pretty much. Only thing missing is a MAGA Hat

racocn8 comments on Feb 15, 2024:

It must be embarrassing when your lady has a bigger erection than you do. (For the rare ones that ever get laid)

Jesus - Made to Fit the way of life in the American South

racocn8 comments on Feb 15, 2024:

It is all about power and gold.

Letters From An American 02/07/2024

racocn8 comments on Feb 15, 2024:

Putin's GRU has had 4 years to figure out how to hack the US election. Trump's actions are part of this, but we don't know what the Russians have been doing at the state level, and our law enforcement and administration have their eyes tightly shut lest they be obliged to upset Putin's plans.

“Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love.

racocn8 comments on Feb 14, 2024:

Love is rare and often brief. The unloved seek money to compensate their trauma, often to the point of mania.

CNN host threatens to cut off interview with Texas Republican -- The Hill

racocn8 comments on Feb 14, 2024:

Texas.

Preparing before second coming

racocn8 comments on Feb 14, 2024:

The shit doesn't feel his own pain much less anyone else's...

Artificial intelligence, real emotion.

racocn8 comments on Feb 14, 2024:

People are so fucked up, it's hard to imagine AI not being preferable. Whatever drops the birth rate will be a very good thing. Hell, they can throw in some DBT subroutines and help a lot of people...

No matter what happens next, unionizing at ZeniMax worked - Polygon

racocn8 comments on Feb 14, 2024:

I worked as a exempt (non-union) senior chemist at a unionized facility. One of the union field workers sought to become a technician in the laboratory, not being happy with the abuse and hard conditions in the field. However, as a union worker, she was paid a lot more than the technicians. Even so, HR allowed the transfer. The next year, even though the company was very profitable, it still gave shitty raises. The 11 techs responded by circulating a unionization petition. The administration was outraged and transferred the lab manager. Even so, the 11 techs took the vote and joined the union.

Lawless superintelligence: Zero evidence that AI can be controlled • Earth.com

racocn8 comments on Feb 14, 2024:

AI isn't safe? We don't manage each other 'safely'. And I hesitate to say humans are intelligent.

Any god who would sentence you ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 14, 2024:

(said myth being propagated by insecure pathetic bullies)

Trump Would Urge Russian Attacks on NATO Allies if They Don’t Pay Up Former president Donald ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 14, 2024:

Remember that Trump stabbed the Kurds in the back. They had been our allies in opposing Russia and Assad in Syria as well as helping stop ISIS. He also set up the rapid withdrawal in Afghanistan, betraying the Afghans and giving them over to the Taliban. All the American lives lost for nothing so that Trump could leave the disaster to Biden and then blame him for it. While Trump might not commit troops, the war could easily last until he is replaced (or convicted). US troops would end up fighting Russia in Europe, and WWIII would be inevitable. Trump would be fine with that epitaph; the extinction of Humanity.

Taxi Driver, once again.

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2024:

And don't forget Bernard Hermann's incredible score...

So what should Israel have done instead of what Netanyahu chose to do?

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

If you look at the many states with Islamic majorities, what do you see: Slavery, honor killing of women, butchery as punishment, execution for LBGTQ, no real democracy. They have a much more primitive social paradigm. Should Israel help set up a new Islamic state next to them with those values? Who will run this new state? You either need a MUCH more mature population or a dictatorship. A protectorate might be more feasible. The problem is that you have an ugly history and a population that is perpetually brainwashed to hate Jews and the West (at the instruction of Iran or Saudi Arabia). Israel certainly has its problems. The Orthodox settlers are as nutty as the Islamics and just a bloodthirsty. As is said below, both sides suck bigtime, but one sucks a lot, lot more. Getting rid of Netanyahu is certainly a priority, but they have the same problem as we have with Trump.

You are not grown up ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

And yet some kids choose to inherit immaturity...

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racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

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Nobody knows about this

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

So much for god being all-knowing...

The $100,000,000 "He Gets Us" ad campaign for Jesus still doesn't get it -- Friendly Atheist

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

I hope someone somewhere makes the point how all that Evangelical fake morality is laced with the ugliest bigotry and hypocrisy as they embrace Trump.

Trump’s incendiary NATO remarks send very real shudders through Europe | CNN

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

A phony billionaire deadbeat preaching against Europe not paying its bills??? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is hilarious that the Red-State rubes admire Trump's grifting when they're the ones being fleeced!!

Reality cannot be ignored except at a price ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

The real flip-side of Pascal's Wager is having wasted ones life in delusion.

People who are deceived ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

Or they deny it as part of their virtue-signaling behavior.

For the American audience, regarding the ads during last nights Super Bowl.

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

Glad I missed it.

The pledge of allegiance was adopted in 1923 ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

I assume the 'God' horseshit got added by the wealthy class as a finger-in-the-eye to the progressives and unionists that were sympathetic toward communism.

Hmm, would this be willful ignorance, cognitive dissonance, or possibly a little of both?

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

Stupid or borderline...

Sheriff says suspect downed after shooting at megachurch of pastor Joel Osteen in Texas | PBS ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

Texas.

Happy Darwin Day.

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

I would like to know if a Biblical concept exists that is as far-reaching in its implications as evolution. Evolution is recognized by science to be accurate and correct. As such, it represents the true answer to the metaphysical question of where we come from. As evolution answers one of life’s basic questions, it also becomes the most profound answer gained from science. One may reasonably suppose that evolution is a UNIVERSAL applying to life throughout the trillions of planets in the trillion galaxies (10^24?). The forms of evidence for evolution are many and no evidence is contradictory. If one assigns a correspondingly high level of confidence to evolution's correctness, one must wonder how all the religious texts managed to miss it, being in direct contact with the supreme being and all. All those gods were well informed, but they didn't think it important? It doesn't seem like something that should have been missed. Perhaps Humanity was dumber than shit until Darwin and Wallace came along. That would seem to be the case. We should be humiliated by such stupidity. What is curious is how so many Christians embrace the notion of Social Darwinism, at least as long as they (the Whites in power) are wealthier than the non-Whites. Actually, the Whites that especially love the notion of Social Darwinism are degenerate assholes.

Charles Manson: God is my best friend ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 12, 2024:

And Johnson has covered his the swastika with makeup.

Bed bugs. Have you ever slept in a bed full of them?

racocn8 comments on Feb 11, 2024:

Last year I stayed at a motel that was infested. Overnight I developed 30 very itchy bites. My vacation was ruined and I demanded my money back. I also wrote letters to the County health department and a notice on Yelp.

So, this is where she washes her car...

racocn8 comments on Feb 11, 2024:

I had a lady-friend who went with me to a clothing-optional spot in Topanga Canyon called Elysian Fields. They had a giant hot pool there with a water jet coming out about 2-3 feet from the surface. She'd park herself in front of the stream...

Quick early opener for superbowl Sunday.

racocn8 comments on Feb 11, 2024:

The Prime Directive: Thou Shalt Not Interfere...

The Same Billionaires Behind the Super Bowl Are Also Behind the Climate Crisis | Truthout

racocn8 comments on Feb 11, 2024:

No one should be a billionaire.

What does 😐 mean? I’m using it in place of 😢 but is that wrong?

racocn8 comments on Feb 10, 2024:

Like everything else, it means what you think it means. I often use it when for when I feel resigned disgust, but don't want to use the angry emoji.

We have made great progress since we thought we finished off the Nazis in the Big One.

racocn8 comments on Feb 10, 2024:

Not that anyone has a working definition of race anyway.

How Does Zenith Labs Longevity Activator Work?

racocn8 comments on Feb 10, 2024:

Wikipedia: "There is no significant evidence that resveratrol affects vascular endothelial function, neuroinflammation, Alzheimer's disease, skin infections or aging skin." "Adverse effects resulted mainly from long-term use (weeks or longer) and daily doses of 1000 mg or higher, causing nausea, stomach pain, flatulence, and diarrhea."

Science Natural Supplements Ashwagandha is an Adaptogen, or Stress Backing Fixing

racocn8 comments on Feb 10, 2024:

People can usually tolerate ashwagandha in small-to-medium doses. However, there have not been enough long-term studies to fully examine the possible side effects. Taking large amounts of ashwagandha can lead toTrusted Source digestive upset, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. This may be due to irritation of the intestinal mucosa.

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racocn8 comments on Feb 10, 2024:

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Happy Valentine's?

racocn8 comments on Feb 10, 2024:

Don't expect to get any...

A liar will get mad at you ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 10, 2024:

A liar will get mad at you for TELLING the truth. One who seeks truth will revel in learning a new truth while the liar only feels repudiation.

I don't know how ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 10, 2024:

That might be a fine sentiment, but those who have power delight in abusing it, kicking down on everyone else as their psychopathic relief of boredom. That, and the malicious ignoring of the challenge to uplift society.

It is becoming more and more obvious that the rift in public opinion is gradually widening, each ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 10, 2024:

I suspect the CIA took the Foundation Trilogy to heart...

Missouri Breaks (no, not the movie starring Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando).

racocn8 comments on Feb 9, 2024:

Can women be trusted to preserve democracy? Can the government be trusted to run a fair election now that they've learned what they did wrong in 2020?

I was no fan of Reagan or the 80s GOP but on this subject St Ronnie must be rolling over in is grave

racocn8 comments on Feb 9, 2024:

It's the old trope about Capitalists being willing to sell Moscow the rope to hang the West. Gas station Russia simply put some of their billions to work and the GOP folded like a cheap suit.

Whining for as long as I have seen him

racocn8 comments on Feb 9, 2024:

I'd like to see an AI visual merging that Trump with Pennywise.

Are pastors ethical?

racocn8 comments on Feb 9, 2024:

How does one who is tasked with telling lies pretend to be honest? (Ethical??? Don't even mention the word to Pentecostals, but really, they are all of them effed up.).

Takeaways from Trump's Supreme Court hearing | AP News

racocn8 comments on Feb 9, 2024:

Watch closely. SCOTUS partisans are searching for a way to ILLEGALLY keep Trump on the ballot, violating the Constitution. Also, violating the oaths they took to be SCOTUS judges, becoming part of Trump/Putins coup against the US. Now I understand what is happening. The script is so poorly written, it could only come from CIA AI. Why would the CIA even consider allowing Trump another swing at the pinata? The answer is that the CIA has also been turned by Putin. We've seen the infiltration among the judges, the FBI, the DOD. Likely the CIA trades spies with Russia, assuming they could maintain control. But if they lost that control,... That is what has happened. So now, Putin is writing the script...

God's world is horny

racocn8 comments on Feb 8, 2024:

Yeah, life is filled to overflowing with the instances where God protected people from anything, much less their sexual proclivities.

Russian dressing...

racocn8 comments on Feb 8, 2024:

Obviously the DOJ and so-called National Security agencies have also been turned. (As evidenced by their vocal opposition to the traitors in our midst).

Legit she said it and here is a link to other tweets she's deleted [projects.propublica.org]

racocn8 comments on Feb 7, 2024:

One has to wonder about how you get so many morons in one place to vote for such a cretin.

Iowa Republican files bill to ban "Satanism on state property" -- Friendly Atheist

racocn8 comments on Feb 7, 2024:

Another fake american who chooses to disregard the principles the country was founded on, and to openly seek to subvert them.

WAS JESUS A REAL PERSON?

racocn8 comments on Feb 7, 2024:

The main point is that the dogma itself has been falsified.

Do you know about it?

racocn8 comments on Feb 7, 2024:

Raping a 14-year-old? Muhammad and Trump got it covered...

Sometimes the lunatics get out of the asylum.

racocn8 comments on Feb 6, 2024:

Shame on his supporters. I know they can't feel shame, but shame anyway. How can such people be said to be alive much less conscious. Certainly not sane. It's sad and sickening. They are a scourge worse than Covid.

Nikki Haley Formally Requests Secret Service Protection The Wall Street Journal is reporting that...

racocn8 comments on Feb 6, 2024:

Another degenerate betraying everything she has the wits to respect...

Dave must have long arms, or a ladder

racocn8 comments on Feb 6, 2024:

No concept in the Bible is as sublime or meaningful as evolution.

Speaker Mike Johnson Gathers Far-Right Christians to Cast Out Demons -- Rolling Stone

racocn8 comments on Feb 6, 2024:

Proof that prayer doesn't work. If Johnson were to cast out the demons, he'd have to go too.

NiKKKi Haley

racocn8 comments on Feb 5, 2024:

Is it possible to give the Klan a bad name?

Here shitty, shitty, kitty...

racocn8 comments on Feb 5, 2024:

And revered leader of the Evangelicals.

Weighing up the evidence for the Historical Jesus - The University of Sydney

racocn8 comments on Feb 4, 2024:

The evidence for the existence of Jesus is either dubious or lacking. What is much more important is that Christian dogma requires a literal Adam and Eve to have committed the Original Sin, said Sin being atoned for by Jesus's death. As Adam and Even never existed, the PURPOSE of Jesus's existence also gets rendered as absurd. Seriously, the whole thing is asinine on its face: contrived, childish in conception, and mostly plagiarized from pre-existing demi-gods. Plus, the moral content completely sucks being primitive, misogynistic, promoting hatred, and anything but moral. One can ONLY believe it if they are nihilistic narcissists indifferent to self-delusion.

Golgotha is out, Home Depot is in

racocn8 comments on Feb 4, 2024:

Home Depot supports Christian Fascist Trump along with Putin. Such a stalwart American company.

Nicky Haley has piqued public interest

racocn8 comments on Feb 4, 2024:

Also seeing a lot of Candace Owens. The depth to which these people have sunk is so sad, but then you see how their supporters embrace their whoredom. Tell me again how Christianity isn't synonymous with evil...?

Oh, sure - this looks like a really great place to live. That is, until a Tyrannosaurs shows up.

racocn8 comments on Feb 3, 2024:

I was surprised at how many of the hotels in Hawaii have open lobbies facing a garden and open to the air. Rain? Wind? so what...!!

Possibly the greatest example of "Every conservative accusation is a confession" I have ever seen.

racocn8 comments on Feb 3, 2024:

Yeah, the description refers to MAGA vastly more than "Left Winger". It was probably adulterated by a wing-nut as if switching the balloon could own the libs. Pathetic.

What is Aspadol 200mg ?

racocn8 comments on Feb 3, 2024:

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adopted from T. Parker

racocn8 comments on Feb 3, 2024:

Consider how religious terms that are loaded with useless connotation degrade our ability to communicate.

I love this description...

racocn8 comments on Feb 3, 2024:

You may not envy him. You have your set of values. Many people DO envy Trump, and they have (presumably) a very different set of values from yours, which is what enables their envy. The differences in the two sets of values distinguish two types of people, one where corruption is envied and even hailed and the other that regards corruption and those that aspire to it as deplorable.

Steep, off-trail hike: scared and fighting panic.

racocn8 comments on Feb 2, 2024:

Not a good idea. I was finding my way off trail until I hit a slope where I couldn't see the bottom. It was actually a cliff. I was fortunate to be able to scramble back up, but with the loose soil, it was not easy.

Do you know the story?

racocn8 comments on Feb 2, 2024:

(irresistible) What kind of coffee was he turned into?

“I don’t fucking care that they have weapons! They’re not here to hurt me! They’re not here ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 1, 2024:

The media has quietly censored any mention of weapons recovered in the Capitol. This censorship enables the GOP to claim the insurrectionists were tourists. Absolutely no mention has happened to the traitors who were intercepted with their weapons, much less what sort of rifles they were, whether AR-15's or whatever. The identities and charging of those coup-plotters has been kept completely secret (classified?) to enable Trump's second run. That sort of wide-spread deception could only be orchestrated by the CIA/(/FBI) which (surely) scripted most of this event for whatever reasons. The public has no idea of what is really going on, and they are keeping it that way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird https://19thnews.org/2021/02/women-in-congress-capitol-riot/?utm_campaign=19th-social=facebook=social=IwAR0veGTJ838TdPME_i4VPeLHqsBAVplnWFf274PsldSCTQcEggocxxgvAc0 Extract: "Escobar: I was in the last group to leave the gallery, along with Mikie Sherrill, because Pramila Jayapal was using a cane and we stayed behind to make sure she got out safe. I don’t remember there being a police officer there to escort us out. As we descended the stairs, going from the third floor to the second, I turned and saw men with long guns facedown on the floor and officers surrounding them with drawn guns. The men on the ground were looking right at us. It was just awful. "

Why you should never order a mail order bride online...

racocn8 comments on Feb 1, 2024:

But just look at those tan lines... Get me a beer, Alli... (The bride wears a maid's outfit? Is there an ass to swat?)

I’ve got a disease where I can’t stop telling airport jokes. The doctor says its terminal.

racocn8 comments on Feb 1, 2024:

Sounds like a one-way trip... Carry-on only... Travel light- - forget the toothbrush... Don't bother with flight insurance...

YLE Mental Health Social media and kids' mental health- An update

racocn8 comments on Feb 1, 2024:

How about adopting zero-tolerance (extreme punishment) for using social media for sexual predation. Similar extreme punishments should be in place to stop defrauding seniors and to stop identity theft. The problem is that the government has been knee-capped by Putin, who has bought the GOP and some dems, so all this theater is ONLY good for selling popcorn.

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

racocn8 comments on Feb 1, 2024:

We romanticize the notion of being Christian, but disgrace ourselves with ignorance. Christianity has always been a horrific belief system fostering dementia, violence and hatred. That positive view of Christianity is pure PR put out by narcissist patriarchal psychopaths.

"Father who stabbed daughter in broad daylight at Sefton Park said 'she deserved it', court hears": ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 1, 2024:

I have a good friend whose father put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her if she didn't return to Islam. CFI helped her flee Egypt, but she is severely damaged emotionally.

A clear picture of Uranus....

racocn8 comments on Feb 1, 2024:

A methane geyser?

How to (and not to) boost your immune system YLE 01/25/2024

racocn8 comments on Feb 1, 2024:

"CBD acts after viral entry, inhibiting viral gene expression and reversing many effects of SARS-CoV-2 on host gene transcription. CBD inhibits SARS-CoV-2 replication in part by up-regulating the host IRE1α ribonuclease endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response and interferon signaling pathways." https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi6110#:~:text=CBD%20acts%20after%20viral%20entry,response%20and%20interferon%20signaling%20pathways. "Now some early studies show that CBD could help block infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19." https://covid19.nih.gov/news-and-stories/early-studies-suggest-cbd-may-help-prevent-covid19 THC probably has related, similar effects although it is psychoactive. Other herbal anti-inflammatory molecules may each have their own or related mechanisms to inhibit Covid, curcumin, for example. Consider PEA as a supplement, and polyphenols (fisetin, quercetin, rutin) with piperine.

The US is ever so happy about the war in Gaza after all they profit from the sale of guns.

racocn8 comments on Feb 1, 2024:

The whole middle east is one of the foremost weapons technology test beds. A lot is going on in Ukraine too...

Reactionary Christians are pushing the country toward authoritarianism — and a Trump 2024 win, ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 1, 2024:

Or none of the above. The US is in a civil war. It is a cold civil war right now. While the PR claims it is a clash of cultures, it is actually more bluntly a clash of powers. Putin is a major player and is challenging US and other democracies by gaming their overall systems He does this by contributing to causes that foster unrest and instructing political and media stooges to convey agitprop. In spite of a massive intelligence infrastructure, the real deep state is either indifferent or supportive of Putin's Trump. So the US is pretty thoroughly screwed. The government has mostly been a spectator to the real power struggles since 1950, thanks to Truman's creation of the CIA. There's nothing special about Humans and nothing special about the U.S. Civilizations rise and fall and there's nothing magical about that. Climate change looks to get ugly fast and many may well live long enough to die from it. Extinction happens. Apocalyptic Christians would be right at home. The takeaway remains: Religion... (Christian, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, etc.) Religion is an existential threat to the human species and given Humanity's track record, our extinction is on the agenda. If we had any sort of chance, the religionists will obfuscate any and all honest information as a matter of convention. Religionist denialism will degrade and block our efforts to survive. We should still at least try to go out fighting...

[huffpost.com] Where do all those Trump donations go?

racocn8 comments on Jan 31, 2024:

Being a sucker is virtue signaling for those that have no virtue...

A totally new version

racocn8 comments on Jan 31, 2024:

It's fine for 69...

When even your own mother says you are an idiot..

racocn8 comments on Jan 30, 2024:

Too prescient.

His doctor recommended

racocn8 comments on Jan 30, 2024:

I'd need a propofol drip...

Scientists Think They're on The Verge of Breaching The Blood-Brain Barrier : ScienceAlert

racocn8 comments on Jan 30, 2024:

Here's an example of what this is. However, the application of this technique to Alzheimer's victims would be absurd in terms of cost and danger. Much simpler ways of stopping Alzheimer's are available except that big pharma has bribed the government to obstruct such competition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BGtVJ3lBdE&t=17s

FFRF condemns Speaker Johnson’s participation in conspiratorial religious event: [mailchi.mp]

racocn8 comments on Jan 30, 2024:

And rubles in their pockets...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether or not Donald J.

racocn8 comments on Jan 30, 2024:

The corrupt justices will contrive language to allow Trump's run in direct contravention of Amendment 14. This ruling will be seen as absurdly partisan but will give cover to the reorganization of SCOTUS including prosecution of the illegitimate justices. (in my dreams)... The government and the country need a thorough "airing out" of both Russian subversion and Christian fascists (significantly overlapping sets).

An Aetheist "Bible" What do people think about the possibility of creating an Aetheist Bible?

racocn8 comments on Jan 30, 2024:

I'm sure a number of documents do what you're describing. Here's a couple of links to provide context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanist_Manifesto https://www.google.com/search?q=atheist+bible=51ebf7ab72dd71a8=ACQVn0-u7XA9AD-ryjHJb4SrMskEoQlcBA%3A1706667655449=hp&ei=h665ZdmhGcqNur8P2K600A4=ANes7DEAAAAAZbm8l5rq4aT62w31jMxN2pdue4JnmZPt=0ahUKEwiZgee6yIaEAxXKhu4BHVgXDeoQ4dUDCA8=5&oq=atheist+bible=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gws-wiz

Dear NASA.

racocn8 comments on Jan 30, 2024:

And NASA wants a lunar colony because ???....

Who's taking god's name in vain here?

racocn8 comments on Jan 30, 2024:

That's where we are with MAGA. We just won't admit it to ourselves.

When I was young ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 30, 2024:

But it is easy to be kind, and rather harder to be intelligent... In a way, they are the same... (Enabling kindness to many takes work)

As a kid I was told about god ...

racocn8 comments on Jan 30, 2024:

Perverse and demented child abuse.

Let me share some info how I imported my treatment right from the manufacturer.

racocn8 comments on Jan 30, 2024:

You should consider supplementing your regime with a cannabis extract oil (AKA Rick Simpson Oil, phoenix tears) whether from sativa or hemp, preferably both.

This is unnecessary! [share.newsbreak.com]

racocn8 comments on Jan 29, 2024:

While being labeled as White Nationalists (fascists), many people don't grasp what that actually means. It is a good thing for people to actually see how Trump GOP Maga really are Nazis in every sense of the word. Even so, many Hispanics support Trump, revealing that non-white fascists also lack any moral turpitude beyond selfish expedience.

Why I quit Single Silvers after three weeks.

racocn8 comments on Jan 29, 2024:

I won't defend SS beyond saying I had the most profound fortune to find my SO there. I had enormous frustration with the matches that often lived more than 50 miles away. I had been on many other sites and each was horrible in its own way. Finding a companion is very hard work and traumatizing. You have my sympathy and I salute your courage.

I want to see rapid deterioration of religion before I die.

racocn8 comments on Jan 29, 2024:

Lets us pray for that!!! (Or let us do whatever we can to foster that outcome.)

opinions, opinions, opinions

racocn8 comments on Jan 29, 2024:

What is this 'caring' being referenced?

Did a public school in Texas figure out how to legally hoist a Christian flag? -- Friendly Atheist

racocn8 comments on Jan 29, 2024:

Bullying 'others' is an integral part of the patriarchal narcissist dementia that religion promulgates.

Okay, what’s going on here……

racocn8 comments on Jan 29, 2024:

Ain't love grand?...

Humans are just a minor inconvenience

racocn8 comments on Jan 29, 2024:

"Life On Our Planet" is flashy but has great animation mixed with live action. In it, they show 5 previous mass extinction events. Some fast and others more gradual. I am not alone in saying another one is in progress. How fast will it proceed? We want to survive, but we insist on our own survival by having children. We define allowing others to have children as moral. This is an inherited value that developed before we started paving over everything and killing everything. So, we will honor having children until we kill ourselves. Oh well. There's nothing special about us.

This is one of the stupidest things ever! [share.newsbreak.com]

racocn8 comments on Jan 28, 2024:

The greater the apparent hypocrisy, the better. I hope they give them a lot of publicity.

Trump's legacy

racocn8 comments on Jan 28, 2024:

I'm very fond of Schmidt, but he is somehow mistaken to imagine that Trump and his family of psychotic malignant-narcissists have any notion of what shame is. They really are sub-human in having this defect. Their narcissist bullying passes the trait down from one generation to the next.

Sadly it is popular in Israel

racocn8 comments on Jan 28, 2024:

Of the 12,000 rockets fired into Israel, 2,000 of them misfired and landed in Northern Gaza. Isn't martyrdom great?

83.3 Million.... [dailykos.com]

racocn8 comments on Jan 28, 2024:

The tail is just hair. There's a useless pair of balls available.