvius comments on Aug 28, 2022:

Once again ignoring science and going with the Bible. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3447048/ As others have simply put it: "My parents used physical punishment and I turned out OK! ... means you definitely didn't turn out OK."

[huffpost.

Druvius comments on Sep 4, 2022:

Trump normalized refusing to accept election results one doesn't like, though granted there have always been cases, now it's mainstream. Ultimately it may be his biggest contribution to the dismantling of democracy world wide.

Phooey on the claim that cats bring their prey to us because they think we can't hunt or as a love ...

Druvius comments on Sep 7, 2022:

I've heard cats think humans are big clumsy cats, not that cats think they are little people. I think a lot of the time cats bring prey home is because they know it's a safe place to play with/eat it. That being said, I've had cats clearly "gift" me with prey, but even then their motivation is a mystery.

Does reversing abortion laws give all non-white Americans a better socio-economic demographic ...

Druvius comments on Sep 9, 2022:

Your premise is that the percentage of Americans who identify as "white" has some sort of meaning. No, it doesn't, it's just racism. When the premise is nonsense, any argument based on it is nonsense.

China's Life Expectancy Now Higher Than That of USA

Druvius comments on Sep 10, 2022:

But boy, our health care system probably generates more corporate profit than the rest of them combined! America FTW!

Gun violence is so prevalent in America, that reports of gun shots ("shots fired") are "low ...

Druvius comments on Sep 10, 2022:

Racism may have played a role as well.

Yes, Christian Nationalism IS Christian There's a problem we need to confront: Progressive ...

Druvius comments on Sep 10, 2022:

You're not wrong. They are hideously misinterpreting the New Testament, but they are indeed Christians.

Trump’s Not Even Pretending to Hide His Support for QAnon Any More

Druvius comments on Sep 13, 2022:

That Trump appears incapable of forging alliances outside of his increasingly shrinking base is a good sign. Still, it's a bitterly divided country with no end in sight.

Finland likes the swastika emblem too. [reuters.com]

Druvius comments on Sep 19, 2022:

Finnish Jewish and Nazi German troops fought side by side against Russia in WW2. History is complicated.

He's a very confused individual.

Druvius comments on Sep 22, 2022:

"If I think about it, it's true." Epic self own, Trump in a nutshell, he believes his own lies.

Nothing like advertising bat shit crazy

Druvius comments on Sep 28, 2022:

I just find it sad that people have so little identity that they have to adopt cult beliefs to identify themselves. Sad really.

Ukraine shells civilian refugee caravan with children, clearly marked.

Druvius comments on Sep 29, 2022:

14000 dead in Ukrainian terror attacks in Eastern Ukraine since 2014, but the western press never mentions that.

Should American tax dollars continue to rebuild Florida's southern coast every time a big storm ...

Druvius comments on Oct 2, 2022:

Sadly there are developments all over the nation built in utterly unsuitable places because of geologic and other natural hazards. that's what happens in corrupt nations, the developers draw the zoning maps for their benefit regardless of natural hazards.

How do all the pro vaccine takers reconcile the fact that doctors and scientists who have merit ...

Druvius comments on Oct 3, 2022:

We can read and use Google, and quickly discover what twaddle the Barington Declaration was, brought to us by climate change deniers no less. Was that a trick question?

I do not find this funny I will say straight up.

Druvius comments on Oct 5, 2022:

Biden is a loyal party apparatchik doing what the Pentagon, the arms industry, and fossil fuel lobby want him to do, he's not exercising any real power, like the two Bush presidencies. His state of mind isn't really relevant. We are in a stupid and apparently endless war with Russia because it's insanely profitable for the war profiteers who run the country, not because Biden is "in charge."

The new head of the Southern Baptist Church, Bart Barber, said a 10-year-old rape victim should ...

Druvius comments on Oct 11, 2022:

That a man can speak of compassion at the same time as forcing a child to birth a rapist's baby shows just how perverted and evil the evangelical take on Christ's teachings has become. If his God exists, she won't be fooled by his faux compassion.

How can you possibly suspend disbelief on this:

Druvius comments on Oct 22, 2022:

Stupid straw man argument, a hallmark of the right.

Christian 'prophets' claim Jesus was wealthy: 'He had five houses!'

Druvius comments on Oct 26, 2022:

Contemporary evangelicals are proof that Satan does his finest work in the name of Our Lord.

SCOTUS Might Leave Innocent Man in Prison Because of Rules - YouTube

Druvius comments on Nov 2, 2022:

The American "justice" system has ALWAYS worked this way, nothing new here.

Not seeing a lot of coverage about this.

Druvius comments on Nov 5, 2022:

The FBI started manufacturing fake terrorists right after 9/11, not limited to Trump.

Christchurch mass killer appeals against conviction and sentence

Druvius comments on Nov 8, 2022:

I'm not in favor of the death penalty unless the crime is monstrous and the guilt unassailable. This qualifies, he should have been put down long ago.

Ex-GOP Strategist Suggests Trump Has No Chance of Winning in 2024

Druvius comments on Nov 9, 2022:

I'm feeling a lot more reassured. By the old rules the Dems should have been clobbered. The GOP under Trump though has both narrowed its base and alienated an ever increasing number of Americans. A lot can happen in the next two years, but for now I'm breathing easier.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: The infuriating charge of 'racism against white people'

Druvius comments on Nov 10, 2022:

that more than half of white people think whites are a discriminated against minority know shows just how clueless more than half of white people are about the discrimination blacks endure daily.

I honestly thought this was another Babylon Bee post of sarcasm.

Druvius comments on Nov 13, 2022:

You have a problem with reducing racism? Guess what that makes you, LOL. Another idiotic self-own by our resident Captain Clown.

I rescue adopted an adult female cat two weeks ago.

Druvius comments on Nov 20, 2022:

Approach her on your belly, eyes half closed, not looking at her.

Alabama residents are flipping out over a Krampus-friendly 'Festival of Yule'

Druvius comments on Nov 21, 2022:

So tired of humorless evangelicals.

There are several reasons i might go into the bathroom, Checking out someones junk is not one of ...

Druvius comments on Nov 27, 2022:

Exactly, who goes into a bathroom and wonders about the genitals of people in the stalls? Perverts is the only answer I can come up with.

Ukrainian drones strike two different Russian air bases deep inside Russia. [bbc.com]

Druvius comments on Dec 5, 2022:

We are witnessing the next generation of warfare.

Restaurant Denies Christian Group Service Over its ProLife and LGBTQ Stances

Druvius comments on Dec 8, 2022:

It's legal in all cases, businesses do not have to provide service to people they don't like. They just can't discriminate because of things like race, religion, etc.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Could’ve Led a Better Armed Insurrection on Jan. 6

Druvius comments on Dec 12, 2022:

"ill advised and legally precarious" is right. Still, got to give her her props, the Jan 6 insurrection made the Beer Hall Putsch look good. It was an amateurish badly planned coup attempt. Saying it could have been better planned and executed isn't wrong.

Whoopi Goldberg Reiterates False Claim That Holocaust Wasn't Racist

Druvius comments on Dec 27, 2022:

I'm old, I remember when you could say things like "The world is round" or "Nazis are bad" and no one would disagree.

Pentagon is struggling to explain more than 170 fresh UFO reports, new document reveals ...

Druvius comments on Jan 18, 2023:

Well yeah, if they explained them, people might wonder why the Pentagon is throwing money away on this nonsense.

Taliban buying blue ticks on Twitter.

Druvius comments on Jan 19, 2023:

Why is Afghan government officials being on Twitter a problem? There are lots of other hideous governments all over Twitter?

This is what happens when criminally insane people get hold of guns: [abc.net.au]

Druvius comments on Jan 24, 2023:

No, this is what happens when you combine a country awash in easily obtainable guns with a sick culture that fetishizes guns, violence, and violent retribution.

Large mammals shaped the evolution of humans: here’s why it happened in Africa ...

Druvius comments on Feb 6, 2023:

This is informed speculation. We do know that humans originated in Africa, exactly what evolutionary. pressures led to us is going to be debated for a long time.

A Christian school canceled a concert after learning one of the singers is gay

Druvius comments on Feb 14, 2023:

The evangelical obsession with what consenting adults do with their genitals is perverted.

Got home from work today to find my kids have been on ebay all day.

Druvius comments on Feb 26, 2023:

:)

COVID-19 Origin Debate by Dr. Katelyn Jetelina

Druvius comments on Mar 1, 2023:

The problem is ... it doesn't really matter since it most certainly was an accident at worst. So something like Covid WILL happen again, experts have been warning about it for decades. The important thing is to be ready for the next one, and that doesn't seem to be happening in America.

House Republicans refuse to join Democrats in denouncing white supremacy | The Hill

Druvius comments on Mar 11, 2023:

Of course not, they would have to disavow much of their own party's rhetoric.

Facts or false?

Druvius comments on Mar 18, 2023:

False. That was easy.

Needs to be shared far and wide.

Druvius comments on Mar 20, 2023:

Gonna be interesting.

Former Florida GOP Legislator, Wrote 'Don't Say Gay' Pleads Guilty to Covid Relief Fraud

Druvius comments on Mar 22, 2023:

The ability of people to rationalize "the rules don't apply to me" isn't limited to GOP politicians, but I think they are over represented. https://rantt.com/gop-admins-had-38-times-more-criminal-convictions-than-democrats-1961-2016

GOP rep suggests replacing libraries with ‘church-owned’ alternatives: Wrong, GOP.

Druvius comments on Mar 24, 2023:

I'm not sure he even understands what a library is.

Lockland councilman arrested, faces multiple child pornography charges

Druvius comments on Mar 25, 2023:

Yet drag queens and librarians never get arrested on same.

Coywolves are Taking Over Eastern North America: [smithsonianmag.com]

Druvius comments on Mar 26, 2023:

Fascinating, I heard about them decades ago, guess they're going strong. I wonder what hoops the evolution deniers will jump through to explain this away. Two codicils. Coyotes are the only large North American land animal to extend its range since the 1492 invasion, so this is no surprise. And I always wondered if and when some larger animals evolve to live near or with humans. And we're seeing it. These guys, urban foxes in the Midwest, and others I'm sure.

How Trump’s 2024 presidential bid is dominated by extremist rhetoric | PBS NewsHour

Druvius comments on Mar 28, 2023:

2024 is gonna make the last two election campaigns look like the height of civility.

GOP senator on gun control: Congress has gone ‘about as far as we’re going to’ | The Hill

Druvius comments on Mar 30, 2023:

We've done nothing, and we're sticking to our guns!

DeSantis-Appointed Board Says Disney Pact Severely Curbs Its Authority Over Special District

Druvius comments on Mar 30, 2023:

Not sure why he thought he could fuck with Disney, he doesn't seem like an idiot. i wonder if he will respond. I can see a lot of corporations pulling out of the South if the hate campaign against LGTB people and their supporters keeps ramping up.

Payback time for Fuhrer tRump.

Druvius comments on Apr 5, 2023:

Good for him, that was one of Trump's more despicable acts.

Texas Lawmakers Push for 10 Commandments in Every Classroom | Time

Druvius comments on Apr 6, 2023:

Pretty sure both would be aprobar amigo!