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The United Kingdom's Department of Education has (finally) decided "If a school cannot prioritize ...
Marionville comments on Jul 31, 2022:
Why has it taken so long is my question…as they’ve known about this guy and his discriminatory practices for two decades.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 31, 2022:
Too frightened of being called racist, until now when the secretary of state is a practicing Hindu who seems to have no problem being publicly racist, since she is the author of a policy that advocates putting all asylum seekers on a plane and sending them to Rwandan concentration camps.
Marionville comments on Jul 31, 2022:
Why has it taken so long is my question…as they’ve known about this guy and his discriminatory practices for two decades.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 31, 2022:
Too frightened of being called racist, until now when the secretary of state is a practicing Hindu who seems to have no problem being publicly racist, since she is the author of a policy that advocates putting all asylum seekers on a plane and sending them to Rwandan concentration camps.
Hoary
adjective
tedious from familiarity; stale.
Marionville comments on Jul 31, 2022:
Old English har/haar from Proto Germanic root meaning white or grey haired with age.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 31, 2022:
Macbeth to the murdered Banquo's ghost
**“Never shake thy gory locks at me”** (Macbeth, III. iv. 50-51) in some portfolios Gory is written Hoary
Abraham Lincoln: (Paraphrasing)
**Old Neptune, shake thy hoary locks! Fifty-eight ships are under way, of every tonnage and firing range.**
He laid his hand upon the Ocean's mane. And played familiar with his hoary locks.
Robert Pollok
Marionville comments on Jul 31, 2022:
Old English har/haar from Proto Germanic root meaning white or grey haired with age.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 31, 2022:
Macbeth to the murdered Banquo's ghost
**“Never shake thy gory locks at me”** (Macbeth, III. iv. 50-51) in some portfolios Gory is written Hoary
Abraham Lincoln: (Paraphrasing)
**Old Neptune, shake thy hoary locks! Fifty-eight ships are under way, of every tonnage and firing range.**
He laid his hand upon the Ocean's mane. And played familiar with his hoary locks.
Robert Pollok
BANDYING.
Garban comments on Jul 30, 2022:
Maybe that’s where the “ban” in Garban comes from?😉
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 30, 2022:
Garban comes from Celtic Irish and literally mean "The Rough or the Ruff" Garb (rough) Han (that which is)
Therefore John Garban means John the Ruffian or Tough John
Garban comments on Jul 30, 2022:
Maybe that’s where the “ban” in Garban comes from?😉
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 30, 2022:
Garban comes from Celtic Irish and literally mean "The Rough or the Ruff" Garb (rough) Han (that which is)
Therefore John Garban means John the Ruffian or Tough John
Nostalgia, not always correct, but normally comforting.
Beowulfsfriend comments on Jul 29, 2022:
I wonder where that is located, and if it were a staged photo for an ad or from a film.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 29, 2022:
@Diaco
Apparently it is Rio de Janeiro 1972 from an article warning people NOT to use iodine and mercury to deepen their tan as it was causing a plague of skin cancer and blood poisoning
Beowulfsfriend comments on Jul 29, 2022:
I wonder where that is located, and if it were a staged photo for an ad or from a film.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 29, 2022:
@Diaco
Apparently it is Rio de Janeiro 1972 from an article warning people NOT to use iodine and mercury to deepen their tan as it was causing a plague of skin cancer and blood poisoning
Bruja
(pronounced Brew Cha)
Originally Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to bring to the boil" ...
Marionville comments on Jul 28, 2022:
Any relationship to brouhaha?
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 28, 2022:
I wondered that myself but apparently brouhaha is French and in medieval theatre was the stage direction for cry or laugh of the devil
Marionville comments on Jul 28, 2022:
Any relationship to brouhaha?
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 28, 2022:
I wondered that myself but apparently brouhaha is French and in medieval theatre was the stage direction for cry or laugh of the devil
Meg Tilly in 1982
Mooolah comments on Jul 26, 2022:
Finally a bi racial pic
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
Meg's (and sister Jenifer's) father is Chinese-American biracial their mother is American Irish, I first saw Meg in psycho 2 in 1983 and recall thinking she was amazing and played off against Anthony Perkins wonderfully.
Mooolah comments on Jul 26, 2022:
Finally a bi racial pic
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
Meg's (and sister Jenifer's) father is Chinese-American biracial their mother is American Irish, I first saw Meg in psycho 2 in 1983 and recall thinking she was amazing and played off against Anthony Perkins wonderfully.
Isn't it just a little suspicious...
p-nullifidian comments on Jul 26, 2022:
It’s more than suspicious, it’s by design. The clergy have always known that religious faith requires blind obedience and the submission of one’s will. Proverbs says to trust in the Lord with all your heart and not to rely on your own understanding. The New Testament says that unless you have ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
The first story in the holly Babble is about how seeking knowledge lead to he expulsion of human kind from paradise and doomed them to eternal misery, toil and monthly menstruation
p-nullifidian comments on Jul 26, 2022:
It’s more than suspicious, it’s by design. The clergy have always known that religious faith requires blind obedience and the submission of one’s will. Proverbs says to trust in the Lord with all your heart and not to rely on your own understanding. The New Testament says that unless you have ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
The first story in the holly Babble is about how seeking knowledge lead to he expulsion of human kind from paradise and doomed them to eternal misery, toil and monthly menstruation
GOP lawmaker attended gay son's wedding 3 days after voting against same-sex marriage
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 26, 2022:
Just because you are against gay marriage does not mean that you have to hate members of you family who are gay.
Attending his son's wedding is not an act of hypocrisy if it was done out of love, it is actually quite courageous and shows he puts family ahead of party and prejudice.
I hate ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
@Betty That is why I always fact check
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 26, 2022:
Just because you are against gay marriage does not mean that you have to hate members of you family who are gay.
Attending his son's wedding is not an act of hypocrisy if it was done out of love, it is actually quite courageous and shows he puts family ahead of party and prejudice.
I hate ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
@Betty That is why I always fact check
GOP lawmaker attended gay son's wedding 3 days after voting against same-sex marriage
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 26, 2022:
Just because you are against gay marriage does not mean that you have to hate members of you family who are gay.
Attending his son's wedding is not an act of hypocrisy if it was done out of love, it is actually quite courageous and shows he puts family ahead of party and prejudice.
I hate ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
@Betty He voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, he did not vote to end gay marriage. Respect for Marriage Act was rushed through after the over turning of Roe V Wade when it became clear that the precedent set by the SCOTUS could be used to overturn the previous supreme court decision declaring the legality of gay and interracial marriage and return such decisions to the state legislature instead of federal law.
The only way to prevent this was by amending the Defence of Marriage Act and making recognition of gay and interracial a federal law.
No one was trying to end gay or interracial marriage, nor could they.
Glenn Thompson choice to vote against the passing of the Respect for marriage act, no mater how ill thought out, in no way was an act of hypocrisy, when he obviously approved of his own son's wedding, just typical republican stubbornness against federalism, centralisation and big government.
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 26, 2022:
Just because you are against gay marriage does not mean that you have to hate members of you family who are gay.
Attending his son's wedding is not an act of hypocrisy if it was done out of love, it is actually quite courageous and shows he puts family ahead of party and prejudice.
I hate ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
@Betty He voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, he did not vote to end gay marriage. Respect for Marriage Act was rushed through after the over turning of Roe V Wade when it became clear that the precedent set by the SCOTUS could be used to overturn the previous supreme court decision declaring the legality of gay and interracial marriage and return such decisions to the state legislature instead of federal law.
The only way to prevent this was by amending the Defence of Marriage Act and making recognition of gay and interracial a federal law.
No one was trying to end gay or interracial marriage, nor could they.
Glenn Thompson choice to vote against the passing of the Respect for marriage act, no mater how ill thought out, in no way was an act of hypocrisy, when he obviously approved of his own son's wedding, just typical republican stubbornness against federalism, centralisation and big government.
GOP lawmaker attended gay son's wedding 3 days after voting against same-sex marriage
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 26, 2022:
Just because you are against gay marriage does not mean that you have to hate members of you family who are gay.
Attending his son's wedding is not an act of hypocrisy if it was done out of love, it is actually quite courageous and shows he puts family ahead of party and prejudice.
I hate ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
@Betty
I did not say that there was not.
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 26, 2022:
Just because you are against gay marriage does not mean that you have to hate members of you family who are gay.
Attending his son's wedding is not an act of hypocrisy if it was done out of love, it is actually quite courageous and shows he puts family ahead of party and prejudice.
I hate ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
@Betty
I did not say that there was not.
I give her an exclamation point for imagination.
anglophone comments on Jul 26, 2022:
I wonder how many men would like to ride Kat Kerr simultaneously in Heaven.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
No sex in heaven according to the Roman Catholics, glorified bodies don't have naughty bits that we were only given in the first place to see if we could resist using them.
anglophone comments on Jul 26, 2022:
I wonder how many men would like to ride Kat Kerr simultaneously in Heaven.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
No sex in heaven according to the Roman Catholics, glorified bodies don't have naughty bits that we were only given in the first place to see if we could resist using them.
I give her an exclamation point for imagination.
wolf041 comments on Jul 25, 2022:
Bu- bu- but what about all those xtian leaders who have been saying for years that all the dinosaur bones are fake ? 😄
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
The |Mormon explanation is that our earth is made up 6000 years ago out of bits of old earths that no longer exist and THAT is where "real" dinosaurs lived so... ghosts of alien dinosaurs is okay for christards to believe in
wolf041 comments on Jul 25, 2022:
Bu- bu- but what about all those xtian leaders who have been saying for years that all the dinosaur bones are fake ? 😄
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 26, 2022:
The |Mormon explanation is that our earth is made up 6000 years ago out of bits of old earths that no longer exist and THAT is where "real" dinosaurs lived so... ghosts of alien dinosaurs is okay for christards to believe in
Thank you Captain Kirk, for saying what needed to be said
"Gene would be rolling in his grave" ...
Paul4747 comments on Jul 24, 2022:
Much as I hate to disagree with a 91-year-old retired actor.... I disagree.
The original series was 79 episodes, about 30 good ones, and Roddenberry had Bob Justman and Gene Coons to keep him on track. TNG didn't really take off until Gene was removed from creative control, and the same was true...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 25, 2022:
"Alex Kurtzman is a HUGE fan."
🤣😅🤣😆🤣😅🤣
With fans like that who needs enemies
Kurtzman is to Trek as Chibnall is to Doctor Who, slow painful and above all disrespectful death
Paul4747 comments on Jul 24, 2022:
Much as I hate to disagree with a 91-year-old retired actor.... I disagree.
The original series was 79 episodes, about 30 good ones, and Roddenberry had Bob Justman and Gene Coons to keep him on track. TNG didn't really take off until Gene was removed from creative control, and the same was true...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 25, 2022:
"Alex Kurtzman is a HUGE fan."
🤣😅🤣😆🤣😅🤣
With fans like that who needs enemies
Kurtzman is to Trek as Chibnall is to Doctor Who, slow painful and above all disrespectful death
Thank you Captain Kirk, for saying what needed to be said
"Gene would be rolling in his grave" ...
racocn8 comments on Jul 24, 2022:
Yeah. I like the special effects well enough, but the scripts and topics ? Feh.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 24, 2022:
Effects in sci Fi have never been important to me, idea's and story have always been what make for good Sci Fi
racocn8 comments on Jul 24, 2022:
Yeah. I like the special effects well enough, but the scripts and topics ? Feh.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 24, 2022:
Effects in sci Fi have never been important to me, idea's and story have always been what make for good Sci Fi
Penury
suffering great poverty, literally having nothing
From Latin penuria, to be in want or ...
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 21, 2022:
My ex claims penury all the damn time. He's one of those trust fund babies. He doesn't have it all, therefore he's got nothing.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 21, 2022:
When You are Accustomed to Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression
Persian Proverb
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 21, 2022:
My ex claims penury all the damn time. He's one of those trust fund babies. He doesn't have it all, therefore he's got nothing.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 21, 2022:
When You are Accustomed to Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression
Persian Proverb
One might be new and one is self-explanatory
Sapphic: an umbrella term that includes lesbian, ...
Charlene comments on Jul 20, 2022:
I think Sapphic is more a literate term to describe writing in the same vein as Sappho of Lesbos..
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 20, 2022:
That is the exact foundation of the word
Charlene comments on Jul 20, 2022:
I think Sapphic is more a literate term to describe writing in the same vein as Sappho of Lesbos..
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 20, 2022:
That is the exact foundation of the word
An interim school superintendent, speaking at a city-wide PTA luncheon, assured members that he was ...
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 18, 2022:
Delegation the art of true management
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 18, 2022:
@Beowulfsfriend But it also floats to the top
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 18, 2022:
Delegation the art of true management
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 18, 2022:
@Beowulfsfriend But it also floats to the top
Kaomoji
noun
a Japanese-style emoticon that uses Japanese characters, Latin letters, and ...
FrayedBear comments on Jul 17, 2022:
Illustration?
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 18, 2022:
(* ^ ω ^)
(´ ∀ ` *)
٩(◕‿◕｡)۶
(*°▽°*)
٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶
(✧ω✧)
(´｡• ᵕ •｡`)
( ´ ▽ ` )
(￣▽￣)
ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ
o(≧▽≦)o
(☆ω☆)
＼(￣▽￣)／
(*¯︶¯*)
＼(＾▽＾)／
FrayedBear comments on Jul 17, 2022:
Illustration?
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 18, 2022:
(* ^ ω ^)
(´ ∀ ` *)
٩(◕‿◕｡)۶
(*°▽°*)
٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶
(✧ω✧)
(´｡• ᵕ •｡`)
( ´ ▽ ` )
(￣▽￣)
ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ
o(≧▽≦)o
(☆ω☆)
＼(￣▽￣)／
(*¯︶¯*)
＼(＾▽＾)／
How does belief in the existence of a genocidal maniac in the sky make you a good and moral person?
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 17, 2022:
It's not about being good or moral, it's more about being so shit scared of being sent to hell that you obey without question just in case.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 17, 2022:
@KKGator As the adage has it
Having an imaginary friend is childish
Having an imaginary enemy is insane.
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 17, 2022:
It's not about being good or moral, it's more about being so shit scared of being sent to hell that you obey without question just in case.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 17, 2022:
@KKGator As the adage has it
Having an imaginary friend is childish
Having an imaginary enemy is insane.
[express.
Castlepaloma comments on Jul 16, 2022:
Let's super tax the super rich, since they cause most of the pollution.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 16, 2022:
If you think that in this super capitalist world of today, anyone capable of doing that would ever be allowed to even try and do so, you are incredibly naïve.
Given the fact that the world is doomed, the capitalist will sacrifice the entire population in order to guarantee that he personally dies wealthy.
Castlepaloma comments on Jul 16, 2022:
Let's super tax the super rich, since they cause most of the pollution.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 16, 2022:
If you think that in this super capitalist world of today, anyone capable of doing that would ever be allowed to even try and do so, you are incredibly naïve.
Given the fact that the world is doomed, the capitalist will sacrifice the entire population in order to guarantee that he personally dies wealthy.
Saturday morning cuteness
Ray13 comments on Jul 16, 2022:
It's Two-Face's cat....better call Batman!
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 16, 2022:
Beat me to it
Ray13 comments on Jul 16, 2022:
It's Two-Face's cat....better call Batman!
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 16, 2022:
Beat me to it
One tiny bright spot re: the hard-core religious strict-constructionists: it appears to me that they...
Castlepaloma comments on Jul 14, 2022:
Satan went around and buried Dragan bones, just to have a laugh at scientists.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 14, 2022:
when I was a Mormon Stake Missionary, that was the approved answer we were supposed to give to investigators who asked...
Satan, his shovel and his bag of fake bones, spreading lies since 4000 BC
Castlepaloma comments on Jul 14, 2022:
Satan went around and buried Dragan bones, just to have a laugh at scientists.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 14, 2022:
when I was a Mormon Stake Missionary, that was the approved answer we were supposed to give to investigators who asked...
Satan, his shovel and his bag of fake bones, spreading lies since 4000 BC
Eric Burdon is the man...
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Marionville comments on Jul 13, 2022:
Alan Price on keyboards isn’t too shabby either!
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 13, 2022:
Former Tax inspector Alan Price was a selfish cheating bastard who robbed the rest of the Animals out of their royalties for house of the rising son, and ultimately caused the Break Up of the group.
HOTRS is a public domain song, but price without consultation with the rest of the group copyrighted the arrangement for their version and had himself credited as composer.
When Eric Burdon pointed out that Price had never even heard of the traditional folk song until he played it for him, Price basically said like it or lump it, I'm keeping the money.
Later Price teamed up with Georgie Fame for a while, but this too ended up with a falling out in 1973 when Price told his wife that she must stop being friend with Fames wife as (quote) "I don't encourage fraternisation between spies" when she refused, Price dissolved the partnership.
This was after Price placed a version Fame's Song "Yeh Yeh" on his solo greatest hits album under his own name, having had Fame sign a contract that gave joint ownership to their intellectual property, it was presumed, for the duration of the partnership, however Price sued successfully claiming the contract gave him ownership jointly with Fame even over songs Fame wrote before they met.
In 1983 Price tried to re-join the Animals on their reunion tour and met with Eric Burdon and the others to discuss it.
The other members said Price would be welcome to re-join if he would sign a contract relinquishing his claim on HOTRS from that point on with no past penalties, but simply as a show of good faith and an admission of wrong doing. Price refused the offer ( but in not so many words.)
Mick Gallagher did the show in Price's place though Price did make a guest appearance billed separately.
Marionville comments on Jul 13, 2022:
Alan Price on keyboards isn’t too shabby either!
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 13, 2022:
Former Tax inspector Alan Price was a selfish cheating bastard who robbed the rest of the Animals out of their royalties for house of the rising son, and ultimately caused the Break Up of the group.
HOTRS is a public domain song, but price without consultation with the rest of the group copyrighted the arrangement for their version and had himself credited as composer.
When Eric Burdon pointed out that Price had never even heard of the traditional folk song until he played it for him, Price basically said like it or lump it, I'm keeping the money.
Later Price teamed up with Georgie Fame for a while, but this too ended up with a falling out in 1973 when Price told his wife that she must stop being friend with Fames wife as (quote) "I don't encourage fraternisation between spies" when she refused, Price dissolved the partnership.
This was after Price placed a version Fame's Song "Yeh Yeh" on his solo greatest hits album under his own name, having had Fame sign a contract that gave joint ownership to their intellectual property, it was presumed, for the duration of the partnership, however Price sued successfully claiming the contract gave him ownership jointly with Fame even over songs Fame wrote before they met.
In 1983 Price tried to re-join the Animals on their reunion tour and met with Eric Burdon and the others to discuss it.
The other members said Price would be welcome to re-join if he would sign a contract relinquishing his claim on HOTRS from that point on with no past penalties, but simply as a show of good faith and an admission of wrong doing. Price refused the offer ( but in not so many words.)
Mick Gallagher did the show in Price's place though Price did make a guest appearance billed separately.
5th July1946…🇫🇷 The first bikini, designed by French engineer Louis Reard, made its debut in...
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 5, 2022:
The Bikini atoll which had been the site of the world’s first peacetime atomic-weapons test was literally blown to pieces, and so as a "Joke" the Bikini swim suit was so called because there was almost nothing left.
Fucking hilarious for the entire population who were forcibly relocated three ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 5, 2022:
@Marionville True enough, the empire never did actually blow up a province, but we did commit genocide by syphilis on a regular basis.
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 5, 2022:
The Bikini atoll which had been the site of the world’s first peacetime atomic-weapons test was literally blown to pieces, and so as a "Joke" the Bikini swim suit was so called because there was almost nothing left.
Fucking hilarious for the entire population who were forcibly relocated three ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 5, 2022:
@Marionville True enough, the empire never did actually blow up a province, but we did commit genocide by syphilis on a regular basis.
On this 4th of July remember
First they put Washington on the $1 bill
Then they put the "The ...
Aaron70 comments on Jul 4, 2022:
The founding fathers made great effort to keep “religion” out of “state”, true story….🤷🏻♂️
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 5, 2022:
I know, they would be so ashamed
Aaron70 comments on Jul 4, 2022:
The founding fathers made great effort to keep “religion” out of “state”, true story….🤷🏻♂️
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 5, 2022:
I know, they would be so ashamed
WHIFFLER.
phxbillcee comments on Jul 4, 2022:
I'm also guessing that is how the whiffle-ball got it's name...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 4, 2022:
No Whiff as in whiffle-ball comes from the Anglo-Saxon *weffe* meaning a gust of wind and also a fart. As opposed to wifel “battle-ax” which is probably Norse in origin (it is also the origin of the derogatory term Battle Axe for a nagging wife, confusing it with the Norse *vif* pronounced wyf meaning wife )
phxbillcee comments on Jul 4, 2022:
I'm also guessing that is how the whiffle-ball got it's name...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 4, 2022:
No Whiff as in whiffle-ball comes from the Anglo-Saxon *weffe* meaning a gust of wind and also a fart. As opposed to wifel “battle-ax” which is probably Norse in origin (it is also the origin of the derogatory term Battle Axe for a nagging wife, confusing it with the Norse *vif* pronounced wyf meaning wife )
Egalitarian
adjective
asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality ...
phxbillcee comments on Jul 4, 2022:
Appropriate day for it...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 4, 2022:
Yes as a reminder to those in all levels of US society, from the lowest of the low, to the SCOTUS justice and Whitehouse incumbent, who seem to have forgotten that important principle that a person's right to equality is not determined by their colour, creed or what dangles between their legs.
phxbillcee comments on Jul 4, 2022:
Appropriate day for it...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 4, 2022:
Yes as a reminder to those in all levels of US society, from the lowest of the low, to the SCOTUS justice and Whitehouse incumbent, who seem to have forgotten that important principle that a person's right to equality is not determined by their colour, creed or what dangles between their legs.
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but...
Buddha comments on Jul 3, 2022:
Interesting quote !
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 3, 2022:
Russell was an interesting man, his books and works are well worth reading.
Buddha comments on Jul 3, 2022:
Interesting quote !
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 3, 2022:
Russell was an interesting man, his books and works are well worth reading.
The other day, someone asked: Why has England copied so many names of U.S. towns and cities?
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 2, 2022:
I can top that, an American on line once complimented me on my almost perfect English and asked what the first language of the UK is.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 2, 2022:
@Ryo1 My late business partner married a woman from Nebraska, who he met when working in Japan, she was a canny enough lass, but on a visit to the UK we took her to see Billy Connolly in concert.
She sat through the whole show with a look of utter confusion on her face, for her we might as well have been in kuala lumpur
LenHazell53 comments on Jul 2, 2022:
I can top that, an American on line once complimented me on my almost perfect English and asked what the first language of the UK is.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 2, 2022:
@Ryo1 My late business partner married a woman from Nebraska, who he met when working in Japan, she was a canny enough lass, but on a visit to the UK we took her to see Billy Connolly in concert.
She sat through the whole show with a look of utter confusion on her face, for her we might as well have been in kuala lumpur
The other day, someone asked: Why has England copied so many names of U.S. towns and cities?
thexter comments on Jul 2, 2022:
And why did her majesty build the palace so close to the airport?
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 2, 2022:
So she could chase off Washington when he crossed the Delaware and tried to seize Heathrow?
thexter comments on Jul 2, 2022:
And why did her majesty build the palace so close to the airport?
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 2, 2022:
So she could chase off Washington when he crossed the Delaware and tried to seize Heathrow?
University Club rejected over fears it could 'summon Satan' to an Australian university ...
nogod4me comments on Jul 1, 2022:
Fear can be another form of belief.
Belief is a powerful force and fear can be another form of belief. For example, if you have a fear of snakes then you must believe in the ability of a snake to harm you or you would not fear it.
The University may not fear Satan but they seem to fear those ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 1, 2022:
I think you may be giving them too much credit, after all these people think snakes can talk and live in magic apple trees.
nogod4me comments on Jul 1, 2022:
Fear can be another form of belief.
Belief is a powerful force and fear can be another form of belief. For example, if you have a fear of snakes then you must believe in the ability of a snake to harm you or you would not fear it.
The University may not fear Satan but they seem to fear those ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 1, 2022:
I think you may be giving them too much credit, after all these people think snakes can talk and live in magic apple trees.
University Club rejected over fears it could 'summon Satan' to an Australian university ...
Lorajay comments on Jul 1, 2022:
I am hoping the accusation that the club is engaged in criminal activity is actually the reason for a second look.
More than likely it's not but I'm a cockeyed optimist.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 1, 2022:
The accusation was that ALL Satanists are engaged in criminal acts, because to these people not being a Christian IS a criminal activity😅
Lorajay comments on Jul 1, 2022:
I am hoping the accusation that the club is engaged in criminal activity is actually the reason for a second look.
More than likely it's not but I'm a cockeyed optimist.
LenHazell53 replies on Jul 1, 2022:
The accusation was that ALL Satanists are engaged in criminal acts, because to these people not being a Christian IS a criminal activity😅
ONLY IN UTAH
Utah governor Spencer Cox urges residents to pray for rain and end the drought by ...
anglophone comments on Jun 27, 2022:
Spencer Cox is an idiot.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 27, 2022:
can't argue with that ;)
anglophone comments on Jun 27, 2022:
Spencer Cox is an idiot.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 27, 2022:
can't argue with that ;)
So the Right Wing 'Justices' just voted for Allowing Prayer in public schools.
Petter comments on Jun 27, 2022:
The answer is to adapt "reductio al absurdum." Insist on the right for satanists, pagans and followers of the flying spaghetti monster to lead class prayers.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 27, 2022:
That is the logical reaction, however the way the Gud Ole Yoo-Ezz-Hay is going the SCOTUS will be issuing a list of "REAL" religions and making all the others illegal within a week.
Petter comments on Jun 27, 2022:
The answer is to adapt "reductio al absurdum." Insist on the right for satanists, pagans and followers of the flying spaghetti monster to lead class prayers.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 27, 2022:
That is the logical reaction, however the way the Gud Ole Yoo-Ezz-Hay is going the SCOTUS will be issuing a list of "REAL" religions and making all the others illegal within a week.
So the Right Wing 'Justices' just voted for Allowing Prayer in public schools.
Willow_Wisp comments on Jun 27, 2022:
Is it News to you that Christian fascist took control over the United States last week?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 27, 2022:
sadly true
Willow_Wisp comments on Jun 27, 2022:
Is it News to you that Christian fascist took control over the United States last week?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 27, 2022:
sadly true
I think this is a fantastic idea, and could bring much needed revenue to the participating tribes.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 26, 2022:
Yeah the KKK would love that, a chance and an excuse to reinstate the Indian wars and the concomitant massacres.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 27, 2022:
@dalefvictor Brilliant :)
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 26, 2022:
Yeah the KKK would love that, a chance and an excuse to reinstate the Indian wars and the concomitant massacres.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 27, 2022:
@dalefvictor Brilliant :)
Fortuitous
adjective
happening or produced by chance; accidental.
phxbillcee comments on Jun 24, 2022:
Usually in a lucky or advantageous way...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 25, 2022:
True serendipitous happenstance when the outcome is positive
From a Mishap or contretemps all the way through to a catastrophe when it it is negative
phxbillcee comments on Jun 24, 2022:
Usually in a lucky or advantageous way...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 25, 2022:
True serendipitous happenstance when the outcome is positive
From a Mishap or contretemps all the way through to a catastrophe when it it is negative
You think you're supporting nice people in Ukraine?
AtheistInNC comments on Jun 5, 2022:
RT is to real life as chicken little was to falling skies.
Jeez ... get a real source before you start pointing fingers.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 24, 2022:
@AtheistInNC Oh dear
AtheistInNC comments on Jun 5, 2022:
RT is to real life as chicken little was to falling skies.
Jeez ... get a real source before you start pointing fingers.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 24, 2022:
@AtheistInNC Oh dear
Marjorie Taylor Greene and ‘Freedom Caucus’ Declare War on Gun Bill Republicans
With fellow ...
anglophone comments on Jun 23, 2022:
I wonder where she hid her broomstick in that photo.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 23, 2022:
You really don't want to know
anglophone comments on Jun 23, 2022:
I wonder where she hid her broomstick in that photo.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 23, 2022:
You really don't want to know
OCHE.
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 22, 2022:
New one for me, but I don't play darts. I don't throw sharp things.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 23, 2022:
Just your sharp wit
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 22, 2022:
New one for me, but I don't play darts. I don't throw sharp things.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 23, 2022:
Just your sharp wit
You think you're supporting nice people in Ukraine?
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 5, 2022:
Seemingly as of today RT.com is unavailable in the UK , I am having to use a VPN to reach it.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 23, 2022:
@AtheistInNC No it was the same technology as the fax machine and before that the teletype, and before that the telegraph.
You might as well say telephone answering machines were the precursor of the internet.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 5, 2022:
Seemingly as of today RT.com is unavailable in the UK , I am having to use a VPN to reach it.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 23, 2022:
@AtheistInNC No it was the same technology as the fax machine and before that the teletype, and before that the telegraph.
You might as well say telephone answering machines were the precursor of the internet.
You think you're supporting nice people in Ukraine?
AtheistInNC comments on Jun 5, 2022:
RT is to real life as chicken little was to falling skies.
Jeez ... get a real source before you start pointing fingers.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 23, 2022:
@AtheistInNC I'm sorry but you are quoting from a 1911 interview about Pearce's invention of the "MONOPLANE" not the 1903 flight which Pearce himself considered a failure because, though he did take off and fly a substantial distance it ended when he clipped a wall and had to make a forced landing. This mishap in his own mind made his claim to the first heavier than air power flight invalid since he did not make his planned landing.
Where Kites enter in to you answer I cannot imagine.
so:-
USA for the steal?
AtheistInNC comments on Jun 5, 2022:
RT is to real life as chicken little was to falling skies.
Jeez ... get a real source before you start pointing fingers.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 23, 2022:
@AtheistInNC I'm sorry but you are quoting from a 1911 interview about Pearce's invention of the "MONOPLANE" not the 1903 flight which Pearce himself considered a failure because, though he did take off and fly a substantial distance it ended when he clipped a wall and had to make a forced landing. This mishap in his own mind made his claim to the first heavier than air power flight invalid since he did not make his planned landing.
Where Kites enter in to you answer I cannot imagine.
so:-
USA for the steal?
You think you're supporting nice people in Ukraine?
AtheistInNC comments on Jun 5, 2022:
RT is to real life as chicken little was to falling skies.
Jeez ... get a real source before you start pointing fingers.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 22, 2022:
@FrayedBear
Richard William Pearse was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments. Witnesses interviewed many years afterward describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March 1903, nine months before the Wright brothers
But like like so many other inventions they have no claim to the USA claim they invented everything
AtheistInNC comments on Jun 5, 2022:
RT is to real life as chicken little was to falling skies.
Jeez ... get a real source before you start pointing fingers.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 22, 2022:
@FrayedBear
Richard William Pearse was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments. Witnesses interviewed many years afterward describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March 1903, nine months before the Wright brothers
But like like so many other inventions they have no claim to the USA claim they invented everything
You think you're supporting nice people in Ukraine?
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 5, 2022:
Seemingly as of today RT.com is unavailable in the UK , I am having to use a VPN to reach it.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 22, 2022:
@FrayedBear Just as a follow up ALL .ru sites are being blocked in the UK now and are unreachable without a vpn
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 5, 2022:
Seemingly as of today RT.com is unavailable in the UK , I am having to use a VPN to reach it.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 22, 2022:
@FrayedBear Just as a follow up ALL .ru sites are being blocked in the UK now and are unreachable without a vpn
You think you're supporting nice people in Ukraine?
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 5, 2022:
Seemingly as of today RT.com is unavailable in the UK , I am having to use a VPN to reach it.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 22, 2022:
@AtheistInNC The Interconnected computer system (**intra**net for short) was a joint project by the US, the French and the British.
The idea an international net of computer servers exchanging and sharing all information was first posited in the 1966 science fiction novel by British author Dennis Feltham Jones "Colossus" (released in the USA as "The Forbin Project) a story that did not end well for the Human race. (In short over a series of three books, the Net decided that people could not be trusted to keep themselves and the world safe and began treating people as infants that had to protect them from themselves. UK screenwriter and novelist David Ambrose wrote an updated version of the premise in his speculative work 1995 "Mother of God" where the Net becomes a sentient AI and declares itself "the daughter" of the mother creator race humanity, which now needs to be cared for by itself the new goddess.)
However the actual **inter**net as we know it, was created in the UK by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 in a system he named **the world wide web**
Tim Berners-Lee could have made a fortune from the invention of *hypertext information system* HTMI, but instead placed the invention in the Public domain, enabling the whole internet to grow at an exponential pace and literally change the way the world works within 30 years.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 5, 2022:
Seemingly as of today RT.com is unavailable in the UK , I am having to use a VPN to reach it.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 22, 2022:
@AtheistInNC The Interconnected computer system (**intra**net for short) was a joint project by the US, the French and the British.
The idea an international net of computer servers exchanging and sharing all information was first posited in the 1966 science fiction novel by British author Dennis Feltham Jones "Colossus" (released in the USA as "The Forbin Project) a story that did not end well for the Human race. (In short over a series of three books, the Net decided that people could not be trusted to keep themselves and the world safe and began treating people as infants that had to protect them from themselves. UK screenwriter and novelist David Ambrose wrote an updated version of the premise in his speculative work 1995 "Mother of God" where the Net becomes a sentient AI and declares itself "the daughter" of the mother creator race humanity, which now needs to be cared for by itself the new goddess.)
However the actual **inter**net as we know it, was created in the UK by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 in a system he named **the world wide web**
Tim Berners-Lee could have made a fortune from the invention of *hypertext information system* HTMI, but instead placed the invention in the Public domain, enabling the whole internet to grow at an exponential pace and literally change the way the world works within 30 years.
Seen on fbuk & I just had to share it.
MattHardy comments on Jun 17, 2022:
Yeah? Well, why's he got a Mexican name then?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2022:
Probably for the same reason you have a Hebrew name @MattHardy ;)
MattHardy comments on Jun 17, 2022:
Yeah? Well, why's he got a Mexican name then?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2022:
Probably for the same reason you have a Hebrew name @MattHardy ;)
Seen on fbuk & I just had to share it.
MattHardy comments on Jun 17, 2022:
Yeah? Well, why's he got a Mexican name then?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2022:
@FrayedBear America is a peace loving country, a piece of Hawaii, a piece of Puerto Ricco, a piece of Mexico, a piece of Alaska and so on and so on
MattHardy comments on Jun 17, 2022:
Yeah? Well, why's he got a Mexican name then?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 17, 2022:
@FrayedBear America is a peace loving country, a piece of Hawaii, a piece of Puerto Ricco, a piece of Mexico, a piece of Alaska and so on and so on
So the world's nuclear weaponed countries spent $82.
FvckY0u comments on Jun 15, 2022:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mlCPMYtPk
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 16, 2022:
You need to give a credit card details to be able t watch this video?????
Fuck no
FvckY0u comments on Jun 15, 2022:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mlCPMYtPk
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 16, 2022:
You need to give a credit card details to be able t watch this video?????
Fuck no
The "Gun Deal" that's as worthless as the people that came up with it.
AnneWimsey comments on Jun 14, 2022:
I have said this for decades: there are a Ton of gun laws in place, have been for decades. What Congress does is pass them but FAIL to fund them! Then they can say they voted for whatever their audience is demanding. Do you think <10 Federal gun shop records inspectors for the entire Northeast ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2022:
One does not actually have to do anything so long as you can appear to be doing something, We British built an empire on that principle and then lost it again when the rest of the world twigged on to the trick.
AnneWimsey comments on Jun 14, 2022:
I have said this for decades: there are a Ton of gun laws in place, have been for decades. What Congress does is pass them but FAIL to fund them! Then they can say they voted for whatever their audience is demanding. Do you think <10 Federal gun shop records inspectors for the entire Northeast ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2022:
One does not actually have to do anything so long as you can appear to be doing something, We British built an empire on that principle and then lost it again when the rest of the world twigged on to the trick.
The "Gun Deal" that's as worthless as the people that came up with it.
AnneWimsey comments on Jun 14, 2022:
I have said this for decades: there are a Ton of gun laws in place, have been for decades. What Congress does is pass them but FAIL to fund them! Then they can say they voted for whatever their audience is demanding. Do you think <10 Federal gun shop records inspectors for the entire Northeast ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2022:
@rainmanjr I hope to the none existent gawd above that the above is satire
AnneWimsey comments on Jun 14, 2022:
I have said this for decades: there are a Ton of gun laws in place, have been for decades. What Congress does is pass them but FAIL to fund them! Then they can say they voted for whatever their audience is demanding. Do you think <10 Federal gun shop records inspectors for the entire Northeast ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 15, 2022:
@rainmanjr I hope to the none existent gawd above that the above is satire
“Those who bombed us know that the moral greatness of Serbia is disproportionate to its firepower,...
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2022:
Give up trying to reason with such people, you may as well try and nail jelly to a castle.
Make your posts, allow those of us who want to read them to read them, those of us who want to have civilized conversations about them to have them and as the quote has it
"Unless they are paying your ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2022:
@FrayedBear Yes that was to be expected but win or lose no PM who has faced a vote of No Confidence from his or her own party, has lasted more that six months.
I'm more worried about our gov. paying Rwanda to build slave labour concentration camps for us, so we can ship of anyone the tory cunts don't like one way to Africa.
At least we are not sending them to Aus this time round ;)
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 13, 2022:
Give up trying to reason with such people, you may as well try and nail jelly to a castle.
Make your posts, allow those of us who want to read them to read them, those of us who want to have civilized conversations about them to have them and as the quote has it
"Unless they are paying your ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 14, 2022:
@FrayedBear Yes that was to be expected but win or lose no PM who has faced a vote of No Confidence from his or her own party, has lasted more that six months.
I'm more worried about our gov. paying Rwanda to build slave labour concentration camps for us, so we can ship of anyone the tory cunts don't like one way to Africa.
At least we are not sending them to Aus this time round ;)
Religion of peace?
TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 10, 2022:
In using this individual to help answer the question, "is Islam the religion of peace", one need not focus on his words but rather on how many Muslims abide by them.
Given that there has not been an uprise in muslim terrorist attacks in England and wales, is it safe to say that his words are not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2022:
@Ryo1 true many of us can change and evolve, but many do not. Try and reason with a rattle snake and you will end up poisoned.
TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 10, 2022:
In using this individual to help answer the question, "is Islam the religion of peace", one need not focus on his words but rather on how many Muslims abide by them.
Given that there has not been an uprise in muslim terrorist attacks in England and wales, is it safe to say that his words are not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2022:
@Ryo1 true many of us can change and evolve, but many do not. Try and reason with a rattle snake and you will end up poisoned.
It appeared , I listened to it, smiled & just had to share it.
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 12, 2022:
Classic, two British sitcom greats
sadly "aint aint 'alf hot mum" is never repeated these days... too "problematic"
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2022:
@FrayedBear Ripping Yarn was a collection of wonderfully absurd stories
Curse of the claw
Tomkinson's school days
and of course
The Eric Olthwaite gang
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 12, 2022:
Classic, two British sitcom greats
sadly "aint aint 'alf hot mum" is never repeated these days... too "problematic"
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 13, 2022:
@FrayedBear Ripping Yarn was a collection of wonderfully absurd stories
Curse of the claw
Tomkinson's school days
and of course
The Eric Olthwaite gang
I used this word just a few minutes ago.
Marionville comments on Jun 12, 2022:
In the U.K. …we say PERNICKETY….leaving out the letter “S”.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 12, 2022:
You Scots have the original word, the Gallic pernicky, Persnickety is the 20th century Americanism, pernicktie (possibly changed to mock neck tie wearing Methodist) is the 18th century Anglicisation later changed to Pernickety by the 19th century.
Marionville comments on Jun 12, 2022:
In the U.K. …we say PERNICKETY….leaving out the letter “S”.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 12, 2022:
You Scots have the original word, the Gallic pernicky, Persnickety is the 20th century Americanism, pernicktie (possibly changed to mock neck tie wearing Methodist) is the 18th century Anglicisation later changed to Pernickety by the 19th century.
Religion of peace?
TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 10, 2022:
In using this individual to help answer the question, "is Islam the religion of peace", one need not focus on his words but rather on how many Muslims abide by them.
Given that there has not been an uprise in muslim terrorist attacks in England and wales, is it safe to say that his words are not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 12, 2022:
@Ryo1 Sadly a majority is not needed to cause trouble, just a significant minority of fanatics following a charismatic dangerous leader who are willing to do harm and kill.
We learned this in the 1930s, which is why despite our own 50,000+ fascists and their would be dictator Mosley, fascism was never allowed to get a grip in the UK. Mosely was banished and the party was made illegal in 1940. Many of the BUF were allowed to leave the country and many fought for the Nazis in the so called Britisches Freikorps of the waffen SS.
Men like Zakir Naik are a danger and need to be dealt with as potential insurrectionist and the hate mongers they are.
TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 10, 2022:
In using this individual to help answer the question, "is Islam the religion of peace", one need not focus on his words but rather on how many Muslims abide by them.
Given that there has not been an uprise in muslim terrorist attacks in England and wales, is it safe to say that his words are not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 12, 2022:
@Ryo1 Sadly a majority is not needed to cause trouble, just a significant minority of fanatics following a charismatic dangerous leader who are willing to do harm and kill.
We learned this in the 1930s, which is why despite our own 50,000+ fascists and their would be dictator Mosley, fascism was never allowed to get a grip in the UK. Mosely was banished and the party was made illegal in 1940. Many of the BUF were allowed to leave the country and many fought for the Nazis in the so called Britisches Freikorps of the waffen SS.
Men like Zakir Naik are a danger and need to be dealt with as potential insurrectionist and the hate mongers they are.
Religion of peace?
TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 10, 2022:
In using this individual to help answer the question, "is Islam the religion of peace", one need not focus on his words but rather on how many Muslims abide by them.
Given that there has not been an uprise in muslim terrorist attacks in England and wales, is it safe to say that his words are not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2022:
@TheMiddleWay @TheMiddleWay Your quite right, I was mistaken, I should have said if 0.01 (1 in 100) and 0.001(1 in 1000) of 1.8 billion Muslims are jihadists instead of 0.01% and 0.001% , the point however still stands, a small fraction of a very large number is still a disturbing number of fundamentalists
TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 10, 2022:
In using this individual to help answer the question, "is Islam the religion of peace", one need not focus on his words but rather on how many Muslims abide by them.
Given that there has not been an uprise in muslim terrorist attacks in England and wales, is it safe to say that his words are not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2022:
@TheMiddleWay @TheMiddleWay Your quite right, I was mistaken, I should have said if 0.01 (1 in 100) and 0.001(1 in 1000) of 1.8 billion Muslims are jihadists instead of 0.01% and 0.001% , the point however still stands, a small fraction of a very large number is still a disturbing number of fundamentalists
Religion of peace?
twill comments on Jun 10, 2022:
They are all peaceful once their imagined foes have been vanquished or slaughtered
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2022:
No then they fight against one another as Catholics persecute protestants and vice versa
twill comments on Jun 10, 2022:
They are all peaceful once their imagined foes have been vanquished or slaughtered
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 11, 2022:
No then they fight against one another as Catholics persecute protestants and vice versa
Religion of peace?
TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 10, 2022:
In using this individual to help answer the question, "is Islam the religion of peace", one need not focus on his words but rather on how many Muslims abide by them.
Given that there has not been an uprise in muslim terrorist attacks in England and wales, is it safe to say that his words are not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2022:
@TheMiddleWay I said no such thing, I said that whole fundamental basis of Islam is based on a doctrine of peace through unending war and that when you have a membership of over 1 billion even a small percentage of that number being fundamentalist and rallying around an evil man like Zakir Naik is a serious threat
After all if only 0.01% of 1.8 billion Muslims are fundamentalist jihadist that is an army of 18,000,000 fanatical lunatics. If 0.01% is being overly pessimistic 0.001% is an army of 1,800,000
Does any nation on earth boast a fighting force of that size?
TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 10, 2022:
In using this individual to help answer the question, "is Islam the religion of peace", one need not focus on his words but rather on how many Muslims abide by them.
Given that there has not been an uprise in muslim terrorist attacks in England and wales, is it safe to say that his words are not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2022:
@TheMiddleWay I said no such thing, I said that whole fundamental basis of Islam is based on a doctrine of peace through unending war and that when you have a membership of over 1 billion even a small percentage of that number being fundamentalist and rallying around an evil man like Zakir Naik is a serious threat
After all if only 0.01% of 1.8 billion Muslims are fundamentalist jihadist that is an army of 18,000,000 fanatical lunatics. If 0.01% is being overly pessimistic 0.001% is an army of 1,800,000
Does any nation on earth boast a fighting force of that size?
Religion of peace?
creative51 comments on Jun 10, 2022:
Gee, he sounds like some of our christian fundamentalists here in the states.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2022:
exactly
creative51 comments on Jun 10, 2022:
Gee, he sounds like some of our christian fundamentalists here in the states.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2022:
exactly
Religion of peace?
jlynn37 comments on Jun 10, 2022:
I imagine he is implying that if every person on the planet converts to Islam then there would be peace because everyone would be in agreement on everything. Until everyone converts to Islam there there will be Jihad and terrorism.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2022:
Yup they should be more sensible and believe in a Jewish zombie carpenter who will burn you forever in Hell if you do not love him
jlynn37 comments on Jun 10, 2022:
I imagine he is implying that if every person on the planet converts to Islam then there would be peace because everyone would be in agreement on everything. Until everyone converts to Islam there there will be Jihad and terrorism.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2022:
Yup they should be more sensible and believe in a Jewish zombie carpenter who will burn you forever in Hell if you do not love him
Religion of peace?
TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 10, 2022:
In using this individual to help answer the question, "is Islam the religion of peace", one need not focus on his words but rather on how many Muslims abide by them.
Given that there has not been an uprise in muslim terrorist attacks in England and wales, is it safe to say that his words are not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2022:
Zakir Naik is internationally famous, his talks and lectures are sell out successes all over the world, he is not an outlier, especially in the UK and the US
He is a known radicaliser of the young and a fundamentalist jihadist
As for terrorist attacks in the UK have you not heard of the 7/7 attacks, the despicable Abu Hamza who was the imam of Finsbury Park Mosque, that had to be raid and shut down as a public danger and terrorist hub. Not to mention Caucasus Emirate, Al-Shabaab, the jihadist Boko Haram UK, Ansar Dine, Ansar al-Sharia, all of which have UK cells and have been involved in terrorist attacks in the UK, and or in supporting and supplying terrorist cells.
And before you start calling me Islamophobic, I grew up with Muslim neighbours, I had my first job given to me by my best friends father (Mr. Al-Bharhani) when I was 14 in his corner shop and I could pull a list of Christian organisations with similar horrific agendas.
No, not all Muslims are terrorists, but like Christianity Islam is fundamentally flawed and based on outdated belief that they alone are right, infidels are not people, and that if the book fails the sword will succeed.
TheMiddleWay comments on Jun 10, 2022:
In using this individual to help answer the question, "is Islam the religion of peace", one need not focus on his words but rather on how many Muslims abide by them.
Given that there has not been an uprise in muslim terrorist attacks in England and wales, is it safe to say that his words are not ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2022:
Zakir Naik is internationally famous, his talks and lectures are sell out successes all over the world, he is not an outlier, especially in the UK and the US
He is a known radicaliser of the young and a fundamentalist jihadist
As for terrorist attacks in the UK have you not heard of the 7/7 attacks, the despicable Abu Hamza who was the imam of Finsbury Park Mosque, that had to be raid and shut down as a public danger and terrorist hub. Not to mention Caucasus Emirate, Al-Shabaab, the jihadist Boko Haram UK, Ansar Dine, Ansar al-Sharia, all of which have UK cells and have been involved in terrorist attacks in the UK, and or in supporting and supplying terrorist cells.
And before you start calling me Islamophobic, I grew up with Muslim neighbours, I had my first job given to me by my best friends father (Mr. Al-Bharhani) when I was 14 in his corner shop and I could pull a list of Christian organisations with similar horrific agendas.
No, not all Muslims are terrorists, but like Christianity Islam is fundamentally flawed and based on outdated belief that they alone are right, infidels are not people, and that if the book fails the sword will succeed.
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JackPedigo comments on Jun 9, 2022:
At least Faux Noise admits they're about entertainment (and not real news).
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2022:
@JackPedigo Thanks I did not know that, the only time I come across Faux news is when some one else is taking the piss out of it. Do they have the same disclaimer on the TV channel?
JackPedigo comments on Jun 9, 2022:
At least Faux Noise admits they're about entertainment (and not real news).
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2022:
@JackPedigo Thanks I did not know that, the only time I come across Faux news is when some one else is taking the piss out of it. Do they have the same disclaimer on the TV channel?
Listening is an art
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 9, 2022:
Shit and This are spelled with the same letters, let's think about that ;)
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2022:
@dalefvictor Near enough
LenHazell53 comments on Jun 9, 2022:
Shit and This are spelled with the same letters, let's think about that ;)
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 10, 2022:
@dalefvictor Near enough
Harvey Weinstein to face indecent assault charges in London | Fox News
JackPedigo comments on Jun 9, 2022:
At least Faux Noise admits they're about entertainment (and not real news).
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2022:
But only when they are taken to court.
JackPedigo comments on Jun 9, 2022:
At least Faux Noise admits they're about entertainment (and not real news).
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2022:
But only when they are taken to court.
Armed Man Arrested Near Brett Kavanaugh's House | Time
Beowulfsfriend comments on Jun 8, 2022:
I was wondering about the attempted murder charge since he never got near the punk ass bitch, unless they aren't telling the whole story.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2022:
They are not, he was caught because he called 911 on HIMSELF and told the police to come and get him
Beowulfsfriend comments on Jun 8, 2022:
I was wondering about the attempted murder charge since he never got near the punk ass bitch, unless they aren't telling the whole story.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2022:
They are not, he was caught because he called 911 on HIMSELF and told the police to come and get him
How to be straight lessons are now on the school curriculum, a least in church sponsored schools it ...
Charlene comments on Jun 9, 2022:
I wonder if they teach them about pedophilia or is that a learned experience at the hands of church elders?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2022:
There is a great line in the comedy show Father Ted where the eponymous Ted tries to excuse paedophilia in the RC by saying, "Look only a very small percentage of Catholic Priests are paedophiles, 10% at most," to which his curate father Dougal says "Ted are there not about 40 million Catholic Priests world wide?"
"Anyway" says Ted. "were getting off topic!"
Charlene comments on Jun 9, 2022:
I wonder if they teach them about pedophilia or is that a learned experience at the hands of church elders?
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2022:
There is a great line in the comedy show Father Ted where the eponymous Ted tries to excuse paedophilia in the RC by saying, "Look only a very small percentage of Catholic Priests are paedophiles, 10% at most," to which his curate father Dougal says "Ted are there not about 40 million Catholic Priests world wide?"
"Anyway" says Ted. "were getting off topic!"
How to be straight lessons are now on the school curriculum, a least in church sponsored schools it ...
Druvius comments on Jun 9, 2022:
There is no way to lovingly and compassionately tell someone "My invisible superfriend is going to torture you forever for being the way he made them." It's sick sheet no matter how expressed, not to mention the opposite of Christ's teachings.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2022:
One of the many things I detest about religions is their tendency to redefine perfectly obvious words to mean exactly the opposite of in church parlance, "Loving Christian God" being a prime example
Druvius comments on Jun 9, 2022:
There is no way to lovingly and compassionately tell someone "My invisible superfriend is going to torture you forever for being the way he made them." It's sick sheet no matter how expressed, not to mention the opposite of Christ's teachings.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2022:
One of the many things I detest about religions is their tendency to redefine perfectly obvious words to mean exactly the opposite of in church parlance, "Loving Christian God" being a prime example
How to be straight lessons are now on the school curriculum, a least in church sponsored schools it ...
Redheadedgammy comments on Jun 9, 2022:
These ignorant adults are so horrible. They get a hold of these children very young so they can start putting this shit in their heads. It is so true that children learn what they live, and if they live with bigots who teach them bigotry what do we expect the kids to grow up to be?? In my opinion ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2022:
were it anything else but church teaching such things they would be arrested, for exactly as you say emotional abuse
Redheadedgammy comments on Jun 9, 2022:
These ignorant adults are so horrible. They get a hold of these children very young so they can start putting this shit in their heads. It is so true that children learn what they live, and if they live with bigots who teach them bigotry what do we expect the kids to grow up to be?? In my opinion ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2022:
were it anything else but church teaching such things they would be arrested, for exactly as you say emotional abuse
How to be straight lessons are now on the school curriculum, a least in church sponsored schools it ...
BufftonBeotch comments on Jun 9, 2022:
And if your friend does not comply and agree to a life with an approved partner they have zero attraction to? The shunning lessons are next.
Followed by beating them and leaving them tied to a fence to die in freezing temperatures.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2022:
Sadly true
BufftonBeotch comments on Jun 9, 2022:
And if your friend does not comply and agree to a life with an approved partner they have zero attraction to? The shunning lessons are next.
Followed by beating them and leaving them tied to a fence to die in freezing temperatures.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 9, 2022:
Sadly true
Kyle Rittenhouse Lauded as Husband Material at Women's Leadership Summit
silverotter11 comments on Jun 7, 2022:
It is still not easy for me to accept that this level of ignorance still exists.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 8, 2022:
@SeaGreenEyez When people would choose to vote for Trump and for Brexit, none of their other decisions are going to ever surprise me ever again.
2016 The Rise of the Planet of the Oafs
silverotter11 comments on Jun 7, 2022:
It is still not easy for me to accept that this level of ignorance still exists.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 8, 2022:
@SeaGreenEyez When people would choose to vote for Trump and for Brexit, none of their other decisions are going to ever surprise me ever again.
2016 The Rise of the Planet of the Oafs
Kyle Rittenhouse Lauded as Husband Material at Women's Leadership Summit
Lauren comments on Jun 7, 2022:
When I was doing physical therapy earlier this year, there was a cop there one day who was telling his PT about how he'd just worked the detail to protect Rittenhouse while he was here for a rally (apparently the city pays for that). He was practically orgasmic about this, and after about five ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 8, 2022:
@Redheadedgammy Is it called a Brains Trust, because there being no evidence of such, we only have trust they do actually have a brain?
Lauren comments on Jun 7, 2022:
When I was doing physical therapy earlier this year, there was a cop there one day who was telling his PT about how he'd just worked the detail to protect Rittenhouse while he was here for a rally (apparently the city pays for that). He was practically orgasmic about this, and after about five ...
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 8, 2022:
@Redheadedgammy Is it called a Brains Trust, because there being no evidence of such, we only have trust they do actually have a brain?
On May 17, also known as International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB), ...
BufftonBeotch comments on Jun 6, 2022:
I think they would have given up the hijab long before expanding their freedom to sexual expression.
Would they depict two nuns in traditional habits this way?
Does seem to be provocative, exploitive and poking a sleeping bear just a smidge.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 7, 2022:
@TheMiddleWay Are you serious?
You might as well say there was not a massive outpouring of Hasidic Jews in Poland and the Ukraine in 1919 demanding that there not be a program against them Hence putting them front and centre could not be about shining a light on an underserved population who wants more light.
You are an idiot
BufftonBeotch comments on Jun 6, 2022:
I think they would have given up the hijab long before expanding their freedom to sexual expression.
Would they depict two nuns in traditional habits this way?
Does seem to be provocative, exploitive and poking a sleeping bear just a smidge.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 7, 2022:
@TheMiddleWay Are you serious?
You might as well say there was not a massive outpouring of Hasidic Jews in Poland and the Ukraine in 1919 demanding that there not be a program against them Hence putting them front and centre could not be about shining a light on an underserved population who wants more light.
You are an idiot
On May 17, also known as International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB), ...
BufftonBeotch comments on Jun 6, 2022:
I think they would have given up the hijab long before expanding their freedom to sexual expression.
Would they depict two nuns in traditional habits this way?
Does seem to be provocative, exploitive and poking a sleeping bear just a smidge.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 6, 2022:
Are you saying someone cannot be religious and homosexual? Because I know plenty of ecumenical gay people.
AS for homosexual nuns and monks it is a cliché dating back to the middle ages
The whole point of IDAHOTB is about encouraging freedom and inclusion, surely giving in to bigots is and was the height of fear based hypocrisy.
BufftonBeotch comments on Jun 6, 2022:
I think they would have given up the hijab long before expanding their freedom to sexual expression.
Would they depict two nuns in traditional habits this way?
Does seem to be provocative, exploitive and poking a sleeping bear just a smidge.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 6, 2022:
Are you saying someone cannot be religious and homosexual? Because I know plenty of ecumenical gay people.
AS for homosexual nuns and monks it is a cliché dating back to the middle ages
The whole point of IDAHOTB is about encouraging freedom and inclusion, surely giving in to bigots is and was the height of fear based hypocrisy.
Arizona GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Proposes Different Tiers for US Citizenship
Kari Lake, the ...
anglophone comments on Jun 4, 2022:
Hitler's Jewish badge comes to mind.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 4, 2022:
Hitler stole the idea from the catholic inquisition
So called "Badge of Shame"
Yellow Stars for Jews
Pink Triangles for homosexuals
the blue stripe for the unworthy poor
The red A for prostitutes and sexual deviants
The double cross for the heretics
etc
anglophone comments on Jun 4, 2022:
Hitler's Jewish badge comes to mind.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 4, 2022:
Hitler stole the idea from the catholic inquisition
So called "Badge of Shame"
Yellow Stars for Jews
Pink Triangles for homosexuals
the blue stripe for the unworthy poor
The red A for prostitutes and sexual deviants
The double cross for the heretics
etc
So yesterday a man, Michael Louis, bought two guns, took them across Tulsa, walked in to his ...
anglophone comments on Jun 2, 2022:
Welcome to the United $tates of Absurdity where corporate profits matter much more than the mental health of its citizens.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 4, 2022:
@JackPedigo Democracy was invented for the governance of small city states with populations numbered in hundreds, or 1000+
The idea that the same system can be applied universally in the same way to populations numbered in 100s of Millions is absurd.
anglophone comments on Jun 2, 2022:
Welcome to the United $tates of Absurdity where corporate profits matter much more than the mental health of its citizens.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 4, 2022:
@JackPedigo Democracy was invented for the governance of small city states with populations numbered in hundreds, or 1000+
The idea that the same system can be applied universally in the same way to populations numbered in 100s of Millions is absurd.
So yesterday a man, Michael Louis, bought two guns, took them across Tulsa, walked in to his ...
Redheadedgammy comments on Jun 3, 2022:
People are going to extremes with their anger and it seems that their only solution to their problems/issues is using a gun to get rid of their problems. I don’t know what is causing this type of thinking or how to stop it. 😢
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 4, 2022:
“Death solves all the problems. No man, no problem”
attributed to Joseph Stalin as reported by Anatoly Rybakov
Redheadedgammy comments on Jun 3, 2022:
People are going to extremes with their anger and it seems that their only solution to their problems/issues is using a gun to get rid of their problems. I don’t know what is causing this type of thinking or how to stop it. 😢
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 4, 2022:
“Death solves all the problems. No man, no problem”
attributed to Joseph Stalin as reported by Anatoly Rybakov
WATCH: Marjorie Taylor Greene's Promises For Christian Nationalism Are Truly Chilling
Sticks48 comments on Jun 3, 2022:
This is what happens when the really, really stupid vote for the really, really, really, really stupid.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 4, 2022:
This is why western democracy is a bad idea, the right to vote should be earned not a given
because people never value a right which is given for free
Sticks48 comments on Jun 3, 2022:
This is what happens when the really, really stupid vote for the really, really, really, really stupid.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 4, 2022:
This is why western democracy is a bad idea, the right to vote should be earned not a given
because people never value a right which is given for free
Born on June 2, 1904 in Freidorf, Romania, actor and Olympic Gold Medal winner Johnny Weissmuller.
Marionville comments on Jun 2, 2022:
I remember watching him as Tarzan at the Saturday matinees!
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 2, 2022:
@Ray13 Been there done that
Marionville comments on Jun 2, 2022:
I remember watching him as Tarzan at the Saturday matinees!
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 2, 2022:
@Ray13 Been there done that
Visited an Alpaca Farm yesterday evening
Willow_Wisp comments on Jun 2, 2022:
Is it an alpaca farm or is it a ranch?
I think of farms for plants and ranches for animals unless it's fish.
Perhaps I think of this wrong, and I have been wrong before.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 2, 2022:
Originally it was an Arable farm for plants and an Agricultural farm for animals a Ranch or Ranchero is the Spanish word for a farm house, these days it is all pretty much interchangeable.
Willow_Wisp comments on Jun 2, 2022:
Is it an alpaca farm or is it a ranch?
I think of farms for plants and ranches for animals unless it's fish.
Perhaps I think of this wrong, and I have been wrong before.
LenHazell53 replies on Jun 2, 2022:
Originally it was an Arable farm for plants and an Agricultural farm for animals a Ranch or Ranchero is the Spanish word for a farm house, these days it is all pretty much interchangeable.
And that's part of the plan folks.
AnneWimsey comments on May 31, 2022:
Oh, I dunno, French peasants did okay.....
LenHazell53 replies on May 31, 2022:
Not really, the first revolution of 1789 was lead by a cartel of statesmen and lawyers who caused a flourishing of poverty and mal treatment which they blamed on the monarchy in order to manipulate the people in to rebelling. After six years of the so called Reign of Terror came to an end with the second revolution, after Robespierre himself was executed by his own confederates. The monarchy was restored and ruled as a puppet figurehead until the third revolution of 1848 ousted them again and an oligarchy mascaraing as a republic seized power, that in one form or another lasted until 1958 and the establishment of the 5th republic.
AnneWimsey comments on May 31, 2022:
Oh, I dunno, French peasants did okay.....
LenHazell53 replies on May 31, 2022:
Not really, the first revolution of 1789 was lead by a cartel of statesmen and lawyers who caused a flourishing of poverty and mal treatment which they blamed on the monarchy in order to manipulate the people in to rebelling. After six years of the so called Reign of Terror came to an end with the second revolution, after Robespierre himself was executed by his own confederates. The monarchy was restored and ruled as a puppet figurehead until the third revolution of 1848 ousted them again and an oligarchy mascaraing as a republic seized power, that in one form or another lasted until 1958 and the establishment of the 5th republic.
PEJORATIVE.
LenHazell53 comments on May 31, 2022:
It is amazing how many people use pejorative when they mean prerogative
LenHazell53 replies on May 31, 2022:
@Marionville Terrific malapropism
LenHazell53 comments on May 31, 2022:
It is amazing how many people use pejorative when they mean prerogative
LenHazell53 replies on May 31, 2022:
@Marionville Terrific malapropism
Mass Shootings in the USA
LenHazell53 comments on May 30, 2022:
Here is a solution that might curb the gun freaks enthusiasm abolish all gun control, BUT impose a tax of $500 each on bullets, $1000 per annum licensing fee on each fire arm and force all gun owners to have third party and theft insurance on every weapon at $10,000 per annum just in case of ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 31, 2022:
@OldGoat43 I hope you realise that is the country that is ruled by rich old white men who own weapons factories is the country you already live in
LenHazell53 comments on May 30, 2022:
Here is a solution that might curb the gun freaks enthusiasm abolish all gun control, BUT impose a tax of $500 each on bullets, $1000 per annum licensing fee on each fire arm and force all gun owners to have third party and theft insurance on every weapon at $10,000 per annum just in case of ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 31, 2022:
@OldGoat43 I hope you realise that is the country that is ruled by rich old white men who own weapons factories is the country you already live in
AH_HA John Oliver reveals the truth at last
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Charlene comments on May 30, 2022:
Damn, and I just got my Furry outfit from Amazon..😪😪😂😂
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2022:
Bunny Girl?
Charlene comments on May 30, 2022:
Damn, and I just got my Furry outfit from Amazon..😪😪😂😂
LenHazell53 replies on May 30, 2022:
Bunny Girl?
MOGGIE.
LenHazell53 comments on May 28, 2022:
Moggy or Moggie is a northern term for a cat in the same way that a "Tom" is a slang term for a cat.
In Victorian England a Tommy Atkins was a common or garden man (later a soldier, like Jack Tar for a Sailor), like wise a Maggie May was a common woman or a prostitute.
Like wise among pedigree ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 28, 2022:
Incidentally this should not be confused with a ***Smoggie***, who is a person from industrial Teesside in the north of England, much as a Geordie is a person from Newcastle upon Tyne or a Scouse is from Liverpool.
I am a born and bred Smoggie and sort of proud of it.
LenHazell53 comments on May 28, 2022:
Moggy or Moggie is a northern term for a cat in the same way that a "Tom" is a slang term for a cat.
In Victorian England a Tommy Atkins was a common or garden man (later a soldier, like Jack Tar for a Sailor), like wise a Maggie May was a common woman or a prostitute.
Like wise among pedigree ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 28, 2022:
Incidentally this should not be confused with a ***Smoggie***, who is a person from industrial Teesside in the north of England, much as a Geordie is a person from Newcastle upon Tyne or a Scouse is from Liverpool.
I am a born and bred Smoggie and sort of proud of it.
Wise words from China. Stupid¹ Americans unlikely to heed them?
Betty comments on May 27, 2022:
Greed is the underlying cause of stupidity. Greed for power, control, wealth, and recognition will bring out the stupidity in the most educated of people.
LenHazell53 replies on May 28, 2022:
@Castlepaloma Yeah sure, whatever you say🙄
Betty comments on May 27, 2022:
Greed is the underlying cause of stupidity. Greed for power, control, wealth, and recognition will bring out the stupidity in the most educated of people.
LenHazell53 replies on May 28, 2022:
@Castlepaloma Yeah sure, whatever you say🙄
Wise words from China. Stupid¹ Americans unlikely to heed them?
Betty comments on May 27, 2022:
Greed is the underlying cause of stupidity. Greed for power, control, wealth, and recognition will bring out the stupidity in the most educated of people.
LenHazell53 replies on May 27, 2022:
@Castlepaloma Greed is NOT a virtue at all, in point of fact it is the exact opposite it is one of the seven cardinal vices.
The virtues are (1) humility, (2) charity, (3) chastity, (4) gratitude, (5) temperance, (6) patience, and (7) diligence.
The Vices are (1) pride, (2) envy, (3) anger, (4) acedia, (5) Greed, (6) gluttony, and (7) lust.
Betty comments on May 27, 2022:
Greed is the underlying cause of stupidity. Greed for power, control, wealth, and recognition will bring out the stupidity in the most educated of people.
LenHazell53 replies on May 27, 2022:
@Castlepaloma Greed is NOT a virtue at all, in point of fact it is the exact opposite it is one of the seven cardinal vices.
The virtues are (1) humility, (2) charity, (3) chastity, (4) gratitude, (5) temperance, (6) patience, and (7) diligence.
The Vices are (1) pride, (2) envy, (3) anger, (4) acedia, (5) Greed, (6) gluttony, and (7) lust.
Two birthdays today, May 26: Peter Cushing (1913-1994) and James Arness (1923-2011)
[youtu.
bobwjr comments on May 26, 2022:
Great actors
LenHazell53 replies on May 26, 2022:
Cushing's version of 1984 made in the 1950s still stands as the best version ever in my opinion.
bobwjr comments on May 26, 2022:
Great actors
LenHazell53 replies on May 26, 2022:
Cushing's version of 1984 made in the 1950s still stands as the best version ever in my opinion.
This won't work any better than outlawing abortions but it's fun to think about.
FearlessFly comments on May 25, 2022:
. . . I support Roe v Wade abortion rights.
. . . in terms of Critical Thinking, this post falls into the false equivalence category :
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/False-Equivalence
LenHazell53 replies on May 26, 2022:
@FearlessFly
***SATIRE***
/ˈsatʌɪə/
*the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.*
FearlessFly comments on May 25, 2022:
. . . I support Roe v Wade abortion rights.
. . . in terms of Critical Thinking, this post falls into the false equivalence category :
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/False-Equivalence
LenHazell53 replies on May 26, 2022:
@FearlessFly
***SATIRE***
/ˈsatʌɪə/
*the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.*
As absurd as the whole concept of the "Trinity" appears, I thought one way to maybe make it somewhat...
Flyingsaucesir comments on May 23, 2022:
I'm sure that Tyson and Nye are honored to be in company with Sagan, but I doubt that any of them would approve of their deification, even in jest.
LenHazell53 replies on May 23, 2022:
Why not the suspended mural on the inside of the dome of the capitol building in Washington is called "The Apotheosis of George Washington" and depicts the 1st president being raised up to be a god.
Flyingsaucesir comments on May 23, 2022:
I'm sure that Tyson and Nye are honored to be in company with Sagan, but I doubt that any of them would approve of their deification, even in jest.
LenHazell53 replies on May 23, 2022:
Why not the suspended mural on the inside of the dome of the capitol building in Washington is called "The Apotheosis of George Washington" and depicts the 1st president being raised up to be a god.
HONORIFIC.
LenHazell53 comments on May 23, 2022:
HonoUrific is the correct spelling the UK.
I know a lot of people say Americanisms don't matter this day and age, but as a wise man once said
"There is no such thing as American English, there is English and there are spelling mistakes"
The Latin root honōrifica is spelled with a Macron ō to...
LenHazell53 replies on May 23, 2022:
@Marionville I did check my own Oxford dictionary, which I have owned since it was gifted to me as a child and in there Honour, honourable and Honourific are all spelled with a U, however checking the OED on line, I am disgusted to see the venerable old book today accepts the US spelling as the correct one (though does still admit honourific as an alternate spelling) for this one variation on the original while still crediting the same root word.
I have amended my original post to explain my reasoning why, I thought (or should that be thort) I was right.
LenHazell53 comments on May 23, 2022:
HonoUrific is the correct spelling the UK.
I know a lot of people say Americanisms don't matter this day and age, but as a wise man once said
"There is no such thing as American English, there is English and there are spelling mistakes"
The Latin root honōrifica is spelled with a Macron ō to...
LenHazell53 replies on May 23, 2022:
@Marionville I did check my own Oxford dictionary, which I have owned since it was gifted to me as a child and in there Honour, honourable and Honourific are all spelled with a U, however checking the OED on line, I am disgusted to see the venerable old book today accepts the US spelling as the correct one (though does still admit honourific as an alternate spelling) for this one variation on the original while still crediting the same root word.
I have amended my original post to explain my reasoning why, I thought (or should that be thort) I was right.
Today's Gun Violence Archive
The overall picture is beyond bleak. 😔😖
LiterateHiker comments on May 22, 2022:
I was asked to be the regional coordinator for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Sadly, I declined. I felt afraid of being shot and killed by a crazy gun zealot.
Jerks with assault weapons crowd into Moms Demand Action meetings to intimidate staff and volunteers.
**Our opponents ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 22, 2022:
@LiterateHiker I am pointing out the irony of exactly what you say, I am 100% in agreement with you
LiterateHiker comments on May 22, 2022:
I was asked to be the regional coordinator for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Sadly, I declined. I felt afraid of being shot and killed by a crazy gun zealot.
Jerks with assault weapons crowd into Moms Demand Action meetings to intimidate staff and volunteers.
**Our opponents ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 22, 2022:
@LiterateHiker I am pointing out the irony of exactly what you say, I am 100% in agreement with you
Today's Gun Violence Archive
The overall picture is beyond bleak. 😔😖
LiterateHiker comments on May 22, 2022:
I was asked to be the regional coordinator for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Sadly, I declined. I felt afraid of being shot and killed by a crazy gun zealot.
Jerks with assault weapons crowd into Moms Demand Action meetings to intimidate staff and volunteers.
**Our opponents ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 22, 2022:
If that was not so tragic it would be comical
LiterateHiker comments on May 22, 2022:
I was asked to be the regional coordinator for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Sadly, I declined. I felt afraid of being shot and killed by a crazy gun zealot.
Jerks with assault weapons crowd into Moms Demand Action meetings to intimidate staff and volunteers.
**Our opponents ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 22, 2022:
If that was not so tragic it would be comical
"All that spin and narrative management they’ve been pouring into the U.
Garban comments on May 20, 2022:
Caitlin Johnstone
The Complete Book Of Astrology: Your personal guide to learning, understanding and using Astrology
Excellent source!🤣
She’s the Alex Jones of astrology!
LenHazell53 replies on May 22, 2022:
@Garban 🤷♂️ mea culpa
Garban comments on May 20, 2022:
Caitlin Johnstone
The Complete Book Of Astrology: Your personal guide to learning, understanding and using Astrology
Excellent source!🤣
She’s the Alex Jones of astrology!
LenHazell53 replies on May 22, 2022:
@Garban 🤷♂️ mea culpa
Why Are We Not Talking About Menopause? - YouTube
KateOahu comments on May 21, 2022:
To whom do you refer when you say “we”? In my experience, generally, males aren’t interested in being empathetic toward women, so women don’t bother talking to them about it; generally, women do discuss it with each other.
LenHazell53 replies on May 21, 2022:
Then you have had some bad experiences with some shitty men, I can only ask that you do not judge us all by their example.
KateOahu comments on May 21, 2022:
To whom do you refer when you say “we”? In my experience, generally, males aren’t interested in being empathetic toward women, so women don’t bother talking to them about it; generally, women do discuss it with each other.
LenHazell53 replies on May 21, 2022:
Then you have had some bad experiences with some shitty men, I can only ask that you do not judge us all by their example.
"All that spin and narrative management they’ve been pouring into the U.
Garban comments on May 20, 2022:
Caitlin Johnstone
The Complete Book Of Astrology: Your personal guide to learning, understanding and using Astrology
Excellent source!🤣
She’s the Alex Jones of astrology!
LenHazell53 replies on May 21, 2022:
@Garban Sorry but I believe you might be confusing Kentucky House of Representatives (2018) member Caitlin A Johnstone and Caitlin Johnson the Australian Astrologer and freelance journalist (as many people tend to)
Garban comments on May 20, 2022:
Caitlin Johnstone
The Complete Book Of Astrology: Your personal guide to learning, understanding and using Astrology
Excellent source!🤣
She’s the Alex Jones of astrology!
LenHazell53 replies on May 21, 2022:
@Garban Sorry but I believe you might be confusing Kentucky House of Representatives (2018) member Caitlin A Johnstone and Caitlin Johnson the Australian Astrologer and freelance journalist (as many people tend to)
Christian Love ❤
LenHazell53 comments on May 19, 2022:
I once had the following exchange with a Christian evangelidiot who accosted me at work
**Christy: ** Don't you understand that god loves you
**Me: ** Yes but it is a very conditional love
**Christy: ** No it isn't, what do you mean?
**Me: ** I mean that your god supposedly loves me, but if I ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 19, 2022:
@OldMetalHead Yes he was a bit of a weirdo I believe he honestly could see nothing wrong in submitting to the idea of tyrant god
LenHazell53 comments on May 19, 2022:
I once had the following exchange with a Christian evangelidiot who accosted me at work
**Christy: ** Don't you understand that god loves you
**Me: ** Yes but it is a very conditional love
**Christy: ** No it isn't, what do you mean?
**Me: ** I mean that your god supposedly loves me, but if I ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 19, 2022:
@OldMetalHead Yes he was a bit of a weirdo I believe he honestly could see nothing wrong in submitting to the idea of tyrant god
NO, NO...Just NO!
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LiterateHiker comments on May 18, 2022:
I refuse to watch violent or horror movies.
LenHazell53 replies on May 19, 2022:
This is neither it is cultural vandalism
LiterateHiker comments on May 18, 2022:
I refuse to watch violent or horror movies.
LenHazell53 replies on May 19, 2022:
This is neither it is cultural vandalism
Remembering one of my favorite British actors on his birthday, today May 15: James Mason.
LenHazell53 comments on May 15, 2022:
Amazing actor, though only 34 his big break out role was as Mr Smethurst in "A place of ones own" playing an 75 year old retiree, who finds the house he has saved all his life for is haunted and the malevolent spirit is killing his adopted daughter.
Later teh same year he shot to stardom as dashing...
LenHazell53 replies on May 16, 2022:
@Ray13 Yes, there is an unofficial remake called "The House of the Long Shadows" featuring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Vincent Price and John Carradine, that follows more or less the original plot (most of the official remakes follow the plot of "The Ghoul" instead) it's worth a look
LenHazell53 comments on May 15, 2022:
Amazing actor, though only 34 his big break out role was as Mr Smethurst in "A place of ones own" playing an 75 year old retiree, who finds the house he has saved all his life for is haunted and the malevolent spirit is killing his adopted daughter.
Later teh same year he shot to stardom as dashing...
LenHazell53 replies on May 16, 2022:
@Ray13 Yes, there is an unofficial remake called "The House of the Long Shadows" featuring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Vincent Price and John Carradine, that follows more or less the original plot (most of the official remakes follow the plot of "The Ghoul" instead) it's worth a look
kIND OF HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD
Garban comments on May 15, 2022:
I think he’s spoiled child. I haven’t determined the species yet; leaning toward reptilian of some sort.
LenHazell53 replies on May 15, 2022:
A
Yuthinkysaurus Tex?
Garban comments on May 15, 2022:
I think he’s spoiled child. I haven’t determined the species yet; leaning toward reptilian of some sort.
LenHazell53 replies on May 15, 2022:
A
Yuthinkysaurus Tex?
Who says that America & its sycophant Britain do not interfere in other country's citizens ...
p-nullifidian comments on May 15, 2022:
You raise an important point here, one that must not be ignored.
American post-WW2 anti-communist fear and loathing fueled McCarthyism at home and the sinister plotting of the Dulles brothers in US foreign policy. Allen Dulles was made director of the CIA by Harry Truman and continued in that ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 15, 2022:
Thank you for the recommendation
p-nullifidian comments on May 15, 2022:
You raise an important point here, one that must not be ignored.
American post-WW2 anti-communist fear and loathing fueled McCarthyism at home and the sinister plotting of the Dulles brothers in US foreign policy. Allen Dulles was made director of the CIA by Harry Truman and continued in that ...
LenHazell53 replies on May 15, 2022:
Thank you for the recommendation
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