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Religious figures blame LGBT+ people for coronavirus

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 10, 2020:

Same shit happened with AIDS back in the 1980s.

If Bernie loses bad tonite, I won't be surprised if he concedes and drops out.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 10, 2020:

Bernie already went home to Vermont tonite. That is not a good sign. Update: Bernie is home in Vermont tonite and will not speak to the media or his supporters tonite. Won't be surprised if he drops out tomorrow, but I hope he doesn't...

BREAKING NEWS: Governor Andrew Cuomo has not quarantined the town of New Rochelle, NY, but has been ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 10, 2020:

They ought to be banned from leaving the local area. What are these leaders thinking?

Corona virus- we won't get real action till someone in govt comes down with it.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 10, 2020:

Right now we already have 4 Repub members of congress who are infected. Is that enough for you? Trump had contact with the same person they did that was infected, but he refuses to get tested or isolate himself. What leadership....

Too many people on this site are focused on Trump as the bad guy and NOT on the long game.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 10, 2020:

Trump is the symptom, not the disease that is killing the US.

Over the last two days, two self-centered adults who were exposed to Caronavirus and advised to ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 9, 2020:

We ran into these same issues in the late 1980s with the AIDS crisis. People who deliberately risk infecting others with a potentially deadly disease were prosecuted for manslaughter, reckless endangerment, etc.

Next time U get pulled over...Try This!!!!!

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 9, 2020:

It's more convincing if you're wearing the mask.

Once again AOC nails it. [facebook.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 9, 2020:

If she were old enough to run for prez this time around, and was Bernie's running mate, they would be crushing Biden no matter how the party and corporate media worked against them.

How to change the bed...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 9, 2020:

Can't fault innocent kitties for doing their thing, which is to always seek the most comfortable situation. It's what they do...

"Bernie has already won.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 9, 2020:

Sorry, but I don't believe in moral victories, whether it's in sports or politics. You either win or lose...

At least one person here does not think I have the right to post about American politics.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 9, 2020:

I support you commenting on American politics, both because I support free speech on this site and secondly, because in my experience, people in other countries are often more objective and informed about American politics than the natives here. Probably because they have media that are more honest and objective about what is going on here than the corporate, monopolized media we have here. Also because they are outside of America, they are not part of the tribalism that most Americans are wrapped up in, distorting their views and causing them to vote against their own class interests. The rest of the world, in general, are much more aware of economic class, and are more comfortable applying it to politics. In America, the media won't discuss class, neither will the major parties and so most Americans don't talk about it either.

Hello all,I have been here awhile but have not really connected with anyone.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 9, 2020:

I think most of us fear dying old, alone, and uncared about. I appreciate your honesty and effort in trying to avoid that.

I'm so sad that Mayor Pete dropped out of the race.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 9, 2020:

Pete dropped out to take a deal for being in Biden's non-existent cabinet, which will never come to be because he will lose this fall.

Eh... not quite. Just like last time.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 9, 2020:

The cartoon is incorrect as the choosing of Biden is not about beating Trump, it's about stopping Bernie...Beating Trump is inconsequential to these people, despite all their public protestations about how all they want is someone who can beat Trump...They are lying...They would rather lose with a centrist than win with a leftist. It really is that simple.

I have noticed quite a few negative comments regarding the cognitive skills of one Democratic ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Biden's problems in identifying who someone is or what day an event is on or which office he is running for are not related to stuttering. He is in the early stages of dementia or has mild dementia already. I know a thing or two about it as my late wife suffered and died from it. I recognize some very familiar patterns with him when he is campaigning and so do many other people who have known people with dementia and have reported on Biden's problems. These are not the same as his gaffes from his previous campaigns when he was younger.

Just a reminder for any Joe Biden fans out there what sank his ship so many years ago [youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 8, 2020:

It's amazing to think how he had the gall to run again for prez.

“There are few substantial differences between the two ruling political parties in the United ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 8, 2020:

Outside of identity politics, there is little difference between the two major US parties. Someone on here even posted a list of the identical positions of the two parties. It filled a whole page.

It is all very obvious.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 8, 2020:

One diff is that churches have clocks in them and casinos don't because they want you to lose track of time while you are losing your money...

Daylight Saving Time...Love it or hate it?Personally I wish they would drop it.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Don't care much one way or the other.

I have no idea whether the cost of the test is this high or not but I love the solution.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 7, 2020:

If rich people started getting infected, we would see a completely different response to the crisis. As it is, this crisis is a great argument for single payer. If I were infected, I would love to start coughing on rich people if I could find any in my area...

Are you on Medicare and Social Security?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Bernie is our only hope of protecting these programs. Biden is just as likely as Trump to cut these programs if elected and has even said so recently.

Went to a memorial for a friend who died.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 7, 2020:

Sounds like a Unitarian memorial service.

Is it time for America to repeal its double jeopardy law?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 7, 2020:

The main reason for double jeopardy is to prevent political persecutions of dissidents from the ruling government being endlessly hounded with repeated prosecutions for the same alleged crime. It is a safeguard against dictators keeping their opponents jailed while they continue to fabricate new evidence against them. It is similar to capital punishment, which I also oppose, because in dictatorships the death penalty is unequally applied to political dissidents as well after they have been wrongfully convicted.

Do you fear a possible coronavirus pandemic?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 7, 2020:

This virus will mainly kill off the elderly and the working poor, both of which are groups that the ruling class sees as expendable. The working poor can easily replaced by more of the same, so no need for the government to help them with a financial bailout to cover medical costs and paid sick leave. The elderly who die will just mean less Medicare and Soc. Sec. for the rich to subsidize. Thinning of the herd indeed..

Can you tell them apart?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 6, 2020:

I missed 6. The point is that they both say a lot of insensitive, stupid, blowhard things.

Trump Says Folks With Mild Coronavirus Can Still Go To Work In a recent interview with Sean ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 6, 2020:

I believe we are on our way to the beginning of a Stephen King novel. It was called The Stand..at least in the way of the pandemic that wipes out many people worldwide..

Christian Nationalists Call For Secession, Formation Of White Ethnostate | Michael Stone

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 6, 2020:

I am fine with letting the idiots and hatemongers have their own territory, as long as they don't control any nuclear weapons...

A few of his successes..

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 6, 2020:

Too bad the corporate media will make sure none of this is mentioned in coverage of Biden. Bernie will have to bring it up in the final two debates for voters to hear about it and it will probably not help him. Will just reinforce the angry old guy meme and will also now look desperate. He missed his chance a couple weeks ago and I think it's pretty much over. I think Bernie is still too nice to go after Biden like he needs to now.

Can anyone tell me if this is a red flag?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 6, 2020:

It sounds like the "testing" you are suggesting is a form of game playing. I am against game-playing by anyone in the dating process. Just be honest and answer, or don't answer their messaging by being straight up with them. I know that I would resent anyone who seemed to be testing me.

Trump Just Dug His 2020 Grave By Telling Fox News He’ll Cut Medicare And Social Security ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 6, 2020:

Unfortunately most of the people who would vote against him on this will either never hear about it or will not take it seriously. Also, Biden has said the same kind of things, but ignorant Dem voters are still supporting him, so be prepared for another general election where both candidates are just as dangerous for the future of those programs. Most voters are just too damned ignorant and dumb...Bernie is going to attack Biden on this the rest of the way in, but I doubt it will help him.

This caught my attention. What are your thoughts?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 6, 2020:

As John Mellencamp sang in the song Jackie Brown, "What ugly truths, freedom brings". The best song about poverty ever.

‪This 'gay, atheist, leftist' is taking on Poland's right-wing government — by running for ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 6, 2020:

While I think diversity in political candidates is important as far as race, gender, sexual orientation, etc., it should never be made more important than policy, character (such as whether they can be bought, or if they are overly-ambitious/opportunistic), and whether their record matches their rhetoric. Otherwise, voters get sidetracked by identity politics over substance in elections and we end with bad leaders who meet diversity standards, but nothing else positive.

Klobuchar calls for independent review of murder case

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 6, 2020:

I doubt that joining Biden as his running mate would help him much in a general election. He will still lose, unless the combination of the economy tanking over the coronavirus and Trump's mismanagement of the corona crisis did him in. Trump would still destroy Biden in a debate.

abortion is not alone

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Good points. Once a child is born, the Repubs couldn't care less about that baby's welfare or survival.

A former Republican congressman who campaigned against same sex marriage has, at the age of 38, ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 5, 2020:

I suspect there are many closet gays and also lesbians too who are Repubs and/or evangelical Christians. It must be hellish to be around so many people who hate what you really are and still go on faking it to hang onto belonging in those groups...

[youtu.be]

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 5, 2020:

If Biden is nominated, Trump will win and progressives will have to hope our democracy survives and we can support AOC for prez in four years. Whether she sells out and endorses Biden or not now, I think Warren's time will be past in four years should she be thinking of running again then. No way she would gain traction against AOC in a primary campaign.

Why Donald J Trump will win in 2020.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 5, 2020:

The only way I see Trump losing is if the coronavirus crisis results in enough blame for him on its mismanagement as well as the economy tanking along with it before Nov.. Right now the stock market is already falling off a cliff. We will see, but I am sure Biden would still likely lose to him anyway...I also disagree with you in that Bernie would be a much tougher opponent for Trump than Biden. Biden has his own corruption that Trump would pound him on while Bernie is squeaky clean. Biden has dementia and Trump would crush him in a debate. Not so with Bernie.

"If you are somehow still wondering why Black, Brown, poor and young people - the Bernie Folx - ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Well said. It echoes what Chris Hedges has been saying for years, that the liberals in the Dem party who really only care about abortion and identity politics, not at all about economic equality, the class war, endless wars, climate change, or the lives of the poor and working class, are a group that stands for nothing because they are not willing to fight for any of those things in my long list above. They are useless, phony hypocrites in my book and I wish we had a viable political party that did not include them, while letting them keep their useless Dem party. You also forgot to add that Biden clearly appears to have mild or early dementia, another reason that Trump will rip him to pieces in a debate. I hope Bernie is practical enough to take the gloves off and do it himself in the next debates so we are not stuck with Biden as a nominee, but I doubt it's in his nature and it may be too late anyway to change the minds of Biden's supporters. The Dem voters that you and I are bashing are mostly all in the top 10% of income and wealth, so they are voting their economic interests while pretending to care about the lower classes and maintaining their privilege while keeping the Dem party to the right and focused only on identity politics rather than major change. They are fooling no one like you or me... I also like the lines in your post about the whole practice of "negotiating with yourself", better known to me as the classic Obama "pre-emptive cave" that he would constantly do in the phony practice of pretending to seek bipartisanship with the Repubs that both he and we knew never existed in the first place. All a bunch of neoliberal kubuki theater for the rubes who vote and buy it anyway....

Elizabeth Warren has dropped out but is not endorsing anybody yet.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Warren is always saying the biggest problem in DC is the corruption and the influence of billionaires. If she really means it, she won't endorse Biden and will instead endorse Bernie, who, unlike Trump, would really try to "drain the swamp" If she fails to walk the talk now with her big opportunity to influence things, then I hope she has the decency to STFU from now on....

Trump Supporter: Never In My Life Did I Want A Dictator Until Trump Was Elected

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Her face is as ugly as her politics...Bring on the hate for referring to her looks, but hey, sometimes you've just got to tell the truth...

1st off, I will vote for whoever gets then Democratic nomination! Secondly, please do the math ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 5, 2020:

We'll probably never find out. If Bernie is the nominee, yes, I do think they will turn out in the general. If Biden is the nominee, they won't, because he is not exciting to them and he is offering them no hope or help compared to Trump. Your poll needs to have an option that reflects this, which is why I didn't vote in your poll.

Now we’ll find out if Liz was really a progressive or a moderate after all.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 5, 2020:

I hope I'm wrong, but to me she has always seemed like more of a fake progressive who was mostly concerned with her own ambition. I really doubt she will prove me wrong now.

Life comes at we atheists just as hard as any other worldview.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 5, 2020:

My condolences, I joined three years ago. I am still grateful for the good years we had together. I found someone new about 6 months ago, so far so good. It can take a while to find someone new, even after you have finished grieving, so hang in there and take your time.

Elizabeth Warren drops out of the 2020 presidential race - I wish she would have dropped out before ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 5, 2020:

Me too, but she deserved the chance to see how she did on Super Tuesday first. Don't look for her to endorse Bernie, may not even endorse anyone, but my guess is she will make some deal with Biden and support him for a spot in his admin., not that it's ever going to happen when he loses to Trump if nominated. I think a lot of her supporters may support Bernie anyway, that's my hope....

Elizabeth Warren has dropped out but is not endorsing anybody yet.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 5, 2020:

This will help Bernie, but how much it helps depends on if she endorses anyone. I'm thinking she will endorse Biden in exchange for some cabinet post or the VP slot. She made that kind of choice four years ago when she didn't endorse Bernie and then later endorsed Hillary during the primaries. So much for being a true progressive...Her own ambition has always been more important for her. I hope I am wrong about her, but I haven't been so far. Maybe her supporters are progressive enough to think for themselves and support Bernie anyway, as many of her female supporters have been backing her over Bernie mostly because they want a female prez. Now that that's not going to happen this cycle, they might switch to Bernie. What do you all think?

Is this what happened in SC? [operationchaos2020.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 4, 2020:

Who knows? In states with open primaries, you wouldn't even need to change your party registration beforehand.

Operation Bernie Block is in Full Force - The DNC didn't learn anything from four years ago.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 4, 2020:

The DNC did learn from 2016, they learned new ways to stop Bernie, first by flooding and diluting the field, now by consolidating all of his opposition into one candidate. What hasn't changed is that all they care about is maintaining the status quo, not about winning in November. They are full of shit, as in full of corporate money and corruption.

When will someone just be done with it and create an official Progressive party that has no ties ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 4, 2020:

I wish that would happen too, but right now I hope the Dem party finally blows up after they lose, again, in November, which will happen not because Bernie supporters stay home or vote Trump, but because working class voters who have given up on the Dems will stay home when they see there is no real difference for them between Biden and Trump. But we all know the centrist Dems will still end up blaming the Bernie supporters or maybe the Russians again (falsely) for their loss in the general rather than themselves.. I call bullshit on that and will not accept it when it happens from them.

Wait.. WHAT?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 4, 2020:

I don't think Trump outsmarted the Dems by pretending to be more afraid of running against Biden than Bernie. It was instead all a matter of the Dem leaders and establishment being afraid of Bernie ending their perks and corruption, which is what they care about, not beating Trump.

From my friend Jim, with whom I often agree. What do you think?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 4, 2020:

I agree with you, Bernie would beat Trump but, once again, we will never find out since he's screwed again by the Dem party. I have offered bets to three people who are centrist Dem friends that Biden will lose to Trump, but they won't take the bet. They know Biden will lose, but can't bring themselves to admit Bernie would win against Trump or say they would vote for him. I am willing to bet each of them $25, which they can easily afford, but they won't bet me...

To all y'all that voted status quo joe toniggt, enjoy 4 more years of Trump..you deserve it..

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 4, 2020:

I will hold my nose and vote for Biden in the general if he wins the nomination, but I will do so expecting nothing positive from him as prez. Like Obama, he would be better than Trump, but not much. Probably would be better on climate change and less hostile to immigrants, otherwise business as usual, no improvement on healthcare, maybe better policies on coronavirus...The Dem party is doomed for good with a Biden nomination and I am absolutely certain Biden will lose to Trump anyway tho and my bet still stands with the three people who refused to take my bet. They know I'm right, but they can't stand to admit how bad a candidate Biden is and that they are wrong to back him. Biden appears to also have mild or early dementia, unlike Bernie, but his supporters don't care about that. They are happy members of the top 10% and want the status quo to remain, just won't admit it. At this point Biden reminds me of Reagan in 1980, a grandfatherly figure who, we now know, had early dementia at that time, but appealed to people because he seemed reassuring and comforting to them, even tho his policies were hostile to the working class and he became a national embarrassment to people like me, same as Trump. Yup, all you fools that support Biden, you will get the added years of Trump and you deserve it, but the shame of it is, I DON'T deserve it and I am sick of suffering for your mistakes and selfishness....

"The Left is Back?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 3, 2020:

The problem is the Dem establishment does not really care that much about defeating Trump, despite all their talk about unity and the importance of defeating Trump. Their real concern is stopping Bernie, but admitting that would alienate the working class voters they need to appear to be a legit alternative to the Repubs, so they'll keep lying about those things for the next several months. I have made a bet to three different friends who are Dem centrists, who support Warren or Biden, that I will bet each of them $25 that Biden will get crushed by Trump in general election debates, get creamed by Trump ads about Joe's record, and that Biden will lose badly to Trump in the general, all of which I predict if Bernie gets screwed again out of the nomination. None of these three people will take my bet, because they know I am right about it.

Celebrating my birthday with my favorite (non-human) baby, Oliver. 🥰

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 3, 2020:

Oliver is a cuter version of Grumpy Cat.

'Rich People Have Profited Enough': New Poll Shows Two-Thirds of Americans Support Wealth Tax to ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 3, 2020:

That's why even if the Dems stop Bernie, the anger among most Americans over inequality won't go away. If need be, we will wait until AOC is old enough to run. Trickle down economics is a dishonest way of referring to what is actually the rich pissing on everyone below them.....

Watching Petey giving his lame excuse of a concession speech.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Looks like Petey will be Biden's VP if he gets the nomination..

I want to write a song That does not mean Anything Yet Subliminally You’ll think you ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Double-posted it..

I heard a study that showed stupid people are too stupid to know they are indeed stupid.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Ignorance is something that can be changed. Willful ignorance is another matter. It is disturbing how many of these people thought their ignorance was amusing..

Feeling lonely and under-appreciated? NOW THERE'S A CURE FOR THAT ... [wired.com]

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Sounds like a very dysfunctional response to loneliness.

It's truly unacceptable

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Double posted...

Progressives plan to BernTheDNC with mass nonviolent civil disobedience if democratic establishment...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Too bad centrists and the party establishment are unwilling to listen to or accept these facts. They like the status quo as it is, unlike the majority of voters, and they just want someone else instead of Trump to maintain that status quo for them. In their denial of these facts, they are no better than Trump, with his charges of fake news and his embrace of "alternative facts", better known as lies, to you and me.

Are nursing homes inherently flawed (more Covid19 coronavirus)

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 2, 2020:

If Coronavirus gets into any nursing homes the residents will drop like flies...

I want to write a song That does not mean Anything Yet Subliminally You’ll think you ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Don't quit your day job...

Just throwing this up here for those not keeping track of sexual technology.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 2, 2020:

Damn, another case of human workers replaced by technology. Andrew Yang has it right, altho in this case maybe prostitution is one industry where this might be a social win rather than a loss. Might reduce STDs too, with regular disinfecting...

Who's next?

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 2, 2020:

The next to drop out will be Klobuchar and she will get out right after Super Tuesday. I don't see Bloomberg dropping out anytime soon, tho I wish he had never ran.

Another one bites the dust. Pete's out of the race.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 1, 2020:

I hated that little weasel, but I'm sure he cut a deal with Biden to either be VP or a cabinet post for dropping out and giving Biden less competition for the centrist vote. Wish Warren would drop out and endorse Bernie, but based on her record I doubt she would be progressive enough to do that. She has always in the past been more interested in her own ambition than in getting a progressive as prez.

Well, Bernie is still ahead in the delegate count, and in position to do well on Super Tuesday.

TomMcGiverin comments on Mar 1, 2020:

It all depends on what happens Tue. in California. If Bernie wins really big there, he may get enough delegates that they can't catch him.

Meet Gary, the Hiking Cat Who Goes on Pawsome Mountain Adventures

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 29, 2020:

Very cute. Doesn't seem to be afraid of water either..

Trump knows he beats anybody but Bernie Sanders.

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 28, 2020:

Secret recordings prove what I already knew, but the Dem leaders won't admit. Namely that Bernie got screwed in the last primary cycle and that he would have beat Trump in 2016. Too bad we don't have secret recordings of the Dem leaders admitting these things, because I'm sure those things were said in private...

I just saw this on a meme: Imagine if you will: An atheist in their car at a green light, stuck ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 28, 2020:

Honking in this situation might need to be accompanied by a hostile gesture just to make sure they didn't misunderstand and think that you love Jesus. What a great excuse for using my middle finger.....

I just saw this on a meme: Imagine if you will: An atheist in their car at a green light, stuck ...

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 28, 2020:

Sometimes I wonder if there might actually be a hell and I'm already in it....If hell did exist, my guess is that it would be different for each individual...

A poll from Trump’s favorite network has him losing to his most likely 2020 opponents

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 28, 2020:

Confirms what I already knew. Bernie is that best candidate against Trump. The only way he loses is if the Dems undermine him in the general or there is election fraud, which is very likely with electronic voting machines made by Repub companies. I have no doubt there will at least be attempts to hack or manipulate those machines in the general.

‪Warren introduces bill to redirect wall money to coronavirus [thehill.com]‬ THANK YOU!

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 28, 2020:

Too sensible, won't go anywhere in the Senate...

Republicans caught trying to cheat in South Carolina Democratic primary - Palmer Report

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 28, 2020:

Most people, in these polarized times, are too self-conscious or thin-skinned to go vote in a primary of the opposite party. I think this article is much about nothing..

Trump Fans Go Nuts After Garth Brooks Wears 'Sanders' Jersey For Michigan Show | Crooks and Liars

TomMcGiverin comments on Feb 28, 2020:

I already knew that many of them are none too bright..The rest of them tend to be greedheads, racists, and misogynists..Country music fans tend to all vote Repub..

There is a coronavirus whistleblower from HHS claiming A lex Azar of HHS exposed the whistleblower ...