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or when it comes to politics, not.
Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 22, 2024:
Only morons and sexists voted like they had nothing to lose in 2016. The rest of us could see how bad Trump would be.
pedigojr replies on Sep 23, 2024:
And we were not disappointed. Now we are disappointed in all the crazies that still follow him despite all the warning signs.
Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 22, 2024:
Only morons and sexists voted like they had nothing to lose in 2016. The rest of us could see how bad Trump would be.
pedigojr replies on Sep 23, 2024:
And we were not disappointed. Now we are disappointed in all the crazies that still follow him despite all the warning signs.
or when it comes to politics, not.
zeuser comments on Sep 22, 2024:
Funny, not funny.
pedigojr replies on Sep 22, 2024:
Like I said. Still often true.
zeuser comments on Sep 22, 2024:
Funny, not funny.
pedigojr replies on Sep 22, 2024:
Like I said. Still often true.
Zeugma: A zeugma is a figure of speech in which one "governing" word or phrase modifies two distinct...
pamagain comments on Sep 20, 2024:
Let me know when you have it clearer, Jack. Meanwhile..... :-)
pedigojr replies on Sep 21, 2024:
Meanwhile evolution continues to work and writing, reading becomes even more complicated. Add AI to this subject and soon we won't have to understand. Human writers will be obsolete and everything will be perfect!?
pamagain comments on Sep 20, 2024:
Let me know when you have it clearer, Jack. Meanwhile..... :-)
pedigojr replies on Sep 21, 2024:
Meanwhile evolution continues to work and writing, reading becomes even more complicated. Add AI to this subject and soon we won't have to understand. Human writers will be obsolete and everything will be perfect!?
To claim god is good ...
pedigojr comments on Sep 20, 2024:
The huge and oft unthought of or just plain denied issue is what is good? Is it something that benefits one species (humans) at the detriment of other life forms or even the system that supports life on this planet? Also, science has clearly shown emotions are simply chemical reactions within a life...
pedigojr replies on Sep 21, 2024:
@DenoPenno Most people have no idea of this fact. Many, like the speaker of the house, Johnson, continue to claim they were Christians and we're a Christian nation. 250+ years of evolution and we get people like these religious zealots. Apparently evolution is not real as it hasn't worked on some people.
pedigojr comments on Sep 20, 2024:
The huge and oft unthought of or just plain denied issue is what is good? Is it something that benefits one species (humans) at the detriment of other life forms or even the system that supports life on this planet? Also, science has clearly shown emotions are simply chemical reactions within a life...
pedigojr replies on Sep 21, 2024:
@DenoPenno Most people have no idea of this fact. Many, like the speaker of the house, Johnson, continue to claim they were Christians and we're a Christian nation. 250+ years of evolution and we get people like these religious zealots. Apparently evolution is not real as it hasn't worked on some people.
In this day of increasing toxicity and racists rhetoric many new words are added each day.
HippieChick58 comments on Sep 20, 2024:
What I take from that is the home of the incels is the Manosphere. InCel being those men that are involuntarily celibate. IOW, they couldn't get laid if they were visiting death row in a women's prison with a handful of pardons.
pedigojr replies on Sep 21, 2024:
I thought about the reasons of why some men are like that. With the Chinese 1 child law female babies were often aborted leaving an overabundance of males which, as you said, can mean males left without a partner. I think, for some, either their genetics, culture of childhood led to dysfunctions and sane women would want nothing to do with them. My late partner's husband was like that, extreme narcissism, with parents who let the two brothers (his brother was the same) know they weren't wanted plus the cultural tendency for extreme Iranian male paternalism led to undesirables. This, in turn, led to anger which only exacerbated the problem.
HippieChick58 comments on Sep 20, 2024:
What I take from that is the home of the incels is the Manosphere. InCel being those men that are involuntarily celibate. IOW, they couldn't get laid if they were visiting death row in a women's prison with a handful of pardons.
pedigojr replies on Sep 21, 2024:
I thought about the reasons of why some men are like that. With the Chinese 1 child law female babies were often aborted leaving an overabundance of males which, as you said, can mean males left without a partner. I think, for some, either their genetics, culture of childhood led to dysfunctions and sane women would want nothing to do with them. My late partner's husband was like that, extreme narcissism, with parents who let the two brothers (his brother was the same) know they weren't wanted plus the cultural tendency for extreme Iranian male paternalism led to undesirables. This, in turn, led to anger which only exacerbated the problem.
Consanguinity: noun, the fact of being descended from the same ancestor: "the marriage was annulled ...
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2024:
Origin lies in Latin consanguis from con (joined/shared) + sanguis (blood).
pedigojr replies on Sep 21, 2024:
@Marionville One of the things I learned in taking European History (while in Europe) was that all history is complicated and if one wants to get work in the field they must specialize in a particular country and even area. All countries are broken up into regions and each region has it's own historical 'facts' which often counter those of another region. At least Richard was left alone and not dug back up and desecrated which sometimes happens to rulers of the past.
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2024:
Origin lies in Latin consanguis from con (joined/shared) + sanguis (blood).
pedigojr replies on Sep 21, 2024:
@Marionville One of the things I learned in taking European History (while in Europe) was that all history is complicated and if one wants to get work in the field they must specialize in a particular country and even area. All countries are broken up into regions and each region has it's own historical 'facts' which often counter those of another region. At least Richard was left alone and not dug back up and desecrated which sometimes happens to rulers of the past.
Consanguinity: noun, the fact of being descended from the same ancestor: "the marriage was annulled ...
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2024:
Origin lies in Latin consanguis from con (joined/shared) + sanguis (blood).
pedigojr replies on Sep 20, 2024:
@Marionville Oops, went back and reread the item and now see where Henry took the crown after Richard the II. So why was the burial place of Richard hidden for centuries?
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2024:
Origin lies in Latin consanguis from con (joined/shared) + sanguis (blood).
pedigojr replies on Sep 20, 2024:
@Marionville Oops, went back and reread the item and now see where Henry took the crown after Richard the II. So why was the burial place of Richard hidden for centuries?
Atheists to court: It's okay to ban "faith statements" in taxpayer-funded Minnesota program -- ...
pedigojr comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Interesting as just this morning I read that our Governor signed a bill allowing this same program for Washington Schools. I assumed it was for public schools but it seems it can also include private and religious schools. Something we need to look for. This state is extremely liberal as is our ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 20, 2024:
@Aaron70 Of course it's a lie as is the one of wealthy contributing to the welfare of society. Both are lies.
I was the office Records Manager for KPMG (sure you've heard of them). As such I was privy to all the branches, tax, audit and, later, consulting.We had two floors (30 & 31) in a high rise in Seattle. After the fall of Enron we acquired the whole AA group (in Seattle) which doubled our numbers. Later a PBS Frontline report showed many of the actions of KPMG were illegal (I saw our office making up fake companies and issuing things as 'Opinion letters' to dodge tax schemes for the wealthy). The 'Frontline' report said the SEC issue a hefty fine for the company and that having a consulting group presented a conflict of interest for a company devoted to compliance and had to be disbanded.
pedigojr comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Interesting as just this morning I read that our Governor signed a bill allowing this same program for Washington Schools. I assumed it was for public schools but it seems it can also include private and religious schools. Something we need to look for. This state is extremely liberal as is our ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 20, 2024:
@Aaron70 Of course it's a lie as is the one of wealthy contributing to the welfare of society. Both are lies.
I was the office Records Manager for KPMG (sure you've heard of them). As such I was privy to all the branches, tax, audit and, later, consulting.We had two floors (30 & 31) in a high rise in Seattle. After the fall of Enron we acquired the whole AA group (in Seattle) which doubled our numbers. Later a PBS Frontline report showed many of the actions of KPMG were illegal (I saw our office making up fake companies and issuing things as 'Opinion letters' to dodge tax schemes for the wealthy). The 'Frontline' report said the SEC issue a hefty fine for the company and that having a consulting group presented a conflict of interest for a company devoted to compliance and had to be disbanded.
Consanguinity: noun, the fact of being descended from the same ancestor: "the marriage was annulled ...
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2024:
Origin lies in Latin consanguis from con (joined/shared) + sanguis (blood).
pedigojr replies on Sep 20, 2024:
@Marionville I did know of the burial of Henry VII under a parking lot. I can't imagine how this lot could have been created without some knowledge of the burial and even more astounding was it's recovery.
The latest antique road trip is now in Scotland and there are some interesting historical facts like how sword dancing got started. I see the narrow one lane roads we drove on our trip to N. Scotland are ubiquitous throughout the island. In these shows I never see another car coming in the opposite direction. We made harrowing trip along the 'pass of the Cattle' from Inverness to Apple Cross. Most of the time it was not oncoming vehicles but flocks of sheep gathering in the middle of the road. It was both scary and funny.
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2024:
Origin lies in Latin consanguis from con (joined/shared) + sanguis (blood).
pedigojr replies on Sep 20, 2024:
@Marionville I did know of the burial of Henry VII under a parking lot. I can't imagine how this lot could have been created without some knowledge of the burial and even more astounding was it's recovery.
The latest antique road trip is now in Scotland and there are some interesting historical facts like how sword dancing got started. I see the narrow one lane roads we drove on our trip to N. Scotland are ubiquitous throughout the island. In these shows I never see another car coming in the opposite direction. We made harrowing trip along the 'pass of the Cattle' from Inverness to Apple Cross. Most of the time it was not oncoming vehicles but flocks of sheep gathering in the middle of the road. It was both scary and funny.
Consanguinity: noun, the fact of being descended from the same ancestor: "the marriage was annulled ...
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2024:
Origin lies in Latin consanguis from con (joined/shared) + sanguis (blood).
pedigojr replies on Sep 19, 2024:
@Marionville I love to learn little tidbits like this. Interesting, as a good friend in Heidelberg, Malcolm Martindale was from Leicester. We once made a road trip to his famous school, Stoneybrook. He and his brother were sent there as his parents didn't get along. When it came time to attend college he had to take a vow of later becoming a priest. He had too many questions and left. We also visited on (of possibly many) the restaurant where the king knighted the loin of beef and is how sirloin got it's name. I once asked him how to pronounce Leicester and he said simply lester. We would take a annual ferry from Calais to England and load up on Bangers and English Cider. Those were good times.
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2024:
Origin lies in Latin consanguis from con (joined/shared) + sanguis (blood).
pedigojr replies on Sep 19, 2024:
@Marionville I love to learn little tidbits like this. Interesting, as a good friend in Heidelberg, Malcolm Martindale was from Leicester. We once made a road trip to his famous school, Stoneybrook. He and his brother were sent there as his parents didn't get along. When it came time to attend college he had to take a vow of later becoming a priest. He had too many questions and left. We also visited on (of possibly many) the restaurant where the king knighted the loin of beef and is how sirloin got it's name. I once asked him how to pronounce Leicester and he said simply lester. We would take a annual ferry from Calais to England and load up on Bangers and English Cider. Those were good times.
Atheists to court: It's okay to ban "faith statements" in taxpayer-funded Minnesota program -- ...
pedigojr comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Interesting as just this morning I read that our Governor signed a bill allowing this same program for Washington Schools. I assumed it was for public schools but it seems it can also include private and religious schools. Something we need to look for. This state is extremely liberal as is our ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 19, 2024:
@Aaron70 There is another side to trickle down economics and that is the claim from the moneyed class that if their taxes go up than those qualifying for increased taxes will become lower and lower so soon everyone will be paying a higher tax rate.Remember, the moneyed class has lots of money to hire people to spin any argument. I worked for an int'l. accounting firm (in Seattle). The amount of money spent for tax accountants to find loopholes was enormous.
pedigojr comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Interesting as just this morning I read that our Governor signed a bill allowing this same program for Washington Schools. I assumed it was for public schools but it seems it can also include private and religious schools. Something we need to look for. This state is extremely liberal as is our ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 19, 2024:
@Aaron70 There is another side to trickle down economics and that is the claim from the moneyed class that if their taxes go up than those qualifying for increased taxes will become lower and lower so soon everyone will be paying a higher tax rate.Remember, the moneyed class has lots of money to hire people to spin any argument. I worked for an int'l. accounting firm (in Seattle). The amount of money spent for tax accountants to find loopholes was enormous.
Atheists to court: It's okay to ban "faith statements" in taxpayer-funded Minnesota program -- ...
pedigojr comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Interesting as just this morning I read that our Governor signed a bill allowing this same program for Washington Schools. I assumed it was for public schools but it seems it can also include private and religious schools. Something we need to look for. This state is extremely liberal as is our ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 19, 2024:
@Aaron70 I am from the foreign country of Texass (Dallass). I was living in Germany (Heidelberg) and working for the University of Maryland European. To give you an idea of how many of us were living in Europe the Univ. of Md. peak enrollment was in 1989 and, Europe wide, was 133,000 students mostly military, their dependents and civilian workers (like me). That doesn't include thousands of US residents living there because they liked it. If tRump get elected see that number rise exponentially.
pedigojr comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Interesting as just this morning I read that our Governor signed a bill allowing this same program for Washington Schools. I assumed it was for public schools but it seems it can also include private and religious schools. Something we need to look for. This state is extremely liberal as is our ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 19, 2024:
@Aaron70 I am from the foreign country of Texass (Dallass). I was living in Germany (Heidelberg) and working for the University of Maryland European. To give you an idea of how many of us were living in Europe the Univ. of Md. peak enrollment was in 1989 and, Europe wide, was 133,000 students mostly military, their dependents and civilian workers (like me). That doesn't include thousands of US residents living there because they liked it. If tRump get elected see that number rise exponentially.
Consanguinity: noun, the fact of being descended from the same ancestor: "the marriage was annulled ...
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2024:
Origin lies in Latin consanguis from con (joined/shared) + sanguis (blood).
pedigojr replies on Sep 18, 2024:
@Marionville Thank you. The big problem here is when one owns property in a rural place one is responsible for their own property maintenance. It's slowly become an onerous, annual task. Many, at my age, are selling and moving as it's simply too much. Also, despite the heat everywhere else this area has had a cool summer and it seems Fall is already here.
I discovered a BBC show on our PBS called antiques road trip. Couples in older but well known cars travel over the country side checking out antique shops and then vying to see who makes the most of their purchases in an auction. I had nooo idea there were sooo many small towns in England. Some of these towns are really interesting. Bourton on the water https://www.cotswolds.com/plan-your-trip/towns-and-villages/bourton-on-the-water-p670103
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2024:
Origin lies in Latin consanguis from con (joined/shared) + sanguis (blood).
pedigojr replies on Sep 18, 2024:
@Marionville Thank you. The big problem here is when one owns property in a rural place one is responsible for their own property maintenance. It's slowly become an onerous, annual task. Many, at my age, are selling and moving as it's simply too much. Also, despite the heat everywhere else this area has had a cool summer and it seems Fall is already here.
I discovered a BBC show on our PBS called antiques road trip. Couples in older but well known cars travel over the country side checking out antique shops and then vying to see who makes the most of their purchases in an auction. I had nooo idea there were sooo many small towns in England. Some of these towns are really interesting. Bourton on the water https://www.cotswolds.com/plan-your-trip/towns-and-villages/bourton-on-the-water-p670103
Atheists to court: It's okay to ban "faith statements" in taxpayer-funded Minnesota program -- ...
pedigojr comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Interesting as just this morning I read that our Governor signed a bill allowing this same program for Washington Schools. I assumed it was for public schools but it seems it can also include private and religious schools. Something we need to look for. This state is extremely liberal as is our ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 18, 2024:
@Aaron70 At the time of Reagan's running I was living in Europe. Then the dollar was falling in relation to the D. Mark. This and the debacle of the Iranian rescue mission turned many toward Reagan. I now see how wrong that was and how good a president was Carter. Unfortunately, I see many tRump supporters as being just as ignorant and self-serving as we were back then. Being an informed electorate is more critical than many know.
pedigojr comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Interesting as just this morning I read that our Governor signed a bill allowing this same program for Washington Schools. I assumed it was for public schools but it seems it can also include private and religious schools. Something we need to look for. This state is extremely liberal as is our ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 18, 2024:
@Aaron70 At the time of Reagan's running I was living in Europe. Then the dollar was falling in relation to the D. Mark. This and the debacle of the Iranian rescue mission turned many toward Reagan. I now see how wrong that was and how good a president was Carter. Unfortunately, I see many tRump supporters as being just as ignorant and self-serving as we were back then. Being an informed electorate is more critical than many know.
Consanguinity: noun, the fact of being descended from the same ancestor: "the marriage was annulled ...
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2024:
Origin lies in Latin consanguis from con (joined/shared) + sanguis (blood).
pedigojr replies on Sep 18, 2024:
Thank you. I hadn't seen you in a while and was starting to get a bit worried. Glad you're still here.
I have come to realize reading, especially those authors with a wide vocabulary can enhance ones own vocabulary. My mother was an addicted murder mystery reader and would read at least a couple every day. She became a walking dictionary. We kids often wondered how mom got so smart. Now I know.
Marionville comments on Sep 18, 2024:
Origin lies in Latin consanguis from con (joined/shared) + sanguis (blood).
pedigojr replies on Sep 18, 2024:
Thank you. I hadn't seen you in a while and was starting to get a bit worried. Glad you're still here.
I have come to realize reading, especially those authors with a wide vocabulary can enhance ones own vocabulary. My mother was an addicted murder mystery reader and would read at least a couple every day. She became a walking dictionary. We kids often wondered how mom got so smart. Now I know.
I have been harping on this for some time yet few understand or are even paying attention.
racocn8 comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Unless and until corruption is seen to be on par with any other foe, no honor/integrity can prevail.
pedigojr replies on Sep 18, 2024:
I look for other things than blaming evil people. The UN, like any huge organization, needs funding, and a lot comes from corporations who also want to control the conversations. When ZPG (which had been one of the first environmental groups and was evidence based and respected) got a new Director the issue was funding. The new director tried to woo such wealthy people as Ted Turner (who was married to Jane Fonda at the time). All of a sudden the name got changed (Population Connection) which only advocated for family planning and immigration was removed from the population growth equation. PBS had a report (I have a copy) that said some anonymous donor (implied corporations) gave $100 M to ZPG and the Sierra Club to get rid of any talk of immigration and they did. We talk about how bean counters are taking over the country and stock options and investments have become sacrosanct. However, may retirees (I was once one of those) fund their retirement on investments. In the end we are all culpable to the breakdowns in our society due to money needs/wants.
racocn8 comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Unless and until corruption is seen to be on par with any other foe, no honor/integrity can prevail.
pedigojr replies on Sep 18, 2024:
I look for other things than blaming evil people. The UN, like any huge organization, needs funding, and a lot comes from corporations who also want to control the conversations. When ZPG (which had been one of the first environmental groups and was evidence based and respected) got a new Director the issue was funding. The new director tried to woo such wealthy people as Ted Turner (who was married to Jane Fonda at the time). All of a sudden the name got changed (Population Connection) which only advocated for family planning and immigration was removed from the population growth equation. PBS had a report (I have a copy) that said some anonymous donor (implied corporations) gave $100 M to ZPG and the Sierra Club to get rid of any talk of immigration and they did. We talk about how bean counters are taking over the country and stock options and investments have become sacrosanct. However, may retirees (I was once one of those) fund their retirement on investments. In the end we are all culpable to the breakdowns in our society due to money needs/wants.
Atheists to court: It's okay to ban "faith statements" in taxpayer-funded Minnesota program -- ...
pedigojr comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Interesting as just this morning I read that our Governor signed a bill allowing this same program for Washington Schools. I assumed it was for public schools but it seems it can also include private and religious schools. Something we need to look for. This state is extremely liberal as is our ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 18, 2024:
@DenoPenno All these politicians seem to want is to get rid of government expenses. They talk about the Demos. constant taxing and spending whereas they give the ultra-wealthy big tax breaks and then complain about the deficit. Problem is, under the Republicans tax breaks the deficit goes up and under the Demos. it goes down. Just like tRump, it's not about the country but themselves. I'm starting to see money is like a drug. The more of it the more one can become addicted and go around in a stupor not seeing reality as it is.
pedigojr comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Interesting as just this morning I read that our Governor signed a bill allowing this same program for Washington Schools. I assumed it was for public schools but it seems it can also include private and religious schools. Something we need to look for. This state is extremely liberal as is our ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 18, 2024:
@DenoPenno All these politicians seem to want is to get rid of government expenses. They talk about the Demos. constant taxing and spending whereas they give the ultra-wealthy big tax breaks and then complain about the deficit. Problem is, under the Republicans tax breaks the deficit goes up and under the Demos. it goes down. Just like tRump, it's not about the country but themselves. I'm starting to see money is like a drug. The more of it the more one can become addicted and go around in a stupor not seeing reality as it is.
We think SCROTUS has become nutty.
Organist1 comments on Sep 16, 2024:
That really stinks! Sounds like false advertising to me. If they marketed them as "semi-boneless," there'd be no problem.
pedigojr replies on Sep 17, 2024:
Maybe the Ohio supreme court should also be labeled as 'boneless.'
Organist1 comments on Sep 16, 2024:
That really stinks! Sounds like false advertising to me. If they marketed them as "semi-boneless," there'd be no problem.
pedigojr replies on Sep 17, 2024:
Maybe the Ohio supreme court should also be labeled as 'boneless.'
A church in Kansas (of course) is showing its true colors and it’s actually drawing new members.
Flyingsaucesir comments on Sep 16, 2024:
Well that's fine, but they can't legitimately claim to be a Christian church. Jesus would not have been into guns. Something about loving thy neighbor, and turning the other cheek...
pedigojr replies on Sep 17, 2024:
And yet people following such groups seem to have (conveniently) forgotten what the basis of said organization once was.
Flyingsaucesir comments on Sep 16, 2024:
Well that's fine, but they can't legitimately claim to be a Christian church. Jesus would not have been into guns. Something about loving thy neighbor, and turning the other cheek...
pedigojr replies on Sep 17, 2024:
And yet people following such groups seem to have (conveniently) forgotten what the basis of said organization once was.
A church in Kansas (of course) is showing its true colors and it’s actually drawing new members.
Fernapple comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Too much money. They would not be able to afford the gifts, if they had to pay proper taxes.
But it is in the church tradition, after all the early church got a lot of members just by giving away bread and wine. Since in the early days it was probably real bread and wine, not a wafer and a sip ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 17, 2024:
Interesting idea. If a weapon is bought by a religious group can it get the weapon tax free!?
Fernapple comments on Sep 17, 2024:
Too much money. They would not be able to afford the gifts, if they had to pay proper taxes.
But it is in the church tradition, after all the early church got a lot of members just by giving away bread and wine. Since in the early days it was probably real bread and wine, not a wafer and a sip ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 17, 2024:
Interesting idea. If a weapon is bought by a religious group can it get the weapon tax free!?
A two-fer which I used to do.
HippieChick58 comments on Sep 15, 2024:
I don't find any connections to cats in these articles, though I am sure I ingest plenty of cat hair living with two fur balls. The compulsion to eat hair is unusual, but I've read about it off and on over the years. I have read that some folks actually go bald due to that illness.
pedigojr replies on Sep 16, 2024:
@HippieChick58 I agree. At one time a former partner and I had 3 cats. Each had it's own identity and personality and seldom was there a problem. One cat was highly intelligent and he always amazed us at his antics. We named him Cosmo (Cosmic kitty - after the Seinfeld character) due to his escapades. The first one was with his buddy, Max. He came up with a way to watch what was going on by climbing up the back of clothing hanging in a closet. He liked water and would chase water from a hose. A third cat was an Abyssinian female. She was seemingly aloof from the other two but once we caught her following Cosmo as he walked around the block. She was keeping an eye on him. She was named Aspro - Greek for white. Just a few of his antics. I miss those cats.
HippieChick58 comments on Sep 15, 2024:
I don't find any connections to cats in these articles, though I am sure I ingest plenty of cat hair living with two fur balls. The compulsion to eat hair is unusual, but I've read about it off and on over the years. I have read that some folks actually go bald due to that illness.
pedigojr replies on Sep 16, 2024:
@HippieChick58 I agree. At one time a former partner and I had 3 cats. Each had it's own identity and personality and seldom was there a problem. One cat was highly intelligent and he always amazed us at his antics. We named him Cosmo (Cosmic kitty - after the Seinfeld character) due to his escapades. The first one was with his buddy, Max. He came up with a way to watch what was going on by climbing up the back of clothing hanging in a closet. He liked water and would chase water from a hose. A third cat was an Abyssinian female. She was seemingly aloof from the other two but once we caught her following Cosmo as he walked around the block. She was keeping an eye on him. She was named Aspro - Greek for white. Just a few of his antics. I miss those cats.
A two-fer which I used to do.
HippieChick58 comments on Sep 15, 2024:
I don't find any connections to cats in these articles, though I am sure I ingest plenty of cat hair living with two fur balls. The compulsion to eat hair is unusual, but I've read about it off and on over the years. I have read that some folks actually go bald due to that illness.
pedigojr replies on Sep 16, 2024:
There was no direct connection to cats. It was a slam on Vance. I'm adding a political cartoon with another, but different, reference to cats. BTW, we grew up with cats and dogs and I prefer cats. They are more independent and often don't run away.
HippieChick58 comments on Sep 15, 2024:
I don't find any connections to cats in these articles, though I am sure I ingest plenty of cat hair living with two fur balls. The compulsion to eat hair is unusual, but I've read about it off and on over the years. I have read that some folks actually go bald due to that illness.
pedigojr replies on Sep 16, 2024:
There was no direct connection to cats. It was a slam on Vance. I'm adding a political cartoon with another, but different, reference to cats. BTW, we grew up with cats and dogs and I prefer cats. They are more independent and often don't run away.
All she had to do was let him talk.
pamagain comments on Sep 14, 2024:
He's pathetic. Wish I had a giant ERASER....
pedigojr replies on Sep 15, 2024:
I and hopefully others will counter this with as many Kamala/Walz signs as possible. This is not who we are!
pamagain comments on Sep 14, 2024:
He's pathetic. Wish I had a giant ERASER....
pedigojr replies on Sep 15, 2024:
I and hopefully others will counter this with as many Kamala/Walz signs as possible. This is not who we are!
All she had to do was let him talk.
pedigojr comments on Sep 14, 2024:
The orange doofus can't not bear to have anyone think of him as a loser (which he is in a big way). He is, of course, going around telling others he won (just like the election he supposedly won). What's a real mystery to me is why do so many people follow this clearly insane person. I've mentioned ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 15, 2024:
@Barnie2years But being the hypocrites they are will go after those that disagree. This guy did and destroyed a row of BLM signs with a thresher and went after two people who tried to stop him. He was arrested and tried and only got 2 weeks. There was a condition that he would stay out of trouble or back to jail for a long sentence. He has always been a troublemaker but is keeping low now. We live in a county that believes in rehabilitation (even for those that are totally incorrigible.
pedigojr comments on Sep 14, 2024:
The orange doofus can't not bear to have anyone think of him as a loser (which he is in a big way). He is, of course, going around telling others he won (just like the election he supposedly won). What's a real mystery to me is why do so many people follow this clearly insane person. I've mentioned ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 15, 2024:
@Barnie2years But being the hypocrites they are will go after those that disagree. This guy did and destroyed a row of BLM signs with a thresher and went after two people who tried to stop him. He was arrested and tried and only got 2 weeks. There was a condition that he would stay out of trouble or back to jail for a long sentence. He has always been a troublemaker but is keeping low now. We live in a county that believes in rehabilitation (even for those that are totally incorrigible.
Will Taylor Swift's Harris endorsement influence the U.S. election?
silverotter11 comments on Sep 15, 2024:
Great cartoon! Sadly many may not get the reference - no matter. It will all come down to will the Swifties actually make it to the polls to cast a ballot particularly in the swing states. The down ballot positions for the Senate and Congress are now equally important.
pedigojr replies on Sep 15, 2024:
According to the latest report *"Swift’s Instagram Story linked to the U.S. government’s Vote.gov, driving more than 400,000 visitors to the voter-information site i a 24-hour period."*
silverotter11 comments on Sep 15, 2024:
Great cartoon! Sadly many may not get the reference - no matter. It will all come down to will the Swifties actually make it to the polls to cast a ballot particularly in the swing states. The down ballot positions for the Senate and Congress are now equally important.
pedigojr replies on Sep 15, 2024:
According to the latest report *"Swift’s Instagram Story linked to the U.S. government’s Vote.gov, driving more than 400,000 visitors to the voter-information site i a 24-hour period."*
"Death is but a transition.
pedigojr comments on Sep 10, 2024:
If that is so what is birth? Is it also a transition? Will death go back to where one one before one was born? When I see all the horrors I might have missed before I was born I'm glad I wasn't around then. I also can foresee future horrors and will be glad I'm no longer around, I hope.
pedigojr replies on Sep 14, 2024:
@Julie808 But not with those being born. Very few even remember any time within the first couple of years of their lives. SO it's really about glimmer in ones eye!? Oh, as for the screaming this did not happen with my daughters birth and she tells me it also did not happen when her half sister was born. The Okie doctor told her (just before cutting her) "gee ma'am, you'd make a good brood mare.
pedigojr comments on Sep 10, 2024:
If that is so what is birth? Is it also a transition? Will death go back to where one one before one was born? When I see all the horrors I might have missed before I was born I'm glad I wasn't around then. I also can foresee future horrors and will be glad I'm no longer around, I hope.
pedigojr replies on Sep 14, 2024:
@Julie808 But not with those being born. Very few even remember any time within the first couple of years of their lives. SO it's really about glimmer in ones eye!? Oh, as for the screaming this did not happen with my daughters birth and she tells me it also did not happen when her half sister was born. The Okie doctor told her (just before cutting her) "gee ma'am, you'd make a good brood mare.
I did not watch the debate as I can’t stand to hear or see the onus orange one.
Julie808 comments on Sep 12, 2024:
I watched the entire debate, and it was actually fun entertainment! I just watched Harris' facial expressions while Trump was talking. Not all men deserve to be skewered like that, but he does! It was fun to watch and I'm actually disappointed we won't have another debate, where she could ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 14, 2024:
@Julie808 I sent Hippychick a picture of our local idiot who had such a sign (reason we took a side road in order to save you the pain of seeing such a sign. This is not who we are. This sign was also 2020 but after the debate he changed it to 2024. Billboard are illegal here but he found a loophole where his shed allowed him to advertise.
Julie808 comments on Sep 12, 2024:
I watched the entire debate, and it was actually fun entertainment! I just watched Harris' facial expressions while Trump was talking. Not all men deserve to be skewered like that, but he does! It was fun to watch and I'm actually disappointed we won't have another debate, where she could ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 14, 2024:
@Julie808 I sent Hippychick a picture of our local idiot who had such a sign (reason we took a side road in order to save you the pain of seeing such a sign. This is not who we are. This sign was also 2020 but after the debate he changed it to 2024. Billboard are illegal here but he found a loophole where his shed allowed him to advertise.
Stupid Olympics.
puff comments on Sep 11, 2024:
Censorship does not make a level playing field.
Stupid is believing the covid medicine deserves the high status of being classed a vaccine.
pedigojr replies on Sep 14, 2024:
@puff And yet 'some' people get to pick and choose what's real and what's not. Problem is their dumb choices affect other's health and even lives.
puff comments on Sep 11, 2024:
Censorship does not make a level playing field.
Stupid is believing the covid medicine deserves the high status of being classed a vaccine.
pedigojr replies on Sep 14, 2024:
@puff And yet 'some' people get to pick and choose what's real and what's not. Problem is their dumb choices affect other's health and even lives.
Dolly Parton Quotes Jesus and Becomes MAGA Enemy
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Castlepaloma comments on Sep 13, 2024:
Are not extreme left and right crazy or insane.?
Go for live and let live.No harm involved, Just don't Mandate it on my taxes. Complete Transsexuals surgery average cost is $250,000 . Whats the point when the balance of female are at 50% let them pay for it. . Trans pussy are not the same, from ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 14, 2024:
What about trans dicks? Even though you pay a lot higher taxes in Canada than we do here (which most US taxpayers don't know) you also get a lot more benefits. Trans surgeries comes under the national health plan which, officially, we do not have. So instead of bitching about your taxes you should be happy at what you get in return (like sane gun laws).
Castlepaloma comments on Sep 13, 2024:
Are not extreme left and right crazy or insane.?
Go for live and let live.No harm involved, Just don't Mandate it on my taxes. Complete Transsexuals surgery average cost is $250,000 . Whats the point when the balance of female are at 50% let them pay for it. . Trans pussy are not the same, from ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 14, 2024:
What about trans dicks? Even though you pay a lot higher taxes in Canada than we do here (which most US taxpayers don't know) you also get a lot more benefits. Trans surgeries comes under the national health plan which, officially, we do not have. So instead of bitching about your taxes you should be happy at what you get in return (like sane gun laws).
[axios.
racocn8 comments on Sep 13, 2024:
The extent to which a debate is entertaining should not be the yardstick for selecting someone for the most important job on the planet. Trump is an entertainer, and he entertains even when he loses. The bigliest problem we have is that half the population think government doesn't matter so putting ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 14, 2024:
A large number are simply clueless. The latest polling showed some of those, fence sitters, are giving the election a 2nd thought and some have even changed their direction. No matter how stupid one is one eventually gets tired of the same old crap, over and over ad infinitum.
racocn8 comments on Sep 13, 2024:
The extent to which a debate is entertaining should not be the yardstick for selecting someone for the most important job on the planet. Trump is an entertainer, and he entertains even when he loses. The bigliest problem we have is that half the population think government doesn't matter so putting ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 14, 2024:
A large number are simply clueless. The latest polling showed some of those, fence sitters, are giving the election a 2nd thought and some have even changed their direction. No matter how stupid one is one eventually gets tired of the same old crap, over and over ad infinitum.
"Death is but a transition.
pedigojr comments on Sep 10, 2024:
If that is so what is birth? Is it also a transition? Will death go back to where one one before one was born? When I see all the horrors I might have missed before I was born I'm glad I wasn't around then. I also can foresee future horrors and will be glad I'm no longer around, I hope.
pedigojr replies on Sep 12, 2024:
@LenHazell53 What it makes them is clueless (which many would prefer to being 'enlightened' to whats going in in the world). I've asked myself, if there were no limits on births than the universe could probably bear an infinite no. of humans. The problem is if we supposedly have no death will we outlive the present universe?
pedigojr comments on Sep 10, 2024:
If that is so what is birth? Is it also a transition? Will death go back to where one one before one was born? When I see all the horrors I might have missed before I was born I'm glad I wasn't around then. I also can foresee future horrors and will be glad I'm no longer around, I hope.
pedigojr replies on Sep 12, 2024:
@LenHazell53 What it makes them is clueless (which many would prefer to being 'enlightened' to whats going in in the world). I've asked myself, if there were no limits on births than the universe could probably bear an infinite no. of humans. The problem is if we supposedly have no death will we outlive the present universe?
Evangelical writer faces backlash after saying public schools might be worthwhile -- FRiendly ...
annewimsey500 comments on Sep 12, 2024:
The decline in how our system works and how to work within in it began when Civics ceased to be taught and accelerated when tax dollars could be used for religious schools.
pedigojr replies on Sep 12, 2024:
So far the paying for private religious schools is a hard sell in many areas. In today's "Freethought Today' were a couple of articles in Oklahoma and Lousyana about such a move being stopped. Charter schools are another matter as many are not religious in nature.
I agree with you on things like civics (people have not learned how to do basic voting which is a huge problem. I know I worked in a polling station for 5 years before we went to mail-in ballots. The questions we were asked were really stupid.
annewimsey500 comments on Sep 12, 2024:
The decline in how our system works and how to work within in it began when Civics ceased to be taught and accelerated when tax dollars could be used for religious schools.
pedigojr replies on Sep 12, 2024:
So far the paying for private religious schools is a hard sell in many areas. In today's "Freethought Today' were a couple of articles in Oklahoma and Lousyana about such a move being stopped. Charter schools are another matter as many are not religious in nature.
I agree with you on things like civics (people have not learned how to do basic voting which is a huge problem. I know I worked in a polling station for 5 years before we went to mail-in ballots. The questions we were asked were really stupid.
Stupid Olympics.
puff comments on Sep 11, 2024:
Censorship does not make a level playing field.
Stupid is believing the covid medicine deserves the high status of being classed a vaccine.
pedigojr replies on Sep 12, 2024:
@puff Problem is for the human race of 2024 acquiring 'herd' immunity for 8+ billion of us and a never ending increasing of deadly virus is to mean the deaths of millions if not billions (this is as nature has intended to balance species especially one as destructive and invasive as we are. Without vaccines most of us would not be alive today. Some are aware of this but some are still clueless. So, if a child or close relative of yours is confronting a deadly disease would you be willing to forgo any treatment simply because it's not natural? Here we are, on this site, condemning those religious nuts who will not medially treat a child because it's not of (a) gods plan yet do the same when we rail against the latest medical intervention! This sort of thing, to me, seems hypocritical.
puff comments on Sep 11, 2024:
Censorship does not make a level playing field.
Stupid is believing the covid medicine deserves the high status of being classed a vaccine.
pedigojr replies on Sep 12, 2024:
@puff Problem is for the human race of 2024 acquiring 'herd' immunity for 8+ billion of us and a never ending increasing of deadly virus is to mean the deaths of millions if not billions (this is as nature has intended to balance species especially one as destructive and invasive as we are. Without vaccines most of us would not be alive today. Some are aware of this but some are still clueless. So, if a child or close relative of yours is confronting a deadly disease would you be willing to forgo any treatment simply because it's not natural? Here we are, on this site, condemning those religious nuts who will not medially treat a child because it's not of (a) gods plan yet do the same when we rail against the latest medical intervention! This sort of thing, to me, seems hypocritical.
Stupid Olympics.
Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 11, 2024:
Yeah, they’re stupid alright.
pedigojr replies on Sep 11, 2024:
And, unfortunately they can and do affect others. These are the weak links in our society.
Killtheskyfairy comments on Sep 11, 2024:
Yeah, they’re stupid alright.
pedigojr replies on Sep 11, 2024:
And, unfortunately they can and do affect others. These are the weak links in our society.
Google and Apple Face Billions in Penalties After Losing E.U. Appeals
DenoPenno comments on Sep 10, 2024:
I do believe that Google has monopolized search and search procedures within their platform. I can hardly use them with any accuracy today at all, and I resent that. Seems they are being paid to put certain results up front before you actually see what you have searched for. As for the Apple ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 11, 2024:
@David1955 Competition is needed for a real company to gain public trust. The bean counter and monopolistic idea has been around and even take over but some presidents, T. Roosevelt have fought against this idea. Most true business people understand what monopolies do to a nations economy and its citizens.
DenoPenno comments on Sep 10, 2024:
I do believe that Google has monopolized search and search procedures within their platform. I can hardly use them with any accuracy today at all, and I resent that. Seems they are being paid to put certain results up front before you actually see what you have searched for. As for the Apple ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 11, 2024:
@David1955 Competition is needed for a real company to gain public trust. The bean counter and monopolistic idea has been around and even take over but some presidents, T. Roosevelt have fought against this idea. Most true business people understand what monopolies do to a nations economy and its citizens.
Oh goody more gloom and doom.
Druvius comments on Sep 10, 2024:
Why our civilization is tanking illustrated. A man who has zero qualifications in history or futurism is given a voice by the media as if a man's utterly unqualified opinion is suddenly valuable because he's rich.
pedigojr replies on Sep 11, 2024:
Right now a major industry in our area, Boeing, has been a target for a lot of criticism. When the company bought our Douglas Aircraft Boeing adopted the other companies idea of having bean counters (not a single engineer) in the board. Boeing also relocated first to Chicago and then the D.C area. Because of 2 deadly crashes and a lot of other ills has cause Boeing's stock to also crash. Now a new CEO has promised to return the company to the Seattle area and work on helping the employees have more say in the product they are building.
Druvius comments on Sep 10, 2024:
Why our civilization is tanking illustrated. A man who has zero qualifications in history or futurism is given a voice by the media as if a man's utterly unqualified opinion is suddenly valuable because he's rich.
pedigojr replies on Sep 11, 2024:
Right now a major industry in our area, Boeing, has been a target for a lot of criticism. When the company bought our Douglas Aircraft Boeing adopted the other companies idea of having bean counters (not a single engineer) in the board. Boeing also relocated first to Chicago and then the D.C area. Because of 2 deadly crashes and a lot of other ills has cause Boeing's stock to also crash. Now a new CEO has promised to return the company to the Seattle area and work on helping the employees have more say in the product they are building.
Google and Apple Face Billions in Penalties After Losing E.U. Appeals
DenoPenno comments on Sep 10, 2024:
I do believe that Google has monopolized search and search procedures within their platform. I can hardly use them with any accuracy today at all, and I resent that. Seems they are being paid to put certain results up front before you actually see what you have searched for. As for the Apple ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 10, 2024:
Whatever happened to the concept of competition being a prime driver of the economy? Seems the more money one has the more one is able to circumvent the rules. I recently read that many Tesla or would-be Tesla owners are either giving up their cars of not buying them. A lot is due to the extremism of Musk but a lot is because other manufacturers have come out with electric cars that are either better and/or cheaper. I personally find them ugly most especially the horrible looking truck.
DenoPenno comments on Sep 10, 2024:
I do believe that Google has monopolized search and search procedures within their platform. I can hardly use them with any accuracy today at all, and I resent that. Seems they are being paid to put certain results up front before you actually see what you have searched for. As for the Apple ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 10, 2024:
Whatever happened to the concept of competition being a prime driver of the economy? Seems the more money one has the more one is able to circumvent the rules. I recently read that many Tesla or would-be Tesla owners are either giving up their cars of not buying them. A lot is due to the extremism of Musk but a lot is because other manufacturers have come out with electric cars that are either better and/or cheaper. I personally find them ugly most especially the horrible looking truck.
"Death is but a transition.
DenoPenno comments on Sep 9, 2024:
I think the meme is priceless in that it speaks a basic truth that should apply to all of us and everything else that exists. Using it and going with it should bring contentment to many of us. The problems I have is that whether the dead are buried or cremated it seems to me that they did not go ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 10, 2024:
I think for some of us, the one thing we want to avoid is to have our death actually contribute to further problems with using valuable resources here on Earth.
DenoPenno comments on Sep 9, 2024:
I think the meme is priceless in that it speaks a basic truth that should apply to all of us and everything else that exists. Using it and going with it should bring contentment to many of us. The problems I have is that whether the dead are buried or cremated it seems to me that they did not go ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 10, 2024:
I think for some of us, the one thing we want to avoid is to have our death actually contribute to further problems with using valuable resources here on Earth.
"Death is but a transition.
Ryo1 comments on Sep 9, 2024:
It's fair enough that those who are left behind fondly remember their loved ones after they passed away. Meanwhile, many people want to be remembered after they die, don't they? Why do you think that is? Do you want to be remembered after you're gone? I'm just wondering.
pedigojr replies on Sep 10, 2024:
I seriously doubt my late partner even cared. From early on she was taught to question everything (from her illiterate, Moslem mother). She was told she was like her maternal grandfather who stood out as a sort of questioner and trouble maker. From an early age she realized religion was silly and couldn't understand how people believed all this crap. At the same time she understood the life/death connection. She never wanted anyone to bring attention to her (she had to do this herself) and this included after her death which turned out to be an ideal death and she appreciated the gift she was given up to the very end. She gave her body to the will body program and being able to help with research was the only attention she wanted.
Ryo1 comments on Sep 9, 2024:
It's fair enough that those who are left behind fondly remember their loved ones after they passed away. Meanwhile, many people want to be remembered after they die, don't they? Why do you think that is? Do you want to be remembered after you're gone? I'm just wondering.
pedigojr replies on Sep 10, 2024:
I seriously doubt my late partner even cared. From early on she was taught to question everything (from her illiterate, Moslem mother). She was told she was like her maternal grandfather who stood out as a sort of questioner and trouble maker. From an early age she realized religion was silly and couldn't understand how people believed all this crap. At the same time she understood the life/death connection. She never wanted anyone to bring attention to her (she had to do this herself) and this included after her death which turned out to be an ideal death and she appreciated the gift she was given up to the very end. She gave her body to the will body program and being able to help with research was the only attention she wanted.
When I first returned to Seattle at the end of 1989 I discovered a funny local program called ...
silverotter11 comments on Sep 1, 2024:
I was living in Seattle at that time, actually had TV but never saw this show! Mostly the TV was for watching movies, my SO had bought this huge TV and enjoyed movies and I sometimes played Nintendo but otherwise didn't watch TV.
I recognized the images that flashed by, sure do miss Seattle. I ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 8, 2024:
@silverotter11 Interesting as I know (or knew) the studio. It had a walk in kiln. My 2nd partner was into ceramics and went there often. The CC also had a pool. I had seen other streets were put on a 'road diet.' This is where 3 or four lanes were turned to two with a center lane for turning. After we left a large portion of 35th Ave SW was made into such a street which lowered the speed and some noise from the street. The speed limit was 25mph but almost no one followed that. The street had gotten into such a sad state of repair I often took another street (Delridge) to avoid it.
Just for fun let me post some photos of my old house. The first one shows the Palm and next to that is a Plum, I also planted and the 2nd shows the Monkey Puzzle tree I planted (it was about 4' then). Just behind that (to the left) s a Eucalyptus and that enormous tree is a Bay Laurel. I had no ideal it could get that big. When I pruned the whole area smelled of Bay. You can see the Palm in the background.
silverotter11 comments on Sep 1, 2024:
I was living in Seattle at that time, actually had TV but never saw this show! Mostly the TV was for watching movies, my SO had bought this huge TV and enjoyed movies and I sometimes played Nintendo but otherwise didn't watch TV.
I recognized the images that flashed by, sure do miss Seattle. I ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 8, 2024:
@silverotter11 Interesting as I know (or knew) the studio. It had a walk in kiln. My 2nd partner was into ceramics and went there often. The CC also had a pool. I had seen other streets were put on a 'road diet.' This is where 3 or four lanes were turned to two with a center lane for turning. After we left a large portion of 35th Ave SW was made into such a street which lowered the speed and some noise from the street. The speed limit was 25mph but almost no one followed that. The street had gotten into such a sad state of repair I often took another street (Delridge) to avoid it.
Just for fun let me post some photos of my old house. The first one shows the Palm and next to that is a Plum, I also planted and the 2nd shows the Monkey Puzzle tree I planted (it was about 4' then). Just behind that (to the left) s a Eucalyptus and that enormous tree is a Bay Laurel. I had no ideal it could get that big. When I pruned the whole area smelled of Bay. You can see the Palm in the background.
I put this here as population demographics (despite some people’s denial of this fact) is a ...
pamagain comments on Sep 3, 2024:
And what will happen when the folks in the Florida Keys and other offshore islands, low-lying land along coasts, etc are banging on the doors here because their homes are underwater? They're US...where do we put them? Forget tribalism...where will we put our families?
pedigojr replies on Sep 8, 2024:
@pamagain No one knows what will happen in the future. However, some of us try to look ahead and mitigate any future problems. When one moves to an area that has a history of storms the onus is on them. We should not be responsible for others failings. Yes, bad things can and do happen to people who try and plan ahead. A recent case you are describing was the fires in California where hundreds were left homeless. The way I see it we are responsible for our own citizens not the rest of the world. Taking in millions (the number is approx 2 million a year) of people from other countries will only make things harder for us. Most of us agree we should not be the worlds policeman but, we must also not be the world's social workers. We have enough problems at home.
pamagain comments on Sep 3, 2024:
And what will happen when the folks in the Florida Keys and other offshore islands, low-lying land along coasts, etc are banging on the doors here because their homes are underwater? They're US...where do we put them? Forget tribalism...where will we put our families?
pedigojr replies on Sep 8, 2024:
@pamagain No one knows what will happen in the future. However, some of us try to look ahead and mitigate any future problems. When one moves to an area that has a history of storms the onus is on them. We should not be responsible for others failings. Yes, bad things can and do happen to people who try and plan ahead. A recent case you are describing was the fires in California where hundreds were left homeless. The way I see it we are responsible for our own citizens not the rest of the world. Taking in millions (the number is approx 2 million a year) of people from other countries will only make things harder for us. Most of us agree we should not be the worlds policeman but, we must also not be the world's social workers. We have enough problems at home.
A scary word for ‘some’ so-called men – Vasectomies.
racocn8 comments on Sep 7, 2024:
Can we focus on giving vasectomies to teens with malignant narcissism? (Or the religious)
pedigojr replies on Sep 8, 2024:
Might be some pushback on that. It would be good to try and control the hyper testosterone driven males until they reach maturity (whenever that is). One Sheriff in a small town was asked how he would reduce crime in his area. He said to lock up all males until they were 35.
I had a younger brother who was always getting into petty crimes. When he was in his 60's (he went on to become a lawyer) I asked him why he did all the things he did. He told me he asks himself that all the time. He just doesn't know, he just did. Who knows maybe excess testosterone turns males into zombies.
racocn8 comments on Sep 7, 2024:
Can we focus on giving vasectomies to teens with malignant narcissism? (Or the religious)
pedigojr replies on Sep 8, 2024:
Might be some pushback on that. It would be good to try and control the hyper testosterone driven males until they reach maturity (whenever that is). One Sheriff in a small town was asked how he would reduce crime in his area. He said to lock up all males until they were 35.
I had a younger brother who was always getting into petty crimes. When he was in his 60's (he went on to become a lawyer) I asked him why he did all the things he did. He told me he asks himself that all the time. He just doesn't know, he just did. Who knows maybe excess testosterone turns males into zombies.
I put this here as population demographics (despite some people’s denial of this fact) is a ...
pamagain comments on Sep 3, 2024:
And what will happen when the folks in the Florida Keys and other offshore islands, low-lying land along coasts, etc are banging on the doors here because their homes are underwater? They're US...where do we put them? Forget tribalism...where will we put our families?
pedigojr replies on Sep 7, 2024:
Cause and effect and it will only get worse as our population continues to rise exponentially. All our environmental issues are anthropogenic. Funny thing is, because of rising home prices the areas most impacted by CC are those areas people often move to.
pamagain comments on Sep 3, 2024:
And what will happen when the folks in the Florida Keys and other offshore islands, low-lying land along coasts, etc are banging on the doors here because their homes are underwater? They're US...where do we put them? Forget tribalism...where will we put our families?
pedigojr replies on Sep 7, 2024:
Cause and effect and it will only get worse as our population continues to rise exponentially. All our environmental issues are anthropogenic. Funny thing is, because of rising home prices the areas most impacted by CC are those areas people often move to.
I put this here as population demographics (despite some people’s denial of this fact) is a ...
puff comments on Sep 3, 2024:
Not quite regarding Australia. The British declared us "terra nullius" which means unoccupied land. They denied Australian Aboriginals were people. There was no treaty. The year of my birth, 1967, was when Aboriginal people were allowed to vote and stopped being counted on the wildlife list ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 7, 2024:
You should be able to if people got it into their heads all these things are because of unplanned population growth.
puff comments on Sep 3, 2024:
Not quite regarding Australia. The British declared us "terra nullius" which means unoccupied land. They denied Australian Aboriginals were people. There was no treaty. The year of my birth, 1967, was when Aboriginal people were allowed to vote and stopped being counted on the wildlife list ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 7, 2024:
You should be able to if people got it into their heads all these things are because of unplanned population growth.
When I first returned to Seattle at the end of 1989 I discovered a funny local program called ...
silverotter11 comments on Sep 1, 2024:
I was living in Seattle at that time, actually had TV but never saw this show! Mostly the TV was for watching movies, my SO had bought this huge TV and enjoyed movies and I sometimes played Nintendo but otherwise didn't watch TV.
I recognized the images that flashed by, sure do miss Seattle. I ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 7, 2024:
@silverotter11 Seems we do have different tastes in shows (I really like the British Crimi series especially when it is about a member of the clergy losing his faith because of being in the real world.
I do remember the Globe even though I first returned in 1989. The PI was my go to paper and, for a while, it was online. I don't know about now. I worked downtown (2 Union Sq.) and spent a lot of time at the market. Things were different then. I just returned for a couple of days, to visit a HS friend who had cancer and was finalizing his Chemo treatment (the cancer is gone and he's slowly getting back to normal. He lives in Arbor Heights (better known as Cardboard Heights). Getting to hie place I had to travel along 35th (where I lived). The roads are terrible. I mentioned to him that not a single road on any of these islands are as bad as 35th Ave. SW. When I went past my old house I was floored (as a good thing) at what I saw. Some of the trees I had planted (including a Palm, Monkey Puzzle and Bay) were enormous.
silverotter11 comments on Sep 1, 2024:
I was living in Seattle at that time, actually had TV but never saw this show! Mostly the TV was for watching movies, my SO had bought this huge TV and enjoyed movies and I sometimes played Nintendo but otherwise didn't watch TV.
I recognized the images that flashed by, sure do miss Seattle. I ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 7, 2024:
@silverotter11 Seems we do have different tastes in shows (I really like the British Crimi series especially when it is about a member of the clergy losing his faith because of being in the real world.
I do remember the Globe even though I first returned in 1989. The PI was my go to paper and, for a while, it was online. I don't know about now. I worked downtown (2 Union Sq.) and spent a lot of time at the market. Things were different then. I just returned for a couple of days, to visit a HS friend who had cancer and was finalizing his Chemo treatment (the cancer is gone and he's slowly getting back to normal. He lives in Arbor Heights (better known as Cardboard Heights). Getting to hie place I had to travel along 35th (where I lived). The roads are terrible. I mentioned to him that not a single road on any of these islands are as bad as 35th Ave. SW. When I went past my old house I was floored (as a good thing) at what I saw. Some of the trees I had planted (including a Palm, Monkey Puzzle and Bay) were enormous.
In Washington state, atheists are more beloved than Republicans -- Friendly Atheist
silverotter11 comments on Sep 5, 2024:
It appears the target group are people in the Seattle metro area that covers Tacoma, WA north to the county right south of the Canadian border.
I live in the county that abuts King County to the east and is MAGA red, tho I have seen fewer campaign signs this election cycle. They are smart enough ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 7, 2024:
@snytiger6 Two natural remedies for allergies are Nettle Pills and Quercetin. I often find my nose running while in the house. It's the usual dust mite issue and one of the surgical masks seems to clear things up.
silverotter11 comments on Sep 5, 2024:
It appears the target group are people in the Seattle metro area that covers Tacoma, WA north to the county right south of the Canadian border.
I live in the county that abuts King County to the east and is MAGA red, tho I have seen fewer campaign signs this election cycle. They are smart enough ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 7, 2024:
@snytiger6 Two natural remedies for allergies are Nettle Pills and Quercetin. I often find my nose running while in the house. It's the usual dust mite issue and one of the surgical masks seems to clear things up.
When I first returned to Seattle at the end of 1989 I discovered a funny local program called ...
silverotter11 comments on Sep 1, 2024:
I was living in Seattle at that time, actually had TV but never saw this show! Mostly the TV was for watching movies, my SO had bought this huge TV and enjoyed movies and I sometimes played Nintendo but otherwise didn't watch TV.
I recognized the images that flashed by, sure do miss Seattle. I ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 2, 2024:
I wondered about you as I knew you were in the area. But, the fact you are not a big TV person could explain things. In Europe AFN (Armed Forces Network) started broadcasting show from the US. I did a lot of construction work and the no. one item was climbing on people's roofs and installing TV antennas. Getting this in our apartment in the old city was a big treat. I know how you feel but there's a lot of good stuff on TV. PBS and even Netflix have a lot to offer and not just for entertainment but knowledge as well.
I can picture that huge TV. My late partner also had such a TV. Since it was the old style cathode ray variety, she named it her 'big Butt' TV. Later, a friend gave us her older flat screen (no butt) which had a larger screen and much better picture. I put it in a cabinet so when not in use it's not seen.
Before we left in 2011 it was still a great place to live. It has changed, though.
silverotter11 comments on Sep 1, 2024:
I was living in Seattle at that time, actually had TV but never saw this show! Mostly the TV was for watching movies, my SO had bought this huge TV and enjoyed movies and I sometimes played Nintendo but otherwise didn't watch TV.
I recognized the images that flashed by, sure do miss Seattle. I ...
pedigojr replies on Sep 2, 2024:
I wondered about you as I knew you were in the area. But, the fact you are not a big TV person could explain things. In Europe AFN (Armed Forces Network) started broadcasting show from the US. I did a lot of construction work and the no. one item was climbing on people's roofs and installing TV antennas. Getting this in our apartment in the old city was a big treat. I know how you feel but there's a lot of good stuff on TV. PBS and even Netflix have a lot to offer and not just for entertainment but knowledge as well.
I can picture that huge TV. My late partner also had such a TV. Since it was the old style cathode ray variety, she named it her 'big Butt' TV. Later, a friend gave us her older flat screen (no butt) which had a larger screen and much better picture. I put it in a cabinet so when not in use it's not seen.
Before we left in 2011 it was still a great place to live. It has changed, though.
Again the usual tRump ploy at trying to look like he cares when most know he cares for no one but ...
Druvius comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Once again Trump pisses on veterans.
pedigojr replies on Sep 2, 2024:
@puff And here there is a lot of push back. Harris cannot sweep this under the rug as Biden did. However, the MAGA maggots all say they totally support Israel and to question this is to support a Muslim people. Politicians here and in most other democratic countries politics get tricky during an election time. One has to carefully tread. Here, there are so many demonstrations Harris will have to seek a better way but still has to get elected first. Besides, as I said to some their personal well being is paramount.
Druvius comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Once again Trump pisses on veterans.
pedigojr replies on Sep 2, 2024:
@puff And here there is a lot of push back. Harris cannot sweep this under the rug as Biden did. However, the MAGA maggots all say they totally support Israel and to question this is to support a Muslim people. Politicians here and in most other democratic countries politics get tricky during an election time. One has to carefully tread. Here, there are so many demonstrations Harris will have to seek a better way but still has to get elected first. Besides, as I said to some their personal well being is paramount.
When I first returned to Seattle at the end of 1989 I discovered a funny local program called ...
Julie808 comments on Sep 1, 2024:
Was the funniest part of my Saturday nights for many years, though it would be hard to tell by that particular clip. So many familiar images and people and crazy funny things being said. Conan O'Brien was on it for a while too. Wow - seems so long ago now!
pedigojr replies on Sep 1, 2024:
It does but I was a big fan. We first came to Seattle in October of 89 so I missed the part about the Space Needle.
Julie808 comments on Sep 1, 2024:
Was the funniest part of my Saturday nights for many years, though it would be hard to tell by that particular clip. So many familiar images and people and crazy funny things being said. Conan O'Brien was on it for a while too. Wow - seems so long ago now!
pedigojr replies on Sep 1, 2024:
It does but I was a big fan. We first came to Seattle in October of 89 so I missed the part about the Space Needle.
Again the usual tRump ploy at trying to look like he cares when most know he cares for no one but ...
Druvius comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Once again Trump pisses on veterans.
pedigojr replies on Sep 1, 2024:
@puff A politician is judged by how a country fares under their watch. Under the Biden administration this country (the US) has fared very well. A lot better than under tRump in which the national debt went up and the country experienced 4 years of one crises after another. Sure there are those (often from other countries) that think our presidents are terrible but, to me they don't have a clue of what they are talking about.
Druvius comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Once again Trump pisses on veterans.
pedigojr replies on Sep 1, 2024:
@puff A politician is judged by how a country fares under their watch. Under the Biden administration this country (the US) has fared very well. A lot better than under tRump in which the national debt went up and the country experienced 4 years of one crises after another. Sure there are those (often from other countries) that think our presidents are terrible but, to me they don't have a clue of what they are talking about.
Again the usual tRump ploy at trying to look like he cares when most know he cares for no one but ...
Druvius comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Once again Trump pisses on veterans.
pedigojr replies on Aug 31, 2024:
@puff The huge problem is that too many, shallow, weak and cowardly politicians (I think we all know who is meant here) use this time as a photo op and show gullible fools they really care (when they do not). Therefore this sort of thing is and should be against the rules and decent politicians follow it. When someone who calls military people (especially when they are killed in battle) losers (when they themselves got daddy to pay for a bogus deferment) only reflects on them and the fools that believe they are sincere.
I was i the military during the Viet Nam era. I could have been sent to that war, but was not. However, it cost me two extra years of service. I did get injured and spent 9 months in a military hospital and am now disabled. Still, if I were injured or killed in a war zone I would really be upset for someone like tRump to be using my situation as a way to feign care in order to get fools to vote for him. Biden and other decent politicians will not use others sufferings for their own gain. Where was 'W' whose stupidity started the whole debacle by first invading Iraq (which had nothing to do with 9/11 but was simply to avenge Saddam's attempt to kill his father after the first Iraq war) and then finally going into Afghanistan? Everyone here needs to remember it was tRump who first started the pullout and did so in such a way the Democrats could not stop it.
Druvius comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Once again Trump pisses on veterans.
pedigojr replies on Aug 31, 2024:
@puff The huge problem is that too many, shallow, weak and cowardly politicians (I think we all know who is meant here) use this time as a photo op and show gullible fools they really care (when they do not). Therefore this sort of thing is and should be against the rules and decent politicians follow it. When someone who calls military people (especially when they are killed in battle) losers (when they themselves got daddy to pay for a bogus deferment) only reflects on them and the fools that believe they are sincere.
I was i the military during the Viet Nam era. I could have been sent to that war, but was not. However, it cost me two extra years of service. I did get injured and spent 9 months in a military hospital and am now disabled. Still, if I were injured or killed in a war zone I would really be upset for someone like tRump to be using my situation as a way to feign care in order to get fools to vote for him. Biden and other decent politicians will not use others sufferings for their own gain. Where was 'W' whose stupidity started the whole debacle by first invading Iraq (which had nothing to do with 9/11 but was simply to avenge Saddam's attempt to kill his father after the first Iraq war) and then finally going into Afghanistan? Everyone here needs to remember it was tRump who first started the pullout and did so in such a way the Democrats could not stop it.
[taborplace.co]
Okay, all you toilet paper users out there, read this!
pedigojr comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Wow, of course, in this day and age we should all know everything is suspect. Going down the brands I noticed some of the cheaper brands were the worst. Perhaps they make up for quality with chemicals. I normally don't pay attention but I do know I usually purchase Cottonelle. Since I have an older,...
pedigojr replies on Aug 31, 2024:
@Organist1 I guess it depends on one's setting. Also, remember where your water comes from. There can be lots of toxins in it.
pedigojr comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Wow, of course, in this day and age we should all know everything is suspect. Going down the brands I noticed some of the cheaper brands were the worst. Perhaps they make up for quality with chemicals. I normally don't pay attention but I do know I usually purchase Cottonelle. Since I have an older,...
pedigojr replies on Aug 31, 2024:
@Organist1 I guess it depends on one's setting. Also, remember where your water comes from. There can be lots of toxins in it.
[taborplace.co]
Okay, all you toilet paper users out there, read this!
pedigojr comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Wow, of course, in this day and age we should all know everything is suspect. Going down the brands I noticed some of the cheaper brands were the worst. Perhaps they make up for quality with chemicals. I normally don't pay attention but I do know I usually purchase Cottonelle. Since I have an older,...
pedigojr replies on Aug 30, 2024:
@Organist1 I'm wondering since TP doesn't have to, or need t, advertise their contents perhaps those companies without the PFAS will advertise that. When we went to VietNam and took a small cruise boat in Ha Long Bay the stateroom had the bidet type toilet seats. There was a need to keep non-human waste out of the bilge tanks. Those seats were sooo nice one had a hard time getting off. One could control the water (spray, temp) and even the drying temps. Seems like a funny time for a photo but my late partner was soo excited with this item she had to take a picture. One can also buy a hand wand that hooks into the lead-in pipe on the tank. The want hooks on the side of the tank and one uses it like a bidet to wash.
pedigojr comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Wow, of course, in this day and age we should all know everything is suspect. Going down the brands I noticed some of the cheaper brands were the worst. Perhaps they make up for quality with chemicals. I normally don't pay attention but I do know I usually purchase Cottonelle. Since I have an older,...
pedigojr replies on Aug 30, 2024:
@Organist1 I'm wondering since TP doesn't have to, or need t, advertise their contents perhaps those companies without the PFAS will advertise that. When we went to VietNam and took a small cruise boat in Ha Long Bay the stateroom had the bidet type toilet seats. There was a need to keep non-human waste out of the bilge tanks. Those seats were sooo nice one had a hard time getting off. One could control the water (spray, temp) and even the drying temps. Seems like a funny time for a photo but my late partner was soo excited with this item she had to take a picture. One can also buy a hand wand that hooks into the lead-in pipe on the tank. The want hooks on the side of the tank and one uses it like a bidet to wash.
Again the usual tRump ploy at trying to look like he cares when most know he cares for no one but ...
Druvius comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Once again Trump pisses on veterans.
pedigojr replies on Aug 30, 2024:
And yet he pretends to care for them especially when trying to win their votes. He seems to hope that they forget his past insults, which too many seem to do.
Druvius comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Once again Trump pisses on veterans.
pedigojr replies on Aug 30, 2024:
And yet he pretends to care for them especially when trying to win their votes. He seems to hope that they forget his past insults, which too many seem to do.
The usual buffoonery.
racocn8 comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Yeah, he's on a roll for sure...
pedigojr replies on Aug 30, 2024:
Hopefully, his downward roll will benefit this country.
racocn8 comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Yeah, he's on a roll for sure...
pedigojr replies on Aug 30, 2024:
Hopefully, his downward roll will benefit this country.
ERUDITE - Adjective…having or showing great knowledge or learning “Ken could turn any ...
pedigojr comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Sometimes one has to be careful with this skill, especially men.
pedigojr replies on Aug 30, 2024:
@Marionville Unfortunately, especially among introverts, we sometimes have difficulty understanding how others feel about what we say or do. I think for most men, mansplaining is not intentional but just our nature. It's another thing we have to learn to first recognize the problem and then pay attention to how we present knowledge we may have acquired. Some areas of which I've become passionate about I can get carried away and not think about how my explaining is going over. A former, long term partner, (before my last one) was good in English and helped me write letters. She said I may know something about a subject but I have to present my knowledge and, at the same time, be cognizant that others may not know what I'm talking about. Her knowledge of spelling and grammar also helped a lot. Once I got published in various medias I was hooked. With my late partner English was her 2nd language (which she did not learn until her mid-20's). She had almost no accent but writing was often difficult for her. In Farsi there are no or few adjectives. When she wrote or spoke she often left off the adjectives. As an extreme extrovert she became the speak and I the writer. We made our personality differences work.
pedigojr comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Sometimes one has to be careful with this skill, especially men.
pedigojr replies on Aug 30, 2024:
@Marionville Unfortunately, especially among introverts, we sometimes have difficulty understanding how others feel about what we say or do. I think for most men, mansplaining is not intentional but just our nature. It's another thing we have to learn to first recognize the problem and then pay attention to how we present knowledge we may have acquired. Some areas of which I've become passionate about I can get carried away and not think about how my explaining is going over. A former, long term partner, (before my last one) was good in English and helped me write letters. She said I may know something about a subject but I have to present my knowledge and, at the same time, be cognizant that others may not know what I'm talking about. Her knowledge of spelling and grammar also helped a lot. Once I got published in various medias I was hooked. With my late partner English was her 2nd language (which she did not learn until her mid-20's). She had almost no accent but writing was often difficult for her. In Farsi there are no or few adjectives. When she wrote or spoke she often left off the adjectives. As an extreme extrovert she became the speak and I the writer. We made our personality differences work.
Prosopagnosia: noun
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Marionville comments on Aug 29, 2024:
That would be very distressing.
pedigojr replies on Aug 30, 2024:
@Marionville The artical went on to say a very few got this through brain damage but with the overwhelming number it was a genetic defect. As I said I often wonder if there are several genes involved as some, as I, an introvert, have trouble associating names and faces whereas others (extroverts) remember everyone once they have met them. My late partner was such a person and it often amazed me. When I was still going to mass a priest (who I liked as he was different) would walk up and down the aisles shaking hands and greeting people by name. If there was a new person he would ask their name, think for a second and it would be imprinted for the next time he met them.
Marionville comments on Aug 29, 2024:
That would be very distressing.
pedigojr replies on Aug 30, 2024:
@Marionville The artical went on to say a very few got this through brain damage but with the overwhelming number it was a genetic defect. As I said I often wonder if there are several genes involved as some, as I, an introvert, have trouble associating names and faces whereas others (extroverts) remember everyone once they have met them. My late partner was such a person and it often amazed me. When I was still going to mass a priest (who I liked as he was different) would walk up and down the aisles shaking hands and greeting people by name. If there was a new person he would ask their name, think for a second and it would be imprinted for the next time he met them.
ERUDITE - Adjective…having or showing great knowledge or learning “Ken could turn any ...
pedigojr comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Sometimes one has to be careful with this skill, especially men.
pedigojr replies on Aug 29, 2024:
@Marionville Too many of us get into the role of mansplaining. One has to be very careful these days.
pedigojr comments on Aug 29, 2024:
Sometimes one has to be careful with this skill, especially men.
pedigojr replies on Aug 29, 2024:
@Marionville Too many of us get into the role of mansplaining. One has to be very careful these days.
Prosopagnosia: noun
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annewimsey500 comments on Aug 29, 2024:
For about 4 days after my stroke i could not remember faces, when someone came to visit, the memory of who they were would return instantly Only once I heard their voice.
It was very distressing and I am glad it stopped!!!!!
pedigojr replies on Aug 29, 2024:
Good you understand and better it is no longer a problem. Sometimes I think the best avenue to empathy is through personal experience.
annewimsey500 comments on Aug 29, 2024:
For about 4 days after my stroke i could not remember faces, when someone came to visit, the memory of who they were would return instantly Only once I heard their voice.
It was very distressing and I am glad it stopped!!!!!
pedigojr replies on Aug 29, 2024:
Good you understand and better it is no longer a problem. Sometimes I think the best avenue to empathy is through personal experience.
Prosopagnosia: noun
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Marionville comments on Aug 29, 2024:
That would be very distressing.
pedigojr replies on Aug 29, 2024:
The article was in the "National Geographic." It was stated most sufferers are born with this and find it hard to understand others who do not have it. They have learned to cope in lots of little ways sometimes even smell.
Marionville comments on Aug 29, 2024:
That would be very distressing.
pedigojr replies on Aug 29, 2024:
The article was in the "National Geographic." It was stated most sufferers are born with this and find it hard to understand others who do not have it. They have learned to cope in lots of little ways sometimes even smell.
Disney bought what?
Castlepaloma comments on Aug 28, 2024:
Disney will go broke on woke.
Growing up on Disney, they we're really a beautiful artwork and stories., Without the sex and violence.
Then today ,rarely I would ever watch a show.
pedigojr replies on Aug 29, 2024:
Disney seems to be trying to be a good steward. I look for companies trying to change other groups to the corporate way of thinking but so far not with Disney. One way to watch some National Geographic videos one must pay for membership and gain access through the Disney channel.
Castlepaloma comments on Aug 28, 2024:
Disney will go broke on woke.
Growing up on Disney, they we're really a beautiful artwork and stories., Without the sex and violence.
Then today ,rarely I would ever watch a show.
pedigojr replies on Aug 29, 2024:
Disney seems to be trying to be a good steward. I look for companies trying to change other groups to the corporate way of thinking but so far not with Disney. One way to watch some National Geographic videos one must pay for membership and gain access through the Disney channel.
A possible scenario for a Harris/tRump debate. This debate I WILL listen to.
EricJones comments on Aug 26, 2024:
Some reports are saying he's already looking for any way possible to get out of it.
pedigojr replies on Aug 28, 2024:
The latest word is Harris does not want the mics silenced when the opposite speaker is speaking. This keeping the mics open will only enhance her side as we will all be able to hear the orange ass with his unstable ranting. Many therapists have said he is suffering from dementia and pressure only exacerbates the problem. His team is advising him to drop out of any debate as he would do even worse than Biden.
EricJones comments on Aug 26, 2024:
Some reports are saying he's already looking for any way possible to get out of it.
pedigojr replies on Aug 28, 2024:
The latest word is Harris does not want the mics silenced when the opposite speaker is speaking. This keeping the mics open will only enhance her side as we will all be able to hear the orange ass with his unstable ranting. Many therapists have said he is suffering from dementia and pressure only exacerbates the problem. His team is advising him to drop out of any debate as he would do even worse than Biden.
A possible scenario for a Harris/tRump debate. This debate I WILL listen to.
DenoPenno comments on Aug 28, 2024:
Some people are telling me that Kamala does not have a plan for our national debt. I'm ready to tell them we will make Mexico pay for it.
pedigojr replies on Aug 28, 2024:
She's brand new on the presidential scene. Things will emerge over time. Bottom line is the other side only has a plan to basically gut any worker rights and give more tax breaks to the rich which always raises the debt. Under the tRump 'presidency' the debt went up.
DenoPenno comments on Aug 28, 2024:
Some people are telling me that Kamala does not have a plan for our national debt. I'm ready to tell them we will make Mexico pay for it.
pedigojr replies on Aug 28, 2024:
She's brand new on the presidential scene. Things will emerge over time. Bottom line is the other side only has a plan to basically gut any worker rights and give more tax breaks to the rich which always raises the debt. Under the tRump 'presidency' the debt went up.
Atheists amuse me.
snytiger6 comments on Aug 25, 2024:
It isn't so much that atheists want god removed, so much as they wish to live in a reality based world based in (provable) facts, evidence, logic and reason.
Having grown up in a religious family,and witnessing the dysfunction of believing in the supernatural, I'd say it is understandable to want...
pedigojr replies on Aug 28, 2024:
@Drank_Spear Obviously there's a serious communication issue. Some people seem to have a big problem understanding others communication style. I've been on this site 7+ years and run into such people and when I do I've learned to simply ignore them. That will be the case here going forward.
snytiger6 comments on Aug 25, 2024:
It isn't so much that atheists want god removed, so much as they wish to live in a reality based world based in (provable) facts, evidence, logic and reason.
Having grown up in a religious family,and witnessing the dysfunction of believing in the supernatural, I'd say it is understandable to want...
pedigojr replies on Aug 28, 2024:
@Drank_Spear Obviously there's a serious communication issue. Some people seem to have a big problem understanding others communication style. I've been on this site 7+ years and run into such people and when I do I've learned to simply ignore them. That will be the case here going forward.
A kind of sick word but it's still a word and applies to some.
HippieChick58 comments on Aug 27, 2024:
Wow, and ewwww.
pedigojr replies on Aug 28, 2024:
Seems there's no limit to human oddities.
HippieChick58 comments on Aug 27, 2024:
Wow, and ewwww.
pedigojr replies on Aug 28, 2024:
Seems there's no limit to human oddities.
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tRump calls for limiting 1st Amendment and jail time for flag burning.
Organist1 comments on Aug 27, 2024:
That's no surprise. BTW, nobody's going to call you "Sir" in prison!
pedigojr replies on Aug 27, 2024:
The other prisoners might call you something else!
Organist1 comments on Aug 27, 2024:
That's no surprise. BTW, nobody's going to call you "Sir" in prison!
pedigojr replies on Aug 27, 2024:
The other prisoners might call you something else!
Some people won't try bacon for religious reasons ...
pedigojr comments on Aug 26, 2024:
I won't touch bacon for health (mine and the animals) reasons. Health is my religion.
pedigojr replies on Aug 27, 2024:
@snytiger6 I wouldn't know as the only burgers I eat are plant based. The video "You are what you eat." actually shows a plant based bacon that actually fools some people.
pedigojr comments on Aug 26, 2024:
I won't touch bacon for health (mine and the animals) reasons. Health is my religion.
pedigojr replies on Aug 27, 2024:
@snytiger6 I wouldn't know as the only burgers I eat are plant based. The video "You are what you eat." actually shows a plant based bacon that actually fools some people.
A possible scenario for a Harris/tRump debate. This debate I WILL listen to.
EricJones comments on Aug 26, 2024:
Some reports are saying he's already looking for any way possible to get out of it.
pedigojr replies on Aug 27, 2024:
Of course being branded as a coward, which we all sane people know he is) is easier to handle (with his usual lies) than being made a fool of on the national media. I think even Faux Noise would have trouble defending the orange idiot.
EricJones comments on Aug 26, 2024:
Some reports are saying he's already looking for any way possible to get out of it.
pedigojr replies on Aug 27, 2024:
Of course being branded as a coward, which we all sane people know he is) is easier to handle (with his usual lies) than being made a fool of on the national media. I think even Faux Noise would have trouble defending the orange idiot.
Atheists amuse me.
snytiger6 comments on Aug 25, 2024:
It isn't so much that atheists want god removed, so much as they wish to live in a reality based world based in (provable) facts, evidence, logic and reason.
Having grown up in a religious family,and witnessing the dysfunction of believing in the supernatural, I'd say it is understandable to want...
pedigojr replies on Aug 27, 2024:
@Drank_Spear ???
snytiger6 comments on Aug 25, 2024:
It isn't so much that atheists want god removed, so much as they wish to live in a reality based world based in (provable) facts, evidence, logic and reason.
Having grown up in a religious family,and witnessing the dysfunction of believing in the supernatural, I'd say it is understandable to want...
pedigojr replies on Aug 27, 2024:
@Drank_Spear ???
Letters From An American 08/25/2024 Election Coverage
puff comments on Aug 26, 2024:
Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump. Do the democratic party have any policy besides 'we are not Trump'? Or just 4 years of the same?
American's should want Kennedy in the WH admin, that man has more guts than any, winning court cases against the powerful and going against siblings ...
pedigojr replies on Aug 26, 2024:
And now he's on tRumps team. Proof of his intelligence, or lack thereof.
puff comments on Aug 26, 2024:
Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump. Do the democratic party have any policy besides 'we are not Trump'? Or just 4 years of the same?
American's should want Kennedy in the WH admin, that man has more guts than any, winning court cases against the powerful and going against siblings ...
pedigojr replies on Aug 26, 2024:
And now he's on tRumps team. Proof of his intelligence, or lack thereof.
Atheists amuse me.
snytiger6 comments on Aug 25, 2024:
It isn't so much that atheists want god removed, so much as they wish to live in a reality based world based in (provable) facts, evidence, logic and reason.
Having grown up in a religious family,and witnessing the dysfunction of believing in the supernatural, I'd say it is understandable to want...
pedigojr replies on Aug 26, 2024:
@Drank_Spear No one said someone was tRump but they often do play his card, personal insults. This is against basic civility but I'm starting to see those who are so quick to insults, instead of reason have gotten so used to it they are unable to recognize it when they do it. Just like a certain orange anus we all know and hate. Some of us try to pay attention to how we answer others but others could care less. How one responds shows what side they are on.
snytiger6 comments on Aug 25, 2024:
It isn't so much that atheists want god removed, so much as they wish to live in a reality based world based in (provable) facts, evidence, logic and reason.
Having grown up in a religious family,and witnessing the dysfunction of believing in the supernatural, I'd say it is understandable to want...
pedigojr replies on Aug 26, 2024:
@Drank_Spear No one said someone was tRump but they often do play his card, personal insults. This is against basic civility but I'm starting to see those who are so quick to insults, instead of reason have gotten so used to it they are unable to recognize it when they do it. Just like a certain orange anus we all know and hate. Some of us try to pay attention to how we answer others but others could care less. How one responds shows what side they are on.
This say it all.
pamagain comments on Aug 23, 2024:
Wonder how many heads rolled after this little ''reveal?"
pedigojr replies on Aug 25, 2024:
Seems most have no idea of this part of his personal life. I heard about it from a friend and looked it up. No real surprise.
pamagain comments on Aug 23, 2024:
Wonder how many heads rolled after this little ''reveal?"
pedigojr replies on Aug 25, 2024:
Seems most have no idea of this part of his personal life. I heard about it from a friend and looked it up. No real surprise.
A word that perhaps the land oriented people are unfamiliar, Gunkholing: Gunkholing is a boating ...
Marionville comments on Aug 24, 2024:
New word for me..
pedigojr replies on Aug 25, 2024:
Funny, I hesitated posting this as in this area it is very common. Obviously, I was mistaken so am glad I did post it.
I attached a link, to HIppichick to a different kind of gunkholing.
Marionville comments on Aug 24, 2024:
New word for me..
pedigojr replies on Aug 25, 2024:
Funny, I hesitated posting this as in this area it is very common. Obviously, I was mistaken so am glad I did post it.
I attached a link, to HIppichick to a different kind of gunkholing.
Change.org petition to restore E Pluribus Unum in place of In "God We Trust" Please sign!n!
pedigojr comments on Aug 24, 2024:
This was during the McCarthy era when we were trying to vilify the atheism of the Soviet Union by using the religious supposedly, trump card. Now, the extremists want to take that even further and remove our democratic system and make it a Theocracy. This will shoe those pesky Russians (and they ...
pedigojr replies on Aug 25, 2024:
@Hincycle1940 Unfortunately, a certain orange politician makes McCarthy look meek and tame.
pedigojr comments on Aug 24, 2024:
This was during the McCarthy era when we were trying to vilify the atheism of the Soviet Union by using the religious supposedly, trump card. Now, the extremists want to take that even further and remove our democratic system and make it a Theocracy. This will shoe those pesky Russians (and they ...
pedigojr replies on Aug 25, 2024:
@Hincycle1940 Unfortunately, a certain orange politician makes McCarthy look meek and tame.
A word that perhaps the land oriented people are unfamiliar, Gunkholing: Gunkholing is a boating ...
HippieChick58 comments on Aug 24, 2024:
sounds almost idyllic.
pedigojr replies on Aug 25, 2024:
Sorry, I once got the sailing bug and was determined to follow this sport. Until, reality set in and I learned how dangerous it can be especially for novices.Kayaking is fine but there are still those that get injured or killed from even this water sport.
Here's one example of extreme gunkholing. Noooo thanks.
https://youtu.be/mLip02MXI_g
HippieChick58 comments on Aug 24, 2024:
sounds almost idyllic.
pedigojr replies on Aug 25, 2024:
Sorry, I once got the sailing bug and was determined to follow this sport. Until, reality set in and I learned how dangerous it can be especially for novices.Kayaking is fine but there are still those that get injured or killed from even this water sport.
Here's one example of extreme gunkholing. Noooo thanks.
https://youtu.be/mLip02MXI_g
Atheists amuse me.
snytiger6 comments on Aug 25, 2024:
It isn't so much that atheists want god removed, so much as they wish to live in a reality based world based in (provable) facts, evidence, logic and reason.
Having grown up in a religious family,and witnessing the dysfunction of believing in the supernatural, I'd say it is understandable to want...
pedigojr replies on Aug 25, 2024:
@Drank_Spear As usual, one thinks by playing the trump card (personal attacks) one knows the truth. We all, or at least some of us, know the reality of the trump world. There are ways to disagree which often work better than personal attacks. Most get it some think they get but actually make themselves look foolish!!
snytiger6 comments on Aug 25, 2024:
It isn't so much that atheists want god removed, so much as they wish to live in a reality based world based in (provable) facts, evidence, logic and reason.
Having grown up in a religious family,and witnessing the dysfunction of believing in the supernatural, I'd say it is understandable to want...
pedigojr replies on Aug 25, 2024:
@Drank_Spear As usual, one thinks by playing the trump card (personal attacks) one knows the truth. We all, or at least some of us, know the reality of the trump world. There are ways to disagree which often work better than personal attacks. Most get it some think they get but actually make themselves look foolish!!
How sad it must be believing ...
pedigojr comments on Aug 23, 2024:
Says a lot for a large portion of our citizenry. It seems few, if any of these illiterati have even read the 2025 project or even know of its existence. Lets see how they feel about losing their social security and health care to name only a few of it's 'perks.'
pedigojr replies on Aug 24, 2024:
@Barnie2years This is something we will all feel including those that stupidly support the POS and his imbecilic enablers.
pedigojr comments on Aug 23, 2024:
Says a lot for a large portion of our citizenry. It seems few, if any of these illiterati have even read the 2025 project or even know of its existence. Lets see how they feel about losing their social security and health care to name only a few of it's 'perks.'
pedigojr replies on Aug 24, 2024:
@Barnie2years This is something we will all feel including those that stupidly support the POS and his imbecilic enablers.
Something a little different.
racocn8 comments on Aug 22, 2024:
As if depopulating would be a problem, when it obviously means more for everyone, more space, shorter lines, and more focus on what counts.
What the wealthy want is more ways to demonstrate their power (to assuage their insecurity). Their depravity will be more starkly revealed as robots become ...
pedigojr replies on Aug 23, 2024:
All the things you mentioned we in the Overpopulation Project report about how Japan has been faring since it has lost a large number of people. The country is also noted (wrongly) that their 'racism' has kept them from acquiring more people through immigration. The one thing on the rise in Japan is energy use due to the use of machines as robots.
The huge problem with our 'cornucopian' based economists is they are loath to change habits. It was shown the first new VW bug model almost didn't get made as the industry thought such a change would fail and cause the industry to crash. We all know how this has now created a trend. The thing that cost VW a huge price was their deceit in the pollution levels from their cars. When the Roman empire was crashing, due to the governments inability to manage and serve a large number of people coming into Rome from the outlying areas, there was a loss in Roman citizens and, of course the government tried to push the citizens to have more kids. After 2,000+ years we still haven't learned.
What economist fail to understand this planet has a set resource base and every area has a carrying capacity. People, as Musk feel we can send the 'excess' population into space and even colonize Mars. He seems to be devoid of understanding even basic math.
racocn8 comments on Aug 22, 2024:
As if depopulating would be a problem, when it obviously means more for everyone, more space, shorter lines, and more focus on what counts.
What the wealthy want is more ways to demonstrate their power (to assuage their insecurity). Their depravity will be more starkly revealed as robots become ...
pedigojr replies on Aug 23, 2024:
All the things you mentioned we in the Overpopulation Project report about how Japan has been faring since it has lost a large number of people. The country is also noted (wrongly) that their 'racism' has kept them from acquiring more people through immigration. The one thing on the rise in Japan is energy use due to the use of machines as robots.
The huge problem with our 'cornucopian' based economists is they are loath to change habits. It was shown the first new VW bug model almost didn't get made as the industry thought such a change would fail and cause the industry to crash. We all know how this has now created a trend. The thing that cost VW a huge price was their deceit in the pollution levels from their cars. When the Roman empire was crashing, due to the governments inability to manage and serve a large number of people coming into Rome from the outlying areas, there was a loss in Roman citizens and, of course the government tried to push the citizens to have more kids. After 2,000+ years we still haven't learned.
What economist fail to understand this planet has a set resource base and every area has a carrying capacity. People, as Musk feel we can send the 'excess' population into space and even colonize Mars. He seems to be devoid of understanding even basic math.
Now tRump is accusing Kamala of backing out on a debate in which they agreed BUT he has changed the ...
TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 22, 2024:
I knew Trump was going to pull some sort of bullshit excuse like this to get out of debating Harris. He knows she would beat him in any debate held on a neutral network, instead of Fox News.
pedigojr replies on Aug 22, 2024:
Being a very successful criminal prosecutor maybe has given him the jitters. A debate could be a pre-requisit for a jail sentence (if she wins the election it will be).
TomMcGiverin comments on Aug 22, 2024:
I knew Trump was going to pull some sort of bullshit excuse like this to get out of debating Harris. He knows she would beat him in any debate held on a neutral network, instead of Fox News.
pedigojr replies on Aug 22, 2024:
Being a very successful criminal prosecutor maybe has given him the jitters. A debate could be a pre-requisit for a jail sentence (if she wins the election it will be).
Michelle Obama speaks against you know who.
Julie808 comments on Aug 22, 2024:
The whole DNC program has been spectacular. Such inspiring speakers, ushering the joyful positive messages offering hope and solutions for the future! It's exciting to feel we are finally on a good track toward a better life, going forward not backward. :-)
pedigojr replies on Aug 22, 2024:
I totally agree and never mind the shrinking support for the other side. Finally, a period to be enjoyed. Also, notice the type of convention of fun and looking forward and not the cheering for just plain nastiness.
Julie808 comments on Aug 22, 2024:
The whole DNC program has been spectacular. Such inspiring speakers, ushering the joyful positive messages offering hope and solutions for the future! It's exciting to feel we are finally on a good track toward a better life, going forward not backward. :-)
pedigojr replies on Aug 22, 2024:
I totally agree and never mind the shrinking support for the other side. Finally, a period to be enjoyed. Also, notice the type of convention of fun and looking forward and not the cheering for just plain nastiness.
Delaware on verge of passing "death with dignity" law thanks to humanist lawmaker -- Friendly ...
Castlepaloma comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Canada has gone too far with these assistant suicide laws and actions. Often enough Canadain doctors, mental and physical ask their patients. Who are in a painful life crisis . It's surprising how many homeless people have been offered suicide options.
pedigojr replies on Aug 21, 2024:
@Communistbitch See, it's soooo obvious that the offense it cannot even be seen. This is where tRump and the MAGA maggots are and evidentially it's catching. So long.
Castlepaloma comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Canada has gone too far with these assistant suicide laws and actions. Often enough Canadain doctors, mental and physical ask their patients. Who are in a painful life crisis . It's surprising how many homeless people have been offered suicide options.
pedigojr replies on Aug 21, 2024:
@Communistbitch See, it's soooo obvious that the offense it cannot even be seen. This is where tRump and the MAGA maggots are and evidentially it's catching. So long.
Delaware on verge of passing "death with dignity" law thanks to humanist lawmaker -- Friendly ...
Castlepaloma comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Canada has gone too far with these assistant suicide laws and actions. Often enough Canadain doctors, mental and physical ask their patients. Who are in a painful life crisis . It's surprising how many homeless people have been offered suicide options.
pedigojr replies on Aug 21, 2024:
@Communistbitch Seems one can get into a habit and not even recognize what they are doing. Might be good to go back and read some of your comments. I used to not block people but this issue has become so egregious I am now starting to do it.
Castlepaloma comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Canada has gone too far with these assistant suicide laws and actions. Often enough Canadain doctors, mental and physical ask their patients. Who are in a painful life crisis . It's surprising how many homeless people have been offered suicide options.
pedigojr replies on Aug 21, 2024:
@Communistbitch Seems one can get into a habit and not even recognize what they are doing. Might be good to go back and read some of your comments. I used to not block people but this issue has become so egregious I am now starting to do it.
Delaware on verge of passing "death with dignity" law thanks to humanist lawmaker -- Friendly ...
Castlepaloma comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Canada has gone too far with these assistant suicide laws and actions. Often enough Canadain doctors, mental and physical ask their patients. Who are in a painful life crisis . It's surprising how many homeless people have been offered suicide options.
pedigojr replies on Aug 21, 2024:
@Communistbitch So the usual Trump card - calling personal attacks and insults? Not okay on this site! It might be good to read the rules of decency and decorum or am I next!?
Castlepaloma comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Canada has gone too far with these assistant suicide laws and actions. Often enough Canadain doctors, mental and physical ask their patients. Who are in a painful life crisis . It's surprising how many homeless people have been offered suicide options.
pedigojr replies on Aug 21, 2024:
@Communistbitch So the usual Trump card - calling personal attacks and insults? Not okay on this site! It might be good to read the rules of decency and decorum or am I next!?
Delaware on verge of passing "death with dignity" law thanks to humanist lawmaker -- Friendly ...
Castlepaloma comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Canada has gone too far with these assistant suicide laws and actions. Often enough Canadain doctors, mental and physical ask their patients. Who are in a painful life crisis . It's surprising how many homeless people have been offered suicide options.
pedigojr replies on Aug 21, 2024:
@Communistbitch So it seems if one has religious beliefs it's okay to let others suffer because of you personal beliefs!?
Castlepaloma comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Canada has gone too far with these assistant suicide laws and actions. Often enough Canadain doctors, mental and physical ask their patients. Who are in a painful life crisis . It's surprising how many homeless people have been offered suicide options.
pedigojr replies on Aug 21, 2024:
@Communistbitch So it seems if one has religious beliefs it's okay to let others suffer because of you personal beliefs!?
It is TIME.
pedigojr comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Perhaps the Republicans have done us a favor. They have shoved so much nastiness down the people's throats and sworn to take away even our basic freedoms that we are compelled to act. Finally, a true leader has emerged and one that will not play the MAGA maggots playbook. In an op-ed in the Seattle ...
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
@pamagain This difference has present a huge awaking in many people. Her numbers are starting to climb. Scroll down for a break down of the different polling groups.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/
pedigojr comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Perhaps the Republicans have done us a favor. They have shoved so much nastiness down the people's throats and sworn to take away even our basic freedoms that we are compelled to act. Finally, a true leader has emerged and one that will not play the MAGA maggots playbook. In an op-ed in the Seattle ...
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
@pamagain This difference has present a huge awaking in many people. Her numbers are starting to climb. Scroll down for a break down of the different polling groups.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/
Sen.
Druvius comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Now that T's chances of getting elected and wreaking vengeance on his enemies are looking more unlikely every poll, I expect a lot more of this. There's plenty of level headed GOPers who are disgusted with what Trump has done to their party. They're not all brainless MAGAheads.
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
Here's the latest polls. Scroll down for a break down of the different polling groups https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/
Druvius comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Now that T's chances of getting elected and wreaking vengeance on his enemies are looking more unlikely every poll, I expect a lot more of this. There's plenty of level headed GOPers who are disgusted with what Trump has done to their party. They're not all brainless MAGAheads.
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
Here's the latest polls. Scroll down for a break down of the different polling groups https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/
Sen.
HippieChick58 comments on Aug 20, 2024:
Donnie's mental acumen is unraveling daily, even hourly.
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
And it will continue to do so as more pressure is put on this physically and mentally sick individual.
HippieChick58 comments on Aug 20, 2024:
Donnie's mental acumen is unraveling daily, even hourly.
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
And it will continue to do so as more pressure is put on this physically and mentally sick individual.
A group known as indivisible has been formed to help rid us of the insanity in our present politics.
HippieChick58 comments on Aug 19, 2024:
I am thrilled to see so many folks abandoning Trumpy for reason and sanity.
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
I just saw a long list of different pollsters and all but one put Kamala ahead from 1 to 6 percentage points. And this just during her first 3 weeks. The DNC might help her numbers even more. I predict the closer we get to the election the more her numbers will go up. This campaign present a huge juxtaposition between hope and doing good things for the average American and just plain nastiness and (2025 project) doing terrible things to the average American.
HippieChick58 comments on Aug 19, 2024:
I am thrilled to see so many folks abandoning Trumpy for reason and sanity.
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
I just saw a long list of different pollsters and all but one put Kamala ahead from 1 to 6 percentage points. And this just during her first 3 weeks. The DNC might help her numbers even more. I predict the closer we get to the election the more her numbers will go up. This campaign present a huge juxtaposition between hope and doing good things for the average American and just plain nastiness and (2025 project) doing terrible things to the average American.
Delaware on verge of passing "death with dignity" law thanks to humanist lawmaker -- Friendly ...
Castlepaloma comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Canada has gone too far with these assistant suicide laws and actions. Often enough Canadain doctors, mental and physical ask their patients. Who are in a painful life crisis . It's surprising how many homeless people have been offered suicide options.
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
@DenoPenno All countries need a euthanasia program.
Castlepaloma comments on Aug 19, 2024:
Canada has gone too far with these assistant suicide laws and actions. Often enough Canadain doctors, mental and physical ask their patients. Who are in a painful life crisis . It's surprising how many homeless people have been offered suicide options.
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
@DenoPenno All countries need a euthanasia program.
Delaware on verge of passing "death with dignity" law thanks to humanist lawmaker -- Friendly ...
Communistbitch comments on Aug 19, 2024:
It's cheaper to kill them.than let them.live off taxpayers money ~ hypocrite justin Trudeau
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
One would think so but not always. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/28/589282187/too-late-to-operate-surgery-near-end-of-life-is-common-costly
Communistbitch comments on Aug 19, 2024:
It's cheaper to kill them.than let them.live off taxpayers money ~ hypocrite justin Trudeau
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
One would think so but not always. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/28/589282187/too-late-to-operate-surgery-near-end-of-life-is-common-costly
Delaware on verge of passing "death with dignity" law thanks to humanist lawmaker -- Friendly ...
DenoPenno comments on Aug 19, 2024:
There is no death with dignity. It's an oxy for the moron. On the other hand there are lots of people in nursing homes that are barely alive thanks to many good Christians. My stepdad was in one such place and my daughter used to work in them.
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
Death with all kinds of suffering is not dignified no matter how one spins this. Ones life is their own and so is one's death. Exceptions don't make the rule but, in the end it's up to the individual to decide. I also strongly support an euthanasia program like they have in Switzerland and the Netherlands.
DenoPenno comments on Aug 19, 2024:
There is no death with dignity. It's an oxy for the moron. On the other hand there are lots of people in nursing homes that are barely alive thanks to many good Christians. My stepdad was in one such place and my daughter used to work in them.
pedigojr replies on Aug 20, 2024:
Death with all kinds of suffering is not dignified no matter how one spins this. Ones life is their own and so is one's death. Exceptions don't make the rule but, in the end it's up to the individual to decide. I also strongly support an euthanasia program like they have in Switzerland and the Netherlands.
Is anyone having trouble remembering how to pronounce future Madam President's first name?
annewimsey500 comments on Aug 18, 2024:
Send this to drumpy, that fathead mispronounces it on purpose......
pedigojr replies on Aug 19, 2024:
@HippieChick58 Lets just agree he has serious mental problems.
annewimsey500 comments on Aug 18, 2024:
Send this to drumpy, that fathead mispronounces it on purpose......
pedigojr replies on Aug 19, 2024:
@HippieChick58 Lets just agree he has serious mental problems.
California's Water Supplies Risk Falling Dramatically - Newsweek
racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2024:
And not one sentence about desalinization?!!
pedigojr replies on Aug 19, 2024:
The major problem with desalination is it takes a huge amount of energy. This is what's used in desert countries like Dubai. They have the oil and the energy. The question for me is what happens to all the salt that's extracted?
People living here along the coast (usually the wealthy) have been having salt water intrusion in their wells for years and some have joined up to install a desal system. It's pretty expensive water. I've installed a rain catchment system which is pure water (my well is very hard with lots of iron). The only issue is one must practice water conservation during the dry summer months.
racocn8 comments on Aug 17, 2024:
And not one sentence about desalinization?!!
pedigojr replies on Aug 19, 2024:
The major problem with desalination is it takes a huge amount of energy. This is what's used in desert countries like Dubai. They have the oil and the energy. The question for me is what happens to all the salt that's extracted?
People living here along the coast (usually the wealthy) have been having salt water intrusion in their wells for years and some have joined up to install a desal system. It's pretty expensive water. I've installed a rain catchment system which is pure water (my well is very hard with lots of iron). The only issue is one must practice water conservation during the dry summer months.
Is anyone having trouble remembering how to pronounce future Madam President's first name?
annewimsey500 comments on Aug 18, 2024:
Send this to drumpy, that fathead mispronounces it on purpose......
pedigojr replies on Aug 19, 2024:
Of course so what else is new. His enablers say he's being sarcastic but the sane among us know he's just being his usual stupid self.
annewimsey500 comments on Aug 18, 2024:
Send this to drumpy, that fathead mispronounces it on purpose......
pedigojr replies on Aug 19, 2024:
Of course so what else is new. His enablers say he's being sarcastic but the sane among us know he's just being his usual stupid self.
and strangely shown to be true.
Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Aug 17, 2024:
The average Republican can't even spell strategy much less use it....
pedigojr replies on Aug 18, 2024:
@Lizard_of_Ahaz And the one other thing they do is procreate.
Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Aug 17, 2024:
The average Republican can't even spell strategy much less use it....
pedigojr replies on Aug 18, 2024:
@Lizard_of_Ahaz And the one other thing they do is procreate.
and strangely shown to be true.
Diogenes comments on Aug 18, 2024:
Even JD, what's-his-current-name (he has changed his handle 3 times already, or 4, if one counts the use of periods with his initials) has some bull shit to spout. 'Poor ol' couch man', he is even confused about sex
pedigojr replies on Aug 18, 2024:
Among a lot of other things. I heard a report on NPR this morning and looked it up. However, I found two things and one is his criticisms of Walz serving in Iraq but in a non-combat role.
*"Vice presidential candidate JD Vance has recently criticized the military service record of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, his opponent in the 2024 election."*
*"Vance argued that Walz’s retirement ahead of his National Guard Unit’s deployment to Iraq and his implication that he served in a combat zone suggested “stolen valor garbage.” Stolen valor is a serious accusation in military circles that refers to someone making false claims about their service. Ohio Sen. JD Vance served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a combat correspondent for nearly four years, according to a spokesperson for the Marines. Vance spent six months in Iraq during his time with the Marines. His deployment began in August 2005 and ended in February 2006, the Marines spokesperson confirmed. But Vance did not experience combat in Iraq and has not publicly claimed that he did."*
The subject of the NPR story this morning was about his book:"Hillbilly Elegy."
*"Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, the 2016 memoir from Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, once again began flying off the shelves after former President Donald Trump named Vance as his running mate. Many have turned to the memoir to find out the story of Vance’s upbringing, a core part of why he’s on the Republican ticket to begin with. But the book also brings along a host of assumptions that many authors still find not to be true."*
*"Pulitzer-winning author Barbara Kingsolver said she felt that it was her duty to tell a different story of Appalachian life than the one that Vance presented in the book."*
*“It used the same old victim-blaming trope. It was like a hero story: ‘I got out of here, I went to Yale,’” Kingsolver said of Vance. “‘But those lazy people, you know, just don't have ambitions. They don’t have brains. That’s why they’re stuck where they are.’ I disagree. And that’s my job, to tell a different story.”* https://www.kpbs.org/news/national/2024/08/17/hillbilly-elegy-is-back-in-the-spotlight-these-appalachians-write-a-different-tale
So depend on those 'lazy' and 'no brained' people for votes but then mock them behind their backs. Typical Republican.
Diogenes comments on Aug 18, 2024:
Even JD, what's-his-current-name (he has changed his handle 3 times already, or 4, if one counts the use of periods with his initials) has some bull shit to spout. 'Poor ol' couch man', he is even confused about sex
pedigojr replies on Aug 18, 2024:
Among a lot of other things. I heard a report on NPR this morning and looked it up. However, I found two things and one is his criticisms of Walz serving in Iraq but in a non-combat role.
*"Vice presidential candidate JD Vance has recently criticized the military service record of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, his opponent in the 2024 election."*
*"Vance argued that Walz’s retirement ahead of his National Guard Unit’s deployment to Iraq and his implication that he served in a combat zone suggested “stolen valor garbage.” Stolen valor is a serious accusation in military circles that refers to someone making false claims about their service. Ohio Sen. JD Vance served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a combat correspondent for nearly four years, according to a spokesperson for the Marines. Vance spent six months in Iraq during his time with the Marines. His deployment began in August 2005 and ended in February 2006, the Marines spokesperson confirmed. But Vance did not experience combat in Iraq and has not publicly claimed that he did."*
The subject of the NPR story this morning was about his book:"Hillbilly Elegy."
*"Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, the 2016 memoir from Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, once again began flying off the shelves after former President Donald Trump named Vance as his running mate. Many have turned to the memoir to find out the story of Vance’s upbringing, a core part of why he’s on the Republican ticket to begin with. But the book also brings along a host of assumptions that many authors still find not to be true."*
*"Pulitzer-winning author Barbara Kingsolver said she felt that it was her duty to tell a different story of Appalachian life than the one that Vance presented in the book."*
*“It used the same old victim-blaming trope. It was like a hero story: ‘I got out of here, I went to Yale,’” Kingsolver said of Vance. “‘But those lazy people, you know, just don't have ambitions. They don’t have brains. That’s why they’re stuck where they are.’ I disagree. And that’s my job, to tell a different story.”* https://www.kpbs.org/news/national/2024/08/17/hillbilly-elegy-is-back-in-the-spotlight-these-appalachians-write-a-different-tale
So depend on those 'lazy' and 'no brained' people for votes but then mock them behind their backs. Typical Republican.
A piece I heard on a classical station.
rogerbenham comments on Aug 17, 2024:
Welcome again to this site, Jack!
pedigojr replies on Aug 18, 2024:
Thank you. I'm to 6.3 for the third time. Unfortunately the summer property issues keep calling so I don't get to spend as much time as previously.
rogerbenham comments on Aug 17, 2024:
Welcome again to this site, Jack!
pedigojr replies on Aug 18, 2024:
Thank you. I'm to 6.3 for the third time. Unfortunately the summer property issues keep calling so I don't get to spend as much time as previously.
and strangely shown to be true.
Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Aug 17, 2024:
The average Republican can't even spell strategy much less use it....
pedigojr replies on Aug 18, 2024:
There's a lot they can't do but they still have a lot of supporters just like them. I once told someone they didn't even know what antifa meant. He (pretended to) think for a while and then asked what it meant. What really gets me is the MAGA use of 'woke' so I looked it up. Just as I thought something they use that is only bad to them and often something to be proud of for the saner amongst us.
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188543449/what-does-the-word-woke-really-mean-and-where-does-it-come-from
Lizard_of_Ahaz comments on Aug 17, 2024:
The average Republican can't even spell strategy much less use it....
pedigojr replies on Aug 18, 2024:
There's a lot they can't do but they still have a lot of supporters just like them. I once told someone they didn't even know what antifa meant. He (pretended to) think for a while and then asked what it meant. What really gets me is the MAGA use of 'woke' so I looked it up. Just as I thought something they use that is only bad to them and often something to be proud of for the saner amongst us.
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188543449/what-does-the-word-woke-really-mean-and-where-does-it-come-from
A piece I heard on a classical station.
Marionville comments on Aug 17, 2024:
Beautiful…I particularly enjoyed the second accompanying video. He’s a very well-known cinema composer and most prolific in output…
pedigojr replies on Aug 18, 2024:
@Marionville It's not really a crisis but it does require some heavy soul searching and doing the right thing. As her father I should not be meddling in her marriage, hence the therapist. She lost her job last year but got full severance and then unemployment. That time is up and she has a 15 yo son who is on her side.
Marionville comments on Aug 17, 2024:
Beautiful…I particularly enjoyed the second accompanying video. He’s a very well-known cinema composer and most prolific in output…
pedigojr replies on Aug 18, 2024:
@Marionville It's not really a crisis but it does require some heavy soul searching and doing the right thing. As her father I should not be meddling in her marriage, hence the therapist. She lost her job last year but got full severance and then unemployment. That time is up and she has a 15 yo son who is on her side.
A piece I heard on a classical station.
Marionville comments on Aug 17, 2024:
Beautiful…I particularly enjoyed the second accompanying video. He’s a very well-known cinema composer and most prolific in output…
pedigojr replies on Aug 17, 2024:
When I'm in the gym I listen to one of our classical stations. It helps me with my workout. It also provides some new pieces which I love. I was doing some stretching when this piece came along and it really moved me so I wrote the particulars down.
My daughter's in a critical time in her life so I will send this to her.
Marionville comments on Aug 17, 2024:
Beautiful…I particularly enjoyed the second accompanying video. He’s a very well-known cinema composer and most prolific in output…
pedigojr replies on Aug 17, 2024:
When I'm in the gym I listen to one of our classical stations. It helps me with my workout. It also provides some new pieces which I love. I was doing some stretching when this piece came along and it really moved me so I wrote the particulars down.
My daughter's in a critical time in her life so I will send this to her.
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