Letters From An American 01/19/2020

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

Yes, tRump is the worst president since reconstruction.

Karma bitch

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

Probably a coke addict. His father is a diet Coke addict.

Maybe Buffalo Boy is right, just not in the way he thinks.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

There's no god and patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.

Happy Inauguration Day! I thought it would never get here.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

So far so good but he's not even president yet.

Saw an advertisement for , "Micicalwatt ," a simple plug in device , based on Tesla's concept of A/C...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 20, 2021:

It's certainly a scam.

Another fail for the far right.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

I'm afraid "the war on terror" doesn't count as a real war, neither does the "war on drugs." ;)

I spotted this on the Conservative Atheist Group, I guess it depends upon your perspective but what ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

California has a lot going for it but not as much as Canada, until they get a conservative government.

Tuesday and I have too many

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

I like the Star Trek The Next Generation one.

Tic toc. 24 hours to go...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

The good news is the fascists have seemed to go to their secret places and leave the rest of us alone for awhile.

Autism is

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

We have just as much empathy, if not more, than "normies." We just have trouble with social cues.

Even a Sex Doll Can't Find a Decent Man!!! [mirror.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Phil Specter should have had one of those, he wouldn't have gone to prison and died there.

It's the preferred method

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Not 4k? You're behind the times. ;)

[youtu.be] The Ronettes and Be My Baby Phil Spector may be dead but his music lives on

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Phil Spector was a deplorable human being. He tortured, often physically every woman he was involved with.

Slow motion footage of a live ejection seat test in flight from a Martin-Baker test aircraft: ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Now that is a retro clip, from the early '50s I'd say. I love old films about aircraft. My dad was a small plane pilot and I went flying with him more than a few times. I wish we had gone to air shows though.

My favorite guy on the Left.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

Assange is a mixed bag as is this guy talking about him. As free speech advocates should know, as should everyone else except for the fascists, tolerance of intolerance leads to no tolerance at all. I support Assange's free speech except when it aids fascists, as it did in '16. Not his revealing military secrets, which shouldn't have been secrets, but his aiding fascists, called Repuglicans in this country. No I didn't support Hillary in '16, but I didn't support tRump either. Assange hated Clinton so much he supported tRump.

Isn't this swell? Japan has it's own QAnon! [globalvoices.org]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 19, 2021:

To those saying discrimination against minorities is just a "cultural thing," all discrimination is "cultural." Take the indigenous people of Japan, they are badly oppressed by the majority of Japanese. Black Amerikans who live there aren't treated well either. Oppression of minorities is becoming more evident all over the war with many countries becoming nationalist.

There are hundreds of groups on this site and I am not a member of most of them, however I would not...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

It would help if you said what groups they were. I have not requested ANY groups to be shut down as it's very easy to hide them. I think it's literally criminal that there is a QAnon group here and would like that one to be shut down. They are not agnostic or atheist and are considered to be dangerous by even tRumps FBI.

There are plenty of cultural Jews on both sides of the Donald Trump story, but I'm liking this one a...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

I hate sites that have a pay wall. I'd never pay a site that has a pay wall. I give money to The Guardian, they don't have a pay wall.

I think all the people that stormed the capital should be changed under trumps executive order ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

No they should be tried for insurrection. That's 20 years.

Isn't this swell? Japan has it's own QAnon! [globalvoices.org]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Yes, they aren't fond of minorities in Japan either.

So its not against the law to sell presidential pardons ?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

I think there are more investigations needed than Biden and the congress have time for.

No military parade for Diaper Donnie! He’s lucky they don’t drag him down the street by a rope ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Yes, he should be executed and buried at sea, so his followers can't visit his grave.

Yes... we have lift off!!

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

The rapture is pretty much an evangelical/fundie idea, something I didn't believe in even when I was flirting with such beliefs.

Wondering what happened to this group?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Don't know and don't really care. I blocked it and that was fine with me, I block groups I don't care about. Not that I'd ever say it shouldn't be here, just I'm not interested. I wish men (and some women) didn't want to look at objectifying pictures but as long as it can be blocked I don't make a fuss.

STATE UPDATES 1/18/2021 New Jersey Gov.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Some good news. The legalization of psilocybin seems to be gaining steam in a couple of places. That's good, I have given up on psilocybin or LSD ever being legal in my lifetime but maybe in other's.

It is sad that the Guard in DC have had to be vetted even as they are deployed.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

He's right. We really cannot trust police and military after the events of nearly two weeks ago. All of them, all across the country, should be checked to see if they are sympathetic to far right causes and those that are should be fired and banned from being either police or military. The "constitutional sheriffs," those that believe they are the highest law enforcement in the country, should be the first banned.

FUN!!! [zynn.be]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Doesn't look fun to me, it looks like a nightmare.

I saw this so i thought i would share it 😂 those damn incels

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Yes, it's probably true that 98% of straight cis-gendered men are transphobic.

Covid-19 friendly communion

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Doesn't look like bread and wine. Probably neither. No thanks.

Really, it's an honor...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

My hate for him is only second to that for the tRump family. Please people, your being manipulated by a monster.

Today is MLK day. As an atheist I celebrate a religious leader. How is that?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Watched One Night In Miami and it's about Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, and I forget who, one night to discuss justice, human rights, and religion. Very good.

The AstraZeneca Factory in Baltimore - Marginal REVOLUTION

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

There are no vigorous studies that have shown that half a dose is as effective as a full dose. The half dose results were not fully examined because it was a mistake. The vaccine currently being used here in the US has over a 90% effectiveness and that is much higher than the AstraZeneca one.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. EVERYONE!

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

A great man who wasn't appreciated as much as he should have been. He was not naive and impotent, he fought for real justice for everyone. He was against the Vietnam war and was for economic justice and was killed for it.

What a man baby!!!!

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

He is a baby in many ways. The fact is he's one of the most damaged people in recent presidential history. If he hadn't been rich he probably would have been a serial killer.

So I'm not particularly excited over the bevy of naked female beauties that have lately greeted me ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Yes, a common complaint these days. I don't see them and thats because I have the groups blocked and don't visit the main page. I'm continually logged on and use my home computer which is probably another reason.

I just read on the internet this morning, that Dump is going to pardon 100 more criminals.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

We'll have to see. It's been established by tRump actions that the president has too much power to give pardons. Yes, as @Killtheskyfairy has said, tRump should have not been allowed to continue for even two weeks, but president's in general shouldn't have such power.

This fucking coward cant even own up to his own bullshit.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

Well, in a just country he'd go to jail.

What if Trump was banned sooner? [cnn.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 18, 2021:

We would have not seen what we saw two weeks ago if he had been banned six months ago. Twitter and fb should be fined a very large amount as they are held responsible.

When he hasn't even been sworn in yet and already says Americans don't need a 2,000.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 17, 2021:

While these make some very good points, Bernie probably would have lost the election. The country is deeply polarized and while I'm still a Bernie believer I don't think he was right for this election. I didn't vote for Biden because he is a corporatist but he's better than tRump.

Sumela Monastery. - Turkey

Theresa_N comments on Jan 17, 2021:

Orthodox monks are much more extreme than western ones.

🤔First words.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 17, 2021:

My daughter's first word was "hiss" because that's what I said to the cats.

I actually love algebra!

Theresa_N comments on Jan 17, 2021:

I loved algebra when studying it in Jr. High and studying statistics in college. Don't remember hardly any of it now because I haven't used the knowledge.

“No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 17, 2021:

Now that I am old myself, I look at my father's last years and can say they were better than his earlier years. Less judgemental less of a fascist, yes he was a fascist in the sense of supporting the worst of the Repuglican party, and he allowed himself to be closer to me. So yes, he was more careful about the things that matter.

This huckabitch asshole needs to STFU! [dailycaller.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

They're all complicit. But it's sad we can't put all of the neo-nazi sympathizers in jail.

Real gamers play real games...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

Have to practice on something. Reminds me of the dummy we used in nursing school to practice injections, I stabbed my hand one of the first times.

Which of these two signs is more appropriate?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

I hate the way the homeless are treated. The first one is appropriate, the second one isn't.

'I’m facing a prison sentence': US Capitol rioters plead with Trump for pardons | US Capitol ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

Yes a lot of Amerikans need to grow up. They need to realize that serious actions have serious consequences, like 20 years in jail.

What's happened to the "newsfeed"?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

Block those groups. I don't see them because they're blocked.

More "You can't Make This Shit Up!": [mediaite.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

I saw this on The Guardian and they don't make me turn off my ad blocker. The sites I've done so for I have regretted doing so.

Rioters are begging tRump for a pardon.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

He may very well issue a blanket pardon before he leaves office.

"It distresses me deeply that ideas are not to be circulated freely in the USA if certain persons ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

Including hate speech? I do not want to hear fascists and other white supremacists. That's why I have the neo-fascist groups blocked.

Ask and ye shall receive... in inches

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

What a snowflake.

Let me precede this by saying I like naked women.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

Haven't seen any women's breasts on here. I don't mind occasional nudity as long as it's respectful of women and isn't objectification.

Have you ever seen an ugly dog?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

Yes, and I've seen some ugly babies too.

The "godfather" of English speaking folk music Cecil Sharpe founder of the EFSD society sadly left a...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

I had missed this article in The Guardian. Fascinating but the falling out with his partner was male ego at work I think.

A couple of introductions to a rare and wonderful predator. Enjoy. [youtube.com] [youtube.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

Interesting to learn about relatives of dogs. The bark is very distinctive, I'm glad my dog doesn't bark like that.

Would it be too far fetched to compare Donald Trump with King Henry XVIII of England?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 16, 2021:

I think he's closer to Hitler or Mussolini than to Henry VIII.

I'm a snowflake.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 15, 2021:

The events of the past week and a half have had a profound effect on people's mental health. Distract yourself with other things and make yourself heard here and remember that you are appreciated.

QA Congresswoman Has Lost It, Or, Never Had It: [rawstory.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 15, 2021:

I posted this before but when my computer had to reboot it disappeared. She lost it quite a while ago, but it's been a long time coming. She will need reeducation while in prison.

True Lunacy On the Far Right, Shades of Area 51? [rawstory.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 15, 2021:

I don't know what this has to do with Area 51, but it does have to do with him being held for sedition. Hopefully he won't be the last charged with sedition, be sure to charge Repuglicans who backed it too.

With impeachment on grounds of starting the seditious riot, tRump can NOT pardon those involved.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 15, 2021:

I don't agree with his reasoning here. We'll see who he pardons next and how that stands up in court.

For liberals that trust vaccines [childrenshealthdefense.org]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

LOL, you'd believe anyone.

"Man is a Religious Animal.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

Another great quote from the greatest american humorist.

I just had to share this, so sweet! :-D

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

Great pic!

It's mind-boggling how many stupid Republicans think Twitter is the government...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

Yes, they are profoundly ignorant. Hopefully they don't just get deplatformed but also prosecuted, wherever they go.

I've heard quite enough from James Comey.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

I'm tired of Repuglicans saying we should show tRump mercy. No leftist trying to overthrow the government would be shown mercy. Try him for sedition and find him guilty.

Too many other things to worry about...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

But it's become apparent that this story is false. Funny but false.

What fuckery is this!??

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

It's Jeeebus!!

100 years ago: US protests shooting of naval officer by Japan On January 13, 1921, the United ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

More I didn't know. I learn from your posts frequently.

This is what GOP/MAGA thinking reminds me of . Thoughts?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

I think that it is very appropriate and clever. They don't want a trial and investigation into this because it's their asses that are on the line.

14th January 1501.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

Being stopped and held by the police can be so anxiety producing. At least you had each other going through this.

Irony is a bitch.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

Yes, it is deplorable that Bill Clinton was impeached for having sex with an INTERN and was her BOSS. That's MeToo material. But you, Trump, first try to influence foreign governments to undermine an election, and then commit sedition by encouraging others to do so.

Report: 'Isolated And Angry' Trump Refuses To Pay Rudy Giuliani For Legal Work [huffpost.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

Well, good. Too bad we can't hold back tRump's pay from the last four years. At least the senate can take away his "ex-president's pay."

Can you think of anyone more deserving?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

He's such a creep, should have happened four years ago.

The worlds oldest painting?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 14, 2021:

Posted about this in the "...anthropology" group. Got mine from The Guardian. Interesting that we're still finding art nearly 50,000 years old.

A man carrying molotov cocktails and weapons to the capitol insurrection had the contact information...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

Interesting. The Repuglican party deserves to be eliminated.

Lesbian teen who got kicked out by family turns them in as possible MAGA rioters / LGBTQ Nation

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

Now that's what I call righteous vengeance.

Russia may fine citizens who use SpaceX’s Starlink Internet service [arstechnica.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

They really hate Musk for taking so much business from them. I don't especially like Musk but he has made incredible advances in the space industry.

The 2021 most sought after Halloween costume:

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

It wouldn't surprise me.

The Pentagon has said that the National Guard has their authority to be armed, unlike on the 6th.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

Well I hope this is correct. Sedition among the ranks is what I fear.

The Much Maligned "Deep State" Really at Work: [npr.org]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

Well, I'm glad to see they won't be able to attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from the political and financing process. I don't really how "deep state" pertains as the only deep state is that of Repuglicans and their millionaire sponsors.

Lawmakers have to go through metal detectors now.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

Good for them. After all, members of congress are allowed to avoid the ones at the entrance, and repuglicans cannot be trusted anymore. What else are they to do?

Sometimes I think things that are not really that funny are really funny

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

I think this is the third time this has been posted, but you weren't wrong that this was funny.

Ok, i have not checked this out yet, but here goes.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

I read this in The Guardian's web news feed too.

Meme of the Day 1/13/2021

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

From what I know he's probably paid for more than a few.

You know he couldn't care less about the dead officer or his dead rioters

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

No, he couldn't care less, his only concern is for himself.

From Bulgaria

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

Probably used an Amiga for "special effects." Interesting signer and instruments.

Should Mike Pence be charged with being complicit in the deaths that were caused by Donald Trump's ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

Yes, but the sentence should reflect that he participated in and did not interfere with the tabulation of electoral college votes.

Just discovered and could be gone very soon, you wonder about how many things there are that we ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

Fascinating and very, very sad.

Trump and previous Republican voters actually think they are defending capitalism, freedom and ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

The power of anti-socialist propaganda over generations of americans. We have been taught that socialism means communism and that communism was taking over the world.

Franklin Graham, upon watching the President intentionally call together armed rioters to attack ...

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

I wasn't raised evangelical, but I saw Graham, both Franklin and his father, in my forties when I was having a dalliance with that flavor of christianity. They are profoundly delusional. Their allegiance to tRump has become a matter of faith.

Go Nancy good for you

Theresa_N comments on Jan 13, 2021:

Good for her, this should apply everywhere.

Bad Habits?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 12, 2021:

Yeh, pro-life, supporting someone who is responsible for so many federal executions.

When will I stop "doom scrolling"?

Theresa_N comments on Jan 12, 2021:

Me too. I don't know. Somehow the curse seems appropriate "may you live in interesting times." Too interesting by far.

[livescience.com] a new type of snake locomotion discovered....it acts like a lasso??!

Theresa_N comments on Jan 12, 2021:

I would like to see video of that, it would help explain what they mean. Fascinating though.

Rep Nunes calls for racketeering probe into Big Tech over Parler ban [youtube.

Theresa_N comments on Jan 12, 2021:

Cry baby. Twitter, FB et. al. are hardly progressive bastions, they are the product of capitalism, what their party esp. is based on. They, social media companies, showed undue tolerance of their hate and misinformation for years.

Anatomy of Capitol Attack [twitter.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 12, 2021:

Yes, and don't get the idea it's over, from what I've read there are plans to continue. Better prosecute the ring leaders now, and by that I mean the Repuglican leadership, or they'll continue fomenting treason and sedition.

SmartDot radiation-protection phone stickers 'have no effect' [bbc.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 12, 2021:

No kidding? LOL.

Don and the Giant Impeach Part 2 [youtube.com]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 12, 2021:

The jokes fell flat. I never thought I'd say this about almost anything, but it's too serious to joke about.

Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze live at Atlanta Pop Festival. [youtu.be]

Theresa_N comments on Jan 12, 2021:

One of the many flawed musicians whose music transcended it.