Evoloution of God

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 6, 2024:

The believers in each successive iteration generally consider all the predecessor gods as false gods. Now all we need to do is make the current generation understand that their god is just like all the rest.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 7, 2024:

@siamak That's a very different concept from all that has preceded it. AI is... * Obviously man-made technology * Accessible; can hold a conversation * Not omnipotent; it can't do everything * Not omnipresent; just turn off devices * Not omniscient; junk in, junk out

Evoloution of God

Flyingsaucesir comments on Mar 6, 2024:

The believers in each successive iteration generally consider all the predecessor gods as false gods. Now all we need to do is make the current generation understand that their god is just like all the rest.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 7, 2024:

@siamak Explain?

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Jolanta comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It is a complete disgrace. They are doing to the Palestinians what was done to them. Shame on them all.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 7, 2024:

@Jolanta Of course raising fighters is not the ONLY reason they have kids, but it's an important one. The 24 combat battalions of Hamas fighters that existed on October 7 did not just fall out of the sky. "Palestinian women have one of the highest fertility rates in the world, averaging 4.38 births per woman." -- PubMed You have to admit, it's surprising behavior, given the perpetual hatred, animosity, and frequent violent confrontations up to and including all-out war. Is that the kind of environment where you would want to bring up kids? I bet not. I sure as hell wouldn't.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

ChestRockfield comments on Mar 4, 2024:

Generally if FrayedBear is against something, I assume I should be for it to end up on the right side of history. This is probably another instance of that. 🤣

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 6, 2024:

I think you mistook puff for frayed bear, but that is an easy mistake to make, being as they're both on the Kremlin payroll.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Jolanta comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It is a complete disgrace. They are doing to the Palestinians what was done to them. Shame on them all.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 6, 2024:

@Jolanta When they are not fighting, the Palestinian people are not dying, they're having babies. Lots and lots of babies. And the purpose of all this procreation? To make new generations of fighters, and mothers of future fighters. It's not a new phenomenon, this frenetic breeding of warriors. It has been going on for millennia. And I have heard the logic articulated (through translators) in recent times, in South Sudan. It is a mentality that is entirely foreign to people like you and me, who have grown up in relative peace and prosperity. Personally, I would not have kids if I was not sure I could afford to keep them safe, fed, clothed, housed, and educated to the point that they would have a decent chance of living a full, comfortable life. But that is not the Palestinian way. They have children in order to throw them into a desperate fight with an implacable foe. An enemy that is also a blood relative, whose state is nakba, a catastrophe. You ask what other options apart from war do they have. Seriously? You don't think there is anything else they can do? The other day on NPR I heard an interview with a Palestinian guy who studied hard and became a doctor. Not everyone can do that, but Gaza also needs plumbers, artists, restauranteurs, musicians, teachers, electricians, mechanics, etc., etc. For some, migration is an option too. What should not be an option is creating generation after generation of cannon fodder just because you think a Jewish state is a catastrophe. It's madness.

There is supposed to be at least one Supreme Court justice to oversee each Federal Circuit Court.

zeuser comments on Mar 5, 2024:

FDR gave this a shot back in the 40's, but he couldn't pull it off. This was a guy who won 4 national elections, and even HE couldn't budge the big money. Joe needs big majorities in both houses to pull this off. Y'all shouldn't hold your breath.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 5, 2024:

Yeah, I know it's a long shot. If we can't add 4, can we at least impeach and convict Clarence Thomas? 😂

There is supposed to be at least one Supreme Court justice to oversee each Federal Circuit Court.

Shaggy2018 comments on Mar 5, 2024:

Because Biden doesn't have the balls to do it even if he wanted to, which he doesn't. And this congress wouldn't do it.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 5, 2024:

You're right about one thing: this Congress would never do it. It's hard to imagine it happening at all if it's not even a hot topic in the national conversation. There would need to be a big call for change, a groundswell of support. A Dem president with big Dem majorities in both the House and Senate. It's possible. I guess it would depend a lot on where Biden (or any president) wanted to spend his (or her) political capital. If he (or she) wanted to restore the Voting Rights Act and affirmative action, implement gun control, and re-empower the EPA, wouldn't that require a change in the Court? Admittedly, it would be a radical move. And Biden is a moderate down to the soles of his feet. Do we at least agree in principle that it should be done? Isn't that where this would have to start? With us?

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Jolanta comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It is a complete disgrace. They are doing to the Palestinians what was done to them. Shame on them all.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 5, 2024:

@Jolanta If the Palestinian men, their own fathers, brothers, and sons who make up the ranks of Hamas care so little for the lives of Palestinian civilians, why should the Israelis care more? There's nothing preventing the Israelis from showing more compassion And I think it would better if they did. But let's make no mistake, what the Palestinians are doing is an impressive display of will. They know if they keep fighting they're going to get clobbered. There is no question in their minds that they and many civilians will die.. Hamas's strategy is to garner sympathy from the world by subjecting their own people to unbelievable carnage and destruction. But they apparently think it is worth it. They perpetuate the struggle into the next generation, and the next, because for them the formation of a Jewish state was nakba, literally a catastrophe. I wonder how the hatred between the two parties could ever reach such a level. Of course it all goes back to religious differences between two branches of one family, but I would like to find out more about the early days of the split. We might be going back 1200 years, to the time of Mohammed. He was, in addition to a prophet, also a general.

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Switchcraft comments on Mar 3, 2024:

Covid has been the great test of who you can trust.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 4, 2024:

@Switchcraft Good point ☝️

Latest CDC data show that 95% of people recently hospitalized with COVID did not get the updated ...

annewimsey500 comments on Mar 3, 2024:

Natural Selection is a wonderful thing and now that we no longer have Dire Wolves and Saber-toothed tigers to help out, we sure need something!!!!!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 4, 2024:

Maybe we need to think bigger about the number of Darwin awards that can be given out every year. 🤔

Latest CDC data show that 95% of people recently hospitalized with COVID did not get the updated ...

Switchcraft comments on Mar 3, 2024:

Covid has been the great test of who you can trust.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 3, 2024:

It certainly has revealed who is likely to trust very dubious sources, who can't tell fact from fiction, who prefers simplistic answers (i.e. conspiracy theories) to complicated questions.

Latest CDC data show that 95% of people recently hospitalized with COVID did not get the updated ...

Communistbitch comments on Mar 2, 2024:

No vaccine never got sick. Fuckin propaganda

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 3, 2024:

@Communistbitch Wow that's cool! I never knew! 😂

Where's my machete

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 2, 2024:

American freedom The Freedom do do as your bloody well told!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 2, 2024:

The political right in America has always flirted with dictators, fallen in love with authoritarians. MAGA is not really a new phenomenon.

Latest CDC data show that 95% of people recently hospitalized with COVID did not get the updated ...

Communistbitch comments on Mar 2, 2024:

No vaccine never got sick. Fuckin propaganda

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 2, 2024:

The stats are what they are. Being vaccinated is a really good way to keep SARS CoV-2 from putting you in the hospital. If you have been lucky so far, that's great. I hope your luck does not run out.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

Just the other day @puff was arguing that Donald Trump should get a pass for his grifting in the state of New York. He thinks that the former president should be able to commit bank fraud, insurance fraud, and tax fraud with impunity. @puff says it's selective prosecution, and conveniently ignores ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 2, 2024:

@puff With Ukraine and Gaza you're comparing apples and oranges.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

Just the other day @puff was arguing that Donald Trump should get a pass for his grifting in the state of New York. He thinks that the former president should be able to commit bank fraud, insurance fraud, and tax fraud with impunity. @puff says it's selective prosecution, and conveniently ignores ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 2, 2024:

@puff We have already been over this. Johnson was never empowered to decide anything for Ukraine. Anyway Putin's word is not worth the paper it's written on. He doesn't want just a little slice; he wants the whole pie. Just listen to the way he talks about Ukraine, the boring false history lectures he gives. And look at the way he attacks civilians in every part of the country. He's a greedy little fuck. He wants it all, and is willing to spend millions of (other people's) lives to get it. But the Russian people are not with him. He has to threaten and coerce. Meanwhile their economy is going down the tube.

Can you guess which justices voted to delay Trump's trial until after the election?

Trajan61 comments on Mar 1, 2024:

All three of the Democrat appointed judges are nothing but left wing political hacks so that one is easy. That trial needed to be delayed until after the election.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 2, 2024:

@Trajan61 Oh there will be an election, don't worry about that. The only question is, will the voters know who they are voting for? If the charges are tested in a court of law first, then they'll know. Trump should be eager to have his day in court. Any innocent man would. It's the only way to clear his name. But he doesn't want that. He's pulling out all the stops to stay out of court. It's not a good look. 😂😂😂

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

Just the other day @puff was arguing that Donald Trump should get a pass for his grifting in the state of New York. He thinks that the former president should be able to commit bank fraud, insurance fraud, and tax fraud with impunity. @puff says it's selective prosecution, and conveniently ignores ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 2, 2024:

@puff writes, "Democrats are going to be slaughtered if there is an election." IF there's an election? IF? Oh, there's going to be an election alright. And the stumbling zombie that used to be the Republican Party is going to lose decisively...again. Trump is more erratic every day, if that's even possible. He looks like he hasn't slept in months. He's going broke. His grift can't keep up with his legal fees, much less the judgements against him. The RNC is broke too. Trump keeps committing unforced errors. Like taking credit for the Dobbs decision. Suburban women are not pleased with him. And Biden is now beating Trump over the head with Trump's own signature issue, the border. Trump says terrorists, rapists, drug dealers, and murderers are pouring across the border, but don't let Biden sign a bill that would give the Border Patrol the resources they need to stop illegal crossings. Let them keep pouring across for another year...because it's good for Trumpty Dumpty, who didn't build a wall...😂😂😂

Can you guess which justices voted to delay Trump's trial until after the election?

TheoryNumber3 comments on Mar 2, 2024:

Remember when we had politicians and judges we could respect? Go back in time.... way back.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 2, 2024:

We still do, but the difference now is they're mostly to be found in only one Party. The transformation of the GOP into a fascist cult of personality is almost complete. But there are visible cracks in that facade, and they're getting bigger all the time. Trump is getting even more erratic, if that's possible, and he looks like he hasn't slept in a very long time. And he's broke. And his first criminal trial starts in 3 weeks. 😂😂😂

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

Just the other day @puff was arguing that Donald Trump should get a pass for his grifting in the state of New York. He thinks that the former president should be able to commit bank fraud, insurance fraud, and tax fraud with impunity. @puff says it's selective prosecution, and conveniently ignores ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 2, 2024:

@puff writes, "...it was obvious to me pretty well from the beginning that Russia was going to win..." All this proves is that you're a defeatist slob, and a poor judge of character. It ain't over yet; not by a long shot. Ukraine has already fought an enemy ten times its size to a standstill. Putin thought he would be in Kiev in 3 days. Two years later half his armour is destroyed, and he has to go begging ammunition from Iran and North Korea. Hundreds of thousands of military-aged men have fled the country. Europe is doing quite well without Russian fuel, the price of which is in the basement. And another wave of sanctions, this time hitting the countries and companies doing business with the Kremlin, are about to be rolled out. And Putin faces a lot of discontent at home. Witness the thousands who defied the threat of imprisonment or worse to protest the murder of Alexi Navalny and the war in Ukraine. The fact that Putin has to kill his political rivals and crush all dissent is a measure of his weakness, not his strength. Meanwhile, Ukraine is going to receive enough help in the short term to hold the line, Trump will lose the election, and Dems will take back the House. The USA will once again join the EU in supplying Ukraine, and many more Russian soldiers will die or defect. And now NATO is considerably larger than it was when Vlad the invader began his little adventure. Don't be too surprised if one day we hear that he has taken a chill in the night.

Can you guess which justices voted to delay Trump's trial until after the election?

DenoPenno comments on Mar 2, 2024:

Delaying any of Trump's trials until after the election means that suddenly the newly elected Trump cannot be charged with anything. This is what Trump and his lawyers want. It should not be what anyone with even a clue of what is going on would want. Democracy or dictatorship? This time Trump is ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 2, 2024:

He could be elected, then convicted before he takes office. 😳

Can you guess which justices voted to delay Trump's trial until after the election?

Trajan61 comments on Mar 1, 2024:

All three of the Democrat appointed judges are nothing but left wing political hacks so that one is easy. That trial needed to be delayed until after the election.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

@Trajan61

Can you guess which justices voted to delay Trump's trial until after the election?

Trajan61 comments on Mar 1, 2024:

All three of the Democrat appointed judges are nothing but left wing political hacks so that one is easy. That trial needed to be delayed until after the election.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

@Trajan61 You're showing more than a little ignorance here. Federal prosecutors do not bring charges unless they have sufficient evidence to land a conviction. That's why their success rate is up around 95%. The standard for conviction that the prosecution has to meet in a criminal trial is guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. It's a very high bar. If only one juror cannot decide, and it's a hung jury. They have to either retry the case or cut the defendant loose. Again, any innocent man would want to clear his name as soon as possible. Also note: just as any defendant has a right to a speedy trial, so does the public. And in this case, that is especially true. The electorate has a right to know if a candidate for the presidency is or is not guilty of felonies including defrauding the United States and attempting to disenfranchise 81,283,501 voters. Let a jury decide!

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

Just the other day @puff was arguing that Donald Trump should get a pass for his grifting in the state of New York. He thinks that the former president should be able to commit bank fraud, insurance fraud, and tax fraud with impunity. @puff says it's selective prosecution, and conveniently ignores ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

@puff I didn't think you would get it. Here, let me help you: the charge of seditious conspiracy encompasses insurrection. You don't have to charge insurrection if you charge sedition, or seditious conspiracy. You don't have to be at the site of the insurrection to be guilty of planning it and setting it in motion. 😂😂😂 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

Just the other day @puff was arguing that Donald Trump should get a pass for his grifting in the state of New York. He thinks that the former president should be able to commit bank fraud, insurance fraud, and tax fraud with impunity. @puff says it's selective prosecution, and conveniently ignores ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

@puff writes, "The FBI says no insurrection took place on Jan 6th 2020 and no-one has been charged with it." 🐂 fucking 💩! Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio was convicted and sentenced to 22 years for seditious conspiracy. Oath keeper Stuart Rhodes was convicted and sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy. Insurrection is a subset of sedition, dumbass. Want to see a classic Dunning-Kruger effect specimen? Look in the mirror. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition#:~:text=Sedition%20often%20includes%20subversion%20of,in%20writing%20are%20seditious%20libel.

Can you guess which justices voted to delay Trump's trial until after the election?

Trajan61 comments on Mar 1, 2024:

All three of the Democrat appointed judges are nothing but left wing political hacks so that one is easy. That trial needed to be delayed until after the election.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

An innocent man would want to clear his name as soon as possible. He wouldn't engage in endless delay tactics.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Jolanta comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It is a complete disgrace. They are doing to the Palestinians what was done to them. Shame on them all.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

@Jolanta Today? Doubtful. 75 years ago, before the first civil war? Maybe.

Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the U.S. : NPR

pamagain comments on Mar 1, 2024:

69% are under the age of 50? Good news but....I wonder the percentage of those OVER 50?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

Just guessing...31%?

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

snytiger6 comments on Feb 29, 2024:

The problem being is how supportive are those who are major contributors to political campaigns? If the contributors don't have support for Israel, then the politicians won't either, despite general or overwhelming public support. Big money controls politicians in the U.S. anymore.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

@snytiger6 The fix was in then and it's in now with this immunity case scheduled to be heard in late April, probably delaying the DC J6 case until after the election. It's a blatant thumb on the scale, and totally unconscionable.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

The International Court of Justice did NOT call it genocide, and did NOT mandate that Israel cease military operations in Gaza. The fact remains that Hamas is still a lethal force actively fighting Israel. It is lamentable that they (Hamas fighters) are using their own mothers, fathers, sisters, ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

@puff This from Wikipedia: "On 7 October 2023, 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals, including 764 civilians, were killed, and 248 persons taken hostage during the initial attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip." You repost, "So fuck all imperial occupiers and colonialists. Hope their occupying forces all get wiped off the map." So you are advocating for the murder of 300 million + Americans. You're advocating genocide. 😂😂😂

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

Everything this American soldier says lines up perfectly with all I have heard or read about Ukraine and Ukrainians: that they are brave, resourceful, smart, and determined. I also share this American warrior's disappointment in the gutless Republican scum in Congress that are doing Putin's bidding ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

@FrayedBear I get it. You're frustrated. Sour grapes suck. 🍇 😂

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Druvius comments on Mar 1, 2024:

Now AI is writing Cold War propaganda. Pathetic on multiple levels.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

Of course you have evidence that this is fiction generated by AI, right? 😂

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FrayedBear comments on Feb 29, 2024:

What sad vomit producing hubristic American hoodwinking.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

@FrayedBear You do have a point there. 70% of our Republicans believe Trumputin's Big Lie about the 2020 election. And some portion of those even believe the Kremlin's line of bullshit about Ukraine being part of Russia. So yeah, we have our share of dummies.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Jolanta comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It is a complete disgrace. They are doing to the Palestinians what was done to them. Shame on them all.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

@Jolanta, @Druvius You continue to miss my point. I do not condone what Israel has done and is doing. But it is not as simple as you make it sound. The Palestinians are not innocent victims. Their (mutual) hatred for Jews has driven the whole long tragic history. Imagine how things might have been different if, instead of starting a civil war over partition, they had accepted it. Right now there would probably be two states peacefully coexisting. But no. The creation of Israel was, as Palestinians call it, "nakba," a catastrophe. They couldn't accept it. They defied the whole world, gave the UN the middle finger, and started a civil war. What puzzles me is why I don't hear you calling on Hamas to lay down their arms and free the hostages that they abducted on October 7.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Jolanta comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It is a complete disgrace. They are doing to the Palestinians what was done to them. Shame on them all.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Mar 1, 2024:

@Jolanta I know. The abuse escalated big-time under Netanyahu, and while Trump was in office, it skyrocketed.

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FrayedBear comments on Feb 29, 2024:

What sad vomit producing hubristic American hoodwinking.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

A very predictable response from the frayed Russian bear. Tell your Uncle Vlad you earned your Kremlin stipend for today.

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racocn8 comments on Feb 29, 2024:

The beachhead that Putin has established is deep and broad. Greed is the weakness of the West and of Christian Nationalists especially. Apparently, the infiltration has penetrated the DOD and Intelligence agencies; the Russians have leveraged their previous loyalty to the Republican Party even as ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

I don't think the rot goes as far as you suggest. In fact, I'm fairly certain that it only (only?!!) extends to about two thirds of Republicans. Still, that is way too much.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Jolanta comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It is a complete disgrace. They are doing to the Palestinians what was done to them. Shame on them all.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@Druvius They may have said that in 1985, but they have alo said the opposite many times over the intervening 39 years. I'm not giving Israel a free pass here. I think their actions are excessive. At the same time, I understand why they are doing what they're doing. As long as Hamas is still a lethal fighting force, they feel there could be a repeat of October 7. Its not an unreasonable assumption. But I am pushing back against rhetoric that paints Palestinians as innocent victims. Both sides are guilty. I certainly don't minimize the thousands of Palestinian terrorist attacks that have been perpetrated over the years. Their willingness to spill the blood of innocent civilians is, frankly, appalling. The word that Palestinians use for the partition of the lands is "nakba." Its literal translation is "catastrophe." That's how Palestinians characterize the formation, under the auspices of the United Nations, of a Jewish state in the Levant. They also repeat the slogan, "free from the river to the sea." It mean a land free if Jews from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea. So please don't try to tell us that Palestinians are open to peaceful coexistence. That's just a cheap lie.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

The International Court of Justice did NOT call it genocide, and did NOT mandate that Israel cease military operations in Gaza. The fact remains that Hamas is still a lethal force actively fighting Israel. It is lamentable that they (Hamas fighters) are using their own mothers, fathers, sisters, ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@puff Sounds like you are denying that Hamas slaughtered 1200+ Israeli civilians on October 7. Wow. Amazing. Ok, you're even farther off the deep end than I thought.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Drank_Spear comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It's all propaganda, all of it. It's all lies directed at you.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@Drank_Spear I take in information from a wide variety of sources. I look for consistency. I don't try to form an opinion right away. I let things play out, take their course. I demand evidence. I always want to see evidence. I take everything with a grain of salt. I don't jump to conclusions. I pay attention to details. And I require evidence. Did I already say that? I'll say it again. Without evidence, no buy-in.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

Just the other day @puff was arguing that Donald Trump should get a pass for his grifting in the state of New York. He thinks that the former president should be able to commit bank fraud, insurance fraud, and tax fraud with impunity. @puff says it's selective prosecution, and conveniently ignores ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@puff I have answered every one of your wild claims, and instead of just being a man and admitting that you have been bested, you resort to the tired tactic of trying to put words in my mouth. Well it won't work here. This community has some pretty savvy and perspicacious members. They can read, and they know I never said all bad actors are caught. But then most don't go throwing their own lawyers under the bus. And I never said our justice system is perfect. In fact, I was beginning to think it might be broken beyond repair. But the prosecution of Donald J Trump is restoring my faith. And I never endorsed the long war in Afghanistan, and certainly never called it a success. Nor have I said anything like that about Ukraine. That is nothing if not a desperate fight with an implacable, criminal agressor. Do not even think about putting words in my mouth. PS: 10% is what you pay the bondsman (if you're lucky). But the bond is for the whole amount, 100%, and the bondsman is on the hook for all of it. Things being what they are in Trump world, I doubt that anyone will cover Trump for only 10%. He is suddenly a bad risk. 😂😂😂

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

The International Court of Justice did NOT call it genocide, and did NOT mandate that Israel cease military operations in Gaza. The fact remains that Hamas is still a lethal force actively fighting Israel. It is lamentable that they (Hamas fighters) are using their own mothers, fathers, sisters, ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@puff Oh yeah, Hamas has mellowed beautifully. Just look at their good works on October 7. 1200+ slaughtered; men, women, children. 250 kidnapped and held hostage. And then fighting on for months, using their own wives, sisters, brothers, mothers, children, and grandparents as human shields. Very mellow indeed.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Drank_Spear comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It's all propaganda, all of it. It's all lies directed at you.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@Drank_Spear It's definitely a complicated issue. And it's not enough to follow the news day to day. You also have to look at history. St least the last 100 years +. 1000 years even better.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

Just the other day @puff was arguing that Donald Trump should get a pass for his grifting in the state of New York. He thinks that the former president should be able to commit bank fraud, insurance fraud, and tax fraud with impunity. @puff says it's selective prosecution, and conveniently ignores ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@puff $800 billion worth of military kit left behind? Over 20 years we poured more than that into that rathole, but was the material still worth that much at the end? Nah. Afghanistan is a harsh environment. No victim of Trump's fraud over decades? The taxpayers of New York were victims. The banks and insurance companies that didn't get paid what they should have are victims. The people and companies that didn't cheat were disadvantaged and therefore victims. The entire business community suffers when laws go unenforced and lawbreakers go unpunished. The reason that New York is the business capitol of the world, and the USA attracts investment from all over the world is that we offer stability. And that stability is achieved through enforcement of the rule of law. Having to put up the amount of the judgement in cash or bond? That is nothing new. That's the way it works. (BTW, this should be no problem for Trumpty Dumpty, the self-styled multi-billionaire.) The size of the award is out of proportion? Not really. Trump's grift over decades is what was out of proportion. He had gotten away with so much shit for so long that he thought he was immune. But then he threw his own lawyer under the bus, and Michael Cohen spilled the beans, in court, under oath. It could not be ignored. The various prosecutions of Trump took a while to get off the ground, but they all started WAY before the 3-month window before an election in which the DOJ does not like to bring an indictment. Ironically, if it were not for Trump's assiduous delay tactics, all of the trials could be wrapped up well before the election. And that is what any innocent man would want: to clear his name. But not Trumpty Dumpty. 😂😂😂

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

The International Court of Justice did NOT call it genocide, and did NOT mandate that Israel cease military operations in Gaza. The fact remains that Hamas is still a lethal force actively fighting Israel. It is lamentable that they (Hamas fighters) are using their own mothers, fathers, sisters, ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@puff Palestinians reject a two-state solution, because that would mean recognizing Israel's right to exist. Meanwhile, Israel has had improved relations with its Arab neighbors. This in spite of Iran's continued meddling and incitement. What does that tell you?

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Jolanta comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It is a complete disgrace. They are doing to the Palestinians what was done to them. Shame on them all.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@Jolanta No, I didn't say that. What I'm saying is that the Palestinians lost me a long time ago by engaging in terrorist attacks against civilian targets, and with their continued defiance of the world in denying Israel's right to exist, all of which is driven by religious hatred.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

Just the other day @puff was arguing that Donald Trump should get a pass for his grifting in the state of New York. He thinks that the former president should be able to commit bank fraud, insurance fraud, and tax fraud with impunity. @puff says it's selective prosecution, and conveniently ignores ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@puff You make so many wild and unsubstantiated claims it's hard to keep count.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

The International Court of Justice did NOT call it genocide, and did NOT mandate that Israel cease military operations in Gaza. The fact remains that Hamas is still a lethal force actively fighting Israel. It is lamentable that they (Hamas fighters) are using their own mothers, fathers, sisters, ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@puff You throw the loaded term genocide around, but the ICJ stopped short of that. It's still s hot war zone. Hamas could end this instantly by laying down their arms and releasing their hostages. I'm not saying I condone Israel's actions, but I think understand them. Do I think they should have kept expanding the settlements in the West Bank? No. But Trump encouraged that, whereas Biden has not.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 29, 2024:

Just the other day @puff was arguing that Donald Trump should get a pass for his grifting in the state of New York. He thinks that the former president should be able to commit bank fraud, insurance fraud, and tax fraud with impunity. @puff says it's selective prosecution, and conveniently ignores ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@puff History will look very favorably on Biden, and very unfavorably on Trumputin. The withdrawal from Afghanistan was not as tidy as we would have liked, but the important thing is that we got out. As for inflation, it's lower in the USA than in any other developed nation. Against all odds, it looks like the US economy is having a soft landing post pandemic. And Nordstream? That pipeline needed to be shut off anyway (as all such pipelines must be, eventually). You have a decidedly Kremlin-friendly attitude vis-a-vis Russia and Ukraine. I think its too early, and you are too eager to call Russia the winner. Putin is a cheap crook, and Russia is a third-rate country. Europe is steadfast in its support of Ukraine, and once we have Trumpty Dumpty in our rear view mirror, the USA will come through for them too.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

snytiger6 comments on Feb 29, 2024:

The problem being is how supportive are those who are major contributors to political campaigns? If the contributors don't have support for Israel, then the politicians won't either, despite general or overwhelming public support. Big money controls politicians in the U.S. anymore.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

Citizens United was one of the worst SCOTUS decisions of all time.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Jolanta comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It is a complete disgrace. They are doing to the Palestinians what was done to them. Shame on them all.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@FrayedBear Not.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Jolanta comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It is a complete disgrace. They are doing to the Palestinians what was done to them. Shame on them all.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

Hamas could end this instantaneously. All they would have to do is lay down their arms and release their hostages. Just saying.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Tejas comments on Feb 29, 2024:

Usually I see daily videos of what's happening in war torn areas. For this conflict I haven't seen much. So I don't see where people are getting "genocide" from. Any of you have sources for such a claim?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

@Alienbeing I would not go so far as to say they are getting what they deserve. What they are getting is almost too terrible to contemplate. I would not wish it on anyone. But I also think you can say that the Palestinians brought this on themselves. Hamas did not just appear out of thin air; they are a creature of the Palestinian people. The same people who have defied the world for 100 years, insisting that Israel has no right to exist, and emphasizing their point with hundreds and hundreds of terrorist attacks on civilians of many nations.

Overwhelming support in America for Israel, 82%, according to this official Israeli mouthpiece.

Drank_Spear comments on Feb 29, 2024:

It's all propaganda, all of it. It's all lies directed at you.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

That's a very myopic view. Things are never black and white. There are always shades if grey. There is always nuance. To say it's all this or all that may appeal to the lizard brain, but it doesn't reflect reality.

Apple pancake

Julie808 comments on Feb 28, 2024:

We use rubber slippers here in Hawaii. Less newsprint (or glass and metal chards) on the wall that way.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 29, 2024:

Maybe I should have called it Apple crumble.

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silverotter11 comments on Feb 28, 2024:

Trying to convince people like my sister that inflating values to the extent trump did is still a part of trump's undying legacy. She thinks 'all's fair in love and war' and now for her business practices. Wrangles over the 'little' stuff whether real estate or taxes is just part of the 'game'. ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 28, 2024:

@silverotter11 A Christian who watches Fox, huh? Well that explains everything 😂

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silverotter11 comments on Feb 28, 2024:

Trying to convince people like my sister that inflating values to the extent trump did is still a part of trump's undying legacy. She thinks 'all's fair in love and war' and now for her business practices. Wrangles over the 'little' stuff whether real estate or taxes is just part of the 'game'. ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 28, 2024:

Your sister's view of the rule of law vis-a-vis the business world is dead wrong. Yes, there are bad actors who play dirty, but if their bad acts become known to the state, then they are usually contacted by prosecutors and some kind of settlement is negotiated. But Trump flat out denied any wrongdoing. That left the state no alternative but to prosecute. The business world is not the wild west, and a laissez faire attitude toward crime is not how things work for the simple reason that it's bad for business. The USA, and especially New York, is the business capitol of the world precisely because of our robust enforcement of the laws. The ability of investors to have confidence that it is a level playing field brings capital to our markets. It's a major part of the success of this country. Your sister is DEAD WRONG.

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silverotter11 comments on Feb 28, 2024:

Trying to convince people like my sister that inflating values to the extent trump did is still a part of trump's undying legacy. She thinks 'all's fair in love and war' and now for her business practices. Wrangles over the 'little' stuff whether real estate or taxes is just part of the 'game'. ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 28, 2024:

Trump flew below the radar for a long time, and might have gotten away with it, but for Michael Cohen's testimony in court. It's not selective prosecution if the prosecutor is following up on damning testimony under oath.

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Druvius comments on Feb 25, 2024:

Cold War propaganda is so stupid it's frightening, a complex world reduced to infantile good vs evil twaddle like this. No wonder the American empire is increasingly becoming irrelevant as BRICS and the SCO rise.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 28, 2024:

@Druvius That is the Kremlin's narrative.

Fascists always claim victimhood

TheoryNumber3 comments on Feb 26, 2024:

Oh give me a break! This jackass never stood up for anything but himself.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 26, 2024:

Ain't that the truth!

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Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 26, 2024:

@puff Do not be too quick to disparage the writing of others, Junior. Yours is not exactly exemplary. 😂

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Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 26, 2024:

That was a dumb move. They are so self-absorbed, neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians will hate each other any less or treat each other any better for it.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 26, 2024:

@puff First, I would not be too quick to draw any generalizations about US military morale (yes, it's spelled with an "e") based on one person who obviously had psychological problems beyond the normal, everyday ennui, anxiety, and/or sadness. Second, the question of whether Israel's actions constitute genocide was litigated before the International Court of Justice, and that conclusion was not definitive. The court ruled that SOME of the actions taken by Israel COULD fall within the definition of genocide, but that point remains open to debate. Third, the ICJ did NOT order Israel to cease military operations in Gaza. The fact remains that Hamas is still a lethal force actively fighting Israel. It is most unfortunate that Hamas is using the civilian population of Gaza as a human shield, but that is on Hamas and the Palestinian leadership, not Israel. Hamas is a creature of the Palestinian people. Hamas fighters are Palestinians, the sons, brothers, and fathers of the Palestinian people. If you poll the Palestinian people, ask them who they think is responsible for their current misery, they blame Israel 100%. In essence, they are saying they are ok with being used as human shields. Fourth, while one can make the case that, starting in 1948, Israel pushed, bullied, and elbowed Palestinians off their land, it is also legitimate to ask, "Why?" Why was that necessary? I submit the possibility that Israel had little choice. It is a fact that Palestinians today utterly reject the right of Israel to exist. To my knowledge, this has always been the case. The only world body with any legitimacy, the United Nations, issued a charter for the establishment of a Jewish state in the Levant. And some of the Arab people there (not all!) rejected that authority. In essence, some Arabs gave (and are still giving) the the whole world the middle finger. No one can deny that the grievances and hatred between Arabs and Jews in Palestine predate the 1948 UN charter by at least a thousand years. Maybe the UN should have known better than to green light a Jewish state there. But that is water under the bridge. The fact is, they did. And when the government exercises its right of eminent domain, you can only litigate for so long before the sheriff padlocks your house and the bulldozers come and knock it down. And if you did not accept what was offered in compensation, you're shit out of luck. You are NOT allowed to wage a campaign of terror on your new neighbors, no matter how much you hate them. And if you plant a bomb on a civilian bus, you lose all legitimacy. Anyone who would murder innocent civilians over a shitty little patch of desert is a mangy dog and needs to be put down. Well that is where we are now. Throughout my whole life (64 years so far), I have...

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Druvius comments on Feb 25, 2024:

Cold War propaganda is so stupid it's frightening, a complex world reduced to infantile good vs evil twaddle like this. No wonder the American empire is increasingly becoming irrelevant as BRICS and the SCO rise.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 26, 2024:

@Druvius I didn't say one is intrinsically superior over the other; just that the citizens if one generally prefer their own, if they are allowed to have an opinion. 🤣

Trump's Roman holiday, America's nightmare

racocn8 comments on Feb 25, 2024:

What is the lawsuit in the last cartoon?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 25, 2024:

It could be the NY state fraud case, or the E. Jean Carroll defamation/rape case,...and there is one relating to a Ponzi scheme Trump promoted,...and there are the cops and congressmen who are suing him over J6,...

Round and round he goes...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 25, 2024:

It's maddening.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 25, 2024:

Yes...fiddling while Ukraine burns.

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HippieChick58 comments on Feb 25, 2024:

Hopefully his massive debt with slow him down and shut him up.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 25, 2024:

I doubt it will shut him up, but he is becoming even more incoherent, if that's possible.

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racocn8 comments on Feb 25, 2024:

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Keeps me from flying off the handle 😂

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1patriot comments on Feb 25, 2024:

Well all you fucker have 4 years at the most....you best get your shit together because they are taking you either way it's your fucking opinion Not mine

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 25, 2024:

@1patriot So far, I've had 5 COVID-19 vaccinations over 4 years. I haven't had COVID, and I'm feeling great. But thanks for your concern. 😂😂😂

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Druvius comments on Feb 25, 2024:

Cold War propaganda is so stupid it's frightening, a complex world reduced to infantile good vs evil twaddle like this. No wonder the American empire is increasingly becoming irrelevant as BRICS and the SCO rise.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 25, 2024:

It's not about good vs. evil; it's about democracy vs. authoritarianism, and how an American ex-president would take us from one to the other. This is remarkable and more than a little scary. But yes, there is an implicit value judgement here as well. The cartoonist assumes that at least a majority of his American audience would much rather live in the USA than in Russia, N. Korea, Iran, or China. Are you not part of that majority?

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1patriot comments on Feb 25, 2024:

Well all you fucker have 4 years at the most....you best get your shit together because they are taking you either way it's your fucking opinion Not mine

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 25, 2024:

That's right, have a good cry, you'll feel better.

The evidence for plant-based diets being better is about as good as that for Mr.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 25, 2024:

Our closest relative in the animal kingdom, Pan troglodytes, aka the chimpanzee, is an omnivore who supplements a diet of mostly vegetable matter with the occasional bush baby or termite feast. We share 98.8% of our DNA with chimps. We still have very similar dietary needs.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 25, 2024:

@puff We share kinship with every species on the planet, but our closest non-human kin are chimps. Pigs are a lot closer to us than, say, trout, but not as close as any monkey or ape.

The evidence for plant-based diets being better is about as good as that for Mr.

richiegtt comments on Feb 24, 2024:

My father lived to 105 and he ate plenty of meat even lots of cold cuts ,sugary, foods and all the other stuff that’s supposed to be bad for you but he had good genetics that’s what really matters..

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 25, 2024:

How do we know he would not have lived to 116 if he had eaten more veggies?

What does a "genocide" mean?

Mooolah comments on Feb 24, 2024:

As a species, we are slowly moving to a place where war is too costly, capital punishment is anachronistic (and waste of organs ), consensus that democracy remains our best hope. Democracy. Ponderous, but always moving forward....unless the planet is over run by our mistakes.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 25, 2024:

We will probably still be fighting wars a thousand years from now, if there is still anyone standing. And what will they be fighting over? Fresh water. You are right, democracy is our best hope, but that hope is tenuous. Democracy has some weaknesses that make it susceptible to subversion by criminals who would use the cover of free speech and due process to press a totally self-centered agenda instead of tending to the public good. Once in power they would. fabricate an emergency, suspend the Constitution, declare martial law, clamp down on dissent, pillage the Treasury, and weaponize the Justice Department and intelligence agencies to persecute political rivals. We have seen it all happen before in other countries, and it could happen here. The only thing standing in the way of the would be dictators is honest, loyal, and courageous career government employees and some private backers, and a well informed, well educated, engaged electorate.

What does a "genocide" mean?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 24, 2024:

What Putin is trying to do in Ukraine fits the definition to a tee.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 25, 2024:

@puff Her Russian is better than his German. They studied each other. They were never friends. They had a cordial professional relationship. She is a pragmatist. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

What does a "genocide" mean?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 24, 2024:

What Putin is trying to do in Ukraine fits the definition to a tee.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

@puff You'll have to take that up with her. (BTW, there is no one in Europe who knows Putin better than she does.)

IRONY When the most capitalist country on Earth bankrupt a former president.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 24, 2024:

No one has bankrupted Donald Trump more than Donald Trump. He is an expert at making a small fortune...out of a large one. His whole life he has gotten away with shit, and finally the system is catching up on his orange ass. 🙂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

@puff It's unprecedented in that no American president or former president has ever behaved as egregiously as Trump.

What does a "genocide" mean?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 24, 2024:

What Putin is trying to do in Ukraine fits the definition to a tee.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

@puff Ukraine decided to fight on because they could read the handwriting on the wall: Putin was going to gobble up the whole country, no matter what. You think Putin's word is worth a fart in a windstorm? Ha! You are one deluded mother's son. Before the full scale invasion in February 2022, what did putin say? He said he had no intention of invading Ukraine. Just like in 2014, when he sent his "little green men" into the Donbas. "Who, me? What? I know nothing..." All pure bullshit. There is no negotiating with a pit viper.

IRONY When the most capitalist country on Earth bankrupt a former president.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 24, 2024:

No one has bankrupted Donald Trump more than Donald Trump. He is an expert at making a small fortune...out of a large one. His whole life he has gotten away with shit, and finally the system is catching up on his orange ass. 🙂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

@puff You apparently have no idea how capitalism is supposed to work. Trump did not "smooth talk" his way into more favorable terms; he LIED. He signed his name to false documents. That is NOT allowed. ANYONE who gets caught doing what he did is liable for prosecution and restitution. You are confusing kleptocracy for capitalism. Please read Adam Smith before saying another word. 😂😂😂

What does a "genocide" mean?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 24, 2024:

What Putin is trying to do in Ukraine fits the definition to a tee.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

@puff Again you fundamentally misunderstand the situation. No one in the West is telling Ukraine what to do. Boris Johnson never had that much pull. And Russia is not entitled to have Crimea any more than any other part of Ukraine (or Europe, for that matter).

IRONY When the most capitalist country on Earth bankrupt a former president.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 24, 2024:

No one has bankrupted Donald Trump more than Donald Trump. He is an expert at making a small fortune...out of a large one. His whole life he has gotten away with shit, and finally the system is catching up on his orange ass. 🙂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

@puff It is you who are missing the point. Other players in the marketplace who did not lie about the value of their assets were placed at a disadvantage by Trump's fraud. They had to pay higher interest rates for the same loan amounts, higher insurance rates for the same coverage. And they either had to take the loss or pass the higher costs on to their customers. Ultimately, consumers were injured because Trump didn't play by the rules; he rigged the game in his own favor. That's not how capitalism is supposed to work. That's why we have laws that govern the game.

What does a "genocide" mean?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 24, 2024:

What Putin is trying to do in Ukraine fits the definition to a tee.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

@puff Putin is bent on erasing Ukraine as a sovereign nation. What's to negotiate? The threat to Ukraine is existential. But Russia could end the bloodshed tomorrow. All they have to do is quit Ukraine. It's that simple. NATO is not telling Ukrainians what to do. The Ukrainians are bravely facing down an aggressive bully who has far greater numbers and material resources. They're fighting because their only other choice is to lose everything. They deserve our help. And we are smart to give it. Until you bloody the bully's nose, he will just keep on taking, taking, taking. Putin is counting on the West getting tired, fed up, and losing its resolve. He knows we have the right to choose. But in Russia he is a dictator; he puts down dissent in his own ranks with an iron fist. You cannot even display an 8½ x 11 blank sheet of paper in Russia without burly brutes hustling you off to prison. He has his political rivals killed, or jailed, or killed in jail. And make no mistake: these are signs of weakness, not of strength. Putin is fundamentally weak. He cannot compete on a level playing field. And you would prostrate yourself before such a man? I feel sorry for you.

IRONY When the most capitalist country on Earth bankrupt a former president.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 24, 2024:

No one has bankrupted Donald Trump more than Donald Trump. He is an expert at making a small fortune...out of a large one. His whole life he has gotten away with shit, and finally the system is catching up on his orange ass. 🙂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

@puff Yeah, Trumpty Dumpty is screaming selective prosecution, but it's not. The dirty mother fucker stole classified documents and tried to obstruct justice; paid off a porn star, forged business and tax records in order to bamboozle voters; defrauded the United States and tried to disenfranchise 81,000,000 Americans to overturn a legitimate election and hang on to power against the will of the people. These prosecutions are not at all out of line. If you or I tried to get away with one hundredth of what he has done, we would already be in jail. Trump is a fascist prick and is getting what's coming to him. He's very lucky to be in a country of laws. It could be a lot worse. Look how Hitler and Musolini ended up.

What does a "genocide" mean?

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 24, 2024:

What Putin is trying to do in Ukraine fits the definition to a tee.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

@puff Blame Zelensky? Why? He did not invade Russia. Russia invaded Ukraine. Blame Putin!

IRONY When the most capitalist country on Earth bankrupt a former president.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 24, 2024:

No one has bankrupted Donald Trump more than Donald Trump. He is an expert at making a small fortune...out of a large one. His whole life he has gotten away with shit, and finally the system is catching up on his orange ass. 🙂

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

@puff Capitalism only works if there are laws. and those laws are enforced. Trump stepped outside the laws, got caught, and now he's getting slapped. It is as it should be.

Dutch Climate Expert Dr.

Zealandia comments on Feb 23, 2024:

Isn’t Guus Berkhout a retired geophysicist who worked for the oil company Shell? Just wondering, how is his specialty related to climate change?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

@1patriot Another science-denying, disinformation organ of the fossil fuel industry.

Dutch Climate Expert Dr.

Zealandia comments on Feb 23, 2024:

Isn’t Guus Berkhout a retired geophysicist who worked for the oil company Shell? Just wondering, how is his specialty related to climate change?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

Bingo! 🎯 The mother fucker isn't even a climate scientist. He's an oil company engineer/geophysicist. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guus_Berkhout

Star witness in Republican smear campaign confesses to FBI he's is a Russian agent.

Druvius comments on Feb 23, 2024:

And now suddenly he's telling the truth? LOLROFL This guy will say whatever it takes. Does show what a farce the Biden impeachment thing was though, if this clown was the best they could do.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 24, 2024:

Yeah I wouldn't trust the son of a bitch as far as I could throw him, but those bastards Comer and Jordan knew all along he was full of shit. Yet they went ahead with their phony impeachment inquiry anyway, just to dirty up a sitting American president. It's truly disgraceful. Those guys deserve to be keel hauled. This reminds me of when the George W. Bush administration wheeled out a con man named Ahmed Chalabi to justify their illegal invasion of Iraq. Chalabi was a banker, crooked as a dog's hind leg, indicted in Europe for fraud, and everybody knew it. He said what Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rice wanted said about Saddam Hussein's WMDs, that they existed, (which was pure bullshit). And on this mother fucker's word we committed our blood and treasure, destabilized the whole region, and gave rise to ISIS. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Chalabi

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My two cents: predicting climate 100years down the road is very difficult to get right. There are so many variables which can drastically affect the outcome of they change even a little bit. I also don’t like being told or taxed to push me in a certain direction. The predicted effects of climate...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 23, 2024:

@antman writes, "The predicted effects of climate change will be limited as soon as someone finds a way to profit from it." That is only true if we address the problem before the climate system reaches the tipping point where feedback loops cause the temperature to spiral up uncontrollably. No one knows where exactly that point is, but most climate scientists agree we are fast approaching it. A rise of 3°C over preindustrial levels is generally thought to be catastrophic. Right now we are about half way there and climate change is already manifest everywhere, with devastating results. And we are on track to blow right past 3°C if we don't stop burning fossil fuels toot sweet. Feedback loops to watch: Deforestation of Amazon and other forests Retreat of Arctic Ocean sea ice Melting of permafrost Warming oceans release methane hydrate Example: The huge and unprecedented fires across the boreal forests of Canada and Siberia are an indication of having reached a tipping point. The heat WE CAUSED is drying out the forests, making them susceptible to insects, further weakening the trees, which now readily burn, releasing more CO2, which causes more warming. We have turned the forest from a CO2 sink into a CO2 source. Example: The warming WE CAUSED is changing the Arctic Ocean from a reflective surface that sent 90% of the solar energy that hit it back out into space, into a dark body that absorbes 90% of the solar energy that hits it. That heat then gets distributed all around the planet by ocean currents. Example: large pits, some tens of meters in diameter, are opening up across Siberia, where buildup of methane gas in melting permafrost has explosively forced its way to the surface. Methane is about 100 times better than CO2 at trapping heat in the atmosphere. The permafrost is melting because of heating that WE CAUSED, and the result is more greenhouse gases that will amplify what we have started. Example: Methane hydrate sits on the ocean floor. There are billions of tons of it. It's stable as long as the ocean water doesn't get too warm. If it does get too warm, it will come bubbling up, adding a LOT MORE greenhouse gas to the atmosphere. The last time this happened, 95% of the species on Earth went extinct. How lucky are you feeling?

Nobel Prize winners, the greatest minds and thinkers of our age agree that “climate change” is a...

Severnman comments on Feb 23, 2024:

The opinions of Nobel prizewinners are irrelevant as there are no Nobel prizes in climate science. The statements of climate scientists are very relevant, as they are based on a massive amount of research, published in tens of thousands of scientific papers going back many decades, covering evidence...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 23, 2024:

@1patriot For his tireless work in educating the public about climate change (including his documentary film An Inconvenient Truth), Al Gore shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2007/gore/facts/ Don't you ever tire of being wrong? 😂😂😂

Nobel Prize winners, the greatest minds and thinkers of our age agree that “climate change” is a...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 23, 2024:

What's this? @1patriot turning over a new leaf?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 23, 2024:

@1patriot You made an assertion, it's up to you to back it up. You can't or won't? OK! As the great Christopher Hitchens said, "That which can asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Nobel Prize winners, the greatest minds and thinkers of our age agree that “climate change” is a...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 23, 2024:

What's this? @1patriot turning over a new leaf?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 23, 2024:

@1patriot And your evidence? If you can find where I said I was a genius, just take screen shots of my comment and the post it came from. Time to put up or shut up. 😂

Nobel Prize winners, the greatest minds and thinkers of our age agree that “climate change” is a...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 23, 2024:

What's this? @1patriot turning over a new leaf?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 23, 2024:

@1patriot And I don't know why you keep saying I'm a genius. I'm not, and never claimed to be.

Star witness in Republican smear campaign confesses to FBI he's is a Russian agent.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 23, 2024:

Of course he is a Russian agent, they've been in bed with Donnie and now are with the rest of the Reputhuglican party.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 23, 2024:

@DenoPenno It's more than that. He wants to be the Putin of the West, a real fascist dictator like his Uncle Vlad.

Nobel Prize winners, the greatest minds and thinkers of our age agree that “climate change” is a...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 23, 2024:

What's this? @1patriot turning over a new leaf?

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 23, 2024:

@1patriot I generally don't have to read more than a few lines, in the articles you post, before I find an egregious lie.

Don't tell people to go to hell. Tell them to leave it.

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 21, 2024:

Atheists and agnostics don't believe in Hell.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 21, 2024:

@Drank_Spear Yes, metaphorically.

Don't tell people to go to hell. Tell them to leave it.

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2024:

People are different and for some of them that might mean suicide.

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 21, 2024:

Good observation.

Hobby Lobby-funded Jesus Super Bowl ads can't hide the hate that fuels the Christian right ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 21, 2024:

I refuse to shop at HL for so many reasons!

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 21, 2024:

I bought a sheet of acid-free colored construction paper there a couple years ago. I had tried Michaels but they had quit stocking it. Still feeling guilty about it.

AL Supreme Court cites "wrath of a holy God" while claiming frozen embryos are "children" -- ...

annewimsey500 comments on Feb 20, 2024:

I have always been of the opinion that there are far too many humans on the Earth already , and having seen what a friend's daughter went through going the IVF route for over 6 years, the expense, the scarily heightened-by -hormones emotions, the truly wrenching overall stress, the false alarms and...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 21, 2024:

@snytiger6 The growth rate has slowed down considerably. It was doubling (adding 100%) every 40 years. Now we are only adding about 50% in the same amount of time. But even this rate is not sustainable. Water is getting scarce. Some areas have been relying on fossil water from ancient aquifers. These are drying up. Desertification of once arable lands through poor farming practices is an ongoing process that will limit our ability to grow food. And climate change/global warming is bringing heat waves that kill entire crops in a weekend. Floods are equally destructive. Bottom line, famine is likely to become an important limiting factor on population growth.

Just say no to Atheist Toast..!

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 21, 2024:

Pastor Alex is obviously a fucking moron. Atheists don't believe in Satan any more than they believe in God. Notwithstanding the absurdity of this toast post, it is disturbing. This so-called Christian's aim is to paint atheists as underhanded, conniving, malicious, agents of evil. He intimates ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 21, 2024:

@FrostyJim, @Zealandia Thanks for the heads-up. Sure fooled me.

Just say no to Atheist Toast..!

Flyingsaucesir comments on Feb 21, 2024:

Pastor Alex is obviously a fucking moron. Atheists don't believe in Satan any more than they believe in God. Notwithstanding the absurdity of this toast post, it is disturbing. This so-called Christian's aim is to paint atheists as underhanded, conniving, malicious, agents of evil. He intimates ...

Flyingsaucesir replies on Feb 21, 2024:

@FrostyJim ok, that's good.