As Half a Million Forced to Flee, 'Militia Checkpoints' Patrol Roads and demand "documents"

Charlene comments on Sep 12, 2020:

The 2nd Civil War is upon us..be aware and ready..

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2020:

You are right, the powder keg has been rolled out, all it needs now is a moron stupid enough to stub out his cigarette in it.

As Half a Million Forced to Flee, 'Militia Checkpoints' Patrol Roads and demand "documents"

mcgeo52 comments on Sep 12, 2020:

So, the brown shirts are demanding, "Show us your papers."??? Sounds like the Oregon State Police, or the local Sheriff, needs to go have a chat with these idiots.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 13, 2020:

@mcgeo52 Those who are not against them are with them, in this case that is "The Oregon State Police, and the local Sheriff" Is that more clear?

Sob There was a crowd of bees flying around.

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Damn it took me a few minutes to get that one

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty I just read that as sob, meaning it was a sad story.

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Mofo1953 comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Esso? Maybe in Canada. Here it's Exxon.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2020:

it's esso in the UK too

As Half a Million Forced to Flee, 'Militia Checkpoints' Patrol Roads and demand "documents"

mcgeo52 comments on Sep 12, 2020:

So, the brown shirts are demanding, "Show us your papers."??? Sounds like the Oregon State Police, or the local Sheriff, needs to go have a chat with these idiots.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 12, 2020:

The Oregon State Police, and the local Sheriff, ARE these idiots.

NYT in shock?

barjoe comments on Sep 11, 2020:

NYT? Maybe you should read it sometimes. It seems you get most of your news from the Kremlin. RT is a Russian propaganda machine.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2020:

@barjoe My intent was only to show that facts are independent of the method of delivery, yes RT is a propaganda channel but presumably when they credit a source that they are reporting on allowing for fact checking, the facts can speak for themselves? I don't know about in the US but here in the UK RT reports stories that our own MSM (especially the BBC and Chanel 4) would not touch with a barge pole for fear of enraging the powers that be.

My daughter's adopted child is 12 years old.

AgeofReason comments on Sep 11, 2020:

Two weeks after my dad died, my stepmother informed me that after her previous divorce 15 years before—living back home with her parents and penniless—she had prayed to God, asking for a new husband. She said God had replied that she’ll meet a new husband, and he’ll die of cancer so she can ...

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2020:

WTF kind of "Christian love" is that? What a f'ing monster!

NYT in shock?

barjoe comments on Sep 11, 2020:

NYT? Maybe you should read it sometimes. It seems you get most of your news from the Kremlin. RT is a Russian propaganda machine.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 11, 2020:

since you insist @Barjoe here is the same story in the NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/opinion/united-states-social-progress.html

Wear a mask while having sex? [medscape.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 10, 2020:

Only when I am role playing Batman

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2020:

@MissKathleen lol I wish

75 years ago: Chinese Communist Party wins victories in renewed civil war This week in September...

bbyrd009 comments on Sep 9, 2020:

interesting to me that China is like the only major power which has no history of formal logic, apparently... ...

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2020:

Confucius he say, think again https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-logic-language/

Only one more generation to go and we'll soon be rid of this nightmare superstition called religion.

ReadyforaChange comments on Sep 10, 2020:

I don't think it can. We have to speed up the process. Ideas?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 10, 2020:

Get shows like the atheist experience on to mainstream media, let the world see how theist have no answers how evil he bible is, how much damage religion does, and when churches and church people lie Prosecute them.

The church should stay the HELL out of politics. [yahoo.]

ToakReon comments on Sep 9, 2020:

The church should stay out of politics. The church should stay out of education. The church should stay out of moral judgementalism. The church should stay out of the lives of children. The church should stay out of defining the roles if women and men. The church should stay out ...

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2020:

You left choirboys off the list off that which the church should stay out of ;)

Ryan's Daughter 1970 Have you sen this movie? I loved it. [youtube.com]

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 8, 2020:

Agreed, not a favourite of mine, but David Lean at his very best.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2020:

@273kelvin "Hobson's choice" is one of my all time favourites

The latest bit of Buffoonery from Citizen Boris Coronavirus: Social gatherings above six banned ...

Marionville comments on Sep 9, 2020:

Welcome to the new normal....the lunatics are running the asylum!

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 9, 2020:

Perhaps but most mental health professional agree that madness follows its own internal logic, these silly fools are just making it up as they go along, desperately trying to please all the people all of the time, instead of having the guts to simply do the right thing, or even the wrong thing or anything consistent.

[theweek.

bobwjr comments on Sep 8, 2020:

Yes arrest them but cops won't

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2020:

they are the cops

There is no democracy when states conspire against individuals identifying state lying & immorality ...

GoodMan comments on Sep 8, 2020:

Apparently there are consequences to reporting the truth.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2020:

@GoodMan my mistake I meant to type inexpedient

Chthonic - concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld.

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 8, 2020:

wasn't his posted a couple of days ago?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2020:

@silverotter11 I thinks so because I remember wondering if this was the root of the name Cthulhu in HP Lovecraft's books.

There is no democracy when states conspire against individuals identifying state lying & immorality ...

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 8, 2020:

There is no democracy... Yup that's corrected the original OP. There has been no democracy since the time of the ancient Greeks, just a pretense at it, to hegemonic placate the ill educated plebs with the illusion that they are free.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2020:

@FrayedBear True. Democracy was a system developed for the election of governance in a city state with a very small population, that relied on on an educated elite class to keep them and those considered lesser, safe and comfortable so they could be of better service to said elite. Now when you try to apply that to populations of millions or even a billion on the premise that all people are equally capable of making sound and informed decisions and will not succumb to a cult of personality, popularity or the promises of personal interest you will have something that is just as far from the ideal of democracy as the original form was. When you have a population of a couple of thousand, voting for ten independent men to represent them, it is likely that they will be somewhat representative of the electorate. What we have now are a couple of hundred elite (ie Rich NOT necessarily educated)people, under one leader, organised in to two internally cooperating parties, one of which will command a ruling majority. Therefore at best your government is going to be representative of 50% of the adult population if that. The other half is in effect an oppressed mass lumbered with a government they did not vote for and who does not represent them, because they are effectually powerless.

4 Essential Elements of Agnosticism

David1955 comments on Sep 8, 2020:

I found this passage a tad questionable: "Agnostics Find The Same Fulfillment From Agnosticism That Others Find From Religion This idea of “not knowing and never knowing” actually brings us the same fulfillment that others get from believing that they’ve found the truth. It is quite a ...

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2020:

A tad questionable in the same way ethnic cleansing is a tad questionable?

First day of home school. There isn't enough coffee in the world for this. Oy.

barjoe comments on Sep 8, 2020:

That's why this atheist never had children.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2020:

@KKGator Ah well at least you get to give them back lol

There is no democracy when states conspire against individuals identifying state lying & immorality ...

GoodMan comments on Sep 8, 2020:

Apparently there are consequences to reporting the truth.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2020:

Only politically expedient truth.

JALOPY.

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 8, 2020:

My mother used to sing this to me when I was a kid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5q8ysa_aQU=MarkGallagher

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2020:

@Marionville Mum and Dad both loved Frankie Lane, they went to see Blazing saddles on he strength that he sang the theme and came home with faces like thunder. :)

JALOPY.

AgnoBill comments on Sep 8, 2020:

Yep -- I've had a few of those

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 8, 2020:

@AgnoBill Three old women are talking about their husbands The first says "Mine is like a Rolls Royce, rich and a really smooth ride" The second says "Mine is like a Jeep, tough, strong and an exciting bumpy ride" The third grumbles "Mine is like a 1932 Austin 10, an old banger, slow and needs to be started by a hand crank."

A full stop "." represents passive aggressive messaging?

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 7, 2020:

I posted about this here on You Tube a few weeks ago, I went back to link to it, but the post has been removed. It just shows how far down the snowflake rabbit hole we have gone when sensitive millennial cotton wool people can feel victimized by punctuation.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2020:

@FrayedBear I meant on actual Youtube when the story broke

Man Unleashes Profanity-Filled Tirade Against Peaceful Satanists in MN Park | Hemant Mehta | ...

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 7, 2020:

Typical US reaction, get angry, threaten, threaten with death, get a gang together, threaten again and then kill people.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2020:

@FearlessFly

Weirdest Passages You've Read?

bbyrd009 comments on Sep 7, 2020:

ha ok you know most of that OT stuff is surely not meant to be taken literally? https://biblicalhistoricalcontext.com/israelite-origins/israelite-origins-putting-away-childish-things/

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2020:

Sure about that? People have died over this shit, for claiming it was allegorical or metaphorical.

Weirdest Passages You've Read?

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 7, 2020:

Ezekiel 23:20: "There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses."

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2020:

@Jon_Frum oh that is a pearl

Man Unleashes Profanity-Filled Tirade Against Peaceful Satanists in MN Park | Hemant Mehta | ...

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 7, 2020:

Typical US reaction, get angry, threaten, threaten with death, get a gang together, threaten again and then kill people.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2020:

@FearlessFly Oh little @Housefly no because nowhere else in the civilised world can and do ordinary people carry around guns as a matter of legally sanctioned course, nor do they demand the right to do so as a constitutional right, or have gun crime in some states as the third most common cause of death. Only my friend @blowfly, in the USA is the last resort of taking a life seen as the prefered first reaction, by common folk and the police. The American social system is inherently violent and many decent American's know it and so campaign for reform, only to consistently shot down, often literally. For example, @fruitfly ONE person was shot in the UK this morning and it is a matter of national news and import to find out, who and why and even more importantly HOW? How the actual fuck did a 15 year old get his hands on a gun? In the US it would probably not even make the local news. In the context of the incident in the OP, people having a picnic leads a person to apoplectic fits in front of women and children and actual threats born of homicidal rage simply because they call themselves satanist. IN the UK people would probably be too busy laughing and taking the piss at the eccentric Loons to get angry. So strange as it may seem to you @Openfly outside of the USA civilised people do not do that unless they are mentally unstable or paralytically drunk (and apparently this dick was neither) and even then usually don't have access to the weapons to make good on it. We have this thing called a sense of humour and proportionate response 😊

I have a question about vegan group. Why are all the alerts post but the group can't be reached?

MissKathleen comments on Sep 6, 2020:

I see four Vegan groups when I search for “Vegan” on groups. https://agnostic.com/groups?keyword=Vegan=groups There may be another one or two, as I think I am blocked by the more militant ones.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 7, 2020:

In a world where there are Buddhist terrorist organisations, Militant Vegans do not surprise me.

I have access to 4 or more browsers on my computers.

alliwant comments on Sep 5, 2020:

Firefox and Chrome flavors both have the bookmarks toolbar, which you can fill up with folders and sort scads of bookmarks by category. I've got 13 folders and hundreds of bookmarks, and back them up periodically for when I update my OS. Easier than searching every time you want to browse.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2020:

Exactly what I was about to say

ipsedixitism(Noun) an unfounded, false and dogmatic assertion

Cutiebeauty comments on Sep 6, 2020:

Holy crap!! How is that pronounced?!

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 6, 2020:

Just say Calumny or lie lol

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FearlessFly comments on Aug 31, 2020:

In terms of Critical Thinking, how is an "old British adage" a good rationale for defending anything ?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 5, 2020:

@Marionville I wish I had too

Never again ever

Fernapple comments on Sep 3, 2020:

Who is Chuck Norris ?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

@LuvLayne To be honest when I was a kid I did like "Good guys wear black" pretty good martial arts fick.

Never again ever

Cutiebeauty comments on Sep 3, 2020:

Chuck didn't say that!!

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

It was a joke, I've posted the full article above

Never again ever

Fernapple comments on Sep 3, 2020:

Who is Chuck Norris ?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001569/

As always, remember that my post could be applied to any gender.

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 3, 2020:

Thank you for that, that sums up exactly the abusive relationship I suffered under, in my first marriage and as an insecure young adult, exactly the excuses I made for staying with her. I learned, that I did deserve better and in my second wife I got not only better, but the best.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

@MissKathleen I'm sorry you went through that, sounds like a different situation which of course is because we all have our own stories. I'm glad you got away from such unhappiness. 💛💗 I was lucky in that my abuser threw me out because she found someone else and got bored with me, had I not had two very dear friends who came to my rescue in my lowest moments I might not have recovered and rediscovered my own worth.

"Embiggen" has been added to a US dictionary - a word first heard on The Simpsons in 1996.

mischl comments on Sep 3, 2020:

Ok, thanks. At first, I thought it was just another Trumpism.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

good one

As always, remember that my post could be applied to any gender.

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 3, 2020:

Thank you for that, that sums up exactly the abusive relationship I suffered under, in my first marriage and as an insecure young adult, exactly the excuses I made for staying with her. I learned, that I did deserve better and in my second wife I got not only better, but the best.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

@MissKathleen true, I just think we are using slightly different definitions of naive

As always, remember that my post could be applied to any gender.

nicknotes comments on Sep 3, 2020:

The Truth will set you free...

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

True but in such situations, the truth can be almost impossible to find.

As always, remember that my post could be applied to any gender.

Cutiebeauty comments on Sep 3, 2020:

No. The problem was him..

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty It is far from nonsense, it is downright evil, very real and drives too many people to their death every year, usually at their own hand since that seems, in their despair to be their only logical escape.

As always, remember that my post could be applied to any gender.

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 3, 2020:

Thank you for that, that sums up exactly the abusive relationship I suffered under, in my first marriage and as an insecure young adult, exactly the excuses I made for staying with her. I learned, that I did deserve better and in my second wife I got not only better, but the best.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

@MissKathleen some of the other answers here seem to see this as victim shaming, it is not, the problem in this case is not one of weakness or shame, it is that one manipulative and unscrupulous person can take advantage of a nieve partner and establish a control over them, by instilling a cycle of abuse, akin to being indoctrinated into a cult. Such Mental Abuses use the B.I.T.E. model in the same way churches and cults do. Getting out requires help from someone who understands, not aggression that only reinforces the abusers claims and will send you running back to their protection. Once you have been through this, *the problem* goes away because you can spot someone doing again a mile away before it gets a hold upon you, however while you are trapped within it you see questioning it as an act of betrayal and further proof that you are as horrible and worthless as you have been told that you are.

Aliens; why should we "listen" for them? Have they ever visited us?

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 1, 2020:

Both Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawkins have expressed the idea that communication with extra terrestrial beings would probably end very badly for us. Especially id the the said AET's were anything like humans in temperament. We need look no further than the history of our own planet to see what ...

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

@Robecology I think it would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history of advanced races meeting more primitive people on this planet is not very happy, and they were the same species. I think we should keep our heads low. *Stephen Hawking Naked Science: Alien Contact, 2004* On Sagan for the time being I stand corrected, I may have confused him with someone else, thank you for the fact check

Christian Group Seeks Removal Of Dinosaur From Tucson McDonald's | Tucson, AZ Patch

oldFloyd comments on Sep 1, 2020:

Fukwits, 23000 fukwits

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

Well put.

Christian Group Seeks Removal Of Dinosaur From Tucson McDonald's | Tucson, AZ Patch

BDair comments on Sep 1, 2020:

I am pretty certain that CAD is a satirical page.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

It may have started out that way, but it is real now, there are dozens of YouTube video etc all over the net.

religion is answers that can not be questioned.

Larry-new comments on Sep 2, 2020:

That's about it. Religion, of course, designed it that way...the most successful scam ever perpetrated on the human race. Philosophers also have enjoyed job security.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

*"Seven and a half million years ...!" they cried in chorus. "Yes," declaimed Deep Thought, "I said I'd have to think about it, didn't I? And it occurs to me that running a programme like this is bound to create an enormous amount of popular publicity for the whole area of philosophy in general. Everyone's going to have their own theories about what answer I'm eventually to come up with, and who better to capitalize on that media market than you yourself? So long as you can keep disagreeing with each other violently enough and slagging each other off in the popular press, you can keep yourself on the gravy train for life. How does that sound?" The two philosophers gaped at him. "Bloody hell," said Majikthise, "now that is what I call thinking. Here Vroomfondel, why do we never think of things like that?" "Dunno," said Vroomfondel in an awed whisper, "think our brains must be too highly trained Majikthise." So saying, they turned on their heels and walked out of the door and into a lifestyle beyond their wildest dreams.* Hitch Hiker's guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams

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St-Sinner comments on Sep 2, 2020:

Should we support armed protesters on either side?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

If you are carrying a gun, you are no longer a protester you are part of a militia. It has been clearly shown that protestors can defend themselves with defensive measures, shields, masks, leaf blowers etc. America needs to get rid of this stupid idea that firearms are weapons of defense, they are not, they are instruments of attack, and despite the old maxim "the best form of defense is a good offense" it still stands, one cannot defend oneself with a gun, one can only attack first.

Only in L.

mischl comments on Sep 2, 2020:

I remember a few years back when some guy in California hooked a whole bunch of balloons to his lawn chair and was floating around near the approach path of LAX.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

Yes that guy with the flying chair made the darwin awards, however he only got an honourable mention. It was pretty tragic actually his chair came down when he hit power lines, and even then he survived, but after being sued for damage to the pylon, facing international ridicule and going bankrupt he shot himself, missed and on his third attempt managed to kill himself.

Only in L.

bobwjr comments on Sep 2, 2020:

Saw that on TV big question how, most jet packs can't get that high

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 3, 2020:

ALIENS, *ALIENS* ***ALIENS, LIZARD PEOPLE!!!!***

A good dose of the Philosophy pf Religion is enough to make anyone an atheist.

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 2, 2020:

Modern religion is as guilty of this as ever, I cannot count the times when the religious have asked if I am mentally ill, because the existence of gawd is so obvious only a liar or a lunatic could dispute it. That is of course until you demand to see the evidence, at which point you either get the...

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 2, 2020:

@bstewa217 You can take it even further than that. If god just is an needed no creator, then how could he she or it have any concept of creation, be self aware or even understand his her or its own existence. A being coming in to existence in a void has no frame of reference with which to compare itself, judge itself or ever have an understand of "another" never mind communication.

Sex, Politics & Religion

demifeministgal comments on Sep 2, 2020:

One of your statements gave me a visual of a woman clutching her pearls, holding a handkerchief to her forehead and fainting at the mere mention of sex. haha " from behind the blushing cheeks of their female counterparts in the public forum."

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 2, 2020:

That was the intent, thanks

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LenHazell53 comments on Sep 1, 2020:

Living up to your name again then are we FEARLESS?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 1, 2020:

@FearlessFly What is the point of being able to read if one does not understand what is being read? What is the point of discussion if one is unable to discuss? You might ponder upon that for a while.

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FearlessFly comments on Aug 31, 2020:

In terms of Critical Thinking, how is an "old British adage" a good rationale for defending anything ?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 1, 2020:

@FearlessFly Yawn, If I appear to have dropped off don't worry I'm just resting my eyes, do carry on

Sex, Politics & Religion

FearlessFly comments on Aug 31, 2020:

In terms of Critical Thinking, how is an "old British adage" a good rationale for defending anything ?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 1, 2020:

@FearlessFly Oh so you do find it incorrect for me to comment on exchange between you two, but you are within your rights to comment on a conversation between she and I? There is a word for that you know.

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MissKathleen comments on Sep 1, 2020:

Terrific, well-written article. Although I am not certain that “Making a Politically incorrect statement today is the most heinous of crimes”.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 1, 2020:

Perhaps I was indulging in a little hyperbole, but thanks you very much.

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FearlessFly comments on Aug 31, 2020:

In terms of Critical Thinking, how is an "old British adage" a good rationale for defending anything ?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 1, 2020:

@FearlessFly ". . . btw A while ago" oh the red herring fallacy, you are on a roll

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FearlessFly comments on Aug 31, 2020:

In terms of Critical Thinking, how is an "old British adage" a good rationale for defending anything ?

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 1, 2020:

@FearlessFly It was not an ad-hominem, it was an insult, you obviously don't know the difference and so are not worth discoursing with, you see? This post is an ad hominem. Unless of course your were referring to my post to @Marionville, which could be "taken" as an ad-hominem attack upon you, but since you were not my interlocutor at time, would be stretching the protocols of rhetoric, and still would not technically be an ad-hominem but rather be The Offence Fallacy on your part.

Trump is at it again threatening to sick the US military on the US citizenry Donald J.

sassygirl3869 comments on Aug 31, 2020:

We could end up with a Civil War if he continues.

LenHazell53 replies on Sep 1, 2020:

sadly it looks more and more likely

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FearlessFly comments on Aug 31, 2020:

In terms of Critical Thinking, how is an "old British adage" a good rationale for defending anything ?

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

@Marionville don't bother arguing with him, he is a moron. 1) I used the adage to introduce the concept 2) I was not defending anything 3) He obviously has not read past the fist line 4) He's a cockwomble

[rawstory.

dalefvictor comments on Aug 31, 2020:

There are more important things than life. One of his cohorts said.

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

psychopathic

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FearlessFly comments on Aug 31, 2020:

In terms of Critical Thinking, how is an "old British adage" a good rationale for defending anything ?

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

WTF are you talking about?

Trump is at it again threatening to sick the US military on the US citizenry Donald J.

bobwjr comments on Aug 31, 2020:

He can't do it military leaders said they won't, violates the constitution

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

Well he will again call in the private army Blackwater USA/Academi run by Erik Prince the brother of miseducation secretary Betsy DeVos and send them back to Portland

[rawstory.

BitFlipper comments on Aug 31, 2020:

Herd Immunity occurs when enough of the susceptible population has died. In modern terms the "herd" is the entire human population of the world. While other countries pursue effective strategies to reduce transmission, Trump's America pursues genocide.

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty I'm afraid it does actually, as those who are most susceptible are removed from the gene pool, those who are more resistant live. It was often wondered up until a few years ago, what happened to the black death from the 7th century, until it was proven by forensic archeology that nothing happened to, it is still here and is a mild form of anthrax that 99.9% of people are immune to. We are the descendants of the survivors and the naturally immune. Same with the plague of the middle ages, and the strain of bubonic plague from the 17th century. Trump and Boris try an wrap it up in pseudo science but the are actually talking about a cull.

Can an atheist and an Evangelical be friends?

Happycanuck comments on Aug 31, 2020:

Yes,am on very friendly terms with my next door neighbour who is a retired minister from one of those churches that were building large compounds to house THEIR faithful until the rapture or whatever they are expecting. (They only got the huge church built). We don't discuss religion although I get...

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

The one thing godbotherers hate more than atheists are those OTHER godbotherers who do their own godbothering WRONG!

Can an atheist and an Evangelical be friends?

CuddyCruiser comments on Aug 31, 2020:

I would say so. I listen to metal music and I hang out with people who listen to rap music and other types of music. I see that as the same thing. Just as long as both mutually respect the others differences, then all is well.

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

You see that as the same thing? I must have missed the bit in the history book when the Rappers nailed their declaration to the disco door and the Opera fans started burning Metal freaks alive in the town square

12 Superfoods to support good health. [smarterscienceofslim.com]

mischl comments on Aug 30, 2020:

We keep all those in stock except goji and liver. We don't eat ANY red meat. But lots of fish and white meat of chikken! We have our own avocado and mango trees.

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

both fish and chicken have livers

The magazine is up and available but the color scheme is horrible and very difficult to read.

UUNJ comments on Aug 31, 2020:

Where can we find the magazine ?

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty thanks, found it 😊👍👍

The magazine is up and available but the color scheme is horrible and very difficult to read.

UUNJ comments on Aug 31, 2020:

Where can we find the magazine ?

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty Still cannot find it, are you on a phone or a PC?

I strongly think that a person is a coward to be science educated on one side and believe in ...

Omnedon comments on Aug 31, 2020:

I don't see where cowardice comes into it...

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

@Omnedon Being fear need not make you a coward, but a coward is alway fear filled and more importantly has surrendered to it.

Anyone else listen to the podcast "God Awful Movies"?

DenoPenno comments on Aug 30, 2020:

I have recently gotten into the low budget show "Black Scorpion" which is a Roger Corman spin off on the 1966 Batman TV show. No pows, biff, and bam here but Michelle Lentil sure has fun in the lead role. In one episode a black man claims he cannot believe it. Black Scorpion is actually a white ...

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

There is an earlier film version of the same story starring Joan Severance as the eponymous hero

I strongly think that a person is a coward to be science educated on one side and believe in ...

Omnedon comments on Aug 31, 2020:

I don't see where cowardice comes into it...

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 31, 2020:

Fear of Hell and ostracisation for a start

Falwell can hire 2 or 3 pool boys with that kind of cash.

ZantiMisfit comments on Aug 30, 2020:

Did they erase the part where Jesus said it would be "easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven"?

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 30, 2020:

I once heard that misquoted as *"it is easier for a rich man to pass through the eye of an needle than it is for a camel to."* All the nodding and confused pontificating from the devout was freaking hilarious.

Question on Ayn Rand...

barjoe comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. She stresses the pursuit of happiness. Objectivism as opposed to collectivism. I don't agree in as much as pursuit of happiness for others is a form of collectivism. She feels the most important thing in life is to provide for oneself. Every man for ...

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2020:

@altschmerz Thank you and I empathise, my grandson has been diagnosed with aspergers, we have spent hours together helping him to understand facial and vocal clues, making games out of learning to recognise other people's feelings. As a consequence he has developed an interest in acting and is considering a career in performing arts but is sill young enough to be balancing that against being a bus driver. 😉

Question on Ayn Rand...

barjoe comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. She stresses the pursuit of happiness. Objectivism as opposed to collectivism. I don't agree in as much as pursuit of happiness for others is a form of collectivism. She feels the most important thing in life is to provide for oneself. Every man for ...

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2020:

@barjoe good points

Question on Ayn Rand...

barjoe comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. She stresses the pursuit of happiness. Objectivism as opposed to collectivism. I don't agree in as much as pursuit of happiness for others is a form of collectivism. She feels the most important thing in life is to provide for oneself. Every man for ...

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2020:

@barjoe Ever considered the idea that she displayed the classic traits of asperger's syndrome? If this or something similar were true she would exist in a time incapable of diagnosing her and her writings were her only form of therapy. This is what I meant by damaged.

This is one of my favorite quotes.

Matias comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Sounds good, but it does not make sense, given that there are no "good" people versus "bad" people (as if there was such a thing as an intrinsic quality or character)

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2020:

In any given social system of culture there are contextually "good" and "bad" people and within such the quote makes sense. Your criticism can only be true within a conceptual state of perfect objectivity, such as that used by idealist philosophers for the construction of abstract concepts.

Question on Ayn Rand...

barjoe comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. She stresses the pursuit of happiness. Objectivism as opposed to collectivism. I don't agree in as much as pursuit of happiness for others is a form of collectivism. She feels the most important thing in life is to provide for oneself. Every man for ...

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 28, 2020:

I feel she was endeavouring to be a good person but was fundamentally damaged by her life.

I recently watched Alex O'Connor's debate with two Muslims and as expected they used the usual ...

freeofgod comments on Aug 27, 2020:

God loves ya. But he will burn you in hell. lol

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 27, 2020:

That tenet alone should set alarm bells ringing

I’ve realized I can’t change my religious wife.

Geoffrey51 comments on Aug 25, 2020:

..,.and what does she say when you tell her you won’t tolerate it? Sounds like the dictator just rode into town!

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 27, 2020:

@Geoffrey51 I'm not a follower of Bentham, but I do gauge my personal morality upon intent to contribute to the general well being on both a social and personal level. This is how I can differentiate between criminal activity and so called "sin" finding the former contextually reprehensible or excusable and the latter irrelevant other than when it is genuinely harmful.

I’ve realized I can’t change my religious wife.

xenoview comments on Aug 25, 2020:

If she says there is a god, then she has to proved objective evidence that a god exist. You can lead a theist to reason, but you can't make him/her think.

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 27, 2020:

@Geoffrey51 I would if she were part of those trying to turn her bigoted religious shit in to legislation.

Molotov cocktail ˈmä-lə-tȯv noun a crude bomb made of a bottle filled with a flammable ...

RoboGraham comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Very interesting. The Finns really stood up for themselves during that war. Made the Soviets pay dearly for the territory taken. That seems to be a very dangerous weapon. What's to stop the flame from running down the rag and setting it off while still in the throwers hand?

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 27, 2020:

Nothing, that's why you light it and throw it ASAP

They just don't get it.

Green_Soldier71 comments on Aug 26, 2020:

I don't get it...is the picture saying that letting prayer back into schools could potentially open a Pandora's Box (especially for the Religious Right)?

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 27, 2020:

The same people who demand prayer in schools, go fucking apeshit when they find out there are muslim prayer mats in schools for the pupils who desire them. "Prayer" is only prayer to to these fuckwits when it is to the right, white, christian god who appointed DJT to the presidency.

It's all for the money 💰?

LenHazell53 comments on Aug 27, 2020:

The LDS (Mormons) had the best excuse when they were caught doing this "It's not our money it God's money, and after the second coming we will give it all back to Jesus to do with as he will, in the mean time we are just looking after it for him."

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 27, 2020:

@Happycanuck Not really, the LDS are primarily a business concern that uses religious status as a tax dodge, if their followers will swallow all the Kolob shit, the ancient submarine journey to the new world and the interminable shit that came out of the mouth of Joseph Smith, asking them about opening a deposit/savings account for Jesus' return visit is a doddle.

I’ve realized I can’t change my religious wife.

xenoview comments on Aug 25, 2020:

If she says there is a god, then she has to proved objective evidence that a god exist. You can lead a theist to reason, but you can't make him/her think.

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 27, 2020:

@Geoffrey51 If my wife had bought a ferrari without telling me it would be my business, if she was lying about it to me it would be my business. What she chooses to believe is not my business but it would lessen my respect for her critical faculties if she chose to believe something without evidence and if that belief not only took over her life but affected mine, then it would be my business too.

I’ve realized I can’t change my religious wife.

SCal comments on Aug 25, 2020:

We do not let people believevin gods. People are free to think and do what they please. You either accept them, or you don't. No one needs your permission.

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 27, 2020:

Are you saying people have the right to be homophobes if they excuse it with religious doctrine?

I’ve realized I can’t change my religious wife.

Geoffrey51 comments on Aug 25, 2020:

..,.and what does she say when you tell her you won’t tolerate it? Sounds like the dictator just rode into town!

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 27, 2020:

Well I don't know about the OP but if I were in a relationship with a homophobe I would not tolerate it either, I would be on my bike and leave the bigot, no matter what their reason. Nothing dictatorial about being a good person. There is no excuse today for irrational prejudice, if you do it, it is because you are an evil fuck by nature and you want to hate.

The Christian Creed for dummies 1.

OnlyAGhost comments on Aug 27, 2020:

You had me at the first point. I am ready to give my life to Zombie Jesus.

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 27, 2020:

Amen

CHAGRIN.

LenHazell53 comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Interestingly it is also the Bengali/Indian word for green tea

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 27, 2020:

@Marionville chai is the plural, Cha is the singular

CHAGRIN.

LenHazell53 comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Interestingly it is also the Bengali/Indian word for green tea

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 27, 2020:

@Marionville It is where we get the expression a cuppa cha, chagrin is green tea, chakappa is ordinary tea, the chai wallah (seller of teas), would ask grin or kappa? and the British soldiers inevitably replied " a cuppa chai wallah"

We need, as basic philosophies, rationalist, democratic Pantheisms (all Cosmians, all evolving ...

Green_Soldier71 comments on Aug 25, 2020:

Who is Pinker?

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 25, 2020:

He's a little wooden pig puppet who made a name for himself in the 1960's with his brother Perker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMw5jzO_lv0

What were Friedrich Nietzsche's views on politics?

Matias comments on Aug 24, 2020:

If Nietzsche were alive today, and if he were proficient in the English language, then he would probably be a good speechwriter for Trump.

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2020:

I doubt it, he would find Trumps advocacy of Evangelical Christianity repellent, often saying that the Christian Doctrines were second only to Buddhism, in their innate denial of human kinds true nature and insistence on using the illusion of free will as a catch all scapegoat.

Juberous adjective uncertain and reluctant; dubious; undecided: I was feeling mighty juberous...

LenHazell53 comments on Aug 24, 2020:

One of those words originating from a southern American mispronunciation. Originally "Dubious"

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2020:

@Marionville I had to go back on to one of your old posts for the correct word for this phenomenon, it's called A Mondegreen

Full stop is 'intimidating' to young people because they interpret it as sign of anger, linguists ...

MissKathleen comments on Aug 24, 2020:

It IS hard on us old folks, who learned “proper” language skills. I propose that young people, and old, agree that there are standards for both formal and informal situations. Personally, I do not mind that on social media, little attention is given to grammar, spelling, and language. But I ...

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2020:

Thank you, I could not agree more.

Who are your favorite authors? And please recommend books!

Hages comments on May 26, 2020:

H.G. Wells is one of the greats. Here are some great books to start: The Time Machine The Island of Dr. Moreau The Invisible Man The War of the Worlds The First Men in the Moon

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2020:

In the Days of the Comet (1906) is my favourite Wells book, are you familiar with it?

Full stop is 'intimidating' to young people because they interpret it as sign of anger, linguists ...

hankster comments on Aug 24, 2020:

language is undoubtedly going to change cuz of texting and electronic communications.if some don't keep up they just get left behind. it's really that simple.

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2020:

That being the case I would rather retain my dignity than stoop to using "cuz" or not capitalising the first letter of my sentences and painting myself as ignorant buffoon.

Full stop is 'intimidating' to young people because they interpret it as sign of anger, linguists ...

Apunzelle comments on Aug 24, 2020:

Responding as someone with an English degree who works as a copy editor. Firstly, this entire article is talking about *texting*. It doesn’t mention anywhere that people will change the way they write prose in other circumstances (I would take that to mean work reports, school essays, and ...

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2020:

In the comments, you may see that this is not just about texting, it is expanding out into everyday life, that HR departments are having to contact management to tell them correct English in official memos is upsetting and even intimidating to younger staff, because they EXPECT the same use of punctuation as in texts. Such pandering to ignorance is NOT evolution of the language it is a deliberate degradation of standards.

Full stop is 'intimidating' to young people because they interpret it as sign of anger, linguists ...

Cutiebeauty comments on Aug 24, 2020:

The times are changing as is language and the way we communicate, especially online...

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty You think so? I see no difference in writing a post and writing a letter, for the most part I take equal care over both. However since I have suffered from dyslexia all of my life, I do perhaps value the written word more than most, I feel careful, comprehensible writing is a duty and consideration I owe to my correspondent (s)

What does it mean to be an Ubermensch according to Friedrich Nietzsche?

barjoe comments on Aug 24, 2020:

It was a member of a super race. Hitler spoke of this of course.

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2020:

Hitler corrupted the idea for his own purposes. What you are describing was the Nazi eugenics plot known as the Sonnenkinder an attempt to build a race of "perfect" people by selective breeding.

Full stop is 'intimidating' to young people because they interpret it as sign of anger, linguists ...

ZantiMisfit comments on Aug 24, 2020:

Correct punctuation is a sign of anger? 😂🤣

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2020:

All hail the Hypnotoad.

Full stop is 'intimidating' to young people because they interpret it as sign of anger, linguists ...

Cutiebeauty comments on Aug 24, 2020:

The times are changing as is language and the way we communicate, especially online...

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2020:

Times maybe changing but no previous generation would have been so arrogant as to demand to be allowed to redefine the basic rules of grammar and punctuation, simple because they could not be arsed to learn it's proper useage.

Full stop is 'intimidating' to young people because they interpret it as sign of anger, linguists ...

bingst comments on Aug 24, 2020:

Isn't "period" synonymous to "full stop?" I think with both of these terms, it depends upon context as to its tone. Neither is inherently angry.

LenHazell53 replies on Aug 24, 2020:

@bingst I did not know "full stop" was a common expression the USA, good to know thanks.