General Observation: If you can find someone who will listen to all the 'crap' in your life, hear ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 14, 2020:

Or maybe either a therapist in training or someone so lonely they are desperate enough to listen. I'm kind of a glass mostly empty guy..

It’s official, I suck at dating! I’ll try again next year.😬😬😬😬

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 14, 2020:

I'll try Match again after Covid is over, but next time I will have more appropriate expectations, as in near zero...

This guy lays it out in fine fashion! [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2020:

I already knew that. Once you are a middle aged adult, your dating pool is pretty much filled with rejects and leftovers, that is until you get old enough to be age appropriate for the dating pool of most widowed people, somewhere in the late 60s on up. But even then, it can be tough whether you are male or female because even tho the women outnumber the men, by that age many of the women who are widowed have had enough of caretaking partners and children and decide they are fine with going it alone until death. Such is life.... Reminds me of the old SNL sketch with Jon Lovitz giving dating advice to women on how they can snag a suitable man if they just " Lower your standards....". This comedian is right and succinct when he says that the only pic most people want to see in a profile is one with the person on a scale naked with a bank statement, altho I and most people would probably rather prefer a bathing suit instead of naked....

Heckuva job, DNC.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2020:

Tweedle dee-Tweedle dum...The whole point of the major parties doing this every four years is to continually decrease voter turnout, demoralize the public into tuning out, and thus cause the public to pay less and less attention to how they are lying to us, screwing us, and stealing from us more every year... It is Mission Accomplished each time..

There is a great deal of evil to choose form concerning Biden.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2020:

Too many good ones to choose from. If anything, it makes the argument for me that Biden has been sowing evil in our government much longer than Trump and thus maybe deserves as much hatred and blame as Trump for what's wrong in America. Remind me again how he is a better choice than Trump?

Herman Cain Tweets From Beyond The Grave To Attack Biden And Harris

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2020:

I don't miss Herman Cain. He recklessly risked his life and health going to that Trump rally in Tulsa and paid the price. Darwinian justice...

Morris relaxing in his usual way.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2020:

Begging for those belly rubs..

Alt Jesus.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2020:

I prefer eat the rich to feed the rich, tho I believe they are so toxic that they might be unhealthy to eat and not taste very well...

Think i will fed ex my vote mail in vote, this year.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 13, 2020:

Actually, the most failsafe way to make sure your ballot is counted is to hand deliver it to your county auditor's office, which is exactly what I'm going to do after I fill out my ballot. I realize however that some people may not be able to do that do to health or lack of transportation.

Leave us remember what with all the hagiography of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden re: supposed street ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 12, 2020:

One of many things that the major parties agree on: That there is one form of justice-harsh and brutal- for those who are not wealthy or powerfully connected, and another form for the rich and/or connected- light or no punishment and all incarceration only at country club facilities...

I know many here are against Trump, but what's your opinion on Joe Biden?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 12, 2020:

Are you serious? Or is this a trick question?

Pretty much.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 12, 2020:

You can bet your ass that if the Biden ticket, or whoever is still on the ticket in Nov. loses, the party leaders will blame Bernie and his supporters, the Russians, or both. Anyone but themselves for continuing to shove shitty candidates down the throats of non-conservative voters..

Alt Jesus.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 12, 2020:

Pretty well describes conservatives, esp. the Trump supporters...

How many people feel they live in the wrong part of the country to meet like-minded people?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 12, 2020:

I sure do. If I lived in a much bigger urban area, even still in the Midwest, I would have way more compatible prospects. If I lived in New England or the PNW, even more so..

OK, I do sincerely hope people don't overreact to this and bail out.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 12, 2020:

Because the community senate thread doesn't observe blocks, it's amazing how many members I see here agreeing with me about censorship, banning, and suspending members (they and I seem to be against it) that I have blocked long ago. Not that it makes me want to unblock any of them......Very funny and ironic that way..

OK, I do sincerely hope people don't overreact to this and bail out.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 12, 2020:

I would never expect a large community of highly intelligent, strongly-opinionated and mostly also highly educated, all very independent people to end up being very harmonious. More like trying to herd cats. I'm sorry the admin. had higher hopes than I would have had for the community. I much prefer an open forum with honest, even if heated, expression of opinions and experiences because anything else will result in less learning from each other and prevent any authentic bonds of community. As long as we have the blocking option, I, for one, don't need censorship or sanctions against other members that loathe me. I suspect most other members feel the same way. I am a socialist, but I abhor PC running amok and people being banned or muzzled for not toeing the correct party line, no matter who is setting it. After I block someone, I don't ever give a second or later thought to what that member may be saying about me on these boards. It really doesn't matter to me because the other members on here have probably already made their judgement of me and will either accept or reject the comments made about me behind my back after I have blocked that person. If they are concerned about something said about me behind my back, they can always PM me and let me know about it, but I probably won't care anyway. We do not need to start banning people left and right. One of the main reasons I have left the church-Unitarian- that I used to attend was their over-indulgence in PC and their overall lack of honesty with each other and lack of tolerance for disagreement with the dominant mindset. I do not want to see that replicated here.

Goodbye message from OwlInaSack: Admin has suspended my account (I’m not sure why) – but ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 12, 2020:

Damn.. I really enjoyed his comments and political insights. I'm somewhat surprised, but not at all shocked by his suspension since his strong comments and viewpoints seemed to really anger some members here. I guess the rules concerning civility on these forum boards have changed. Too bad the rules haven't been spelled out clearly anytime recently, at least not that I've noticed. I'm always against using an iron fist first rather than later if people haven't already been warned or informed what will get them suspended or banned before the punishment is meted out. Does anybody know what he may have been referring to when he says " The new direction for Agnostic"?

I know, it's heart-breaking. 😅

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 12, 2020:

What is Pspsps?

I joined this site a couple years ago.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 12, 2020:

I wouldn't hold my breath on getting the T-shirt. I reached level 8 early this year and I still haven't gotten one. I'm thinking it could be that policy is over since Covid, but it could be it's only temporary or due to something entirely unrelated.

Q) How can you tell when Donald Trump is lying? A) His lips are moving.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2020:

That's what LBJ used to say about Nixon back in the 60s... There's a reason Nixon was called Tricky Dick...

Schroedinger's Cat.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2020:

Too deep for me...

Do you want Biden/Harris to Win?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2020:

I might vote for Biden or I might vote Green, but either way, as far as donating money, volunteering or having any enthusiasm or support for Biden, they can all fuck off....

[rawstory.] KAMALA HARRIS is Joe Biden's pick for his Vice President.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2020:

So I guess they both made up later or Harris was just posturing or lying back in the debate months ago when she practically called Biden a racist to his face over his opposition to busing? Both her and Joe disgust me, everything with them is theater and false advertising. Biden said he would probably pick a black woman and so he did. Just more bullshit identity poliitics like we have been getting from the Dem party for decades, when what we need instead is honest class warfare against the rich and corporations, affordable healthcare for all as a right, a Green New Deal, an end to permanent wars for empire, and cancellation of trade deals and treaties that only benefit multinational corporations. But we will never get these when most Americans settle for identity politics and culture war issues as being adequate reasons to vote Dem over Repub instead of voting third party.

GOP platform will call for ban on same-sex marriage & transgender military members / LGBTQ Nation

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2020:

Got to pander to the evangelicals and bigots in their base..

Let's all stay safe out there...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2020:

Got to maintain a safe social distance from the assholes...

Okay gang, for my opening post of the new group, I'd like to ask you all a question.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2020:

I'd have to go with his opposition to Med4All, like you. It's so galling that as an old person with great wealth and outstanding access to healthcare, he is so niggardly and corrupt towards other Americans who have either no health insurance, poor health insurance coverage, or else coverage that is totally unaffordable to them.

Should 'gig' companies be required to establish benefits funds ? why/not ?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 11, 2020:

In a word, Yes!

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TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2020:

It is true that on C-Span I have seen some unattractive-looking pols who could never make it in regular show business with their looks...

Every once in a while some republican comes along and sees what is happening.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Steve is from my state, Iowa, and even tho he is now a turncoat former Repub who calls out Trump and other Repubs on their lies and crimes, I still dislike him and don't trust him any farther than I can throw him. Like a broken clock tho, he is right from time to time...

Top 10 Obama Scandals | The Daily Show - YouTube

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2020:

I hated Obama too, but for entirely different reasons than the right wingers, except for one reason they and I had in common, namely that he was Barry The Liar....

Lovely cat and music. [facebook.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Beautiful singing, but it seems to agitate the cat. The singer needs to remember that we are only here to serve the felines. This cat was very cute, but I would never expose myself to that kind of scratching and biting just to mess with the cat's head. I think he was being kind of selfish and cruel to the cat.

Shark Week Begins!

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Fierce looking cat...

Hello all! Today has been interesting with the massive storm that blasted through Iowa.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2020:

I lost my satellite TV until at least sometime tomorrow, but I still have Iowa Public Radio and my dvd's from the library of a season of Better Call Saul and a movie on my dvr that I recorded a few days ago and haven't watched yet.

Should The USA Be Considered a Democracy?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2020:

I think it was Jimmy Carter who said several years ago that the US no longer had a functioning democracy, so for now I would say it's a definite NO...

'Their tactics are fascistic’: Barr slams Black Lives Matter, accuses the left of ‘tearing down ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2020:

After his stunt with teargassing the peaceful protesters in DC to clear the street for his boss's photo op, I'd say Barr has a lot of nerve to call anyone else fascist..

Anyone signed up for an advanced email announcement from Joe Biden about his VP selection?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Unless it's Ralph Nader, I don't give fuck who Biden picks...As Foghorn Leghorn used to say, " That's a joke, son"....

How liberal flakes led us to Trump: [theatlantic.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Nothing new here. In a nutshell, the majority of the college-educated Boomers, including some former hippies, started selling out in the 80s, becoming self-centered, socially-callous yuppies. As such, they became members of the Coordinator Class, who make up most of the top 10% group of Americans in income and wealth. These people didn't notice or care at all that the super rich in the top 1% started to rob the rest of America of the vast majority of it's income and wealth because their life in the top 10% was so cushy for them and their kids. Nowadays they are starting to see that the economy being run to only benefit the super rich is no longer working in any way that can provide stability and security in the future, even for them. So they are beginning to see that the super rich are more their class enemies than their allies, that is, if they want to live in any kind of peaceful type of democracy instead of a totalitarian police state with only a tiny elite, a small Coordinator class, and everyone else in a Hunger Games underclass.

To all the anti- vote blue no matter who, critical thinkers out there.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 9, 2020:

No blocking, where's the fun in that, hee, hee? All kidding aside, I welcome the addition of the group and can't wait to see if any of the Biden supporters have the guts to comment there and defend their candidate.

Had a 5.1 earthquake this afternoon.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 9, 2020:

Somewhere in the area of the earthquake, there is probably at least one narcissistic man who thought he moved the earth while banging a woman......Bah-dum..

Here’s a question for those of you who love and listen to music.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 9, 2020:

I agree with your comments. The truly great are not only able to sound as good live as on studio recordings, they are also able to keep performing well for years after their first album. It's pathetic that so many contemporary singers, especially in the country music genre, can't even sing on pitch, even in the studio, much less live, and need to use Auto-Tune both on their recordings and live. They have no business being professional singers. Quite a while ago I saw a documentary called 20 Feet From Stardom, a movie about background singers, where one of the singers spilled the secret that nowadays most record companies budget 25K$ on a record album just for "tuning", in which they correct the pitch problems in the studio of the lead singer's off-key singing. The singer being interviewed, who had a a long career singing background on studio albums, said that this was not the case until the last couple decades, because in the old days all the singers being recorded could sing on pitch without studio alteration. This phenomena is part of why I hate country music, firstly because almost all of them, male or female, sing in that sickeningly nasal style of voice quality along with all the obligatory twang, and secondly because so many of the contemporary country singers are really not that good at singing, but they are able to be successful and popular getting by instead on their looks and Auto-Tune.

While on a long drive recently, I was listening to a show on NPR about immortality and time.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 9, 2020:

The main reasons I would not want to be immortal, even if my health did not drastically fail or get worse with age, is that I would get really depressed at all my friends dying and leaving me. Secondly, the world keeps getting worse every decade and I would not want to be around to live out a dystopian sci fi story.

Preacher: Satan Caused the COVID Crisis to Mess Up Trump’s Re-Election Campaign | Beth Stoneburner...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 9, 2020:

I think I hear Dana Carvey doing the SNL Church Lady sketch over this...

Christian Activist: Country Music Contains Magic ‘Spells’ That Change Human DNA | Michael Stone

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 8, 2020:

I've always hated country music reasons for cultural reasons, so I don't really care what it does or doesn't do to its fans and listeners. I just want to be left out of it and not have to be exposed to it. The only time I hear it is in grocery stores. I suspect if I lived in New England or the Pacific Northwest or California, I wouldn't ever hear it there.

The Anti-Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s in pictures [allthatsinteresting.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 8, 2020:

I remember so many of these images from TV, newspapers and magazines growing up in the Sixties. The racist movement just went underground since then for a long time until Trump came along and made it appropriate for mainstream Americans to be openly racist again.

Some of you will get a laugh out of this.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 8, 2020:

The Dem party and its two propaganda networks, CNN and MSNBC, always keep coming back to the phony, trivial Russiagate stuff every time they run out of fresh material to attack Trump on like Covid, the economy, or BLM. It also provides them cover anytime the Dems are colluding with the Repubs on stealing from the people or failing to provide economic relief during Covid. But at least we don't fall for it, tho most Americans do...

30 Cats Who Decided To Pretend To Be Penguins | Bored Panda

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 7, 2020:

All of them are cute, but several of them need a diet....

This is Professor Morris Plumpkin.

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 7, 2020:

Morris is cute and looks like a friendly cat. it's not his fault that he thought he needed to be fed four times a day.

Hey yah all grouphugs😙 how was ur day so far?

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 7, 2020:

First thing will be to go out and sing karaoke again. Followed by hearing live music again, then taking a trip outside the Midwest, if not outside the country.

Hey! Feeling exhausted this morning 😔 but here you go, wanna know if I am not the only one ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 7, 2020:

This reminds me of the scene in Office Space, where Peter Gruber stays in bed the whole day after being hypnotized the night before by the therapist who died of a heart attack before he could wake Peter up from the hypnosis. Meanwhile, while he sleeps, Peter is supposed to be at work that Saturday and his asshole boss keeps calling him to tell him he should be at work. Peter blissfully enjoys his sleep and fufills his longtime dream of "doing nothing" instead of working like a drone. A movie with some thoughts to live by.

Hey! Feeling exhausted this morning 😔 but here you go, wanna know if I am not the only one ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 6, 2020:

Since retirement a couple years ago, I can count on one hand the number of times I've used my alarm clock...

Fox's Jeanine Pirro: “I don't want a vaccine” for coronavirus | Media Matters for America

TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 4, 2020:

That's fine with me. I'll take her spot in the line.

Voters are driven and herded to the candidates of their choice--that is the media's ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 31, 2020:

The corporate media sure as hell were against Bernie once he seemed to have a good chance of getting the nomination. Interesting that Yang would not call out the Bernie Blackout or the bias against him in what coverage Bernie did get from the corporate media. He also didn't mention the obvious bias the media showed towards Biden to build him up after he got smoked by Bernie in the first few primaries.

From the Elephant Journal: dating tips for men in their 40s and 50s [elephantjournal.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 28, 2020:

That photo emphasizes what I already knew, men over 30 have no business wearing Speedo type swimsuits. The tips in the article are all common sense.

Biden 2020

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 28, 2020:

That's a pathetically low standard for being better than Trump.

Online dating has finally worked for me.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 28, 2020:

You beat the odds.

What are your feelings about cologne.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 27, 2020:

I really don't care one way or the other, as long as the woman is bathing or showering regularly and is not wearing an excessive amount of fragrance. I realize there are people with allergies who are extremely sensitive to fragrances, but I am not one of them.

Saturday morning cuteness

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 25, 2020:

Kitty with tiger stripes just waiting for belly rubs..

Ivanka Trump Launches ‘Find Something New’ Career Campaign White House adviser Ivanka ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 24, 2020:

I'm equally "sure" that if this clueless bimbo suddenly got kicked off the gravy train and became poor, she could also find "something new", even if it was sex work. I mean, her own father kept gushing about how hot she was, so I assume he would be proud of her with that...

Here's a little fun for you?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 24, 2020:

All of these are obvious dealbreakers. It goes both ways, with plenty of both sexes having one or more of these faults.

I just watched Soylent Green on TV last night.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 24, 2020:

Comforting to know that us Boomers will likely experience the sweet embrace of death before Soylent Green becomes a documentary, tho we are well on our way there already..

Anti-LGBTQ TN Lawmaker Was Allegedly Using Grindr to Meet Men; He Just Resigned | Hemant Mehta | ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 24, 2020:

So many closeted gay Repubs, so little time.. Imagine the shame and self-hatred...Maybe he'll decide his God will forgive him.

It is so hot here...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 24, 2020:

Sometimes you could almost swear they have no spine..

A deer making a bed beside our gazebo a few years ago, & Purrin in the window watching too.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 24, 2020:

Stupid deer. All they do is eat plants and cause car damage.

That tummy!!

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 24, 2020:

Decided to park itself on the catwalk..

Friday morning cuteness

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 24, 2020:

Getting ready for their shower or bath?

Update on Mazie: Vet said she has an upper respiratory infection that's likely what's making her ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 23, 2020:

Glad it's nothing chronic. As soon as she's hydrated and the infection clears, then it sounds like she'll be back to normal. Keep us posted.

Let's get real about online dating.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 23, 2020:

If the US had appropriate enforcement of antitrust laws, then dating sites would have to actually compete with each other and thus provide decent service to their customers. Instead, as the above post states, the industry has followed the same pattern as most American industries and ended up with little competition as conglomerates buy and swallow up all their competition. This could have been avoided, but no doubt congress sees dating sites as non-essential businesses, so competition or government regulation is not a priority. I also think that the dating sites have gotten worse in the last couple years and it's probably due to increased monopolization in the industry.

Had to take poor Mazie to the vet today.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 21, 2020:

The price of cute company, human or feline, can be expensive..

Why won't my baby let go? [sunnyskyz.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 20, 2020:

I may be biased, but cats are way cuter than possums.

"Dating for real people".

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 20, 2020:

Until Covid is over, my view is that the dating scene of singles meeting new people to date will be taking a pause among my age group and older. The only dating scene that will continue to go on will be at bars among young adults, because they are at relatively less risk from Covid and are the age group that right now is continuing to visit bars and restaurants, thus leading to the surge in Covid. Older people like me will continue to pretty much stay home and not mix socially in public. Intelligent people will not bother with dating sites to attempt to meet and date other singles during Covid, because it's obvious that few people, esp. my age or older, will be willing to take the risk of meeting someone from the site in person, when all they really know before that about the other person is that person's word about their infection status and self-protection habits around Covid. The dating sites are probably having to really cut their prices to get any suckers to sign up and pay. My guess is that younger adults who are only or mainly interested in using dating sites or bars to hook up will probably continue to keep doing what they were doing pre-Covid because they are willing to risk their health in the first place, whether it's STDs or Covid. People over 45, not so much...

On political correctness. It is not what you think, and it is dangerous. [theintercept.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 20, 2020:

Most of the culture wars in America involve PC and I agree that most of the culture war issues do matter and are about important things that should be changed, but my main beef about PC is how it's used by both major parties and the corporate media to cynically distract the masses from even more important issues like class warfare, corporate rule of our government, and plutocracy as well as income inequality and permanent war for American empire. You could also probably add in climate change, as both parties take huge funding from the fossil fuel industry. If you are someone from a foreign country or a Martian and you only observed American politics thru the corporate media, you would think that the only conflicts and division in America were the culture wars and PC. But any American living here who has woke up, not in the PC sense, but in the common sense meaning of losing their illusions, knows that the issues left unsaid are what's most wrong with America. The two major parties pretend to be very different and, as long as all the attention is on cultural issues and PC, they are different. But on the issues that matter most to me and most woke up Americans, they are a duopoly.

The Trump campaign's strategy to win in November and why it's a problem. [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 20, 2020:

The good news is that his poll numbers so far are way worse than four years ago. Trump campaigning and acting as a fascist? Well, duh..

Had a very pleasant Zoom first meet with a man from Match yesterday, and I looked forward to ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 19, 2020:

He probably is looking for someone to help with him and his daughter, and he seems to have let you know he now thinks you two are not a match. At least you found out early. After being widowed, I am glad to not be responsible for anyone else either, same as you. When I start looking again after Covid, I will again be seeking someone who enjoys their independence and is done being responsible for their children, but that will be a tall order here in the Midwest where almost all the women are so family and child-oriented.

A really good book that most of you would enjoy reading.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 19, 2020:

Read it and saw the stage play based on it. The sad fact is that there are many rich people, as well as others in the top 10%, who arrogantly believe that they are entitled to exploit people who live their whole lives slaving away as members of the working poor. In my view, tho it would not exactly be equal justice, it might be more fair if those exploiters ended up facing the guillotine or imprisoned on an island for their cruel selfishness.

Banning symbols flags and free speech

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 18, 2020:

I have mixed feelings about the Civil War re-enactors. My late father was into one of those groups, altho he was too old to do the battle theater stuff. He was definitely as racist as most white guys of his time, but I don't feel he was attracted to the Civil War group out of racism as he was just as interested in WWII history. Nowadays with BLM I feel embarrassed to tell people he was part of a Civil War group.

What next?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 18, 2020:

Guess they're this summer's substitute for the old ice cream trucks. "Hey kids, gather round, it's the ice cold morgue truck!"...

This hadith is a complete package for women:- 1.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 18, 2020:

Misogyny wrapped in religion.

Portland Mayor Says Feds Snatching Protestors Right Off the Streets Protesters say federal law ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 18, 2020:

"Paranoia strikes deep, Into your life it will creep. Starts when you're always afraid, step out of line, the man come, and take you away...." For What It's Worth- The Buffalo Springfield The way it's going, we'll be living the movie Soylent Green before I'm dead. " The scoops are coming....".

And we thought that school shootings were all we had to deal with.

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 18, 2020:

The one blessing of schools closing last spring was no school shootings, otherwise we would have had the usual number or more. This fall the schools will probably only be open a few weeks before closing again, so we may get by for full year without any school shootings.

Asking for a friend...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 17, 2020:

I wouldn't know, since I can't drink alcohol, but we sure are living in one...

Random thoughts

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 17, 2020:

No shit. Repubs are total hypocrites and selective over where government should and shouldn't intervene in people's lives. They only want government involved when it involves protecting the property and profits of corporations and the rich, as well as enforcing the religion of the religious right on the rest of us. Abortion restrictions are their payback to their evangelical voters, tho they don't give them anything else but conservative judicial nominations.

Is anyone else concerned about fully reopening schools next month?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 17, 2020:

I think what will happen in most states is that the schools will reopen and then close again after a few weeks because the numbers will explode by then. Plan on almost a whole school year ahead of remote learning online for the K-12 schools.

The best argument I've heard, so far, against my Anti-BNMW stance. Feedback, please. [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 17, 2020:

Movements have been here for decades to reduce economic equality and get single payer healthcare, but Obama ignored them and Biden has already said he won't back them either. This guy is either dishonest or naive to believe that Biden won't just ignore or do lip service to the left if elected. We won't get what we want until either the system collapses or there is the real threat of third party candidates getting elected prez and in congress with large enough numbers to challenge the major parties. Protests are easily ignored, which is why we still have permanent war in the Middle East.

Joe Biden's America? Count me out. [youtube.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 16, 2020:

It's not just Joe Biden, it's backward redneck states like Alabama which have always been cruel to drug users and blacks. That is why I will never take a driving trip to or thru the South. I hate rednecks and sadistic law enforcement. I bet if this veteran were white, they would have given him a pass...

Some more cuteness!!!

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 16, 2020:

It's a housecat-sized leopard.

The Administration is saying that stopping the special unemployment benefits of $2400 a month is to ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 13, 2020:

In my state, with a Repub governor and legislature, it's damned if you do and damned if you don't. Go back to work and risk your health and life (as well as those you live with)- no matter how high risk the workplace or job- or lose your UE benefits.

Cats in the playground

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 13, 2020:

Reminds me of a feline version of the Hitchcock movie The Birds..

Would you string several love interests along at the same time without them knowing?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 11, 2020:

Never have, never would.

Hydroxychloroquine Has about 90 Percent Chance of Helping COVID-19 Patients, States Association of ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 11, 2020:

It might be better than no treatment with drugs, but I doubt it will save most patients with Covid nor will it spare them from permanent damage to their lungs and kidneys.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WOAI/KABB) – A patient in their 30s died from the coronavirus after attending ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 11, 2020:

Who's laughing now, asshole? I wish stories like this would get around to more young people in my area who refuse to wear masks. They think they are invincible if they are under 45 and also don't give a shit about infecting older people.

Utah organizes 'flash mobs' at grocery stores to oppose face masks. [kutv.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 11, 2020:

Typical Libertarian bullshit. All about individual rights and no caring about others or the common welfare, even during a pandemic. I can only hope some of them or those in their circle get seriously sick or die. Maybe then they might wake up to the idea of society and the welfare of others.

Church singing ban strikes sour note with California pastor

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 11, 2020:

Suit yourself, pinhead...I love singing karaoke, but there's no way I'm going out to that until Covid is over. I can't imagine a more high risk environment, but two of my younger karaoke pals have started going to it again. They are in their 30s and 40s, so they feel safe with the risk.

If there was ever a spokesman for the "Woodstock Generation", we would think it would be Arlo ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 11, 2020:

"Kid- We don't like your kind"..

Xti-insanity or simply more build up of the indoctination to get Trump re-elected?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 10, 2020:

Paranoid is as paranoid does..

It's Catzilla!!!!

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 7, 2020:

So what if Ralph is large and fluffy? He's still cute as hell and has the right to be curious about balloons, among other things...

What kind of standing do we guys have any more?

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 6, 2020:

Beats me. I am taking a break from the dating game until Covid is over. Maybe by then I'll have figured it out, but more likely I won't. I also fear that by then the dating sites will have made the process even more frustrating and useless by removing more of the allowed profile info than they have already.

President Cuckwit has outdone himself again at his mount Rushmore speech for independence day ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 5, 2020:

Trump is the definition of fascism. As far as the Dems being Far Left, I can only wish...Biden sure as hell wouldn't know far left if it bit him in the ass... It also needs to be said that, in my opinion, the people who keep voting for corporate Dem candidates for prez are also just as much sheeple as those who support Trump. The reason is that they keep being lied to by corporate Dems who say that if elected they will help the economic fortunes of the working class and middle class, then after getting their votes they go back to promoting the neoliberal policies desired by their corporate donors. Rinse, repeat the cycle...

FOURTEEN failed rapture predictions in 3 MONTHS (1 of 3: Predictions 1-4)

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 4, 2020:

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.... Amazing how many people keep listening to these idiots no matter how many times they are wrong..

Man kept cats in his beard 😃

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 4, 2020:

The original Covid beard.

‪For the third time this week, Trump plays golf amid Russian bounty scandal, coronavirus spikes ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Jul 3, 2020:

Duplicate post much???