Sydney is in a Covid lockdown due to an outbreak.

JackPedigo comments on Aug 1, 2021:

Things are getting worse but there are some who are taking matters into their own hands. Heard this on NPR this morning and, of course, no one can fault this guys logic. Even here, on this island our gym has mandated members must produce a Covid card to gain entrance. The one thing many complained ...

anglophone replies on Aug 2, 2021:

@JackPedigo Thanks for sharing that.

Seems harsh, even to me, and I'm really tired of antimask bullshit.[reuters.com]

powder comments on Aug 2, 2021:

Google search Covid restrictions and penalties in Victoria, Australia. PS @Agnostic can't copy and paste link or even text. Have I been a bad boy and am in Agnostic goal?

anglophone replies on Aug 2, 2021:

@powder Thanks for the link. It works for me. :)

Seems harsh, even to me, and I'm really tired of antimask bullshit.[reuters.com]

powder comments on Aug 2, 2021:

Google search Covid restrictions and penalties in Victoria, Australia. PS @Agnostic can't copy and paste link or even text. Have I been a bad boy and am in Agnostic goal?

anglophone replies on Aug 2, 2021:

Own "goal"? ;)

Seems harsh, even to me, and I'm really tired of antimask bullshit.[reuters.com]

powder comments on Aug 2, 2021:

Google search Covid restrictions and penalties in Victoria, Australia. PS @Agnostic can't copy and paste link or even text. Have I been a bad boy and am in Agnostic goal?

anglophone replies on Aug 2, 2021:

Was this the link you were trying to copy/paste? https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covidsafe-settings

Sydney is in a Covid lockdown due to an outbreak.

JackPedigo comments on Aug 1, 2021:

Things are getting worse but there are some who are taking matters into their own hands. Heard this on NPR this morning and, of course, no one can fault this guys logic. Even here, on this island our gym has mandated members must produce a Covid card to gain entrance. The one thing many complained ...

anglophone replies on Aug 2, 2021:

@JackPedigo If I was living where you are, I also would be frightened and angry.

I'm interested in thoughts on lockdowns and compliance.

anglophone comments on Aug 2, 2021:

The freedom to spread disease? The freedom to intimidate others? The freedom to encourage other people to do the same? The freedom to misrepresent everybody's duty of care to everybody else as oppression? C'mon @Garf, please think before you post.

anglophone replies on Aug 2, 2021:

@FrayedBear Thanks for introducing me to Professor Cipolla.

Sydney is in a Covid lockdown due to an outbreak.

JackPedigo comments on Aug 1, 2021:

Things are getting worse but there are some who are taking matters into their own hands. Heard this on NPR this morning and, of course, no one can fault this guys logic. Even here, on this island our gym has mandated members must produce a Covid card to gain entrance. The one thing many complained ...

anglophone replies on Aug 1, 2021:

@JackPedigo You raise some interesting points about the governor. My guess is that the governor, like those that support him, reject the facts and reject the science. I am saddened by the pandemic-deniers.

So you believe in God? Oh dear, you poor thing. Should I pray for you?

Tourirst comments on Aug 1, 2021:

From your comment, it sounds like you "believe in God?" I could not fake it like you, and you sound like a pro at it. And I never said that, unless it's a typo? Where does it say that? Or was it a joke? I have zero ideas how you interpret your message from what I have stated in the past? I have ...

anglophone replies on Aug 1, 2021:

@Tourirst Why should I bother? It is plain to me that you cannot see a joke even when it slaps you in the face. You can now consider yourself as having been intellectually spanked. If you persist in this sort of thinking, you will receive a goodbye from me. Ping @OldMetalHead.

The rise of Ted Cruz is a singular event in American political history.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Aug 1, 2021:

Do I laugh or cry?

anglophone replies on Aug 1, 2021:

Laugh, then cry, and then start knocking some basic common sense into the skulls of all those dipshits.

Sydney is in a Covid lockdown due to an outbreak.

JackPedigo comments on Aug 1, 2021:

Things are getting worse but there are some who are taking matters into their own hands. Heard this on NPR this morning and, of course, no one can fault this guys logic. Even here, on this island our gym has mandated members must produce a Covid card to gain entrance. The one thing many complained ...

anglophone replies on Aug 1, 2021:

Having fellow diners who see the logic, reason and benefits of being vaccinated raises the overall tone of the evening.

So you believe in God? Oh dear, you poor thing. Should I pray for you?

Tourirst comments on Aug 1, 2021:

From your comment, it sounds like you "believe in God?" I could not fake it like you, and you sound like a pro at it. And I never said that, unless it's a typo? Where does it say that? Or was it a joke? I have zero ideas how you interpret your message from what I have stated in the past? I have ...

anglophone replies on Aug 1, 2021:

I refer you to @OldMetalHead's reply.

When someone blocks you for calling them on their shit do you get a deep sense of satisfaction and ...

RichCC comments on Aug 1, 2021:

Define 'think'. Ha, ha.🙂

anglophone replies on Aug 1, 2021:

Is Mr Electric Universe capable of thinking?

The rise of Ted Cruz is a singular event in American political history.

KKGator comments on Jul 31, 2021:

Yeah, I won't surrender to people who believe in fictional characters.

anglophone replies on Aug 1, 2021:

What? So Bigfoot, Satan, Allah, Odin, the Ice Giant and Osiris are all fictions? Well, I never!

The Ring of Fire - Laura Ingraham Says Capitol Police Can Blame Themselves For Getting Beaten By ...

GeorgeRocheleau comments on Aug 1, 2021:

It's their own fault for letting the mob beat them to death, absolutely.

anglophone replies on Aug 1, 2021:

She is clearly an agent of anarchy.

Just a Little Follow-Up: [rawstory.com]

LucyLoohoo comments on Jul 31, 2021:

Anyone remember back in the beginning, when he pronounced himself the "most intelligent President ever?"

anglophone replies on Jul 31, 2021:

He mis-spoke "deluded".

There is nothing more obnoxious to me than an evangelistic Christian trying to convert me.

bobwjr comments on Jul 30, 2021:

Unless they bother.me I ignore them

anglophone replies on Jul 30, 2021:

Same here.

When a Muslim Woman Was Harassed at a Store, Bystanders Came to Her Defense | Beth Stoneburner | ...

AmyTheBruce comments on Jul 30, 2021:

I would come to the defense of a Muslim woman, but not a Muslim man.

anglophone replies on Jul 30, 2021:

Not all Muslim men are misogynistic psychopaths. Moreover, I could not give a damn about any social victim's gender, religion or ethnicity: the aggressor needs to be shut down.

When a Muslim Woman Was Harassed at a Store, Bystanders Came to Her Defense | Beth Stoneburner | ...

redbai comments on Jul 30, 2021:

Depends on how they are handling it. If they looked distressed at the situation I probably would say something in their defense, but if they started dealing with it in a way that displayed that they could handle it on their own, I would simply observe to witness the outcome in case the scenario ...

anglophone replies on Jul 30, 2021:

@KKGator From what I know of you, I have every confidence that you would behave that way.

Pelosi's it's controversial justifications against forgiving student loans gives a lot of food for ...

bobwjr comments on Jul 29, 2021:

It's not simple , people who get higher education are in massive debt . Many countries give higher education for free or little cost . We must let those who can get higher education get it.

anglophone replies on Jul 29, 2021:

It is, as you say, a complex picture.

Received this latest post on my facebook timeline: People mocking the emotions of cops from January...

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Jul 29, 2021:

Yes, yes, and yes. I will add that the attitudes of the anti-vaxxers and their callous disregard for the people whom they infect fit into the same category.

anglophone replies on Jul 29, 2021:

Well said!

When someone tells me that their church can heal me....

BudFrank comments on Jul 29, 2021:

Actually, handicap parking is mandated by law. I do agree that they should be healing people if they say they can.

anglophone replies on Jul 29, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz They should be taxed.

Humanist philosopher, Sir Karl Popper, on the paradox of tolerance: 'Less well known is the ...

towkneed comments on Jul 29, 2021:

I agree. However I see also see a dialectic at play in tolerance vs intolerance. Any prohibition on intolerance should be against violent action in support of its ideals. One of the greatest ways to show tolerance and demonstrate its strength is to engage with the intolerant where possible and ...

anglophone replies on Jul 29, 2021:

How do you convince murderous fundamentalist religious people that killing infidels and apostates is not to be tolerated?

Another one on this!

TheDoubter comments on Jul 28, 2021:

her thinking is from the time dinosaurs went extinct

anglophone replies on Jul 29, 2021:

Where's a handy lethal meterorite when you need one?

Conservatives are changing their tune

t1nick comments on Jul 28, 2021:

I would agree with that sentiment.

anglophone replies on Jul 29, 2021:

I would exclude the immunocompromised from Geraldo's comments. I wonder why he is targeting such people.

I have been listening to the news, I cannot understand how the people that are against people good ...

anglophone comments on Jul 28, 2021:

Some people are driven to find fault with everybody and everything, saying anything positive about anybody or anything is anathema to them. Simone Biles' detractors are an example of this. Other people's suffer from cognitive bias that is so great as to be catastrophic. The said idiots in ...

anglophone replies on Jul 29, 2021:

@Paul4747 And I am delighted to sit at your feet and learn. :)

I have been listening to the news, I cannot understand how the people that are against people good ...

anglophone comments on Jul 28, 2021:

Some people are driven to find fault with everybody and everything, saying anything positive about anybody or anything is anathema to them. Simone Biles' detractors are an example of this. Other people's suffer from cognitive bias that is so great as to be catastrophic. The said idiots in ...

anglophone replies on Jul 28, 2021:

@Paul4747 Thanks for pointing out my mistake. You are quite correct, I meant psychopathic. :)

I am happy to do it too

anglophone comments on Jul 28, 2021:

Hire a fleet of ships to take them to the middle of the Atlantic and let them all jump off.

anglophone replies on Jul 28, 2021:

@dalefvictor That is wonderfully wicked of you! :)

Crows are smarter than anti-vaxxers and those who still support Trump: [yahoo.com]

CourtJester comments on Jul 27, 2021:

I always find it comical that liberals are still super quick to still bash Trump. Even after so long that he has had zero control of the market or government. but I’ve yet to see any compliments or support for the guy in constant battles with the teleprompter that can’t construct a full ...

anglophone replies on Jul 28, 2021:

@Gwendolyn2018 Thanks.

Crows are smarter than anti-vaxxers and those who still support Trump: [yahoo.com]

CourtJester comments on Jul 27, 2021:

I always find it comical that liberals are still super quick to still bash Trump. Even after so long that he has had zero control of the market or government. but I’ve yet to see any compliments or support for the guy in constant battles with the teleprompter that can’t construct a full ...

anglophone replies on Jul 28, 2021:

@Gwendolyn2018 On a tangent, what for you constitutes complicated math?

Science and Religion compatible? [scientificamerican.com]

anglophone comments on Jul 27, 2021:

No. Science has questions that may never be answered. Religion has answers that must never be questioned.

anglophone replies on Jul 28, 2021:

@Diagoras That makes sense. Thanks for sharing.

Texas Pastor Admits “I Was Wrong” About Vaccines After His Own COVID Scare | Hemant Mehta | ...

freedom41 comments on Jul 27, 2021:

Some people have to learn there lesson the hard way. Especially among the religious nuts.

anglophone replies on Jul 27, 2021:

Some religious nuts never learn, even while they are dying.

Children vaccinated without parental knowledge.

anglophone comments on Jul 26, 2021:

The willfully ignorant and the dangerously stupid have no right to dictate what medical treatments their children receive. Your question is absurd: it assumes that all parents are mentally competent.

anglophone replies on Jul 27, 2021:

@Gwendolyn2018 Hear! Hear!

Its time to pillory the unvaccinsted and the anti-vaxxers in the local public squares.

Heavykevy1985 comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Why? There are those immuno-compromised that cannot take the vaccine. This is a joke but it shows that you are an authoritarian

anglophone replies on Jul 26, 2021:

@Heavykevy1985 I find it interesting that you mistake anarchy for libertarianism. /@t1nick

If only there were a clue to which one she is...

Willow_Wisp comments on Jul 26, 2021:

I guess we'll never know which without "facial" recognition software.

anglophone replies on Jul 26, 2021:

"I'd recognise that pair of breasts anywhere!" ;)

Many people feel uncomfortable talking about Alice Neel's self-portrait.

FrayedBear comments on Jul 25, 2021:

Flouting the loss of discipline & self respect?

anglophone replies on Jul 26, 2021:

@Lorajay I see no "less than attractive" parts.

Many people feel uncomfortable talking about Alice Neel's self-portrait.

glennlab comments on Jul 26, 2021:

Admitting that you are who you are is the first step in accepting yourself. Realizing that you have earned every wrinkle, pound, pooch, sag and gray hair and they have made you who you are today.

anglophone replies on Jul 26, 2021:

A face, with the accompanying body, (wrinkled, saggy, freckled) that has been through life often has behind it a mind that has learned much,

Many people feel uncomfortable talking about Alice Neel's self-portrait.

1950debris comments on Jul 26, 2021:

Maybe I do not understand why people are uncomfortable with honesty?

anglophone replies on Jul 26, 2021:

I hazard a guess that some people have accepted what society tells them is an acceptable body image.

LA man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines dies of virus: [bbc.com] That is bloody hilarious!

JackPedigo comments on Jul 25, 2021:

We seem to be hearing a lot of these screwballs. One would think they would get the message.

anglophone replies on Jul 25, 2021:

@JackPedigo I would limit it to saying they **imagine** they are thinking for themselves.

LA man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines dies of virus: [bbc.com] That is bloody hilarious!

powder comments on Jul 25, 2021:

Almost as funny as the 20 year old who was so paranoid about covid they got the vax, had complications and died. A bit sad you find death hilarious.

anglophone replies on Jul 25, 2021:

Yes, there is that nasty streak in me.

LA man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines dies of virus: [bbc.com] That is bloody hilarious!

JackPedigo comments on Jul 25, 2021:

We seem to be hearing a lot of these screwballs. One would think they would get the message.

anglophone replies on Jul 25, 2021:

The assumption that such people are capable of either listening or thinking for themselves may be mistaken.

Another one on this!

Killtheskyfairy comments on Jul 25, 2021:

I think they need to stop using Neanderthal as an insult as some of us have found a high percentage of Neanderthal in our DNA and don’t look or think like this.

anglophone replies on Jul 25, 2021:

Normal people can and do think. She does not, and cannot, think.

LA man who mocked Covid-19 vaccines dies of virus: [bbc.com] That is bloody hilarious!

Marionville comments on Jul 25, 2021:

It would be funny if it weren’t so tragic…but let’s hope that this may be a wake up call to other religious idiots that their faith will not protect them from this virus…only getting vaccinated will. At least I see his church is now distancing itself from his anti vaccination rhetoric by ...

anglophone replies on Jul 25, 2021:

Agreed, but in that church's case I see it as too little too late. It saddens me that people need to die before other can recognise their own folly.

Its time to pillory the unvaccinsted and the anti-vaxxers in the local public squares.

Heavykevy1985 comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Why? There are those immuno-compromised that cannot take the vaccine. This is a joke but it shows that you are an authoritarian

anglophone replies on Jul 25, 2021:

@Heavykevy1985 Inalienable rights? Disagree. Any health worker who refuses to be vaccinated against Covid-19 shows that they are unfit for the job: the people that such health workers work with have the right to be cared for safely.

"Hillsong Church founder says vaccines are a personal choice" He is right! Option 1.

bbyrd009 comments on Jul 24, 2021:

talk about disinformation! over 99.9% of the unvaccinated survive, the vast majority of them with no symptoms whatever; do you really think your post is appropriate?

anglophone replies on Jul 25, 2021:

@bbyrd009 Goodbye.

Its time to pillory the unvaccinsted and the anti-vaxxers in the local public squares.

Heavykevy1985 comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Why? There are those immuno-compromised that cannot take the vaccine. This is a joke but it shows that you are an authoritarian

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@Heavykevy1985 I thank you for confirming that you are prepared to risk the lives of other people so that you can exercise your personal choice.

The Police Minister for New South Wales has called the people at Sydney's Covid-19 protest ...

Zster comments on Jul 24, 2021:

Being tired of the pandemic doesn’t make it go away… Strange protest.

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@PondartIncbendog That's a new one on me. Thanks. :)

Its time to pillory the unvaccinsted and the anti-vaxxers in the local public squares.

Heavykevy1985 comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Why? There are those immuno-compromised that cannot take the vaccine. This is a joke but it shows that you are an authoritarian

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@Heavykevy1985 So a health worker has a greater right to remain unvaccinated than the people that he or she works with to be protected from that health worker's Covid-19 infectiousness? I beg to differ. /@t1nick

Republican Lawmakers Tell Biden To Keep Marijuana Campaign Promise By Reclassifying It Under Federal...

Sticks48 comments on Jul 24, 2021:

I remember back in the 80s some prominent Republicans were pushing for the legalisation of pot. They did not like spending all of that money on the war on drugs when it was not effective. It is the same now. It is about the money. More than one Republican governor has said if the feds would ...

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

Uh-huh. Never mind the morality of it all, just give me your dollars.

Iowa’s GOP Eliminated a Family Planning Program Only to See Abortions Skyrocket | Rebekah Kohlhepp...

anglophone comments on Jul 24, 2021:

Iowa is governed by idiots and the willfully ignorant.

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@TomMcGiverin Ouch. Thanks for sharing that news, depressing though it is.

The Bishop who lead to effort to ban President Biden from taking communion, because of Biden's ...

KKGator comments on Jul 23, 2021:

I'm so sick of these fucking hypocritical assholes.

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

You and me too.

"Hillsong Church founder says vaccines are a personal choice" He is right! Option 1.

bbyrd009 comments on Jul 24, 2021:

talk about disinformation! over 99.9% of the unvaccinated survive, the vast majority of them with no symptoms whatever; do you really think your post is appropriate?

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

Source for those statistics?

The Police Minister for New South Wales has called the people at Sydney's Covid-19 protest ...

Zster comments on Jul 24, 2021:

Being tired of the pandemic doesn’t make it go away… Strange protest.

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

Agreed. The United $tates of Absurdity does not have a monopoly on crazy people. An Aussie would that the protesters had "been too long in the bush" which is also known elsewhere as "being stir crazy".

Australia covid numbers from January-July [tga.gov.au]

Redneckliberal comments on Jul 23, 2021:

WHAT MORON WOULD CONSISTENTLY POST SUCH BLATANT LIES LIKE THIS?...WHAT IS THEIR PURPOSE?

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

Ego. Personal insecurity. Psychosis.

If the pandemic is ONLY happening to the unvaccinated, then what are you worried about?

Redneckliberal comments on Jul 24, 2021:

ARE YOU REALLY THAT FUCKING STUPID??

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

Yes, she is really that stupid. I could not give a damn about the implications for her of her own stupidity, but I am concerned for those whom she encounters.

Disinformation and this site.

anglophone comments on Jul 24, 2021:

I am disinclined to suggest that agnostic follows suit. However, I would urge everybody to take every opportunity to point out the falsehoods, misinformation and flawed assumptions of all such posts. Whether or not that will shame the corresponding posters into mending their ways is a moot point.

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@bobwjr Such sad sad people. (The Beatles: "Where do they all come from?")

Disinformation and this site.

Marionville comments on Jul 24, 2021:

Until the site administrators censure these posts which continually spread propaganda with false statements and spurious facts regarding covid and vaccination, I suggest our best policy would be to completely ignore them, and not allow them to garner any further points from our response to rhem.

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@Marionville Is there such a thing as a "right strategy"? (Yes, my thinking outside the box sometimes results in me asking awkward and perhaps inappropriate questions.) My own guess is that each of us is offering our own ideas in the hope that all of us can benefit from the best of what emerges.

Disinformation and this site.

Marionville comments on Jul 24, 2021:

Until the site administrators censure these posts which continually spread propaganda with false statements and spurious facts regarding covid and vaccination, I suggest our best policy would be to completely ignore them, and not allow them to garner any further points from our response to rhem.

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@Marionville So my approach might even be counterproductive? I can accept that. I must then leave it to other and wiser heads. (Sorry for ducking the issue.)

Disinformation and this site.

Marionville comments on Jul 24, 2021:

Until the site administrators censure these posts which continually spread propaganda with false statements and spurious facts regarding covid and vaccination, I suggest our best policy would be to completely ignore them, and not allow them to garner any further points from our response to rhem.

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

My own view is to completely trash the absurd posts and give the posters the opportunity to see just how ridiculous they appear to others.

Remember when you are feeling low or very happy, you can always get on here and vent.

Fernapple comments on Jul 24, 2021:

As long as you are not boring. (Thats my job.)

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

You? Boring? I have never found you to be anything like that. Question for you: to what extent does everybody find themselves to be boring? (I sure feel boring to myself. It comes from 68 years of familiarity with myself, I guess.)

GOP Governor Says It's Time To 'Blame The Unvaccinated' For Pandemic Surge | HuffPost

Charlene comments on Jul 23, 2021:

They screamed hoax for 15 months, now that it's Their base that's Dying from Covid19..it's their believers fault..now that's Maaaagic!!!

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

That it took them so long to finally accept the facts shows that they are v-e-r-y _ s-l-o-w thinkers.

Another one on this!

CuddyCruiser comments on Jul 24, 2021:

Last week she was a whore on 42nd St. Today she was in the Port Authority Bus Terminal Blowing her pimp.

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@CuddyCruiser You are not alone.

Another one on this!

CuddyCruiser comments on Jul 24, 2021:

Last week she was a whore on 42nd St. Today she was in the Port Authority Bus Terminal Blowing her pimp.

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

Uh-huh.

Texas Pastor Arrested for Raping Child at Church and Giving Her Meth | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

Mb_Man comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Uh. I don't even know what to say to this.

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@Lorajay From which he would emerge sans gonads, sans several teeth and sans part of his tongue, and with several broken bones, two cauliflower ears and a re-arranged nose. :)

Texas Pastor Arrested for Raping Child at Church and Giving Her Meth | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

Mb_Man comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Uh. I don't even know what to say to this.

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

How about saying "He needs to be kept in solitary confinement for the rest of his life."?

What a classy republican lmao

anglophone comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Perhaps she should preside over cock fights? (Pun intentional)

anglophone replies on Jul 24, 2021:

@Lizard_of_Ahaz The idea of MTG having sex with anybody is the stuff of nightmares.

Anti-vax Hillsong Church member Stephen Harmon, 34, dies of Covid after posting 'I got 99 problems ...

Flyingsaucesir comments on Jul 23, 2021:

I don't think that making a poor choice should carry a death sentence, but obvioysly nature us not as forgiving as me. On the bright side, there is one less gibbering idiot spreading his stupidity on the internet.

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

Was it a death sentence, or was it a suicide? Death by stupidity is a real thing.

Jesse Lee Peterson and Panelists Agree: It Was a “Big Mistake to Educate Women” | Hemant Mehta |...

Barnie2years comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Cavemen mentality!

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

@KKGator There is no way that I would fuck those guys. I would use a castrator on them instead.

Its time to pillory the unvaccinsted and the anti-vaxxers in the local public squares.

Heavykevy1985 comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Why? There are those immuno-compromised that cannot take the vaccine. This is a joke but it shows that you are an authoritarian

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

I am in favour of compulsory vaccination for health workers who are not immunocompromised: nobody has the right to willfully endanger the lives of other people. To use your own body as a machine to spread disease and death is as culpable as endagering the lives of others through reckless use of a motor vehicle.

Its time to pillory the unvaccinsted and the anti-vaxxers in the local public squares.

PBuck0145 comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Typical leftist tyranny!

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

Yep. Everybody needs to protect themselves from the tyranny of stupidity.

Its time to pillory the unvaccinsted and the anti-vaxxers in the local public squares.

KKGator comments on Jul 23, 2021:

I'm down. Do we get to throw garbage at them, too?

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

Rotten tomatoes and rotten eggs are the usual projectiles. Should we follow the example set by chimpanzees and throw feces as well?

A person with COVID.

KateOahu comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Just get the stupid shot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amE5A3zzD4M

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

Ignorance is bliss? No, ignorance is lethal. But the willfully ignorant persist in their state of lethal ignorance.

What a classy republican lmao

dalefvictor comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Was she the lead dog?

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

No, she was the lead bitch. (Sorry, I just could not resist that dog-awful joke.)

Anti-vax Hillsong Church member Stephen Harmon, 34, dies of Covid after posting 'I got 99 problems ...

Leelu comments on Jul 23, 2021:

And the Darwin Award goes to...

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

Mental defectives of the world, UNITE! You have nothing to lose but your lives!

What a classy republican lmao

anglophone comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Perhaps she should preside over cock fights? (Pun intentional)

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

@Sticks48 "You want me to engage with your nether regions? Madam, you flatter yourself!"

What a classy republican lmao

Sticks48 comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Was she a contestant?

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

I think all the dogs would have more sense: one look at her and they would all run away in absolute terror.

What a classy republican lmao

anglophone comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Perhaps she should preside over cock fights? (Pun intentional)

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

@bobwjr Poor dogs: "It shouldn't happen to a dog."

What a classy republican lmao

anglophone comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Perhaps she should preside over cock fights? (Pun intentional)

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

@bobwjr P.S. Perhaps she should mount an attempt on the World Record Gangbang currently held by Lisa Sparks: https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/good-life/2015-01-29-woman-holds-record-for-having-sex-with-919-guys-in-the-same-day/ The only trouble would be to find enough men willing to copulate with her.

What a classy republican lmao

anglophone comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Perhaps she should preside over cock fights? (Pun intentional)

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

@bobwjr Crabs in the crotch, crabs in the hair, crabs in the brain. Yes, that figures.

Australia covid numbers from January-July [tga.gov.au]

K9Kohle789 comments on Jul 23, 2021:

The post falsely claims that 210 people have died in Australia as a result of COVID-19 vaccines. The figure in the post refers to the number of people who have died after receiving the vaccine, a figure authorities say is less than the expected natural death rate for a similar cohort of the wider ...

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

It never ceases to amaze me the number of people who spread misinformation ("alternative facts") in such a grossly irresponsible manner.

Atheists, humanists sue Miss. over fee for Godless license plate | Gephardt Daily

Cast1es comments on Jul 3, 2021:

Couldn't pick an appropriate emoticon for this . I agree , no one should have to show their religious or not beliefs , particularly no one should have to pay extra , not to tell a lie . Additionally , I feel this article should not have printed the names of those who filed the suite , as this could ...

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

@Valkryie01 Ouch!

Mike Pence Keeps Saying 'Black Lives Are Saved by Police Every Day'

anglophone comments on Jul 22, 2021:

I have found that what Mike Pence says is so unreliable that I cannot give any credence to any of his statements. I also find his racism to be a magnificent example of why Critical Race Theory is becoming a hot topic of debate in the United $tates of Absurdity.

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

@SeaGreenEyez Which demonstrates most beautifully that Mike Pence and his ilk are indeed part of the problem that CRT studies.

A friend of mine who is a retired doctor, as well as a friend who just began working at a hospice ...

anglophone comments on Jul 22, 2021:

The Repugnicant Party has shown itself to be grossly inadequate when addressing the Covid-19 pandemic. History will not judge it kindly.

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

@TreeSpirit It would be wrong to accuse the GOP of being either compassionate or rational.

These bastards killed a baby elephant.

Joanne comments on Jul 23, 2021:

Humans sure can be pure shit at times.

anglophone replies on Jul 23, 2021:

The temptation to use those men for target practice with a high velocity rifle ...

A Christian Preacher Demanded Modesty on the Beach; This Woman Wasn’t Having It.

Lorajay comments on Jul 22, 2021:

I've always felt like the Christian right that demands modesty is obsessed with sex and control of their women. I had a stepson-in-law that started going to one of those modest churches. We gave them a place to put a trailer out in the country so they could quit living with his parents. He built ...

anglophone replies on Jul 22, 2021:

I fail to understand why anybody, man or woman, tries to control how other people dress or have sex. I think there must be something seriously wrong with such control freaks.

Anti-Vaxxer Rick Wiles Blames Chinese Agents for His COVID-19 Infection [rightwingwatch.org]

barjoe comments on Jun 17, 2021:

If this were Twitter, I wouldn't be able to say "I hope he dies". Glad it's not.

anglophone replies on Jul 22, 2021:

I would settle for him starting to use his brain. (But I am assuming that he has a brain, of course.)

Rick Wiles, Who Spread COVID Lies for Months, May Be Suffering from COVID | Hemant Mehta | Friendly ...

freedom41 comments on May 30, 2021:

All those who spread that bs about Covid deserve it. It might teach them a lesson or at the very least help with planets over population problem.

anglophone replies on Jul 22, 2021:

Rick Wiles is incapable of learning anything. He is unfortunate enough to be ineducable.

But, but, but .

Beowulfsfriend comments on Jun 22, 2021:

The pastor may have felt entitled - do we know if they were tithing 10 percent or not.

anglophone replies on Jul 22, 2021:

What, 10% of the women of his acquaintance? Oh, Lordy Lordy!

But, but, but .

bobwjr comments on Jun 22, 2021:

Time for a change of partners

anglophone replies on Jul 22, 2021:

A partner a day keeps the libido at bay.

Anti-Vax COVID-19 Conspiracy Theorist Rick Wiles Hospitalized With COVID-19 [rightwingwatch.org]

indirect76 comments on Jun 1, 2021:

I hope he recovers well.

anglophone replies on Jul 22, 2021:

I hope he damned well learns a thing or two, but given his previous history of keeping his biblical head in the biblical sand, I very much doubt that he is capable of learning anything.

The ethics of eating animals.

anglophone comments on Jul 22, 2021:

Humans have evolved to be omnivores. I see introducing ethics into the discussion as being diversionary. However, if you were to raise the topic of animal husbandry, I would give you quite a different response.

anglophone replies on Jul 22, 2021:

@HelenRoseBuck I see your point. Thanks for sharing.

The ethics of eating animals.

HelenRoseBuck comments on Jul 22, 2021:

I visited a chicken farm that took delivery of hatchlings and placed them in expandable pens that were wet to fit just the hatchlings with a small amount of space left over. I was told by the owner they were fed hormones along with the scientifically adjusted diets of grains. The chickens would row ...

anglophone replies on Jul 22, 2021:

The poultry that I keep seem to enjoy my company. Some prefer to eat from the ground, others prefer to eat from my hand. The duck warble and the drakes hiss, and both gender wag their tails in delight when being hand-fed. (Hissing in drakes is *not* aggression. Drakes use quite different signals to indicate aggression, fortunately never aimed at me.)

To the X Christians in the group I still don't get the god-fearing part.

MikeInBatonRouge comments on Jul 22, 2021:

This whole fear of the wrath of god thing is the secret sauce, the key hook for Christianity to trap its followers. Recognizing what a complete oxymoronic impossibility it represents was also key to me escaping my own Pentecostal indoctrination in my late adolescence. I had already figured out ...

anglophone replies on Jul 22, 2021:

Very well said. :)

"Why do guys fixate on penis size?

Buttercup comments on Jul 21, 2021:

Mostly between men, it's about status(jockeying for pole position, you might say) Women get that it's a soft spot and know that penis insults hurt where it counts.

anglophone replies on Jul 22, 2021:

@MsKathleen What a delicious put-down!

It even has sound effects and shakes to simulate lift-off

Willow_Wisp comments on Jul 21, 2021:

I've built a lot of model rockets... seriously I have.

anglophone replies on Jul 21, 2021:

@Willow_Wisp I guessed as much. I once had a water-powered rocket as a small child.

It even has sound effects and shakes to simulate lift-off

Willow_Wisp comments on Jul 21, 2021:

I've built a lot of model rockets... seriously I have.

anglophone replies on Jul 21, 2021:

OMG. What your words provoked in my mind cannot be repeated even in this highly tolerant community.

To the X Christians in the group I still don't get the god-fearing part.

AmyTheBruce comments on Jul 21, 2021:

That term puzzled me, too, during my years in the church. The best explanation that I got was that "fear" was a poor choice of word, and that it should more properly be understood as "deep respect". For what it's worth, I don't actually know if this interpretation holds up linguistically.

anglophone replies on Jul 21, 2021:

"Fear the Lord" thundered the priest from his pulpit, making it plain to all and sundry through his body language that everybody needed to be *terrified* of the Lord.

To the X Christians in the group I still don't get the god-fearing part.

Leetx comments on Jul 21, 2021:

That fear thing I also don't get, along with the "prayer" thing... god is all-knowing, and Omniscient, but you... and your limited knowledge want to pray to it/she/him to change it's mind ? weird and self absorbed if you ask me....

anglophone replies on Jul 21, 2021:

The people who refuse to think this matter through suffer from a crippling cognitive disability.

Theologian: You “Can’t Improve” the Bible.

anglophone comments on Jul 20, 2021:

Poor Owen Strachan is several tiles short of a roof.

anglophone replies on Jul 21, 2021:

@snytiger6 "To be several tiles short of a roof" is a colloquialism that is clearly not used everywhere. To borrow the foundation idea, yes he lacks a rudimentary (=foundational) ability to think.

What evolutionary advantages might there be, if any, of the currently observable level of stupidity ...

Willow_Wisp comments on Jul 21, 2021:

Part of "cool" is ignorance in recent modern culture, and "cool" is always sexy. Consider "The Fonz" and concepts like "interchangeable dumb blonds" or a zombie movie where a girl hears that a hot zombie dude wants to eat her brain responds "I don't mind!" There's nothing quite like going to ...

anglophone replies on Jul 21, 2021:

"stupid became sexy" I can go with that. I also like the rest of your analysis.

One of my very good friends is very angry with me because I do not believe that covid is just a hoax...

JackPedigo comments on Jul 20, 2021:

If you sole your 'soul' you wouldn't be you. Either she get the real you or a fake one.

anglophone replies on Jul 21, 2021:

@Jolanta Go on! I'll offer you two and sixpence for it!