I would like to know how a bunch of brainless violent goons were able to invade Congress.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 7, 2021:

Because they obviously had inside help and it probably reached all the way up to Trump.

Buckle up DC, it's not over.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 7, 2021:

Can't say they weren't warned....same as they were before Wed.. It's simple, all they need to do is pretend the Trumpers are BLM. That should take care of it...

To make a donkey lead a cart forward, you need a carrot to reward him if he goes forward and a stick...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 7, 2021:

That is over simplified. Many believers are Christian not because they believe in and fear hell. They choose religion because it makes them feel morally superior to non-believers and also gives them social benefits like fitting into the mainstream and providing community for them and religious education for their kids.

BLM and Antifa protesters were beaten viciously by police.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 7, 2021:

Both groups are made up of people with extremely authoritarian personality types, otherwise they wouldn't have joined said groups.

We don't have to

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 7, 2021:

I never have bothered with making excuses for avoiding people I don't like and I won't start now. Otherwise, I agree completely with the message. I avoid the ignorant and insane, as engaging only leads to unnecessary grief. BTW, it's also telling that Bernie's rallies were always much bigger than Biden's during the primaries. That's because Bernie supporters, like me, don't care about who knows our political views, we're proud socialists. We are willing to take the heat and possible vandalism because our candidate stood for something worth fighting for, unlike Biden.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 6, 2021:

It proves the BLM movement right in spades..

My reaction to fascist Trump insurrectionists. [m.youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 6, 2021:

My version is All I See Is Stupidity....... So when I heard that dead woman shot today was a protester shot by a DC cop, my response is, " Sometimes stupidity has justifiably fatal consequences. Maybe she shouldn't have been there". Sane people don't hang with violent, mentally ill people.

BLM and Antifa protesters were beaten viciously by police.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 6, 2021:

And I'm supposed to feel surprised? If the rioters today were black or brown they would have immediately been met with gunfire, even if the cops were outnumbered and dozens would have been killed. Aryan fascists of a feather stick together..

This is comical:

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 6, 2021:

Those are both really good.

What a day for the US. Never thought we’d have an attempted coup to kick off 2021.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 6, 2021:

That's exactly what it was, an attempted coup or insurrection by a right wing group just like in a Latin American banana republic or a Middle Eastern dictatorship. Trump, Hawley, and Cruz are traitors who incited this and all should have to resign immediately if the Repub Party had any honor or principles and the Dems had any balls to demand it.

Now what?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 6, 2021:

Too bad our cops and military have a double standard for protest groups. If this had been any kind of BLM or other left wing protest, they would have been cracking heads and gassing the crowd long before any of the protesters could even think about entering the building. If most of the protesters were black or brown, the cops would have immediately begun firing live bullets and tried to mow them down. I hope the Dems have the balls to condemn and push for censure of all the Repubs that backed Trump in opposing the election results. They own and are as responsible for this as Trump. Americans can now see clearly which part is the home of fascists and which one is truly more patriotic. Something I have known for decades. The Dems may be corrupt, but they at least believe in upholding democratic elections. The Repubs are truly anti-democratic. Maybe this will finally settle any debate about who is the real threat to our security and safety, right wing militia groups or antifa groups. I know that sane people already know the answer to that, but as far as the average American sheeple, I'm not very optimistic.

Biden to name judge Merrick Garland as attorney general | PBS NewsHour

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 6, 2021:

An ironic choice.

More good ones

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 6, 2021:

I have no problem with lifetime appointments of judges, as long as both parties are allowed to appoint them when they control the White House. What is wrong is when only one party's presidents are allowed to appoint judges and when that party isn't in the White House, then they are allowed to obstruct the other party's appointments for that president's whole term.

It took me a long time to realize it. I hope people pay attention.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 6, 2021:

I wouldn't hold my breath. Most people are either too stupid or too cowardly to allow themselves to realize that both parties are against them.

It is past time for a change

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 5, 2021:

That's because Trumpism is a cult and Biden's supporters are run of the mill mainstream Dems who are not enamored of him like Trumpers. They will loyally follow and vote next time for whatever neoliberal corporatist hack the Dems nominate next time, but they won't be in love with him like Trump's followers are. To his supporters, Biden is just another pol.

Lofty Goals, but there seems to be a pattern

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 5, 2021:

Clinton pushed and signed NAFTA and ended welfare as it had been. So he too was also about increasing income inequality, just like the Repubs. Obama also increased income inequality and pushed trade agreements against the interests of the working class. Obamacare was really the same as Romneycare, which had already happened in MA. Obamacare did not result in universal coverage and was never meant to be affordable for all. Obama also continued all of Bush's wars. You need to see how those two Dems presidents have more in common with the Repubs than they do differences.

A new fave picture of Jasper! Must be wonderful to be able to express so many emotions with one’s ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 5, 2021:

Intense eyes.

World's Richest Added $1.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 3, 2021:

My compassion for the obscenely rich reaches just far enough to want them on a guillotine.

If you’re brave enough to fly the: Trump Lost LOL flag.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 3, 2021:

In most towns, including mine, that would be an invitation to at least vandalism and at worst, assault or murder upon your person. I would not give that invitation without plenty of money to pay insurance deductibles for vandalism claims and also have a firearm in my home to protect myself. Too many of his followers are not only sore losers, they are mentally ill and violent.

Nancy Pelosi arguing FOR Medicare For All in 1994 [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 3, 2021:

Pelosi is an old sellout that needs to be replaced with a progressive.

Sorry to be a broken record, but it's just horrifying to me that I have friends and relatives who ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 2, 2021:

Trump is way too selfish to care about the Senate runoffs.

Militias and Evangelicals Planning Jericho March to Keep Trump in Power January 6th is the day ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 2, 2021:

Let's hope the cops and military are as harsh with them as they are with the BLM folks, but I'm not holding my breath on that. They won't dare tear-gas or beat any of them, since they are armed.

This is the Perfect Trailer for a Movie Satirizing the Christian Film Industry | Hemant Mehta | ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 2, 2021:

Sounds funny. I totally agree that Christian films rake in the dough since they have a dedicated audience that will see all of them no matter how bad they are. Hope this one is profitable also, probably will be with all the free publicity. Nice to see Jason Alexander is still getting work.

It often seems that without the foreign press, I would know very little about what is really going ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 1, 2021:

That's because many foreign media sources are not invested in maintaining American empire, our corrupt government, or our system of capitalism. Thus, they are free to speak the truth about America, unlike our corporate media.

Happy New Year all

TomMcGiverin comments on Jan 1, 2021:

Forget booze. Where's my catnip?

Sanders’ political stunt over $2,000 stimulus checks fails A political stunt by Vermont Senator...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 31, 2020:

I saw the truth about Bernie after 2016. Too bad so many progressives are still under illusions about both him and AOC. Unless someone is willing to give up on the Dem Party, they are merely playing a role for the Dem leadership and not interested in leading any political revolution.

A sad warning for all elderly ailurophiles.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 30, 2020:

Words to live by. Probably explains why the ER doc put me on a week's worth of heavy antibiotics, besides rabies shots, after I got bit by a stray dog while exercise walking last summer. The doc said that the dog's saliva could contain all kinds of nasty bacteria and didn't want me to suffer any infection. Cats and dogs are fine to lick you, as long as it's not on any open wounds.

Obsession with race and gender is a cornerstone of contemporary bourgeois politics.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 30, 2020:

Identity politics is such bullshit and I am so disgusted with the way the Dem Party and the corporate media are so obsessed with it to the exclusion of ever discussing policy instead. It shows how if the 99% would quit being divided over cultural issues and identity politics, we could throw out all the bribed pols and successfully throw the ruling class out of power, even with the cops and military on their side, simply with our overwhelming numbers. But it will never happen, as the media is too good at manipulating the divide and conquer and even if we voted out the duopoly, most of the 99% would be too selfish and chickenshit to get out in the streets and force the cops and military to stay out of the way.

Pieces of shit.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 29, 2020:

Charity for them is all within the family, not for strangers.

Meet the pseudo-left imperialists fighting against universal healthcare Comedian Jimmy Dore has...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 28, 2020:

Unfortunately nuance and in depth discussion like this only reaches a tiny portion of Americans, as the rest either tune out news of politics or government policy while the rest of the vast majority just listen superficially as the corporate media spreads the propaganda of the major parties and the ruling class in biased soundbites. If only we had regular events in our fed government where the pols were forced to take a stand on the common welfare, like a floor vote on M4All, and have to own their corrupted loyalty to the donor class. Even then, there would be little to no coverage of it in the corporate media, same as on trade policy and treaties like the TPP. So I guess it really doesn't matter except to the intelligensia.

"The 1990s original had audiences entranced by a seductive Southerner, Clinton, who under the ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 28, 2020:

Sums it up quite well, how if you keep settling for the lesser evil, the evil keeps getting worse over time. Also a great description of how the duopoly works.

Why is it that men can straight up tell you they aren’t attracted to you.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 27, 2020:

Not me. If I'm not physically attracted, there's not going to be any sex. Maybe you are unwantingly attracting selfish, shallow men. Not all of us are that way.

30 Pop/Rock groups represented in this photo. How many can you name?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 26, 2020:

Arctic Monkeys.

A thought for the day.....

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 26, 2020:

There is a balancing act that has to be done with this. PC run amok does, in my opinion, become a form of bullying for the left. At the same time, moderate PC serves as a legit way to stand up for oppressed and minority groups in public discourse and behavior that spares individuals from having to fight their own battles over and over to be treated with respect and dignity by others who are in more dominant and privileged groups.

Not that I believe in heaven.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 25, 2020:

I didn't know cats would eat veggies. Lasagna maybe, but not veggies..

There’s just something so damn sexy about Santa

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 24, 2020:

Looks like Kurt Russell. That might have something to do with it.

I found myself getting frustrated that so many Christmas movies on Prime are religious.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 24, 2020:

The only two X-mas shows I have watched this season are Scrooged, which is pretty funny except for a terrible ending of Bill Murry ad-libbing, and the original version of The Grinch Stole Christmas with Boris Karloff from the 1960s, which still holds up great and is only a half hour long. Otherwise, I entertain myself during this season of garbage Tv programming by reading, listening to my music collection, and watching some of the DVDs I've collected, like the comedies The Big Lebowski, Fargo, and S.O.B., by Blake Edwards, a forgotten classic of satire.

Mike Pence, Ignoring the Bible, Mocks Democrats for Wanting to Help the Poor | Beth Stoneburner | ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 24, 2020:

Cut taxes on the rich, gut regulations, and advance freedom (all for the rich only). Provides more freedom for the poor to get poorer, while the rich get richer and the poor are free to sleep under bridges or, better yet, die quietly in the gutter or under bridges. Amazing so many working poor idiots buy into his shit. Pence and Repub Jesus are both such pricks.

Happy Thursday and Happy Holidays!!!!!! Been cleaning for Christmas brunch with Bob and Anne Marie ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 24, 2020:

Woke up this morning to 3% above and 26 mph winds. Ho-Fucking-Ho..

Black kitten GIF

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 23, 2020:

Kitten says, "Put up your dukes".

American Senators are trying to pass a bill, SISEA.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 23, 2020:

This is merely a sideshow distraction while both major parties steal as much as they can from us peasants during this crisis.

Why are we still allowing them to treat us this way?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 23, 2020:

In those old days, people were willing to get beat up, fired, maybe even die to support a union. Nowadays, most people won't even agree to respect a picket line or a boycott. Also, the Dem Party still gladly takes money from unions and gives them lip service, but hasn't done shit for unions for decades. Those are the reasons we have what we have today, including only about 8% union membership among workers.

Please ignore my shitty house and only look at how cute Munchie is sitting in the sink.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 22, 2020:

I doubt this means Munchie is ready for his bath.

Former police officer put gun to repairman’s head, believing he was voter-fraud mastermind: ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 20, 2020:

People with issues...

What Kinda Funeral Do Atheist Have?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 20, 2020:

For most atheists, it's a secular memorial service at a Unitarian church. Problem solved.

Not the greatest country by far.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 20, 2020:

No surprise. Our peasants are on their own. Welcome to our eternal Hunger Games regime for the masses, while the governments of other developed countries actually respond to the crisis and provide for the needs of their people. The diff? The other countries don't have billions spent on campaign donations to buy their governments.

Girls. Always keep this in mind when you're searching for that particular, elusive male. ....

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 19, 2020:

On that, you can probably bet the house...

Hello.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 19, 2020:

They are indeed out there. At the same time I remember how demoralizing and discouraging it was to spin my wheels for two years of online dating before I found someone right enough to date steadily for about six months before it ended last spring. Haven't missed it since then while I wait out Covid.

This is some of the petrified wood that I have discovered on my property.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 18, 2020:

I remember visiting The Petrified Forest with my family when I was 10. Such interesting stuff to look at. Even better in person than thru photos.

‘I am not ashamed of what I did’: Proud Boys leader admits burning church’s Black Lives Matter...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Racist jackass... Too bad people on the left are pretty much non-violent and very unlikely to come after him. Unfortunately those on the right have no qualms about using violence as they think might makes right. In fact, it's one of the few things they respect.

Watch These Megachurch Pastors Praise Each Other in a Huge Christian Circle Jerk | Hemant Mehta | ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 18, 2020:

? for the group, how many of them do you think are also closet gays? I tried watching the video, but after a couple minutes it was just too sickening. I've already seen enough of this in real life to last me until I die..

Watch These Megachurch Pastors Praise Each Other in a Huge Christian Circle Jerk | Hemant Mehta | ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Circle jerking by a circle of jerks.. I used to work with a group that included a couple suck up yes men accompanied by the two managers that verbally sucked each other off. It really was a verbal circle jerk each time I was forced to attend a staff meeting. Truly nauseating.. Most toxic workplace I ever had and the boss was the most mentally ill person I ever met in my life. A micro-managing workaholic to boot.

So simple really

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Cats prefer being in the box anytime to anywhere else, unless it's a warm lap or freshly dried clothes.

This point can't be made enough.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 18, 2020:

The original sign has a valid point, even if it's punching down the ladder at someone who's worse off. It's just that the sign doesn't really point people in the right direction over who's really to blame for that contradication, as Marx would say, in our capitalist system. My hunch is that the narcan is available for free to dope addicts as part of a political calculation or tradeoff, supported by the big donors who fund/buy/own our pols that goes something like this: We will allow an exception to our usual capitalist for profit system of healthcare and obscene pharma prices because active dope addicts rob and steal from other people, sometimes commiting violence, which might harm rich people sometimes. So we don't want that or the chaos that goes with it. Otherwise, we'll continue to make huge profits of the rest of the healthcare. This rare form of harm reduction, callous and self-serving as it is, results in lost profits that are hardly missed in the overall picture. Of course, everything I just said goes right over the head of the average person reading the first sign. so they get outraged at the drug companies instead of the real villian, the pols and the people that own, and go vote for a duopoly politician, most likely a Repub, who bashes drug addicts and liberals who coddle them. Suckers, every time.

Sorry about me being unable to participate in ZOOM CHAT last night.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Sounds like Buffalo level snow..

[yahoo.com] They wanted everyone infected.....

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 18, 2020:

No surprise at all.

Canada is providing people with $500 a week. For up to 26 weeks.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 17, 2020:

If only the US government were humane, err, socialist, as our neighboring country. Their govt. must not yet be as corrupt and bought by corporations. Why, they might even also have paid sick leave for everyone that amounts to more than a few days per year. But how can their rich keep making their profits and how can their economy survive? Just kidding..

Probably get the COVID vaccine this week or the next.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 16, 2020:

I started feeling sick around noon Sun. Saw Urgent Care Mon. am. Got tested twice for Covid, with first one negative and the last one from Mon. got informed yesterday it was positive. I am slowly feeling a little better each day, today is day four with symptoms.I'm pretty sure I was infected Sat. afternoon., but the person is a stranger from my condo community who is probably also sick by now and in quarantine, like me. Tomorrow morning I get the monocolonal infusion therapy for three hours. The doc that treated me on Mon. called me this morning to recommend it and I'm doing it because he's been good for me so far, it won't cost anything, and he said it's what Trump and some big wigs had. I'm eligible because I'm 62, have atril fib and also minor hypertension at times. Doc says it should prevent my mild symptoms so far stay that way and shorten my infection period if it's given within seven days of symptoms, earlier the better. I'll update later. Right now I'm willing to be vaccinated this summer, when my turn likely comes around, if the data for next year support it that far.

Fifty Years of Tax Cuts for Rich Didn’t Trickle Down, Study Says

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 16, 2020:

Well, duh. Even the rich beneficiaries to the policies and their advocates know privately it doesn't work. The point is simply to lie to gullible voters in public and laugh their asses off in private. Same with deregulation, doesn't really create new jobs... There are always plenty of intellectual whores in academia and think tanks that will say whatever their backers want.

None of us are perfect, but many of us try. [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 15, 2020:

First world problems experienced by privileged entitled white people. These women's characters are the British version of the Dem voters who rejected Bernie, yet they are all in on PC and multiculturalism. My response to them is "Suck it if you feel bad". You deserve to...

This is the best idea about the mutating test vacation yet.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Good point. They are more essential and more often care about their patients than the pols care about us peasants.

The Coming Wave of Evictions Will Significantly Worsen America’s Covid-19 Crisis Lost in the ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 15, 2020:

The oligarchy really doesn't care if the peasants die off, as long as they don't spread Covid to the rich.

A very interesting point.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Got to make sure that legalized bribery keeps up with inflation. Anything else is not important to the system.

Tuesday morning cuteness

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Sweet , innocent face. She'd never lie..

Yoo go uhway!!!!

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 14, 2020:

What is the cat eating?

Rural like in central New York is not at all idyllic.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 13, 2020:

Why is it that even in rural NY the rednecks still have a Southern accent? The fact that he got elected shows that local government is just a good ole boys network.

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TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 13, 2020:

Right wing hate radio.

Pro-Trump Groups in Violent Clashes During Election Fraud Protests Incensed by a Supreme Court ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 13, 2020:

They do look pretty ridiculous. Hope they include a group photo in their personal dating profiles, so women have a heads up.

My question is, how do you know, unless told, someone is gay?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 12, 2020:

No one can really know, even if they claim to have a good sense of "gaydar". In the end, it's still an assumption. Why should any rational person care, is what I ask?

[youtu.be] C'mon man. Time magazine hasn't a clue..

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 12, 2020:

I know the guy, Ed Fallon, that is touched and tapped in the chest by Biden in the video. He is so right that Biden is out of it and if he had responded to Biden by touching him, even to push away his hands, the Secret Service would have been on top of him to take him to the ground.

[youtu.be] C'mon man. Time magazine hasn't a clue..

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 12, 2020:

What a fucking joke! The guy only won because he ran as a None-Of-The-Above slightly better alternative to Trump. I wonder if Time will have integrity a year from now to admit how little better than Trump he will turn out to be. I doubt it.

The woman that posted this in my FB feed is smart.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Seems to be a person who puts religion over intelligence. She checks hers in order to honor or indulge her religion.

The woman that posted this in my FB feed is smart.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 12, 2020:

I can put up with a year to 18 months of depravation and isolation. In some ways, it's been good preparation and conditioning for rejoining the dating scene after Covid settles down. I would rather do without for 18 months than risk likely serious illness and possible death by taking a lot of risk with Covid and then likely getting it. I figure it's worth it in order to have a decent shot at living another 20 years or so in fair health. It also helps that I don't really miss seeing my few remaining relatives-siblings- because I don't get along with them anyway. My friends that are still in my life have the same cautious attitude about Covid. They are smarter than most people and that's probably why they are my friends.

Republicans Talk Secession After Supreme Court Rejects Texas Election Challenge After the ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 12, 2020:

I wish Texas would secede. The only thing the rest of our country would miss is the oil money.

So there was a positive COVID-19 case at my wife’s job (she works in a daycare, a kid had tested ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 12, 2020:

Capitalism is only great for the ruling class, not really that good for everyone else.

Are we liberated from aggravation or do you stand alone to conquer the world?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Some of both, I think..

Friday fun: Jasper’s unique way of using his scratch pad...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Cats need to relieve boredom by being creative and amusing themselves.

Friday morning cuteness

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 11, 2020:

Very fluffy.

Do you believe that there is life after death

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 10, 2020:

In a word, "No", not in any significant way like believers think we live on. I've heard that some people who worship tech are planning to live forever, in some sense, by having their brains hardwired to computers before they die so they can experience " the singularity". What a creepy concept...

The Collective Suicide of the Liberal Class {The only thing that mattered to liberals in the ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 10, 2020:

I think I read this piece which is excerpted here from Common Dreams. Is this by Chris Hedges, I think? He tells it like it is, but most liberals and Dems are not ready to hear it. I totally agree that Biden and the Dem leaders in congress are paving the way, on purpose or not, to lose control of both houses in two years and give the White House back to the Repubs in four years, to someone even worse than Trump. We are experiencing a temp reprieve before we get our own version of Hitler in four years.

Should an elected leader represent the interests of his or her own political party, or is it better ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 10, 2020:

The Dems are masters of the pre-emptive cave and negotiating with themselves in phony pursuit of non-existent bipartisanship. Why? Because they really aren't rivals or that different than the Repubs and are instead more of a fake opposition party on all the issues that really matter to the ruling class and corporate America, which do not include identity politics and culture war issues. Most of the battles in DC over issues the two parties agree on are just so much Kabuki theater.

Senator Feinstein is no longer fit to serve. This is why we need term limits. [youtube]

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 10, 2020:

I don't agree that term limits are the answer. Rotating chairmanships might be a good idea. But age by itself is not the issue or the problem. Biden is just as out of touch as Feinstein, and, in my opinion, also has dementia, as does Feinstein. At the same time, Bernie is just as mentally sharp as most people twenty years younger than him. I had to push my late wife to give up driving and quit working after she developed dementia, and it's not easy. But the party leaders and her loved ones need to step up and do the right thing for her, the party, and the country. I wish Biden hadn't been pushed into running and I hope he steps down soon into his administration after Covid and the economy have settled down, before he starts embarrassing himself with his dementia like he was during the primary. I don't know what meds they have him on now to help him function better, but I doubt they will keep working that well for 4 years.

One of my babies on my chair...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 10, 2020:

Appears to have multiple layers of fur. My former neighbor's Norwegian Forest Cat had three layers of fur.

My mom lives in the midwestern US in a state currently hit very hard with COVID cases and deaths.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 10, 2020:

No idea. I have no contact with anyone in Christian churches.

On bias in the news media.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 10, 2020:

I proudly own a T-shirt I bought a long time ago in Berkley, CA. It says, " Thank you, corporate media. We couldn't control the people without you".

[youtu.be] Really, C'mon Joe. Now your just rubbing everyone's nose in it..

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 10, 2020:

This guy is a fool. As soon as he started his pitch for selling gold I knew he was no more credible than Fox News. Why are you posting this shit? Not that I like Biden, but he won legitimately. Deal with it, like we did the last four years... I knew this group would eventually be joined by the right wing Trumpers. The next thing after that will be ignoramouses calling Biden a socialist, which ought to result in being banned from the group for outrageously lying.

REPORT FROM A RED STATE: Button 2 on my car radio is set to the local Fox News station.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 10, 2020:

Florida is, no doubt, a crazy state. Maybe because you have everything from the crackers, to the Cubans, and finally all the transplants from the Northeast. Such a varied group of cultures and ideologies. Like Cali, it's very diverse.

Ragdolls Toby (lighter colored cat) and Mika got a singing card for Christmas. [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

So big and fluffy. The cat has a new toy.

Do you think the Pandemic will change the way we shop permanently?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

I will always continue to do a fair amount of in person shopping, esp. for clothing and food, because I want to see in person what I'm buying, as well as the convenience and savings, as long as stores continue to allow in person shopping. With clothing I always want to be able to try things on to be sure they fit. I am skeptical about buying everything online and having to go by photos and info about a product. I want to see and touch things most of the time, unless it's a book, DVD or CD. Those things I don't need to see in person to know what I'm buying. Even with electronics, I want to see things in person before buying them, even if it's just a demo model. I can't believe people are willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars on buying a car online that they have not seen in person to look at even a demo model. I don't do impulse buying and most advertising doesn't work on me. I guess I'm just smarter and more skeptical than most.

Pretty funny ad for match.com [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Maybe the morals of the story are that there is a match for everyone and people get the partners they deserve.

Barack Obama & the Death of Idealism The former president’s deception and warmongering killed ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

I always referred to Obama as Barry The Liar, since that described his essence. Like Bill Clinton, he was such a smooth, charming liar that most people overlooked his policies. Maybe that's why, like Reagan, both of them were so popular even tho they promoted policies that hurt most average Americans, who are not very deep thinkers nor are they well-informed on matters of policy, at least.

I love this man.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Bill Clinton and Obama were both neoliberal traitors to the working class and most Americans. Nice to see someone tell the truth that Biden will only be an improvement over Trump in that he will be more stable, better behaved, less openly racist, more supportive of our allies, and, most importantly, much better leadership on Covid. Otherwise, things will all be the same. The swamp will stay full of the same people, same MIC, etc. Only diff is the skin color and gender, identity politics bullshit. What matters is what policies they support and who they serve, which is never the common people.

Why do conservatives always lump Marxists, socialists and communists together as if they were all ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Because telling the truth means nothing to them, they only care about winning and getting power. So they use the most effective ways of winning by smearing lefties with labels they know continue to have influence with many Americans, esp. older ones.

Wednesday morning cuteness

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 9, 2020:

Blissfully snuggling kittens..

Are you aware that the largest strike in human history is occurring right now?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 8, 2020:

You'll never hear about it on corporate media in America. Don't want the peasants to get any silly ideas about doing that here.

Wakey, wakey...It's food thirty

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Cat giving you the look like you had better feed it or it'll eat you...

Over the weekend, here in Columbus, an estimated 500 people partied at a club not too far from where...

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Maskholes...

Dang.

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 7, 2020:

Like me, you live in a state with lots of idiots, except yours is worse.

Love This. What do you think?

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 3, 2020:

I love using these arguments on asshole Libertarians, who live in their fantasy bubble of being their own island and never needing other people or government because they are greedy wannabees, as in wannabe rich, which is never gonna happen for them. Another thing they will never admit to. A big reason why our politics are so fucked up is because since the 1980s, with the extreme transfer of wealth to the top 10% income classes, we now have a very large group of people in the top classes that no longer need services from the govt., so they demand the pols give them tax cuts along with service cuts that only affect the bottom 90% classes. These are the people, the multi-millionaires and the income groups of $250 K or more, that the pols actually listen to and serve in their policies, not the average voters. Of course, the same policies are supported by the wannabees who are still part of the bottom 90% of income groups. Talk about cutting your own throat, but they are too deluded to realize they will never make it into the top 10%.

Creepasaurus!! This gets disturbing by the day.(video) [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Dec 3, 2020:

This Copeland guy looks creepy before he even opens his mouth. Sure he didn't have a career in B-movie horror films as a villain?